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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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British arms sales: defending the indefensible?
Recent events in the Middle East have highlighted the United Kingdom’s position as one of the world’s most successful arms producers.
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Duke of York: friends in low places
As turmoil rages in the Middle East, the Duke of York’s business connections are beginning to unravel.
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Paralympic cyclists gear up for London Olympics
Channel 4 News reporter Katie Razzall gains exclusive access to the hi-tech training ground of Britain’s Paralympic handcycling team as they race towards gold in London 2012.
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Royal Navy crewman dead after shooting on HMS Astute
A shooting on board the HMS Astute submarine in Southampton leaves one crewmember dead and another seriously hurt. Channel 4 News learns the leader of the council helped disarm the gunman.
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HMS Astute shooting: inside the submarine
One man has died and another is seriously injured after a shooting on board the HMS Astute. Channel 4 News looks at the risks of shooting inside a nuclear-powered submarine.
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Cameron under fire for heading Middle East arms delegation
Prime Minister David Cameron is criticised for leading a business delegation to Kuwait that includes defence manufacturers. Siobhan Kennedy looks at the history of UK arms deals.
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Nimrod loss leaves ‘massive gap’ in UK security
Scrapping the RAF Nimrod surveillance planes will leave a “massive gap” in British security, former defence chiefs warn in a last ditch attempt to save the aircrafts.
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WikiLeaks to publish Swiss offshore bank documents
A former Swiss banker tells Channel 4 News that providing data on offshore bank accounts to WikiLeaks might put pressure on tax authorities, but he refuses to name names.
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North Korea threatens South with retaliatory strike
North Korea says it will attack its southern neighbour if South Korea goes ahead with a live-firing drill on the disputed maritime border.
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Wikileaks’ facilities list ‘will not endanger lives’
The DA Notice committee has told Channel 4 News that Wikileaks’ publication of a list of foreign infrastructures “critical” to US national security is not as damaging as it may have first seemed.
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Prince Andrew caught up in WikiLeaks row
Prince Andrew becomes caught up in the WikiLeaks diplomatic cables row – reported as denouncing the Serious Fraud Office inquiry into BAE Systems as “idiocy”.
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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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Nuclear submarine runs aground off Scottish coast
A nuclear-powered submarine has run aground near the Isle of Skye, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
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Former army chief condemns defence cuts
The former head of the army, General Sir Mike Jackson, tells Channel 4 News the government needs to analyse Britain’s place in the world before making big defence cuts.