Journalist kidnapped | Spurs manager backlash
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
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Summary
President Donald Trump has said the US will leave Iran in "two or three weeks" regardless of whether a deal is done with Tehran.
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, he suggested the US will take no responsibility for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, saying: "That's not for us – that'll be for France, for whoever's using the strait."
An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq's interior ministry has said.
A backbench Labour MP has had the whip removed, reportedly for recent comments about colleagues that have been described as "uncollegiate".
More than a million people will be prescribed a weight loss jab to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes after the NHS’s spending watchdog approved the medication.
Spurs have confirmed former Brighton and Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi will replace Igor Tudor on a five-year deal.
The announcement has been met with strong opposition among official fan groups because of his controversial support of Mason Greenwood.
Anna and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.0 | US President Donald Trump has said the US will leave Iran in two or three weeks, |
| 0:14.0 | regardless of whether a deal is done with Tehran. |
| 0:17.0 | An American journalist, believed to be Shelley Kittleson, has been kidnapped in Baghdad. |
| 0:22.5 | This is according to Iraq's Interior Ministry. |
| 0:26.5 | Hello, you're listening to Cheek Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news. |
| 0:30.6 | It's Wednesday the 1st of April. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Wilfrid. |
| 0:33.9 | And I'm Anna Jones. |
| 0:34.9 | Also today, Tottenham Football Club have faced a backlash from fans after announcing Roberto Deserbi as their new manager. |
| 0:42.4 | So President Trump has said that the US will leave Iran in two to three weeks, regardless, he says, of whether a deal is done with Tehran. |
| 0:51.6 | He said, we've set them back 15 to 20 years. They have no Navy, no military, no |
| 0:56.4 | air force, they have no leaders. And he repeated his claim that he felt that regime change |
| 1:03.3 | in Iran had been achieved. He was speaking to reporters in the Oval Office and he suggested |
| 1:07.8 | that the US will take no responsibility for reopening the |
| 1:11.3 | Strait of Hall-Murz. He said, that's not for us. That'll be for France, for whoever's using |
| 1:15.5 | the strait. And this, of course, followed a post early in the day on Truth Social, where he |
| 1:20.8 | told the UK to go get your own oil. So he's set to address the nation tomorrow morning at UK time at 2am to give what's |
| 1:31.2 | being described as an important update on Iran and so many questions now hanging over what the |
| 1:36.8 | US's next move will be. Yeah, I think, you know, where you start and where you finish there is |
| 1:40.4 | what the market's responding to. The fact he's saying, you know, two or three |
| 1:44.4 | weeks this will be over and there's a Oval Office address on Iran to come Wednesday night, |
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