US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran

Multinational anti-war bloc' uses Istanbul summit to call for a diplomatic solution to Middle East crisis

Foreign ministers at a summit of eight European and Middle Eastern countries have urged the US and Israel not to renews their attacks on Iran, warning a fresh outbreak of fighting would spread conflict and push oil prices even higher.

The development of a new multinational anti-war bloc" represents a challenge to the increasingly open plans by the US and Israel to relaunch strikes on Iran while talks on Tehran's nuclear programme remain deadlocked.