US and Iran trade blows as Khamenei is buried
7/10/202627 min
Ayatollah Khamenei - Iran's former supreme leader who was killed by US-Israeli strikes - has been laid to rest as fighting continues over control of the Strait of Hormuz. We speak to the BBC's Lyse Doucet, who's just returned from Tehran. Also: thousands of Venezuelans displaced by earthquakes are at risk of disease; Ukrainians attack a military conscription team hunting draft dodgers; Gazans turn to farming amid food insecurity; an alleged Ghanaian romance scammer is extradited; Donald Trump puts his name on a Florida airport; and the latest from the World Cup - as France knocks out Morocco and Norwegian football fans channel their inner Viking.
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Nick Miles· Host0:59
[electronic tone] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. [upbeat music] I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Friday, the 10th of July, these are our main stories. Iran's late supreme leader is buried as both Tehran and the US continue to breach their ceasefire agreement. We hear from people in Iran about concerns of a return to all-out war. Also- The soil that is available has been reused again and again.
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The soil itself is exhausted,