Trump insists that Iran nuclear talks will continue
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has told the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that talks with Iran over its nuclear programme will continue. For the first time since demonstrations in January, the BBC is able to report from inside Iran and our Chief International correspondent Lyse Doucet has been speaking to people in the capital, Tehran.
Also on the programme: the Winter Olympian balancing winning medals with her homework; and we hear from Brontë country in northern England - where a rather saucy new interpretation of Wuthering Heights has been filmed.
(Trump meets Netanyahu in Washington, 11 February 2026. Credit:Getty Images)
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| 0:11.2 | Hello and welcome to Newsare. It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service studios in central London. |
| 0:17.1 | I'm Tim Franks. And coming up on the programme. |
| 0:20.4 | And Mr Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us, |
| 0:26.2 | a capital fellow. |
| 0:28.1 | He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes |
| 0:33.1 | withdraw so suspiciously under their brows as I rode up. |
| 0:37.8 | That is an extract from the very first page of Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte's classic novel. |
| 0:44.5 | In 20 minutes, unlike most other media outlets, we won't be talking about the new steamier film version. |
| 0:51.6 | We're far too proper for that. |
| 0:53.3 | But we will be finding about the village, |
| 0:55.9 | the real village, where it is set. Before that, though, we are going to start at the White |
| 1:02.0 | House where Donald Trump has been hosting the Israeli Prime Minister Binium Netanyahu again. |
| 1:08.2 | You might think, given how frequent a visitor Mr. Netanyahu is, |
| 1:13.2 | that that's not really news, or at least surprising. And indeed, this is the Israeli Prime Minister's |
| 1:18.8 | sixth visit to the US since Mr. Trump's return to office. No other foreign leader has signed |
| 1:24.7 | the visitor's book remotely as often. |
| 1:33.3 | But this is news because of just how momentous the situation appears over Iran. |
| 1:37.5 | The Americans have begun indirect negotiations with the Iranians, |
| 1:39.7 | initially over their nuclear program, |
| 1:44.6 | but also potentially their ballistic missiles and their support for regional proxies. |
| 1:50.0 | Negotiations in the shadow of a large US military force, indeed, according to the Pentagon, |
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