2026-04-19
28 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Nick Miles and in the early hours of Sunday the 19th of April, these are our main stories.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say they are completely closing the Strait of Hormuz,
once more because of America's continuing blockade of Iranian ports.
Hezbollah has denied being responsible for an attack that killed a French UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon.
Police in Kyiv have shot at a man said to be from Moscow after he shot at least six people in Ukraine's capital.
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For just over 24 hours, the crucial waterway known as the Strait of Hormuz looked like it
just might be getting back to normal.
Iran had lifted its threat to shipping.
Now ships are avoiding it once again.
The Speaker of Iran's Parliament, Mohammed Bakar Kalabaf,
said Iranian forces are in full control of the Strait and passage through it would remain restricted unless the US
removed its blockade of Iranian ports.
President Trump has said the US will continue to stop vessels going to or coming from Iran
until a deal is reached with Tehran.
Let's get more on the latest developments from our diplomatic correspondent, James Landau.