Trump: Iran talks 'constructive'
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🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
President Trump says he's told American negotiators not to rush into a deal with Iran. In a post on social media, he said the US blockade of Iranian ports would continue until an agreement had been certified and signed. Key sticking points remain, including control of the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear programme.
Also in the programme: Turkish riot police have stormed the headquarters of the main opposition party in Ankara in a row over a court's decision to oust the party's leader; the Gaza Flotilla activist who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Israeli forces when they intercepted her boat; and what value to put on a world record if athletics doping is allowed.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.8 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the World Service of the BBC coming live from London. |
| 0:14.2 | This is Owen Bennett-Chairns, and coming up, the Gaza flotilla activist who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Israeli forces when they intercepted her boat. |
| 0:22.9 | You're constantly told that the level of violence will increase if you do anything. |
| 0:27.5 | So you become a shell of yourself and you start taking the orders. |
| 0:31.6 | That story and an IDF response coming up in around 30 minutes. |
| 0:35.1 | And our reporter is at the Las Vegas Enhanced Games, |
| 0:39.6 | where it's okay to use performance-enhancing drugs. |
| 0:43.1 | If you can't quite get your head around what the enhanced games are, |
| 0:46.8 | sink the Olympics on steroids, literally. |
| 0:51.3 | Now, the question of whether or not Iran and the US are about to reach a deal has been |
| 0:56.4 | very much in the air this weekend, and it is still not exactly clear what's happening behind |
| 1:01.2 | the scenes. US officials were saying they were close to a deal. Leaks suggested it comprised of |
| 1:07.6 | a 60-day ceasefire, opening the straight, easing sanctions, and dealing with |
| 1:13.2 | the nuclear issue later. But then President Trump said he was not in a rush. And here's Secretary |
| 1:19.1 | of State Marco Rubio giving an update as he continues his trip in India. |
| 1:24.1 | We've made some progress over the last 48 hours working with our partners in the |
| 1:28.1 | Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with |
| 1:34.2 | the completely open straits, and I mean open straits without tolls, and with addressing some of |
| 1:40.9 | the key things that underpin what has been Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions in the past. |
| 1:49.2 | Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says the U.S. and Iran's apparent convergence in the last week |
| 1:54.1 | does not mean agreements will be reached on key issues, but the Iranian president tried to offer reassurance. |
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