US gives Iran 48 hours to make deal or open Strait of Hormuz
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
President Trump has given Iran 48 hours to make a deal or open up the Strait of Hormuz - an ultimatum Tehran has rejected. Both countries are trading threats to unleash "hell" as the search continues for a missing American aviator. The diplomatic fallout has also seen the US revoke the green cards of two women thought to be related to the late Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani. We'll get analysis from our correspondents on the ground and a military expert. Also: Bangladesh launches an emergency measles vaccination programme; the Ukrainian project creating dishes from demined fields; how the manosphere is poisoning the atmosphere in British classrooms; and the Artemis II astronauts catch their first glimpse of the far side of the Moon.
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| 0:35.6 | Donald Trump ramps up the diplomatic pressure, warning all hell |
| 0:39.8 | would rain down on Iran if they don't make a deal by Monday. Tehrans responded with similar threats. |
| 0:46.4 | The hunt for a missing American aviator continues inside Iran. A former hostage interrogator tells us |
| 0:53.2 | what Iran might be planning. And in Ukraine, mines are |
| 0:56.9 | being cleared so farmers near the front lines can get back to the land. Also in this podcast, |
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| 1:26.3 | Let's start with the latest exchange of threats between the U.S. and Iran. |
| 1:31.0 | The president of the United States wrote on social media that all hell would rain down on Iran |
| 1:36.2 | if it didn't make a deal within 48 hours. |
| 1:39.1 | He'd previously said he would move ahead with attacks on Iranian energy plants. |
| 1:46.6 | Tehran's pushback with similar words with a spokesperson saying that if hostility escalates, the entire region will turn into hell. |
| 1:53.2 | Also, as we go to air, an American aviator is still believed to be missing inside Iran. That person |
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