🇱🇧 NEW: Lebanon Foreign Minister Joe Raggi insists the “Lebanon issue must be separated from the Iran issue,” rejecting any efforts from Iran to stop Israeli attacks on Beirut’s behalf. “We do not accept that anyone negotiate on our behalf or sign agreements in our name. That would inevitably be to our detriment,” Raggi told Le Figaro on Friday. The remarks came after Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that any agreement with the United States was conditional on an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon. “It is also a matter of the country’s sovereignty and the independence of our decisions,” said Raggi, who was appointed to his position by PM Salam in 2025. “Moreover, the courageous decision of the president of the republic to negotiate directly with Israel, under U.S. auspices, has proven that we can pursue an independent path,” he added. 🎥 The Foreign Minister also launched a sweeping attack on both Iran and Hezbollah in an interview with France’s LCI two days ago, accusing Tehran of having “spread chaos, terror and instability throughout the Middle East and even across the world” while holding the Iranian people “hostage” under a regime that “has no remorse about massacring its own people.” Raggi said Hezbollah had “dragged Lebanon into a war that has nothing to do with us,” describing it as “an armed arm of Iran” used to “control Lebanon and destabilize the entire Middle East.” “Hezbollah’s weapons are useless,” he said, and claimed the group “could neither liberate Jerusalem, nor support Gaza, and not even defend Lebanon.” (Translations by Drop Site)

🇱🇧 NEW: Lebanon Foreign Minister Joe Raggi insists the “Lebanon issue must be separated from the Iran issue,” rejecting any efforts from Iran to stop Israeli attacks on Beirut’s behalf. “We do not accept that anyone negotiate on our behalf or sign agreements in our name. That would inevitably be to our detriment,” Raggi told Le Figaro on Friday. The remarks came after Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, said Friday that any agreement with the United States was conditional on an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon. “It is also a matter of the country’s sovereignty and the independence of our decisions,” said Raggi, who was appointed to his position by PM Salam in 2025. “Moreover, the courageous decision of the president of the republic to negotiate directly with Israel, under U.S. auspices, has proven that we can pursue an independent path,” he added. 🎥 The Foreign Minister also launched a sweeping attack on both Iran and Hezbollah in an interview with France’s LCI two days ago, accusing Tehran of having “spread chaos, terror and instability throughout the Middle East and even across the world” while holding the Iranian people “hostage” under a regime that “has no remorse about massacring its own people.” Raggi said Hezbollah had “dragged Lebanon into a war that has nothing to do with us,” describing it as “an armed arm of Iran” used to “control Lebanon and destabilize the entire Middle East.” “Hezbollah’s weapons are useless,” he said, and claimed the group “could neither liberate Jerusalem, nor support Gaza, and not even defend Lebanon.” (Translations by Drop Site)

US building large military base near Gaza —— Israel Hayom reported that the US military has begun constructing a large base near the perimeter fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, close to the Re’im military base in the Gaza Envelope. The facility is intended to serve as a combined military and civilian headquarters for international organizations and personnel operating in the area. According to the report, the base may support implementation of what it described as the “Trump plan” and is expected to replace a multinational headquarters previously located in Kiryat Gat.

US building large military base near Gaza —— Israel Hayom reported that the US military has begun constructing a large base near the perimeter fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, close to the Re’im military base in the Gaza Envelope. The facility is intended to serve as a combined military and civilian headquarters for international organizations and personnel operating in the area. According to the report, the base may support implementation of what it described as the “Trump plan” and is expected to replace a multinational headquarters previously located in Kiryat Gat.

US building large military base near Gaza —— Israel Hayom reported that the US military has begun constructing a large base near the perimeter fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, close to the Re’im military base in the Gaza Envelope. The facility is intended to serve as a combined military and civilian headquarters for international organizations and personnel operating in the area. According to the report, the base may support implementation of what it described as the “Trump plan” and is expected to replace a multinational headquarters previously located in Kiryat Gat.

US building large military base near Gaza —— Israel Hayom reported that the US military has begun constructing a large base near the perimeter fence surrounding the Gaza Strip, close to the Re’im military base in the Gaza Envelope. The facility is intended to serve as a combined military and civilian headquarters for international organizations and personnel operating in the area. According to the report, the base may support implementation of what it described as the “Trump plan” and is expected to replace a multinational headquarters previously located in Kiryat Gat.

Carns is asked where the extra £ for defence should come from. ".. I think there are places, such as moving welfare from hand outs to hand ups" Describing welfare as hand outs tells us all about Carns politics & who he wants to target - the sick, disabled, low paid, pensioners