3 h. ago The next Epping? A plan to house 600 male migrants in an Army camp in rural Sussex has hit house prices and even enraged the Greens... but officials still refuse to listen

ROBERT HARDMAN: As of Monday, the 37-acre site will cease to be a Ministry of Defence base and the new landlord will be the Home Office, which plans to move in around 600 migrants into the barracks

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6 h. ago France intercepted drones flying over nuclear submarine base, defence minister says

Europe on high alert for foreign interference as Irish police probe drone incursion against Ukrainian president’s plane

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6 h. ago France intercepted drones flying over nuclear base, defence minister says

Europe on high alert for foreign interference as Irish police probe drone incursion against Ukrainian president’s plane

Politics

12 h. ago France intercepts illegal drone overflight at nuclear submarine base

French officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base for France's nuclear-armed submarines

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58 h. ago “This drone is unreal for the price” say shoppers as 55% saving goes live

One reviewer said the 4K camera and long flight time are better than drones they tried at higher prices.

Economics

3 d. ago Nuclear submarine officer is charged with sex attacks on junior colleagues over course of a decade

Lieutenant Commander John Cursiter appeared at Catterick Military Court via videolink to deny six charges.

Events

5 d. ago World holds its breath: Ukraine flies to the US for Russia peace talks as Turkey condemns drone attacks on two Putin tankers amid fears of war spreading

Ukrainian negotiators are flying to the US for peace talks as the Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tankers in the Black Sea. 

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7 d. ago France to start intercepting small boats carrying migrants in English Channel after pressure from UK

Policy change follows a letter sent by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to French president Emmanuel Macron reportedly saying ‘we have no effective deterrent in the Channel’

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7 d. ago France to start intercepting small boats as Keir Starmer plea to Macron leaked

French police are set to start intervening to stop small boats before passengers board them, it is believed, after Keir Starmer pleaded with Emmanuel Macron to act

Politics

1 week ago Major European airport closed after mystery drones spark travel chaos with flights grounded

A MAJOR European airport has suspended flights following a spate of mysterious drone sightings - sparking widespread travel chaos. Dutch authorities said Eindhoven Airport shut down its airspace after several UAV sightings - which also caused military air traffic to pause. Counter-drones teams and police officers rushed to the scene to investigate, Netherlands Defence Minister...

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1 week ago Major European airport halts flights after multiple drone sightings amid fears of Russian incursions

This comes amid a wave of reports of drone sightings in northern Europe.

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1 week ago Major European airport halts flights after multiple drone sightings, defence minister announces

In a post on X this evening, Ruben Brekelmans, the defence minister, said the sightings had prompted Civilian and military air traffic.

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2 w. ago Moment diver finds ‘Russian spy buoy’ off UK coast on route used by Britain’s nuclear submarines

A SUSPECTED Russian spying device has been found on a route used by our nuclear subs.  The cylindrical “sonobuoy” was hauled up by volunteer divers who were clearing the sea of litter.  It had lurked undetected beneath the Irish Sea near Skomer Island, off the southwestern tip of Wales. A Navy source said it may have been...

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2 w. ago French police plan to use nets to stop small boats ‘risks turning Channel into a graveyard’

France has been under mounting pressure from the UK to intercept migrant vessels at sea amid growing public anger over illegal migration

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2 w. ago Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it | Philippe Sands

History shows us that the creation of international rules and institutions is followed by their partial destruction, and a reconstruction that builds on what came beforeNineteen forty-five was a pivotal moment in international law, marking the founding of the United Nations and the International Military Tribunal to investigate war crimes committed during the second world war. Eighty years on, it is increasingly being said that we are living through a moment of great change, towards a world that is without such law.In September, the Financial Times published an editorial headlined A world without rules. That view was premised on two incidents: Israel’s launch of a missile strike on a building that hosted Hamas officials in Qatar; and the flight of 19 Russian drones into Polish airspace. This flouting of the previous “rules-based order”, the FT said, was now producing “a kind of anarchy and a proliferation of violence”.Philippe Sands is professor of law at University College LondonTh...

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3 w. ago Flights halted at Brussels airport again after possible drone sighting

This incident comes after a wave of similar disruptions earlier this month

Politics

3 w. ago China hungry for 'slice of nuclear weapons cake' as Xi Jinping appears on 'warpath'

Satellite images of top-secret Chinese Lop Nur military base appear to have highlighted efforts of expansion, with one defence expert claiming this is proof of Xi Jinping wanting a 'slice of the nuclear weapons cake'

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3 w. ago UK military to help Belgium combat suspected Russian drone flights

New chief of Britain’s armed forces announces specialists and equipment are on the way after Belgian counterpart asked for help

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3 w. ago Drones used to smuggle flick knives into prison as 'old school' violence erupts

HMP Pentonville was singled out in a damning report after it found that knives had been smuggled in by drones to be used in traditional forms of violence between inmates

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4 w. ago Putin's new 'doomsday' 120mph nuclear sub with 'unlimited' firing range shows he thinks he's a 'maverick'

Putin has revealed a nuclear submarine with missiles more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, with advanced stealth technology and an 'unlimited firing range'

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