Vance and Witkoff 'may meet' Iranian officials In Pakistan

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Amid conflicting reports about possible US-Iran negotiations, a senior Iranian foreign ministry official told the BBC's US partner CBS News: “We received points from the US through mediators and they are being reviewed." This has meant the suspension of America's threat to bomb Iranian energy infrastructure with a consequent boost to stock markets, hoping for an end to Iran's blockade of the straits of Hormuz. And a BBC Eye investigation has uncovered how a global criminal trade in baby eels operates, threatening endangered species. (Photo: U.S. President Donald Trump, with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth; Credit: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)