Tuesday Afternoon Breaking News Updates with Ben - 4/21/26

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🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 70 minutes

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0:23.1	This is Ben on breaking news.
0:24.9	I'm Ben Myceles, and this is your breaking news.
0:28.0	Moments ago, we learned that any negotiations that were set to take place in Islamabad and Pakistan
0:35.6	between the United States, Trump regime and the Iranians was canceled.
0:41.9	And it was canceled as a result of Donald Trump continuing a blockade of the Persian Gulf.
0:48.1	And Donald Trump continuing to threaten Iran during these negotiations.
0:52.7	Iran made clear its non-negotiables. It made clear its 10-point
0:56.9	framework of negotiations, which Donald Trump previously agreed to. And Iran said, we're not going to
1:03.1	just show up there so you can misrepresent our presence. We don't trust you. So unless and until the
1:10.2	naval blockade of the Persian Gulf by the
1:12.6	United States ends, unless and until you stop attacking Iranian ships and interdicting them,
1:18.3	and unless and until you stop threatening us with social media posts, Donald, we're not
1:23.3	showing up because our mere presence will be used by you to distort what's actually happening.
1:30.3	We don't believe you're in it for a good faith negotiation, and we believe that you're using
1:35.3	negotiation as a tool to achieve that which you couldn't on the battlefield during the war.
1:41.9	Look, if you want to go to war, if you want to continue to commit war crimes,
1:46.3	there's a path for that. Our military generals in the United States and admirals and the chairman
1:51.5	of the joint chiefs and top leaders have told Donald Trump it will cost America tens of thousands
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