All news on the topic: Armed forces

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Putin leaking intercepted call about Brit troops was 'bad move and he will pay'
Matt Qvortrup, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Coventry University, said leaking the intercepted about Brit troops in Ukraine was 'bad chess move' by Vladimir Putin
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LGBT veterans' fury at 'Post Office scandal'-style silence on compensation
Campaigners fear delays to the compensation scheme, promised in July, is being kicked into the long grass and won’t be paid out until after the election
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'Army brought my husband and I together -then it destroyed us and now he's dead'
Natalie was once incredibly proud of her and her late husband James' military life but she now believes the army did not do enough to help after he developed PTSD due to the horrors he saw during his service
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Victoria Cross awarded WW1 hero killed in battle could fetch £220k
Lieutenant-Commander Edgar Cookson while trying to force his way through enemy lines in Iraq during World War One. He was awarded the Victoria Cross which is now up for auction
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Putin hides 'shaking' hands during speech as claims of health issues swirl
A former MI6 boss claims there is something 'fundamentally wrong' with the Russian president - adding paranoia suffered by Putin may have contributed to Navalny’s death
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Plymouth bomb residents 'traumatised' as gardens trashed after device disposal
Residents have been left with an extensive cleaning job potentially costing thousands - after their homes and gardens were trashed during the Keyham bomb removal
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Putin's spokesperson warns of 'extra security' over NATO ’s 'hostile rhetoric'
Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has described NATO's enlargement on Russia's borders as a "hostile rhetoric" as the war in Ukraine enters its this year
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Brits 'should prepare to be called into war' as conscripts against Putin's army
Ex-deputy chief of defence staff General Sir Richard Barrons has warned Brits must prepare to be conscripted after years of a 'peace dividend' brought about after the Cold War
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Military chief insists Brits won't be conscripted into army amid Russia fears
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, Chief of the Defence Staff, has stressed Britain is safe despite concerns Britain is on the verge of war with Russia - but he conceded the huge nation is "dangerous"
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Caroline Stanbury and Sergio Carrallo's awkward mistake when booking plane seats
Celebrity couple Caroline Stanbury and Sergio Carrallo book 'best seats on plane', but end up 'mortified and uncomfortable' in a TikTok video that's gone viral
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'Ukraine must win war by November or Putin could star WW3' warn military chiefs
Russian despot Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022, with yesterday marking the gruelling conflict's two-year milestone
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MoD confirms exact nature of 500kg Nazi bomb that sparked Plymouth evacuation
The Ministry of Defence said the 500kg SC-500 WW2 bomb that was found in a back garden in Keyham, Plymouth, earlier this week has been successfully detonated at sea
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Deep-sea expedition planned to 300-year-old shipwreck thought to hold billions
Colombia's government announced plans for a deep-water expedition to explore the mythical galleon San Jose, sunk in the 18th century in the country's northern Caribbean and believed to contain cargo valued at billions of dollars
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Police search landfill for missing toddler, 3, after dinosaur shoe found
Police and the FBI are combing a landfill near Wisconsin after three-year-old Elijah Vue vanished earlier this week and a child's dinosaur shoe was discovered
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Putin 'laughing at us' after test flop as 'UK put all nuke eggs in one basket'
Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'laughing' at the UK after our nuclear deterrent Trident flopped in its latest test, according to Prof Anthony Glees, security and intelligence expert at the University of Buckingham
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Royal Navy killer who murdered two young men has parole hearing delayed
A parole board hearing for serial killer Allan Grimsom, who wanted to be released from prison on licence, has been adjourned at the last minute - with no reason made public
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Man's incredible transformation after nose growth stopped him leaving the house
Veteran Ian Arthur, 64, stopped going outside during the day because of a huge growth which grew on the end of his nose making it balloon in size until he visited a private clinic
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Hikers came face-to-face with 'big cat' in field but sheep didn't bat an eyelid
Andy Bowren, 49, was among a group of four on a hike on Dartmoor when they spotted what they believe was a lynx which ran into a flock of sheep who were completely unfazed
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'Frankenstein' killer who said murder is 'better than sex' could be free in days
Allan Grimson, known as the 'Frankenstein killer', could be freed from jail this week as the family of one of his suspected victims branded him a 'danger to society'
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William and Kate's surname - and what George, Charlotte and Louis use at school
Prince William has employed a number of different surnames over the course of his life - but neither he, nor Prince Harry, even have one on their birth certificates
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Royal Navy's £3billion aircraft carrier fails to leave harbour for NATO exercise
The HMS Prince of Wales was take over in Exercise Steadfast Defender off Norway on behalf of its sister ship the HMS Queen Elizabeth, but it failed to set sail on Sunday
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Late Queen found romance 'hard' with Prince Philip, says ex royal butler
A former member of staff for the royal household has claimed that the late Queen Elizabeth found being romantic 'hard' with her husband Prince Philip, for a heartbreaking reason
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Manchester bombing survivor fears 'monster' jihadi will walk free from prison
Parviz Khan is bidding for parole and could be out within weeks after plottung to behead a British Muslim soldier
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Conscription poll shows areas where young most likely to refuse to fight - list
Polling by More in Common found just a quarter of people under-45 would sign up to fight in the military if conscription was brought back amid calls for a 'Citizen Army'
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King Charles has been left 'frustrated' by cancer diagnosis for two reasons
King Charles shocked the world he revealed he has cancer and is already undergoing treatment, but said he remains 'wholly positive' - however royal insiders say His Majesty is also a little 'frustrated'