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World Service,29 May 2026,49 mins

US says deal with Iran "very close"

Newsday

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US Vice-President JD Vance has said that the US and Iran are very close to a deal but there are still several sticking points before a deal can be reached. The deal would reportedly extend the ceasefire for 60 days and launch talks on the future of Iran's nuclear programme. We go live to Tehran. We look at how countries around the world are mobilising to counter the threat of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak. And Kenyan authorities have launched an investigation after 16 schoolgirls were killed in a fire in a boarding school dormitory. Presenter: James Copnall and Anne Soy (Photo: US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a Cabinet meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Credit: Samuel Corum/EPA)

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