9 hours ago North Korean General country’s first high ranking military official injured in Ukraine, says report

North Korean general injured as British Storm Shadow missiles hit Kursk in Russia

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11 hours ago Watch: Defence secretary John Healey faces MPs as Ukraine fires British missiles at Russia for first time

Watch as defence secretary John Healey faced MPs on Thursday (21 November) after Ukraine fired British missiles at Russia for the first time.

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29 hours ago The west’s reckless escalation of the war in Ukraine will cause more suffering, for no strategic gain | Simon Jenkins

Putin is an isolated dictator, devoid of scruple. Firing missiles into Russia will only lead to more hardship for the people of UkraineThis is how big wars start, when small ones go wrong. Nato politicians are deliberately playing with fire along the Ukrainian frontier, as UK-made missiles have been launched into Russia for the first time since the beginning of the conflict. The attack came a day after Kyiv used US-supplied long-range weapons to strike within Russia. Every military comment on British and US authorisation of missile attacks on Russia has said the same. They are “too little, too late”, and unlikely to affect a war that has increasingly turned to Russia’s advantage.So why are the attacks happening? The answer of Britain’s defence secretary, John Healey, is that he wants to...

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31 hours ago Aircraft carriers not safe from UK defence cuts, defence secretary confirms

Defence secretary John Healey told MPs that £500 million of cuts he annnounced on Wednesday will not be the last

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32 hours ago ‘If Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight then we would fight,’ says British military general

Lieutenant General Rob Magowan said, ‘If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight.’

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33 hours ago MPs blast Defence Secretary John Healey over delay in Labour revealing date for UK military spending hitting 2.5% of GDP saying UK allies need 'clarity' as Russia flexes its muscles

Defence Secretary John Healey was quizzed by new Defence Committee chairman Tan Dhesi today over the delay in revealing when cash for the military will hit 2.5 per cent of GDP.

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35 hours ago Moscow threatens to attack POLAND: Kremlin warns it can strike US base using 'advanced weapons' as NATO scrambles jets and Putin unleashes ICBM in Ukraine for first time after Storm Shadow strike

The strike comes after Ukraine used US and British missiles to demolish targets inside Russia this week, something Moscow had warned would be seen as a major escalation

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40 hours ago UK ministers scrap warships, helicopters, and drones in £500m defence cuts

Defence secretary John Healey cancels six ‘outdated’ defence projects

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44 hours ago Dozen British Storm Shadow missiles fired into Russia 'were personally approved by Keir Starmer' after Putin signed off on changes to nuclear doctrine

In a dramatic development, up to 12 Storm Shadow rockets were fired at targets in Kursk - the southern Russian province where Kyiv troops have seized territory.

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