US reportedly offers 15-point plan to end conflict
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
US and Israeli media outlets are reporting that the Trump administration - with the help of Pakistan- has handed Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan. President Trump insists his administration is talking to the "right people" in Iran, and that they "badly" want a deal to end the four week conflict. On Tuesday he hinted at a "very significant prize" gifted to the US by Iranian negotiators relating to oil and gas, and the Strait of Hormuz. Just hours later, Iran told the United Nations that "non-hostile vessels" will be allowed to pass through the Strait. Meanwhile, the Pentagon is expected to deploy ground forces to the Middle East, according to the BBC's US partner, CBS News.
Also: the social media giant Meta is ordered to pay $375 million dollars in damages for misleading users over child safety; Russia launches one its largest aerial attacks on Ukraine since the war began, hitting cities across the country with nearly one thousand drones; Denmark's governing Social Democratic Party comes top in Tuesday's parliamentary election, but with its worst showing in more than a century. And, joy as a second gorilla gives birth to twins in a national park in Congo in the space of a few months.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.5 | You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello, I'm Oliver Conway, and we're recording this at 5 o'clock GMT on Wednesday the 25th of March. |
| 0:17.7 | The US has reportedly sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war. The social media |
| 0:23.7 | giant Meta is ordered to pay $375 million in damages for misleading users over child safety. |
| 0:31.5 | And Russia launches nearly a thousand drones at Ukraine. Also in the podcast, we look at NASA's mission to fly humans deeper into space than ever before. |
| 0:43.2 | And there was a real sense of joy across the team. |
| 0:46.2 | Moments like this are so incredibly unique and they give everyone a big morale boost. |
| 0:50.8 | And they just remind us why this work matters. |
| 0:53.4 | Delight as a second gorilla gives birth to twins in a national park in Congo. |
| 1:02.8 | President Trump appears to be pursuing a twin approach to the war on Iran. |
| 1:08.0 | On the one hand, he's reported to be sending thousands of US paratroopers to the Middle East, |
| 1:12.9 | raising the possibility that he intends to invade Iran's oil hub of Haarg Island. But at the same time, |
| 1:18.9 | US officials say Iran has been sent a 15-point plan to end the war. Speaking at the White |
| 1:24.6 | House, President Trump said the two sides were already in negotiations, |
| 1:28.8 | and the Iranians, quote, badly want to make a deal. |
| 1:32.3 | He also spoke about a gift from Iran related to the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:38.0 | It was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. |
| 1:42.3 | I'm not going to tell you what that president is, |
| 1:44.4 | but it was a very significant prize. And they gave it to us, and they said they were going to |
| 1:51.8 | give it. So that meant one thing to me would deal with the right people. |
| 1:54.9 | Is that nuclear related? No, it wasn't nuclear related. It was oil and gas related. |
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