Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to chair a Cobra meeting on Tuesday amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the PA news agency understands.The emergency meeting in London will take place while Mr Healey's colleagues, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, attend the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that "Israel's war is not with (the people of Lebanon), it's with Hezbollah".

Defence Secretary John Healey is expected to chair a Cobra meeting on Tuesday amid rising tensions in the Middle East, the PA news agency understands.The emergency meeting in London will take place while Mr Healey's colleagues, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, attend the Labour Party conference in Liverpool.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that "Israel's war is not with (the people of Lebanon), it's with Hezbollah".