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Episode: India and Pakistan Agree Ceasefire
Pub date: 2025-05-10

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Today, we look at the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.

The US President Donald Trump announced the news to the world via social media and it was his secretary of state and vice president doing the mediation.

International editor Jeremy Bowen joins Laura and Paddy to talk about how the agreement was reached.

They also talk about a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, where European leaders including UK PM Keir Starmer are meeting today. They’re asking Russia to stop attacks for 30 days from Monday.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The weekend series editor is Chris Flynn. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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