Middle East

The world waits for Trump’s verdict after the talks failed to yield a deal, writes the BBC’s Lyse Doucet. BBC News

Face-to-face talks would mark the highest-level engagement between Iran and the US since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. BBC News

The killing came as ex-security chiefs warned “government sponsored Jewish terrorism” was out of control. BBC News * What the star implies: Links marked with a * mean that we will receive a commission if a booking or a specific action is made via the linked provider. There will be …

Lebanon will only take part in talks with Israel if a ceasefire is already in place, a senior official tells the BBC. BBC News

On Wednesday, Lebanon was hit with the heaviest bombardment by Israel in this conflict. For 10 minutes, the country was under heavy attack, with Israel saying it struck Lebanon around 100 times. At least 182 people have been killed and more than 800 wounded, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The …

The CPJ also said on Wednesday that two other journalists had been killed in separate Israeli strikes in Lebanon this week – Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with privately-owned radio station Sawt al-Farah, and Suzan Khalil, a reporter and presenter on Al-Manar TV, which is affiliated with the armed group Hezbollah. …

Israel says Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire the US agreed to halt the war with Iran. BBC News

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says Israeli strikes on Lebanon are a ‘grave violation’ of the deal. BBC News

A US 15-point plan and an Iranian 10-point variant are oceans apart, writes the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent. BBC News

The Israeli prime minister’s response to the ceasefire has been muted, in contrast to the triumphal statements from the US and Iran. BBC News

BBC correspondent Frank Gardner explains the current situation as both sides claim victory – Iran says it will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and that its “victory in the field would also be consolidated” in upcoming talks. BBC News

Now Iran says that during the ceasefire it will once again allow ships to use the Strait, as long as their movements are coordinated with the Iranian military. It will want that arrangement to continue, and may also demand tolls from shippers, of the kind they pay to transit the …

The two-week truce opens up the prospect of direct talks with the US but has angered Iran’s hardliners, writes BBC News Persian’s Kasra Naji. BBC News

The US and Iran have made a two-week ceasefire agreement, which includes Iran reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for ships to pass through safely. Brent crude oil prices dropped by nearly 15% to roughly $95 (£70.68) per barrel after the announcement, a significant decline from highs of nearly $120 …

The UN’s chief says he is “deeply troubled” by such statements, as the US president ramps up pressure on Iran to agree a deal to end the war. BBC News

Tehran had urged people to gather outside potential US and Israeli targets after Donald Trump threatened to attack civilian infrastructure. BBC News

At al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza, a colleague of Majdi Aslan told reporters the vehicle he was driving was clearly marked with the WHO’s logo on all sides, and that it had been at the front of a co-ordinated convoy transporting patients to the Rafah crossing when it came under …

A mother of newborn twins sheltering in a displacement centre in Lebanon said she was told to evacuate her home ahead of planned strikes by the Israeli army. “Our home was bombed, and everything I had prepared for the children was gone,” she told the BBC. Ghada is among more …

Iran is still hitting targets in Israel, weeks after the war began. BBC News

Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president’s threat to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. BBC News