Trump urges nations to secure Strait of Hormuz

Global News Podcast

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🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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President Trump calls on other nations to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz which Iran has largely blocked, driving up global energy prices. Mr Trump has told a US television channel that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the war, its "terms aren’t good enough yet". The head of the United Nations calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah as Israeli strikes continue in the Lebanese capital. Also: in Cuba, peaceful anti-government protesters turned violent as a Communist Party Office in the centre of the country was attacked; and we hear about the Razzies, the awards actors and film makers would much rather they hadn't won. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:05.7	This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
0:12.6	I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Sunday, the 15th of March, these are our main stories.
0:19.1	Donald Trump urges China, Britain and others to send warships
0:23.2	to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane which Iran has largely blocked.
0:29.0	Israel continues to batter Lebanon and claims it's wiped out over 100 Hezbollah command centers
0:35.2	in Beirut. And more of the female Iranian footballers who
0:39.2	sought asylum in Australia decide to go home.
0:44.6	Also in this podcast.
0:46.2	Many people can't use the most basic services like taxi or delivery or banking apps, and in
0:53.2	some cases, bank terminals and ATMs were also affected
0:56.5	by the Saudis. The internet stops working in some major Russian cities. We ask why and what
1:03.3	impact it's having. President Trump has told NBC television channel in the US that while Tehran appears ready to make a deal to end the war, its terms aren't good enough yet.
1:19.6	He didn't specify what he meant by that, but perhaps a major stumbling block has to do with the narrow but strategically vital stretch of water called
1:28.6	the Strait of Hormuz. Tankers carrying about 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas and even
1:35.1	more of its oil pass through it. But Iran has carried out attacks on ships there. Traffic is
1:40.7	dramatically down and energy prices are up. Donald Trump wants Tehran to let the tankers
1:45.9	pass through unhindered. Until that happens, he's asking countries like China and Britain to help
1:51.3	the US keep it open. Our Washington correspondent, C. Me, Jolla Oso, told me more.
1:56.7	President Trump has urged allies, including the UK, France and other countries like Japan, South Korea, and even China, to send naval ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
2:09.2	He says that the U.S. will secure it one way or the other and that the U.S. will get the straight, open, safe and free by means of continued strikes on Iranian ships
2:19.3	and boats in the region. But in the same post, he did warn that Iran could still threaten the
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