Iran offers new peace proposal to US in attempt to end deadlock

01/05/2026 16:00 The Guardian

Tehran reportedly passed proposal to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night, though its contents are not yet clearIran has passed a new proposal to Pakistani mediators to end the war with the United States, in the latest effort to break the deadlock in negotiations.Iranian state media reported that Tehran handed the offer to Pakistan on Thursday night, to pass on to Washington, though its contents were not immediately clear. Continue reading...

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Pro-Trump commentator snaps and drops F-bomb on CNN when asked to justify Iran war

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Spirit Airlines prepares to cease operations amid financial struggles and high oil prices

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Trump administration rejects need for Iran war congressional approval despite deadline – US politics live

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01/05/2026 15:23 The Guardian

Trump threatens to withdraw US troops from Italy and Spain – as it happened

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Missing Oscar belonging to co-director of Putin film found after TSA made him ship it

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Thousands in US to join ‘no school, no work, no shopping’ May Day protest in economic blackout

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Uganda copying Russia and China with new bill designed to crush dissent, say critics

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Met police chief denies ‘intervening in politics’ after open letter to Zack Polanski – UK politics live

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Friday briefing: How rising antisemitism is striking fear into the everyday lives of British Jews

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Danish treatment of Greenlandic mother may be ‘ethnic discrimination’, says UN

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