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New Foreign Office travel update names countries you should avoid right now
The UK Foreign Office warns travel insurance may be invalid if advice is ignored amid cancellations affecting over one-third of UK flights to the Middle East, officials said.
- This past week the FCDO updated travel advice pages for 226 countries and territories, advising avoidance unless necessary and warning no travel can be guaranteed safe.
- After US and Israeli forces on Saturday, February 28, military operations and airspace closures grounded flights, the FCDO said.
- Cirium data shows immediate flight disruption, with more than a third of UK departures to the region on Monday cancelled and British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and easyJet altering schedules this week.
- The FCDO warns that guidance can affect insurance coverage, and the government website lists countries on both 'avoid' and 'only if essential' lists with email alerts available.
- The guidance covers many countries, for example lists showing 'only if essential' countries including Israel, Iran, Lebanon, and 'advised against' countries such as Afghanistan, Belarus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the FCDO said.
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