Israel-Iran ceasefire

Learning English from the News

2025-06-25

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(Photo: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story A ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Iran is in place. US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire after over a week of missile attacks between Israel and Iran. The US also launched air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities over the weekend. At first, strikes continued between Israel and Iran after the ceasefire was announced, but now the agreement appears to be holding. News headlines How the Iran-Israel ceasefire is meant to play out Al Jazeera Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran as fragile truce is tested New York Times If Iran and Israel do stop firing, Trump's high-risk strikes may pay off BBC News Key words and phrases play out happen or develop lash out attack suddenly and violently, often through words pay off end in success, be worthwhile Next  Learn more English vocabulary from the news with our News Review archive. Learn more Phrasal verbs with Georgie.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,

  • our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

  • Hello, I'm Neil.

  • And I'm Pippa.

  • In this programme,

  • we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

  • So, let's hear more about this story.

  • US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Iran and Israel on Tuesday.

  • It comes after over a week of attacks between Iran and Israel and airstrikes on Iran by the US military at the weekend.

  • At first, strikes continued between the two countries, Iran and Israel,

  • after the ceasefire was announced, but now the agreement appears to be holding.

  • Let's have our first headline.

  • This one's from Al Jazeera.

  • How the Iran-Israel ceasefire is meant to play out.

  • That headline again from Al Jazeera.

  • How the Iran-Israel ceasefire is meant to play out.

  • This headline is about the ceasefire plan.

  • And we're interested in this phrasal verb play out.