Trump Claims Iran Talks Underway as Strikes Intensify

0:00 Good evening. It's Tuesday, March 24th, 2026.

0:04 I'm Alice Beth, and this is your latest NEWS UPDATE from GLOBAL

0:08 News Daily. U.S.

0:10 President Donald Trump says negotiations to end the war with

0:13 Iran are happening right now, adding that Tehran is talking

0:18 sense. His comments come just a day

0:21 after Iranian officials denied any contact with the United

0:24 States, dismissing claims of talks as fake news.

0:29 The conflicting statements are adding to uncertainty over

0:33 whether meaningful diplomacy is actually under way.

0:36 On the ground, fighting continues.

0:39 Israel and Iran have carried out fresh rounds of strikes, while

0:43 Bahrain has suffered one of its worst attacks of the conflict so

0:47 far. An Iranian missile struck a

0:50 military base there, underlining how widely the war has now

0:54 spread across the region. Inside Iran, the human impact is

0:58 becoming increasingly severe. Civilians speaking to BBC

1:03 Persian say they just want to blink and have the conflict all

1:06 done and over. The Iranian Red Crescent reports

1:10 that around 82,000 sites have been damaged by strikes since

1:14 the war began, a figure that highlights the scale of

1:18 destruction across the country. Despite talk of negotiations,

1:22 there is no sign yet of a ceasefire.

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