{"id":107634,"date":"2024-09-27T19:52:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107634"},"modified":"2024-09-27T19:52:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T12:52:47","slug":"keir-starmer-steps-up-call-for-a-ceasefire-in-lebanon-at-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107634","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer steps up call for a ceasefire in Lebanon at UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Sir Keir Starmer has stepped up his call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon following an escalation in fighting between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Stop the violence. Step back from the brink,&#8221; the prime minister said in his maiden speech to the UN General Assembly, despite Israeli ministers\u2019 rejection of an international proposal for a temporary pause in fighting.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Sir Keir told world leaders a ceasefire would provide space for a diplomatic settlement to avoid a regional conflict in the Middle East.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Fears of an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah are at a high, following the deadliest escalation of cross-border attacks in decades.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">More than 600 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since Monday, including at least 92 people on Thursday, according to local authorities.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Hezbollah has responded by firing hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israeli politicians have broadly rejected the idea of a ceasefire after a 12-strong bloc &#8211; including the UK, US and other allies proposed a three-week pause in fighting.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the country&#8217;s military to <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c20jx85vxwdo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">continue fighting with &#8220;full force&#8221;<!-- --><\/a> as he landed in New York on Thursday.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Addressing the UN General Assembly there, Sir Keir said an immediate ceasefire was needed &#8220;to provide space for a diplomatic settlement&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He warned that the conflict could spill over into a war &#8220;no-one can control and with consequences that none of us can foresee&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Elsewhere in his speech, Sir Keir vowed to return the UK to \u201cresponsible global leadership\u201d by recommitting to \u201cthe UN, to internationalism, to the rule of law\u201d. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He also promised to restore Britain\u2019s \u201ccommitment to international development\u201d, and set out plans to change the international financial system \u201cto deliver a fairer deal for developing countries&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Around 70,000 Israelis have been displaced from the north of the country since hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah began, sparked by the war in Gaza.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In Lebanon, around 90,000 people have been displaced since Monday, in addition to the 110,000 who had fled their homes already, according to the UN.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The UK has urged British nationals in Lebanon to leave immediately because of the escalation, however <!-- --><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cdrjg825r7zo\" class=\"sc-c9299ecf-0 bZUiKB\" rel=\"noopener\">some have told the BBC of their difficulty in fleeing the country<!-- --><\/a>.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Cross-border fighting continued on Thursday, with the Israeli army saying it had struck Hezbollah targets in parts of Lebanon&#8217;s south and east, and on the Lebanese-Syrian border.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it had fired 50 rockets towards the Kiryat Ata settlement, and 80 missiles towards the city of Safed, both in northern Israel.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Israel\u2019s military chief told troops on Wednesday that strikes targeting Hezbollah could pave the way for them to \u201center enemy territory\u201d.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The remarks by Lt Gen Herzi Halevi were the plainest indication yet from a senior figure that a ground invasion into Lebanon may be imminent.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ckg9q40e91no\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Keir Starmer has stepped up his call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon following an escalation in fighting between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah. &#8220;Stop the violence. 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