Middle East war live: Lebanon meets Israel in Washington to request truce extension

Live Middle East Issued on: 23/04/2026 - 04:55 By: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, flanked by US State Department Counsellor Michael Needham and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2026 © Kevin Lamarque, Reuters Israel and Lebanon hold a new round of talks in Washington on Thursday, during which Beirut plans to request a one-month extension of a ceasefire due to expire within days. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates. Yesterday's key developments: On the eve of talks in Washington between the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Beirut's envoy to Thursday's talks, Lebanese Ambassador to Washington Nada Moawad, would seek a ceasefire extension and a ​halt to demolitions being carried out by Israel in villages in the south. White House press secretary Karoline ⁠Leavitt said on Wednesday in an interview with Fox News ​that Iran must ​agree to turn over its enriched ​uranium to the United States as part of negotiations to end ⁠the war. US President Donald Trump has not set a deadline by which Iran must submit a peace proposal, the White House said on Wednesday. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, Reuters and AP) Keywords for this article