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Ex-Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood triggered fury from fellow Tories with the clip where he credited the authoritarian regime with improving security in Afghanistan

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Crispin Blunt spoke movingly about being gay in the armed forces, as MPs discussed the landmark Etherton Report into the historical treatment of gay people in the military

The helicopter antennae plunged into Elliott Courtman's eye and, as the 27-year-old man suffered such a penetrating injury, surgeons had to remove it

The Prime Minister followed the recommendation of a Government-commissioned review and issued an apology to troops who suffered bullying and were booted out of the military over their sexuality

A long-awaited study of the future for UK defence notes escalating threats from Moscow while China also poses a long-term challenge along with North Korea and Iran

Petty Officer James Brown, 45, allegedly threw a 'hard punch' then hit Leading Hand Gemma Brice 'repeatedly' four times as a late-night brawl broke out between sailors

People living near the Army and Navy junction in Chelmsford, Essex, have described what it's like to live near the hectic roundabout which is used by up to 70,000 cars a day

Members of the United Kingdom's armed forces are struggling to feed their families and pay the bills with the number of troops on Universal Credit shooting up by 30% in a year

Four young children have been released from hospital, after spending 40 days surviving in the Colombian jungle against the threat of snakes, jaguars and drug gangs. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the rescue effort as the beginning of a "new Colombia".

Betty Regnard, resident at the Westhaven Care Home who will turn 105 on August 4, praised the drink for giving her a long and healthy life. She also added how the thing she is looking forward to most on her birthday is a cake

The PM also took a swipe at the alliance's 'out of date' spending reports showing the percentage spent by Britain is due to drop from 2.16% in 2022 to 2.07% in 2023

The Prime Minister called on alliance chiefs to show Kyiv’s bid had moved forward since the organisation first agreed in principle in Bucharest in 2008 that Ukraine could one day join the alliance

What's happening in the woods around where Michael Burham escaped from a Warren County, Pennsylvania, prison last week? Survival experts have some ideas and also shared what it might take to catch him

Army veteran Chris Parkes, who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan, parachuted into the grounds of a castle in Hexham along with his groomsmen for his wedding

The analysis comes as the Prime Minister prepares for this week's NATO summit in Vilnius where the war in Ukraine is expected to top the agenda

Because he’d killed abroad, John Arthur Getreu's DNA wasn’t on a US criminal database, so investigators collected a disposable coffee cup that he’d discarded, which proved he was a match

The study is said to include accounts of troops being given electric-shock conversion therapy and intrusive medical examinations amid witch hunts of people suspected of being gay

The annual Ministry of Defence report found almost 21,000 went to their GP or the armed forces last year with depression, anxiety, PTSD or other psychological issues

James Smith, from the Wirral, was working with a team to clear a number of landmines about 20 metres away from Russian trenches when he stepped on a landmine

Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi, 21, was deployed to Estonia for NATO's Operation Cabrit when he went AWOL for six months, joining the war in Ukraine

Lance Corporal Tevita Lavaki, 50, has admitted selling sperm whale teeth after the UK's biggest ever haul was found at his Oxfordshire home with a value of more than £18,000

Chris Cameron was winched to safety by a coastguard helicopter 32 days into his world record attempt to live on the tiny islet of Rockall, in the North Atlantic, for 60 days

British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey pointed to the Kremlin's losses as evidence of how NATO's support for Kyiv had harmed Russian forces without the alliance needing to fire weapons

Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders used a speech at the Royal United Services Institute’s Land Warfare Conference to highlight the threat from Moscow