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Defence review, Corbyn and talk of a coup
I watched one Labour MP get up as Jeremy Corbyn spoke, shake his head and leave the chamber.
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Joining us from Monterey California is Leon Panetta – who served as Obama’s Defence Secretary and head of the CIA.
Kevan Jones resigns from the Labour frontbench in protest at the opposition of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to renewing the UK’s Trident nuclear deterrent. Two other MPs have also quit.
I watched one Labour MP get up as Jeremy Corbyn spoke, shake his head and leave the chamber.
George Osborne surprised many by announcing that Britain will meet its Nato defence spending commitments. Is it too good to be true?
North Korea’s defence minister has reportedly been executed. Hyon Yong Chol was killed with an anti-aircraft gun for crimes including disobeying Kim Jong-un and falling asleep during a military event.
Will Britain stick to its commitment to spend at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence?
The Government is to invest £2.3bn in more than 1,400 flood defence projects to provide better protection from flooding for hundreds of thousands of homes.
The Iraqi Yazidi MP Vian Dakhil, who wept as she exhorted the world to save her people from Islamic State militants, wins a prestigious award for her courage.
With siren voices already whispering dark warnings about loom bands, here’s why I think we should all take a deep breath and relax about the little plastic loops.
Somehow it is Wimbledon fortnight again which means Andy Murray has a large golden cup to defend. But we know about winning now, hey Brits? And we’re going to stay cool.
It’s red and white, it’s not the flag Switzerland and every few years it triggers a debate about xenophobia. Yes – it’s the cross of St George. Football writer and commentator John Anderson waves his.
In a week which saw a backlash against “hashtag activism” over the #Bringbackourgirls campaign, Change.org’s UK director defends online campaigning – two years on from the website’s launch.
Oscar Pistorius’s Defence Lawyer Barry Roux is accused of “ridiculing” police photographer Bennie van Staden, called to give evidence, as photos of the crime scene are shown to the trial.
The Royal Engineers will carry out a high-speed assessment of the state of the UK’s flood defence infrastructure, as ministers admit they should have sent in the military earlier.
Britain faces the “difficult choice” between saving “town or country” from future flooding because it is too costly to defend both, the chairman of the Environment Agency says.