British foreign minister David Lammy repeated calls for an immediate ceasefire amid reports of a potential escalation in the Israel-Lebanon conflict, after discussing the matter with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken over the phone on Monday.

Today, I reveal EU crisis talks on how to respond to a rapidly unravelling situation in the Middle East, and our Rome bureau chief reports on the surge of pro-Trump, pro-Russian rhetoric in Italy. EU capitals are organising an emergency meeting of foreign affairs ministers to respond to the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East,

Today, September 30, the European Union's foreign ministers will hold emergency talks. They plan to discuss the situation in the Middle East, Bloomberg reports. During the talks, the ministers will raise the following issues: ・Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah;