Trump says Iran ceasefire on “life support”; MPs call for Starmer to resign, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
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| 0:35.3 | This is the world in brief from The Economist. |
| 0:41.2 | Our top stories. |
| 0:44.4 | Donald Trump warned that the sea spire with Iran was, quote, on massive life support. |
| 0:51.3 | He called Iran's response to America's peace plan garbage and said he did not finish |
| 0:56.7 | reading it. Earlier, Iran defended its counterproposal, which includes ending America's |
| 1:03.1 | blockade on its ports, and said discussions about its nuclear program would happen when the time is |
| 1:09.9 | right. |
| 1:16.6 | Brent Crude, the International Oil Benchmark, rose to around $105 a barrel. |
| 1:23.6 | Pressure is mounting on Sarkia Stama to step down as Britain's Prime Minister. |
| 1:29.0 | Three junior members of his Labour government quit and called for new leadership. |
| 1:36.6 | At least 60 Labour MPs have demanded Sequea's resignation after he led the party to a disastrous result in last week's local elections. |
| 1:40.3 | Sakea has vowed to prove his doubters wrong. |
| 1:45.1 | American business leaders, including Elon Musk, Tesla's boss and Tim Cook, head of Apple, |
| 1:52.2 | will reportedly accompany Mr Trump on his trip to China this week. |
| 1:57.5 | The president hopes his high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, China's leader, will result in new |
| 2:03.6 | business deals following an unstable stalemate in the country's bitter trade war. |
| 2:10.5 | The European Commission said OpenAI has offered the block access to GPT 5 5.5, Cyber, its new Cybersecurity AI model. |
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