# Iran says it's stopping strikes against Israel Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/iran-says-it-s-stopping-strikes-against-israel Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/iran-says-it-s-stopping-strikes-against-israel.md Podcast: [Global News Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504) Published: 2026-06-08T16:06:00+00:00 Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0nqt889 Audio file: http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nqt78q.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-news-podcast-204504/episodes/iran-says-it-s-stopping-strikes-against-israel Duration seconds: 1568 ## Resource Iran's military has said it's halting military operations against Israel, after the first direct hostilities between the two sides in two months. It said it had delivered what it called a 'painful response' to Israel, warning it against further attacks, including in southern Lebanon. Also: On a visit to Spain, the Pope has been speaking about child abuse carried out by members of the Catholic Church. The British prime minister Keir Starmer gives tech companies a three-month deadline to stop children from seeing or sending explicit images. Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for a two-day visit, his first to the country in seven years. And can a AI humanoid robot perform as well as a human magician? The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: Israeli settlers stand next to part of a missile protruding from the ground, following strikes from Iran in the central Israeli-occupied West Bank. Credit: REUTERS ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-news-podcast-204504/episodes/iran-says-it-s-stopping-strikes-against-israel/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-podcast-204504/iran-says-it-s-stopping-strikes-against-israel.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.