Global News Podcast

Iran closes Strait of Hormuz a day after declaring it open

April 19, 2026·28 min·6-min readnarrativenews
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The episode of the BBC Global News Podcast covers a series of major international developments, focusing on escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz due to Iran's renewed closure of the waterway amid a U.S. blockade, a deadly shooting in Kyiv involving a Moscow-born suspect, a fragi

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