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Face-to-face with Vlad's feared killers who say: 'We are at war with the UK'
The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview
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'Rising threat from right-wing terrorists radicalised in their bedrooms' warning
Sir Julian Lewis, who chairs Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee, issued the warning as he addressed the Royal United Services Institute
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Former soldier's flash of inspiration that led to incredible 12,000-mile journey
Former soldier Christian Lewis was struggling with depression and facing homelessness when he had a flash of inspiration that led him on a 12,000-mile journey on foot
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Inside life of women who outwitted Hitler and won brutal Battle of the Atlantic
The Royal Navy viewed female staff as typists and car drivers but head of the Women’s Royal Naval Service Vera Laughton Matthews had been recruiting the cream of the crop
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Relative of worst police rapist 'horrified' by ' malicious lies' told at trial
The relative, who wishes to remain anonymous, called Carrick a 'spoilt brat' and 'controlling, manipulative, narcissistic' after he committed a string of sex offences while a serving police officer
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On the frontline where the fight to stop drugs flooding the streets takes place
The Royal Navy crew on board the HMS Lancaster work to dismantle the global narcotics trade – busting criminals who pose as fishermen to ship heroin and meth
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British Army back to its 'core purpose' after proud role in fight against Covid
The Mirror have this week been granted access to the British Army's mock assault on an enemy urban area in Exercise Khanjar in Oman, the culmination of a four-month deployment
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British Army chiefs say troops are 'up for a scrap' if they're needed in Ukraine
The Royal Anglian Regiment will next year command NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force - and the Mirror joined troops from the regiment as they trained in the Omani desert
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All you need to know about spy balloons being shot down over US and Canada
Dr Patrick Bury, Senior Lecturer in Security at the University of Bath, and a former NATO analyst and Captain in the Royal Irish Regiment, answers the key questions on the escalating situation
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Over 18,000 troops are victims of bullying at work - yet 90% won't speak out
Members of the armed forces have faced discrimination and sexual harassment, with women being disproportionally affected, but 90% never make an official complaint.
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Elite SAS launch recruitment drive to encourage women to join its ranks
The ban on women serving in the Army's frontline units was lifted in 2018. However, there are still no women in the Special Air Service or Special Boat Service
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Inside 'bubble and squeak murder' - dark tale of adultery, revenge and murder
Penny Jackson stabbed her husband David after he made a joke about serving bubble and squeak with the steak main course. Now, the case features in a new TV documentary
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Royal Navy aircraft carrier chases away Chinese spy submarine
The Royal Navy's largest and most powerful vessel ever constructed has successfully tracked down and chased a Chinese spy submarine, new footage shows
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US intelligence says Chinese spy balloon WAS part of global surveillance op
Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a news conference Wednesday that four more balloons have now been spotted flying in the skies above America
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Russia 'massing troops and guns' as first anniversary of Ukraine invasion looms
The warning came from Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey as he addressed the Royal United Services Institute in London, revealing what Labour would do in power
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PC David Carrick handed 30 years after he's exposed as one of UK's worst rapists
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape as well as charges of sexual assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and false imprisonment
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Britain's loneliest island 260 miles out at sea where 3 men attempt to survive
A three-man team is hoping to raise £50,000 for charity by surviving for a week on Rockall, 260 miles west of the Outer Hebrides and the weather conditions will be key for success
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Fisherman rescued after clinging to plastic bottle in the open sea for 30 hours
All the fisherman had to cling to was a plastic bottle which miraculously kept him afloat for nearly a day and a half before he was found off the coast of Malaysia
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Union boss accuses Tory Grant Shapps of 'lying' about NHS ambulance strike
Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham said the idea that Ambulance workers didn't provide minimum cover while on strike is an "absolute, utter lie"
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Taxpayers pay millions on hotels for defence chiefs as troops live in squalor
Hundreds of senior officers and officials have enjoyed luxurious £500-a-night hotels in Hawaii, Dubai and the Caribbean while working for the government - all paid for by taxpayers
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Teenage boys' den for playing board games could be torn down after one complaint
The den is decked out with carpet, lights, paintings, furniture and even board games, but the entire structure is at risk of being destroyed after a complaint was lodged
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Royal Navy sailors rushed to hospital after drinking contaminated water on ship
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed HMS Portland was forced to return to Portsmouth Naval Base following an issue with one of the warship's fresh water systems
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Boy, 10, saw neighbours swept to deaths in UK's worst storm that killed hundreds
Former Canvey Island Councillor Ray Howard, whose family lived a mile from the seafront, was just 10 when a violent storm tore through Britain in 1953 - but still remembers it vividly
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Army 'no longer seen as top-level force' with Sunak 'failing' as wartime PM
A senior US general reportedly told Defence Secretary Ben Wallace that Rishi Sunak is failing in his role unless he takes action against the growing security threat from Vladimir Putin
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Car bursts into flames after trying to ram through military base gates
The car was stopped after a camp guard deployed anti-vehicle barriers. Footage shows the front of car shredded by the barrier with wreckage strewn across the road in Camp Pendleton, California, US
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