US seizes Iranian-flagged cargo ship
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The US military says it has intercepted an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman as part of its naval blockade. Iran has promised to retaliate. The announcement came after the White House confirmed US Vice-President JD Vance would lead another delegation for a second round of talks on ending the war with Iran in Pakistan. Tehran has not yet confirmed its attendance. Iranian state media has reported that officials will not participate while the US blockade remains in place. Also, a gunman in the US state of Louisiana kills eight children - aged from one to fourteen years old. How DNA databases are helping dozens of Kenyans track down the British soldiers who fathered them and then disappeared. And a humanoid robot breaks the half marathon world record in Beijing.
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| 0:38.6 | President Trump says the U.S. has seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that he claims was trying to get past an American naval blockade. |
| 0:46.9 | Iranian state media says Iran has no plans currently to join senior U.S. officials for another round of peace talks in Pakistan. |
| 0:55.3 | A gunman in the US state of Louisiana kills eight children, aged from one to 14 years old. |
| 1:04.4 | Also in this podcast, it's robots versus humans in Beijing. |
| 1:09.5 | Robots are just really fun, so I wanted to bring my kids to experience it. |
| 1:14.0 | Technology is developing so fast, I think robots will soon beat humans in many ways. |
| 1:24.4 | Iran's military has vowed to respond after the US fired at and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Amman. |
| 1:33.3 | President Trump said the American Navy had blown a hole in the ship's engine room. |
| 1:38.8 | This was the moment of the confrontation. |
| 1:41.7 | Motor vessel, Toska, vacate your engine room, vacate your |
| 1:47.1 | engine room. We're prepared to subject you to disabling fire. Okay, we gave the flare. |
| 1:56.0 | Now we're getting, anything. This comes as a U.S. delegation is going to Pakistan again for talks with Iran. |
| 2:10.7 | A week after negotiations in Islamabad broke up without any deal being reached. |
| 2:16.0 | The White House says the Vice President J.D. Vance will once |
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