Good evening, readers!
For those checking in, here are the latest updates:
US Vice President JD Vance has told a press conference that a lot of progress has been made on talks with Iran and that the US had held them in “good faith”, though he caveated that by saying strikes were still on the table as “option B”. He added that neither party wanted that.
US President Donald Trump earlier said he was planning a major new attack on Iran, but held off at the urging of Gulf Arab allies, which Iran has threatened with reciprocal attacks and hitting ‘new fronts’ if the United States and Israel end a fragile ceasefire
Deaths in Lebanon from Israeli attacks have topped 3,000 since March 2, despite an alleged cease-fire
Fallout follows Israel after it abducted activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters off the coast of Cyprus
And so we continue with the live blog…
