President Donald Trump has said that the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, negotiated under President Barack Obama, was “one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into”. He famously withdrew the US from the deal in 2018. And now, with the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran extended, Mr Trump has vowed to secure a superior deal to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

We ask the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams what that will take.

The memorandum of understanding signed last week reaffirmed that Iran would not procure or develop nuclear weapons. But a more detailed agreement on the future of Tehran’s nuclear programme must now be hammered out, as a vital part of the broader peace process.

The two sides are currently at an impasse over international inspections of nuclear sites, after Vice-President JD Vance attended talks in Switzerland. Iran has denied Mr Vance’s claims that inspectors will be allowed in. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has insisted that inspections will take place but gave no timetable.

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00:00 Introduction
00:19 The memorandum of understanding
01:57 US and Iran disagree over nuclear inspections
03:38 What the JCPOA guaranteed
05:01 Can Trump get a better Iran nuclear deal than Obama?
07:00 What does Iran want from nuclear talks?
08:53 Iran’s “tough” negotiators
10:28 What’s next for US-Iran talks?

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Hundreds of mothers and babies suffered potentially avoidable harm or died due to “deeply embedded systemic failures” at maternity units in Nottingham, a review led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden has concluded.
 
The inquiry – the largest of its kind in NHS history – found leaders at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust knew there were serious issues in its maternity department going back to “at least 2010”, but failed to take action to prevent more harm and deaths.
 
Ockenden said she hoped her conclusions would “drive real and lasting change to maternity services in England”.

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On Monday morning, Keir Starmer announced he is stepping down as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party.

In his resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street, he said: “The question my party is asking now is whether I am best placed to lead us into the next general election.

“I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question. And I accept that answer with good grace.”

BBC Politics Correspondent Henry Zeffman has been following the story, and was outside No 10 as the historic moment unfolded.

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Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez says nearly 600 people are now confirmed dead after two huge earthquakes struck the country. Experts have said the death toll could continue to rise.

We ask Luis Fajardo of BBC Monitoring what this disaster could mean for the country’s future, at a time of great political and economic turmoil.

President Donald Trump – who ordered the removal of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro at the start of this year – has pledged American assistance in the wake of the earthquakes, saying “we will be there for our new and great friends”. But there are questions about what effect the devastation could have on the redevelopment and oil industry investment that President Trump promised when US forces seized Maduro.

Millions of poverty-stricken Venezuelans were already in dire need of aid before the quakes, according to humanitarian groups. And there are growing calls for Maduro’s successor – Delcy Rodriguez – to hold fair and free elections.

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00:00 Introduction
00:13 Earthquake devastation in Venezuela
01:39 Venezuela’s economic crisis
02:51 Trump and Venezuelan politics after Maduro
04:41 What aid does Venezuela need?
05:39 How could the earthquakes affect Venezuela’s economic recovery?
07:37 Calls for fair Venezuelan elections

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A former high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer, Dmytro Kozyura, has been sentenced to life in prison for spying for Russia. Once a counter-terrorism chief in Kyiv’s security service, he was convicted of high treason for sharing state secrets with Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s government has conducted hundreds of investigations into domestic spying since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Earlier this month, the head of a district court in Poltava region was reportedly sentenced to 15 years in prison for collaborating with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). Civilians have also been accused of documenting and sharing intelligence, including troop movements, with Russia.

We ask the BBC’s global affairs reporter Paul Moss what motivates Ukrainians to spy for the Kremlin, and how Moscow’s intelligence gathering has affected the war in Ukraine.

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00:00 Introduction
00:21 Convicted Dmytro Kozyura
01:29 How Ukraine caught Kozyura
03:08 Ukrainians spying for Russia
04:14 Why people spy for Moscow
07:46 Spying against Russia
08:59 How important is espionage for Russia’s war effort?

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