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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 BBC’s 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 Orbán, on the European Union.
Producer: Kate Cornell
Executive Producer: Benedick Watt
Commissioning Editors: Silvia Costeloe and Paul Royall
On radio
Tomorrow03:32GMT
BBC World Service East and Southern Africa, Online, UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
Broadcasts
- Thursday23:32GMTBBC World Service
- Today10:32GMTBBC World Service except Australasia
- Tomorrow03:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa, Online, UK DAB/Freeview, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa only
- Tomorrow04:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia
