Trending News: Trump says he will only accept ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran before there can be peaceHarry and Meghan’s movie projects are ‘in limbo’ with $100million Netflix deal left ‘up in the air’, a report claimsThe US bombers heading to the UK for ‘the big one’: RAF Fairford awaits arrival of fleet of B1 aircraft from Texas base that can carry 34 tonnes of ordnance on every missionFarmer is jailed over terrifying dog attack on girl, 17, on same farm where three-year-old boy was killed in ‘furious and prolonged’ maulingRussia ‘is sharing targeting intelligence on US ships with Iran’, missile sets Bahrain hotel on fire, Tehran braces for ‘the big one’Australia sends ‘military assets’ to the Middle East in latest escalation of Iran conflictDeadliest Catch star’s devastated mom begs producers not to air footage of his fatal fall at seaNine-month-old baby is found dead in Elizabeth Downs home with piles of child-related junk including a potty out the frontCanada’s PM refuses to rule out military involvement in Middle East as US releases dramatic footage of Iran blitzWellness guru charged with manslaughter after man died during a ayahuasca and frog poison ceremony at his Byron Bay retreatTwenty six men are charged with more than 1,000 offences after cops bust secret online child exploitation groupTrump admits there may be ‘very good reason’ to send US troops into IranSpecial relationship in tatters after President Trump tells Starmer ‘we don’t need your aircraft carriers for war we’ve already won’ in explosive broadsideThe REAL Carolyn Bessette was a violent, deeply disturbed coke head with a humiliation fetish. The lies must stop. Her friends are telling the truth… and it’s ugly: MAUREEN CALLAHANSix arrested after ‘homemade nail bombs’ launched at home of NYC mayorPete Hegseth guarantees Iran will ‘surrender’ as oil prices soar past $100 a barrel driven by war: Live updatesIranian women’s football team signal ‘SOS’ from bus taking them back home after being branded ‘traitors’ for refusing to sing national anthemThe ‘Welshman’ on death row: Man who raped and murdered nurse has spent 30 years waiting to be executed in FloridaBrits ‘face highest EVER petrol pump prices’ as Middle East crisis deepens with FTSE slumping… but Trump says spiralling energy bills are ‘small price to pay’ for taming IranAndrew’s former PA says she would speak to police about her time serving ex-princeAlabama governor SPARES death row inmate, 75, at last minute because he didn’t pull the trigger that killed murder victimRoyal Navy FINALLY sets sail to defend Cyprus after the island condemned Starmer for lack of protection from Iranian attacks… and after French aircraft carrier arrivedDavid Lammy’s ‘soft justice’ reform of jury trials is backed by MPs in first Commons hurdle after Labour MP condemned curbs in emotional speech about being rapedStaggering number of US troops wounded in Trump’s Iran warIran will be hit ‘at a level never seen before’ if they place mines in Strait of Hormuz, White House warns as Trump says he is ‘not afraid’ to use military force to keep passage open and Tehran faces ‘most intense’ day of strikes: Live updatesTrump administration estimates first week of Iran war cost the US $11.3billion, source saysNYPD chief reacts to viral photo of daring barricade jump as he’s hailed for a hero after chasing down Gracie Mansion bomb suspectGrace Tame is dropped from events with no more speaking engagements for the rest of the yearEmergency 100MILLION litres of petrol to flood Australia: Chris Bowen announces Iran measure to avoid fuel shortagesBelivah deaths: Woman and child are found dead in a suburban home as wounded man sparks alarm running into Woolworths Bannockburn‘Comatose’ Mojtaba Khamenei ‘is UNAWARE there is a war on and has no idea he is supreme leader’, report saysAsylum seekers jailed for using migrant hotel room to run country lines drug networkAfghan migrant grabbed teenager off the street and raped her a week after sexually assaulting a woman in her 20sFBI storms home of Lebanese-born restaurant worker who drove truck filled with explosives into synagogue and opened fire after his ‘family were killed in airstrike’Teenage boy who brought down Huw Edwards ‘was lured into the BBC star’s web by the paedophile convicted of sending newsreader sick videos’Horror as a woman is bitten by shark at Kurrajong Campground, ExmouthQueen Mary and King Frederik touch down in Uluru for first public appearance of historic six-day Aussie tourHow I became an accidental war correspondent: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS on how disaster followed him from Ukraine’s frontlines to LA’s wildfiresMissile strikes inside US embassy compound in Baghdad as Trump’s Iran war spirals: Live UpdatesThe Full Banksy! Chance to see recreation of all 200 colourful works by famous street artist for first time in display which has wowed millionsDeath of John Alford ‘not suspicious’ as London’s Burning star’s body found in jail weeks after being imprisoned for sexually abusing two young girlsWe say we oppose the death penalty, but we have it in our prisons: After Ian Huntley’s murder behind bars, wouldn’t it have been better to execute killers like him under the law? PETER HITCHENSOutrage as champion racehorse is killed and served to unwitting diners at council-run soup kitchenWild moment allegedly drunk woman leaves trail of destruction in carpark after smashing into FIVE parked cars including one with a baby in the back‘Tinder swindler’ who conned three women out of £50,000 while claiming to be a spy is jailed for five yearsIran-US war LIVE: Trump warns NATO faces ‘very bad’ future if allies don’t help him secure the Strait of Hormuz as Dubai airport closes again after drone strikeTimothee Chalamet is brutally SNUBBED for Michael B Jordan after humiliating Oscars night where he was the butt of every joke… and his response said it allTornadoes predicted to hit 12 million Americans as Missouri influencer shows epicenter of megastorm: ‘It’s coming right for us’Starmer refuses to send warships: PM tells Trump UK is ‘not ready’ as US asks for aid to protect the Strait of HormuzGrammar school girl and university student dead in ‘nightclub-linked’ meningitis outbreak in Kent: Eleven more youngsters ‘seriously ill’ in hospitalMan jailed under Australia’s toughest new relationship law after brave mum reported his shocking abuse to policeAlbo may not have started the warCops arrest gran, 68, in child abuse probe linked to award-winning Jasper Jones authorMajor blow for millions of Aussie families as Reserve Bank raises interest rates: How much more you will payHealth chiefs scramble to find thousands potentially exposed to deadly Kent meningitis strain: Questions grow over why officials only warned of cluster AFTER students flocked home for Mother’s DayUS Senate candidate weaponizes a TARANTULA to get Airbnb tenant out of her homeNewsom’s wife rips Trump as ‘vile specimen’ after he says presidents should not have learning disabilitiesNew Mexico Air Force base goes into lockdown after shooter opens fire, leaving one dead and one injuredMajor update in Logan house tragedy after mother, 37, and her 11-month-old baby girl were found stabbed to deathAlbanese government hits back after Donald Trump calls out Australia: ‘We don’t need you’Electric vehicle company collapses in Australia: BossCap is placed into receivershipSpring Break TSA headache laid bare: Live map shows EXACTLY how long you’ll have to wait at major airportsShocking trend sweeps Australia as motorists battle soaring fuel costs driven by Middle East conflictEverything you need to know about Australia’s fuel crisis and how it affects youTrump’s top counter-terror chief breaks silence on shock resignation over the Iran war in explosive Tucker Carlson interview… and reveals what President SHOULD have done insteadTense moment as Anthony Albanese is heckled at Sydney mosque and branded a ‘genocide supporter’Former Lidl worker who was diagnosed with ‘a fear of rejection’ is set to get a £45,000 payout after ‘unfair dismissal’British journalist Steve Sweeney claims Israel was ‘trying to kill him’ in targeted airstrike to ‘silence him’Trump and Netanyahu trade barbs as gas price surge threatens Iran War alliance: US insists they were NOT told of plans to hit fuel plant but Israeli officials deny thatAustralia’s top supplier of petrol and diesel issues a warning as Middle East conflict drags onOne Nation surges ahead in the polls as Aussies queue up for hours to vote in the South Australian electionIran fires ballistic missiles at US and UK military base in the middle of the Indian OceanOne Nation candidate wanted in the UK over sex crime allegations after changing his nameTrump administration pauses sanctions on Iranian oil ‘stranded at sea’ to ease soaring pricesRevealed: Bombshell new ASSAULT charges against the North Shore private school mum who flipped her flash Merc SUVIsrael launches fresh strikes in Tehran hours after scores injured amid Iranian missile attack that pummelled nuclear site: Live updatesMillionaire tech mogul trying to take Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat is mercilessly mocked by locals as he gets drag queen to endorse himWild legal battle breaks out over a tree in one of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs as couple fight to save their $3million home from damageFurious Trump issues chilling threat to Iran demanding Strait of Hormuz is ‘FULLY OPENED’ in hours or America will ‘obliterate their power plants’… and there’s already a key target in sightHorror as gas bottle explosion leaves man with catastrophic injuries in Chester HillThe break-up text that has stunned Australia -lover speechlessFuel price officially hits an unthinkable amount -a-litreMARK ALMOND: This is no time to be asleep at the wheel. Iran’s threat is realCarrie Anne Fleming dead at 51: Supernatural star passes away as cause of death is revealedHuge new rule change that will make it easier for Australians to live and work in Europe: What you need to knowMacKenzie Gunther is identified as second pilot killed in Air Canada crash at LaGuardiaFrosty moment Oliver Curtis is asked about his former best mate who turned him inAustralian households to be hit with $2000 bill shock within days: What you need to knowTop aviation expert had to BEG to get through 3-hour TSA line so she’d make flight to investigate Air Canada disaster at LaGuardia: Live updatesMel Schilling’s final moments: MAFS star passed away in London surrounded by loved ones as her husband reveals she used ‘all of her remaining strength’ to whisper a last message for her daughter, 10Peer blasts police force after it decided artwork ‘showing Jews eating babies’ is NOT antisemiticEx-CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch caught telling prison doctors to find him incompetent amid sex trafficking trialAsian nation flags rescue mission as Australia faces fuel emergencyMan is found dead inside charred remains of home where four-year-old boy and his great-aunty were killed in a house fire three months agoAlbanese government backing pay rise for millions of Aussie workers to help with rising cost of livingAI bot told teen to use a hammer to kill his mother: Loner callously tortured and executed his devoted parent after becoming lost in toxic online world that indulged his brutal fantasiesTSA says it is on verge of closing AIRPORTS as shutdown triggers security shortages and leaves travel hubs at breaking pointDonald Trump continues talks of 15-point Iran peace planSneaky two words that allowed ship to sail through the Strait of HormuzWhy Josh Simons Resigned From Government
Fri. Apr 17th, 2026
Trending News: Trump says he will only accept ‘unconditional surrender’ from Iran before there can be peaceHarry and Meghan’s movie projects are ‘in limbo’ with $100million Netflix deal left ‘up in the air’, a report claimsThe US bombers heading to the UK for ‘the big one’: RAF Fairford awaits arrival of fleet of B1 aircraft from Texas base that can carry 34 tonnes of ordnance on every missionFarmer is jailed over terrifying dog attack on girl, 17, on same farm where three-year-old boy was killed in ‘furious and prolonged’ maulingRussia ‘is sharing targeting intelligence on US ships with Iran’, missile sets Bahrain hotel on fire, Tehran braces for ‘the big one’Australia sends ‘military assets’ to the Middle East in latest escalation of Iran conflictDeadliest Catch star’s devastated mom begs producers not to air footage of his fatal fall at seaNine-month-old baby is found dead in Elizabeth Downs home with piles of child-related junk including a potty out the frontCanada’s PM refuses to rule out military involvement in Middle East as US releases dramatic footage of Iran blitzWellness guru charged with manslaughter after man died during a ayahuasca and frog poison ceremony at his Byron Bay retreatTwenty six men are charged with more than 1,000 offences after cops bust secret online child exploitation groupTrump admits there may be ‘very good reason’ to send US troops into IranSpecial relationship in tatters after President Trump tells Starmer ‘we don’t need your aircraft carriers for war we’ve already won’ in explosive broadsideThe REAL Carolyn Bessette was a violent, deeply disturbed coke head with a humiliation fetish. The lies must stop. Her friends are telling the truth… and it’s ugly: MAUREEN CALLAHANSix arrested after ‘homemade nail bombs’ launched at home of NYC mayorPete Hegseth guarantees Iran will ‘surrender’ as oil prices soar past $100 a barrel driven by war: Live updatesIranian women’s football team signal ‘SOS’ from bus taking them back home after being branded ‘traitors’ for refusing to sing national anthemThe ‘Welshman’ on death row: Man who raped and murdered nurse has spent 30 years waiting to be executed in FloridaBrits ‘face highest EVER petrol pump prices’ as Middle East crisis deepens with FTSE slumping… but Trump says spiralling energy bills are ‘small price to pay’ for taming IranAndrew’s former PA says she would speak to police about her time serving ex-princeAlabama governor SPARES death row inmate, 75, at last minute because he didn’t pull the trigger that killed murder victimRoyal Navy FINALLY sets sail to defend Cyprus after the island condemned Starmer for lack of protection from Iranian attacks… and after French aircraft carrier arrivedDavid Lammy’s ‘soft justice’ reform of jury trials is backed by MPs in first Commons hurdle after Labour MP condemned curbs in emotional speech about being rapedStaggering number of US troops wounded in Trump’s Iran warIran will be hit ‘at a level never seen before’ if they place mines in Strait of Hormuz, White House warns as Trump says he is ‘not afraid’ to use military force to keep passage open and Tehran faces ‘most intense’ day of strikes: Live updatesTrump administration estimates first week of Iran war cost the US $11.3billion, source saysNYPD chief reacts to viral photo of daring barricade jump as he’s hailed for a hero after chasing down Gracie Mansion bomb suspectGrace Tame is dropped from events with no more speaking engagements for the rest of the yearEmergency 100MILLION litres of petrol to flood Australia: Chris Bowen announces Iran measure to avoid fuel shortagesBelivah deaths: Woman and child are found dead in a suburban home as wounded man sparks alarm running into Woolworths Bannockburn‘Comatose’ Mojtaba Khamenei ‘is UNAWARE there is a war on and has no idea he is supreme leader’, report saysAsylum seekers jailed for using migrant hotel room to run country lines drug networkAfghan migrant grabbed teenager off the street and raped her a week after sexually assaulting a woman in her 20sFBI storms home of Lebanese-born restaurant worker who drove truck filled with explosives into synagogue and opened fire after his ‘family were killed in airstrike’Teenage boy who brought down Huw Edwards ‘was lured into the BBC star’s web by the paedophile convicted of sending newsreader sick videos’Horror as a woman is bitten by shark at Kurrajong Campground, ExmouthQueen Mary and King Frederik touch down in Uluru for first public appearance of historic six-day Aussie tourHow I became an accidental war correspondent: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS on how disaster followed him from Ukraine’s frontlines to LA’s wildfiresMissile strikes inside US embassy compound in Baghdad as Trump’s Iran war spirals: Live UpdatesThe Full Banksy! Chance to see recreation of all 200 colourful works by famous street artist for first time in display which has wowed millionsDeath of John Alford ‘not suspicious’ as London’s Burning star’s body found in jail weeks after being imprisoned for sexually abusing two young girlsWe say we oppose the death penalty, but we have it in our prisons: After Ian Huntley’s murder behind bars, wouldn’t it have been better to execute killers like him under the law? PETER HITCHENSOutrage as champion racehorse is killed and served to unwitting diners at council-run soup kitchenWild moment allegedly drunk woman leaves trail of destruction in carpark after smashing into FIVE parked cars including one with a baby in the back‘Tinder swindler’ who conned three women out of £50,000 while claiming to be a spy is jailed for five yearsIran-US war LIVE: Trump warns NATO faces ‘very bad’ future if allies don’t help him secure the Strait of Hormuz as Dubai airport closes again after drone strikeTimothee Chalamet is brutally SNUBBED for Michael B Jordan after humiliating Oscars night where he was the butt of every joke… and his response said it allTornadoes predicted to hit 12 million Americans as Missouri influencer shows epicenter of megastorm: ‘It’s coming right for us’Starmer refuses to send warships: PM tells Trump UK is ‘not ready’ as US asks for aid to protect the Strait of HormuzGrammar school girl and university student dead in ‘nightclub-linked’ meningitis outbreak in Kent: Eleven more youngsters ‘seriously ill’ in hospitalMan jailed under Australia’s toughest new relationship law after brave mum reported his shocking abuse to policeAlbo may not have started the warCops arrest gran, 68, in child abuse probe linked to award-winning Jasper Jones authorMajor blow for millions of Aussie families as Reserve Bank raises interest rates: How much more you will payHealth chiefs scramble to find thousands potentially exposed to deadly Kent meningitis strain: Questions grow over why officials only warned of cluster AFTER students flocked home for Mother’s DayUS Senate candidate weaponizes a TARANTULA to get Airbnb tenant out of her homeNewsom’s wife rips Trump as ‘vile specimen’ after he says presidents should not have learning disabilitiesNew Mexico Air Force base goes into lockdown after shooter opens fire, leaving one dead and one injuredMajor update in Logan house tragedy after mother, 37, and her 11-month-old baby girl were found stabbed to deathAlbanese government hits back after Donald Trump calls out Australia: ‘We don’t need you’Electric vehicle company collapses in Australia: BossCap is placed into receivershipSpring Break TSA headache laid bare: Live map shows EXACTLY how long you’ll have to wait at major airportsShocking trend sweeps Australia as motorists battle soaring fuel costs driven by Middle East conflictEverything you need to know about Australia’s fuel crisis and how it affects youTrump’s top counter-terror chief breaks silence on shock resignation over the Iran war in explosive Tucker Carlson interview… and reveals what President SHOULD have done insteadTense moment as Anthony Albanese is heckled at Sydney mosque and branded a ‘genocide supporter’Former Lidl worker who was diagnosed with ‘a fear of rejection’ is set to get a £45,000 payout after ‘unfair dismissal’British journalist Steve Sweeney claims Israel was ‘trying to kill him’ in targeted airstrike to ‘silence him’Trump and Netanyahu trade barbs as gas price surge threatens Iran War alliance: US insists they were NOT told of plans to hit fuel plant but Israeli officials deny thatAustralia’s top supplier of petrol and diesel issues a warning as Middle East conflict drags onOne Nation surges ahead in the polls as Aussies queue up for hours to vote in the South Australian electionIran fires ballistic missiles at US and UK military base in the middle of the Indian OceanOne Nation candidate wanted in the UK over sex crime allegations after changing his nameTrump administration pauses sanctions on Iranian oil ‘stranded at sea’ to ease soaring pricesRevealed: Bombshell new ASSAULT charges against the North Shore private school mum who flipped her flash Merc SUVIsrael launches fresh strikes in Tehran hours after scores injured amid Iranian missile attack that pummelled nuclear site: Live updatesMillionaire tech mogul trying to take Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat is mercilessly mocked by locals as he gets drag queen to endorse himWild legal battle breaks out over a tree in one of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs as couple fight to save their $3million home from damageFurious Trump issues chilling threat to Iran demanding Strait of Hormuz is ‘FULLY OPENED’ in hours or America will ‘obliterate their power plants’… and there’s already a key target in sightHorror as gas bottle explosion leaves man with catastrophic injuries in Chester HillThe break-up text that has stunned Australia -lover speechlessFuel price officially hits an unthinkable amount -a-litreMARK ALMOND: This is no time to be asleep at the wheel. Iran’s threat is realCarrie Anne Fleming dead at 51: Supernatural star passes away as cause of death is revealedHuge new rule change that will make it easier for Australians to live and work in Europe: What you need to knowMacKenzie Gunther is identified as second pilot killed in Air Canada crash at LaGuardiaFrosty moment Oliver Curtis is asked about his former best mate who turned him inAustralian households to be hit with $2000 bill shock within days: What you need to knowTop aviation expert had to BEG to get through 3-hour TSA line so she’d make flight to investigate Air Canada disaster at LaGuardia: Live updatesMel Schilling’s final moments: MAFS star passed away in London surrounded by loved ones as her husband reveals she used ‘all of her remaining strength’ to whisper a last message for her daughter, 10Peer blasts police force after it decided artwork ‘showing Jews eating babies’ is NOT antisemiticEx-CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch caught telling prison doctors to find him incompetent amid sex trafficking trialAsian nation flags rescue mission as Australia faces fuel emergencyMan is found dead inside charred remains of home where four-year-old boy and his great-aunty were killed in a house fire three months agoAlbanese government backing pay rise for millions of Aussie workers to help with rising cost of livingAI bot told teen to use a hammer to kill his mother: Loner callously tortured and executed his devoted parent after becoming lost in toxic online world that indulged his brutal fantasiesTSA says it is on verge of closing AIRPORTS as shutdown triggers security shortages and leaves travel hubs at breaking pointDonald Trump continues talks of 15-point Iran peace planSneaky two words that allowed ship to sail through the Strait of HormuzWhy Josh Simons Resigned From Government
Fri. Apr 17th, 2026

Are US-Iran Talks Actually Happening?

Are US-Iran Talks Actually Happening?

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News,24 Mar 2026,48 mins

Are US-Iran Talks Actually Happening?

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Today, we try and get to the bottom of whether or not Iran and the US might be meeting at the negotiating table.

Whilst President Trump has previously said the two countries have already had productive conversations, Iran has denied the reports.

Lyse Doucet, chief international correspondent and Parham Ghobadi, senior reporter for BBC Persian explain who might be involved if talks do go ahead and the latest we know about what’s happening inside Iran.

Plus, Faisal Islam joins Adam for a deep dive into how all the uncertainty is affecting the economy. They unpack Rachel Reeves’ address to the House of Commons today and the measures she might take if the situation continues to escalate.

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