9 h. ago Turkey confirms all 20 on board military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia killed – Europe live

The aircraft was en route from Azerbaijan to Turkey, the cause of the incident is still under investigationAll 20 personnel on board of a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on Tuesday were killed, Turkey’s defence minister said, AP reported.The confirmation came in Yaşar Güler’s post on X, which included photographs of the personnel who died in the accident. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago All 20 soldiers on board Turkey military cargo plane die after horror crash in Georgia

The defence ministry are investigating the cause of the incident

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31 h. ago Deadly terror attack in Islamabad puts Pakistan in ‘state of war’, says minister

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

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31 h. 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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37 h. ago John Swinney accused of 'deceiving public' and told to clarify SNP defence position

Labour MP Graeme Downie has urged the First Minister to provide clarity over whether the Scottish Government supports defence investment.

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3 d. ago Plans drawn up to send small boat migrants to six military bases around UK as ministers come under growing pressure to close asylum hotels

A list of sites from Surrey to Cumbria - all of which could be brought into use within weeks - has been compiled by the Ministry of Defence, the Mail on Sunday can disclose.

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4 d. 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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5 d. 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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5 d. ago 'Russian spy' brit Howard Phillips who dreamt of being James Bond jailed

Howard Phillips was trying to pass on information to the Russians about Tory MP Grant Shapps when he was Minister of Defence and thought he was talking to agents from Moscow

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5 d. ago Vladimir Putin's tanks could roll into European Nato country tomorrow, warns German general

Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank said Russia could now launch a limited incursion against Nato territory

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6 d. ago British military announces first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles – eight years late

First 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, finally ready to deploy to Nato’s eastern flank, where drones now dominateBritain’s military has announced the first delivery of Ajax armoured vehicles, eight years behind schedule and amid questions about their relevance as cheap drones dominate the battlefields of Ukraine.The junior defence minister Luke Pollard said the first 50 vehicles, costing nearly £10m each, were ready to deploy on Nato’s eastern flank, though he acknowledged the problems of the past when delivery deadlines of 2017, 2020 and 2021 were all missed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Ajax armoured vehicle programme has ‘left its troubles behind’, says minister

Ajax has declared a key delivery milestone that means it can now deploy a squadron on operations.

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7 d. ago Putin warns Russia will consider resuming nuclear weapons tests in retaliation if US stages similar trials

Russian despot Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did the same. 

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7 d. ago Russia 'prepares for first full scale nuclear tests in 35 years' in chilling threat to West

The Russian defence ministry said it was starting preparations for full-scale nuclear test explosions in the Arctic as a direct response to the United States and its allies

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7 d. ago More than 13,000 members of the Armed Forces not fit for frontline service, government figures reveal

MORE than 13,000 members of the Armed Forces are not fit for frontline service, government figures have revealed.  Some 13,133 soldiers, sailors and aviators have sick notes that ban them from deploying to combat zones.  It means one in ten of all armed forces is classed as “medically non-deployable”.  Defence minister Louise Sandher-Jones revealed 40...

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9 d. ago New body to run military housing after MoD ‘failed’ personnel, Healey says

The Defence Housing Service will take over management of service accommodation after years of complaints about poor quality homes.

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1 week ago Army protects itself, not soldiers, says Jaysley Beck’s mother

Leighann McCready said the armed forces had still not done enough to protect recruits.

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1 week ago Era of free trade and investment is over, Canada’s PM tells Apec summit

Mark Carney warns Asia-Pacific leaders global economy undergoing profound change, as China’s president mounts defence of free tradeThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has warned that the era of free trade and investment that formed the foundations of the postwar global economy has ended.In a stark message to Asia-Pacific leaders at the Apec summit in South Korea on Friday, Carney said rules-based open trade no longer worked in a global economy that was undergoing one of its most profound periods of change since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ministry of Defence still unclear on cost of RAF nuclear jet plan, MPs say

Sir Keir Starmer announced at the Nato summit in June that the UK would purchase 12 F-35A jets

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1 week ago Putin could cause 'radioactive tsunamis' with horror new underwater nuke

A Vladimir Putin puppet has warned the evil Russian dictator could use a new torpedo that can 'cause radioactive tsunamis' against the UK, after - what he has described as - a "successful test"

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