US launches new strikes on Iran
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The US says it's launched new strikes on Iranian missile sites and boats, despite the ongoing ceasefire and diplomatic moves towards a peace deal. Meanwhile, Tehran says it will lift the nationwide internet shutdown today. Also: Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon exchange fire; Ukraine calls Russian strike threats "shameless blackmail"; WHO warns the Ebola spread in central Africa is outpacing response efforts, and we hear from a journalist in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Europe swelters in "climate whiplash" heatwave; Saudi Arabia scales back ambitious megaprojects as funding dwindles; an update from the controversial Enhanced Games; and the diamond that saved a thousand lives in Sierra Leone.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.3 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of the 26th of May, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.2 | The US launches what it's calling defensive strikes on southern Iran. |
| 0:22.7 | We ask what it means for the ceasefire in place since April and the chances for a peace deal between the two countries. |
| 0:29.7 | Also, will the internet finally be restored in Iran after months of a digital blackout? |
| 0:38.1 | Also, in this podcast, how climate whiplash is hitting more of us. |
| 0:43.2 | What it means really is that our climate is becoming more volatile. |
| 0:46.4 | So when we are seeing these swings between different weather patterns, |
| 0:49.7 | they are just becoming more violent, more energetic. |
| 0:53.7 | And we get the verdict on the enhanced games in Las Vegas. |
| 1:02.3 | As Washington and Tehran claim they're inching closer to a peace deal, |
| 1:07.8 | US forces say they've launched air strikes on Iranian targets. The two sides had been observing a cease deal. U.S. forces say they've launched air strikes on Iranian targets. The two |
| 1:12.7 | sides had been observing a ceasefire since early April. Iran has not responded yet. I asked our North |
| 1:18.9 | America correspondent, David Willis, what we know so far. |
| 1:22.6 | Moshallah, the U.S. has attacked missile sites in southern Iran and boats trying to lay mines, according to |
| 1:31.0 | US Central Command. A statement from them says that U.S. forces conducted self-defense |
| 1:36.6 | strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces. |
| 1:43.3 | This is the target, but doesn't give any details of the |
| 1:46.6 | attacks. And that statement concludes, US Central Command continues to defend our forces while |
| 1:53.5 | using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire. Well, there are reports, unconfirmed reports, |
| 1:59.9 | of explosions near Bandarabas, which is a key |
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