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Thank you. Very interesting to hear his side of the story.

Donald J. Trump ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump

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The Dems are getting another beauty to join their group. Bill de Blasio of NYC, considered the worst mayor in the U.S., will supposedly be making an announcement for president today. He is a JOKE, but if you like high taxes & crime, he’s your man. NYC HATES HIM!

How did a beltway think tank wonk become the 'mark' of a high-level set-up by intelligence officials in America, Britain, Italy, Australia and elsewhere? Mark sat down with @GeorgePapa19 to find out. Watch part one of this two-part special here: https://t.co/dq5IcXKBsG pic.twitter.com/GY8VrEUftW— Mark Steyn (@MarkSteynOnline) May 15, 2019

Deborah Haynes(Sky News) ‏

22m.. EXCLUSIVE: UK has raised threat level for UK forces + diplomats in Iraq - in line with the US - because of what sources say is a heightened security risk from Iran Britain has also put its personnel + families in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Qatar on an increased state of alert 1/

Contingency plans in case the UK decides it has to remove personnel from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or Qatar have started to be activated, though this is only at a very early stage and is currently precautionary in case the crisis escalates, sources said. 2/

. @DefenceHQ raised threat level in Iraq before a senior British military officer played down warnings of any new Iranian risk posed to British, US and other forces in the country, according to an informed source. 3/

The comments on Tuesday by Major General Chris Ghika, the top UK military officer in the US-led coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, were widely seen as a sign of divergence between the threat assessments of the UK and the US on Iran. 4/

But source said Ghika had been aware of the increased security risk as he had seen a number of intelligence reports. When asked to comment at briefing, he had not known whether he was authorised to disclose this info, which is why he struck a more cautious tone, source said 5/

A source said UK believes there is an increased likelihood of Iran or its proxies taking action against UK, US or other allied interests in region in a way that can be plausibly denied so as to avoid triggering an all-out war. 6/

The targets would most likely be soft such as oil infrastructure or other civilian targets, source said. Aim = cause disruption but not do something that could be directly linked back to regime. Goal = signal Iranian anger at renewed US sanctions & to push for them to be eased 7/

. @foreignoffice's Iran unit is in "full crisis mode" because of what is seen as increased threat from Iran, coupled with US response, with the movement of aircraft carrier task group, B-52 bombers and a missile defence system into the Gulf region.

The UK's National Security Council discussed Iran as a "hot topic" on Tuesday.

A lot of diplomatic efforts by Britain are going on behind the scenes to try to resolve the standoff between the United States and Iran peacefully. Here is fuller piece: https://bit.ly/2HrF9kP ends/