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Deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan raise strategy questions
Five dead is the biggest single loss of British life in one incident in Afghanistan since 2006 when 14 died in the Nimrod aircraft crash. And it comes at a time when British public opinion is increasingly sceptical of the war. But the way in which it happened is even more damaging. The five British…
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Can the government deliver end to homelessness for veterans this Christmas?
Veterans affairs minister Johnny Mercer has promised to make sure that no veteran of the British armed forces sleeps rough this Christmas: and not just that – he’s made it his personal mission to end homelessness among veterans altogether.
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Soldiers turn to anonymous app to share PTSD struggles
Dozens of members and veterans of the British armed forces are turning to new anonymous apps to share their struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, Channel 4 News has found.
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Former army chief: ‘think long about EADS/BAE merger’
Former head of British armed forces Sir Mike Jackson says Britain should think ‘long and strategically’ about the proposed merger of EADS and BAE Systems.
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F&C soldier could face prison if deported
Exclusive: a serving soldier with British armed forces, who is under threat of deportation, tells Channel 4 News that if he is sent back to his homeland he could be imprisoned for being a mercenary.
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Afghan interpreter scheme an “utter failure”
MPs say a scheme meant to help Afghan civilians who worked for the British armed forces as interpreters is an “utter failure” – with thousands of people living under “continual daily threat”.
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Why has the terror threat level risen to critical and should you do anything?
Theresa May announced on Tuesday that the UK’s terror threat level has now risen to critical, following the attack on a Manchester music concert in which 22 people are now known to have died. Since then, nearly a thousand troops have been deployed to UK streets and high-profile public areas, including outside Buckingham Palace and…
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VE Day 70th anniversary: how the nation celebrated
As Britain marks 70 years since VE Day celebrations, Channel 4 News looks back at how events unfolded in May 1945.
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Claims UK troops murdered Iraqi prisoners were ‘lies’
The al-Sweady inquiry finds that British troops mistreated nine Iraqi detainees while in custody, but dismisses claims of murder and torture as “deliberate lies”.
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War widows free to remarry without losing pension from April
Military widows who lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan will be able to marry again without losing their pensions, under new plans announced today.
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Hague dismisses call for new Iraq war crimes probe
Human rights lawyers call for the International Criminal Court to investigate thousands of allegations of abuse by British forces in Iraq.
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Does Britain have the military muscle to intervene in Syria?
With commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan and cuts in the defence budget that will take army numbers down to a 150-year low, could Britain intervene in Syria even if we wanted to?
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MoD faces ‘critical’ aircraft shortfall as Afghan exit nears
Britain will face “critical shortfalls” in air transport and refuelling aircraft as combat operations end in Afghanistan, the National Audit Office warns.
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UN appearance for Argentina on Falklands anniversary
As the Falkland Islands marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the war, the president of Argentina goes to the United Nations to press her country’s claim to the islands.
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Baha Mousa ‘suffered appalling violence’
Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa died in British Army custody after suffering an “appalling episode of serious gratuitous violence” at the hands of soldiers, a public inquiry has concluded.