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Joined August 2015
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Pinning this post 📍 Chagos islands are British 🇮🇴🇬🇧
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First face-to-face contact as Ukrainian and Russian delegations fly to Oleshky The Ukrainian and Russian delegations met face-to-face at Homiel Airport in Belarus before departing together to oversee a critical humanitarian operation in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky. The meeting marked the first face-to-face contact between the two sides for this operation. Both delegations boarded the same aircraft to fly out of Homiel and begin the mission. They are accompanied by a Newsmax media crew to document the route. The delegations are traveling to the heavily blockaded, Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region. The goals are to clear heavily mined access routes, deliver desperately needed food, water, and medical aid, and secure safe evacuation corridors for trapped civilians. The temporary ceasefire, brokered by U.S. First Lady Melania Trump, officially took effect on October 27 and has held. Via @5channel
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🇮🇱 Netanyahu cries VOTER FRAUD after Israeli Arab parties make RECORD election gains... Bibi claims Arab parties benefited from election fraud but offered no evidence. Election officials are investigating allegations of irregularities but say there is no indication of widespread fraud. Record Arab turnout has complicated Netanyahu's path to another term and left Israel without a clear election winner. Critics say he's trying to undermine Arab parties to prevent rival Gadi Eisenkot from forming a government with their support. Election officials were expected to finish tallying votes later today. Is undermining opponents’ legitimacy his best path to victory? Source: Reuters / Writer: Marie
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I Cannot believe in January things looked like this ➡️REF: 390 Seats 🟠LDM: 75 Seats 🌍GRN: 67 Seats 💛SNP: 48 Seats 🌳CON: 28 Seats ⚪️OTH: 8 Seats 🐉PC: 6 Seats
October 22nd Ipsos Poll Modelled Out: 🌹LAB: 387 Seats (-24) 🌳CON: 153 Seats (+32) 🔶LDM: 57 Seats (-15) ➡️REF: 20 Seats (+15) 🐉PC: 6 Seats (+2) 🌍GRN: 4 Seats (=) ⚪️OTH: 3 Seats (-4) 💛SNP: 2 Seats (-7) 🦁RES: 1 Seats (+1) 🌹Labour Majority (+/-) Change from 2024 Election ***Feel free to ask for any constituencies***
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"Black History is Scottish History" Seriously... fuck off
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According to Home Office documents, Labour's new legal refugee routes are 'initially' from the following countries... Bangladesh India Pakistan Malaysia Egypt Uganda Kenya Initially, being the key word. A Restore Britain Government will reach back and deport every single man, woman and child imported into our home from these schemes - regardless of which status they may hold at that stage. If the law prevents that from happening, Restore Britain MPs will CHANGE THE LAW. We will remove them all, we will deport them all. The British people have had enough.
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يأتي غبي يقولك حفتر في شرق ليبيا. اولآ الاسم القوات المسلحة العربية الليبية الحاصلة على الشرعية البرلمانية. ثانيًا القوات المسلحة تسيطر على 90% من ليبيا. ثالثاً الشعب الليبي يتنقل بحرية من الشرق إلى الغرب ومن الشمال إلى الجنوب تحت حماية القوات المسلحة العربية الليبية.
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BREAKING: Bukele releases video of Salvadoran soldiers going to Haiti on a military mission 🇸🇻
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We are in big trouble. Vote Reform
🚨BREAKING: Labour launch new refugee scheme to fast track migrants from the following countries Bangladesh India Pakistan Malaysia Egypt Uganda Kenya THERE ARE OVER 4 MILLION REFUGEES IN THESE COUNTRIES THIS MUST BE STOPPED
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🚨BREAKING: Labour launch new refugee scheme to fast track migrants from the following countries Bangladesh India Pakistan Malaysia Egypt Uganda Kenya THERE ARE OVER 4 MILLION REFUGEES IN THESE COUNTRIES THIS MUST BE STOPPED
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Alliance supports excluding a unionist minister over a clumsy social media post, but not a Sinn Féin minister for blatantly breaking the law. They take part in no-confidence motions against unionist ministers, then walk out when their own face scrutiny.
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There were also attacks on hotels in the city linked to PSNI recruitment events in 2013 & 2014. Sinn Féin picks and chooses which laws it accepts. Dissidents try and dictate which careers people in this country may pursue. Both are wrong.
A viable explosive device was delivered to an NI hotel because of events it hosts, including a recent careers fair involving the RAF. That’s according to UUP leader Jon Burrows, as police said dissident republicans were among their lines of enquiry. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/…
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Belarus will place Russian missiles in its territory creating a much shorter flight time to hit Ukraine and also increasing the ballistic missile threat far into NATO airspace raising tensions. Ukraine has warned it will strike launch locations in Belarus as legitimate targets.
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🇪🇺🇬🇷🇺🇳 The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and as President of the United Nations Security Council, showed at the UN a map depicting the illegal, null and void Turkish-Libyan memorandum.
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For now, every interceptor Europe can use against a missile in space is American or US-Israeli, and comes with American export restrictions. On Wednesday, Ukraine and the Netherlands said they had started work on an air defense project called Bliksem. That is also the name of a European interceptor a Dutch-led consortium plans to test in space in 2027, built for missiles like Russia's Oreshnik. Zelenskyy didn't say whether the two are the same project. Ukraine's more urgent problem: it got 24 Patriot interceptors from the US in three months and needs about 350 a month. euromaidanpress.com/2026/10/…
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Northern Ireland attracted £400 million in defence investment last year - a massive increase. We are net beneficiaries of the increased defence spend. We have the skills to deliver. Keep the orders coming: more jobs, greater prosperity and Northern Ireland playing its part in our national security. Stronger together. 🇬🇧
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At Lisburn and Castlereagh Council meeting, every Alliance councillor 𝗔𝗕𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 on a proposal calling for Sinn Fein councillor / MLA candidate 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗰𝗵 position as PCSP Chair to be considered after his recent breaking of the law on Garvaghy Road.
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Inclusion!
Derry City and Strabane District Council has voted to withdraw any involvement in the organisation or marketing of any future jobs fair that includes the British Armed Forces. bbc.in/4szG890
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LYMAN-KRAMTORSK: UKR forces maintain initiative post-Vivaldi, having delayed or disrupted Russian plans for a N envelopment. Russians are shifting emphasis toward S and SW vectors (Dobropillia, Kostiantynivka) and standoff strikes to degrade UKR logistics & civilian resilience.
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🚨NEW: Labour extends lead 🌹 LAB: 32% (+2) ➡️ REF: 25% (+1) 🌳 CON: 21% (-1) 🌍 GRN: 8% (=) 🔶 LDM: 7% (=) Via @DeltapollUK
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❗️The United Kingdom will allocate an additional $3.9 billion for weapons for Ukraine.
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