Middle East live: First Gaza flotilla activists deported by Israel arrive in Turkey

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22 May 2026 • 4:12 AM MYT
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Yesterday's key developments:

  • Iran said on Wednesday it was examining a new US proposal to end the Middle East war, as President Donald Trump described the talks as being on the "borderline" between a deal and renewed strikes.
  • The US military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade.
  • The US ambassador to Israel sharply criticised far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Wednesday, after he posted a video showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground.

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)