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Security Council LIVE: Emergency meeting on Lebanon as Israeli attacks casts pall over Iran-US negotiations

People displaced by cross-border hostilities gather near Qasmiyyeh bridge in southern Lebanon as they return to their villages on 17 April 2026, following a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.
© UNHCR/Dar Al Mussawir/Ramzi Haidar People displaced by cross-border hostilities gather near Qasmiyyeh bridge in southern Lebanon in April.

Security Council LIVE: Emergency meeting on Lebanon as Israeli attacks casts pall over Iran-US negotiations

Peace and Security

The Security Council meets late on Monday at France’s request, as concern grows over escalating violence in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah amid warnings of Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, and confusion over the status of US-Iran peace talks linked to the faltering ceasefires. Follow live here from New York.