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The Foreign Office is reportedly planning a serious evacuation for Brits within the Middle East. Hundreds of hundreds of British nationals are at the moment in danger as Iran retaliates after US and Israel strikes.

Yesterday morning, strikes started in Tehran in an try to vary the regime, with the Israeli spy company, Mossad, calling for an rebellion on X (previously Twitter). The supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a strike on his compound, with state media confirming it hours later.

Preliminary figures are that 201 are lifeless and 747 have been injured, together with 153 killed in a strike on a faculty. Now, Iran is retaliating with strikes on Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE. Officials on the Foreign Office are believed to be engaged on an emergency evacuation plan in case airspace throughout the Middle East stays closed. Brits are advised to remain the place they’re and comply with directions of native authorities whereas monitoring Foreign Office recommendation.

Those in Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Qatar and the UAE have been advised to register their location with the Foreign Office on-line. Over 76,000 Brits, principally within the UAE, have already registered their location.

It is believed to be the largest-scale use of the “register your presence” scheme, which has been used throughout worldwide crises earlier than, however by no means for this quantity of individuals.

One chance may very well be evacuation by street to neighbouring international locations the place the airspace stays open, comparable to Saudi Arabia.

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The UAE has stated that 167 ballistic missiles and 541 drones had been launched from Iran in the direction of the nation. Three individuals have been killed and 58 injured.

Israel has reported that Iranian missiles have killed 9 individuals, whereas the US stated three American army personnel had been killed and 5 others severely wounded.

It is known that no British nationals have been killed or injured thus far within the battle. Defence secretary John Healey stated 300 troops have been inside “a few hundred yards” of an Iranian strike on a base in Bahrain.