{"podcast":{"title":"Newshour","slug":"newshour-527927","podcast_index_feed_id":527927,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p002vsnk.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0f25fj7.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":58,"summary":"Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:20:00.162674+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927"},"episode":{"title":"US defends its deal with Iran","slug":"us-defends-its-deal-with-iran","published_at":"2026-06-18T21:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927/us-defends-its-deal-with-iran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w1730bn1xt7gtjr","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0nsw48f.mp3","summary":"Donald Trump says he expects a ceasefire to take effect \"on all fronts\", including between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon while Vice President JD Vance says the memorandum signed with Tehran is already bearing fruit and insisted that Washington holds the cards in coming negotiations. Meanwhile, a message attributed to Iran's Supreme Leader says that Tehran will not submit to any excessive demands. Also in the programme: why one critic calls Barack Obama's Presidential Centre a 'Klingon Prison'; and how Nigerian sisters born conjoined at the head are enjoying life after pioneering surgery assisted by artificial intelligence. (Photo: US Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media about the Iran-US memorandum of understanding in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, DC, USA Credit: JIM LO SCALZO/EPA/Shutterstock)","meta_description":"Donald Trump says he expects a ceasefire to take effect \"on all fronts\", including between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon while Vice Presiden…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2850,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/newshour-527927/episodes/us-defends-its-deal-with-iran/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/newshour-527927/us-defends-its-deal-with-iran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}