Iran's foreign minister tells David Cameron 'Iran does not intend to expand the scope of the war' after Israel's presumed attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Will reassure jittery western diplomats but even if true in war intention does not necessarily guarantee outcome

Furious diplomatic activity underway to contain the fallout of Israel's presumed airstrike on Iran's embassy in Damascus and Iran's expected retaliation. British, German and Australian foreign ministers have been on the phone with their Iranian counterpart urging restraint.

‘Every time America tells the world that there is something that we wont allow, Israel seems to say challenge accepted’.

You didn’t notice the buildup of diplomatic pressure and frustration in western capitals ahead of this?

This is happening against the backdrop of the carnage in Gaza.

That's not an accident.

The settlers hope you won't notice their incursion into the Armenian Quarter.

I beseech you: notice.

And Israeli media reports claim latest hostage deal fell through partly because Israel refuses return of northern Gazans to the north. They were ordered out temporarily ‘for their safety’ you’ll remember

The US, the UN, the EU and the rest of the world agree that we are at the brink of famine in Northern Gaza.

Still, only 159 trucks were allowed into Gaza yesterday and Israel blocks all food convoys from UNRWA to reach North Gaza.

There must be accountability for this.

In which British mp George Galloway MP is quoted as an ‘expert’ in Russian govt newspaper saying Uk, US and ‘puppet rump state’ Ukraine were behind the #CrocusCityHallAttack spouting Russian propaganda wholesale.

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Unbelievable video showing the multiple power failures on board the #Baltimore bridge disaster cargo vessel apparently making it turn sharply right into the support pillar

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I missed this but it’s worth a retweet file under ‘only in Russia’

After trying to link (unconvincingly) #Moscow concert massacre with #Ukraine Russia launches major missile assault on Ukraine overnight, one missile violating Polish airspace for 2 km

.Dominic Waghorn “If there’s a whiff of a protest” Russian national guard normally would respond quickly — but in #RussiaAttack Michael Clark notes took an hour and a half tho “those troops were two miles away.”

Yesterday 150 tonnes of UK aid entered Gaza.

Today, working again with Jordan and UNICEF, UK-funded armoured vehicles have arrived in Gaza.

They will protect aid workers as they carry out their life-saving work.

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🌍 Former British Ambassador to Russia, Sir Roderic Lyne
🌍 Political Strategist Hilary Rosen
🌍 Former Russian Diplomat Boris Bondarev

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'Many people wonder why dictatorships even bother to hold “elections” when everyone knows that they are nothing but staged, meaningless rituals....even regimes that don’t have real legitimacy feel the need to create an appearance of it.' Vladimir Kara Murza writes from jail today