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Paul Adams

@bbcpauladams

BBC Diplomatic Correspondent. Previously in Washington, Middle East and Balkans. Now a lot of Ukraine.

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⚠️ British nationals in Lebanon should leave now while commercial travel is still available. 🚨 If you are a British national in Lebanon, register for the latest information: register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/lebanon-202407… Families of officials working at the British Embassy Beirut have been

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“There is no further time to waste nor excuses from any party for further delay.” Evident urgency in US-Egyptian-Qatari summons to talks next week. #gaza

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Two weeks after Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran and Iran's leadership vowed revenge, a retaliation by the IRI or IRI+"Axis" partners is definitely probably happening at some point, which may or may not be imminent. Some hypotheses on where things might stand. 1/

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Jonathan Powell, onetime chief of staff to Tony Blair, has been appointed the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for negotiations between the UK and Mauritius on the exercise of sovereignty over the future of the Chagos Islands (BIOT). Powell was with others instrumental in the

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The pager attack, without a doubt the work of Israel, caught Hezbollah members buying food, getting a haircut, with their kids, in cars and on scooters. 1/

The pager attack, without a doubt the work of Israel, caught Hezbollah members buying food, getting a haircut, with their kids, in cars and on scooters. 1/
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It was unprecedented in its scale and audacity. A devastating blow to Hezbollah. Its men lost fingers, eyes and, in some cases, lives. A comms system it thought secure has been shattered, along one assumes with morale. 2/

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But what about the timing? Why trigger such a cataclysmic attack now? Some suggestions tonight that the plan had been detected and was therefore implemented before Hezbollah could do anything to prevent it. 3/

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It’s the latest in a long line of technically breathtaking Israeli operations, but how will Hezbollah now respond? The stakes are once again as high as they could possibly be. 4/ends