Marcus Trescothick has insisted he wants to continue working with England’s Test team even though Mike Hussey has revealed an approach by incoming head coach Stephen Fleming to effectively replace him.

Trescothick has been a member of England’s backroom staff since 2021 and is currently leading the Test side on an interim basis ahead of Fleming’s arrival.

Former opening batsman Trescothick and returning captain Joe Root oversaw an innings and 103-run thrashing of Pakistan in the first Test at Headingley on Friday as the hosts went 1-0 up in a three-match series.

Former Australia international Hussey has said he is considering an offer to work as England’s Test batting coach, effectively Trescothick’s role, after being approached by Fleming, his former boss at Chennai Super Kings.

“I’d love to carry on, of course,” said Trescothick.

The 50-year-old, a member of England’s 2005 Ashes-winning team, added: “I’ve a huge amount of respect for Stephen and what he’s done in the game, he was a fantastic captain and leader, and has done a brilliant job doing what he’s done as a coach.

“It’s really not in my job (description) or position to judge that. We’ll wait until we get the tap on the shoulder.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pakistan’s defense forces chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, discussed regional developments and efforts to advance diplomatic solutions, Iranian state media reported on Sunday, as Washington plans to announce new sanctions targeting Tehran.

After nearly six months of war since the US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on February 28, the sides are not firing at each other but also showing no sign of pursuing peace talks.

Oil shipments are at a virtual standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran threatening to strike any unauthorized oil tankers that try to transit the vital waterway, and Iran’s economy is already under immense pressure from sanctions.

Pakistan, which helped broker an interim US-Iran peace deal in June, has been engaged with the leaderships of the US and Iran in efforts to broker peace between the two countries since their conflict broke out in February this year.

“During the telephone conversation, both sides reviewed the latest regional developments and discussed various dimensions of the current situation,” Iran’s state-run IRNA new agency reported, following telephonic conversation between FM Araghchi and Field Marshal Munir.

“The two sides also exchanged views on diplomatic trends, ongoing efforts to advance political and diplomatic solutions, and ways to enhance bilateral consultations and cooperation.”

This is the second time Araghchi has spoken to Munir, who emerged as a key figure in US-Iran negotiations, about regional developments in less than a week.

The development comes after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran. He has also urged cooperation with Washington by China, which buys more than 80 percent of Iran’s shipped oil, according to 2025 data from ‌analytics firm Kpler. ‌Beijing has urged diplomacy.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, said on Saturday the imminent US announcement of ‌new ⁠economic sanctions was an “assertion ⁠of extraterritorial sovereignty over every independent member state of the United Nations.”

The US-Iran war has driven oil prices higher and created inflationary pressures, especially for countries like Pakistan who heavily depend on the Middle East for their fuel needs. Iran has frequently attacked its neighbors in its Gulf region since the war began, firing missiles and carrying out drone attacks the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and other countries.

Islamabad has repeatedly called for diplomacy to resolve the conflict and said last week it was making “all-out efforts” through direct and indirect channels to bring Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table.

British MPs have urged the government to take tougher action against Israel after an investigation by The Independent and Independent Arabia raised questions over possible war crimes in an attack on Gaza’s Nasser Medical Complex that killed more than 20 people, including five journalists.

The attack, on Aug.

According to The Independent, the investigation was based on 17 eyewitness accounts, two Israeli whistleblowers, weapons experts and international law specialists.

It found that an initial Israeli tank strike killed Al-Masri while he was operating a Reuters live camera from an external stairwell at the hospital.

Eight minutes later, as journalists, medics and first responders gathered at the scene, further tank rounds struck the same area, killing more than 20 people.

The Israeli military said it regretted harm to uninvolved individuals and denied deliberately targeting journalists. It said troops had identified a camera it believed had been positioned by Hamas to monitor Israeli forces, and claimed six militants were killed.

However, The Independent reported that the camera was a Reuters live-feed camera routinely used by journalists.

The investigation also said two of the six people described by Israel as militants were a hospital employee and a civil defense worker involved in the rescue operation.

Kevin Jon Heller, professor of international law at the University of Copenhagen’s Centre for Military Studies, told The Independent that a prosecutor could “reasonably conclude” that the evidence pointed to the possible war crimes of intentionally attacking civilians and launching a disproportionate attack, particularly in relation to the second strike.

The Israeli military declined to respond to the investigation’s individual findings, saying its review remained ongoing under its General Staff Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism.

The findings prompted calls for stronger action from British lawmakers.

Sarah Champion, Labour MP and chair of the International Development Committee, said the international community had a responsibility to uphold the Geneva Conventions.

“Where is our outrage over journalists seemingly becoming a legitimate target?” she told The Independent.

Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said the findings strengthened the case for international legal scrutiny and urged the UK to hand over any relevant evidence requested by international courts.

Labour MP Rachael Maskell called on the government to increase sanctions and cease trade with Israel.

“The evidence continues to mount of the war crimes that have been committed, and justice must be served through the international courts,” she said.

Lawyer Helena Kennedy also called for an international inquiry into the deaths of journalists in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank.

A UK government spokesperson described the Nasser Hospital attack as “horrific” and said civilians, journalists and humanitarian workers must be protected.

The government pointed to its recognition of Palestine, suspension of trade negotiations with Israel and diplomatic pressure over the humanitarian situation in Gaza.