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  • UN chief condemns escalation of violence in Beirut

    UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is gravely concerned by the dramatic escalation of events in Beirut, Lebanon, in the last 24 hours, his spokesman said on Saturday. “This cycle of violence must stop now, and all sides must step back from the brink,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the secretary general, said in a statement. “The…

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