Migration theme
Has anyone seen any reports from the EU's foreign policy chief regarding the measures to secure the EU's common external border, or am I just the one who has little patience when I expect one to be ready for press release within three days?
Attacks in Beirut after Israel's evacuation warning. The country's national news agency reports that Israeli fighter jets are bombing the city's southern suburbs and witnesses from Reuters say they heard explosions near Beirut's airport.
The latest attacks come about an hour after Israel's call for the evacuation of specific buildings in the area. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
Middle East analyst: A growing war with no end in the near future. Attacks on central Beirut and tanks that seem to be about to roll into Lebanon. Israel will drive as far as it can until the criticism becomes too great, says Aron Lund, Middle East analyst at FOI. "I think it's a growing war – I don't see anything in the near future that will stop this," he says. Watch the feature on SVT News.
Correspondent: "Great concern in the government of Cyprus" The country's government has gone into alert mode to be able to assist with help and there is a plan for how it will all be carried out. But will the island country cope with the pressure? "There is great concern because refugees who come often remain here. They will not get any further and it will be a great burden, the Cypriot government thinks, to receive everyone who seeks asylum within the EU, says SVT's Europe correspondent Ulrika Bergsten, on site in Cyprus. Watch the feature on SVT News.
UNHCR: 160,000 have left Lebanon for Syria. Around 160,000 people have crossed the border from Lebanon to Syria since the escalation of fighting in Lebanon last month, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday. Watch the feature on SVT News.