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World Service,22 Apr 2026,49 mins

Iran ceasefire extended

Newsday

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The US President Donald Trump has said he will extend a ceasefire with Iran until talks between the two countries have progressed. On a social media post he said he acted after receiving a request from Pakistan, the country which is mediating between the US and Iran. We discuss progress or the lack of it with a former senior Pakistani ambassador With the blockade of Iranian ports continuing our Chief International Correspondent reports from Tehran and looks at how people there feel about the war and how they deal with shortages. And The attorney general in Florida opens an investigation into Open AI over ChatGPT's influence on an alleged mass murder. Presenters: James Copnall and Catherine Byaruhanga. (Photo: US President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Credit: Daniel Heuer/EPA).

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