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Global News Podcast

Iran says it has shot down US fighter jet

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.3 β€’ 8.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Iran says it has shot down a US fighter jet over the west of the country. Iranian state media has published pictures and videos purporting to show parts of the downed plane and one of the ejector seats. American aircraft and reconnaissance drones are said to be involved in the search, but there has been no official confirmation from the Pentagon or the White House.

Also: Despite President Trump's claims that Iran's military capacity has been decimated by almost five weeks of US-Israeli strikes, Iranian missiles and drones damaged oil, natural gas and water desalination facilities in Gulf nations on Friday. The UN says food prices have risen to their highest level in six months and could increase further if the war in the Middle East continues. A French court has overturned an attempt by the government to ban a Muslim event which is expected to draw tens of thousands of people over the weekend. Burkina Faso's leader has told the people there they can forget about democracy in an interview on national TV. South Sudan is facing a rapidly worsening security and humanitarian crisis. We look at how Easter festivities are going ahead in Jerusalem, despite challenges... and scientists answer a long standing mystery of how octopuses mate.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

This is the Global News Podcasts from the BBC World Service.

0:11.0

Hello, I'm Ankara and at 16 GMT on Friday the 3rd of April, these are our main stories.

0:18.0

Iran says it has shot down a US fighter jet over the west of the country. There's

0:22.6

been no official confirmation from the Pentagon, but an unnamed US official is being quoted as saying

0:28.3

that a search is underway for the crew. It comes as Iran has also continued its attacks on its

0:34.3

Gulf neighbors, striking critical infrastructure in Kuwait, after President Trump

0:38.9

threatened to further escalate the American bombing campaign.

0:44.5

Also, coming up in this podcast, Burkina Faso's leader tells people that they can forget about

0:50.3

democracy and has rolled back on plans to hold elections. And we also look at South Sudan's rapidly worsening security and humanitarian crisis.

1:00.0

Over 540 children have been registered by UNICEF and protection partners as being unaccompanied,

1:07.0

so separate from their families.

1:09.0

And then we have this issue of abduction, which is terrifying for

1:11.9

mothers who lose their children and mothers overall.

1:17.1

We begin the podcast with the latest in the Middle East. Iran says it has shot down a U.S. fighter jet

1:22.6

over the west of the country. At the time of recording, there's been no official confirmation

1:27.1

from the Pentagon. But an unnamed U, there's been no official confirmation from the

1:27.5

Pentagon, but an unnamed US official is being quoted as saying that a search is underway for the

1:32.7

crew. If the incident is confirmed, it would be the first time since the beginning of the war

1:37.3

that a US jet has been shot down over Iran. Mikey Kay, host of the security brief on BBC News,

1:43.6

gave Tim Franks this update.

1:45.2

This first came to light on some very credible open source intelligence channels

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