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Lyse Doucet: Under fragile ceasefire, Iranians wonder if US deal can be done

present a more nuanced picture and highlight that diplomacy is not dead. On Wednesday Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei ended Tehran's relative silence and spoke of what had been discussed in Islamabad

Iran shifts economic focus to essentials during war uncertainty

fund, but they provided no detailed information. On Sunday, state television said despite the US blockade on Iran’s ports and bombing of its oil and gas facilities, the country’s main challenge

Americanswers... on 5 Live! Has Zohran Mamdani achieved a miracle in New York?

Iran, and a new move by Senate Democrats to take funding away from the president’s plans for a new ballroom. And, how the US president is further expanding the brand of Donald Trump, including

Senate Republicans pass immigration funding after overnight vote

present at the Capitol when it was attacked in 2021. "We have a lot of members who are concerned, obviously," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters last month. ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org

Trump takes his revenge on disloyal Republicans

Iran. Massie now faces a challenge from a multi million dollar funded Trump backed candidate… we look at Massie’s chances, and what this race tells us more widely about what happens to Republicans

From syringes to stents: Iran war exposes NHS dependency on petrochemicals

funding if the war leads to a “huge shock” of price increases.  Climbing oil prices and disruption of supplies caused

Scientists warn whales at risk due to rerouted ships from Middle East

Iran has worsened the situation. This has led to more ships transporting goods between Asia and Europe sailing around Africa to avoid the Middle East. Around 89 commercial vessels sailed around the Cape of Good

Iran ‘agreed to never have a nuclear weapon’, says Trump – as it happened

present and past supreme leaders in Tehran on Monday. Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images - **Hezbollah welcomed the Iran-US agreement, saying it had resulted in ⁠a comprehensive ​ceasefire ‌across ‌all fronts, including Lebanon.** The Iran-backed

Reeves arrives at IMF with little leeway to prove its UK downgrade wrong

Iran war is bad news for the global economy. But for some countries, the unfolding conflict is having a bigger impact than for others. The [International Monetary Fund’s verdict](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/14/iran-war-global-recession-imf-uk-growth-forecasts-oil-prices) is that

Why the Iran war is threatening whales near South Africa

presented this month at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which noted that South Africa’s southwestern coast is increasingly busy, affecting the area’s significant populations of whales. ![Vessels in the Strait

What people in power think the impact of the Iran war will be

Iran and 7,000 miles away in the White House. This week was the unique opportunity for the rest of the world to make its economic case to US President Donald Trump's administration directly

Why Trump’s endorsement hasn’t been a ‘close out move’ for Louisiana Senate

Fund, an outside group backing the senator, to pour more than $14 million into the race on ads, most of them attacks against Letlow. Letlow’s campaign and outside groups have combined to spend just

US-Iran peace deal hinges on shipping, sanctions relief and deferred nuclear talks

presenting the deal as the start of an economic bonanza. History suggests lifting the multilayered network of sanctions imposed by Congress, presidential executive orders, the EU and the UN will be hard since they

Vance takes fraud fight to Maine

Iran propels inflation to a three-year high, and the White House pushes for an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in Pentagon funding from taxpayers. Gontran Jean, who came to see Vance speak, told POLITICO

Will the US-Iran deal be signed on Sunday? What we know so far

present any agreement that prevents Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as a victory. He told Al Jazeera that avoiding a wider war, reopening the Strait of Hormuz or calming markets would be “good byproducts

Trump abruptly ends NBC interview after clash over 'rigged election' claim

presenter replied "that's not evidence", Trump accused the media of being "crooked", before ending the interview: "Sorry, let's call it quits because I've had enough." The president has had a fraught relationship

‘AI washing’: firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused

presented as commentators on the technology to appear relevant. “I have seen some Bikram yoga-level stretches by brands in service of trying to manufacture reasons to talk about AI,” said a PR working

Florida is latest US state to enter redistricting war ahead of 2026 election

presented on Tuesday. A [memo](https://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/Offices/President/4_15_26_Special_Session_D_Memo_and_Information.pdf) from state senate president Ben Albritton to members said “the senate is not drafting or producing a map for introduction during the special session

US-Iran ceasefire offers welcome respite but true peace looks distant as ever

present: how to disarm Hamas. Nor the future: a pathway to a viable Palestinian state and a resolution of the conflict,” said Alia Brahimi at the Atlantic Council in Washington. “It’s almost

Tuesday briefing: How the UK’s military spending row exposes Starmer’s defence dilemma

Iran. “He’s also weathered the sheer difficulty of being a British [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) prime minister when a turbulent Republican in the White House is shifting position daily between being your friend