Trump says he wants 'a real end' to Israel Iran fighting
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🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
President Trump says he wants "a real end" to the fighting between Israel and Iran, not just a ceasefire. He said Iran should have done a deal with the US over its nuclear programme and he is now little inclined to negotiate. Mr Trump has returned early from the G7 summit in Canada because of the Middle East crisis. Meanwhile, Israel says it has killed Iran’s military chief of staff, Ali Shadmani, in a strike on central Tehran.
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(Photo: Iranian Red Crescent Society members search through the rubble for victims after Israeli strikes, at an unspecified location in Iran, in this undated image released 17 June, 2025 and obtained from social media. Credit: Iranian Red Crescent Society/Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Rebecca Kesb. Our top story today, the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran. |
| 0:14.1 | It's the fifth day of hostilities. Loud explosions have been heard in the Iranian capital Tehran within the past couple of hours. |
| 0:21.3 | Earlier Israel said it had killed another top military commander Ali Shadmani, said to be |
| 0:26.7 | close aid to the supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Meanwhile, Iran has fired some 30-odd missiles |
| 0:33.6 | at Israel, the Israeli health ministry there, saying 154 people were hospitalized overnight. |
| 0:39.7 | They say, though, that most have only mild injuries and conditions. |
| 0:43.7 | But there are reports of long queues today at fuel stations and traffic jams in the Iranian capital Tehran, |
| 0:49.9 | as many try to flee the city. |
| 0:51.9 | This woman contacted BBC Persian from the side of the road as she tried to leave. |
| 1:01.3 | What you see is unfortunately the situation we found ourselves in. We're on our way from Tehran to Basharha. |
| 1:09.0 | We've packed up our things like real refugees. This is our |
| 1:12.0 | TV, the one we bought with us. The rest of our belongings are here in the car's trunk. We gathered |
| 1:17.0 | everything we could and brought it with us. We've left the rest in God's hands. May he protect us |
| 1:21.7 | all and may nothing happen to anyone. I hope that one day when we return, everything will be back |
| 1:26.5 | to normal for all of us. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, we'll look at several aspects to this ongoing story across the programme today. |
| 1:33.1 | But first, comments made by the US President Donald Trump are being scrutinised carefully for clues on the US position on this conflict. |
| 1:41.8 | Mr Trump cut short his visit to the G7 meeting in Canada, leaving |
| 1:45.9 | last night. Speaking to journalists on board Air Force One, he was asked whether the U.S. |
| 1:51.6 | would be calling for a ceasefire in Iran, and this was his reply. |
| 1:56.0 | I'm looking for a ceasefire, looking for better than a ceasefire. |
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