Expiring Ceasefire, Mysterious Scientist Deaths & Apple's CEO Swap - Tuesday, April 21, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Tuesday, April 21, 2026!
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire soon. We'll tell you about the efforts to keep the war from escalating and becoming even more dangerous.
Also, what the government is saying about a string of scientists with ties to sensitive projects either dying or disappearing.
And why President Trump is now losing his third cabinet member in two months.
Plus, another election today that's grabbing national attention, a leadership shakeup at a top American company, and the best time to view one of the best meteor showers of the year.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, April 21st. The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire soon. |
| 0:05.6 | We'll tell you about the efforts to keep the war from escalating and becoming even more dangerous. |
| 0:10.0 | Also, what the government is saying about a string of scientists with ties to sensitive projects |
| 0:14.3 | either dying or disappearing. And why President Trump is now losing his third cabinet member in two months. |
| 0:20.9 | Plus, another election today that's grabbing national attention, a leadership shakeup at a top |
| 0:25.7 | American company, and the best time to view one of the best meteor showers of the year. |
| 0:30.5 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:34.4 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. |
| 0:45.3 | It's possible that in the next day, the war in Iran could either come to a peaceful end or become much more violent. Remember, the temporary truce the U.S. and Iran agreed to is set to |
| 0:55.0 | expire soon. President Trump first announced a two-week ceasefire exactly two weeks ago, |
| 1:00.5 | leaving people to believe it was going to end tonight. Well, Trump has now confirmed he will |
| 1:04.9 | consider it expired tomorrow night, that he's under no pressure whatsoever to make a deal before |
| 1:09.7 | then, but that without a deal, |
| 1:11.8 | lots of bombs will start going up. |
| 1:14.2 | He also told Bloomberg it's highly unlikely he'll extend the temporary truce. |
| 1:18.6 | On the other side, Iran's chief negotiator says the country is preparing to, quote, reveal |
| 1:22.6 | new cards on the battlefield. |
| 1:24.8 | Either way, there are signs and reports citing unnamed sources that negotiators |
| 1:29.0 | from both the U.S. and Iran plan to start talking in Pakistan, and the Pakistani government |
| 1:33.6 | is preparing for the talks, deploying thousands of security personnel to keep them safe. |
| 1:38.0 | As we told you yesterday, the U.S. and Iran are at an impasse over shipping through the Strait of |
| 1:42.3 | Hormuz and the waterways around it. |
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