Good evening. It's Tuesday, March 24th, 2026.
I'm Alice Beth, and this is your latest NEWS UPDATE from GLOBAL
News Daily. U.S.
President Donald Trump says negotiations to end the war with
Iran are happening right now, adding that Tehran is talking
sense. His comments come just a day
after Iranian officials denied any contact with the United
States, dismissing claims of talks as fake news.
The conflicting statements are adding to uncertainty over
whether meaningful diplomacy is actually under way.
On the ground, fighting continues.
Israel and Iran have carried out fresh rounds of strikes, while
Bahrain has suffered one of its worst attacks of the conflict so
far. An Iranian missile struck a
military base there, underlining how widely the war has now
spread across the region. Inside Iran, the human impact is
becoming increasingly severe. Civilians speaking to BBC
Persian say they just want to blink and have the conflict all
done and over. The Iranian Red Crescent reports
that around 82,000 sites have been damaged by strikes since
the war began, a figure that highlights the scale of
destruction across the country. Despite talk of negotiations,
there is no sign yet of a ceasefire.
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