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Women aren’t just part of diplomacy. They are shaping it. #WomenInDiplomacyDay

Women aren’t just part of diplomacy. They are shaping it. #WomenInDiplomacyDay

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We wish Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday. His passion for the natural world has galvanised international action to preserve it like nobody else.

We wish Sir David Attenborough a very happy 100th birthday. His passion for the natural world has galvanised international action to preserve it like nobody else.

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Stop the attacks. Return the children. Leave Ukraine. Russia must end its war.

Stop the attacks. Return the children. Leave Ukraine. Russia must end its war.

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Three years of a full-scale and illegal war. Today, and for as long as it takes, the UK continues to stand with Ukraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦

Three years of a full-scale and illegal war. Today, and for as long as it takes, the UK continues to stand with Ukraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦

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After witnessing the devastation in Sudan, we are determined to keep the world's attention on this crisis. We will rally the international community in Berlin in April and will use our UN Security Council Presidency to demand aid access, accountability, and a ceasefire.

After witnessing the devastation in Sudan, we are determined to keep the world's attention on this crisis. We will rally the international community in Berlin in April and will use our UN Security Council Presidency to demand aid access, accountability, and a ceasefire.

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It’s time to reset our relationship with Europe. #EPC2024

It’s time to reset our relationship with Europe. #EPC2024

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Drawn in silence. Remembered forever. Lest we forget. #RemembranceSunday

Drawn in silence. Remembered forever. Lest we forget. #RemembranceSunday

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Exposed → Disrupted → SANCTIONED. These are some of the Russian cyber criminals enabling attacks on British citizens and businesses we have sanctioned today ↓

Exposed → Disrupted → SANCTIONED. These are some of the Russian cyber criminals enabling attacks on British citizens and businesses we have sanctioned today ↓

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🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸 🇬🇷🇹🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇧🇬🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇷🇴 🇸🇰🇸🇮🇦🇱🇭🇷🇲🇪🇲🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪 NATO is bigger, stronger and more united than ever. #NATO75 #WeAreNATO #1NATO75years

🇧🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🇫🇷🇮🇸🇮🇹🇱🇺🇳🇱🇳🇴🇵🇹🇬🇧🇺🇸 🇬🇷🇹🇷🇩🇪🇪🇸🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇧🇬🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇷🇴 🇸🇰🇸🇮🇦🇱🇭🇷🇲🇪🇲🇰🇫🇮🇸🇪 NATO is bigger, stronger and more united than ever. #NATO75 #WeAreNATO #1NATO75years

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We remember. #LestWeForget #VJDay80

We remember. #LestWeForget #VJDay80

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Our first shipment of aid has arrived into Beirut. We’re working with UNICEF Lebanon to get vital medical assistance to those people in Lebanon who urgently need it.

Our first shipment of aid has arrived into Beirut. We’re working with UNICEF Lebanon to get vital medical assistance to those people in Lebanon who urgently need it.

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Today is #AnzacDay, which commemorates all Australian and New Zealand military personnel who have served and died in war, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. We will remember them 🇦🇺🇳🇿

Today is #AnzacDay, which commemorates all Australian and New Zealand military personnel who have served and died in war, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. We will remember them 🇦🇺🇳🇿

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Merry Christmas from all of us at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 🎄

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 🎄

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We remember. #VEDay80

We remember. #VEDay80

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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. #LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. #LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday

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Joining the CPTPP gives UK businesses access to dynamic, growing economies in the Indo-Pacific and the Americas. This will help kickstart economic growth – the number one mission of the UK government.

Joining the CPTPP gives UK businesses access to dynamic, growing economies in the Indo-Pacific and the Americas. This will help kickstart economic growth – the number one mission of the UK government.

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In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly🇬🇧 announced an extra £2m for @AmazonFACE, a pioneering cooperation with @MetOffice to monitor the forest's resilience and help the world understand how fast we need to move to meet global climate goals.

In the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly🇬🇧 announced an extra £2m for @AmazonFACE, a pioneering cooperation with @MetOffice to monitor the forest's resilience and help the world understand how fast we need to move to meet global climate goals.

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Young people across Palestine are striving to reclaim the futures the conflict in Gaza threatened to take away. The government is helping more Gazan scholars travel to the UK to complete their studies, and enabling more critically injured children to access specialist medical care.

Young people across Palestine are striving to reclaim the futures the conflict in Gaza threatened to take away. The government is helping more Gazan scholars travel to the UK to complete their studies, and enabling more critically injured children to access specialist medical care.

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Today, the UK convened representatives from more than 40 countries to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, and the urgent need to restore freedom of navigation for international shipping, and see the Strait reopened once more.

Today, the UK convened representatives from more than 40 countries to discuss the Strait of Hormuz, and the urgent need to restore freedom of navigation for international shipping, and see the Strait reopened once more.

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A holiday. A few drinks. What seemed like a hangover. The families and friends in this film know how quickly methanol poisoning can change everything. Watch their stories. Know the signs. Act fast.

A holiday. A few drinks. What seemed like a hangover. The families and friends in this film know how quickly methanol poisoning can change everything. Watch their stories. Know the signs. Act fast.

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The UK's decision to recognise the State of Palestine was a historic moment – 75 years in the making. On the first day of Ramadan, the Minister for the Middle East Hamish Falconer MP visited the Embassy of Palestine.

The UK's decision to recognise the State of Palestine was a historic moment – 75 years in the making. On the first day of Ramadan, the Minister for the Middle East Hamish Falconer MP visited the Embassy of Palestine.

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The UK and US, with support from the Netherlands, Canada, Bahrain, and Australia, have carried out targeted strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen. Our action is necessary, legal, proportionate and right.

The UK and US, with support from the Netherlands, Canada, Bahrain, and Australia, have carried out targeted strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen. Our action is necessary, legal, proportionate and right.

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We are ambitious at home and abroad on the climate and nature crisis. We are committed to tackling the climate crisis and moving towards clean power. The Global Clean Power Alliance will drive international commitment to triple renewables capacity by 2030.

We are ambitious at home and abroad on the climate and nature crisis. We are committed to tackling the climate crisis and moving towards clean power. The Global Clean Power Alliance will drive international commitment to triple renewables capacity by 2030.

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On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the UK stands with all the women and girls targeted as a weapon of war. This is a global crisis, and that is why the UK is working in coalition with countries around the world to end it.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the UK stands with all the women and girls targeted as a weapon of war. This is a global crisis, and that is why the UK is working in coalition with countries around the world to end it.

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Women and girls deserve to live free from fear of violence. We won’t have peace, security or prosperity until they do. With our partners, the UK is setting up a new International Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls.

Women and girls deserve to live free from fear of violence. We won’t have peace, security or prosperity until they do. With our partners, the UK is setting up a new International Coalition to End Violence Against Women and Girls.

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Today, the UK has sanctioned those involved in the research, development and production of the chemical weapons used to poison Alexei Navalny and Dawn Sturgess. We will continue to call out Russia’s violations of international law and hold those responsible to account.

Today, the UK has sanctioned those involved in the research, development and production of the chemical weapons used to poison Alexei Navalny and Dawn Sturgess. We will continue to call out Russia’s violations of international law and hold those responsible to account.

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No one country can deal with today’s challenges alone. That's why, with South African Government The Children's Investment Fund Foundation British International Investment, we’re uniting governments, investors, innovators and civil society at the Global Partnerships Conference. Complex global problems call for broad coalitions ⤵️

No one country can deal with today’s challenges alone. That's why, with South African Government The Children's Investment Fund Foundation British International Investment, we’re uniting governments, investors, innovators and civil society at the Global Partnerships Conference. Complex global problems call for broad coalitions ⤵️

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In a more dangerous world, national security comes first. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at this year’s NATO summit in Ankara ⤵️

In a more dangerous world, national security comes first. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper at this year’s NATO summit in Ankara ⤵️

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What’s in a dignity kit? UNFPA’s London director @MonicaPFerro talks us through the life-saving items in the packs we’re funding in Gaza. #WorldHealthDay #PublicHealth

What’s in a dignity kit? UNFPA’s London director @MonicaPFerro talks us through the life-saving items in the packs we’re funding in Gaza. #WorldHealthDay #PublicHealth

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The UK has been working with partners to support the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and to promote a swift resolution to this conflict. We're working with allies across the world to help people back here in the UK.

The UK has been working with partners to support the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and to promote a swift resolution to this conflict. We're working with allies across the world to help people back here in the UK.

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The UK has brought 51 countries together at the United Nations to call on China to cease its human rights violations in Xinjiang. Here’s why 👇

The UK has brought 51 countries together at the United Nations to call on China to cease its human rights violations in Xinjiang. Here’s why 👇

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Today, the UK launched the International Peace Fund with Australia and Canada. For a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, we must support dialogue and build trust on both sides. Yvette Cooper spoke to peace-builders Hiba Qasas and Nadav Tamir about what it means to them ⬇️

Today, the UK launched the International Peace Fund with Australia and Canada. For a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, we must support dialogue and build trust on both sides. Yvette Cooper spoke to peace-builders Hiba Qasas and Nadav Tamir about what it means to them ⬇️

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Foreign Secretary David Lammy gives an update on arms export licences to Israel, following the completion of the government’s review.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy gives an update on arms export licences to Israel, following the completion of the government’s review.

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Diego Garcia Military Base deal explained⤵️

Diego Garcia Military Base deal explained⤵️

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“Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have been inciting violence against the Palestinian people. That’s why we’re acting with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway today.” – Foreign Secretary David Lammy

“Ben-Gvir and Smotrich have been inciting violence against the Palestinian people. That’s why we’re acting with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway today.” – Foreign Secretary David Lammy

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“My message to British nationals in Lebanon is clear – leave.” David Lammy ⚠️The FCDO also advises against travel to Lebanon. Read the current travel advice here:

“My message to British nationals in Lebanon is clear – leave.” David Lammy ⚠️The FCDO also advises against travel to Lebanon. Read the current travel advice here:

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Ukrainian athletes are not just fighting for medals but for their freedom – and the freedom of the rest of Europe. #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine487 #Olympics

Ukrainian athletes are not just fighting for medals but for their freedom – and the freedom of the rest of Europe. #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine487 #Olympics

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