Last-Minute Ceasefire, ICE Shooting & UK Bans Ye - Wednesday, April 8, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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The news to know for Wednesday, April 8, 2026!
We're talking about a temporary truce the U.S. and Iran reached just hours before President Trump could have carried out his threat to kill an entire civilization.
But the threat isn't over yet — for Iran or the U.S.
Also, all about ICE's latest controversial arrests — one led to a shooting, another involves the wife of an Army sergeant — and hundreds more have stemmed from TSA officers.
Plus, the impact of rising fuel prices on air travel, who will replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress, and another special "first" for the Artemis II crew.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, April 8th. We're talking about a temporary truce the U.S. and Iran reached |
| 0:04.9 | just hours before President Trump could have carried out his threat to kill an entire civilization. |
| 0:10.2 | But the threat isn't over yet for Iran or the U.S. |
| 0:13.6 | Also, all about ICE's latest controversial arrests. |
| 0:16.8 | One led to a shooting, another involves the wife of an army sergeant, and hundreds more have |
| 0:21.0 | stemmed from TSA officers. |
| 0:23.2 | Plus, the impact of rising fuel prices on air travel. |
| 0:26.5 | Who will replace Marjorie Taylor Green in Congress? |
| 0:29.5 | And another special first for the Artemis 2 crew. |
| 0:32.5 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:36.7 | Welcome to The Newsworthy. All the day's news in less than 15 minutes. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:42.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:43.5 | Let's do this. |
| 0:47.0 | The U.S. and Iran have reached an 11th hour ceasefire deal. |
| 0:50.9 | It was announced just hours after President Trump posted on social media his most dire |
| 0:55.0 | threat yet, saying, quote, a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. |
| 1:01.5 | That was, unless Iran's government did not cede to his demands by 8 p.m. last night. Something he said |
| 1:07.3 | was not likely. Then both sides announced a two-week ceasefire, saying military |
| 1:12.4 | strikes had been called off, and both sides claimed victory. In one key component of this deal, |
| 1:18.1 | Iran said it would allow oil, gas, and other vessels to pass through the economically vital |
| 1:22.6 | straight of Hormuz if they coordinate with the Iranian military. This was a big turnaround since in the hours before |
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