29 h. ago Britain 'not equipped to deter Putin's aggression' warns former Armed Forces boss

General Sir Nick Carter has poured doubt over Britain's ability to deter Vladimir Putin's aggression on the ground in Ukraine, claiming the home nations "are not equipped"

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32 h. ago Terrifying moment masked burglar charges at cop with a raised crowbar before trying to grab his taser in violent raid on Morrisons store

Callum Knox and his associate Damian Smith were both armed and wearing balaclavas when they forced their way into a Morrisons store in Kent.

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32 h. ago After SSAFA helped her return to the RAF, Scots woman sets out to run London Marathon to give back

Nicola McKie turned to SSAFA when her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) took over her life. To give back she is running the 2025 London Marathon to raise funds for the Armed Forces charity.

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43 h. ago Britain is 'massively vulnerable' and 'not equipped to deter Putin's aggression', former Army boss says

Sir Nick Carter's revelation will be an embarrassment to the premier who had said he is prepared to put British servicemen and women in 'harm's way' to help guarantee Ukraine's security.

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51 h. ago Two serving members of Armed Forces admit trying to sell cannabis

They pleaded guilty to being concerned in the making of an offer to supply the class B drug between November 23 2023 and November 28 2023.

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3 d. ago What are the UK’s options for funding a bigger military budget?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is under pressure to increase spending on the armed forces as security concerns grow

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4 d. ago Ugandan forces enter eastern Congolese city of Bunia to back up local troops

A military official says Ugandan troops have entered the eastern Congolese city of Bunia to help local forces stop deadly violence by armed groups

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage says Tories ‘not on the right in any measurable way’ and calls Labour government ‘miserable’ – UK politics live

Leader of Reform UK criticises Conservatives and ‘declinist’ Labour government in new attacksGood morning, defence secretary John Healey has finished speaking, so I can take a quick pause and actually welcome you to our rolling coverage of UK politics for Tuesday. Here are the headlines Defence secretary John Healey has announced what he described as the most significant defence reform for 50 years, in which reporting lines and budgets will be simplified, and a new “quad” of four senior leaders reporting directly to the minister appointedHealy said there were extraordinary people in the UK’s defence forces, but too often they were hampered by process, and there was a lack of direct accountability. He suggested his changes might bring about up to £10bn in savings to the taxpayer over the next decadeTransport secretary Heidi Alexander has said the UK should not rule out sending troops to Ukraine as part of any future peacekeeping forceThe rate of UK unemployment remained unchanged at ...

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4 d. ago MPs 'likely to get a vote' on sending British troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers to deter future Putin attacks

Sir Keir Starmer takes lead in pledging to deploy UK forces to Ukraine

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4 d. ago UK forces seen training Ukrainian troops as Starmer joins emergency peace talks summit

Footage of UK armed forces training Ukrainian recruits has been released by NATO as European leaders gathered in Paris today (February 17) for an emergency meeting on Europe’s role in the Ukraine conflict.

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5 d. ago Starmer ‘living in fantasy land’ and must boost defence spending, ex

After the prime minister confirmed he would be willing to put UK armed forces in harm’s way to defend the country, the former head of the army said the pledge ‘is going to come at a cost’

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5 d. ago Rare George Washington letter from key point in revolutionary war goes on sale

First US president drew hope from citizens’ response to devastating British attack in handwritten letterA letter written by George Washington, providing rare understanding of his confidence in regular Americans to fight and win the revolutionary war, has been put up for sale on Presidents Day.The first US president penned the document as leader of the Continental Army in 1777, shortly after British forces ransacked a vital military supply depot in Danbury, Connecticut – a devastating action that fellow general Samuel Parsons wrote him was “an event very alarming to the country”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Starmer warned of ‘considerable cost’ of sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine

Lord Richard Dannatt said Britain does not have the forces or equipment ‘to put a large force on to the ground for an extended period of time’.

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5 d. ago As the US retreats, Europe must look out for itself – so is Macron’s nuclear offer the answer? | Simon Tisdall

Development of a joint defence shield would be politically explosive for Keir Starmer. But it’s an idea whose time has comeThe startling contempt for Europe’s intensifying security concerns displayed by Donald Trump and his henchmen has brought an old, controversial question back to the fore: should Britain and France pool their nuclear weapons capabilities and create a Europe-wide defensive nuclear shield to deter Vladimir Putin’s Russia, if the US reduces or withdraws its support?Trump has not so far explicitly threatened to cut US nuclear forces based in Europe. But speaking last week, the president said he wanted to halve the US’s defence spending, especially on nuclear weapons. Trump often denigrates Nato, keystone of European security. Last year, he encouraged Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to member states that, in his view, spend too little on defence. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Zelenskyy's Europe armed forces call is harsh truth that London, Paris and Berlin needed to hear

Zelenskyy's Europe armed forces call is harsh truth that London, Paris and Berlin needed to hear  Sky News

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