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Off to celebrate #Eid - shall try my best to remain hidden and not dominate. Really wouldn't wish to find the right wing populists finding themselves ever so upset at seeing a diverse Britain comfortable in its own skin.

"Muslims present who wished to pray, did so. There were no exhortations for those of the many other faiths present to join in – if that was an “act of domination and therefore division”, as some have suggested, it was a remarkably odd one." jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the-j…

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After the event coalition building - "President Donald Trump wants to show regional backing for the campaign, to bolster its international legitimacy as well as support at home." reuters.com/world/middle-e…

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A full agenda in London. Glad to start my visit w Minister @NickTorfaen, focused on implementing existing 🇪🇺🇬🇧 agreements and advancing our work under the agreed strategic partnership. Today, we'll co-chair the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee and the TCA Partnership Council.

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@A_Davutoglu_eng A properly thought-through assessment and strategy would not ignore France, for historical reasons, and China for its current influence in swathes of Africa.

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland today is not a distant development, but an alarm bell. It is part of a broader strategy to fragment Islamic countries and neutralize key states through encirclement. By doing so, Israel is not only dividing Somalia, a country that is 100% Muslim, and risking an internal war with Sudan-like mass atrocities, but also gaining access to the critically strategic Port of Berbera at the exit of the Red Sea, in the Gulf of Aden. This move effectively encircles Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the two major powers of the Red Sea, as well as Türkiye, which has a highly strategic base in Somalia that is vital for our Africa policy. That such a development is taking place while the genocide in Gaza continues is nothing short of a humiliation for the Islamic world. The failure to foresee and act against this development is an unacceptable negligence. In 2012–2013, when some Western countries attempted to divide Somalia by recognizing Somaliland’s independence, we acted decisively. We brought together Somali Federal President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Somaliland President Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo in Ankara on April 11–13, 2013, and through a trilateral mechanism and a joint declaration, we blocked this plan. Now is the time to act again. I urgently call on the President and the government to take the following steps: 1.Establish direct contact with the Presidents of Somalia and Somaliland and invite them to Türkiye for face-to-face talks. 2.Appoint a special envoy and dispatch them to the region. The most qualified figure for this role is former Ambassador to Somalia, Kani Torun, who knows all regional actors closely. 3.Urgently consult with the leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia and send a joint delegation composed of the three countries’ Foreign Ministers to both sides. 4.Engage with the UAE, which operates the Port of Berbera, to warn and consult on Israel’s destructive, civil-war–provoking policies that could lead to proxy wars in Somalia after Sudan. 5.The leaders of these three countries should simultaneously and in coordination meet with U.S. leader Trump and UK Prime Minister Starmer to prevent any recognition of Somalia’s division. 6.Immediately establish contact with the Northeastern State federal administration, which represents nearly half of Somaliland’s population and has declared its loyalty to Mogadishu by rejecting secession. 7.Before developments escalate irreversibly, engage with Angola (Chair of the African Union) and The Gambia (Chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation), Lebanon (Chair of the Arab League) to call for urgent diplomatic action to preserve Somalia’s unity. With every move, Israel is attempting to establish a hegemonic order stretching from the Caspian to Aden, from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Gulf. This development also clearly reveals that the so-called Abraham Accords are, at their core, an imperialist project aimed at further fragmenting the Islamic world and Africa into ever smaller pieces. All countries and leaders who fail to act against this will bear a grave historical responsibility.

@Telegraph There is indeed value in considering anything put out by the likes of A Heath and Daniel Hannan - always the most deluded analysis with clear indicators of the most disastrous pathway.

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@JAHeale 30% Reform despite previous Welsh leader Nathan Gill's outing, conviction and imprisonment for being a Russian asset and several of his Reform colleagues being investigated.

Welsh Labour in dire straits according to a new YouGov/Cardiff Uni Senedd poll - Plaid Cymru - 33% - Reform UK - 30% - Labour - 10% - Conservatives - 10% - Green - 9% - Lib Dem - 6% In seats: Plaid Cymru - 39 Reform UK - 34 Labour - 10 Conservatives - 6 Green - 4 Lib Dem - 3

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As a 19 year old sitting in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I watched the canvass upon which so many could paint their life's story expand - it is the EU that delivered such hope and will do so again.

Gill’s pro-Kremlin influencing didn’t end when he took the final bribe in 2019. When counter-terrorism officers intercepted Gill at Manchester airport in 2021, he was due the next day in Moscow and was apparently en route. @thenerve_news @carolecadwalla thenerve.news/p/nathan-gill-…