Adrian Blomfield
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Senior Foreign Correspondent at the Telegraph. Formerly based in Moscow, Jerusalem and Nairobi. Now UK-based. Anglo-Kenyan.
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A look at what Trump may be doing by choosing to take medvedev literally rather than figuratively. Nuclear posturing is reckless but less painful than imposing sanctions. It’s a piece of theatre. The real test is secondary sanctions, more costly for the US
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US president brazenly climbs first rung of nuclear escalation ladder, but few are panicking
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We all know Trump's announcement on deploying nuclear submarines towards Russia is performance -- but it is still unprecedented. He has just, tant pis, climbed the first rung of the ladder of nuclear escalation. Putin probably shrugs this off, but it's a risky game.
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This is such an astonishing abuse of what the noble Magnitsky Act was supposed to represent. I wonder what @Billbrowder�� makes of it…
ft.com
Move by Washington takes levies on country to 50% for alleged unfair trade practices and trial of former president
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“There are only two types of states in Europe: small states and small states that have not yet realised they are small.” Spaak’s statement is as true today as when he made it more than half a century ago.
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America knew the EU was weak. The rest of the world knows it now
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RT @CopCrime: Kenya: Police open fire on hungry refugees as US aid cuts trigger food shortages .Story by @adrianblomfield..
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At least two people were reportedly killed after angry protesters attempted to storm a United Nations facility in Kakuma
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RT @heathcliffom: Netanyahu, long opposed to a two-state solution, is more likely to harden his position than concede under what he will se….
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It may carry profound symbolic weight, but the PM’s decision will not be enough to redress the historical imbalance
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Some footage from today’s protests in Kalobeyei/Kakuma refugee settlement in northern Kenya
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At least two people were killed in today's protests at Kalobeyei settlement, according to witnesses -- the result of a crisis caused by the withdrawal of USAID funding for WFP's feeding programme in Kenya's refugee camps. The US previously provided 70 percent of funding.
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Protesters have allegedly set fire to part of a WFP facility at Kalobeyei in Kakuma. A refugee at the camp in Kenya sent me this video. People are protesting the withdrawal of “Bamba Chakula” payments to buy food.
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I have seen footage appearing g to show at least one killed from what appears to be a gunshot wound in the head.
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Police in Kenya have opened fire on hungry refugees protesting the removal of cash payments to buy food in the Kalobeyei refugee camp in Kakuma, witnesses tell me. Refugees attempted to burn down WFP offices and police responded with shots. At least one fatality reported.
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Things are looking pretty bleak when it becomes impossible even to report a power outage let alone have the problem fixed. The SMS service tells you you have taken too long to enter the incident even when you go as fast as possible and telephone service also times out.
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Please @KenyaPower_Care can someone do something to restore our power. We have attempted 1) to contact you on here 2) to text *977# (not working) 3) to call (also not working) and 4) to visit your Jamhuri offices they where they say they can’t do anything. Account number 603678.
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The headline is right. It shames us all. I have spoken to a series of former Israeli generals in recent weeks and they told me they cannot see any military reason to still be fighting in Gaza.
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The same seems to be happening in Kakuma, where the Bamba Chakula programme has also been suspended. People are really suffering.
“No food, no Bamba Chakula, no humanitarian support – refugees are going to start dying” – read the latest episode of The New Humanitarian’s collaboration with Radio Gargaar.
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RT @IPAEastAfrica: The IPAEA is deeply alarmed by an incident in which journalists have been targeted at a press conference in #Nairobi. Se….
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Kenya’s brutal police have killed so many but the casual murder of Boniface Kariuki feels so callous and so contemptible it is the kind of thing that can stir the righteous fury of a long-suffering nation, as the death of Mohamed Bouazizi did in Tunisia to start the Arab Spring.
I am heartbroken. I am outraged. And I am ashamed of what we have become as a nation. Boniface Mwangi Kariuki was a young, hardworking Kenyan whose only "crime" was trying to survive with dignity in a country that has failed its people. He wasn’t protesting. He wasn’t armed. He
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M23 sees the DRC-Rwanda deal as a small step forward but continues to accuse Kinshasa of attempting to "torpedo" peace and act in bad faith. All eyes are on them and the extent to which they respond to pressure. As this statement notes they hold a lot of territory now.
Message à la Nation du Coordonnateur de l’Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23), Corneille Nangaa Yobeluo, à l’occasion du 65ᵉ Anniversaire de l’Indépendance de la République Démocratique du Congo
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RT @MABaharoon: Spoke to @adrianblomfield for the @Telegraph on the impact of #Israel attacks on #Iran and from what he heard it seems the….
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Netanyahu is increasingly viewed as destabilising force following ‘reckless’ attack on Iran
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I've heard some US experts suggest Trump's bombing of Iran will deter China in Taiwan. I'm not sure. By striking Iran while appeasing Russia, Beijing may learn a different lesson: Trump is willing to confront lesser powers, but content to let larger ones do as they please.
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