According to France 24, Israeli strikes killed twenty people in Lebanon on Saturday, even as Iranian and American officials prepared for high-stakes nuclear talks in Switzerland. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards declared the Strait of Hormuz shut down, and Iranian state media reported that high-level officials arrived for negotiations starting Sunday. US Vice President JD Vance, who had initially cancelled, has now landed to participate. The talks center on Iran's nuclear program — but progress hinges on a halt to the Lebanon fighting. That's reporting from France 24 correspondents in Tehran and Beirut.

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