Foreign Secretary David Lammy calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah after escalating tensions, urging both sides to step back from the brink of war following talks in Paris.
The Foreign Secretary gathered ministers and officials this morning to discuss contingency plans for evacuating Brits.
The Iran-backed group has vowed retribution with alarm that the Middle East is closer to a regional war that at any point in a generation. Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the southern Lebanese border village of Adshit Mr Lammy revealed yesterday he had spoken to Lebanon's PM Najib Mikati and 'expressed my deep concern over rising tensions and civilian casualties'.In a social media post, Mr Lammy wrote: 'My message to British nationals in Lebanon is leave while commercial options remain.The Foreign Office continues to advise against all travel to Lebanon.
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