Search results for ‘Ministry of Defence’
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Army’s ‘appalling’ abuse of Baha Mousa
As an inquiry concludes the Iraqi hotel worker suffered “appalling” abuse at the hands of British soldiers, Channel 4 News’s Jonathan Rugman predicts court martials and civil prosecutions will follow.
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Gaddafi defiant as British patrols target Bani Walid
As Colonel Gaddafi appeals to his supporters to continue to fight, Jonathan Miller travels to Tahunah, where rebel commanders are preparing for an assault on the Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid.
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FactCheck: Is Britain Nato’s top gun in Libya?
Britain “won’t be left behind” in the grab for Libyan oil contracts, William Hague said today, as world leaders flocked to Paris to plot out the new Libya. And why should we? Rumours are rife that Libya’s new government plans to hand the French the keys to 35 per cent of the country’s oil. And we’ve done just as much to help Libya as the French, haven’t we? Hmm not exactly, FactCheck discovers.
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Assembly to begin on Britain’s biggest warship
An 8,000-tonne section of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier begins a 600 mile journey from Glasgow to a shipyard in the north of Scotland to be assembled.
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Soldier dies in Helmand bomb blast
The death toll for British service personnel in Afghanistan climbs to 379 as the MoD reports the death of another soldier in Helmand Province.
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Cyber warfare: teens fighting for national security
Channel 4 News has been granted unprecedented access to the cyber security firm Qinetiq and spoken to the teenagers who are helping protect the UK Government from cyber attacks.
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Gaddafi could stay in Libya ‘if he gives up power’
Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi could stay in the country as long as he relinquishes power, according to Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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US poised to scrap ban on ‘out’ gays in the military
America is set to follow the UK in allowing openly gay people to serve in its armed forces. Britain’s most famous gay soldier tells Channel 4 News US military chiefs have nothing to fear.
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FactCheck: Is Fox jumping the gun on Army cuts?
The claim Will the Secretary of State confirm whether he has any plans to reduce the size of the Army post-2015?
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Liam Fox accused of ‘slashing’ troop numbers
As Defence Secretary Liam Fox is accused of slashing the army by cutting troop numbers in favour of reservists, he tells Channel 4 News the focus is on the “overall deployable strength of the army”.
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Generals slammed for Afghan military failures
A scathing Defence Committee report blames military leaders for the “unacceptable” deployment of British troops into Afghanistan without the support and equipment they needed to defeat the Taliban.
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FactCheck: The MoD’s missing millions and the taxi ride for a pair of boots
The tale of the Army boots that cost £700 to get to a barracks provided some light relief in Parliament today. FactCheck put the MoD through its paces.
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RAF pilots cleared of negligence over Mull of Kintyre crash
Defence Secretary Liam Fox apologises to the families of the pilots in the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash after a new report clears them of an earlier finding of negligence.
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FactCheck: The real cost of cancelling aircraft carriers
David Cameron’s been accused of making the wrong decision when he allowed the increasingly expensive aircraft carrier procurement programme to go ahead. FactCheck navigates the choppy waters of defence spending.
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War dead families may have been hacked
As it emerges that relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan may have had their phones hacked, the Royal British Legion drops the the News of the World as its campaigning partner.