Pakistan, which has been mediating between the US and Iran, announced a deal to end hostilities on Sunday. BBC's Sebastian Usher spoke about the agreement, which President Trump and Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi both commented on.

A deal has been agreed to end the war between the US, Israel and Iran with reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming oil exports from the Gulf a priority

US President Donald Trump said Washington would achieve “total victory” over Iran within two weeks after Israel and Iran halted recent hostilities. Trump said US intervention helped preserve talks with Tehran,

The latest truce between Israel and Iran appears to be holding, but Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon have continued. President Trump has told the BBC Netanyahu did not defy him when it attacked Iran on Sunday night.

The incident threatens to escalate tensions in a conflict that has rattled global energy markets and strained a fragile ceasefire.

America and Iran brokered an agreement to end their nearly four-month war. America said the “memorandum of understanding” would extend a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said the agreement would also end Israel’s war with Hizbullah,

The web of fractious alliances and dysfunctional ceasefires shows how destabilised the region remains.