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UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: I am proud of my Jewishness and unwavering in my support for the State of Israel. There is absolutely no contradiction between this and my support for the State of Palestine.

Qatar on Tuesday vowed to prioritise China’s energy supply and safeguard shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, as both countries coordinated efforts to de-escalate Middle East tensions. During a meeting in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani stressed the importance of unimpeded maritime traffic through the waterway. Sheikh Mohammed affirmed Doha’s “support for all diplomatic efforts and endeavours...

The United Nations General Assembly last week adopted an African Union-backed resolution titled "Correct the Map," calling for more accurate and equitable cartographic representation of the world's regions, particularly Africa.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: We are reimposing major economic sanctions on Iran in line with the EU and the U.S.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: I announce that we are sanctioning Lebanese Hezbollah's financing arm.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: Israel has every right to defend itself.
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband: I say to anyone who questions Israel's right to exist as a homeland to the Jewish people: you are wrong, and we will call you out whenever you engage in this attempt in the erasure of Israel.
Germany's Merkel on Ukraine: “[In 2014,] Russia could simply have invaded Ukraine, and Ukraine would have been in danger. At least we put on some kind of brake. Ukraine would not have reached 2022 in the position it did if it had not had that anchor.

Canada and France are set to join the UK in banning imports of products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank – Haaretz The sanctions come as Israel plans to build 1,200 new homes in the West Bank. In response: • Israeli President Isaac Herzog called the restrictions a grave miscalculation • Security Minister Ben-Gvir called on the Israeli government to close the British consulate in Jerusalem • US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said British firms could be banned from doing
Russian forces attacked a passenger train with drones twice in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing a train conductor.

Ukraine criticised Russia on Tuesday for launching a major missile and drone attack that killed at least two people shortly after a weekend visit by US envoys to both countries' capitals, where they tried to restart stalled talks on ending the war.
Germany's Merkel admits: Looking back — and I say this also as self-criticism — we should perhaps have increased military spending in Europe more quickly after the annexation of Crimea.

BIG: US military and intelligence officials are quietly discussing cutting forces in the Middle East once the Iran war ends. The CIA's Riyadh outpost was "effectively destroyed." Bases in Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait have all been hit. The Navy's top admiral said troops won't return to Bahrain "anytime soon." Some officials are considering whether sensitive missions can be done without permanent bases — fly in, execute, fly home. The Pentagon may simply not rebuild some des

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[Dabanga] Geneva / Amsterdam -- The UN's Sudan fact-finding mission has urged the Human Rights Council to expand the Darfur arms embargo to the whole country, warning that foreign support is sustaining a war in which both sides may have committed war crimes. Sudan's government, however, rejects efforts to treat the warring parties as equivalent and says the conflict is being prolonged by external backing for the Rapid Support Forces.

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More than a third of Sudan's health facilities are nonoperational as aid cuts deepen crisis, medical charity says.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud: The latest escalation is part of this pattern of provocation and resorting to violence whenever the Houthis find themselves in a difficult position. They are facing internal pressures and problems, and they want to export these problems to the legitimate government and to the Kingdom. They will not succeed in doing so.

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE-100 index declined by nearly 1,000 points on Tuesday over tensions in the Middle East. The KSE-100 index dropped by 1,904.31 points, or 1.10 per cent, to stand at 171,731.76 points at 1:39pm from the previous close of 173,636.07. The market reached an intraday low of 171,490.63 points at around 1:30pm. It then recovered some midday losses to close at 172,642.16 points, still 993.91 points (0.57pc) lower than the previous close. Awais Ashraf, director o
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov on Yemen: Regarding the Houthi strikes on Saudi infrastructure, including civilian infrastructure, we consider this counterproductive. We consider it unacceptable to try to resolve these issues by military means — especially by military means that not only put civilians and civilian facilities at risk, but also have a very negative impact on the global economy.
[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Sudan -- Millions of Sudanese people are at risk as war, soaring prices, and collapsing food production push the country towards a humanitarian catastrophe, the General Coordination for Displaced People and Refugees Camps has warned.
[Dabanga] International representatives of the Quintet initiative (the African Union, the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the League of Arab States, and the European Union), seeking to help chart a path towards peace in Sudan, are due in Khartoum on Tuesday for their first visit to the country, holding talks with Sudanese parties on the conflict and the prospects for a civilian-led political process.
“We must, in accordance with the overwhelming majority of the people, end the war with honor so that we can rebuild the country, so that we can compensate for the damage done,” Hassan Rouhani said.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud: The Houthis choose to put their narrow interests ahead of the interests of the Yemeni people and of Yemen itself. They choose to resort to violence and force in a desperate attempt to achieve their objectives and serve their own personal interests.

Its members and partners have brokered every ceasefire so far and hold the relationships needed to build the next one.

Experts helped guide weather scenes in Pressure – a film depicting dramatic buildup to 1944’s D-day landings Dressed in a Royal Air Force uniform and sporting a trim moustache, Andrew Scott looks slightly queasy – as well he might. Behind him is a huge map of the Channel, and in front of him is Brendan Fraser, looming with a request: “I need a forecast,” he says. Starring in the film Pressure, based on a true story, Scott plays the meteorologist Capt James Stagg – the man who must tell Gen Eisen
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: Britain said that it would be with Ukraine until the end. Well, since Ukraine’s end is not going to be a happy one, I feel sorry for Britain.

China Accelerates Plans to Put Humanoid Robots on the Battlefield Chinese military institutions are testing humanoid robots against battlefield requirements, studying how machines could eventually operate alongside troops in combat. READ MORE
"The highest number of civilian casualties resulting from Ukrainian attacks was recorded in the Belgorod Region, the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lugansk People’s Republic, and the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions," Rodion Miroshnik said

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Riyadh says it will retaliate after overnight attacks by Iran-backed Yemen group on oil facilities wound more than 70 Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have attacked four cities in Saudi Arabia, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a significant expansion of the Middle East war. Saudi Arabia said it would retaliate after the overnight strikes – reportedly involving dozens of drones and missiles – that targeted several oil facilities in the country’s
France and Canada will join the UK in banning products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank today. Source: Haaretz
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The United Nations is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, as drone attacks and the destruction of healthcare facilities deepen an already devastating humanitarian crisis.

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Until the end of the elections to Russia's State Duma, Russia will try not to show any signs of mobilization, but afterward it may change its rhetoric.

Renewed clashes between Houthi rebels and government forces in southwest Yemen have displaced nearly 20,000 people, according to the IOM. The offensive targeted strategic areas near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National Police have blocked five new schemes for evading military service and mobilization, detaining 11 organizers of the operations across various regions of Ukraine, the SBU reported.

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