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A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, after reporting “additional progress” during a second day of talks in Beirut.

Efforts for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified, with a US envoy expected to return to Lebanon for talks over a possible deal, amid an escalation of Israel’s air attacks across the country.

The Times report alleged that Musk called for a meeting with Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani, meeting the envoy in a secret location in New York.

Its envoys could only grasp for minor wins such as pauses in the fighting or opening checkpoints for aid convoys.

The Scottish National Party MP Pete Wishart mocked the news, telling the Commons: "We got the crushing news today that our British envoy to Scotland will no longer be coming there to represent this Parliament."