{"text":[[{"start":9.4,"text":"The US Senate has approved a war powers resolution intended to rein in Donald Trump’s authority to restart hostilities with Iran, in a major rebuke of the president’s handling of the conflict in the Middle East."}],[{"start":23.25,"text":"The Republican-controlled Senate voted 50-48 on Tuesday afternoon in favour of the resolution, which instructs Trump to end the Iran war or seek authorisation from Congress to continue the conflict."}],[{"start":36.05,"text":"The vote is largely symbolic and lawmakers are divided about whether it is legally binding. But it comes at a critical moment in the Iran war and underscores growing discontent on Capitol Hill over Trump’s handling of the conflict and, more recently, a shaky truce put in place by US and Iranian negotiators."}],[{"start":55.75,"text":"Washington and Tehran last week electronically signed an interim deal that extended a months-long ceasefire and offered concessions to the Islamic republic that sparked outrage among many members of Trump’s Republican Party."}],[{"start":69.2,"text":"US vice-president JD Vance insisted at the weekend that a “successful foundation” had been laid during the first round of high-level talks aimed at turning the tenuous deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz into a permanent settlement."}],[{"start":85.2,"text":"But on Tuesday a bipartisan group of lawmakers sought to prevent Trump from taking any further military action against Iran, marking the first time since the conflict began that the upper chamber of Congress has passed a war powers resolution. A similar measure passed the House of Representatives earlier this month."}],[{"start":103.9,"text":"Four Republican senators — Kentucky’s Rand Paul, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine and Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski — voted with all but one Democratic senator to support the resolution. Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against the measure. "}],[{"start":120.9,"text":"Two Republican senators — former Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania — missed the vote, allowing the measure to pass."}],[{"start":131.3,"text":"Tim Kaine, the Democratic senator from Virginia who has for months pushed for the legislature to rein in Trump’s military powers, on Tuesday said the vote was critical, even as a ceasefire remains in place."}],[{"start":144,"text":"“We’ve stepped back from the most active phase of the war, and that’s a perfect time for Congress to step back and ask ourselves the question of, ‘What should the next chapter be?’ rather than allowing one man to make that decision,” Kaine said on the Senate floor."}],[{"start":167.6,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1782259735_4129.mp3"}