Hugh Sykes
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ex BBC foreign corr: eg Iran, Ireland. Pakistan, India & Iraq
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Just talked about this on French TV as have been about royal stuff for 35 yrs๐คก I honestly find this one plain weird, all totally cut off from reality, no flag-waving actual people - and what with the rain (Macron had Windsor High St AND sun !) - it's all a bit Monty-Pythonesque

Prime minister @Netanyahu is being mocked for saying he wants Israel to overcome mounting international isolation by becoming the "super Sparta" of the Middle East. "The problem is that Sparta was annihilated, and disappeared." - Ben Caspit ืื ืืกืคืืช ืืขืจืื ืืื ืืืื theguardian.com/world/2025/sepโฆ
At the presser, Trump who laid the foundations for US withdrawal from Afghanistan, said: "We're trying to get [Bagram airbase] back, by the way. That could be a little breaking news." A little? Do the Taliban know? America planning re-invasion? Did you now this, Pete Hegseth?