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Iranian delegation arrives in Pakistan for peace talks with US

Islamabad has established itself as a key player in bringing the US and Iran to the negotiating table, after it helped secure a two-week ceasefire.

Iranian negotiators have arrived in Pakistan ahead of peace talks with the United States due to take place this weekend. Islamabad has established itself as a key player in bringing the US and Iran to the negotiating table, after it helped secure a two-week ceasefire.

Also in the programme: the Artemis II astronauts have safely returned to Earth, completing the crew’s 694,481-mile journey to the Moon and back; and ahead of his latest tour, we hear from the legendary Jamaican-born bass-baritone Sir Willard White.

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Dr Roxane Farmanfarmaian, a professor of international politics and specialist on the Middle East at the University of Cambridge, and Jeanna Smialek, Brussels bureau chief at The New York Times.

(Photo: a group of men walk under a digital screen displaying news of US-Iran peace talks along a road in Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, on April 10, 2026. Credit: Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images)

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