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Studios in central London. I'm Tim Franks. President Trump may have signalled that he's keen to

wrap up his war in Iran within a few weeks.

His rhetoric, though, continues to be fearsome over what he's about to unleash.

Overnight in Washington, he posted his latest threat on social media.

Our military, the greatest and most powerful by far anywhere in the world,

hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran.

Bridges next, then electric power plants.

In other words, this was detailed to go with a rather more expansive warning he gave in his address on US TV on Wednesday evening, Washington Time.

We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.

We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.

In the meantime, discussions are ongoing.

Regime change was not our goal.

We never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders' death.

They're all dead.

There's obviously some debate over whether there are indeed discussions ongoing about terms

to end this conflict and also about how far there has been a change of regime in Iran.

What's also clear is that Iran is still able to hit

back, obviously, with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, that passageway so important

to global trade flows, and also in its ability to launch at least some missiles and drones around

the region, including the United Arab Emirates.

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