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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.

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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 🇬🇧🇺🇦

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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.

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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 ↓

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

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

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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 🇦🇺🇳🇿

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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.

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

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We remember. #VEDay80

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

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UK-funded tech is helping to stop people smugglers in Kosovo. This is what happens when we work together to tackle irregular migration ⤵️

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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64,137 views • 15 days ago

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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.

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379,017 views • 3 months ago

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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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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51,520 views • 17 days ago

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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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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2,133,934 views • 2 years ago

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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.

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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.

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78,649 views • 1 month ago

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Gaza’s healthcare system has collapsed. 90% of water and sanitation is destroyed. The UK will keep pushing for access to aid and backing humanitarian partners on the ground. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper's remarks at the Global Partnerships Conference this week ⬇️

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15,688 views • 13 days ago

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy St. George’s Day! 📜And happy birthday to William Shakespeare, born on this day 462 years ago. We asked Jan Thompson, UK Ambassador to Norway and Shakespearean actor, to mark the occasion ⬇️

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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

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507,376 views • 2 years ago

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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 👇

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575,226 views • 2 years ago

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Diego Garcia Military Base deal explained⤵️

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247,433 views • 1 year ago

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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

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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.

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382,174 views • 1 year ago

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250 years of partnership and alliance 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper accompanied Their Majesties The King and Queen on their historic US State Visit ⬇️

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27,789 views • 1 month ago

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After 3 years of war, what is happening in Sudan is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. The UK is announcing over £140 million this year for humanitarian support and victims of sexual violence ⬇️

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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:

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338,645 views • 1 year ago

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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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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WATCH: the moment UK ISAR find a man buried under rubble for five days in Hatay, Turkey. UK search and rescue continue to work day and night to find and save those affected by the earthquake.

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Watch the second UK charter flight take off from Oman. We are working around the clock to support those affected.

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Shorts

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 🇦🇺🇳🇿

We remember. #LestWeForget #VJDay80

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.

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

We remember. #VEDay80

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

UK-funded tech is helping to stop people smugglers in Kosovo. This is what happens when we work together to tackle irregular migration ⤵️

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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Watch Anya Live

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Gaza’s healthcare system has collapsed. 90% of water and sanitation is destroyed. The UK will keep pushing for access to aid and backing humanitarian partners on the ground. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper's remarks at the Global Partnerships Conference this week ⬇️

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy St. George’s Day! 📜And happy birthday to William Shakespeare, born on this day 462 years ago. We asked Jan Thompson, UK Ambassador to Norway and Shakespearean actor, to mark the occasion ⬇️

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

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 👇

Diego Garcia Military Base deal explained⤵️

“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

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

250 years of partnership and alliance 🇺🇸🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper accompanied Their Majesties The King and Queen on their historic US State Visit ⬇️

After 3 years of war, what is happening in Sudan is the greatest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century. The UK is announcing over £140 million this year for humanitarian support and victims of sexual violence ⬇️

“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:

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

WATCH: the moment UK ISAR find a man buried under rubble for five days in Hatay, Turkey. UK search and rescue continue to work day and night to find and save those affected by the earthquake.

Watch the second UK charter flight take off from Oman. We are working around the clock to support those affected.

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