Morning briefing Tuesday 7th April

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0:48The previous record stood at more than 258 ,000 miles. They've also completed a six-hour flyby of the moon, and as part of that lost communications with NASA for 40 minutes. The team is now on its way back to Earth. Kate Arkless-Grey, a space journalist, told Times Radio it was a historic moment. All the technical stuff that had to go right to make this happen, all the teams that have come together on this mission and what an amazing crew. They just really seem to represent the very best of us and it's so nice in all these awful divided times with so much destruction around the world to have this crew just reminding us that we're all one.

1:30I've had just more than one moment of being a bit teary. Donald Trump says that the US military could destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran within four hours if Tehran fails to reach a deal and open the Strait of Hamuz. Although Iran publicly rejected the latest ceasefire proposals, the U.S. president said the regime was negotiating in good faith. But he still threatened to bomb the country to the Stone Ages in one night if it didn't cooperate. Aaron David Miller, a former Middle East negotiator for the U.S., told Times Radio Mr. Trump is showing strategic incompetence. The president of the United States has no real strategy.

2:07And right now, frankly, structurally, there's no way out of it. There's no way before midnight that the gaps that separate in Iran that believes it's winning and an American administration that is not about to make or meet any of the demands and requirements of Iran's 10 points. There is no diplomatic pathway out. Analysis by the Times revealed doctors' strikes have cost hospitals more than three billion pounds in three years. The British Medical Association begins a six-day walkout this morning, the 60th day of strike action in three years by resident doctors. West Streeting, the health secretary, says a BMA is sapping the health service of vital funds.

2:45Roy Lilly, former NHS Trust chairman, told Times Radio the relationship between the union and the government has worsened. This sort of foghorn diplomacy, shouting at each other through the newspapers, really doesn't help. Last week, the Prime Minister stepped in and said, oh, I'm going to cancel the thousand new training places if you don't go back to work. And they didn't do it. And whoever settled the strike by taking things away. It's just been horribly badly handled throughout. It looks to me the only solution is to get rid of that whole thing and shove it over to ACAST. A 33-year-old man's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a man found unconscious in a park in Leicester.

3:21The 62-year-old victim died in hospital after being discovered in Beaumont Lees Park last night. And the UK could have the warmest start to April in six years today with temperatures poised to climb as high as 24 Celsius. Tomorrow is expected to be even warmer before temperatures plunge on Thursday. And there's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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