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US-Iran standoff over Strait of Hormuz escalates

John Simpson analyses the confrontation between Iran and the United States in the Gulf, and looks at the humanitarian situation in Lebanon.

This week John Simpson, in discussion with the 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 unparalleled range of experts across the world, analyses the confrontation between Iran and the United States in the Gulf, looks at the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, and examines the effect of the downfall of the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orb谩n, on the European Union.

Producer: Kate Cornell
Executive Producer: Benedick Watt
Commissioning Editors: Silvia Costeloe and Paul Royall

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27 minutes

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Sun 26 Apr 2026 04:32GMT
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