US denies peace deal favours Iran
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
JD Vance defends the Iran deal against criticism that it gives too many concessions to Tehran. The Iranian supreme leader says the US signed it "out of desperation". We get our international editor Jeremy Bowen's assessment. Also: Andy Burnham, a rival to the British prime minister Keir Starmer, wins the crucial Makerfield by-election; Cuba announces economic reforms under US pressure; the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago divides opinion; how honeybees make baby food; and we visit the world's first international competition for immersive art.
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| 0:32.8 | I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Friday the 19th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:37.7 | The US Vice President defends the US-Iran deal against accusations that it gives too many |
| 0:42.9 | concessions to Iran. Iran says Washington only agreed to the deal out of desperation. |
| 0:48.4 | In Britain, the winner of a by-election could spell trouble for the British Prime Minister. |
| 0:53.3 | Andy Burnham is now expected to challenge |
| 0:55.3 | Kier Stama for the top job. Also in this podcast, a pivotal moment in Cuba, as the president |
| 1:02.6 | introduces sweeping liberal economic reforms, and how honeybeams refine their diet to create |
| 1:09.7 | the right mix of food for their larvae. |
| 1:12.3 | Their solution to this problem is not dissimilar to the one that we use to feed our own |
| 1:17.8 | children. They create glandular secretion, which is the same as milk. |
| 1:27.0 | We start with more reaction to the Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding that was signed digitally |
| 1:33.5 | more than 24 hours ago. |
| 1:35.5 | The Trump administration has faced accusations that it made far too many concessions to Tehran, |
| 1:40.5 | but the vice president has told a news conference that the accord is already beginning to |
| 1:46.3 | bear fruit. J.D. Vance says millions of barrels of oil have already flowed through the |
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