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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage and Emma Graham-Harrison

‘Leave now’, Foreign Office urges Britons in Lebanon

A Middle East Airlines commercial aircraft taking off from Beirut's international airport as smoke billows from suburbs hit by Israeli airstrikes.
A Middle East Airlines commercial aircraft taking off from Beirut's international airport as smoke billows from suburbs hit by Israeli airstrikes. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

The British government has been securing extra flights for UK nationals to make their way out of Lebanon, as ministers continued to urge citizens still in the country to “leave now”.

Official advice has been warning British nationals to leave the country for months. But with the escalation of tension following the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, there have been fresh appeals to Brits to urgently secure a place on a flight.

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