Iran Agrees

• 美国总统表示，英国君主同意不应允许德黑兰拥有核武器。 • 提到 Oscar Wilde，致敬 Henry Kissinger，点缀 Charles Dickens，再加上一份 Abraham Lincoln 和 Theodore Roosevelt。大功告成！ • 周二，英国君主动员了一支由历史上杰出白人男性组成的“精英小队”，辅以幽默感和潜意识中的政治博弈，发起了一场旨在绕过 Donald Trump 并直接面向美国国会的魅力攻势。从最后获得的欢呼和长达一分钟的掌声来看，这次软实力的展示取得了极佳效果，“特殊关系”得以延续。

• 美国总统的言论可能会让英国君主的助手们感到尴尬，因为君主通常保持中立。 • 唐纳德·特朗普坚持认为，查尔斯国王同意他的观点，即绝不能允许伊朗拥有核武器。 • 特朗普是在周二白宫为访问的查尔斯和卡米拉举行的国宴上发表上述言论的，此前两人当天早些时候进行了双边会谈。阅读更多...

Vice-president would travel with Witkoff and Kushner as ceasefire deadline looms. Plus, how to avoid an AI job scamGood morning.JD Vance is expected to fly to Islamabad to lead the US delegation on Tuesday if Iran agrees to further talks, as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms.What effect is the war having on developing countries? With food and fuel inflation reaching close to 20%, Fletcher warned: “We will feel the impact for years in sub-Saharan Africa and east Africa pushing way more people into poverty.”What are the impacts on displacement? Sexualized attacks are hastening the displacement of Palestinians, according to the report, with more than two-thirds of households surveyed identifying rising violence against women and children as a tipping point in their decision to leave. Researchers also found it was causing girls to quit school, women to stop working, and had contributed to a rise in early marriage. Continue reading...

US vice-president to travel to Islamabad with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner as deadline for current ceasefire loomsPakistan seeks to raise its global standing in push for Middle East peaceMiddle East crisis – live updatesJD Vance is expected to fly to Islamabad at the head of a US diplomatic delegation on Tuesday if Iran agrees to further talks in the Pakistani capital as the deadline for the current ceasefire looms.The US vice-president will travel with Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law – though Iran’s president warned there remained a “deep historical mistrust” of the US. Continue reading...