Iran has denied a claim by US Vice-President JD Vance that it will allow nuclear inspectors back into the country, after the first round of talks between Washington and Tehran to reach a final deal to end the war.

US President Donald Trump also said that despite Iran’s “protestations and false statements to the contrary”, it had “fully and completely agreed” to inspections.

However, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said it had no plans to allow inspectors to access nuclear sites bombed by the US and Israel last year.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers have shot dead two people in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry says, in the first fatal incident reported since the latest ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah appeared to take hold at the weekend.

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We look at how US President Donald Trump made more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency in his first year back in office.

The president’s mandatory financial report revealed that he also earned millions from real estate and Trump-themed items. But the White House denies that he is profiting from the presidency. Alex and James are joined by chief North America correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue.

Plus, we look at a week of big rulings for the president in the Supreme Court, including a defeat for the president over birth right citizenship and decisions which expand the power of the presidency.

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A woman who was raped by Superdry co-founder James Holder has told the BBC she had been working for him at the time of the attack.

Gemma, not her real name, was attacked by the disgraced fashion boss in her own home after Holder got into her taxi following work drinks in 2022.

In an exclusive interview, she described feeling fear and dread on the following Monday morning as she walked into work at a new business Holder had launched after leaving Superdry in 2016.

Holder, 54, was jailed in May for eight years for raping Gemma.

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The US and Iran have agreed to “stand down” following an exchange of strikes over the past few days, media reports cite a US …

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More search and rescue teams are arriving in Venezuela, but hopes are fading of finding survivors after Wednesday’s back-to-back earthquakes.

At least 1,450 are known to have died but the number is expected to rise – a missing persons website has more than 46,000 people on it.

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