Trump's Iran Threats: Deadly Escalation, Mediation Efforts

0:00It's April 5th. Welcome to Europe News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. President Trump just dropped some heavy threats against Iran, vowing to hit their power plants and bridges if they don't reopen the strait of Hormuz by 9 p.m. Monday, which is 1 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time Tuesday. This comes right after U.S. forces pulled off a daring rescue of a wounded airman from a crashed F-15E strike eagle deep in Iranian mountains. ISA. First U.S. plane lost there since the war kicked off February 28th. Iran's not blinking, firing back with drone strikes on power plants, desalination facilities, and oil sites in Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. They also claimed to have down multiple U.S. aircraft during the rescue, including transports and helicopters, but U.S. sources say those were blown up. Due to malfunctions, the human toll is brutal over 1900 dead in Iran. U.S. and Gulf states in the West Bank, 19 in Israel, 13 U.S. troops, and massive displacement

1:02in Lebanon with over 1,400 killed. Global markets are shaking from blocked shipping lanes, with fuel prices spiking and oil routes choked off after just five weeks of fighting. New intel shows disputes over those downed planes, and Iran's military is warning of fiercer retaliation on civilian targets. Meanwhile, diplomats are hustling, Oman hosted talks, Egypt's foreign minister linked up with U.S. and Iranian envoys, and Pakistan's pushing, de-escalation, floating ideas for a ceasefire to pave the way for real talks. As tensions simmer in this powder keg, everyone's watching that deadline, and those mediation moves to see if cooler heads prevail, or if the strikes. Rap up even more.