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IS has an ‘apocalyptic, end of days vision’
General Martin Dempsey and US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel say IS militants pose the greatest threat to the US: tackling the group in Syria as well as Iraq is the only way to defeat them.
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FactCheck: who runs Britain in the summer holidays?
David Cameron will return to Cornwall later after interrupting his holiday over events in Iraq. Who is in charge while he is away from Downing Street?
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Britain’s mission in Iraq ‘could last months’
Britain deploys jets and surveillance aircraft in Iraq, as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon warns the mission could last for months.
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SAS ‘on the ground’ in Iraq
The SAS is reported to be on the ground in Iraq, as the US reports seeing fewer civilians trapped on a mountain by Islamic State fighters than previously feared.
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Israel, Gaza and Britain’s relationship – FactCheck Q&A
As Sayeeda Warsi announces her resignation as Foreign Office minister over the government’s policy on Gaza, FactCheck looks at what that policy might be.
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Queen names biggest-ever British-built warship
The Queen names the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, the Queen Elizabeth, at the navy dockyard in Rosyth. At 65,000 tonnes, it is the biggest warship ever built in the United Kingdom.
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End of line for Task Force Helmand: Brits handover province
British-led Task Force Helmand comes to an end after eight years of frontline military operations in Afghanistan involving tens of thousands of UK servicemen and women.
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What is ABI – and will it make drones even deadlier?
This week Senator John McCain moved to shift control of US drones from the CIA to the defence department. Meanwhile, fears grow about the application of activity-based intelligence to drones.
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Plus ca change? Hollande and Cameron quizzed
How can Europe change? The question is for both of us! France’s President Francois Hollande and Prime Minister David Cameron are questioned by Channel 4 News’s Jonathan Rugman.
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Britain and France: with friends like these…
As the British and French leaders hold a summit at an RAF base, Channel 4 News looks at the recent history of bad blood between the two countries.
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Kalashnikov’s legacy? Global repression and rebellion
The AK-47 rifle, the brainchild of Mikhail Kalashnikov who died yesterday, was first used by Soviet Russia to suppress rebellious east European states, but soon became the freedom fighter’s creed.
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March of the machines: is the future of warfare robotic?
As military top brass warn of an obsession with “exquisite” equipment and the RAF opens up UK drone HQ, Channel 4 News asks if the next generation of battles will be fought not by man, but by machine.
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FactCheck: Independent Scotland faces a fight over UK defence assets
The Scottish government has insisted that it will inherit its “fair share” of UK defence assets if it becomes independent. But FactCheck finds a report from the government begs to differ.
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BAE cuts 1,800 jobs and ends shipbuilding in Portsmouth
As BAE scales down operations in Portsmouth, news of an end to shipbuilding at the historic yard is greeted with dismay by unions. Hundreds more jobs in Scotland are also to be cut.
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Crack the code to work for GCHQ
Can you break the code to become a spy? GCHQ attempts a new recruitment drive to target top code breakers, mathematicians and “ethical hackers” as it tries to move beyond the Prism scandal.
