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Lebanon must be included in US-Iran ceasefire deal, UK ministers tell Trump

Yvette Cooper and John Healey say Israeli strikes should end, widening rift between UK government and Trump Middle East crisis – live updates Lebanon must be included in the US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the strait of Hormuz must remain free of any tolls, two senior ministers have said, as growing differences emerged between the UK and Donald Trump over implementing a truce. John Healey, the UK defence secretary, told a press conference in London that Israel should end it attacks on Lebanon, and warned that tolls in the strait, as mooted by Trump, would set a dangerous precedent for international shipping.
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