Iran war: World leaders respond to economic impact
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Countries outline measures to try to reduce the impact of rising energy prices, as stock markets rise on President Trump's statement that the war may end in as little as two weeks. We also hear the views of people living inside Iran. India's census of its population of 1.4 billion gets under way; Russia steps up attempts to block the messaging app Telegram seen in a drive to further isolate Russians from the outside world; South Africa deploys more than two thousand soldiers to help police combat crime; Tech giant apple is celebrating its 50th anniversary; and joy and sorrow in the final qualifying matches for the men's football World Cup. Iraq gets through for the first time in forty years and Italy miss out for the third time in a row.
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| 0:31.8 | Stock markets rise, as President Trump promises the end of the war with Iran within the next |
| 0:37.1 | three weeks. We get access to the views of the war with Iran within the next three weeks, |
| 0:38.2 | we get access to the views of people living inside Iran. |
| 0:41.6 | Also, India's census of its population of 1.4 billion gets underway. |
| 0:49.1 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:50.8 | Russian government doesn't want people to assess things on the internet, free speech, |
| 0:56.5 | doesn't want people to access Western media. Russia clamps down on the social media messaging |
| 1:02.4 | app, Telegram. As we record this podcast, President Trump is due to address the nation about progress on the war with Iran. |
| 1:15.0 | Mr Trump says he's achieved his aim of destroying all of Iran's nuclear capabilities |
| 1:20.2 | and has promised an end to the conflict within two to three weeks. |
| 1:24.3 | Because of the effect of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on the global economy, many countries |
| 1:28.8 | are already facing economic difficulties and are being forced to bring in measures to try to |
| 1:33.1 | reduce the impact of rising energy prices. The British Prime Minister, Kyr Starmer, has become the |
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