Pakistan urges US and Iran to uphold ceasefire
Washington and Tehran have failed to reach agreement following historic peace talks in Islamabad.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has released a statement following the conclusion of peace talks, urging both sides that it is 鈥渋mperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment to ceasefire鈥. The US and Iranian delegations failed to reach a deal following marathon peace talks in Pakistan鈥檚 capital.
Also in the programme: French film director Fran莽ois Ozon brings Albert Camus鈥 classic existentialist novel 鈥楲鈥 脡tranger鈥 to the big screen in a new adaptation; and how the Colombian city of Medell铆n is working to establish itself as the world鈥檚 reggaeton capital.
Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Nina dos Santos, journalist, broadcaster and a director at the Freuds communications agency in London, and Ricardo Avelar, a journalist from El Salvador who fled the country and has been based in the UK for the past two years.
(Photo: a vehicle believed to be carrying US Vice President JD Vance leaves Islamabad, Pakistan, April 12, 2026. Credit: Sohail Shahzad/EPA/Shutterstock)
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