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Helen Corbett

Ceasefire deal without Lebanon risks destabilising whole region – Cooper

Yvette Cooper said failing to include Lebanon in the US-Iran ceasefire could ‘destabilise the whole region’ (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Wire)

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said she is “deeply troubled” by Israel’s strikes on Lebanon and pressed for the country to be part of the Iran ceasefire deal.

It comes as Iran’s deputy foreign minister said his country sent a message to the US by closing the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon.

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