US launches fresh strikes as Iran closes Strait of Hormuz

The US said it launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran after Tehran struck a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Also on the programme, leaders gathered this week at a NATO summit to discuss European defence and the future of the alliance; and citizens of Canada's Alberta province will vote on a step towards possible independence.

Presenter Celia Hatton is joined by panellists Maria Margaronis, a London-based writer and broadcaster, and Alan Posener, a journalist and columnist for the German newspaper Die Welt.

(Photo: A vessel in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 30, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/via WANA)