US allies urge Iran not to retaliate against Israel ft.com/content/015cee…

“I’m here to offer my opinion, to meet with anyone who wants to talk to me about it” - Felicia Schwartz and Lauren Fedor on Cameron's US lobbying for Ukraine aid
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My worlds collide

Confirming our Financial Times scoop last month Ben Hall Christopher Miller Myles McCormick on.ft.com/49tg5Fi

Per Trump spox: Trump & Cameron had dinner last night, discussed 'US and UK elections, policy matters specific to Brexit, the need for NATO countries to meet their defense spending requirements, & ending the killing in Ukraine'

& their 'mutual admiration' for Queen Elizabeth.

New detail in this story from me and Felicia Schwartz - Cameron said he was flying to Washington to meet Mike Johnson and urge him to pass more Ukraine aid. But now people familiar with the matter say there are no plans for the two to meet...

US Secretary Antony Blinken used meetings in Europe this week to warn allies of “concerning scale” of Chinese support for Russia, particularly in weapons production and the space industry

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scoop w/ Henry Foy — in meetings in Europe this week, Blinken warned Beijing was assisting Moscow “at a concerning scale”, and providing “tools, inputs and technical expertise” particularly in optics, propellants and space cooperation ft.com/content/ba5244… via @ft

Scoop via Financial Times ⁦Felicia Schwartz⁩ on the Biden considering labeling goods from settlements to ramp up pressure on Israel
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SCOOP: US weighing plans to label goods from Jewish settlements in occupied West Bank ft.com/content/f0df1d…

👀 White House shared the readout of Biden-Netanyahu call today to the “political strategy” mailing list.

Reader, who shared email, said this seems to be first time the office sent out a foreign policy related call readout ⬇️

Asked by Hugh Hewitt about the reaction to his Israel/Gaza comments, which some took as dovish, Trump says he stands with Israel 100%:

'They’ve got to finish what they finish. They have to get it done. Get it over with, and get it over with fast, because we have to, you have to…

SCOOP: Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 tells me Reuters in interview that World Central Kitchen was deliberately targeted while delivering aid to Gaza and says Israel and three United States must do more to get humanitarian aid in. He questioned how the US could supply aid and military support to Israel

This was not a 'bad luck situation where, 'oops,' we dropped the bomb in the wrong place,' Andres told Jeff Mason . 'Even if we were not in coordination with the (Israel Defense Forces), no democratic country and no military can be targeting civilians and humanitarians.

Nato to start planning $100bn Ukraine fund despite US concerns - and Washington’s insistence that it won’t relinquish control of the west’s weapons supply coordination to Kyiv ft.com/content/27e012… @ft w Felicia Schwartz

News: IDF chief of staff says he’s been presented with results of preliminary investigation into World Central Kitchen incident:

“It was a mistake that followed a misidentification–at night during a war in very complex conditions. It shouldn’t have happened.”

Nato plans $100bn ‘Trump-proof’ fund for Ukraine, pitched by SecGen Jens Stoltenberg as a means “to shield against the winds of political change”

All details here 👇

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US urges Israel to “swiftly investigate” deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza

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WaPo’s David Ignatius asked Zelensky about our Financial Times report on the US urging Ukraine to not strike Russian oil refineries and energy facilities. Zelensky confirmed: “The reaction of the US was not positive on this.” And he argued, “It’s fair” to strike them.
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