One Page Peace Plan for Iran? Starmer’s Sinking Ship, Musk V Altman
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Issued on: 08/05/2026 - 20:22
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In a week thats’s seen renewed hope for ending the war in Iran, ten weeks since it started, with four weeks of stalemate, a ceasefire and skirmishes over the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Intermittent peace talks have boiled down to a fourteen-point, one-page “memorandum of understanding”, crafted by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, which has been sent to Pakistani mediators and is being reviewed by Iran.
If agreed, the conflict would be declared over, with a thirty-day window for talks on core issues, being Iran’s nuclear programme, the Strait of Hormuz, and sanctions relief for the regime.
It’s been a week of headline hell for Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, surviving recurring controversies including the Mandelson Affair, but heading into UK local elections with approval ratings in nosedive, he’s picking up nicknames faster than his beloved Arsenal are points. Captain Hindsight, Sir FlipFlop, say the opposition. And while Arsenal enjoy their place at the top of the table, set to win the Premier League for the first time in two decades, Sir Keir’s popularity ratings are in the relegation zone. After a dismal election performance and the success of the populist Reform party, there’s talk of a Labour plot to oust him before the next elections.
It’s been a week that’s seen a virus break out on a luxury cruise ship. Three people died onboard, with passengers forced to isolate in their cabins, and controversy over where the vessel should be allowed to dock. Reminiscent of the COVID pandemic, the MV Hondius was sailing from Argentina to Cape Verde when doctors detected a Hantavirus outbreak, originally carried by rodents, which was then blocked from docking at Cape Verde. Spain stepped in for a humanitarian evacuation in Tenerife, despite opposition from local officials. Footage from the ship shows events unfolding:
It’s also been a week of government collapse in Romania, and the US announcement of a troop withdrawal from its German bases, nothing to do with the very public spat between Chancellor Merz and President Trump, says Berlin.
Produced by Gavin Lee, Théo Vareille, Daniel Whittington, Alessandro Xenos.
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