Nicole

I’m in Dubai. No cobwebs here

Pretty sure they are ours :)

You've got to be kidding me...

A lot of fighter jets in the sky, which I guess is somewhat reassuring

Day 8 of the Iran war and Iran has started lobbing more misiles and drones at uae and Bahrain right now so no the IRGC are not controlled by the President

Not sure about Bahrain but I know UAE and Saudi have been clear that they will not allow their airspace/ sea/territory to be used since the beginning

Irans president apologises to neighbouring countries and says Iran wont attack us unless we attack them. Not sure if the IRGC knows because another explosion in Bahrain

Day 8 of the Iran war from Dubai.

Bahrain seems to be taking a lot. My best friend is there alone and terrified at the number of explosions plus there are riots

Ok so I see people are getting Grok to roast public figures. He must be headed for reprogramming soon. Still I think I’m in love

Why is every Labour Minister/ MP wearing blue on TV? Reeves, Mahmoud and the woman in politics live. Seems odd.

I just don’t believe this story in the Times that Gulf states are disappointed with the UK for not initially allowing their airbases to be used to attack Iran. It’s exactly the same position as the Gulf States who are refusing to allow their bases/ waters to be used

Will we be getting an update from your dad soon. Asking for a UAE resident :)

I mean just the numbers the FCDO says have registered at 130k shows a very significant proportion of residents are filling in the form. There’s no way near that many tourists here.

Most UK expats I know have filled in the form. These people are idiots and a suspect few and far between.

Reeves needs to increase taxes to increase defence spending (and probably provide support on energy bills) if this isn’t the time to break the manifesto *waves due to reasons - I don’t know what is!!

And while imposing tariffs and much higher energy prices etc they also want us to increase defence spending to even higher than that of the US

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Screenshot of Telegraph headline: Eir Nolsøe Labour is finally getting migration under control. It's a nightmare for Reeves Much lower numbers of migrants would cost the Treasury billions Photo of Starmer and Reeves ث

I’m sorry, what now?

Are you f’king kidding right now @telegraph.co.uk??

If there's one thing that'll get me fully behind Starmer, it's that evil scumbag across the Atlantic attacking him.

I suspect I'm not alone on this.

Wow I agree with Tim Stanley

I think it was a total surprise for many living here who don’t understand the region and live in a bubble. I s aw the same in the pandemic. I’ve been worried for weeks tho

People are obviously anxious. But for now we are ok. I’m drinking a lot of wine! Roads are very quiet compared to normal but everything still operating. Large overhead explosions this morning after a quiet night

Yep. The Government has kept us safe for now, but the longer they keep coming, they will run out of interceptors

18 years here. Have more knowledge of the region than you. Never thought it couldn’t erupt hence why I’ve been arguing against all those people who just want to attack Iran. Been here 18 yrs it’s my home. But thank you so much for your concern

Honestly the bitterness towards Uk citizens in Dubai is disgusting. Left and right . FUCK you all

Ok this is getting more regular now that night has fallen. Very loud booms

Not in Dubai. Abu Dhabi

Yeah Abu Dhabi has the base so I’m sure worse but crap it’s a bit real now. Not sure if the Boom was shooting something down or a sonic boom by fighter jets

Ok getting a bit scary now. Sat at a golf club and here a jet (s) scrambling I think and then a pretty large boom above our heads

Shelter in place issued by UK embassy

#dubai

LOL