Iran and US agree deal to end war
6/15/202647 min
Iran and the US have agreed a deal that would end their war, with the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel set to reopen in due course. The agreement is expected to be formalised on Friday. With Pakistan having helped mediate, we hear from the country’s planning and development minister.
Also in the programme: The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak worsens with 782 cases now confirmed; and we speak to the Japanese writer Asako Yuzuki about her books Butter and Hooked which have proved a hit in the literary world.
(Photo: US President Donald Trump looks on during a Cabinet meeting in the White House, May 2026. Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool/EPA/Shutterstock)
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to News Hour live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Rebecca Kesby. "Ships of the world, start your engines. Let the oil flow." It was with these words in a social media post last night that President Trump announced that a deal had been struck between the United States and Iran after three months of hostilities. A memorandum of understanding,