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May 10, 2025 29 min

India and Pakistan Agree Ceasefire

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Today, we look at the ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan. The US President Donald Trump announced the news to the world via social media and it was his secretary of state and vice president doing the mediation. International editor Jeremy Bowen joins Laura and Paddy to talk about how the agreement was reached. They also talk about a possible ceasefire in Ukraine, where European leaders including UK PM Keir Starmer are meeting today. They’re asking Russia to stop attacks for 30 days from Monday. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9 New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell. It was made by Chris Flynn with Rufus Gray. The technical producer was Michael Regaard. The weekend series editor is Chris Flynn. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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