Alex Thomson
Memories of Sangin as British forces return to help fight Taliban
Just over a year after British combat forces left Afghanistan, they are back, as the Taliban threaten to take the strategic town of Sangin.
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Chinook crash inquiry into Mull of Kintyre disaster
Sixteen years from the Chinook crash on the cold, wet summer night on the mist-shrouded Mull of Kintyre, Alex Thomson asks if the end is in sight.
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Alex Thomson
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Nepal earthquake: is aid reaching remote villages?
Aid organisations say food and medical supplies have started arriving in earthquake-stricken Nepal – but one aid worker tells Channel 4 News that some areas still remain out of reach.
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Watch NBC’s Brian Williams retract Iraq helicopter story
NBC News anchor Brian Williams retracts a story he told on air about coming under fire while travelling in a US army helicopter in Iraq in 2003.
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In memes: Brian Williams and the Iraq ‘fog of memory’
NBC News anchor Brian Williams apologises for incorrectly recalling a story about being shot at in a helicopter during the Iraq war. But surely the internet would be sympathetic? Yeah, maybe not.
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Jonathan Rugman
Chilling message of the latest IS murder video
The timing of the release of the latest Islamic State video, showing Steven Sotloff’s murder, suggests the lives of other western hostages could be at risk.
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Cameron: IS extremists ‘a threat to UK safety’
The advance of Islamic State extremists poses a “clear danger” to the future safety of Britain’s streets, David Cameron says as he explains his decision to arm Kurdish fighters.
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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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Britain to ‘play a role’ in Yazidi rescue mission in Iraq
David Cameron says “detailed plans are now being put in place” for an international mission to Iraq but will they be enough to help the thousands of Yazidi refugees still stranded on Mount Sinar?
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Bomb attacks in Baghdad as US sends more military to Iraq
A suicide bomber attacks a checkpoint near the home of new Iraqi prime minister designate Haider al-Abadi, as he begins his efforts to unite the country against jihadi militants.
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Will UK intervene in Iraq crisis?
British Chinook helicopters could soon join RAF transport planes and Tornado jets operating in Iraq as the UK rapidly escalates its aid mission. Michael Crick explains.
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Harry: ‘Too much army and not enough prince’
As he returns from duty in Afghanistan, Prince Harry offers a rare insight into juggling his roles as a prince and pilot – revealing that he does not always get the balance right.
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Alex Thomson
The past on trial: the charge sheet
Tragedy follows scandal – yet our police, our armed services, and our judiciary learn nothing. If they did, it would not happen over and over again, would it?
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Britain to ‘double number of drones in Afghanistan’
Britain boosts to 10 the number of drone aircraft flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan, as the foreign secretary faces questions over UK support for US drones in Pakistan.
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UK drone spend could pay wages of 30,000 new troops
A report into Britain’s spending on military drones over the last five years reveals the most clear evidence yet that the future of warfare is unmanned and remote-controlled.
