Pompeo: US prepared to talk to Iran with 'no preconditions'

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States was willing to talk to Iran’s Islamist leaders without preconditions. Does this represent a softer approach to Iran?

Also in the programme: Algeria will not hold a presidential election next month due to a lack of valid candidates, and the 'Queen of Creole Cuisine' Leah Chase dies at 96.

Image: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a press conference at the Castelgrande closing a bilateral meeting in Switzerland. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini /AFP/Getty Images.