Big Headlines: Trump threatens Iran’s electrical plants and bridges and the moon mission reaches a key point
April 6, 2026·6 min
The episode opens with host Vergesh Dave introducing Big Headlines as a five-minute news summary. It begins with U.S. President Donald Trump's Easter Sunday post threatening to bomb Iran's electrical plants and bridges by Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz isn't opened, with CNN's Paula Hancox reporting that Iranian embassies are mocking Trump's threats. Iran formally rejects a draft proposal for a temporary ceasefire and Strait reopening, pitched by mediators from Egypt, Pakistan, and Turkey. Iran confirms the death of the head of intelligence for the Revolutionary Guard in a missile strike in Tehran by Israel. The Artemis 2 astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, are performing a lunar flyby almost half a million kilometers from Earth, observing and photographing geological features like craters and lava flows, with their capsule scheduled to land in the Pacific Ocean on Friday. The final day of advance polling occurs for federal by-elections in three ridings: University Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest in Toronto, and Terrebonne in Montreal, with Election Day on April 13th. These by-elections have significant consequences for the Liberal government, as winning two of three seats would give them a majority due to recent floor crossings. The Toronto ridings were vacated by former cabinet ministers Chrystia Freeland and Bill Blair, while the Terrebonne election is disputed due to a one-vote margin and mail-in ballot issues. A somber anniversary is marked in Saskatchewan for the Humboldt-Broncos crash eight years ago, which killed 16 and injured 13, with the Memorial Committee working on a parking lot, pathways, a monument, and a future recreation facility. Savannah Guthrie returns to co-host the Today Show after over two months following her mother Nancy Guthrie's apparent abduction from her Arizona home on February 1st, with no suspects named despite an intense search. The episode concludes with a promo for The Big Story Podcast episode on social media laws for youth featuring Meta whistleblower Arturo Bejar, and credits including producer Felix Slough and lead producer Enrique Amaturo.
