27 h. ago British & Norwegian warships to team up in hunt for Russian subs including laser

BRITISH and Norwegian navies will hunt down Russian submarines together, as the threat of war continues to escalate across Europe. The first-of-its-kind defence pact will be signed today at Downing Street, as part of a £10 billion warship deal between the UK and Norway. The agreement is aimed at protecting critical undersea cables in the...

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30 h. ago King Charles says UK and Germany ready to ‘bolster Europe’ against Russia

Monarch also pledged both nations’ support for Ukraine as he welcomed German president, Frank-Walter SteinmeierThe UK and Germany are ready to “bolster Europe” against the threat of further Russian aggression and both nations “stand” with Ukraine, King Charles said as he welcomed the German president.The visit comes at a difficult time for Europe in the face of Russia’s war in Ukraine, and will aim to underscore the Kensington treaty signed in July – the first formal pact between the UK and Germany since the second world war – which sets out plans for closer cooperation on migration, defence, trade and education. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Britain 'really unprepared' for war former defence secretaries fear

Deep probe into the true state of our Britain's defence levels reveals the UK has been caught with its pants down - and Mad Vlad Putin knows it

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39 h. ago Calls for Pete Hegseth to resign after 'illegal strike' on shipwreck survivors

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has now cited the "fog of war" in defence of an 'illegal' follow-up strike earlier this year on a boat alleged to be carrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea

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3 d. ago Russia warns of ‘consequences’ & accuses Nato of preparing for ‘major war’ after claims of ‘pre

RUSSIA has accused Europe of gearing up for "major war" after a top Nato chief claimed the defence pact could launch "pre-emptive strikes" on Vladimir Putin. Moscow hit back at the suggestion, blaming the West for "moving towards escalation" - despite mad Vlad's growing shadow war currently tearing through the continent. It comes after Admiral...

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage’s biographer says Reform UK leader should apologise after fresh claims of racism at school – UK politics live

The Guardian published an investigation into Nigel Farage’s time as a schoolboy at Dulwich College, a private school in south LondonHealey is now taking questions.Q: How close are are we to war?It is Labour that is the party of defence. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv to buy 100 Rafale warplanes, drones and air defence systems from France

Zelenskyy hails ‘a historic deal’; families of Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia on Monday sounded the alarm about their fate. What we know on day 1,364See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defence systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s long-term security. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who signed the document with French president Emmanuel Macron, called it “a historic deal” at a joint news conference at the Elysée presidential palace. The letter is a preliminary commitment of Ukraine stating its interest in buying a series of French defence equipment.Several families of Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia on Monday sounded the alarm about their fate, saying all contact had been cut off, as they called for international support. During a rare news conference in Paris, Darina Repina, ...

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3 w. ago Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for deadly terror attack in Islamabad

Defence minister says country is in ‘state of war’ after suicide blast kills 12 and injures 27 outside court buildingsAt least 12 people have been killed in a suicide blast in Islamabad carried out by the Pakistan Taliban, as the country’s defence minister said a deadly surge in terror attacks had put the country in a “state of war”.The explosion, which was confirmed as a suicide attack by several government ministers, took place outside district court buildings in the capital on Tuesday at about 12.30pm. The area is usually heavily crowded with lawyers and litigants attending trials. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago UK faces attack every DAY as Putin rips up war playbook defence is in dire straits & worse is coming, says ex

BRITISH territory faces being attacked by megalomaniac Vladimir Putin every day as the tyrant tears up the rulebook, an ex-Navy commander has warned. It comes as The Sun went behind the scenes with military squads acting as the UK's "eyes and ears" in the "strategic chokepoint" of Gibraltar. Sat at the mouth of the Mediterranean,...

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3 w. ago Identities of lost war heroes uncovered in time for Remembrance Sunday

The remains of 52 British and Commonwealth soldiers have been identified following investigations by Ministry of Defence ‘war detectives’.

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3 w. ago At Sydney’s mighty arms convention, weapons are sold as ‘solutions’. No one mentions the people they will target

As protesters outside condemn war, inside the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition the defence minister praises the ‘beautiful, menacing and extremely cool’ technology on showGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastInside the heavily guarded, aseptically cool halls of the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition, Australia’s defence minister, Richard Marles, describes it as, for some in the room, “a kind of Disneyland the happiest place on Earth”.Standing outside, facing barricades and a broad line of armed police, those protesting the very presence of the arms conference in Sydney view it is anything but. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Foodie wars! MasterChef contestant accused of 'cultural appropriation' amid bitter copyright war over Middle Eastern cookbook

The furious row came about over the title of Ms Khan's fourth cookbook entitled Sabzi, which was released by Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury in July.

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