2026-04-14
27 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
Hello, I'm Ankur Desai and in the early hours of Tuesday the 14th of April, these are our main stories.
The US Vice President Jody Vance suggests talks with Iran could resume, but the ball is in Tehran's court.
He was speaking after the US Navy began enforcing a blockade of Iranian ports.
A BBC investigation uncovers evidence of life-threatening malpractice on the paediatric ward of a Pakistani hospital
previously linked to a HIV outbreak.
Also in this podcast, Colombia is to begin a cull of its invasive hippopotamus population to protect local ecosystems
and native species such as manatees and river turtles.
This is a necessary action to reduce the population.
Without that action, it's impossible to control the population.
As the U.S.
And Iran continue to tussle over the key waterway that is vital to the global economy,
the U.S. Vice president has given an indication that fresh talks could be revived, but says the ball is in Iran's court.
This comes after J.D. Vance accused the Iranian government of carrying out what he called economic terrorism by largely
closing the Strait of Hormuz to ships.
On Monday, the US began a rival blockade, stopping ships from using Iranian ports.
And it comes after talks between the US and Iran crumbled over the weekend in Islamabad.
Mr Vance has been speaking to Fox News, but insists certain conditions must be met.
We must have the enriched material out of Iran.
We must have their conclusive commitment to not develop a nuclear weapon.