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World Service,25 Apr 2026,49 mins

Islamabad braces for US-Iran talks round two

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US and Iranian officials head to Islamabad as potential peace talks stalled. We hear a special report from Lyse Doucet on the divided communities she has found on the streets of Tehran. Also on today's programme: Why Europe is running out of aircraft fuel; and, the story of an endangered butterfly and an estranged father. Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Kadri Liik, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Europe think tank based in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and Michael Peel, science editor at the Financial Times in London. (Photo: Islamabad prepares for a second round of peace talks between the US and Iran, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. 24 April 2026 Credit: Pakistan Foreign Office Handout)

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