Trump considering 'winding down' Iran military campaign
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
President Trump posted on social media that the US was getting very close to meeting its objectives in Iran. Earlier he told reporters he didn't want a ceasefire. The BBC's US partner, CBS, has reported that US military officials are making detailed preparations for the possibility of deploying ground troops in Iran. Also: we hear from the journalist in Israel who's been pressured by online gamblers to change a story; why social media is awash with chat about how thin everyone was at the Oscars - and it's not just about the women; and the new research which calls into question the march south by English troops, ordered by King Harold, to face the Norman invasion in the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Keith Adams, and at 4 o'clock GMT on Saturday the 21st of March, these are our main stories. |
| 0:16.4 | President Trump has said the US is considering winding down its military efforts in Iran shortly after saying he didn't want to ceasefire. |
| 0:24.3 | Iranian missile debris has hit Jerusalem very close to some of the world's most important religious sites. |
| 0:30.0 | And Denmark was reportedly prepared to blow up runways in Greenland to deter an American invasion. |
| 0:38.7 | Also in this podcast, we hear from the journalist in Israel who's been pressured by online |
| 0:43.7 | gamblers to change a story. |
| 0:45.9 | They started threatening me personally. |
| 0:48.2 | They started threatening my family. |
| 0:49.7 | They said that I'm going to make them lose nearly a million dollars and they're going |
| 0:53.9 | to invest |
| 0:54.3 | more than that to quote unquote finish me. |
| 0:57.0 | And it's encompassing all different age group social classes, ethnicities with a sense of despair. |
| 1:05.5 | Has Hollywood gone too far with weight loss? |
| 1:11.9 | In the last few hours, we've had reports of fresh air strikes on Tehran |
| 1:16.2 | and of Iranian missile and drone attacks on Dubai, Kuwait, the UAE and Iraq. |
| 1:22.1 | So the war continues unabated. |
| 1:24.8 | And yet President Trump has said on social media that he's considering winding down |
| 1:28.7 | the conflict as the U.S. was close to meeting its objectives. He earlier spoke to reporters |
| 1:33.6 | against the familiar backdrop of the presidential helicopter, telling them he wasn't looking for a ceasefire |
| 1:39.6 | with Iran. I don't want to do a ceasefire. You know, you don't do a ceasefire when you're literally |
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