US and Iran exchange fire
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The US has launched more strikes against Iran, claiming to hit drones and a military site in Bandar Abbas. Tehran says it's fired at ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, including an American oil tanker with its radar system turned off. Also: Matthew Perry's former assistant is sentenced for his role in the "Friends" actor's death; FIFA is investigated over the price of World Cup tickets; manosphere influencers fuel the gender divide in Kenya; Laos rescuers find villagers trapped in a flooded cave; how the war in the Middle East is affecting India's mango economy; who's won the fantasy football Premier League; and Ozzy Osbourne gets the AI treatment.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm Will Chalk, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 28th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.2 | There are reports of fresh US military action in Iran despite the ceasefire. |
| 0:24.0 | The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey launched an investigation into football's governing |
| 0:28.7 | body FIFA about World Cup ticket prices. |
| 0:32.2 | Matthew Perry's personal assistant is jailed for his involvement in the death of the friend |
| 0:36.6 | star from a ketamine |
| 0:37.8 | overdose. Also in this podcast, the BBC spends time with a controversial Manosphere influencer |
| 0:46.2 | in Kenya. You're asking me the wrong questions. I don't like your questions. I think I'm done. |
| 0:52.5 | Okay. Thank you. |
| 1:05.6 | The U.S. has launched another round of strikes against Iran, despite the ongoing ceasefire and those optimistic noises we've been hearing about a potential peace deal. An American official said the |
| 1:12.3 | attacks near the port city of Bandar Abbas were fired in self-defense. Iranian state media says |
| 1:18.3 | its forces fired on four ships that were attempting to pass through the strait of Hormuz, one of which |
| 1:23.4 | was a US oil tanker with its radar system turned off. Our North America correspondent, Peter Bowes, is following developments. |
| 1:31.4 | Well, according to US Central Command, that's the US military that's responsible for overseeing |
| 1:37.1 | military operations and security interests in the Middle East, CENCOM. |
| 1:41.2 | It says that US forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones, that |
| 1:46.8 | it says posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz. It also says that it hit an Iranian |
| 1:51.7 | ground control station in the port of Bandar Abbas, which it says was about to launch a fifth |
| 1:57.8 | drone. Crucially, the military is insisting, though, that these actions were |
| 2:02.3 | measured, purely defensive and intended to maintain the ceasefire. But clearly, it is a fragile |
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