Trump: US to leave Iran in '2 or 3 weeks'
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
President Trump says the US will end its war against Iran in the next "2 or 3 weeks" - but it will be up to other countries to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz. We'll look at how Australia is dealing with rising fuel costs, and whether it's a good idea for Britain's King Charles to visit Washington at this moment. Also: Donald Trump's White House ballroom project is halted; a special report from the North Sea on a plan to capture carbon dioxide; shocking news for families who had fertility treatment in Northern Cyprus; and we check in with our reporter at Cape Canaveral ahead of NASA's first Moon mission in five decades.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.5 | American politics can sometimes feel like a different language. |
| 0:11.1 | But our podcast can help you translate. |
| 0:13.3 | Make sense of what's happening in the US, |
| 0:15.2 | with new podcast episodes arriving throughout the week. |
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| 0:21.1 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:26.7 | Hi, I'm Alex Ritson, and in the early hours of Wednesday, the 1st of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:34.2 | Iran says it will end the war with the US, but only in return for security guarantees. |
| 0:40.3 | Donald Trump says it will be over in two to three weeks. |
| 0:44.3 | Mixed reactions, as Britain confirms King Charles will make a state visit to America, |
| 0:49.3 | and ballroom blues for President Trump as a judge stops work on the White House extension. |
| 0:57.9 | Also in this podcast, the depleted North Sea oil and gas fields being turned into huge offshore |
| 1:05.2 | carbon dioxide storage sites. And as the team is preparing, I think everybody's pretty excited and understands |
| 1:11.8 | the significance of this launch, this first chapter on our way back to the moon. |
| 1:16.2 | The final preparations for the first manned moon mission for more than 50 years. |
| 1:25.1 | There's been some optimism after Iranian state media reported President Massoud Peschkian |
| 1:31.2 | saying his country is willing to end the war with the US and Israel in return for security guarantees. |
| 1:38.1 | And Donald Trump has also said the war will end in two to three weeks, |
| 1:41.7 | but there are conflicting accounts on the status of peace talks |
| 1:45.5 | and few tangible signs of progress. |
| 1:48.5 | Speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump said the end to US operations in Iran |
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