Middle East crisis live: Iran says no final peace agreement reached, after Trump claims deal could be signed soon

US president says ‘great settlement’ reached but Iranian spokesman says there has been no final conclusion

Full report: Trump claims US and Iran on verge of signing peace agreement

The Israeli military continued to strike southern Lebanon this morning, according to the Lebanese National News Agency, amid reports the US and Iran are nearing a deal to cease hostilities. It is unclear whether the deal would include Lebanon, where the Israeli military has been fighting the Iran-backed Hezbollah group, but American and Iranian media reports seem to suggest it will. Israel is not directly involved in the US-Iran talks and there has been no indication on whether it would agree to halt its military campaign in Lebanon.

There’s been a flurry of reports in the US media of a potential signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding in Geneva, Switzerland. Axios, CNN and Bloomberg have cited sources saying the signing ceremony may happen ahead of (or during) the G7 summit that begins in France on Monday