US has got really involved in mid east now by carrying out air strikes against Huthis in Yemen FFS they can't help but stick their nose in can they, "World Police"
Aren't the Houthis shooting European and American ships off the coast? Let's just forget that's happening and invent an anti-US narrative? Ok
This is the kind of thing that really pushes my buttons... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx25egegpx6o ... bureaucracy at it's worst ...
well if they had left when told to this could have been sorted before the Istaeli airstrikes started .
Surely it's her own fault for over the years having not applied for a British passport, but then in a time of trouble she wants our help. Well maybe she should have thought of this sooner, as her kids were growing up...unless I've missed an important bit of the story here.
As for the £350 again you should always plan in advance that if you might want to return to the UK at some point in the future, you ensure you have funds in your account to pay for any future unknowns. I remember a friend asking me for a advice once on going to live in Australia, my reply was fine, just make sure you have enough in your bank account to cover a flight ticket home, in case it don't work out.
Bureaucracy? This isn't a bureaucratic problem at all. She isn't a British citizen and doesn't have a visa. The British guy she's married too hasn't even lived in the UK for over 20 years. It says in the article that their 16 year old daughter, Rebecca, booked the flights was likely told the wife wouldn't be able to join them and "decided to go to the airport anyway and have a go" What insane, terrible bureaucratic nightmare is that? He could have sorted her visa weeks back, but he's in Iraq picking up land mines.
So the kids can get out of the war zone but the mother can't? ... you are definitely a pencil pusher.. (euphemism)
Oman doesn't have a diplomatic relationship with Israel and still officially denies Israel's right to exist, in line with the famous Arab League policy in 1967. So this news is hardly noteworthy. If any of Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Bahrain or Morocco downgrade their diplomatic status with Israel then yes, there is real cause for concern. But apart from recalling or summoning ambassadors at various points, that is yet to manifest.
Speaking to Arabic friends and colleagues Egypt holds a ton of weight in their minds. Until Egypt does something, Israel will feel safe.
Egypt's biggest fear is that it will be pushed into absorbing Gaza when this is all over. This isn't a new plan - the Trump administration tabled something similar before the whole region went to **** that basically involved investing in Egypt to make it the most prosperous country in north Africa in return for absorbing Gaza. Egypt has been notably albeit quietly supportive of Israel throughout this past year, for reasons that are blindingly obvious: Iran's main smuggling route of arms into Gaza is via tunnels along the Philadelphi Corridor, an area in the Sinai desert barely 15km in length. It is clear that Egypt badly neglected its duties to secure this border, so it does share its portion of the blame for what happened on Oct 7th.
