Lebanon must be included in US-Iran ceasefire deal, UK ministers tell Trump

Yvette Cooper told the BBC: ‘This escalation is damaging, it’s wrong, it’s going the wrong direction. We want the ceasefire extended to cover Lebanon.’ Photograph: Leon Neal/Reuters

Lebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the strait of Hormuz must remain free of any tolls, two senior ministers have said, as divisions deepen between the UK and Donald Trump over how to implement a truce.

John Healey, the UK defence secretary, told a press conference in London that Israel should end its attacks on Lebanon, and warned that imposing tolls in the strait, as suggested by Trump, would set a dangerous precedent for international shipping.