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Middle East crisis live: Rubio sees initial progress on reopening Hormuz after Trump claims Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’
The US secretary of state suggested a deal could be announced ‘in the next few hours’ but cautioned it wouldn’t be a ‘final’ agreement Full report: Trump says peace deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated’ with strait of Hormuz to open In Lebanon, the civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike . The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike”. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Middle East crisis live: Rubio sees initial progress on reopening Hormuz after Trump claims Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’, The US secretary of state suggested a deal could be announced ‘in the next few hours’ but cautioned it wouldn’t be a ‘final’ agreement Full report: Trump says peace deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated’ with strait of Hormuz to open In Lebanon, the civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike . The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike”. Continue reading…
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- Middle East crisis live: Rubio sees initial progress on reopening Hormuz after Trump claims Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’The Guardian - 2026-05-24T13:15:10+00:00
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