Iran announces military drills near US warships amid tensions

The US and Iran say talks are continuing despite high tensions over possible US military action. We’ll look at how the situation could unfold in the coming days.

Also on today’s programme: a second Jeffrey Epstein victim says she was sent to the UK to have sex with Prince Andrew, and a new BBC radio documentary on American musicologist and broadcaster Leo Sarkisian, whose love of African music is explored by journalist Maria Margaronis.

Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Georgina Goodwin, a Zimbabwean-born broadcaster and journalist and Manas Chawla, a geopolitical risk expert and chief executive of the London Politica consultancy in the studio.

(Photo Credit: Anti-US billboard in Tehran following US threats against Iran, 31 Jan 2026. Abedin Taherkenareh /EPA)