US pilot missing as Iran says it never ruled out talks
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I'm your weekend host, Sharon Raish Garson. It's Saturday, April 4th. Today, Iran hunts for a missing U.S. pilot after two warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf.
What happened to the missing U.S. pilot in Iran?
Ukraine takes its drone know-how to the Gulf. We take a look at what's next for Netflix and stick with me here, a wrap worth remembering. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the frontlines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
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The war with Iran takes a sharper turn as it enters its sixth week. U.S.
How is Ukraine leveraging its drone expertise in the Gulf?
forces are racing to rescue a missing pilot after Iranian fire brought down two American warplanes, one over Iran and another over the Gulf. Iranian forces are searching for the pilot and urging civilians to help capture him or her. National security reporter Phil Stewart has more.
So just last week in the Oval Office, President Trump told reporters that the war had advanced to the point where Iran was unable to fight back. And he actually brought up the point that US aircraft were flying over Tehran and other parts of the country, and there wasn't anything Iran could do about it, he said. And so now you're seeing Iran have a propaganda victory with this shoot down. And although the United States can say that it has one of the pilots back, one of the crew members back, the fact that there is still an American essentially behind enemy lines, is a real conundrum for the Trump administration, especially given that this war hasn't really won popular support. We don't know how long any kind of rescue operation might take to recover the second American who may be hiding in Iran, running for his or her life.
But what we do know is that these operations can take a long time. back in 2009, they had found the remains of the first pilot that was killed in the Persian Gulf War from 1991. And so, you know, these things can take a long time. They don't always end well. And it's a really harrowing moment for military families in the United States who may or may not know whether their child is involved.
As hostilities continue, Iranian media are reporting strikes on a petrochemical zone. Projectiles fell near the Bashar nuclear plant. Bottled water warehouses have also been hit. And several buildings at Tehran University have been destroyed. At the same time, Iran's foreign minister says Tehran is open in principle to talks with the U.S. through Pakistan. He rejects claims Iran refused those discussions, saying it's never said no to going to Islamabad, while making clear that Iran won't bow to President Trump's demands. And in Europe, finance ministers are pushing for a tax on the windfall profits energy companies are making as fuel prices rise. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been greeting leaders as he tours the Gulf region with an offer shaped by war.
What are the implications of President Trump's proposed defense budget?
Now in the fourth year of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians become a leader in intercepting drones, especially systems that are cheap and used in large numbers. Zelensky says that experience could be useful to Gulf countries that have been hit by retaliatory Iranian missile attacks. Reporter Max Hunder is in Ukraine.
In the early days of the war, he was talking about swapping Ukrainian counter drone systems and expertise for Patriot missiles, which are the big missile air defense systems. Ukraine really needs the missiles for those because it's always running short. But also he's suggested that Ukraine would be open to receiving money and technology in return for its technologies.
Zelensky says Ukraine has signed framework cooperation deals with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and that a similar agreement is being prepared with the United Arab Emirates. He's also been clear that any arms sales will be handled at a government level, not through private clients.
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