Search results for ‘Drones’
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US hunter-killer drones ‘flying from Seychelles’
America’s covert war on terror is expanding across the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with the building of secret drone airbases from Ethiopia to the Seychelles.
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Taliban ‘hero’ Ilyas Kashmiri killed by US drones
A senior Pakistan Taliban leader confirms to Channel 4 News that their leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed by a US drone strike, but denied any involvement in recent Pakistan attacks.
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US drones: lessons for Libya from Pakistan
As the US approves armed drone attacks on President Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, Channel 4 News looks at America’s record of drone strikes in Pakistan, believed to be led by the CIA.
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US deploys unmanned Predator drones over Libya
The use of the armed drones has been approved by President Obama, and they are already in operation. Predator drones have been used extensively in Pakistan and other areas without US ground troops.
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‘America’s drones go where its thousands of troops cannot’
Why have drones or unmanned warplanes become so important to America’s war in Afghanistan? Surely it is the realisation that the Obama troop surge there cannot box the Taliban into a corner.
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US drones: tools of modern warfare
With the UN saying CIA use of drones in Pakistan is “illegal”, Channel 4 News correspondent Sarah Smith visits an army base training soldiers to use them as America’s main weapon against al-Qaida.
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UK to suspend some arms exports to Israel, says Foreign Secretary
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy has suspended some arms sales to Israel.
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Why Orkney is once again at the cutting edge of the green revolution
Once a place where the fossil fuel Klondike brought pioneering energy change generations ago, now Orkney pushes the green energy revolution.
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Russia and Ukraine heading towards ‘escalation rather than solution’ says Nina Khrushcheva
We were joined from Moscow by Nina Khrushcheva – a professor of international relations based in New York.
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‘There are enormous risks with Ukraine’s Kursk incursion’, says RUSI
We were joined by the Director of Military Sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, Matthew Savill.
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Myanmar’s regime retreats as Gen Z rebels advance
Myanmar’s military has long dominated the country’s political life, but now faces its most sustained threat ever.
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Putin denies plans to capture Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
The leader spoke about the Russian offensive during his trip to China.
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Ukraine Russia war: Putin forces advance on border town near Kharkiv
Russian troops have been advancing further into northeastern Ukraine, backed by fighter jets, artillery and drones.
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Putin says Russia will not be threatened in Victory Day speech
Vladimir Putin has used Russia’s annual Victory Day to accuse “arrogant” Western elites of forgetting the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany.
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Why Israel’s attack on Iran is being played down by both sides
After days of tension and calls for calm, Israel’s response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strike appeared carefully calibrated to avert a wider war.
