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Former army chief condemns defence cuts
The former head of the army, General Sir Mike Jackson, tells Channel 4 News the government needs to analyse Britain’s place in the world before making big defence cuts.
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Update: Gordon Brown and defence spending
Yesterday FackCheck looked at the prime minister’s claim that the defence budget has been rising every year since 1997. We concluded that in real terms – that is, taking inflation into account – Gordon Brown was incorrect. In real terms, the defence budget has fallen year-on-year four times since 1997. Getting political Today it all got…
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Exclusive: Scotland school used by Gillian Keegan to change RAAC guidance in England
Scotland’s Education Secretary has told Channel 4 News that a Ministry of Defence school in Perthshire was one of three cases used by Gillian Keegan, her counterpart in the UK government, to justify changing guidance on RAAC in England.
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63 Russian soldiers killed by HIMARS missile strike, Moscow says
At least 63 Russian troops have been killed in a Ukrainian missile attack in the occupied Donetsk region, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence.
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‘Forty towns liberated’ by Ukrainian forces claims Kharkiv MP
The Russian ministry of defence claimed today its forces were delivering “high precision strikes” against Ukrainian army units in the Kharkiv region.
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UK denies Russia fired warning shots at British destroyer in Black Sea
The ministry of defence has denied claims by Russia that it fired warning shots at a Royal Navy ship in the Black Sea, near the disputed territory of Crimea.
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Richard Ratcliffe on Boris Johnson: ‘He promised no stone unturned, didn’t manage to deliver on those promises’
Reports have emerged that the Ministry of Defence is refusing a request from the Foreign Office to release millions of pounds owed to Iran that could help secure the release of a British woman being held in Tehran.
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Probe launched after video shows soldiers using Corbyn picture for target practice
The Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after a video was posted online showing British paratroopers based in Afghanistan using a picture of Jeremy Corbyn for target practice.
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Servicemen cleared of negligence after reservists’ deaths
The men on trial had been accused of negligently performing a duty, but a judge halted the case today, saying the deaths occurred because of systemic failures within the Ministry of Defence.
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British troops back in Helmand province as Taliban advance
The Ministry of Defence says British personnel are there to advise the Afghan military and will not be taking on a combat role in the area.
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MoD pays compensation to civilians killed in wars
Channel 4 News has seen records showing the Ministry of Defence has paid out less than a million pounds to the families of some 360 civilian casualties – they’re just the ones who’ve come forward.
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Coroner criticises MoD for SAS training deaths
A coroner strongly criticises a string of failures by the Ministry of Defence after the deaths of three reservists on an SAS selection course in the Brecon Beacons two years ago.
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Teenage British soldier ‘joins Kurds to fight IS’
The Ministry of Defence confirms it is investigating reports that a soldier has left his Cyprus base to join Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting militants from the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
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UK fighter jets fly into Iraq on combat mission
British Tornado fighter jets fly into Iraq ready to carry out air strikes against the Islamic State group, but the Ministry of Defence says no targets were hit in the first approved combat operation.
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US spy drone flies in UK airspace for the first time
The Ministry of Defence reveals that an unmanned US spy drone flew through UK airspace three times recently as part of the Nato trial, Unified Vision.
