Iran war ceasefire violation accusations | More civil service Mandelson questions | NHS maternity deaths
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Iran tensions escalate as Tehran says the Strait of Hormuz cannot reopen, blaming US and Israeli “violations” of a fragile ceasefire.
In Westminster, pressure mounts on Keir Starmer as senior civil service figures face questions over the Peter Mandelson vetting row.
And the NHS announces sweeping changes to maternity care after a rise in deaths during and after pregnancy.
Plus, a major shift at the top of the Premier League.
Sophy and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:10.4 | Iran's chief negotiator in the talks with the US has said it is not possible for the |
| 0:15.1 | straight-off bombers to be opened due to the blatant violations of the ceasefire, in his words, |
| 0:20.5 | by the US and Israel. The Prime Minister's former Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney, is set to give evidence to MPs about his role in the vetting of Peter Mandelson. Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news. It is Thursday the 23rd of April. I'm Safie Rich. And I'm Wilfrost. Also today, we'll touch on the Premier League. |
| 0:38.7 | Alas, Arsenal knocked off top spot. Meanwhile, Chelsea changed their manager again. |
| 0:46.2 | So let's start with what is going on with the Strait performers, because I guess the move |
| 0:51.6 | music right now and the actions right now are pointing in the wrong direction. |
| 0:56.7 | Iran's chief negotiator in the talks of the US has said it is not possible for the straight to be |
| 1:01.4 | opened. He's blaming on the US and Israel saying that there's been blatant violations of the ceasefire. |
| 1:07.8 | And of course this comes as ships continue to be under attack, right, if they try and pass three. |
| 1:13.4 | Yeah. And obviously, early yesterday morning, there was a few cases of Iran seizing a couple of commercial ships. |
| 1:21.1 | Of course, earlier in the week, the US did that to an Iranian ship. And that's pushed oil prices back above 100. |
| 1:29.2 | Brent crew this morning is actually at 103. |
| 1:31.9 | Meanwhile, by the way, the US stock market again closed at a record all-time high last night. |
| 1:37.2 | I mean, those two things cannot hold. |
| 1:40.0 | What is going on there? |
| 1:41.0 | It is slightly strange, right? |
| 1:42.9 | What's going on is somehow stock market investors are still looking at the oil price increase |
| 1:49.8 | and saying it's going to be temporary. A legitimate argument in my eyes, possibly for the first |
| 1:55.8 | few weeks, we're now in the first few months, and it's already not temporary. But look, who are we to correct the millions of market participants that settle on those prices? |
| 2:06.6 | But it is baffling, frankly, that those two things remain the case. |
| 2:11.2 | Particularly if you look at some of the language that's come out even just overnight, right? |
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