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UK withdraws staff from Lebanon embassy as foreign office warns against all travel

The Foreign Office has withdrawn all staff from its Lebanese embassy and has warned against all travel

The Independent UK

UK government accused of separating children from parents in Gaza

British nationals say dependants trying to leave conflict zone via Rafah crossing have been left off Foreign Office lists

The Guardian - UK

Britons in Gaza forced to wait for escape as Rafah crossing remains shut

The Foreign Office said it is continuing to press for the key border route to be reopened to foreign nationals.

The Independent UK

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Over 100 UK nationals leave Gaza via Rafah crossing but dozens remain

British citizens trapped in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war are facing the “excruciating” prospect of leaving without family members even though more than 100 escaped this week.

Evening Standard

UK Foreign Office visa for British citizens in Gaza is in 'stark contrast' to Ukraine

British citizens trapped in Gaza are facing the “excruciating” prospect of leaving without their family members after the Foreign Office left…

The National (Scotland)

British citizens trapped in Gaza ‘face leaving without family members’

Britons may have to leave without family members after the Foreign Office left those without UK passports off the safe passage list, it is claimed.

The Independent UK

UK presses for Rafah crossing to reopen to allow trapped Britons out of Gaza

The Foreign Office said it is ‘vital that the safe passage of people, including all foreign nationals’ can continue.

The Independent UK

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Tory MP guilty of racially abusing activist after saying ‘go back to Bahrain’

Bob Stewart also told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei ‘you’re taking money off my country, go away’ during a row outside the Foreign Office’s Lancaster House.

The Independent UK

‘Failed to be a critical friend’: UK accused of taking eye off Israel-Palestine crisis

Critics say government shies away from standing up to Netanyahu in tilt to Indo-Pacific and pursuit of Middle East trade deals

The Guardian - UK

More Britons manage to flee Gaza through the Rafah crossing

The Foreign Office said more UK nationals were able cross into Egypt on Thursday, but declined to say how many.

The Independent UK

Ministers continue push for Britons to be allowed out of war-torn Gaza

Britons remain trapped in the territory as Israel continues its war on Hamas and the death toll rises further.

The Independent UK

UK warns Afghans stuck in Pakistan hotels to hide indoors amid refugee crackdown

Exclusive: Warning issued to families as Pakistan begins expulsion of thousands of Afghan refugees

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak under pressure as hundreds of Britons remain stranded in Gaza

Around 200 understood to be trapped in the besieged enclave

The Independent UK

‘Absolute chaos’: first Briton to cross from Gaza to Egypt describes ordeal

Abdel Hammad took 10 hours to get to Egypt and will not receive support from UK Foreign Office to fly home

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The Independent UK

Ministers trying to secure release of more Britons as two aid workers flee Gaza

Around 200 UK citizens have registered as being in the strip with the Foreign Office.

The Independent UK

British teacher in Gaza turned away at Rafah border with ‘depleted’ supplies

Zaynab Wandawi, a British national born in Salford, was turned away at the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.

The Guardian - UK

First UK nationals leave Gaza via Rafah crossing, says Foreign Office

Relatives of the 200 British or dual nationals trying to leave describe scenes of chaos and desperation

The Independent UK

Britons remain trapped in Gaza as hundreds of foreign nationals flee

The Rafah border crossing with Egypt was opened to allow foreign passport holders and the wounded to leave Gaza.

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The Independent UK

Desperate scenes at Rafah crossing as first British nationals flee Gaza, but many still unsure if they can leave

Foreign nationals unsure if they made list of permitted evacuees because of communications blackout

The Independent UK

Foreign Office official ‘sent sad face’ to British teacher trapped in Gaza

Zaynab Wandawi, a school teacher from Manchester, has been in Gaza for more than three weeks with 10 members of her husband’s family

The Independent UK

UK pledges £38 million for AI projects including labs in Africa

Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have also pledged funds.

The Independent UK

Prigozhin death may offer opportunities to tackle Wagner Group – Foreign Office

The private military firm, whose former leader was killed in a plane crash over the summer, was proscribed as a terrorist group in September.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Impotent and utterly irrelevant, Europe has been shown up on Israel-Gaza

Diplomacy is full of quips so brutal they can haunt generations of diplomats. For the Foreign Office, the words that still sting are those of Dean Acheson, that harsh Cold War US Secretary of State, who unforgettably said — and this was in 1962 — “Great Britain has lost an…

The Independent UK

Is it safe to visit Lebanon? Foreign Office advice after US embassy in Beirut is set on fire

The US has recently warned citizens not to travel to the Middle Eastern country

The Independent UK

Jordan travel: Is it safe to travel right now, and what are your rights if you have a trip booked?

The Middle Eastern country shares its northern border with Israel and Syria

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