Trump gives no timeline to end war

Russia woos students for its drone forces with large financial packages.

Get full access to Reuters.com for just $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Trump touts gains against Iran but gives no timeline to end war, Russia woos students for its drone forces in Ukraine with large financial packages, and NASA launches the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century. Plus, the Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola. Today's Top News   A customer watches Trump address the nation on the Iran crisis from the White House. Times Square, New York. April 1, 2026. REUTERS/David Dee Delgado  War in the Middle East President Donald Trump said in a televised speech that the US military had nearly accomplished its goals in Iran, but offered no clear timeline for ending the monthlong war and vowed to bomb the country back into the "Stone Ages." Hopes for a swift end to the war faded after Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, sending oil prices back well over $100 a barrel in a blow to consumers around ‌the world. If Trump ends the war with Iran without a deal, he risks leaving Tehran with a stranglehold over Middle East energy supplies and Gulf oil and gas producers grappling with the fallout of a conflict they did not start or shape. More than 270 pieces of missile debris have fallen on the West Bank. With no bomb shelters, there is nowhere to hide. Read our photo essay about the Palestinian refugees who now face Iranian rockets. In other news Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on NASA's Artemis II mission, a high-stakes voyage around the moon that marks the United States' boldest step yet toward returning humans to the lunar surface later this decade in a race with China. Trump took the short trip from the White House to the US Supreme Court with his signature priority of cracking down on immigration largely intact, given repeated interventions by the nation's highest judicial body in his favor. By the time he left, his luck may have run out. The sidelining by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of the advisory panel that decides access to free preventive healthcare is delaying updates to screening guidelines for cancer, heart disease and other conditions, medical experts say. Students across Russia are being offered large financial incentives to join drone units fighting in Ukraine as operators and engineers, while companies in Russia's central Ryazan region have been given quotas to sign up workers for the army, documents show. Business & Markets   The world's central bankers may be attempting the impossible: to get into the psyche of business executives, labor unions and ordinary households in real time to understand how they are navigating their finances through yet another energy shock. SpaceX has confidentially filed to go public as early as June and it could be the largest stock market listing on record. Echo Wang tells the Reuters World News podcast that loyalty shown to Elon Musk's vision by private investors will be put to the test once his company faces the scrutiny of public trading. Listen now. Some tariff-whiplashed companies are exploring using refund claims as collateral for loans, in the latest example of creative financing arising from the complicated process of getting refunds from Trump's now-overturned "Liberation Day" tariffs. A year on from "Liberation Day", the dollar looks in much stronger shape with its safe-haven credentials reasserted in the ‌face of war in the Middle East. The US FDA approved Eli Lilly's weight-loss pill, setting up its next battle with rival Novo Nordisk for the millions of Americans seeking highly effective GLP-1 medicines. The mega-merger boom persists with Unilever's $65 billion mayo-to-mustard combo while beauty giant Estée Lauder holds talks with Puig. In this week's Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate whether the good times will keep rolling or if CEOs will get spooked by oil prices and AI. The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola   Canola crops grow at a farm in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. REUTERS/Ed White/File Photo Farmer Dallas Leduc can't wait for a new genetically modified mustard plant that can grow in his sandy, heat-stressed soil in a corner of Saskatchewan once thought too arid to farm. But Trent Dewar, who farms elsewhere in the Canadian semi-desert known as Palliser's Triangle, fears the new GMO mustard plant will ruin the ‌pure mustard he grows for the premium Dijon bottlers in France, the United States and Japan. Read more And Finally... Louise Henriques looks at her giant chocolate egg. Brussels, Belgium. REUTERS/Yves Herma Forty leading patisserie chefs and chocolatiers in Belgium came together to showcase artisanal chocolate with Easter egg-themed edible artworks in the country's capital. Bel'Oeuf is an initiative by Belgian chocolatier ‌Marc Ducobu in collaboration with Carlo Ferrigno, the manager of Hotel Amigo, a luxury hotel near the Brussels town hall in the historic Gothic Grand-Place square. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters' website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions   © 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036

US eyes swift end to Iran war

Plus, Apple's 50-year journey from garage to tech titan.

Get full access to Reuters.com for just $1/week. Subscribe now. Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Trump says US may exit Iran war soon as new attacks hit Gulf states and Iran, RFK Jr. supporters want a vaccine fight, and Apple's 50-year journey from garage to tech titan. Plus, how China can survive without the Strait of Hormuz. Today's Top News   An explosion takes place in a building following an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon, March 31, 2026. REUTERS/Mohammad Yassine War in the Middle East US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the end of the war on Iran could be near, with Washington signaling potential for both direct talks with Tehran's leadership and a winding down of the conflict even without a deal. France and Italy have pushed back against some US-Israeli military operations, sources said, as Trump criticised NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the month-long war in Iran, highlighting ‌divisions. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to reaffirm the US commitment to NATO's collective defense. Phil Stewart tells the Reuters World News podcast that Hegseth's remarks are extraordinary.  Two-thirds of Americans believe that the US should work to end its involvement in the Iran war quickly, even if that means not achieving the goals set out by the ‌Trump administration, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. In other news  A US judge said President Donald Trump cannot construct his planned $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing without approval from Congress. Supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are pressing for a fight for the US vaccine overhaul their "Make America Healthy Again" movement helped create. But two weeks after a court ruling halted key aspects of the vaccine revamp, the Trump administration has not taken any steps to appeal. Rising public support for Brazilian opposition Senator Flavio Bolsonaro's presidential run has allowed him to put off naming key economic advisers, his aides say, even as right-wing rivals enter the field ahead of an October election. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East would be felt for months and encouraged citizens to take public transport. Business & Markets   Drivers chat next to taxis charging at a Shell electric vehicle charging station in Beijing — REUTERS/Florence Lo/File Photo The world's largest importer of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is, paradoxically, also one of the best placed to weather the waterway's closure. Here's how China can survive without the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran war is seeping into the cosmetics supply chain, pushing up the cost of everything from plastic jars and lipstick tubes to transport, and reminding the beauty industry that even a tub of face cream depends on fragile ‌global trade routes. EU lawmakers pressed China over a ‌surge of dangerous products into the bloc and insufficient access to the Chinese market as they kicked off the first European parliamentary visit to the world's No.2 economy in eight years. Shell is in advanced talks with Venezuela's government to develop four large areas near Trinidad and Tobago, in two of the South American country's largest offshore natural gas fields, two people familiar with the discussions said. Read our exclusive. Warren Buffett declined to commit to continuing his annual multibillion-dollar donations to the Gates Foundation, following the recent release of materials about ‌late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with the nonprofit and its co-founder Bill Gates. Apple's 50-year journey from garage to tech titan   In early 1976 in California, Steve Wozniak had just completed the design of a computer circuit board he intended to share with fellow hobbyists at a prominent local club. His friend Steve Jobs also saw a business opportunity to manufacture and sell the boards, and thus Apple was born. As the company turns 50, we look at how its rise has shaped ‌both the technology industry and popular culture by making first desktop computers and then smartphones mainstream, popularizing mobile apps and showing how tightly integrated devices and software can work. Read more Pictures of the month: March A North Korean serviceman on a patrol boat on the Yalu River, as seen from Dandong, Liaoning province, China. Picture taken January 15. REUTERS/Maxim Shemeto A selection of our top photography from around the world last month. View gallery   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. 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