US retaliatory strikes against Iran
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The US has said that it's completed a series of strikes against Iran which targeted air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites following the downing of an American helicopter. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards said they hit back with strikes on US bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait. Also, France has said that it will ban Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, from entering the country because the far right politician has been actively promoting the annexation of Palestinian territories. Anti-immigration violence breaks out in Northern Ireland after a man from Sudan has been charged with attempted murder. Barcelona celebrates the life of the Sagrada Família architect, Antoni Gaudi, with events which include a mass and ceremonial blessing by Pope Leo. And scientists in Finland have discovered that bumblebees have impressive problem solving skills.
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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. |
| 0:11.7 | I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Wednesday, June the 10th, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.7 | The United States has carried out strikes on Iran |
| 0:21.7 | in response to the downing of an American helicopter. |
| 0:25.0 | Iranian forces say they've retaliated |
| 0:27.0 | by targeting U.S. bases in the region. |
| 0:30.2 | The Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich |
| 0:33.2 | is banned from entering France over violence by settlers |
| 0:36.7 | against Palestinians in the West Bank. |
| 0:41.5 | Also in this podcast. |
| 0:43.9 | Many of the books were probably sold already somewhere in Moscow or online auctions. |
| 0:49.0 | The gang that managed to steal rare editions of Russian literary classics from libraries all over Europe. |
| 1:00.6 | There's been a tit-fat exchange of strikes between the US and Iran in the Middle East, |
| 1:06.4 | once again endangering their fragile ceasefire. The U.S. Central Command said it had attacked |
| 1:12.3 | Iranian targets close to the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump accused Tehran of shooting |
| 1:18.2 | down an American Apache helicopter on Tuesday. Iran has responded by firing missiles and drones |
| 1:24.8 | at U.S. bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait. |
| 1:28.5 | Iranian State TV quoted a statement posted on social media by the country's foreign minister Abbasaragchi, |
| 1:35.5 | saying Iran's armed forces will leave no attack unanswered. |
| 1:39.8 | Diplomasi to trycheekh me. We prefer diplomacy, but we also know how to speak other languages, says Mr. Arach's statement. |
| 1:51.8 | Our North America correspondent, Peter Bowes, gave me this update. |
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