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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Jonathan Yerushalmy, José Olivares, Nadeem Badshah, Tom Ambrose, Taz Ali and Adam Fulton (earlier)

US talks between Lebanon and Israel end – as it happened

A vessel in the strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province,  on 12 April 1 2026.
A vessel in the strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, on 12 April 1 2026. Photograph: Reuters

This live blog has now closed. You can read the latest on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran here.

Canada, the UK, Australia and others have condemned the killings of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon and called for an end to hostilities.

“Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Sierra Leone, Switzerland and the United Kingdom remain deeply concerned by the worsening humanitarian situation and displacement crisis in Lebanon,” the countries said in a joint statement issued on Tuesday.

The statement comes after the deaths of three peacekeepers last month that the UN said in preliminary findings were due to an Israeli tank projectile and an improvised explosive device most likely placed by Hezbollah.

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