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WSJ Minute Briefing

Trump Considers Military Operation to Extract Iran’s Uranium

WSJ Minute Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, News

4.1671 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Sysco nears a deal to buy family-owned Restaurant Depot for roughly $29 billion. And Chinese EV leader BYD posts its first annual profit decline in four years amid fierce competition and soft domestic demand. Luke Vargas hosts.  Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think the potential of Agenic is to rethink how work gets done overall.

0:05.0

It challenges all sorts of traditional orthodoxies around how organizations execute the work at hand.

0:11.3

That's Jason Gersatus, CEO of Deloitte U.S., talking about the transformational potential of A.Gentic AI.

0:17.9

Join him later to learn why agents are a game changer for businesses across industries.

0:25.2

Here is your morning brief for Monday, March 30th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal.

0:30.8

A new unit of more than 2,000 U.S. troops has arrived in the Middle East, putting a number of

0:35.9

options on the table for President Trump

0:37.7

as he weighs whether to intensify the U.S. war effort. One mission he's weighing would involve

0:42.9

seizing almost 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran. We report that Trump hasn't made a decision

0:48.9

on whether to give the order, but remains open to the idea, since it would prevent the country

0:53.2

from making a nuclear weapon in the future. Meanwhile, Pakistan is pushing to the idea, since it would prevent the country from making a nuclear

0:54.2

weapon in the future. Meanwhile, Pakistan is pushing to get the U.S. and Iran to the negotiating table

1:00.1

after it helped Washington to pass a U.S. peace plan to Iran last week. We are exclusively reporting

1:06.3

that food distribution giant Cisco is nearing a deal to buy family-owned restaurant depot for roughly

1:11.9

$29 billion. Cisco is the biggest U.S. food distributor to restaurants, hospitals, and schools,

1:18.5

while Restaurant Depot operates more than 160 large-format warehouse stores across 35 states

1:24.9

and would be expected to continue operating as a standalone business

1:28.6

unit within Cisco after the deal closes. And Chinese EV leader, BYD, has reported weaker

1:35.4

than expected results for 2025, with net profit falling 19% in its first annual decline in four

1:42.3

years. The company is facing fierce competition and a slump

1:46.3

in domestic demand for its range of low-cost EVs. The carmaker has also faced pressure from

1:52.3

Chinese authorities to halt a price war in the world's largest auto market. Asian stocks have

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