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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