Middle East live: US has not offered Iran sanctions relief to reopen Strait of Hormuz, Rubio says

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3 Jun 2026 • 3:42 AM MYT
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Yesterday's key developments:

• US President Donald Trump on Monday said he had persuaded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to send troops into southern Beirut.

• The Lebanese presidential office posted a statement by Lebanon's embassy in Washington saying Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal calling for a "reciprocal cessation of attacks".

• Hezbollah claimed several attacks late Monday on Israeli targets in south Lebanon, hours after Trump said the Iran-backed group had agreed that "all shooting will stop".

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)