UK, Australia and China tell their citizens in Lebanon: Leave now

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Many more countries are warning their citizens against travelling to Lebanon and advising those already in the country to leave immediately as the war between Israel and Hezbollah escalates.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The advice has been for many months now, please leave.

00:16Australian citizens should not be travelling to Lebanon that they've continued to do in

00:22recent months.

00:23We have had warnings, I have on I don't know how many occasions now said that if people

00:30can get out they should through commercial airlines while it's available.

00:36We continue to call for de-escalation, we have been saying for months that people needed

00:40to leave and people do need to leave and we can't be clearer than that and we also want

00:50there to be restraint here.

00:53We want to see a de-escalation in the region, we want to see a ceasefire both in Gaza and

01:00when it comes to Lebanon, we want to see a de-escalation there.

01:23In relation to Lebanon, I'm very worried about the escalation and calling for all parties

01:39to step back from the brink to de-escalate, we need a ceasefire so this can be sorted

01:45out diplomatically.

01:46But I have a very important message for British nationals in Lebanon which is the time to

01:52leave is now.

01:54The contingency plans are being ramped up but don't wait for those, there are still

01:59commercial flights, it's very important that they hear my message which is to leave and

02:04to leave immediately.

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