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Iraq and the United States appear to be working together to mount air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq. US officials say the government in Baghdad is co-ordinating the attacks. Even this arm's-length co-operation stands in stark contrast to the years of hostility between them. But recent talks on Iran's nuclear programme have also gone ahead without the usual rhetoric. We ask: is this just a case of my enemy's enemy is my friend? Or is Iran really coming in from the cold?

Also in the programme: China's hard line on pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong appears to be paying off; the British government stakes out the territory on which it wants to fight the next general election; and why there may be less than meets the eye to the video which swept India of two girls attacking some youths on a bus.