Critical minerals, cryptocurrency, and CIA co-operation - how Asim Munir, Trump’s “favourite field marshal”, may have pulled off the diplomatic coup of the century.

Pakistan has a historic relationship with Iran, but an agreement was far from certain, writes the BBC’s Caroline Davies

A hastily brokered truce allows both Washington and Tehran to claim victory and enables Donald Trump to climb down the escalatory ladder. But can Islamabad deliver lasting peace?…