4.9.26 Iran ceasefire, Autism program fraud, training for the Gospel in Nepal
The World and Everything In It
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4.8 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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The ceasefire agreement, what follows the war in Iran, autism program fraud, and training a new generation in Nepal. Plus, Cal Thomas on the growing interest in socialism, an eight run no-hit inning, and the Thursday morning news
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning. The Trump administration clarifies terms for peace with Iran. |
| 0:10.2 | The president's red lines, namely the end of Iranian enrichment in Iran, have not changed. |
| 0:16.3 | We'll have a report and analysis also today cracking down on Medicaid fraud. And later the story of a |
| 0:23.2 | seminary founder whose violent past shapes his work in Nepal. |
| 0:27.5 | If he can change my life, my notorious life, he can change you. |
| 0:32.7 | And world commentator Cal Thomas on why some old ideas are making a comeback with very different consequences. |
| 0:46.7 | It's Thursday, April 9th. This is the world and everything in it. From listeners-supported World Radio. I'm Merna Brown. And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning. |
| 0:57.7 | Up next, Kent Covington with today's news. |
| 1:01.8 | The ceasefire in Iran is on shaky ground, as Iranian leaders on Wednesday again closed the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:09.0 | They say that's because Israel has increased strikes on the |
| 1:12.1 | Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon. And Iran's foreign minister insists that the ceasefire |
| 1:17.4 | called for an end to the fighting there as well. But Vice President J.D. Vance pushed back. |
| 1:22.8 | We never made that promise. We never indicated that was going to be the case. What we said is that the |
| 1:27.8 | ceasefire would be focused on Iran, and the ceasefire would be focused on America's allies, both |
| 1:32.3 | Israel and the Gulf Arab states. Wednesday was one of the deadliest recent days of fighting in Lebanon. |
| 1:40.1 | Explosions heard there in Beirut, as Israel continued, targeted airstrikes against Hezbollah in the capital city. |
| 1:46.8 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns that his country is ready to return to fighting in Iran as well if the ceasefire collapses. |
| 1:55.2 | But both sides of the conflict have plenty of reasons to hope it holds up. |
| 1:59.2 | And with U.S. and Iranian officials set to meet in Pakistan |
| 2:02.0 | this week for peace talks, Vice President Vance told reporters, the United States has certain demands and |
| 2:07.6 | certain things that we want. The Iranians have things they can get out of the negotiation. The more |
| 2:12.2 | that they're willing to give us, I think the more they're going to get things out of this negotiation. |
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