Israel has said it supports suspending strikes on Iran, but added the two-week ceasefire “does not include Lebanon”.

A statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “supports President Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks subject to Iran immediately opening the straits and stopping all attacks on the US, Israel and countries in the region”.

It then said: “The two-weeks ceasefire does not include Lebanon”.

Iran and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped negotiate the ceasefire, both have said the deal covers Lebanon, where Israel has been fighting the Iranian proxy Hezbollah.

US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, if shipping is allowed to move through the Strait of Hormuz.

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US President Donald Trump said King Charles believes Iran must not have a nuclear weapon, telling a White House banquet: “Charles agrees with me – even more than I do”.

At the dinner, King Charles reiterated the importance of Nato and other alliances with the US in a “contested world”.

But for the most part, the King and Trump kept the mood light, with the royal teasing: “If It wasn’t for us, you’d be speaking French”.

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Hidden at the end of a Scottish loch sits one of the most important military sites in Europe.

Faslane is home to the UK’s fleet of nuclear‑armed submarines, but why are nuclear weapons based in Scotland?

Does their presence make the UK safer or Scotland a target?

This video explores the story of Faslane and ask how the nuclear deterrent actually works.

Here are some of the stories referenced in this video:

1. Russia may attack Nato in next four years, German defence chief warns – https://bbc.in/4tqyddv
2. Life in Faslane: 50 years of nuclear submarines on the Clyde – https://bbc.in/4ttM7f0
3. How long Britain could really fight for if war broke out tomorrow – https://bbc.in/4ucya5g

Chapters:

00:00 – The nuclear base hidden in Scotland 
00:22 – ‘Mutually assured destruction’
00:58 – The UK’s nuclear deterrent
02:01 – Why are there nukes in Scotland?
03:12 – Protest and the Faslane Peace Camp
04:20 – The global situation (How worried should we be?)
07:29 – Scotland’s role in global defence
10:08 – Is Scotland a target?
11:04 – Is the UK prepared for an attack?
12:04 – How close are we to nuclear war?

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King Charles is expected to say “time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together” during his address …

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