Israel lays out conditions for any Iran nuclear deal
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Israel's prime minister has demanded the removal of all enriched uranium from Iran as part of any deal on Tehran's nuclear programme. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking as Iran's foreign minister travelled to Switzerland for the latest round of indirect talks with the US. Also: In a new Instagram video the American celebrity news host, Savannah Guthrie, has addressed the kidnappers of her eighty- four year old mother, Nancy. She said she and her family still had hope their mother would be returned safely. The alleged gunman of the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia, has appeared via video link at a Sydney court for the first time. Nigerians welcome the return of the celebrated Argungu fishing festival. And how artificial intelligence is changing agriculture.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm Pete Ross, and in the early hours of Monday the 16th of February, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.3 | An Iranian minister tells the BBC the ball is in America's court if it wants to reach a nuclear deal. |
| 0:23.4 | Israel carries out more deadly airstrikes in Gaza while the US pushes ahead with its peace plan. |
| 0:28.9 | And the alleged gunman of the Bondi beach shooting in Australia appears via video link at a court for the first time. |
| 0:37.9 | Also in this podcast, the FBI finds a glove in the Nancy Guthrie disappearance case and |
| 0:43.4 | the sound of a successful forest recovery program. |
| 0:59.5 | Over the years, the Swiss city of Geneva has hosted many important diplomatic meetings and it will do so once again on Tuesday when the US special envoy Steve Whitkoff meets Iran's |
| 1:05.4 | foreign minister, Abbasarachi, for the second round of indirect talks focusing on Iran's nuclear program. |
| 1:11.9 | Many leaders in the Middle East will be watching closely, |
| 1:14.9 | including Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:18.0 | Earlier, he laid out his demands for any future deal between Tehran and Washington. |
| 1:22.8 | The first is that all enriched material has to leave Iran. |
| 1:27.4 | The second is that there shall be no enrichment capability, |
| 1:32.7 | dismantle the equipment and the infrastructure that allows you to enrich in the first place. |
| 1:39.2 | And the third is to deal also with the questions of ballistic missiles. |
| 1:43.8 | The talks come at a difficult time for the Islamic Republic. |
| 1:47.0 | International sanctions continue to hurt the country's economy |
| 1:50.0 | and tensions remain high following the regime's bloody suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations |
| 1:55.2 | in which thousands of people were killed. |
| 1:58.1 | President Trump has threatened strikes against Iran |
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