Security Council LIVE: Emergency meeting on Lebanon as Israeli attacks casts pall over Iran-US negotiations

A wide shot of the UN Security Council chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, with members gathered for a meeting on the situation in the Middle East. — UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
A wide view of the UN Security Council in session. (file)

Monday, June 01, 2026
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The Security Council meets late on Monday at France’s request, as concern grows over escalating violence in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah amid warnings of Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, and confusion over the status of US-Iran peace talks linked to the faltering ceasefires. Follow live here from New York.

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