<article data-history-node-id="440028" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-530" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/morning-update-530" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Morning update</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Good morning Middle East Eye readers,</p> <p>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”.</p> <p>Tehran insists the American plan amounted to surrender and is demanding guarantees against future attacks, while tensions continue to spill across the region.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Here are the latest developments:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li> <p>Trump rejects Iran’s latest ceasefire response, calling it “totally unacceptable”</p> </li> <li> <p>Iran demands sovereignty guarantees over Hormuz in a counterproposal to the US</p> </li> <li> <p>Gaza: Doctors Under Attack wins BAFTA award after BBC rejection</p> </li> <li> <p>Brent crude rises above $105 amid fears of escalating Iran conflict</p> </li> <li> <p>Trump says call with Netanyahu was ‘very nice’ amid Iran tensions</p> </li> <li> <p>Israeli air strikes continue across southern Lebanon as casualties mount</p> </li> <li> <p>Hezbollah drone attack kills an Israeli soldier near the Lebanon border</p> </li> <li> <p>Multinational talks held on restoring safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz</p> </li> <li> <p>Iran executes a man accused of spying for the CIA and Mossad</p> </li> <li> <p>Hezbollah reportedly using fibre-optic drones to evade Israeli jamming systems</p> </li> <li> <p>Iran says the US has not issued World Cup visas for Iranian players</p> </li> <li> <p>Lebanese Prime Minister says Bint Jbeil “has become a version of Gaza”</p> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </article>