Iran-US war latest: Trump announces historic talks between Lebanon and Israel with White House optimistic for peace

Liveupdated{"lang":"en","timestamp":1776315640}NewsWorldMiddle EastIran-US war latest: Trump announces historic talks between Lebanon and Israel with White House optimistic for peace‘We feel good about the prospects of a deal”, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt saidBel Trew, Rachel Dobkin & Alisha Rahaman SarkarThursday 16 April 2026 06:00 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2958673","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-peace-talks-israel-lebanon-b2958673.html","title":"Iran-US war latest: Trump announces historic talks between Lebanon and Israel"}}CloseUS enforces blockade on Iranian ports as naval vessels patrol Gulf of OmanOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOn...