Janak Jalil
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Global News Podcast · US Congress receives classified briefing on war with Iran · 4 Mar 2026
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janak Jalil and in the early hours of Wednesday the 4th of March, these are our main stories.
The Trump administration tries to justify the war in Iran to Congress after days of conflicting explanations.
It comes as the US military says it struck nearly 2,000 targets in Iran.
Stock markets plunge, with trading in South Korea briefly suspended over concerns about the conflict.
President Trump attempts to curb surging oil and gas prices by saying the US Navy will escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, which Iran has blocked.
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As the Israeli and US bombardment of Iran continues and Iranian retaliatory missile and drone barrages across the Gulf intensify, the Trump administration is facing mounting calls to explain why it started this war now, what its goal is and how long this conflict could last.
Ahead of a vote this week in Congress on a war powers resolution aimed at limiting the president's actions, lawmakers received a classified briefing from the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, said he was deeply concerned by the conflicting explanations for the war being put forward by Mr Trump and his officials.
But the Senate's top Republican, John Thune, said Mr Trump had the right to take military action against Iran.
A day after Mr Rubio said the US attacked Iran because it knew that Israel was about to, claims he's now rode back on, Donald Trump denied that Israel had forced his hand.
The president admitted that he had been surprised by the strength of the Iranian response, prompting more criticism that the Trump administration failed to plan properly so it could warn or evacuate citizens in the region in time.
Hundreds of people have been killed, including six American service personnel.
I got more details about Mr Rubio's briefing of Congress from our North America correspondent, David Willis.
It's a closed-door briefing, but we know that Marco Rubio is likely to have faced a number of questions from lawmakers, a chief among them, why now?
Initially, of course, it was said that the United States attacked Iran when it did after learning that Israel was about to mount a strike of its own, in other words, to pre-empt Iran's anticipated retaliation.
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