Iran peace proposal, Epstein note, Ted Turner, India's Diet Coke parties
5/7/202613 min
Iran weighs a U.S. peace proposal, but negotiators say the gulf between Tehran and Washington remains wide. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heads to the White House for a high-stakes meeting. A note, purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein, surfaces. Ted Turner, the man who built CNN, has died. And Diet Coke parties become all the rage in India as the Iran war sparks a can shortage. Listen to the Morning Bid podcast here. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter here. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast here. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsKim Vinnell· Host0:00
Hi, I'm Kim Vennell in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Thursday, May 7th. Today, [gentle music] Tehran considers a US peace proposal that sidesteps key issues. Brazil's president heads to the White House. CNN founder and trailblazer of 24-hour news, Ted Turner, dies. And a Diet Coke shortage, thanks to the war in Iran, sparks a viral craze in India. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week. [tense music] The US and Iran are closing in on a preliminary one-page memo that would formally end the war, according to sources.
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:52
We're doing very well in Iran. It's going very smoothly, and we'll see what happens. They wanna make a deal. They wanna negotiate.
Kim Vinnell· Host1:00
But despite President Donald Trump's optimism, the deal kicks the hardest questions down the road. Those include Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, issues negotiators say will be taken up later. And the agreement seems to sidestep some of Washington's biggest demands. One of them, what to do with Iran's existing stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, which Trump says will be removed from Iran.
Dawn Chmielewski1:28
Hi, Mr. President. Can