The US and Iran are holding face-to-face talks in Pakistan, but there’s little sign of tensions easing.

Republican lawmakers in the United States have accused the European Union of intervening to subvert Hungary’s democratic process, putting its thumb on the scale against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he seeks re-election on Sunday.

Details of the negotiations remain scarce so far, but sources tell the BBC trilateral talks are under way in Islamabad.

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Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif met US and Iran delegations separately

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His defeat would be a turning point for Hungary – and a blow to the international hard-right

The Greens have become a magnet for cranks and bigots.

Western leaders’ toothless enabling of Israel’s genocide in Gaza has made not only the butchery in Lebanon but the entire war in the Middle East possible, writes Harriet Williamson.