Three ships hit in the Strait of Hormuz
This episode of the BBC's Global News Podcast delivers urgent, on-the-ground reporting from a rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East, where U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have triggered retaliatory attacks across the Gulf, disrupting global oil flows and prompting the largest em
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