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

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

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News Daily. 
U.S. 

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President Donald Trump says 
negotiations to end the war with

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Iran are happening right now, 
adding that Tehran is talking 

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sense. 
His comments come just a day 

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after Iranian officials denied 
any contact with the United 

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States, dismissing claims of 
talks as fake news. 

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The conflicting statements are 
adding to uncertainty over 

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whether meaningful diplomacy is 
actually under way. 

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On the ground, fighting 
continues. 

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

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Bahrain has suffered one of its 
worst attacks of the conflict so

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far. 
An Iranian missile struck a 

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military base there, underlining
how widely the war has now 

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spread across the region. 
Inside Iran, the human impact is

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becoming increasingly severe. 
Civilians speaking to BBC 

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

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done and over. 
The Iranian Red Crescent reports

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

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the war began, a figure that 
highlights the scale of 

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destruction across the country. 
Despite talk of negotiations, 

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there is no sign yet of a 
ceasefire. 

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