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John Healey drops 3% defence spending target despite quitting Cabinet over the pledge
John Healey’s first Budget will fail to set a target for Britain to spend three per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, despite the Chancellor resigning from the Cabinet over the issue just months ago.
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British troops set to trial 200-mile paraglider for covert missions
A new paraglider could give British troops an innovative way to strike from the sky.
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British troops to trial runway-free paraglider that can carry soldiers 200 miles
British troops could soon fly up to 200 miles behind enemy lines using powered paragliders small enough to be carried in a rucksack.
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Estonian-owned Belarusian medical firm supplies Russian military with battlefield hemostatics
“Out of respect for the 33rd,” an employee of Tallmin Medical’s representative in Russia told a BIC journalist, explaining the discount. The journalist was posing as someone collecting equipment for Russian servicemen.
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Nazi Panther tank unearthed beneath Russian university after decades underground
A rare Nazi tank has been discovered buried beneath a university in Russia, decades after it was used for explosives testing.
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Huge fire engulfs Russian Amazon warehouse as Ukraine launches record drone assault
This is the moment a catastrophic blaze swallowed a “Russian Amazon” warehouse as Moscow launches a revenge attack.
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USS Abraham Lincoln families sound alarm over mental health crisis as record deployment takes toll
Military families and Congress members are sounding the alarm about an intensifying mental health crisis onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, as its 5,000 sailors and marines endure a record-breaking deployment at sea tied to the war with Iran.
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Military justice system ’cannot be trusted’ over serious sex crime investigations, expert warns
The Ministry of Defence “cannot be trusted” to investigate serious sexual offences within the Armed Forces and is continuing to fail servicewomen, an expert has warned after a leaked review found its specialist crime unit could be judged “inadequate” if held to civilian policing standards.
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Secret archive of nuclear veterans’ medical records uncovered by UK defence ministry
Medical records of nuclear test veterans were gathered by a secret government laboratory, the Ministry of Defence has admitted.
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US military bomb supply ship docks in Wales after renewed Iran strikes
A container ship used by the US military to supply its airbases in Britain with bombs docked in south Wales last week, it can be revealed.
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Declassified files reveal UK government pressured BBC to censor film on boy’s killing in Derry
The very highest levels of the British government secretly exerted pressure on the BBC to censor a film about the army killing an unarmed child in 1972.
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Thousands of migrants overwhelm Ceuta after mass crossing from Morocco
The human tide crossing the border transformed the Spanish exclave city in a matter of hours, turning it into a scene of confusion that authorities struggled to control
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European goods reach Russia through India despite sanctions
Russian defense and security firms are using supply chains in India to import thousands of security-linked goods originally made in Europe, new data tracking the scale of the trade shows.
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Ukrainian drone strike destroys another Wildberries logistics hub in Russia
A ukrainian drone strike has obliterated another logistics centre for “Russia’s Amazon” in a further blow to Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
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Russia-North Korea bridge could become key supply route for Ukraine war
The first road bridge between Russia and North Korea, spanning the Tumen River, could become a key artery for military supplies for the war in Ukraine, The Guardian reported, citing an investigation by the Ukrainian organization Truth Hounds.
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US launches review of military presence in Europe as NATO shifts defence burden
The United States began reviewing its military presence in Europe on Monday, officials said, after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth told his NATO counterparts last month that Washington was planning such an analysis.
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Kazakhstan remains key supplier of military-grade beryllium ceramics to Russia despite calls to end the war
On July 25, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed that Russia end its war in Ukraine.
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Drunk soldiers arrested after stealing Army Bulldog and smashing cars in £100,000 rampage
This is the shocking moment a drunk soldier stole a “tank” and smashed up civilian cars in a £100,000 joyride around camp.
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Iran warns British Royal Family after UK backs US strikes on Iran
Iran has threatened the Royal Family and declared a Brit air base a “target” after Andy Burnham let the US launch strikes from the UK.
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Belarus has become Russia’s strategic rear in the war against Ukraine
Over the course of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine, Belarus has become an indispensable logistical and industrial stronghold for the Russian military. By providing infrastructure, training grounds, and capabilities for hybrid pressure on Europe, the Lukashenka regime is helping Russia prolong the conflict.
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John Healey considers defence bonds to fund Britain’s military spending boost
Two former Tory defence secretaries have backed using defence bonds to raise the funds needed to boost spending for the UK’s military and security, which The Independent understands is under consideration by new chancellor John Healey.
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Iran conflict leaves Pentagon scrambling for $67bn emergency funding
The Pentagon faces an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the war in Iran, with some critical lines of funding set to run out within weeks even as President Donald Trump escalates the conflict with Tehran, according to lawmakers and current and former U.S. officials.
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Defence stocks gain £4bn after John Healey becomes chancellor in Burnham government
Britain’s biggest defence companies have seen a £4bn boost to their value since the surprise appointment of John Healey as chancellor.
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Russian warship holds live-fire drill off Plymouth as Royal Navy monitors operation
A Russian warship carried out a live-fire artillery exercise 46 miles off the coast of Plymouth on Monday.
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US tech reaches Russian military through Chinese intermediaries, investigation finds
Printed circuit board substrates made by the American corporation Rogers continue to reach Russia, where they are used in the production of military radars and jammers.
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