Thanks for following our live coverage this evening.
We are closing the blog for the night, but will be back early tomorrow to bring you the latest developments on the war in the Middle East.
In the meantime, you can read more about one of today's major developments, Israel's plans to occupy southern Lebanon, in this piece by Middle East Correspondent Matthew Doran.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says his country stands "ready and honoured" to host potential peace talks between the US and Iran.
"Pakistan welcomes and fully supports ongoing efforts to pursue dialogue to end the war in Middle East," he said in a post on X.
It comes after a Pakistani official said US Vice President JD Vance was set to travel to Islamabad this week to meet with Iranian officials.
Israel's military on Tuesday said it had conducted a large number of airstrikes in several areas of Iran, including the central city of Isfahan.
"The IDF has completed a large wave of strikes in Isfahan," the military said in a statement, adding that it had launched a "wide-scale wave of strikes.. in several areas in Iran".
Isfahan is home to the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center which was targeted by US strikes in June last year.
Reporting with AFP
In Asia, public servants' commutes are being curbed and flights are being cancelled as governments try to manage the global fuel crisis.
Vietnam Airlines plans to cancel more than 20 domestic flights a week because of looming jet fuel shortages, according to the country's aviation authority.
From the start of next month, it will reportedly suspend seven domestic routes and cancel 23 flights a week to conserve fuel.
Vietnamese airlines are also preparing to implement fuel surcharges on international routes.
The President of the Philippines has told Bloomberg News there is a "distinct possibility" of it also grounding planes because of jet fuel shortages.
In South Korea, a system to restrict public servants from driving to work one day a week is also going to be enforced.
Under the system, cars are divided into groups based on licence plate numbers and prohibited from driving to work one day a week.
It previously hasn't been strictly implemented.
South Korea is also increasing nuclear power generation and easing limits on coal-power generation.
In India, there are concerns shortages of cooking gas supplies are pushing people to use dirtier fuels like timber and cow dung.
The country has put restrictions on some domestic gas sales and cut sales to industry to avoid a shortfall.
These are the latest in a series of restrictions already introduced across the region to try to deal with the global fuel crisis, including work from home mandates and university closures.
A Pakistani official has said the country could help broker talks between the US and Iran, with direct talks potentially being help in Islamabad this week.
The official said US Vice President JD Vance, as well as US envoy Steve Witkoff and senior advisor to the president Jared Kushner, were expected to meet Iranian officials in Islamabad this week.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said he spoke with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, while army chief Asim Munir liased with Trump on Sunday, according to a report in The Financial Times.
Pakistan already acts as a diplomatic go-between for Iran in Washington, with Sharif writing on X that his country was committed to playing "a constructive role in advancing peace in the region".
Reporting with Reuters/AFP
Qatar's foreign ministry says there is currently no direct Qatari mediation between the United States and Iran.
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday the US had held talks with Iran and that the two sides had "major points of agreement".
Tehran said no negotiations had taken place.
But Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari told a media briefing in Doha on Tuesday that his government had remained in close contact with Washington, seeking a diplomatic resolution to the crisis.
"We are in close contact with US administration over this, they took the decision to go to war according to parameters that they think are related to regional security," he said.
"This is their assessment, we are working very closely with them on how to de-escalate, on how to find a way out of this crisis and stop attacks on our countries."
Egypt, Pakistan and Turkey have been engaged in mediation efforts to seek de-escalation in the US-Israeli war on Iran, which has hit global energy supplies.
"We have said since 2023 — escalation left unchecked in the region will lead not only to regional spillover but a total regional war that will engulf all of us and that is exactly what we are in right now," Al Ansari said.
Reporting with Reuters
One of Hezbollah's top lawmakers says the armed Lebanese group will fight to prevent Israeli troops from occupying southern Lebanon.
Hassan Fadlallah tells Reuters such an occupation would pose an "existential threat" to Lebanon as a state.
Israel's defense minister earlier said he had instructed the country's military to establish a "security zone" south of the Litani River, which runs about 30 kilometres north of the Israeli border.
Reporting with Reuters
Lebanon's foreign ministry says it has withdrawn its approval of the Iranian ambassador's accreditation, giving him until Sunday to leave the country.
The ministry said in a statement that it had summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires in Lebanon and informed him of "the Lebanese state's decision to withdraw approval of the accreditation of the appointed Iranian ambassador, Mohammad Reza Sheibani.
The ministry has declared him persona non grata, demanding that he leave Lebanese territory no later than next Sunday.
The ministry said it had also summoned Lebanon's ambassador to Iran "in light of what the Lebanese state described as Tehran's violation of diplomatic norms and established practices between the two countries".
It comes after Beirut accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of commanding Hezbollah's operations in its war against Israel.
Reporting with AFP
The Israeli defence minister's announcement of Israel seizing territory in southern Lebanon, all the way from the Israel-Lebanon border to the Litani River, is the realisation of the worst fears for the Lebanese community.
This is a population which still feels the trauma of the decades long Israeli occupation of the south, which only ended in 2000.
And in recent weeks, since Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into this broader regional conflict by firing upon Israel, locals have once more borne the brunt of the conflict.
More than 1 million people are displaced across Lebanon, almost one fifth of the population. More than 1,000 people have been killed, including more than 100 children.
The open-ended nature of Israel Katz's declaration - that the south will be held by Israeli forces until Israel can guarantee the safety of its own communities - won't allay any of those concerns.
There is no excusing Hezbollah's actions here, firing volley after volley of rockets and drones into the north of Israel, sending hundreds of thousands of people racing to shelters.
But there is no avoiding that this is a very extreme measure by Israel - even as it tries to shift blame for this situation to the Lebanese Government, arguing it's failed to bring Hezbollah to heel.
It follows comments from the Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, one of the most controversial far-right members of the Netanyahu government, demanding the annexation of that area.
He's made similar comments about the West Bank, which have not been totally realised - although many will say the area is under de facto annexation, given Israel's strict control of the area.
But Israel Katz has also demanded the fast tracking of the demolitions of Lebanese homes and villages along the border under the guise of security. And he's invoked the experience of the IDF in Gaza, where communities such as Rafah in the south and Beit Hanoun in the north, were wiped off the map.
As Lebanon's justice minister told me yesterday, any occupation "would be dramatic for Lebanon."
"I think that Israel also should learn that this is not the proper way to address the problems," Adel Nassar said.
But with the Lebanese government struggling to rein in Hezbollah, it doesn't appear Israel is listening.
Residents of southern Lebanon have been fearing Israel's recent military action against the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah could be the precursor to a period of ongoing occupation, similar to what Israel did from 1982 to 2000.
Now Israel's defence minister has announced plans for his country's military to take control of southern Lebanon, from the Israeli border to the Litani River.
Israel Katz is describing the move as the creation of a "security zone" to protect northern Israel from the Hezbollah.
During a briefing in Tel Aviv Mr Katz said the Israeli military had destroyed five bridges over the Litani River which Hezbollah had been using, adding Israel would seek to control all other river crossings.