2026-05-05
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Jannat Jalil, and at 15 hours GMT on Tuesday the 5th of May, these are our main stories.
The World Health Organization says the hantavirus may have spread between people on a cruise ship
where three passengers have died and others are confined to their cabins.
The US Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, insists the ceasefire with Iran is not over,
despite the recent clashes between the two sides in the Strait of Hormuz.
Israel issues new evacuation orders for two towns in Southern Lebanon after 17 people were killed on Monday.
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The global health body, the WHO, says a suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
may have been transmitted from human to human.
Usually, the disease is spread by rodents.
Three passengers have died and a number of others have fallen ill.
Two of the passengers are due to be evacuated.
The WHO has stressed that this is not a virus that spreads like flu or COVID
and that the risk to the general public is low.
But Cape Verde has refused to allow the ship to dock,