17 h. ago 'Bombs ready before you can make tea!': CHRIS PLEASANCE goes on board Britain's most powerful aircraft carrier

HMS Prince of Wales, one of two £3.5bn British aircraft carriers, recently set sail for its maiden voyage to the Indo-Pacific, and Daily Mail's War on Tape was invited along for the ride.

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34 h. ago Venezuela’s Maduro warns Trump against ‘forever war’ as US military build

The most advanced US aircraft carrier - USS Gerald R. Ford - is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela within days with thousands of sailors on board

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42 h. ago Fresh off commissioning new aircraft carrier, China starts sea trials of amphibious assault ship

China has started sea trials for its most advanced amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan Type 076

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58 h. ago Britain's first mini nuclear power station gets the green light: 'Small modular reactors' will be built by Rolls

The government has announced that three 'small modular reactors' (SMRs) will be built at a new power station in Wylfa, on the coast of Anglesey in North Wales.

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61 h. ago Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’

The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth

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3 d. ago US strikes against boats in Caribbean ‘disregard international law’, French minister says

G7 foreign ministers questioned Marco Rubio about the attacks on what the Trump administration claims are drug smugglersStakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the CaribbeanIs US preparing to attack Venezuela and how has Maduro regime responded?The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, is facing questions from his fellow G7 foreign ministers about the legality of the US strikes in the Caribbean on ships it says it suspects of carrying drugs.The French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, criticised the military operations, saying they could contribute to instability in the region, but his suggestion that the attacks were unlawful was also a rare criticism of the Trump administration. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean

Washington’s former ambassador in Caracas says a US attack once seen as unlikely now looks imminentWhen Donald Trump started sending warships, marines and reaper drones to the Caribbean in August to torment Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, the US’s former ambassador in Caracas, James Story, suspected the deployment was largely for show: a spectacular flexing of military muscle supposed to force the authoritarian leader from power.But in recent days, as the world’s largest aircraft carrier and its strike group powered towards the region and the US president continued to order deadly airstrikes on alleged narco-boats, the diplomat’s thinking has shifted. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford arrives in the Caribbean in latest escalation of Trump’s war on cartel boats

World’s largest aircraft carrier arrives to support operations against alleged narcotics smugglers

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3 d. ago World’s largest aircraft carrier the USS Gerald R Ford arrives in the Caribbean in latest escalation of Trump’s war on cartel boats

World’s largest aircraft carrier arrives to support operations against alleged narcotics smugglers

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4 d. ago Venezuela ‘preparing guerrilla response in case of US attack’ as world’s largest aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean

Government officials publicly have been dismissive of a U.S. military threat, though they have called for peace

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4 d. ago Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise

USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989The US navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.The deployment of the ship and the strike group it leads – which includes dozens of aircraft and destroyer ships – had been announced nearly three weeks ago, and its arrival marks an escalation in the military buildup between the US and Venezuela. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump moves huge aircraft carrier closer to Venezuela amid attack rumours

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has moved into the Caribbean, amid Donald Trump's war on drug cartels and US warships have gathered off the coast of Venezuela

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4 d. ago Donald Trump moves huge aircraft carrier closer to Venezuela amid attack rumours

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, has moved into the Caribbean, amid Donald Trump's war on drug cartels and US warships have gathered off the coast of Venezuela

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7 d. ago US and China seek to project power with huge and expensive aircraft carriers

China launches £5.4bn ship capable of carrying 60 aircraft that Beijing values as much for maintaining its global influence as for its use in warfare In port, the 80,000-tonne Fujian aircraft carrier would be impossible to miss. More than 300 metres long and capable of carrying about 60 aircraft, the £5.4bn super-vessel places China second among the world’s navies, with three aircraft carriers, though still a long way behind the global leader, the US, which has 11.Yet for all the great power projection of the new warship, nearly 5,000 miles away from its home port another conflict appears to suggest size may not matter. In the Black Sea, Ukraine achieved an extraordinary military success by inflicting a “functional defeat” on Russia’s naval fleet using swarms of skilfully targeted sea drones. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago The Fujian: China’s new aircraft carrier with an electromagnetic catapult

The Fujian extends the range of China's navy

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8 d. ago China’s latest aircraft carrier enters service to extend reach into high seas

Experts say hi-tech Fujian will help expand country’s military influence and reach farther beyond its own watersChina’s newest and most advanced aircraft carrier officially entered service this week, signalling a new era in Chinese military expansion after a ceremony overseen by the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, state media has confirmed.The Fujian is China’s first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier, and the third for China’s rapidly expanding navy, which is already the world’s biggest by ship count. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago What to know about China's newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian

China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, has officially entered service, making it the third in the country’s fleet

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1 week ago Man Utd ready to lose over £70m rather than pay mammoth wages for 'bomb squad' member

Manchester United are prepared to cut their losses and let Jadon Sancho leave for free this summer - rather than trigger an extension clause and pay his wages for another year

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2 w. ago Andrew's royal exit is the latest crisis for Britain's monarchy

Britain’s monarchy holds prestige but not power and is subject to public sentiment

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2 w. ago Britain would do well to remember where its power over China lies | Simon Jenkins

It’s ridiculous for the government to splurge on defence while it slashes spending on its most valuable asset: cultureThe US has backed down in its tariff war with China. Thanks to Donald Trump’s egotistical diplomacy, rare earths can again flow one way, soya beans the other, and less of the chemicals used to make fentanyl in between. No matter that the war was Trump’s own idea and seems to have been a stunt. The stunt is over. Trump has played his favourite game of dealmaker, much to the discomfort of millions.Meanwhile Britain still cannot make up its mind if China is its enemy. In 2008 British officials visited the Beijing Olympics authorities to discuss the next games in London in 2012. The government told them to “raise” human rights issues, about which the British government was most concerned. I am told the Chinese reacted with sympathy at the Britons’ embarrassment at broaching the matter, and then everyone got down to business. Soon China was a friend, certainly to David Ca...

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