News Roundup and Comment

News Roundup and Comment

From Crosstalk America from VCY America by Jim Schneider

April 10, 2026 · 53 min

About this episode

Jim Schneider discusses recent news events related to Iran and military actions.

Have you been keeping up with the news cycle? If not, you can count on Crosstalk and the News Round-Up & Comment broadcast. Here's a selection of stories that Jim presented from the first quarter hour: --Jim reported on the historic rescue of a missing weapons system officer on Resurrection Sunday in Iran after he ejected from his aircraft on Good Friday. Jim provided audio from the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth. --A U.S./Israeli air strike on Monday killed the leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence branch. --Israel's Foreign Ministry Monday welcomed what it described as a belated condemnation by UNISEF of Iran's recruitment of children into its military. --The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister informed the world that Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz in a limited capacity during an interview yesterday but admitted that the Iranian regime had laid naval mines in the strait. --President Trump slammed Iran last evening saying that they're doing a very poor job of allowing oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz, while also communicating that this isn't part of the deal we have with them. --British officials yesterday rejected the idea of Iran's setting up of a…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Schneider

Topics covered

  • news
  • Iran
  • military
  • politics
  • international relations

Keywords

  • Iran
  • Trump
  • military
  • Strait of Hormuz
  • news roundup

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UNISEF, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps

Places: Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Pakistan

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