Hello and welcome to NewsHour.
From the World Service of the BBC, live from London,
this is Owen Bennett-Jones, the Oscar-nominated actor.
Timothee Chalamet has created a bit of a stir by saying that audiences don't care about ballet or opera,
so later in the programme we'll put that to a former principal dancer of the Royal Ballet here in London.
And we'll hear from a very rich energy company boss about what his friend Donald Trump's war...
means for him and the US economy.
But first, while many Iranians are worrying about the attacks coming into the country,
and there have been many more today from Israel,
others around the world are focused on Iran's closure of that vital stretch of water,
the Strait of Hormuz.
The problem gets bigger day by day.
Around 1,000 tankers are now stuck, and the Americans seem unable to deal with this themselves.
They have asked for help.
from other countries to open the strait.
So when will it be opened?
And even if some tankers get through, how sustainable will that be?
I'm joined now by Alessio Patelano,
Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia at King's College, London University.
Thank you, Professor, for being with us.