Middle East crisis live: US and Iranian envoys arrive in Islamabad for conditional peace talks

Tehran insists a Lebanon truce and unfreezing of its assets must be granted before negotiations can start

JD Vance warns Iran against trying to ‘play’ the US in peace talks

Analysis: JD Vance dispatched to peace talks with few cards to play

The UK will host a strait of Hormuz meeting next week, bringing together multiple countries aiming to restore free movement of ships through the strait, which has been blockaded by Iran since the beginning of the war and inflicted heavy damage on the global economy.

A British official told AP that the meeting will oppose the idea of tolls being charged for passage through the waterway, as proposed by Iran as part of ceasefire negotiations.