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@Reuters foreign policy reporter covering the US State Department. Before: London, Cairo, Dubai & Turkey. @columbiajourn alum. Personal account. Views mine.
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SCOOP: I reviewed an internal State Dept memo, parts of which was classified, that included the most extensive and serious to date warnings to Secretary Blinken over Israel’s possible non-compliance with international humanitarian law. Here’s what I learned 1/X
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BREAKING - Russia vetoes draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would have deplored Ukraine invasion, China abstains
UAE, India abstain in U.N. Security Council vote on Russian invasion of Ukraine, 11 members vote yes
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NOW: Dozens of Biden administration staffers hold a vigil outside the White House, calling for a ceasefire.
“The temporary ceasefire ended 13 days ago, and we are horrified to see the full resumption of killings, displacement and bombardment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”
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BREAKING - Turkish foreign minister says the situation in Ukraine constitutes a war, Ankara will therefore implement the articles of the Montreux Convention — meaning passage of Russian warships that are not part of the Black Sea fleet to be denied through Turkish straits
#SONDAKIKA
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Dışişleri Bakanı Çavuşoğlu:
Burada bir savaş mı var yoksa çatışma mı? Kararımızı verdik. 19. madde çok açık. Bu bir savaş.
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BARCELONA, March 16 (Reuters) - Spanish authorities detained a mega-yacht called "Crescent" docked in the port of Tarragona in Catalonia, a $600 mln vessel one police source said was thought to belong to Igor Sechin, the sanctioned chief executive of Russian oil giant Rosneft
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Remarkable how my
@Reuters
colleague
@jeffmason1
keeps his cool, insists to use his right to ask a question and gracefully handles this incredibly intense moment where Trump launches yet another an attack on media while ordering him to ask something else.
Asked multiple times by
@jeffmason1
(and again by
@jonkarl
) what he wanted the Ukrainian president to do regarding the Bidens, Pres. Trump doesn't answer, eventually denigrating the media and angrily instructing Mason to ask a different question.
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The assessment from the four bureaus said Israel's assurances were "neither credible nor reliable."
It cited eight examples of Israeli military actions that the officials said raise "serious questions" about potential violations of international humanitarian law.
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SENIOR U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING SANCTIONS WITH MAXIMAL EFFECT ON RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS AND FAMILIES, WILL GO AFTER THEIR YACHTS, LUXURY APARTMENTS
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BREAKING - Russian airline Aeroflot says it has cancelled ALL flights to European destinations
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A joint submission from four bureaus - Democracy Human Rights&Labor; Population, Refugees & Migration; Global Criminal Justice & International Organization Affairs – raised "serious concern over non-compliance" w/international humanitarian law in Israel's conduct of the Gaza war.
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These included repeatedly striking protected sites and civilian infrastructure; "unconscionably high levels of civilian harm to military advantage"; taking little action to investigate violations or to hold to account those responsible for significant civilian harm and "killing…
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ABD Başkanı Joe Biden'ın bugün gerçekleşen doktor muayenesinin sonuçları açıklandı. Halkın vergileriyle maaşı ödenen devlet başkanının sağlığı ile ilgili altı sayfalık detaylı muayene notları ve raporu şu linkte kamunun bilgisine sunuldu
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The assessment from the four bureaus also cited 11 instances of Israeli military actions the officials said "arbitrarily restrict humanitarian aid," including rejecting entire trucks of aid due to a single "dual-use" item, "artificial" limitations on inspections as well as…
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Bitmek bilmeyen bir vizyon fırtınası
Salda Gölünü ziyaret eden Bakan Kurum, buraya "kıraathane, mescit, soyunma, giyinme alanları ve kafe gibi üniteler" yapacaklarını söyledi.
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Blinken, having concluded meetings with Israeli leaders including PM Benjamin Netanyahu, on board plane flying to Jordan from Israel. Pool image by
@Reuters
photographer Jonathan Ernst.
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It is official: The sale of F-16s to is directly linked to whether or not Turkey ratifies the NATO bids of Sweden & Finland. Group of bipartisan senators — 29 of them — write to President Biden saying they can’t greenlight the sale until Ankara approves the Nordic accession.
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EU'S VON DER LEYEN SAYS WE WILL PARALYSE THE ASSETS OF RUSSIA’S CENTRAL BANK, THIS WILL FREEZE ITS TRANSACTIONS AND IT WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CENTRAL BANK TO LIQUIDATE ITS ASSETS
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USAID also provided input to the memo. "The killing of nearly 32,000 people, of which the GOI (Government of Israel) itself assesses roughly two-thirds are civilian, may well amount to a violation of the international humanitarian law requirement," USAID officials wrote in the…
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Another submission to the memo reviewed by Reuters, from the bureau of Political and Military Affairs, which deals with U.S. military assistance and arms transfers, warned Blinken that suspending U.S. weapons would limit Israel's ability to meet potential threats outside its…
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Q: “But would U.S. forces defend the island?"
Biden: “Yes, if in fact there was an unprecedented attack.”
Q: “So unlike Ukraine, to be clear, sir. U.S. forces, U.S. men and women would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion?"
Biden: “Yes.”
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NEW: Biden administration believes the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey would be in line with U.S. national security interests and would also serve NATO’s long-term unity, State Dept said in letter to Congress seen by Reuters — story on the
@Reuters
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ONE POWER GENERATING UNIT AT ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN UKRAINE HAS BEEN HIT DURING ATTACK BY RUSSIAN TROOPS - RIA NEWS AGENCY CITES UKRAINIAN ENERGY MINISTRY
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Any suspension of U.S. arms sales would invite "provocations" by Iran and aligned militias, the bureau said in its submission, illustrating the push-and-pull inside the department as it prepares to report to Congress.
The submission did not directly address Israel's assurances.
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SCOOP: The Biden administration is set to impose sanctions on five Turkish companies and a Turkish national on Thursday, accusing them of helping Russia evade sanctions and supporting Moscow in its war against Ukraine, a senior Treasury official tells me &
@DPsaledakis
1/x
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PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Discussions among European Union members about excluding Russia from the SWIFT international payment system are close to reaching a successful conclusion, a French presidential official said on Saturday.
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SCOOP: The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel's Merkava tanks for use in its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, sources tell me, amid concerns over the use of U.S. weapons in a conflict that has killed thousands of civilians.
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To be sure: Blinken has seen all of the bureau assessments about Israel's pledges, the second U.S. official said.
Matthew Miller on March 25 said the department received the pledges.
However, the State Department is not expected to render its complete assessment of credibility…
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Stop all analysis, don’t bother with captions either.
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World Bank says has stopped all programs in Russia and Belarus with immediate effect
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THIS - “Pompeo, Mattis and other members of the national security team prepared a list of talking points for Trump to tell Erdogan to back off, the officials said. But Trump ignored the script. Instead, the president sided with Erdogan.”
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The State Department's legal bureau, known as the Office of the Legal Adviser, "did not take a substantive position" on the credibility of Israel's assurances, a source familiar with the matter said.
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Inputs to the memo from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism and U.S. ambassador to Israel Jack Lew said they assessed Israel's assurances as credible and reliable.
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Senator Bob Menendez launches 90 -second long tirade criticising Turkey on everything from human rights, ties w/Greece, delay of NATO expansion & asks “What do you call such a country?” Blinken responds: “A challenging ally.” Menendez says Ankara doesn’t deserve to get the F-16s.
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NEW: Israel's military has told international news organisations Reuters and Agence France Presse that it CANNOT guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, under Israeli bombardment and siege for almost three weeks.
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Scoop by me and
@Simondlewis
: A few days after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals attempted to withdraw $1 billion held at New York Fed. US blocked it & rolled out an EO freezing the funds
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An incredibly moving speech from Turkish actor Merve Dizdar who just made history by winning the Best Actress award in
#Cannes2023
.
She dedicates her prize “to all the rebellious souls in Turkey waiting to live the good days that they deserve.”
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Video from Turkey’s Antakya, a beautiful, historic southern border city, streets reduced to rubble, buildings devastated, people out in the cold. There are really no words.
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BREAKING -- President Zelenskiy told UK Prime Minister Johnson in phone call he believed next 24 hours was a crucial period for Ukraine, per Downing Street spokesperson
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Further deliberations between the department's bureaus are underway ahead of the report's deadline, a U.S. official told me.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses after an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. Captured by our own
@bektasumit
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Historic night for Turkey’s opposition. Shocking and worst defeat for Erdogan’s AKP since coming to power 22 years ago. CHP won: five largest Turkish cities & others including some quite pious Anatolian ones (Adiyaman) & Istanbul/Ankara districts AND has scored higher nationwide.
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@Reuters
As mentioned in the story: This was an initial “options memo”. As the Department gears up for May 8 report for Congress, deliberations on this are ongoing and there will be fresh memos that will help shape the report.
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When asked about the memo, an Israeli official said: "Israel is fully committed to its commitments and their implementation, among them the assurances given to the U.S. government."
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Regardless of who wins tomorrow the Turkish people deserve a standing ovation for their passionate and resilient quest for democracy — against all odds. Turnout levels below are no accident. Hats off also to the countless ballot box observers &NGOs working to shape their destiny.
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Initial results in Turkey’s local elections show a wave of looming opposition victories in major cities such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. If numbers continue trending this way, they signal a BIG blow to Erdogan’s AKP. (Opposition is red)
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Small parade literally just now singing, dancing and cheering, walking along the Connecticut Avenue, at the heart of Washington DC, towards the White House after networks called Biden as the next president of the United States
#Election2020
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New York police on Wednesday arrested a former U.S. State Department official Stuart Seldowitz after he was captured on video calling an Egyptian halal street vendor a terrorist and saying the death of 4,000 Palestinian children “wasn’t enough.”
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As we reported yesterday, Biden administration has indeed rushed through the sale of these tank shells to Israel. The State Dept late on Friday transmitted an emergency declaration for 14,000 shells — effectively bypassing the Congressional review.
SCOOP: The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel's Merkava tanks for use in its offensive against Hamas in Gaza, sources tell me, amid concerns over the use of U.S. weapons in a conflict that has killed thousands of civilians.
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PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - France will send defensive weapons and fuel to Ukraine, the French presidential office said on Saturday, adding that the country would also take action against Russian media and influencers spreading misinformation about the Ukraine war.
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APPLE SAYS IT HAS PAUSED ALL PRODUCT SALES IN RUSSIA - STATEMENT
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WASHINGTON, March 14 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday told allies in NATO and several Asian countries that China had signalled its willingness to provide military and economic aid to Russia to support its war in Ukraine, a U.S. official said.
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BUDAPEST, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Hungary will ratify Sweden's and Finland's accession to NATO before Turkey, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff told a briefing on Wednesday.
Hungary and Turkey are the only members of the alliance who have not yet cleared the accession.
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NEW" Biden to reporters: "I spoke to Erdogan. I congratulated Erdogan. He still wants to work out something on the F16s. I told him we wanted to deal with Sweden, so let's get that done. And so we'll be back in touch with one another. But basically it was a congratulatory call."
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Loud and clear call from the White House to China:
"This is not a time to stand on the sidelines. This is a time to be vocal and condemn the actions of President Putin and Russia invading a sovereign country," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in an interview w/ MSNBC
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From
@Maxar
- latest images show large deployment of Russian ground troops moving in direction of Kyiv, approximately 40 miles away. Maxar says Russian convoy extends more than 3.2 miles and contains fuel, tanks
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Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah holds a kitten while posing for a picture in Saaideh, Lebanon, July 4, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
RIP. Mekanın cennet olsun.
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Shocked and saddened to hear the passing of Yannis Behrakis, a legend of a photojournalist & one of Reuters’ finest. I was privileged to have worked alongside him in 2014, covering the crisis in Syrian town of Kobani. He has hundreds of iconic shots like this. RIP. 💔
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SCOOP: The Biden administration has formally determined that violence committed against the Rohingya minority by
#Myanmar
's military amounts to genocide and crimes against humanity, U.S. officials tell me &
@Simondlewis
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SCOOP: Biden administration is imposing sanctions on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of companies, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and money laundering on behalf of Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Story on
@Reuters
screens
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Üç
İngiltere başbakanı Boris Johnson, 3 korumayla New York Türkevi’nin önünden geçerken
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I just doorstepped Turkey’s Erdogan at the United Nations and asked him what impression he’s been getting from the U.S. senators he met with on the sale of F-16 jets to Turkey. “They’re speaking positively,” he said.
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WOW. Trudeau's LONG silence here is quite mind-blowing. A statesman, on live TV, at a press conference. And then, he goes onto say: "We all watch in horror and consternation what's going on in the United States...It is a time to listen and it is a time to learn..."
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NEW: President Biden on Friday will call for an end of normal trade relations with Russia and clear way for increased tariffs on Russian imports, per source familiar with situation,
@steveholland1
reports
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BREAKING -- UK PM Johnson says UK to impose asset freeze against ALL major Russian banks, immediate asset freeze against VTB. Says Russia banks won't be able to access sterling and clearing payments through the UK
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SCOOP: The United States has created a channel w/ Israel to specifically discuss concerns & seek explanations over incidents in Gaza in which civilians have been killed or injured by the Israeli military and civilian facilities have been targeted, two U.S. officials tell me
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“The decision by the two Nordic countries to abandon the neutrality they maintained throughout the Cold War would be one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades.”
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BREAKING: CIA Director Bill Burns is in Ankara today to meet with his Russian counterpart, a White House spox confirms. "He is not discussing settlement of the war in Ukraine. He is conveying a message on the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia."
Ankara hosts an important 3-way meeting 🇺🇸🇹🇷🇷🇺: Rossiya Special Flight Squadron Tupolev Tu204-300 RA64057 flew from Moscow Vnukovo to Ankara Esenboğa with the head of Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation SVR СВРРФ Sergey Naryshkin on board.
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BREAKING - German government says allies cutting Russia out of SWIFT
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Norway's PM says the country' sovereign wealth fund will divest its Russia holdings & Norway plans to send non-lethal military equipment to Ukraine.
How widespread the outrage to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unprecedented.
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WARSAW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - A Russian-produced rocket fell on the Polish village of Przewodow, near the Ukrainian border, at 3:40 p.m. local time, the Polish foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The ministry said it had summoned the Russian ambassador over the incident
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Safe to say
@SecBlinken
has mastered the art of saying nothing while appearing to say something. Yesterday I asked if the U.S. would condition offensive weapons to Israel if it proceeds w/Rafah assault & who he thinks is responsible for the man-made famine in Gaza. His response:
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A rare public discord between Blinken vs Jordanian FM Safadi and Egyptian FM Shoukry at presser. Blinken says a ceasefire now would only allow Hamas to regroup, but gets strong pushback from his Arab counterparts. “How can we justify that killing 9,000 people is self-defense?”
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Declaring war while a U.N. Security Council emergency session on Ukraine underway, with diplomats desperately talking about diplomacy, restraint, calm -- Putin has really made a mockery of this body tonight and everything it stands for.
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@yunuserdolen
Bugün değil bu, dünkü basın toplantısında oldu. Açıklama değil, soruya cevaptı. Biliyorum çünkü ben sordum :)
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İstek üzerine Türkçe: ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı brifinginde CB Erdoğan'ın açıklamalarına atıf yaparak F-16 teklifinin ABD'den gelip gelmediğini bakanlık sözcüsüne sordum, doğrulamadı ancak 'ABD Türkiye'ye FİNANSAL bir öneride bulunmadı' diye cevapladı
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NEW: UAE, Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco in rare joint statement condemn the targeting of civilians, violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza. They say the right to self-defense does not justify violations of international law.
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Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was killed while covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He leaves behind his wife and four children.
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Striking tweet from Turkey's opposition candidate Kilicdaroglu directy accusing Russia of effectively meddling in the Turkish election, saying that Russians are behind the deep fake and defamatory content that's been circulating for the past few days. Wow
Sevgili Rus Dostlarımız,
Dün bu ülkede ortaya saçılan montajlar, kumpaslar, Deep Fake içerikler, kasetlerin arkasında siz varsınız. Eğer 15 Mayıs sonrası dostluğumuzun devamını istiyorsanız, elinizi Türk’ün devletinden çekin. Biz hala işbirlikten ve dostluktan yanayız.
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Beijing reacting to Pelosi landing in Taipei, from
@Reuters
screens momentarily:
CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY: PELOSI'S VISIT TO TAIWAN SERIOUSLY VIOLATED CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY: THOSE WHO PLAY WITH FIRE WILL PERISH BY IT
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BREAKING: Turkish parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO membership
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SCOOP: The United States and
#Qatar
will sign an arrangement on Friday morning for Qatar to represent the diplomatic interests of the United States in
#Afghanistan
, aka act as the "protecting power" for the United States, a senior U.S. official tells me. Story on
@Reuters
screens
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I asked
@StateDeptSpox
if US can confirm
#Turkish
President Erdogan’s comments saying Washington made a proposal to Ankara for the sale of the F-16s, he declined to confirm that but added: “The United States has not made any financing offers on Turkey’s F-16 request”
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BREAKING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday, as he tours the Middle East attempting to tamp down tensions after war erupted between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas last month.
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BREAKING: Turkey’s breakaway opposition candidate Muharrem Ince says withdraws candidacy. Big last minute twist.
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BREAKING -- Turkey has not made a decision to close the Straits to Russian ships, Turkish official tells
@Reuters
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Quite interesting: Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli says appeal requests are being filed for the ballot boxes in which Kilicdaroglu is ahead and that is why the data from those ballots are not being shared/accounted for. Says this makes the overall picture misleading.
Kılıçdaroğlu nun önde olduğu sandıklara itiraz dilekçesi verilince tekrar sayılıncaya kadar veriler girilemiyor. Bu yüzden şu anda yanıltıcı bir durum var.
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More evidence on the reporting that there’s a systematic effort to hold up the ballot boxes in which KK is ahead. Below is Ankara’s Cankaya district, which traditionally votes CHP. This is apparently the 11th recount — meaning the data here not added to the big picture.
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Senior leaders at Israel’s Mossad advocated for staff and Israeli citizens to protest against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul bid. How do we know? Thanks to apparent U.S. spying on its closest Middle East ally, that’s now spilled online via leaked documents.
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Here’s U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Jeff Flake running on the roof of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul in an Instagram post, seemingly inspired by the 2012 James Bond movie “Skyfall” that was shot in that very spot. Let the captions go wild
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#Turkey
announces its first coronavirus case - a man with symptoms of high-fever and cough. He is being treated and is “in good shape,”
#Turkish
health minister says.
#Breaking
: Turkey's Minister of Health to give an official statement concerning
#coronavirus
at 12:30 AM Turkey time--just minutes away. Earlier today he warned there was a strong probability the virus was in Turkey, but no cases detected. Midnight statement puts many on edge.
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BREAKING - UKRAINE AND RUSSIA ARE DISCUSSING PLACE AND TIME FOR TALKS - ZELENSKIY'S SPOKESMAN
SPOKESMAN FOR UKRAINE'S ZELENSKIY SAYS KYIV IS READY TO TALK ABOUT CEASEFIRE AND PEACE
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Blinken’s Middle East trip has just widened from Israel and Jordan to include Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt, making it his most extensive trip to the region since he took office. Spot the regional power, also a US ally, absent from this list?
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The worst disaster in almost a century has impacted 13.5 million people in an area covering roughly 450 km. Resources are stretched thin. Latest death toll exceeds 5,400 people.
Below footage is from Hatay, among the hardest-hit provinces.
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Biden: We're blocking four more banks on Tuesday. That means EVERY asset they have in America would be frozen. This includes VTB, the second largest bank of Russia.
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