LIVEShip strike in Hormuz disrupts UN plan amid fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire talksLast updated: June 26, 2026 | 06:35Gulf News ReportDonald TrumpIran Israel conflictLebanonUS-Israel-Iran war
US-mediated Israel-Lebanon talks have been extended by another day, with the fifth round set to resume on Friday, the US State Department said. The talks come amid heightened tensions after an Iranian drone hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, suspending UN-led evacuation of stranded seafarers.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said the US plans to use frozen Iranian assets to buy American wheat, soybeans and corn, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to talks with Iran but ruled out any deal allowing Tehran to continue its current course.
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Highlights06:07 AM, 26 June 2026'Iran having hard time with food': Trump claims US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) claimed that the US will take money from Iran as it is having a hard time with food.Trump, while addressing Rose Garden Club Dinner with American Farmers, said that Iran will be a new market for the US."We have another one a new market coming up and that's called the lovely country of Iran. It's a beautiful place. Would anybody like to go there? The Islamic Republic of Iran is having a hard time with food and we're going to be taking some of their money and we'll spend it and we're going to be buying wheat, soybeans and corn a lot of it. And that process is going to be starting pretty soon. It's going to be pretty big too. I think it's going to be very big," he said.04:05 AM, 26 June 2026Israel-Lebanon talks extended another day
