Search results for ‘Ministry of Defence’
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Prince Andrew: ‘Cheerleader in chief for the arms industry’
As Prince Andrew is reported to have met the Queen to discuss criticism of his trade role, Campaign Against the Arms Trade tell Channel 4 News: “He is cheerleader in chief for the arms industry.”
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Libya: anti-Gaddafi rebels release SBS troops
Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Benghazi have tonight released an SBS team captured in eastern Libya. But why did they arrive by helicopter and at night when they could have entered the country by land?
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Is the truth out there? Secret UFO files released
UFO sightings and an an alien abduction are detailed in thousands of previously classified documents released by the National Archives
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Libya crisis: Gaddafi under pressure
Pressure on Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi is intensifying, with leaders including David Cameron calling for him to go as fighting in Libya continues. Follow the latest via our #c4news live blog.
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West ready to use force against Libya’s Gaddafi
Western leaders including David Cameron are considering implementing a no-fly zone over Libya – but the former commander of British forces in Bosnia, now an MP, tells Channel 4 News he has concerns.
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Anti-Gaddafi gunmen accidentally fired on Hercules plane
As David Cameron announces that only a handful of Britons remain in chaos-stricken Libya, Channel 4 News understands that an SAS rescue plane was mistakenly fired upon by anti-Gaddafi gunmen.
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Briton Danny Fitzsimons jailed for Iraq murders
A British security worker is spared the death penalty but jailed for killing two colleagues in Iraq. Campaigners tell Channel 4 News he is at risk from fellow inmates due to his past in the army.
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Libya crisis: world relations with Gaddafi grow cold
As world leaders unite against the Gaddafi regime, Channel 4 News looks at the billion dollar deals and “friendship pacts” now hitting the skids, as John Sparks blogs on a nervous Europe.
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Gaddafi denies airstrikes as UK leads Libya no-fly zone plan
As fighting near Tripoli intensifies and David Cameron calls on Gaddafi to “go now” Libya’s information minister tells Channel 4 News there is “no evidence of massacres and bodies in the streets”.
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Libya crisis: UN chief calls for ‘concrete action’
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, has said it is “time for concrete action” to deal with the violence in Libya. See latest updates and video in our #c4news live blog.
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RAF planes in Libya desert rescue
Two RAF Hercules planes rescue 150 civilians from Libya’s desert as Colonel Gaddafi’s son says civil war is now possible, contradicting a statement made earlier to Channel 4 News.
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Olaf Schmid: did ‘tiredness’ kill Afghanistan bomb expert?
Exclusive: The army’s top bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid may have been suffering “cumulative tiredness” when he was killed by an IED, according to restricted documents seen by Channel 4 News.
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Downing Street condemns armed forces sacking email
Downing Street condemns as “unacceptable” the way that 38 serving soldiers – including one on the frontline in Afghanistan – were told they would be losing their jobs via email.
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IED combat under scrutiny at Olaf Schmid inquest
Channel 4 News examines the deadly threat of IED attacks for British troops in Afghanistan as Jane Deith reports from the inquest into the death of Olaf Schmid, a bomb disposal victim in 2009.
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IED combat under scrutiny at Olaf Schmid inquest
Channel 4 News examines the deadly threat of IED attacks for British troops in Afghanistan as Jane Deith reports from the inquest into the death of Olaf Schmid, a bomb disposal victim in 2009.