British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard and the British Embassy's Development and Humanitarian Director, Lucy Andrews, on Tuesday visited projects funded by the UK as part of its response to the devastating Beirut Port blast back in August 2020.

The Progressive Socialist Party-led Democratic Gathering bloc announced Tuesday that it will nominate Nawaf Salam for the PM-designate post in Thursday’s binding parliamentary consultations.

Beirut Attorney General Judge Ziad Abu Haidar on Tuesday rejected anew to press charges against Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh as requested in a memo sent to him by State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat, LBCI TV reported.

Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian movement Hamas, arrived Tuesday in Lebanon for a several-day visit, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

MP Nabil Bader of Beirut on Tuesday announced that he and 13 independent MPs have decided to vote for caretaker PM Najib Mikati in the binding parliamentary consultations to pick a PM-designate.

An agreement was signed Tuesday in Beirut for importing Egyptian natural gas to Lebanon through Syria.

"The importance of this deal... stems from the fact that it will secure an additional four hours of electricity per day following its implementation," caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayyad said.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday hit out at caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati over the latter’s warning that Lebanon might take measures to repatriate the Syrian refugees.

“Today they have remembered, after 11 years, that there are legal means that can prevent the displaced (Syrians) from taking advantage of their crisis to achieve financial gains at the expense of the host community,” Bassil tweeted, noting that the aforementioned means would allow the Syrians to return to their country with “dignity and safety.”

MPs from the Lebanese Forces, al-Kataeb and the "Change" group have said their parties are leaning towards naming Former President of the United Nations Security Council Nawaf Salam as a PM in the binding consultations on Thursday.

"We have met Salam and discussed our program with him, and we are almost unanimous in naming him," MP Waddah al-Sadek said Tuesday.

Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon Najat Rochdi signed Monday a partnership compact between the Parliament and the U.N. Country Team in Lebanon (UNCT) to boost bilateral cooperation in key areas and achieve sustainable development, a joint statement said.

Prime Minister Najib Mikati, together with the Minister for Social Affairs Hector Hajjar and the U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Najat Rochdi, officially launched on Monday the 2022-2023 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan at the Grand Serail.

"Eleven years into the Syria crisis, the Government of Lebanon and its national and international partners today appealed for $3.2 billion to address the ongoing impact of the Syria crisis through delivery of critical assistance to people in need and support to Lebanon’s public infrastructure, services and local economy, amid deepening vulnerabilities," the United Nations Information Centre in Beirut said in a statement.