Trump's Iran Deadline: Civilization at Risk

0:00It's April 7. This is Global News Today, AI-powered stories shaping the world. I'm Cory with the story. President Trump dropped a heavy warning Tuesday, saying an entire civilization could die tonight if Iran doesn't cut a deal to reopen the straight-of. Hormuz by APM. Washington Time That's the latest deadline in this escalating war, where the U.S. and Israel have hammered Iran's military, leadership, and nuclear sites while Iran. Things back at Israel and Gulf states. Iran's pushing back hard, urging young folks to form human chains around power plants and key targets to shield them from strikes. Meanwhile, air strikes hit bridges, a train station, and military spots on Iran's oil-rich Keshema Island with Israel claiming hits on rail lines used. For weapons transport, critics are piling on Trump's threats, from U.S. Democrats and UN officials calling out potential war crimes to Iran's UN-REB labeling them incitement, to genocide.

1:01France's foreign minister, and even Pope Leo XIV, slammed attacks on civilian infrastructure while atop Iranian general vows to choke off. Regional oil and gas for years if the U.S. goes all in. Diplomacy's flickering, though, Pakistan's prime minister wants Trump to extend the deadline two weeks for talks, and a U.S. official says conversations. With Iran are still going, Trump, who stretched deadlines before, hinted something revolutionary might happen, but Tehran shot down a 45-day ceasefire pitch. With over 1900 dead in Iran, thousands displaced in Lebanon and global oil markets shaking from the straight shutdown, pressures mounting. On both sides to find a real exit before that clock hits eight.