FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to inch up as oil fluctuates over Middle East developments

Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil prices have fluctuated around the $80 mark over the last 24 hours following mixed developments coming out of the Middle East. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – was heading towards $79 per barrel on Thursday morning, holding up a near 10 per cent…

Israel's military for the first time in weeks has told residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate, citing a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah

Israel's military for the first time in weeks has told residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate, citing a "blatant violation of the ceasefire" by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah

Here are the latest developments in the Middle East  AP News

The talks will seek to end the conflict and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to wind down the war in Iran will start Monday, after announcing he is holding off on new massive strikes he had threatened to unleash on the country.

Iranian state media quoted the country’s foreign ministry as saying Tehran was not currently holding negotiations with the United States.