Middle East crisis live: Rubio says US-Iran agreement ‘pretty solid’ as oil price falls amid optimism for deal

Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Monday that a deal to end the war with Iran could materialise “today”. His comments came after oil prices plunged and Asian shares rose earlier in the day amid optimism that the US and Iran were close to an agreement that might secure a lasting end to the three-month war and reopen the strait of Hormuz . …