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Strikes between Israel and Iran continue

Newshour

BBC

Daily News, News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Global stock markets have risen and the oil price has fallen, after President Trump again said the war against Iran could be over in a couple of weeks. Britain says it will host a multi-national meeting this week to discuss how to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump says he is "strongly considering" pulling the United States out of NATO. We will hear from a former US ambassador to NATO.

Also, South Africa's government sends in the army to fight criminal gangs.

And the countdown to NASA's Artemis moon mission! Plus fifty years since the birth of Apple computing.

(Photo: A person reacts to the damage near a business building including the Qatari Al Araby TV office, after an airstrike in northern Tehran, Iran, 29 March 2026. Credit: EPA)

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service. We're coming to live from London. I'm Leila Nathu.

0:15.4

The US Supreme Court is considering whether birthright citizenship should be limited.

0:21.5

Later in the program, we'll hear from lawyer Amanda Frost, who was waiting to get into the building.

0:26.9

It's a beautiful day here in Washington, D.C. People are standing in line. They've been here since 6 a.m.

0:33.9

as have I, and I think people I hear around me are discussing the likelihood of a result

0:38.9

either in favor of the government or the challengers and feelings are mixed. It is opened up a question

0:45.2

which had thought to be long settled, as would inevitably happen when the President of the United

0:50.2

States challenges a longstanding constitutional interpretation through such an executive order.

0:54.6

But first, another day, another timetable from President Trump for the end to his war with Iran.

1:01.5

I would say that within two weeks, maybe, two weeks, maybe three.

1:06.6

We're hitting them very hard last night.

1:08.2

We knocked out tremendous amounts of missile making facilities, as you probably read or wrote. We're hitting them very hard last night. We knocked out tremendous amounts of missile making facilities.

1:11.9

We, as you probably read or wrote. We knocked out, excuse me.

1:17.1

Pardon me, pardon you're interrupting. The U.S. will be gone or done with the war.

1:20.3

I think we're two or three weeks. We'll leave.

1:23.8

That was Donald Trump speaking to reporters in the Oval Office. He's also signalled that the US

1:29.0

could stop bombing Iran, even if the two countries don't agree a deal. And he's due to make an

1:34.3

address to the nation later about the conflict. Well, meanwhile, Iran's president, Masoud Pasekian,

1:40.2

has said his country has the necessary will to end the war as long as certain conditions are met.

1:46.8

A communications blackout means it's not easy to hear directly from people inside Iran.

1:51.6

But here's what one prominent activist and spokesperson for the Iranian Teachers Trade Union,

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