Search results for ‘Ministry of Defence’
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Fox hounded out
Channel 4 News looks at the career of the former Defence Secretary who has resigned following days of increasing scrutiny and questions over his relationship with his friend Adam Werritty.
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Liam Fox is gone: Sri Lanka’s lost a friend
In the wake of Dr Fox’s resignation, foreign affairs correspondent Jonathan Miller reveals the links with private interests that allowed Dr Fox to run what some called ‘a shadow foreign policy’.
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Top army lawyer slams MoD over human rights abuses
Exclusive: The army’s top lawyer during the Iraq war tells Channel 4 News his superiors blocked him when he tried to make British forces treat prisoners in a lawful way, writes Callum Macrae.
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Werritty faces questions as doubts surface over earnings
As figures show Liam Fox “adviser” Adam Werritty accompanied the defence minister on one-third of his overseas visits, questions emerge as to who funded the trips.
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UK forces free ship’s crew from Somali pirates
Royal Marines help release the crew of a ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia, reflecting a declining trend in the success rate for highjackings off the east coast of Africa.
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Fox to face grilling from MPs
Defence Secretary Liam Fox is to face questions from MPs over his relationship with Adam Werritty, as a report into his conduct is handed to the prime minister.
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PM backs Liam Fox pending full report into Werritty row
As an interim report blasts the blurring of the line between ministers’ public and personal interests, campaigners tell Channel 4 News the government must deliver on promises to regulate lobbying.
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The Questions for Liam Fox
The fact David Cameron may not be Liam Fox’s biggest fan is probably the least relevant fact in this story. The Prime Minister will not want to lose a scalp, and will not want to lose somebody popular with vast numbers of party members and especially those MPs on the right of the party. Downing Street must be hoping tomorrow’s draft report has no other nasty surprises in it. But I rather suspect Liam Fox won’t be doing television interviews over the next few hours. He is facing the House of Commons, and no doubt discussing the situation with the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister. Here are some of the questions the public might like the answers to.
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Fox apologises for Werritty ‘mistakes’
Ahead of the report to David Cameron on Liam Fox’s dealings with adviser Adam Werritty, the defence secretary admits his contact with his friend may have given an impression of wrongdoing.
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Fox under pressure as new claims surface
Prime Minister David Cameron has asked for an initial report on the investigation into Defence Secretary Liam Fox’s dealings with self-styled adviser Adam Werritty, to be delivered to him by Monday.
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Liam Fox, Sri Lanka, and a friend called Werritty
As Defence Secretary Liam Fox orders an internal investigation over his relationship with self-styled adviser Adam Werritty, Channel 4 News looks at the questions surrounding the 14-year friendship.
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Fox begins probe into friend’s adviser role
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has ordered an investigation into whether his relationship with a close friend put national security at risk.
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US military ends ban on openly gay personnel
As the US military lifts its ban on openly homosexual people, Channel 4 News speaks to an officer who was discharged for being gay and a serving Air Force captain forced to hide his sexuality.
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British soldier killed at Kent training ground
21-year-old Dean Griffiths died in a shooting incident at a military training ground in Romney Marsh, Kent police have confirmed.
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Baha Mousa inquiry damning on many levels
Channel 4 News’s Jonathan Rugman finds the report into Baha Mousa’s death critical of the soldiers who abused him, of the British Army, the MoD, and even the regimental padre.
