Mike Baker

It's Friday, the 26th of June.

Welcome to the PDB Afternoon Bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, the peace process between the U.S.

and Iran continues to look less like a peace process and more like something that doesn't resemble a peace process.

How's that for eloquence?

An Iranian drone strike on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz has raised tensions further, prompting a sharp response from President Trump.

Later in the show, Ukraine unleashes one of its biggest drone attacks of the war, forcing Russian authorities to declare a state of emergency in Crimea.

We'll have the details.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Just days after the U.S.

claimed to be moving toward a broader peace agreement with Iran, well, the fragile ceasefire is facing yet another test.

President Trump accused Iran on Friday of violating the ceasefire by launching attack drones at ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, including one drone that struck a commercial cargo vessel off the coast of Oman on Thursday.

According to the White House, Iran fired at least four one-way attack drones at ships transiting the waterway.

One of those drones hit the upper deck of a large cargo ship.

Three others were reportedly shot down.

The vessel was damaged, but no casualties were reported.

Trump called the incident a, quote, foolish violation, a foolish violation of our ceasefire agreement.