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World Service,02 May 2026,49 mins

Trump tells Congress the Iran war 'terminated'

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President Donald Trump has told Congress that US hostilities with Iran have "terminated" during an ongoing ceasefire, as he argued he did not need to meet a deadline for legislative approval of the war. Also in the programme: The latest on the civil conflict in Mali; how a long-lost letter was found after 23 years in a book borrowed from a public library; and why China wants to host the United Nations' BBNJ’s headquarter (Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction). Presenter Julian Worricker is joined in the studio by Jill Rutter, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think-tank in the UK, and Joe Studwell, author and journalist and visiting fellow at the Overseas Development Institute global organisation based in London. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

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