Two US troops killed and one missing in Iran missile attack | BBC News — Transcript

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1. 0:00Two more US service [music] members have
2. 0:01been killed in military action against
3. 0:03Iran and a third service member is
4. 0:05missing. US Central Command, which is
5. 0:08responsible for American military
6. 0:10activity in the Middle East, announced
7. 0:12on social media that the casualties
8. 0:14happened in Jordan yesterday during
9. 0:16defensive action against ballistic
10. 0:18missile and drone attacks by Iran.
11. 0:20There's been a full week of renewed
12. 0:22hostilities between Iran and the US
13. 0:25after President Trump declared 10 days
14. 0:27ago that that temporary ceasefire
15. 0:29agreement was over. Here's our world
16. 0:31news correspondent, Joe Inwood.
17. 0:34>> For seventh night, Iran and the US
18. 0:36exchanged fire.
19. 0:38Here, Iranian missiles on route to
20. 0:40targets including in Kuwait and Jordan
21. 0:43where at least one is now confirmed to
22. 0:45have struck a US base.
23. 0:47In a statement on social media, the US
24. 0:49military said, "Two US service members
25. 0:52in Jordan were killed in action as US
26. 0:54Central Command and partner forces
27. 0:56defended against Iranian ballistic
28. 0:58missile and drone attacks."
29. 1:00Additionally, one service member is
30. 1:02currently missing.
31. 1:03It brings to 16 the US losses in the war
32. 1:06with Iran.
33. 1:08This was the moment that six service
34. 1:10personnel killed in a previous strike
35. 1:12were repatriated.
36. 1:15The US has also struck targets across
37. 1:17Iran with the focus being Hormozgan
38. 1:20province in the south. Here, a bridge
39. 1:22destroyed.
40. 1:23A top adviser to Iran's supreme leader
41. 1:26said that if the strikes continue, they
42. 1:28will return to all-out war.
43. 1:32>> I declare that both the negotiations and
44. 1:34war are over. But, if in the next two or
45. 1:37three days, the Americans continue the
46. 1:38war, we will enter a phase of complete
47. 1:41offense and destruction.
48. 1:46>> Neither side is currently giving any
49. 1:48indication they are ready to back down.
50. 1:51The news of the first US casualties from
51. 1:53enemy fire since April will further
52. 1:56reduce the hopes for de-escalation.
53. 1:59Joe Inwood, BBC News.
54. 2:02>> Let's speak now to our correspondent
55. 2:03Nick Johnson, who is in Washington for
56. 2:05us, and this will be very sobering news
57. 2:07for the US, Nick.
58. 2:11>> Very much so, Rita. Yes, US Central
59. 2:12Command, which is responsible for
60. 2:14military operations in the Middle East,
61. 2:16hasn't disclosed the identity of those
62. 2:18have been killed or released any more
63. 2:19specifics
64. 2:21into the incident itself. We have heard
65. 2:23from the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
66. 2:24on social media, who said, "Godspeed,
67. 2:27heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens
68. 2:30our resolve." Now, the US does have a
69. 2:32permanent presence at bases in Jordan,
70. 2:35and actually last night the Jordanian
71. 2:36military
72. 2:37said it had intercepted 10 missiles,
73. 2:40which had been flown in from Iran, but
74. 2:43had caused and reported no damage.
75. 2:45Iranian state media, as well, has also
76. 2:47said that 50 people had been killed and
77. 2:49500 injured in the renewed conflict over
78. 2:53the past couple of weeks. But, if you
79. 2:54look how far and fast things have
80. 2:56escalated in the past 10 days or so,
81. 2:59tip-for-tat limited exchanges to
82. 3:01American deaths, the US striking deeper
83. 3:04into Iran itself, it's difficult at this
84. 3:06stage to see a route back to talks
85. 3:08around the table.