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World Service,04 May 2026,49 mins

Trump offers 'Project Freedom' to help navigation in the Strait

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The US military said fifteen thousand service personnel, guided-missile destroyers and more than a hundred aircraft would be involved. One of the stated aims of the Iran war was regime change. What do Iranians opposed to their country's leadership make of the war so far and what the future holds? We hear from inside the country. And the BBC speaks to a man who intervened during the Golders Green stabbings in the UK. (Photo: Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 1, 2026; Credit: Reuters)

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