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Julian Borger

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Senior international correspondent at The Guardian, based in London

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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Out today in the US!
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Press release from the family of Irishman Daniel Tatlow-Devally, who has been imprisoned in Germany since a Gaza-related protest at an Elbit Systems site in Ulm. "On 8 September, Daniel will have spent one full year in German pre-trial detention, in 23-hour daily lock up, without a verdict."
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A few days old but excellent analysis comme d'hab by @julianborger.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Gaza is an instance of what geographers term place annihilation, also conceptualized as as urbicide and domicide @julianborger.bsky.social has seen this in Sarajevo & Mostar (paradigmatic 'urbicide' case) when he reported from Bosnia's war. Today.... 1/ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Trump’s Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme
Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An accessible roundup by @julianborger.bsky.social of the transatlantic rupture - and its cloak and dagger context - emerging over the US push to appoint a new High Representative in Bosnia, and European opposition to the same. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Europe and US on collision course over next high representative for Bosnia
Diplomats from around world meet in Sarajevo in second attempt to agree on top envoy, as US pushes for its choice
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Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Great reporting from Bosnia and Herzegovina on how the national team of a still fractured nation is supported by @julianborger.bsky.social
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‘It’s defiance’: why some Bosniaks are reviving historic flag as they cheer on World Cup squad
Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
A brilliant article by @julianborger.bsky.social, and surely the only time since the 17th century that waving the Swiss flag would be considered an act of obnoxious nationalism? 🇧🇦🇨🇭
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The Assistant Professor of Football @gollnerphilipp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
„It is also defiance. If Serbs and Croats can display their ethnic symbols, why not us? This younger generation believes in the nation even more than we did.” Excellent close-up of a complicated country from @julianborger.bsky.social here: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘It’s defiance’: why some Bosniaks are reviving historic flag as they cheer on World Cup squad
Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
When you’ve spent as much time in Bosnia as @julianborger.bsky.social has, you’re able to detect subtle shifts in public attitudes, and write about them in compelling, historically-informed fashion. A great piece on the ‘return’ of the golden lilies to Bosnia. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘It’s defiance’: why some Bosniaks are reviving historic flag as they cheer on World Cup squad
Lilies making a vivid comeback alongside foreign-imposed flag, as younger generation wrestles with national identity
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Chaotic talks on a US-Iran deal continue on the Trump rollercoaster
Amid rhetoric, market uncertainty and tit-for-tat exchanges, the two sides are still trying to find a way out of the impasse
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Four days left to enter the Kurt Schork Awards - free to enter and offers a $5,000 cash prize for a "local" reporter, a freelancer and a news "fixer": ksmfund.org/2026-awards/ #journojobs
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2026 Awards | Kurt Schork Memorial Fund
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Amnesty International hiring a "head of economic and social justice" to be based in London, Mexico City, Johannesburg or Nairobi: careers.amnesty.org/jobs/vacancy...
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Amnesty International Careers, Jobs, Search and Apply
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Kurt Bassuener @kurtbassuener.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'm quoted by @julianborger.bsky.social in his piece on the #PeaceImplementationCouncil for the @theguardian.com. #Europe+, less Italy, held the line against being jammed with the US-selected High Rep nominee. But it's evident that there is no coherent strategy... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe
US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidate
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Sally Hayden @sallyhayd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Speaking tomorrow afternoon at Listowel Writers’ Week (Kerry), now with @julianborger.bsky.social. Tickets & info here: writersweek.ie/project/sall...
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Sally Hayden - This Is Also a Love Story in conversation with Julian Borger - Listowel Writers' Week Literary Festival
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 27/05/2026
"Blair's understanding of AI is superficial at best, and he seems to absorb the boosterish vibes of the ultra-rich tech leaders with whom he socialises without making much effort to actually understand the technology itself." www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-d...
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Dear Tony Blair: Please shut up
The former PM’s latest intervention on Labour’s direction is flawed - and compromised by the millions he has taken from AI’s backers
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
In Jerusalem Palestinians are being forced to demolish their own homes to make way for an Israeli biblical theme park. with Guardian colleagues @quiquek.bsky.social and Sufian Taha www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park
Residents of al-Bustan district told to make way for Kings Garden, with knocking down own houses cheaper option
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William French @wtfrench76.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
"They have bound their fate together so tightly that it will be very hard for either of them to unstick themselves from its legacy": @julianborger.bsky.social on the symbiotic but tense relationship between Trump and Netanyahu. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance
Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance
Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/05/2026
‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance
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‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance
Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Epstein-linked billionaire accused of rape privately reached out to federal judge to defend his ‘good name’
Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 27/04/2026
‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them
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‘I should not have wished for war’: six ordinary Iranians on how the US-Israel conflict has changed them
In Tehran, the Guardian spoke to people about how war is transforming their feelings toward the regime and their country’s future
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Eamonn Noonan @duhallow.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It’s totally normal to award a billion-dollar infrastructure project, without tender, to a company incorporated 5 months ago. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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EU risks fallout with US over Trump-linked Balkans pipeline plan
Exclusive: Brussels seeks to stall award of contract to firm fronted by US president’s lawyer in letter seen by Guardian
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Marathon? I’m sure every hour in JD’s presence must feel like an eternity - but come on, he just got there.
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Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com @informingbritain.com · 09/04/2026
"FRAGILE CEASEFIRE AT RISK AS ISRAEL BOMBARDS LEBANON" @julianborger.bsky.social / #AndrewRoth / @willchristou.bsky.social for @theguardian.com The fate of the deal on a ceasefire in #Iran conflict is uncertain. Both gave divergent versions of what's been agreed. #TheGuardian #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Do read @jakubkrupa.bsky.social updates and analysis of Vance's speech, which seems to be taken from the Trump post election playbook but with a nationalist Christian misting. Chief among the culprits for Europe's said woes are radical left and "feminists". www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Vance accuses EU of ‘foreign interference’ in upcoming Hungarian election while endorsing Orbán – Europe live
US vice-president claims ‘the bureaucrats in Brussels have tried to destroy the economy of Hungary’
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/04/2026
Trump’s deadline for Iran looms… again – The Latest
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Trump’s deadline for Iran looms… again – The Latest
Donald Trump says the US will bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges if Tehran fails to meet his latest deadline to reopen the strait of Hormuz. Lucy Hough is joined by senior international correspondent Julian Borger
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
A necessary deep dive into the long dystopian history of a world in which a succession of old guys of varying mental stability have easy access to the means to destroy the planet in minutes, by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This will be exhibit A in future war crimes trials if he carries out his threats. Tragically, it's those following the manifestly unlawful orders that are the ones most likely to be held to account.
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Nicola Cutcher @nicolacutcher.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Essential piece by @julianborger.bsky.social As Trump ramps up his threats to Iran, will US military officers disobey orders or help commit war crimes? www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...
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Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes
Legal experts say attacking Iran’s infrastructure would constitute a war crime – but would military officers be held responsible?
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Palestinian Christian communities in the West Bank, arguably the oldest Christian communities in the world, have survived invasions and empires but say their survival has never been so tenuous.
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A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 05/04/2026
A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank
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A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Rationale for Iran war questioned after Trump says ‘I don’t care’ about regime’s uranium stockpiles
US president’s apparent decision to leave highly enriched uranium in hands of regime creates a more risky scenario than before the war began, experts say
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Julian Borger @julianborger.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Coordinated conflict: how the Ukraine and Iran wars are starting to overlap
Battlefield outcomes are connected by the sharing of weapons and intelligence as well as the damage to the global economy
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Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The yardstick is Project Sapphire, which removed 600 kg of enriched uranium from Kazakhstan. It took a month, with the full cooperation of the Kazakhstani government.
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Simon Hattenstone @shattenstone.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Woody Brown is non-speaking, autistic and a brilliant new novelist. I interviewed him, and he's bloody amazing. Would be great if you could share www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...
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‘I was in the pit of despair’: Non-speaking autistic novelist Woody Brown on his journey from write-off to writer
As a child, Brown was underestimated, infantilised and dismissed by specialists and teachers. Now 28, he has written an acclaimed debut novel set in an adult day care centre that gives people like him...
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Revealing words from Tzipi Livni, former foreign minister of Israel.
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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump administration is taking money Europeans and others have paid for arms for Ukraine and other purposes, not delivering said arms, and spending their cash to help with self-created Gulf mess. This is not a trustworthy power. Credibility incinerated.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/03/2026
Iran says Trump ‘negotiating with himself’: what next for war? - The Latest
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Iran says Trump ‘negotiating with himself’: what next for war? - The Latest
Donald Trump insists Iran is still interested in cutting a peace deal despite Tehran rejecting the US plan. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent, Julian Borger
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Around 7000 Americans were killed on Iwo Jima and 19,000 wounded, and it was part of a campaign that ended with a nuclear weapon being used, so maybe not the wisest comparison.
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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
In what should be a surprise to no one, the US and Israeli attack on Iran has serious climate consequences. Our new analysis, covered in @theguardian.com this morning, tallies the climate costs of the first two weeks of the attacks.
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US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows
Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/03/2026
‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
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‘The saddest day for Muslim worshippers in Jerusalem’: al-Aqsa mosque closed at Eid
Palestinians say the move is part of a wider Israeli strategy to leverage security tensions to tighten restrictions For the first time since 1967, al-Aqsa mosque – Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site – will be closed at the end of Ramadan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli authorities keep the complex shut, forcing worshippers to hold Eid prayers as close as they can to the sealed site. On Friday morning hundreds of worshippers were forced to pray outside the Old City, as Israeli police barricaded the entrances to the site. Continue reading...
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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
My latest tracking the long and drawn out case of alleged Exxon hacker-for-hire Amit Forlit. Arrested under an Interpol Red Notice in 2024, Forlit's request to appeal against extradition was denied today making it more likely he will face trial in the US. @desmog.com
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The UK is a high trust society! 82% of us regard our fellow citizens as good. "Will there be a civil war?" Is not a debate anyone normal is having, it exists solely within a media bubble that can't process 2024. bsky.app/profile/jose...
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Henry Dyer @direthoughts.com · 17/03/2026
We didn't just find his videos - we also found Farage's outtakes, which show when his money-making sideline is interrupted by a text message or phone call, requiring him to re-record the video, he appears quick to anger.
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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Latest reporting: UK nat'l security advisor Jonathan Powell took part in the pre-war Geneva talks, thought "surprising" Iran offer should be pursued: blend down all HEU and make no more; no sunset clauses; 3-5-year enrichment halt. It's an illegal and unnecessary war.
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Joe Kent nonsense is an excellent opportunity for your semi-regular reminder that Jewish Americans opposed the Iraq war more than any other religious group, something that will be obvious if you stop mainlining online brain poison. news.gallup.com/poll/26677/a...
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Among Religious Groups, Jewish Americans Most Strongly Oppose War
An analysis of Gallup Poll data since the beginning of 2005 finds that among the major religious groups in the United States, Jewish Americans are the most strongly opposed to the Iraq war. Catholics ...
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Armida van Rij @armida.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Confirms US and Israel chose to escalate. Good scoop by @patrickwintour.bsky.social & @julianborger.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Powell’s attendance at the Geneva talks, … helps in part to explain the UK government’s reluctance to back the US attack on Iran, a reluctance that has put the UK-US relationship under unprecedented strain. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Keir Starmer gives Zelenskyy a hug as he arrives at Downing Street The Ukrainian leader is visiting as the government announces a new UK-Ukraine drone deal
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
NEW Somewhat unexpectedly, the US government has submitted an Article 51 letter to the UNSC articulating the US int'l law justification for attacking Iran. As someone who used to help draft these letters for the USG, I find the administration's legal arguments completely unconvincing. 1/n
On 28 February 2026, the United States commenced combat operations to
defend the American people against attacks and ongoing threats from the Islamic
Republic of Iran, in cooperation with our ally Israel. These combat operations were
undertaken to protect United States Armed Forces in the region, to ensure the free
flow of maritime commerce through the Strait of Hormuz and to protect our regional
allies and partners from Iran and its proxies. This is the latest stage in the ongoing
international armed conflict that my Government previously addressed in a letter to
this Council on 27 June 2025. The United States is taking these necessary and
proportionate actions in exercise of the inherent right of self-defense as reflected in
Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations.
These combat operations are also being conducted in close cooperation with,
and in the collective self-defense of, Israel. The Islamic Republic of Iran has rejected
peaceful coexistence and chosen international armed conflict with Israel as well,
waging an unprovoked religious war of annihilation against a once-friendly United
Nations Member State located hundreds of miles distant from its borders. Since June
2025, the regime has also massively expanded its ballistic missile production for the
purpose of overwhelming regional air defenses in order to provide a shield for its
efforts to reconstitute its nuclear program, which it refuses to relinquish.
Gaming the international legal system, the Iranian regime routinely seeks to
conceal its unlawful acts and to shield itself from accountability by, among other
things, deploying proxies such as Hamas, Hizballah and the Houthis. For example, in
a letter dated 5 February 2024, my Government reported that the regime’s Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its partners and proxies had attacked United
States personnel and facilities in Syria and Iraq. That letter identified nine prior letters
sent to this Council between 2021 and 2024, a period th…
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