Sumi Somaskanda
BBC journalist and Washington correspondent. In this episode she explains the US political and military calculus around Iran, and this ID also contains some brief mixed diarization from another contributor.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 29min
Is Israel planning a full-scale ground invasion of Lebanon?
Hugh Schofield, BBC correspondent in France, tracks election tremors as mainstream parties recover and the nationalist right gains ground. Sam Kriegman, Northwestern AI and robotics researcher, explores shape-shifting robots built to survive damage. Sumi Somaskanda, BBC journalist in Washington, follows the tense US-Iran calculus as fighting in Lebanon expands and Hormuz fears rise.
