Search results for ‘Ministry of Defence’
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MoD condemns Iraq war files leak as reckless
The MoD has joined the US in condemning Wikileaks for the largest ever leak of classified files, as human rights campaigners call for an investigation into thousands of unreported civilian deaths.
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Submarine freed after running aground off Scottish coast
A nuclear-powered submarine, the Royal Navy’s HMS Astute, is towed free after running aground on a shingle bank near the Isle of Skye.
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Osborne to reveal full scale of cuts
The full scale of spending cuts will be unveiled today when Chancellor George Osborne outlines the details of the government’s comprehensive spending review.
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Military investigations ‘fail rape victims’
A Channel 4 News investigation has discovered that the conviction rate for rape investigations in the military justice system is less than half that of the civilian system.
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Charges dropped against Iraqis accused of Red Cap murders
The father of a Red Cap killed by a mob in the Iraq war has told Channel 4 News “this is the gratitude Iraq has shown us” after a judge in Baghdad dropped charges against two accused men.
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CutsCheck: Selling off the family silver?
CutsCheck is getting wind that George Osborne is launching a new drive to sell state-owned assets as he scrambles to bring Britain’s deficit under control.
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Lt Mark Evison death, a grieving mother’s story
Lt Mark Evison’s mother Margaret Evison explains to Channel 4 News that she wants Mark’s story to help British soldiers receive the vital equipment they need to fight in the Afghanistan war.
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Fox: MoD cuts will not be easy
Cuts to defence are unavoidable, Liam Fox says, but the Trident nuclear deterrent will go ahead and veterans will get more support – a “welcome, albeit small, step”, one charity tells Channel 4 News.
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Afghanistan war video: see how my son died
Exclusive: the mother of British officer Mark Evison killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan tells Channel 4 News she wants the world to see the video showing the moments leading up to her son’s death.
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Afghanistan war: Rupert Thorneloe tribute to Mark Evison
Exclusive: Channel 4 News publishes a letter written to Lt Evison’s mother by his commanding officer, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, the highest ranking soldier to die in the Afghanistan war.
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Not your usual Tory conference
Political analyst Peter McHugh previews the headline acts at this year’s Conservative Party conference, as David Cameron attempts to make the coalition and its cuts more “palatable”.
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Trident: the cost of delay
Channel 4 News FactCheck looks at what it would cost the government to delay a decision on replacing the Trident nuclear deterrent
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Government denies plan to delay Trident decision
The government denies plans to delay a decision on a replacement for the Trident nuclear deterrent, as a Channel 4 News FactCheck finds there would be extra costs involved if it were to do so.
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Britain’s bitter political battle over Trident
As MPs warn the strategic defence review may harm Britain’s ability to defend itself, Channel 4 News Science Correspondent Julian Rush writes there is now a genuine debate about its nuclear deterrent.
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Osborne attacked over cuts as unions rally
George Osborne is called on for an emergency debate questioning the government’s programme of cuts, as the spectre of collective union strikes rises on the back of the TUC’s meeting in Manchester.
