Trump Threatens ‘Whole Civilisation Will Die Tonight’
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today, President Donald Trump has warned "a whole civilisation will die tonight" unless Iran reaches a deal on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump's threats come as we near a deadline he's imposed on the Iranian regime to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by midnight on Tuesday. Adam is joined by chief presenter Caitriona Perry and diplomatic correspondent James Landale.
And, Wireless Festival is cancelled after the government stops headline act Kanye West from entering UK. In recent years, West has caused outrage with antisemitic, racist and pro-Nazi comments. Kanye West had offered to meet members of the Jewish community in UK before the festival was cancelled. Adam and Alex discuss with BBC news music correspondent Mark Savage.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, on Tuesday afternoon, Donald Trump posted a post on Truth Social for the ages. |
| 0:11.4 | I'll read the whole thing out now because the entire world is talking about it and trying to work out what it means. |
| 0:16.1 | He said, a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. |
| 0:21.0 | I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. |
| 0:23.7 | However, now that we have complete and total regime change, |
| 0:27.0 | we're different, smarter and less radicalised minds prevail, |
| 0:30.3 | maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen. |
| 0:33.4 | Who knows? |
| 0:34.4 | We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments |
| 0:37.2 | in the long and complex history of the world. |
| 0:39.4 | 47 years of extortion, corruption and death will finally end. God bless the great people of Iran. |
| 0:47.7 | That is what the president posted on Truth Social about Iran, just a few hours before the latest deadline he has set the regime |
| 0:55.6 | in Tehran to open the strait of Hormuz and to stop retaliating in his war against them. |
| 1:03.1 | So we'll discuss what that post might mean, along with some of the other day's big stories |
| 1:06.6 | on this episode of Newscast. |
| 1:08.7 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:29.8 | Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tappletail in the class. Got I have an apology, please. I trust almost nobody. That daddy has to sometimes do strong language. Next time in Moscow. I feel delulu with no salulu. Take me down to Downey Street. Let's go have a tour. Blimey. Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. And joining us down the line is the BBC's diplomatic correspondent, James Landale. |
| 1:34.6 | Hi, James. Hi, Adam. And joining us from Washington, it's Katrina Perry. Hi, Katrina. |
| 1:38.7 | Hello to you both. So we're recording this episode of Newscast at 5pm on Tuesday, the 7th of April, which means the next deadline that Donald Trump has set the Iranian regime is 1 o'clock in the morning on Wednesday, UK time, which is 8 o'clock in the evening where you are, Katrina. |
| 1:55.3 | I just wonder if actually what we should do is the build-up to the very incendiary post that Donald Trump posted this afternoon |
| 2:01.9 | to help us sort of understand how his rhetoric has grown and grown and grown. So Katrina, |
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