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Hello, I hate news cliches, but this has definitely been a roller coaster 24 hours.

When we recorded the last episode of newscast, Donald Trump had issued that apocalyptic-sounding threat to end a civilization in Iran.

And then a few hours later, there was a two-week ceasefire.

Although, as you will hear in this episode of Newscast, which is a little bit ragged because the

news keeps on changing, the definition and the meaning of the ceasefire and the consequences of

it are still really not very clear. So that is what we will discuss on this episode of Newscast.

Newscast from the BBC.

Fat boy sliver me in the classroom doing our violin lessons. I was the tattle tail in the class.

Can 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. Hello, it's Katrina in the Washington studio. And rejoining us on newscast from the BBC Persian service is our colleague Parham Gubadi. Hello, Parham. Hi, thanks. So much to discuss, but actually, Katrina, I don't know if you know about Parham's side hustle.

No.

Exactly. colleague Parham Gabbadi. Hello, Parham. Hi. Thanks. So much to discuss, but actually, Katrina, I don't know if you know about Parham's side hustle. No. Explain to newscasts what you do in your quote, free time. I study, I do a degree in war studies. My master is at King's College London. Well, first of all, how do you find the time, especially when you're covering the news 24-7?

It's difficult. It's not easy. Like the first semester for three days a week, I was going to university and four days a week I was at work, so no free time.

But this semester, it was a bit easier, so I had one day off.

And what's it like covering a war in real-time in your day job and then thinking about war from a kind of academic perspective in your degree?

It's actually quite amazing because it's more in depth.

You know, news is like really fast pace, usually, especially if there's breaking news.

However, universities like more in depth, more reading. I think as a journalist, you need that kind of input as well, you know, sometimes to take off and to just delve more into a topic to get more insight.

Well, students of the future, Katrina, will be trying to work out what changed between Tuesday night when Donald Trump was on truth social saying that potentially a civilization

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