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A ceasefire has been announced between the US and Iran – but is this the end of the conflict, or just a pause before the next confrontation?

Despite claims that the ceasefire in Iran is holding, there’s been a lot of fire in the past two days with America and Iran exchanging attacks

How bad is the economic hit from the Iran war going to be? If the talk around price caps on essential food items, and lifting sanctions on Russian oil and gas are anything to go by, then it could be very bad indeed. 

Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, but only for around 3-5 days the White House told Fox News. 

As Israel and Iran exchange fresh attacks, President Donald Trump says a 15-point peace plan has been sent to Tehran via Pakistan and claims negotiations are underway. Iran publicly rejected Trump’s proposal and said the US is negotiating with itself, but did respond with demands of its own

South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of leading an insurrection in a botched attempt at martial law in December 2024.

The Met Office announced today that 2025 was the warmest and sunniest year in the UK since records began, beating the previous record set only three years ago.

For months after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Western leaders predicted Russia’s economy was on the brink of collapse under sanctions – and yet it didn’t.

As America presents its peace plan to Ukraine, it’s a difficult time to negotiate an end to the war, with Russian gains on the frontline, a fourth winter of war ahead and a major corruption scandal in Kyiv.

Officials in Mexico say at least 120 people, most of them police officers, have been injured after a large anti-government protest in Mexico City turned violent.

Labour’s deputy leadership contender and Kier Starmer ally Bridget Phillipson joins Krishnan Guru-Murthy on The Fourcast to set out her vision for the party.

We spoke to Andrea Gagliarducci, a Vatican analyst with the Global Catholic Network EWTN.

President Trump has backed his defence Secretary Pete Hegseth after reports that he had shared details of airstrikes on Yemen on another Signal group which included his family members.

We spoke to some of the mourners who have gathered at Westminster Cathedral in central London about what the pope meant to them.

We spoke to Gerard O’Connell, a journalist specialising in the Vatican and author of The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Story of the Conclave That Changed History.