West Asia war LIVE: U.S. not to be trusted, says Iran's chief negotiator, as Trump toughens terms

Oil prices roseate much than 2% successful aboriginal trading connected Monday (June 1, 2026) aft Israel ordered troops to determination further into Lebanon successful the conflict with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, ‌despite a ceasefire announced much than six weeks ago.

U.S. crude futures roseate $2.37 oregon 2.71% to $89.73 a tube arsenic of ⁠0028 GMT.

Brent futures roseate $2.16 oregon 2.37% to $93.28 a barrel.

The stepped-up fighting, coming conscionable aft the U.S. hosted Israeli-Lebanon bid talks successful Washington connected Friday, dimmed expectations ‌that the U.S. and Iran could soon denote an hold to their ceasefire agreement, which had driven Brent and WTI ‌to settee up 1.8% and 1.7%, respectively, connected Friday (May 29, 2026).

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The UN Security Council volition clasp an exigency gathering connected Monday (June 1, 2026) implicit Israel’s enlargement of its violative successful Lebanon, pursuing the seizure of the medieval castle of Beaufort, diplomatic sources told AFP.

The gathering was requested by France and volition instrumentality spot instantly aft an exigency gathering implicit the clang of a Russian drone into a Romanian flat building, which is scheduled for 1900 GMT, the sources said.

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An Israeli dawn onslaught connected confederate Lebanon connected Sunday (May 31, 2026) killed 8 people, including 3 women, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said, arsenic Israel intensifies its attacks and crushed operations successful the country, saying they are against Hezbollah.

“The massacre committed by the Israeli force successful a raid connected the municipality of Deir Zahrani, Nabatieh district, astatine dawn connected Sunday... resulted successful 8 martyrs, including 3 women, and 19 wounded, including 5 children and six women,” the Ministry said successful a statement.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‌has ordered troops to determination further into Lebanon successful the conflict against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, helium said connected Sunday (May 31, 2026), contempt a ceasefire announced much than six weeks ago. The warring successful Lebanon ⁠has been the broadest spillover of the Iran war, displacing much than 1.2 cardinal Lebanese done Israeli strikes and evacuation orders since March 2, erstwhile Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones into Israel to backmost its state Iran.

In the latest advance, Israeli troops seized the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and a strategical ridge successful ‌southern Lebanon, ⁠the subject said, a time aft 1 of the heaviest days of Hezbollah occurrence toward bluish Israel ⁠since the April ceasefire, prompting schoolhouse closures and restrictions.

“I instructed the (military) to grow its crushed manoeuvre successful Lebanon,” Mr. Netanyahu said successful a statement.

Iran’s main negotiator warned connected Sunday (May 31, 2026) the United States was not to beryllium trusted, saying Tehran would not hold to immoderate woody with Washington unless it afloat secured Iranian rights.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf’s remarks came arsenic reports emerged that US President Donald Trump had sent a tougher bid connection backmost to Iran, and underlined the rift that the parties inactive request to close.

The New York Times and Axios reported that Mr. Trump had sent backmost a “tougher” caller model to beryllium considered by Iran, though details stay unclear.

Mr. Trump has said his priorities see stopping Iran from processing immoderate atomic limb and reopening the Hormuz shipping lane, which Iran has blockaded since the warfare began.

“The 1 warrant that I person to person is that determination volition beryllium nary atomic weapons. They’ve agreed to that, and it was precise interesting,” helium told his daughter-in-law Lara Trump successful an interrogation connected her Fox News show.

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