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Labour Minister Refuses To Say That Israel Is An Ally Of The UK
A government minister has refuses to describe Israel as an “ally” of the UK.
Darren Jones said “these things are never clear cut one way or the other”.
The chief secretary to the Treasury’s comments came as the Foreign Office warned Britons not to travel to Israel because of its war with Iran.
RAF jets have also been sent to the region as the conflict continues to escalate.
On LBC on Sunday, presenter Lewis Goodall asked Jones: “Do we agree with Israel that Iran is a menace to world peace and a threat to Israeli security?”
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Jones said: “The UK has been part of international efforts in the past in respect of Iran, the third party groups that it funds, concerns in the past about enrichment capability.
“So of course, there are diplomatic challenges there that we have always played a role in with allies in the West.”
Goodall then asked him: “But Iran is our enemy, isn’t it?”
Jones replied: “Well look, we have these diplomatic conversations with Iran where we would like them to do different things, that’s for sure.”
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Goodall then asked: “It’s fair to say Israel is our ally. Israel is clearly, in this situation, we are an ally of Israel. That’s right, isn’t it?”
Jones said: “We’ve always supported Israel’s right to defend itself. But as you’ll also know from other actions happening in the region in respect of Gaza and the West Bank, we have differences of opinions with Israel as well. So these things are never clear cut one way or the other.”
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Tensions between Israel and the UK have been building in recent weeks over the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a scathing attack on the UK, France and Canada after they called on Israel to “cease the renewed military offensive” in Gaza and lift its blockade on humanitarian aid.
The government has also sanctioned two Israeli ministers for inciting “extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights”.
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Crimpit Review: This £15 Toastie Maker Made WFH Lunches Fun Again
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I rejoice in recipes, crave cooking, and find pleasure in planning meals ― with the exception of lunch.
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It’s just such a nothing-y, unpredictable meal, isn’t it? I never know how much time I’ll really have to scoff the meal down; I’m always too mentally overwhelmed to work out what I’m actually craving, never mind a meal I can make quickly, easily, and with minimal mess.
Enter: the Crimpit wrap sealer.
I’m a long-time “fancy sandwich” advocate for work-from-home lunches, but the wrap and sando rotation runs a little flat and I can’t be bothered to whip out and clean a panini press of a Tuesday afternoon.
This gadget promised to expand my selection of mundane ingredients into the bases for “calzones, burritos, enchiladas, kebabs, and pasties” (don’t mind if I do).
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And the instructions were simple; make the wrap, place it in your microwave, press the edges until the wrap becomes “sealed”, and then cook the resulting parcel of deliciousness anywhere you like (I opted for an air fryer).
You might have noticed that the wrap was a little big for the device at the start, but ripping off the excess bread (I chose a huge version; most wraps would fit) proved surprisingly satisfying and delicious.
Once I pushed the lid of the gadget down on the just-warmed wrap, I held it there for about ten seconds.
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I was suitably impressed by how well the seal held. It was more than a match for my air fryer basket, which led to a crispy, deep-filled calzone-like cheese pocket in minutes (mmm…).
Once I tried the first one, I knew I couldn’t stop – thoughts of pepperoni pockets, chicken tikka mock-“pasties,” and midweek mini-calzones like this one are just too tempting.
And the tiny gadget, which takes up next to no space in my kitchen drawer, can be used as easily on a sweet treat as it can a regular lunch too (I’ll admit I’ve since used it for a decidedly unhealthy chocolate spread and banana concoction, rolled in cinnamon sugar while still hot).
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So, I’m not saying you *have* to try the easy-clean, low-effort, low-space-consuming tool – I just reckon that if, like me, you can never plan what to eat for lunch and have too little space or time to use a huge toastie maker, it’s well worth a go.
After all, it hasn’t earned that many five-star reviews for no reason. Plus, it’s down from £19.99 to £14.99 now too (race you to checkout).
Government Warns Brits Not To Go To Israel Amid War With Iran
Britons have been advised not to travel to Israel as the country’s war with Iran continues.
The Foreign Office changed its official advice amid fears the conflict will continue to escalate as both countries continue to bomb each other.
Previously, the FCO had advised against all but “essential” travel to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
The new advice says: “We recognise this is a fast-moving situation that poses significant risks. The situation has the potential to deteriorate further, quickly and without warning.”
It comes after Keir Starmer confirmed RAF jets were being sent to the region to provide “contingency support across the region”.
Additional refuelling aircraft have been deployed from UK bases and more fast Typhoon jets will be sent over, it is understood.
Speaking to reporters travelling with him on a visit to Canada, Starmer said: “We are moving assets, we’ve already been moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support across the region. So that is happening.”
The PM added: “Our constant message is de-escalate, and therefore everything we’re doing, all discussions we’re having are to do with de-escalation.”
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Galactic mystery: Why massive stars struggle to form in the Milky Way’s center
New research led by Dr. James De Buizer at the SETI Institute and Dr. Wanggi Lim at IPAC at Caltech revealed surprising results about the rate at which high-mass stars form in the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. The researchers based their study primarily on observations from NASA’s now-retired SOFIA airborne observatory, focusing on three star-forming regions — Sgr B1, Sgr B2, and Sgr C — located at the heart of the Galaxy. Although the central part of our Galaxy has a much higher density of star-forming material than the rest of the Milky Way, in the Galactic Center, the current rate of formation of massive stars (those larger than 8 times the mass of our Sun) appears to be lower compared to the rest of the Galaxy.
The team compared these three Galactic Center star-forming regions to similar-sized regions further out in the Galaxy, including those closer to our Sun, and confirmed that the rate of star formation is below average near the Galactic Center. Their study finds that despite the Galactic Center’s dense clouds of gas and dust, conditions that typically produce stars with high masses, these star-forming regions struggle to form high-mass stars. Furthermore, the studied areas appear to lack sufficient material for continued star formation, suggesting such regions effectively produce just one generation of stars, unlike typical star-forming regions.
“Recent studies have concluded that star formation is likely depressed near the Galactic Center, and even that there may be no present star formation occurring there,” said De Buizer, lead author of the study. “Since presently-forming massive stars are brightest at long infrared wavelengths, we obtained the highest resolution infrared images of our Galaxy’s central-most star-forming regions. The data show that, contrarily, massive stars are presently forming there, but confirm at a relatively low rate.”
The study suggests that the reason for the slowdown in star formation is due to the extreme conditions in the Galactic Center. These regions orbit swiftly around the black hole at the center of the Galaxy, interacting with older stars and possibly with other material falling toward the black hole. These conditions could inhibit gas clouds from holding together long enough to form stars in the first place and prevent those that do form stars from staying together long enough for continued future star formation.
However, Sgr B2 appears to be the exception. Although its rate of present massive star formation is unusually low, like the other Galactic Center regions studied, it seems to have maintained its reservoir of dense gas and dust, allowing for a future emergent star cluster to be born.
Traditionally, astronomers have viewed giant H II regions — large clouds of gas, mainly hydrogen, in space like Sgr B1 and Sgr C — as hosts of massive star clusters still embedded in their birth clouds. This study challenges that assumption. The team argues these two regions may not fit the classical definition at all, or they may represent a new, previously unrecognized category of stellar nursery.
Enshrouded in gas and dust that obscure these star-forming regions from view in all but the longest infrared wavelengths, SOFIA’s high-resolution infrared eyes allowed the team to identify more than six dozen presently-forming massive stars within the Galactic Center regions. However, these regions formed fewer stars — and topped out at a lower stellar mass — than the Galactic average.
“These Galactic Center star-forming regions are in many ways very similar to the massive star-forming regions in the relatively calm backwaters of our galaxy,” said Lim. “However, the most massive stars we are finding in these Galactic Center regions, though still remarkably large, fall short in both size and quantity compared to those found in similar regions elsewhere in our Galaxy. Furthermore, such star-forming regions typically hang on to large reservoirs of star-forming material and continue to produce multiple epochs of stars, but that appears to not be the case for these Galactic Center regions.”
Lim will present the results of this study at the 246th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Anchorage, AK.
