21 July, 2026 Last Update21 July, 2026 21:55 PM Welcome to our new live page where we're continuing to monitor events in the Middle East. You can track developments earlier on today by heading to our previous live page. Here are the key updates on Tuesday afternoon: • Trump has threatened to bomb a fortified Iranian nuclear site under Pickaxe Mountain and claimed Tehran is "desperate" to talk. • Two oil tankers have turned back from the Red Sea after Yemen's Houthi group declared the critical Bab al-Mandeb strait closed to Saudi shipping. • US President Donald Trump warned Iran will pay "many times over" after at least three American troops were killed over the past week. • Lebanese soldiers have begun deploying in one of the three pilot zones in southern Lebanon agreed with Israel last month during US-mediated talks. Related Articles
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