US Vice President suggests talks with Iran could resume
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
JD Vance says progress was made in discussions with Iran at the weekend and the ball is in Tehran's court. But he also accuses the Iranians of "economic terrorism" over the partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He was speaking hours after the US began enforcing its own naval blockade of Iranian ports. President Trump warned that any Iranian vessel that approached the blockade would be "immediately eliminated". He also said Iran couldn't be allowed to blackmail the rest of the world and extort money by imposing restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran responded by calling the US blockade "piracy" and threatened retaliation. Also: After Mr Trump criticised Pope Leo, we look at the history of spats between popes and politicians; Colombia plans to cull its hippopotamus population; a BBC Eye investigation reveals life-threatening malpractice on a Pakistani hospital ward; Hollywood actors, directors and filmmakers oppose the Paramount-Warner Brothers Discovery merger; and Duolingo asks taxi drivers to assess the conduct of job applicants.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.1 | Hello, I'm Ankara Desai, and in the early hours of Tuesday the 14th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:17.2 | The US Vice President Jodie Vance suggests talks with Iran could resume, but the ball is in Tehran's court. |
| 0:24.2 | He was speaking after the U.S. Navy began enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports. |
| 0:29.4 | A BBC investigation uncovers evidence of life-threatening malpractice on the pediatric ward of a Pakistani hospital previously linked to a HIV outbreak. |
| 0:41.3 | Also in this podcast, Colombia is to begin a cull of its invasive hippopotamus population |
| 0:46.9 | to protect local ecosystems and native species such as manatees and river turtles. |
| 0:59.6 | This is a necessary action to reduce the population. |
| 1:03.9 | Without that action, it's impossible to control the population. |
| 1:14.0 | As the US and Iran continue to tussle over the key waterway that is vital to the global economy, |
| 1:19.3 | the U.S. Vice President has given an indication that fresh talks could be revived, |
| 1:21.8 | but says the ball is in Iran's court. |
| 1:28.2 | This comes after J.D. Vans accused the Iranian government of carrying out what he called economic terrorism by largely closing the strait of Hormuz to ships. |
| 1:32.4 | On Monday, the U.S. began a rival blockade, stopping ships from using Iranian ports. |
| 1:37.9 | And it comes after talks between the U.S. and Iran crumbled over the weekend in Islamabad. |
| 1:43.2 | Mr. Vance has been speaking to Fox News, but |
| 1:45.7 | insists certain conditions must be met. We must have the enriched material out of Iran. We must have |
| 1:53.2 | their conclusive commitment to not develop a nuclear weapon. And I think that if the Iranians |
| 1:58.0 | are willing to meet us there, then this can be a very, very good deal for both countries. |
| 2:02.7 | I heard more from our North America correspondent Peter Bowes, who's in L.A. |
| 2:07.2 | He said the ball was very much in Iran's court. |
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