President Trump urges countries to 'go get their own oil' from the Strait of Hormuz
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
We look at America's goals in the war with Iran, and we ask what Israel's strategy is, as regards the conflict in Iran and Lebanon.
Also on the programme: the latest report on sexual violence directed at women and girls in Sudan; and the world's longest running international music competition, Eurovision heads to Asia.
(Image: Illustration shows 3D-printed miniature model depicting US President Donald Trump pointing at a map showing the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:09.5 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:13.5 | We're coming to you live from London. |
| 0:15.4 | I'm Leila Nathu. |
| 0:17.1 | President Trump has lashed out at the UK and countries across the world who've been affected by the squeeze on global oil supplies due to Iran's effective blockade of the shipping channel, the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 0:30.1 | He's posted on Truth Social that they should buy fuel from the US or build up the courage to go to the straight and, in his words, just take it. |
| 0:39.3 | You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, he says. |
| 0:42.1 | The USA won't be there to help you anymore. |
| 0:44.2 | Just like you weren't there for us. |
| 0:46.1 | Iran has been essentially decimated. |
| 0:48.4 | The hard part is done. |
| 0:49.9 | Go get your own oil. |
| 0:51.7 | Well, meanwhile, in the past hour, the U.S. Defense Secretary, Pete |
| 0:54.7 | Hegesith, has been addressing journalists. He said talks with Iran are very real, active, |
| 0:59.8 | and gaining strength. If Iran is wise, they will cut a deal. President Trump doesn't bluff, |
| 1:06.8 | and he does not back down. You can ask Khomeini about that. The new Iranian regime should know that by now. |
| 1:14.2 | This new regime, because regime change has occurred, should be wiser than the last. President Trump will |
| 1:23.0 | make a deal. He is willing. And the terms of the deal are known to them. If Iran is not willing, |
| 1:29.2 | then the United States War Department will continue with even more intensity. |
| 1:35.4 | Well, our international editor, Jeremy Bowen, joins us now. Jeremy, you have President Trump |
| 1:40.8 | saying today Iran has been decimated. the hard part is done, he says. |
| 1:45.1 | We've just heard Pete Hegeseth saying regime change has occurred. Does this look to you as if the |
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