Defence

British defence giant BAE Systems secures a £1.6bn deal with Saudi Arabia that will safeguard more than 240 jobs that were under threat at its Yorkshire factory.

Nato leaders are meeting in Chicago to endorse plans to hand over command of combat operations in Afghanistan by the middle of next year - as President Obama declares the war is effectively over.

The last major player from the Bosnian conflict took his seat in the Hague, making a throat-slitting motion to Munira Subasic, one of many spectators who have waited almost two decades for justice.

Afghan police shoot dead two British servicemen and gunmen kill a peace negotiator in separate attacks that undermine the country's attempt to negotiate a peace deal with Taliban insurgents.

More than 30,000 off-duty police officers march through central London in protest at cuts aimed at reducing their numbers by 20 per cent.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others who say they planned the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington appear in a military court charged with murdering 2,976 people.

The Royal Navy's biggest ship made its way up the River Thames to take its place as part of the security for the Olympics. Channel 4 News Correspondent Carl Dinnen was on board.

The Ministry of Defence announces six possible missile launch sites, including several in residential areas, to protect the skies over London during the Olympic Games.

MoD tells 700 residents near Olympic site they will be safer with missiles on top of their east London building.