Iran Ceasefire on Knife's Edge, U.S. Talks Restart

0:00It's April 20th. Welcome in. This is Global News Today, where global headlines meet AI. The ceasefire in the Iran conflict is on a nice edge, set to expire at midnight Greenwich Mean Time on Wednesday, which is 8 p.m. eastern on Tuesday. This two-week truce between Iran, Israel, and the United States kicked off on April 8th after intense U.S. pressure from President Trump. Earlier this week, Pakistan hosted the highest-level U.S. Iran talks since the 1979 Revolution, with Vice President J.D. Vance leading. From April 11th into the next morning, but they ended without a deal. Now Islamabad's prepping again, and the White House says Vance is heading back soon with on-voice Steve Whitkopf and Jared Kushner, though no delegations, have shown up yet. The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz is hitting hard, blocking 20% of global oil and natural gas flows due to Iranian attacks, including mines and fees up to $2 million per ship.

1:00Countries worldwide are rationing energy and facing jet-fuel shortages, while the U.S. Navy just boarded an Iranian vessel trying to bust through. Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium sits untouched at bomb sites from last June's 12-day war, with Tehran insisting it's for peaceful, used despite U.S. and Israeli demands to scrap the whole program. Meanwhile, with risks of fresh strikes looming and no extension in sight, all eyes stay glued on Pakistan for any breakthrough before the clock runs.