War in the Middle East: latest developments

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PARIS - The latest developments in the Middle East war:

Iranian media says talks start

Iranian media said negotiations with the United States to end the Middle East war had begun in Islamabad, though the format of the talks remained unclear.

The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said "it was decided to begin negotiations".

Lebanon says 10 killed

Lebanon's health ministry said 10 people, including three emergency workers, were killed by Israeli strikes on south Lebanon.

Israel's military said it had struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon in the last 24 hours.

Vance meets Pakistan PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met US Vice President JD Vance in Islamabad, the former's office said.

"As the Islamabad Talks commenced today, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, held a meeting with His Excellency JD Vance, Vice President of the United States of America," the statement said.

Iran delegation meets Pakistan PM

Earlier an Iranian delegation met Sharif in Islamabad ahead of the talks. Confirming the sit-down, Iran's state broadcaster reported that "arrangements for the Iran-US will be defined at the conclusion of this meeting".

Pakistan calls to 'engage'

Pakistan's foreign minister called for the United States and Iran to "engage constructively" at the Islamabad talks.

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar "expressed the hope that parties would engage constructively, and reiterated Pakistan's desire to continue facilitating the parties towards reaching lasting and durable solution to the conflict."

Iran says lacks 'trust' with US

Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said shortly after arriving in Pakistan's capital that previous experiences negotiating with the United States had led to a lack of trust.

"We have good intentions, but we do not trust," Iranian state media quoted him as saying.

"Our experience in negotiating with the Americans has always been met with failure and broken promises," he added.

Israel won't discuss ceasefire

Israel's US ambassador, Yechiel Leiter, told his Lebanese counterpart in Washington that he "refused to discuss a ceasefire with the Hezbollah terrorist organisation", according to a statement after a meeting.

Israel "agreed to begin formal peace negotiations" with the Lebanese government, with which it has no diplomatic relations, the Israeli ambassador said.

Lebanon's presidency said a meeting will be held at the US State Department on Tuesday "to discuss declaring a ceasefire and the start date for negotiations between Lebanon and Israel under US auspices."

Iran internet shutdown hits 1,000 hours

Digital monitor Netblocks said Iran's internet blackout has lasted more than 1,000 hours, in an X post.

While Iran's domestic intranet remains operational, supporting local messaging apps, banking platforms and other services, access to the global internet has been severely restricted since early February.

Trump: Hormuz to open 'fairly soon'

US President Donald Trump vowed Friday to have the Strait of Hormuz open "with or without" Iran's cooperation and said his top priority in peace talks was to ensure Tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Iran demands Lebanon ceasefire

Iran's parliament speaker demanded a truce in Lebanon and the release of his country's blocked assets on Friday as Vance warned Tehran not to "play" Washington in the Islamabad talks.