2026-03-24
28 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Alex Ritson and at 16 hours GMT on Monday the 23rd of February, these are our main stories.
Donald Trump says he 's postponing strikes on Iranian power plants
after what he calls productive talks on ending the war.
Oil and gas prices fall substantially on the news,
but a key Iranian news agency questions whether the negotiations have even taken place.
An arson attack on ambulances owned by a Jewish charity in London.
Also in this podcast, two pilots are killed as a plane
collides with a fire truck at a New York airport.
And the AI smart glasses that could be used to support people with dementia.
It's getting you to think in a multi-sensory way.
If you stimulate the senses, then it 's a way to scaffold
and maintain the cognition and the memory of the person.
President Trump has said there have been major points of agreement between the US and Iran in discussions
aimed at ending current hostilities.
Earlier he called off American strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure,
but Israel has continued striking what it says are targets in Tehran.
Earlier, Iran fired missiles at Israel, which said it intercepted them.
Preventing casualties.
Mr Trump claimed Iran had made contact with the United States