Mixed messaging from Iran and US on ceasefire deal

Iranian state media reported that Iran was halting indirect talks with the US after Israel ordered its troops to push deeper into Lebanon. US President Donald Trump said talks were ongoing at a "rapid pace."

• Iran is halting indirect talks with the US over Israel's widening assault on Lebanon, Iranian state media reported
• President Donald Trump initially said he "couldn't care less" but then said on social media that talks were continuing
• Trump also said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to stop attacking each other in Lebanon without explaining further
• Israeli military ordered residents of Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold, to evacuate Monday
• Israeli troops moved deeper into Lebanon and captured a strategic castle in the country over the weekend
• Hezbollah has fired on Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and northern Israel in recent weeks

This is a roundup of the developments in Iran and the Middle East on Monday, June 1:

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