Hegseth: Today ‘most intense’ day of US strikes on Iran
The BBC Global News Podcast covers escalating U.S.-led military strikes on Iran, a search of Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch, and a historic political shift in Nepal as a young rapper emerges as prime minister. The episode underscores the human and economic toll of war, the long shadow
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