Iran Agrees

• 美國總統表示，英國君主同意不應允許德黑蘭擁有核武器。 • 這裡引用一點 Oscar Wilde，那裡致敬 Henry Kissinger，散播一些 Charles Dickens，再加上一點 Abraham Lincoln 和 Theodore Roosevelt。大功告成！英國君主在週二動員了一支由已故白人名流組成的精英隊伍，並以幽默和潛在的政治考量為調味，展開了一場旨在繞過 Donald Trump 並直接針對美國國會的魅力攻勢。從他結束時獲得的歡呼聲和長達一分鐘的掌聲來看，這次的軟實力展現成效顯著，且「特殊關係」將繼續維持。 • 我們目前正在處理一些中東事務……而且進展非常順利。我們在軍事上擊敗了那個特定的對手，我們絕不會讓那個對手——查爾斯比我更同意這一點——我們絕不會讓那個對手擁有核武器。

• 美國總統的言論可能會讓英國君主的助手們感到尷尬，因為君主通常保持中立。 • Donald Trump 堅稱，查爾斯國王同意他的看法，即絕不能允許伊朗擁有核武器。 • 川普是在週二白宮為訪問的查爾斯與卡米拉舉行的國宴上發表上述言論的，此前兩人已於當天舉行了雙邊會談。閱讀更多...

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...