Is the US-Iran War Restarting?
5/5/202641 min
Today, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says the US-Iran ceasefire "is not over", despite attacks in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
Donald Trump's "Project Freedom" aims to use the US military to guide stranded cargo ships out of the Strait of Hormuz. But, Iran insists that it controls the strait - and yesterday fired missiles and drones at military and commercial ships, according to the US. Adam is joined by chief presenter Caitriona Perry and business editor Simon Jack.
And, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said "every part of society" has a responsibility to tackle antisemitism in the UK at a summit in Downing Street. It comes after the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green and a string of attacks at synagogues and other Jewish sites in recent months. Adam and Alex speak with special correspondent Lucy Manning.
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First 90 secondsAdam Fleming· Host0:00
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Caitriona Perry· Guest0:03
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Adam Fleming· Host0:35
Hello, hope you had a good bank holiday weekend, and if you had bank holiday Monday off listening to podcasts and episodes of Newscast, well, I've got a treat for you. Chris and I at Cast Fest on the 25th of April recorded an episode themed around Shout Out to My Brex, which was us reliving almost in real time the Brexit referendum, which happened 10 years ago now. [laughs] Well, the referendum campaign happened 10 years ago now. The actual vote was in June. Uh, but if you would like to hear me and Chris reliving all those momentous events from 2016 when Leave went head-to-head against Remain, you can listen to that bonus episode, which is called Shout Out to My Brex, which is in the Newscast feed right now, and which we popped in there on Bank Holiday Monday. And if you did listen to it on Bank Holiday Monday 'cause your Newscasting never takes a break, then I hope you enjoyed it. And we're now back