Charlotte Gallagher

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I'm Charlotte Gallagher and at 1600 hours GMT on the 30th of March, these are our main stories. President Trump repeats his threat to hit Iran's energy infrastructure, but also says he's negotiating with the Iranian leadership to end the war. And Cuba is set to receive 700,000 barrels of oil from Russia after months of a US blockade.

Lisäksi tässä podcastissa on vanhempi rauha, joka menee takaisin kotiin ensimmäisen kerran vuoden ajan. Voit todella selkeästi nähdä, missä prehistoriallinen rauha tai rauha on jollain vaiheessa. Ne olivat todennäköisesti käyttäneet rauhassa.

President Trump's latest remarks on the war with Iran have been raising eyebrows with his mixed messaging. He's repeated that a deal to end the war could be reached very soon, just as thousands of US troops arrive in the region preparing for possible ground operations to take over Karg Island, Iran's main oil exporting hub. That would not be without risks, as we heard from Brad Taylor, a former US special forces lieutenant colonel, who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

You're going to be flying helicopters in and out of there to get the resupply going. It's just a very logistically challenged piece. I've been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent James Landale. I asked him first, what's the strategy behind President Trump now focusing on Karg Island?

This is a huge source of revenue for Iran's economy. Iran's economy is already in bits. It has been struggling for a very, very long time. And the argument is that if the Americans can control that island, then they can put pressure on the Iranian regime in talks, particularly in discussions to open up the Strait of Hormuz. So in other words, it would in theory give the Americans some leverage.

And if there were US troops on Karg Island, I mean, they would be very easily reached by Iranian missiles, Iranian artillery. I mean, would they be sitting ducks in a way?

Well, yes and no. I mean, first of all, the Americans would have to take it, and that's no mean feat. It's a long way from anywhere. Remember, the Strait of Hormuz is highly defended, so there's a question mark about whether or not the Americans could get any warships into the Gulf. Then you've got the question of how the Americans could hold Karg Island. It would require substantial resupply in terms of soldiers, munitions, emergency medical evacuation.

Militaarit voivat kertoa, että se on ollenkaan mahdollista, mutta kuten aiemmin, the longer you hold any island or piece of ground militarily, the harder it becomes to defend it in the long term, because the cost will mount. He also talk about the possibility of going into Iran and seizing the uranium.

Kyllä, niin katsotaan. Siinä on noin 400 kilogrammaa vahvasti vahvistettua uraniumia, joka on pysynyt. Tämä on jäljellä Suomessa israelilaisen vahvistuksen Iranin viikolla. Ja tämä on materiaali, joka on melko kovin vahvista materiaalia. Voit todennäköisesti...

Just enrich it a little bit further, make the experts estimate about 10 to 12 bombs. And the suggestion is that the Americans might try to conduct some kind of special forces operation to seize and remove this material. But again, the military experts are all warning this would be hugely complex material.

Has President Trump got himself in a bit of a mess here? Because it doesn't appear like there's an exit strategy. He's very mixed with all his messages. You know, what is going on? Well, sometimes the American messaging is deliberately mixed to confuse the enemy. And therefore, on the one hand, the Americans are suggesting a willingness to talk, but on the other hand, they're suggesting a willingness to escalate and deploy military force in different ways.

One level that's designed to keep the Iranians guessing. It's also designed to try and put pressure on the Iranians to say, look, if you don't agree to some kind of deal over reopening the Strait of Hormuz, then the Americans are willing in theory to deploy greater military force and to escalate. The risk though is, A, the element of surprise has gone because Donald Trump has been speaking so openly about some of these potential options that he might deploy.

But also, as you say, there is still a degree of strategic confusion over how the Americans wish to exit this war. And at the moment, there's not a great deal of clarity coming out of the White House.

That was James Landale. And you can hear more from James about how US troops could be used on the ground in Iran and how that could give President Trump more leverage in talks by going to our YouTube channel. Search for BBC News on YouTube and you'll find the Global News podcast in the podcast section. There's a new story available every weekday.

As Israel continues to carry out attacks across Iran damaging power grids, life for ordinary people there is getting harder by the day. Our correspondent Jo Inwood has compiled this report.

Työntekijänä, tutkimus- ja terveysyhteyksikön työntekijä kävelee suurelta rannalla Tiranin keskellä. Terveysyhteyksikön lämpö paistaa moottorin jälkeen, ennen kuin jatketaan. Tämä on tullut yleinen tapauksena, kun Yhdysvallat ja Israelit laittavat viimeisenä viikonloppuna. Yksi naisi, joka elää lähellä, näyttää myötätuntoa.

Tämä historiallinen pizazio ja markkinointi näyttävät sattuneita, mutta eivät ole tyhjentäisiä, kuten järjestäjien kuvauksissa. Kulmattomia kukkoja on rauhoittunut. Joku rauhoittaa uusia pomegranatejuutia. Vain yksi ihminen puhuu kameralla. Matin, joka on tietoprogrammattori. Hän näyttää olevan 20-vuotias, ja hänellä on pakko, joka on ylöspäin. Me olemme vahvistamassa.

We are fighting to prevent sanctions to show the strength of the country, of our country, he says. For me, these things are more important than internet outages or anything else. But that message of defiance is not what you always get in private communications, as shared with BBC Persian News and voiced by their team. My businesses are completely shut down now. My situation is not better than theirs.