Alex Ritson

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Olen Alex Ritson, ja ensimmäisenä viikonloppuna, 1. aprilin, nämä ovat meidän mainit tarinoitamme. Iran sanoo, että se loppuu maan kanssa Yhdysvalloissa, mutta vain vähentämällä turvallisuuden varoja. Donald Trump sanoo, että se loppuu 2-3 viikkoa. Mixed reactions as Britain confirms King Charles will make a state visit to America. And ballroom blues for President Trump as a judge stops work on the White House extension.

Also in this podcast, the depleted North Sea oil and gas fields being turned into huge offshore carbon dioxide storage sites. As the team is preparing, I think everybody is pretty excited and understands the significance of this launch, this first chapter on our way back to the moon. The final preparations for the first manned moon mission for more than 50 years.

There's been some optimism after Iranian state media reported President Massoud Peseshkian saying his country is willing to end the war with the US and Israel in return for security guarantees. And Donald Trump has also said the war will end in two to three weeks, but there are conflicting accounts on the status of peace talks and few tangible signs of progress.

Speaking in the Oval Office, President Trump said the end to US operations in Iran is not dependent on reaching a deal with Tehran, but rather meeting Washington's war goals. He also reiterated his call for countries struggling with fuel shortages to go get their own oil from the Strait of Hormuz.

The comments come after a day of heavy strikes on Iran and follow a warning from the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it would retaliate against US tech giants if more Iranian leaders are killed. And in the past few hours it's understood a tanker has been hit by an unknown projectile off the coast of Qatar. The crew are reported to be safe. Our North America correspondent Gary O'Donohue gave me this assessment of President Trump's strategy.

I mean it does really depend what day it is, what the war aims are for Donald Trump. He's talked about bombing until Iran has no longer the capacity for nuclear weapons, which it obviously doesn't have anyway at the moment. He's also said that the war is coming to an end. And I think a lot of people will find that quite surprising because we're in a situation where the Strait of Hormuz is still effectively closed.

Kaikki tämä nukleerimateriaali on edessä Iranin sisällä, ja islamilainen republika on jäänyt paikoilleen. Ja kun puhutaan sääntöjärjestelmistä, voidaan ymmärtää, onko se oikeastaan se, mitä vahvistus näyttää. Voiko hän vain mennä läpi ja jättää resta maailmaa huomioon Hormuussa?

Well, I think they believe they can. They insist always that, Pete Hegseth did this today, that America isn't dependent on that oil, etc., etc. Although that's always belied by the fact that gasoline has just gone over an average of $4 a gallon here for the first time since August 2022.

että markkini tarkoittaa, että se on edelleen järjestetty, mitä tapahtuu muualla. Joten retorikki on näin, mutta ei ole selvää, että se voi olla asia, jota he uskovat. Ja tietenkin, voivatko he mennä ulos, etteivätkä he saa tavoitteen saada nukleusmateriaalia, 440 kiloa 60 % ylöspäin ylöspäin? Voivatko he mennä ulos?

With the regime intact, even if they, as they say, have removed the top few echelons. The interesting thing is that in the last few days Donald Trump has said we've achieved regime change. So you can see the beginnings, I think, of a narrative that says, whether or not anyone believes it or not, that says we've achieved what we set out to do. How's all this going down with ordinary Americans?

This is a very partisan war. The numbers are really quite striking. You've got around three quarters of Republicans who support this war. You've got around one in ten Democrats who support this war. Amongst Donald Trump's most loyal supporters, as we call them the MAGA base, that support is up to 90%. It drops away with more moderate Republicans, but it's still approaching six out of ten.

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Tämä on hyvä. Minä otan painoa yrittää pyrkiä pysyä puuttelemaan Iranin nuklearipuutteen ja lähettämään sen täältä. Voidaan puhuta, onko tämä todennäköinen, onko tämä kotilähtöinen, mutta moni republikaani ottaa puuttelemaan. Ja toisella puolella, johon puhuin, hän sanoi minulle, että kyllä, meillä on suurta tuotantoa presidenttiin tässä yhteisössä, mutta älä muista, että nämä asiat voivat muuttaa. Ihmiset voivat olla pysyviä. Meillä oli tuotanto Vietnamissa, meillä oli tuotanto Irakissa ja asiat muuttui.

Gary O'Donohue in Washington. President Trump has again lashed out at countries which he says haven't helped with his war in Iran. As we've heard, he said the UK, France and other countries could get their own oil from the now blocked Strait of Hormuz. Earlier, Mr. Trump's defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, appeared to make fun of Britain's Royal Navy. In what was perhaps an unfortunate coincidence of timing,

On the same day royal officials in Britain confirmed that King Charles will make a state visit to the US later this month. It raised the question of whether the king ought to visit a country whose leaders have been rude about Britain. It's an issue that has divided opinion. David Dimbleby, a veteran BBC broadcaster who's commented on many royal occasions, strongly opposes the idea of a state visit at the moment. I think it's an acute embarrassment.

No, I don't think it's a good idea. I mean, I pity the king. I mean, he's at the mercy of the government. If the government says go, he goes. And sitting down to a state dinner with a man who has insulted the British troops in Afghanistan and said they weren't particularly important and weren't needed.

Kiitos, että katsoitte.

for whom, you know, the king speaks, would actually have liked to seen a slight distance made, a postponement, because while the president is involved in this very important war, and they would see it in Iran, it would be inappropriate.