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Hoping it’ll put the guests off...

So, Lingo then, no? news.sky.com/story/wordle-t…

@Osint613 Bloody good summary 👏👏👏👏👏

• Hormuz remained restricted. Almost no real oil traffic. Trump warned Iran not to impose transit fees. • Mojtaba Khamenei signaled Iran intends to tighten control over the Strait further. • Iran also indicated it wants Vance leading talks, not other U.S. envoys. Now – new escalation • Hezbollah has now escalated to long range fire. Ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon toward central Israel, including Tel Aviv. • One missile was intercepted. No casualties and no damage reported. • Early warning systems for long range fire were activated, including in Ashdod for the first time in this round. • Sirens triggered across Gush Dan, the Shephelah, and Yarkon. • The IDF is preparing for additional long range launches overnight. • Trump: “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!” Where things stand • The U.S. Iran ceasefire technically exists, but only on the direct front. • Hormuz is still not fully open. Traffic is minimal and controlled. • Lebanon is the main breaking point. Hezbollah continues firing. Israel continues striking. • Iran is conditioning talks on Lebanon being included. The U.S. and Israel reject that completely. • Talks in Islamabad may happen, or collapse depending on what happens in Lebanon in the next hours. Bottom line The U.S. Iran fight paused. Lebanon is now the center of the entire crisis. Next 48 to 72 hours can decide if this holds or falls apart.

For those of you in the U.S. just getting out of holiday, here’s what you missed. Tuesday – Two Week Ceasefire Announced • The U.S. escalated hard inside Iran. Strikes hit Karaj, Arak, and Bushehr. The Pentagon was actively weighing next steps, including deeper strikes on power plants and strategic and nuclear infrastructure. • Iran responded with a major threat. IRGC officials warned they could choke off oil and gas to the West for years. The Strait of Hormuz was effectively restricted, creating immediate pressure on global energy markets. • Pakistan stepped in to mediate. PM Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir spoke directly with President Trump and JD Vance. • Trump then announced a 2 week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. The condition was clear: Iran must fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He described Iran’s 10 point proposal as “workable” and said a deal was close. • Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi said Iran would guarantee safe passage through the Strait for 2 weeks if attacks on Iran stopped. • Within minutes, missiles were launched toward Israel anyway. Sirens sounded across Tel Aviv and southern Israel. • Core dispute starts here: Iran and Pakistan treated the ceasefire as regional, including Lebanon and Hezbollah. The U.S. and Israel say it only applies to Iran directly. Vance later called this a “misunderstanding.” • Direct U.S. Iran talks were scheduled for Islamabad. Wednesday – ceasefire starts breaking down • The biggest issue: Hormuz never really reopened. Traffic stayed extremely low. Only a handful of vessels moved, mostly not carrying real crude. • The White House said Iran was backing down. Independent shipping data showed the opposite. • U.S. oil executives also got involved directly, pushing back hard against any scenario where Iran controls or taxes shipping through the Strait. • Iran accused the UAE of being involved in strikes on its territory, and Iran hits Saudi energy and gas pipelines and infrastructure. • Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf publicly rejected parts of the ceasefire framework, insisting only Iran’s 10 point plan is acceptable. • Vance clarified the U.S. position: the ceasefire does not apply to Lebanon. He also claimed shipping was improving. Data did not support that. • Israel launches a new surprise attack operation in Lebanon. Under “Operation Eternal Darkness,” around 50 IAF jets struck roughly 100 Hezbollah targets across Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley in a concentrated wave. • Lebanese officials reported 300+ killed, 1000+ wounded The IDF said 220 were militants, including many senior commanders. • Lebanon declared April 9 a national day of mourning. • International backlash followed. Kaja Kallas and others called the strikes disproportionate and pushed to include Lebanon in the ceasefire. Thursday – situation escalates further • Saudi Arabia confirmed serious damage from Iranian strikes. About 600,000 barrels per day were knocked offline, with another 700,000 bpd affected via pipeline disruption. • Drone activity increased. Drones reported over Tehran, Tabriz, and Karaj. Iranian air defenses were activated across multiple regions. • Kuwait was struck after drones hit key facilities, including a National Guard site. • Iran hardened its position: no Lebanon ceasefire, no negotiations. Officials called Lebanon inseparable from any deal and warned of consequences. • Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his cabinet to begin preparing talks with Lebanon focused on disarming Hezbollah, while saying military operations will resume with force. • Israel also began preparing for renewed fighting in Gaza after a Hamas deadline expired. • Tensions with Pakistan escalated after its defense minister called for Israel’s destruction. Israel responded sharply. Continued 👇🏻

@TomFoxTom Hello! Yes, that will be because I’m now a million-ish years older. Is all well?

@kat1et Hello you. Not seen you for over a million-ish years.

Oh.

@200Buss He’s got so big!! Yes, will catch you soon x

@kat1et All good ..hope your pup and a are ok ..jackson is ruling the roost😊😊😊..catch up properly on messenger soon if thats ok ?

@200Buss I’m not really. Just stuck my head round the door! You ok?

@kat1et Well well well ...good to see you back 😊❤

@Fx1Jonny @CST_UK @metpoliceuk

In a nutshell.

@LondonSnowWatch Snowing now in Watford 🎉

Before the rain/sleet arrives later in the day on Tuesday... 8am ➡️ 1pm There's just the outside chance of a few flurries drifting east through the morning

@TheSnowDreamer Snowing heavily now in Watford

Latest update gone further would be good to hear ground observations as radar could be misleading.

Desperate times but if you’re in London seems band to NW has pepped up a tad.

@Ostrov_A Really hope you’re making a speedy recovery and wishing you a safe, happy 2026. Thanks for all the great work you do. 🙏

First we coffee, then carpe diem! Last coffee for 2025 … ☕️ ☕️ ☕️

@Ostrov_A @IDF @IsraelMFA @GretaThunberg You have to laugh, in @GretaThunberg ‘s desperate pleas for more media attention ‘we’ve been kidnapped by Israel’ 🤦🏻‍♀️.

👏 Big shoutout to the @IDF & @IsraelMFA for the professional response to @GretaThunberg's SELFIE FLOTILLA! This was never a humanitarian mission. It was a PR stunt intended solely to provoke confrontation - and it failed. Israel stopped the boat calmly and safely. They treated the crew politely and with dignity, and handed out water and sandwiches. The boat is now being towed to Port of Ashdod, where whatever contents the celebrity crew did not consume, will be delivered to Gaza, through appropriate humanitarian channels. Greta and her gang will then be flown out of Israel on 1-way tickets ... but not before being forced to watch the 43-minute Hamas atrocities video from Oct 7th, as a lesson about the horrors for which they are trying to defend, in supporting Hamas. The sole goal of the flotilla was to provoke a fight and Israel did not fall for the bait. They acted professionally, learning from past operations and denied the selfie flotilla the prized PR victory they craved ... and in the process, teaching them a lesson or two about the horrors of Oct 7th.

@Ostrov_A @piersmorgan When the media reported the death of the latest Sinwar, they stated he was killed in tunnels underneath the hospital. Exactly!! Yet why NO outcry from the media or the public re the fact that the Hamas tunnels were underneath the hospital in the first place. #brainwashed #fools

@piersmorgan Hey Piers, you do know who runs the Gaza Health Ministry? It's Hamas. Why do you continue to parrot their propaganda? Last week's supposed 'massacre' at a GHF site was exposed as a lie and blood libel. Even BBC corrected. Now you too are being complicit!

Horrific. This cannot go on!

@UnknownerU49128 @qamarwaanta @KH_HULKANATOR @CST_UK

@KH_HULKANATOR @qamarwaanta The only good Jew is the dead one

i want 50 jewish skulls and 50 dindu skulls as my mahr

@BigWayneConley @JuliaHB1 You’re not actually worth even arguing with. I just looked at your profile. It says it all. It makes sense that as an Irish Traveller you converted to Islam. You deserve each other.

@kat1et @JuliaHB1 It's not a country, it's an apartheid state, illegally created by the British with the Balfour agreement.

It's really very simple. You're either on the side of the only democratic Middle East state defending itself against terrorists whose sole purpose is to annihilate their country OR you're on the side of murderous, rapist, hostage-taking terrorists. That's it. That's the choice.

@BigWayneConley @JuliaHB1 ‘Opposing Zionism’ that in itself means wanting to wipe out the ONLY Jewish country in the world. Perhaps you should understand your facts before you decide what you stand for.

Framing it as a binary choice between supporting apartheid or terrorism is dishonest. As a Muslim, I stand for justice. I reject the occupation, ethnic cleansing, and collective punishment of Palestinians. Opposing Zionism doesn’t mean supporting terrorism—it means defending human dignity, for all.

@EylonALevy But the British press won’t pick up on this (or if they do, won’t publish it)

Link: wsj.com/world/middle-e…

The ⁦@WSJ⁩ confirms what everyone knew: Hamas was hijacking humanitarian aid to finance its war machine.

@ThrivePetFoods Oh I didn’t realise they were the same! Ok, thanks.

@kat1et You could order the cat version this time as they are exactly the same - thrivepetfoods.com/collections/ca…

@ThrivePetFoods Hi there. I can’t seem to find your Thrive Chicken Kind & Gentle dog treats anywhere anymore. Have they been discontinued?

@Jacob626218 @mishtal @CST_UK

More pro-Hamas marches in the UK today that go near or past synagogues today. More requests from police for British Jews to stay at home. We are just a warning. Pandering to violent Islamist thugs on the streets WILL NOT END WELL for the Brits.

@200Buss Awww ❤️❤️

Me and my shadow 😊