Middle East crisis live: Hezbollah urges Lebanon to pull out of talks with Israel; blockade of strait of Hormuz begins

Hezbollah says it will not abide by agreements that result from the Lebanon-Israel talks in the US; Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. The US blockade of ships using Iranian ports in the Gulf began on Monday, turning the six-week-old conflict between the US-Israeli coalition and Iran into a test of economic endurance. Trump said the blockade would be on all Iranian ports along the strait from Monday onward .