Iran offers US new seven-day ceasefire proposal

Iran has made a new diplomatic overture to the Americans saying it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week so long as it was linked to an end to all fighting in the region -- but there are reports President Trump won't accept it.

Also in the programme: South Africa’s new ambassador to Washington says there is no genocide against white Afrikaners like himself; why two Russian businessmen were recently described by the EU as 'Putin's favourite leading businessperson' and the 'enabler of Putin's inner circle' taken off the EU's sanctions list; U2 celebrate 50th anniversary at the school where they formed.

Presenter Krupa Padhy discusses these stories with panellists Maha El Dahan, Gulf Bureau Chief for Reuters, based in Dubai, and ​Aanu Adeoye, the acting global pharmaceuticals correspondent for the Financial Times based in London.

(Photo: President Pezeshkian. Credit: EPA)