Families and children wade and play along a shoreline while large cargo ships are anchored in the distance

Iran and US on brink of deal over Strait of Hormuz

Full Episode
50:14

People spend time at a beach as commercial vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Aug. 5, 2026.

Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP

Iran’s deputy foreign minister said today that his country and Oman are close to finalizing an agreement with the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Also, an ongoing NATO study tries to figure out why operators of high-speed rescue boats are at risk of chronic brain injuries. And, on the 81st anniversary of the US dropping a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, we discuss a recently unearthed memoir that offers a firsthand account of what one man witnessed that day. Plus, capybaras become frequent visitors at a state legislature in Brazil.

In This Episode

Iran and the US are on the cusp of an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz
4:43
Chennai, India, is keeping buildings cool using potato chip bags
5:30
Beet soup season features a beef between Latvia and Lithuania
3:04
Two armed military personnel silhouetted on rigid inflatable patrol boats speeding across open water
Operators of high-speed rescue boats risk chronic brain injuries
Special Coverage
7:55
A Hiroshima survivor’s lost memoir
Special Coverage
18:07
Germany’s water reckoning
6:39
Capybaras visit lawmakers
0:45