Middle East crisis live: Doubts cast over Trump’s claim that Lebanese-Israel meeting to take place today

Reports that Lebanese officials were not aware of plans for talks revealed by US president in social media post

US and Iran in indirect talks to extend two-week ceasefire

The military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader warned that Tehran would sink American ships in the strait of Hormuz if the US decided to “police” the narrow waterway.

Mohsen Rezaei, a former commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who was named as a military adviser by Mojtaba Khamenei last month, also threatened to take American soldiers hostage if they came ashore and “demand one billion dollars for each captive”.