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Morning update Good Morning Middle East Eye readers, If you are just joining us, here are key developments from across the region and beyond: *US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…

If you are just joining us, here are key developments from across the region and beyond:

*US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that further US military action against Iran is unnecessary because the economic pain the Washington is inflicting on a "weakened" Tehran "is so great".

*Iran's navy and Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that fires had broken out on a total of three oil tankers that struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

*US President Donald Trump will discuss the Iran war with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in the first ever three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in Shenzhen next week but he is not expected to discuss Ukraine war.

*As many as 25 seafarers have been killed in 134 confirmed maritime incidents across the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Middle East since the US and Israeli started war on Iran in February, according to the UN.

*A Palestinian youngster was injured after Israeli military forced its way into the town of Jaba', south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, and fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters at residents, Wafa reported.

*The US Central Command (Centcom) said its forces shot down two one-way attack drones launched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) towards Bahrain.

*At least seven tankers were attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz in the week to 11 November, UKMTO said, with one strike leaving multiple crew injured in the Arabian Gulf.

*US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has targeted the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a speech to a conservative legal group on Friday, arguing for a muscular foreign policy and against international law restraining US actions.

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