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Iran has censured the continued US military actions in the Strait of Hormuz at the UN. Meanwhile, the draft UN resolution proposed by the US is unlikely to avoid a veto by China and Russia. Israel attacks villages in southern Lebanon. Peace proposal stalled
Lebanon: two IDF attacks in south Beirut
Two raids hit the area south of Beirut, despite the ceasefire in effect for three weeks between Israel and the Iranian-backed Shiite Hezbollah movement. “The Israeli enemy launched two attacks on the Saadiyat highway,” the Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported, pointing to an area located about 20 kilometres from the Lebanese capital and outside Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds. An Afp journalist on the scene reported seeing two cars hit and emergency vehicles responding along the highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon. No information on any casualties or targets of the raids has been released at the moment.
Trump: ‘Italia was not there when we needed it’
“Italia was not there when we needed her. AndI have always been there for Italia, and so has my country”. This was saidDonald Trump in an interview with Corriere della Sera the day after his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, travelled to Rome. To the remark that Italia could provide minesweepers after the ceasefire in Iran, Trump repeated once again: ‘Italia was not there when we needed them’.
Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald J. Trump rilascia alcune dichiarazioni alla stampa mentre lascia la Casa Bianca per recarsi a Sterling, in Virginia, a Washington, DC, USA, l’8 maggio 2026. EPA/Aaron Schwartz / POOL
Gb sends ‘Dragon’ cruiser to the Persian Gulf area
Britain will send the cruiser HMS ‘Dragon’ to the Persian Gulf area, with a view to a possible joint operation to secure the Strait of Hormuz: this was announced by the Ministry of Defence in London.
“The pre-positioning of HMS ‘Dragon’ is part of a prudent planning that will ensure that the United Kingdom is ready, as part of a multinational coalition led jointly by the United Kingdom and France, to secure the Strait when conditions permit,” reads the statement released by the Ministry.
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