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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rowena Mason and Dan Sabbagh

David Lammy examines plans to evacuate Britons from Lebanon

Smoke rises from a hillside after an apparent airstrike
Smoke rises from the Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, near the border with Israel, after an airstrike. Photograph: Karamallah Daher/Reuters

David Lammy chaired a Cobra meeting to discuss preparations to evacuate remaining Britons from Lebanon, having already urged UK nationals to leave the country amid hostilities with Israel.

The foreign secretary led meetings in Whitehall on Friday as officials try to avoid a repeat of the chaos in which British people scrambled to leave Afghanistan when the Taliban took over in 2021.

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