Morning update

Morning update Good morning Middle East Eye readers, Hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran have dimmed after Donald Trump dismissed Iran’s latest response to the US peace proposal as “totally unacceptable”. Tehran insists the American plan amounted to surrender and is demanding guarantees against future attacks, while tensions continue to spill across the region. Israeli strikes in Lebanon are intensifying, oil prices are climbing sharply again and concerns are growing over the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.