Middle East crisis live: Rubio sees initial progress on reopening Hormuz after Trump claims Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’

<p>The US secretary of state suggested a deal could be announced ‘in the next few hours’ but cautioned it wouldn’t be a ‘final’ agreement</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/23/trump-ceasefire-iran-strait-of-hormuz">Full report: Trump says peace deal with Iran ‘largely negotiated’ with strait of Hormuz to open</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>In Lebanon, the civil defence agency said early on Sunday its regional facility in the southern city of Nabatieh had been destroyed by an Israeli strike</strong>.</p><p>The Directorate General of Civil Defence said the building had collapsed and a large number of vehicles and equipment had been damaged by a “direct hit in a hostile Israeli strike”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/24/iran-deal-strait-of-hormuz-trump-middle-east-crisis-live">Continue reading...</a>