Search results for ‘Ministry of defence’
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FactCheck: Is Britain pulling its weight in the fight against IS?
David Cameron says only the US has hit the Islamic State group with more air strikes than Britain. Is the UK really doing enough in Iraq?
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Islamic State forces hit by airstrikes and Shiite militias
Fighters from Shiite militia Popular Mobilisation Front are pushing towards Beiji, while airstrikes by the Iraqi air force are reported to have hit jihadi fighters and equipment.
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SAS deaths inquest: ‘Too much paperwork’ to stop march
An army officer told a grieving family it would have been “too much paperwork” to cancel an SAS test march which led to three deaths, a coroner hears.
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Kincora: calls for abuse to be included in UK inquiry
A man who was abused at Kincora children’s home in Belfast is demanding that what happened there decades ago should be included in the UK-wide inquiry set up by the government.
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Bees in his crown: the curious interests of Prince Charles
The newly published “black spider” letters reveal the Prince of Wales corresponded with government ministers on a wide range of topics, from Lynx helicopters to the Patagonian Toothfish.
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ISIS acting-leader ‘killed’ in air strike
The acting-leader of ISIS has been reported killed in an air-strike. Abu Alaa al-Afri was said to be running the group after ISIS leader al Baghdadi was injured in a separate strike.
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Prince Charles ‘black spider’ letters released
Letters sent by Prince Charles to government departments in 2004 and 2005 have finally been released to the public after a mammoth legal battle. Here’s what we know so far.
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Labour vows review after 994 troops ‘stricken by Lariam’
Labour promises an “immediate review” into the MoD’s use of a controversial anti-malarial drug after new figures show the scale of mental health problems among veterans prescribed Lariam.
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Election 2015: did everyone forget about foreign policy?
Foreign policy: two words that have so far played very little part in the run-up to the general election. What would the parties do?
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Ukraine conflict: why is the UK training Ukraine’s soldiers?
Britain has flown 35 military advisers to Ukraine to help fight pro-Russian separatists – with America set to follow suit. But what can the British army offer that Ukraine doesn’t have already?
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UK military health worker tests positive for Ebola
A UK military healthcare worker in Sierra Leone tests positive for Ebola, Public Health England (PHE) confirm.
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Fierce fighting in Ukraine as ceasefire looms
At least seven Ukrainian military personnel die and 23 are wounded as fighting rages ahead of a midnight ceasefire.
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Peer apologises after comparing nuclear base to Auschwitz
A former leader of Plaid Cymru apologises after linking jobs at the Auschwitz death camp with those at the Trident nuclear base.
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Sri Lanka’s election could change everything… and nothing
On Thursday, Sri Lanka goes to the polls in an extraordinary presidential election which could change everything but, perversely, change nothing, writes Callum Macrae.
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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”.