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Mar 15 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Morning,

The West "made a terrible mistake" by continuing to buy Russian oil & gas after Crimea invasion, Boris Johnson says today.

PM set to travel to Saudi Arabia to see if it can make up the shortfall... but bill rises will be "painful"

More oligarch sanctions coming today
PM will travel to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, leaving tonight and back on Thursday.

He hopes if they pump more oil - as already the world's biggest exporters - it will bring down the price and help with cost of living.

Human rights concerns will be raised.
James Cleverly says UK is urging all countries to condemn Russian action "unequivocally" and bring in sanctions - including China.

Is China giving assurances they won't get involved in the war? "We haven't had that statement from China", he says,
James Cleverly slaps down idea Russians should be able to hold a "faux election" in eastern Ukraine - saying it "should be seen for what it is"

Suggestions that Russia wants a "referendum" in the city of Kherson to legitimise the area as a breakaway republic

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PM lands in Abu Dhabi & will head to Riyadh later for energy talks, defending the trip saying the West needs to ditch Russian oil

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Mar 14
Morning,

The war reaches Nato's doorstep, as a Russian strike hits base 15 miles from Poland killing 35.

Homes for Ukraine scheme will be announced today to help UK families put up Ukrainian refugees in spare rooms.

Emergency flights bring 20 children with cancer to UK.
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What happens if there is a missile across the border into a Nato country.

Sajid Javid says the PM has been clear that "one Russian toecap across the border... is a war with Nato".
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Aug 21, 2021
Exclusive

The minister for Afghanistan Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon was also on leave last week, as Kabul fell.

He was on a staycation and not back at his desk until Monday.

Although he knew Afghan FM Haneef Atmar, he was not asked to make the call on Friday.

More on @SkyNews now
An FCDO spokesperson said:

"Lord Ahmad has been working closely with the Foreign Secretary and the FCDO team throughout the response to events in Afghanistan, including engaging with international partners."
Lord Ahmad is minister of state for South Asia, has been in post for four years, and has been involved in the peace talks underway in Doha between the Taliban and Afghan government over the past year.
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Aug 19, 2021
NEW Ministers ignored warning 8 months ago that the US withdrawal would destabilise Afghan government and cannot say that “no one foresaw or predicted the consequences” - by me and ⁦@RaynerSkyNews⁩ news.sky.com/story/afghanis…
A report presented to the government in January called for an urgent assessment of the risks of withdrawal.

Ministers, it said, had “shown little inclination to exert an independent voice on policy in Afghanistan”
The Conservative chair of the Lords international affairs and defence committee, Baroness Anelay, told @SkyNews she was “very disappointed” that no such assessment was provided when the government responded in March.

“It seems they blindsided themselves”
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Aug 19, 2021
Morning

The PM faces scathing criticism from Tory MPs over the pullout from Afghanistan in recall debate.

As the rush to escape continues, the British ambassador says we have "days, not weeks".

Horrifying pictures emerge of people passing children over airport fence in Kabul
This scoop by @johnestevens that Dominic Raab ignored advise to call the Afghan foreign minister last Friday - losing precious hours.

The FCO tell us he was "engaged on a range of other calls" and delegated it to a junior minister

Ben Wallace on @SkyNews says the Taliban are allowing people through to a processing centre "contrary to reports".

He says the problem is "they are letting everyone through" to the airport including people w/out permission to fly - leaving soldiers to do "crowd control".
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Aug 18, 2021
Morning,

UK will resettle 5,000 vulnerable Afghans this year, rising to 20,000 in future.

Priority for women, girls, religious minorities at risk from the Taliban.

Separate from ARAP scheme for locally employed staff which is set to relocate 5,000 people this year.
Boris Johnson will tell MPs today, as Parliament debates Afghanistan:

"We owe a debt of gratitude to all those who have worked with us to make a Afghanistan a better place over the last 20 years.

"Many of them, particularly women, are now in urgent need of our help"
Scathing criticism expected from some Conservative MPs who say it should be more generous - David Davis suggests "north of 50,000".

Labour say it "does not meet the scale of the challenge" and risks leaving people in Afghanistan "in deadly danger".

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/afghanis…
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