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US drones: lessons for Libya from Pakistan
As the US approves armed drone attacks on President Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, Channel 4 News looks at America’s record of drone strikes in Pakistan, believed to be led by the CIA.
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US deploys unmanned Predator drones over Libya
The use of the armed drones has been approved by President Obama, and they are already in operation. Predator drones have been used extensively in Pakistan and other areas without US ground troops.
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‘America’s drones go where its thousands of troops cannot’
Why have drones or unmanned warplanes become so important to America’s war in Afghanistan? Surely it is the realisation that the Obama troop surge there cannot box the Taliban into a corner.
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US drones: tools of modern warfare
With the UN saying CIA use of drones in Pakistan is “illegal”, Channel 4 News correspondent Sarah Smith visits an army base training soldiers to use them as America’s main weapon against al-Qaida.
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Myanmar’s regime retreats as Gen Z rebels advance
Myanmar’s military has long dominated the country’s political life, but now faces its most sustained threat ever.
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Putin denies plans to capture Ukrainian city of Kharkiv
The leader spoke about the Russian offensive during his trip to China.
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Ukraine Russia war: Putin forces advance on border town near Kharkiv
Russian troops have been advancing further into northeastern Ukraine, backed by fighter jets, artillery and drones.
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Putin says Russia will not be threatened in Victory Day speech
Vladimir Putin has used Russia’s annual Victory Day to accuse “arrogant” Western elites of forgetting the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany.
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Why Israel’s attack on Iran is being played down by both sides
After days of tension and calls for calm, Israel’s response to Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile strike appeared carefully calibrated to avert a wider war.
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Israel war with Iran has begun says former Israeli air defence commander
With Iran promising massive retaliation, could Israel count on repeating Saturday’s successful shooting down of nearly all the Iranian missiles and drones – especially when around a third are thought to have been downed by Israel’s Western and Arab allies? Brigadier General Zvika Haimovich was Commander of the Israel Air Defense Forces until 2018. We…
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Israel vows to ‘exact a price’ as Iran launches first ever direct attack
It’s the first time Iran has launched a direct attack on Israel, though drones and missiles were also fired from Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
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Ukraine Russia war – devastating costs revealed on two year anniversary
Hundreds of thousands of troops and civilians killed and wounded, six million Ukrainians displaced abroad and two million homes damaged or destroyed.
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FactCheck: how many people have died in the Russia-Ukraine war and what could happen next?
FactCheck takes a look at how many casualties of war there have been on both sides of the conflict – and what experts think could happen next.
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Russian warship sank in drone attack, says Ukraine
Ukraine’s military says it has used naval drones to destroy a Russian landing ship off the coast of Crimea – in another embarrassing blow for Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
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Missing monkey caught after five days in the Scottish Highlands
The great escape is finally over: a Japanese snow monkey who spent 5 days on the run in the Scottish Highlands has been caught. The 7 year old macaque – called Honshu – made his bid for freedom on Sunday night, breaking out of his enclosure in a wildlife park.