This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Charlotte Gallagher and in the early hours of Thursday the 9th of April, these are our main stories.
Hezbollah says it's fired rockets into Northern Israel in retaliation
for Israel's massive strikes across Lebanon, which killed and wounded well over a thousand people.
Iran says the strikes constitute a violation of its ceasefire with the US,
which has been denied by the US vice president.
He's being dispatched to Pakistan this weekend to continue peace negotiations.
Also in this podcast, a woman who admitted selling drugs
that led to the death of the Friends actor Matthew Perry is sentenced.
The desperation that led Perry to these individuals was not met with help
as it should have been from the doctors.
And the astronauts on the Artemis 2 mission speak to the media
about their return journey home and their highlights so far.
There are signs the ceasefire agreement agreed by the United States and Iran is already under strain.
Iran is warning ships will require permission to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The US vice president JD Vance denies Iran's claim the waterways are closed
and says there'll be serious consequences if shipping is impeded.
The president's been very clear.
The deal is a ceasefire, a negotiation, that's what we give.
And what they give is the straits are going to be reopened.