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Middle East crisis live: UN chief calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be ‘fully’ respected as it comes into effect

UN chief calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire to be ‘fully’ respected as it comes into effect **Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East.** United Nations chief **António Guterres

Iran foreign minister: strait of Hormuz now ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels

UN shipping agency the International Maritime Organization (IMO), said. Regional diplomats have engaged in a frantic push in recent days to prevent a return to violence between Iran, Israel and the US. The current ceasefire

At least four killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, journalists wounded

statement said it “does not target journalists and acts to mitigate harm to them” while also denying preventing rescue services from reaching the site of an attack in at-Tiri. Separately, two people were killed

Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues

Israel** and **Lebanon**, raising hopes for a broader peace, but Tehran warned that it would close the waterway again if the US naval blockade of Iranian ports continued. Foreign minister **Abbas Araqchi** announced the global

Iran war day 83: Tehran ‘reviewing’ latest US response to end conflict

ceasefire framework after several rounds of message exchanges mediated by Pakistan. According to Iran’s Nour News Agency, the talks were based on Tehran’s original “14-point” proposal. ![INTERACTIVE_LIVETRACKER_IRAN_US_ISRAEL_MIDDLEEAST

What we know about the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel

statement added that the truce was a "gesture of goodwill" by Israel intended to enable "good-faith negotiations towards a permanent security and peace agreement" between the two parties. Israel and Lebanon's leaders have

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

statement earlier saying it had struck six Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Tyre and ready-to-use Launchers in several other areas of southern Lebanon on Tuesday. Hezbollah announced that its fighters had targeted gatherings

U.S.-Iran ceasefire expires this week with no deal in sight

UN's peace service. The Iran-backed militant group denied any responsibility. [![Mariam Allawiya, 60 (left), and Kafa Wehbe, 67, sit together in a vacant apartment building in central Beirut after displaced from southern Lebanon

Middle East crisis live: Israel targets southern Beirut as Kuwait condemns Iranian missile and drone attack

ceasefire and our collective support for the Lebanese authorities.” Yesterday France called for an emergency UN security council meeting following Israel’s stepped up offensive in Lebanon. That will take place later today. **Israel

Fears of renewed Gaza war as Hamas disarmament talks stall

chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, and Palestinian sources confirmed to the BBC that the two sides had reached a deadlock in negotiations. Israeli media reports suggest Israel is preparing to resume fighting in the Gaza

Trump says Israel, Hezbollah to stop fighting: What we know

UN Ambassador Ahmad Arafa commended the Trump administration for “constructive efforts aimed at giving diplomacy a chance”. The announcement is also significant because previous ceasefire attempts between Israel and Lebanon have repeatedly collapsed

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says | First Thing

chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was doing a “great job” in arranging the talks. Islamabad is racing to arrange negotiations before the two-week ceasefire expires on 22 April. A Pakistani official said on Tuesday

How does Iran’s leadership view the emerging deal with the US?

ceasefire reached in early April. Israeli media reported online that an explosion on Sunday night in an apartment building in Tehran’s Andisheh was a targeted assassination of an IRGC general, but the Iranian media

Can Pakistan secure Iran-US nuclear compromise, as Trump says deal ‘close’?

statements suggest. “We should avoid simplistic binaries such as ‘one side is lying’,” he told Al Jazeera. “The gap visible between Trump’s remarks and the position of Iran’s foreign ministry is more

EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel

chief, said proposals for a part suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement remained on the table but required states to shift their positions to come into force. Speaking after a meeting between EU foreign

US talks between Lebanon and Israel end – as it happened

UN said in preliminary findings were due to an Israeli tank projectile and an improvised explosive device most likely placed by [Hezbollah](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hezbollah). **Just 24% of American’s believe that the Trump administration