15 h. ago Starmer delivers powerful rebuke to JD Vance with tribute to Britons killed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars

JD Vance appeared to described Britain as ‘some random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years’

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34 h. ago Prince Harry's war hero friend who lost two limbs in Afghanistan demands apology from JD Vance after 'random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years' remark

Ben McBean, 37, from Plymouth, lost an arm and a leg after stepping on a landmine while patrolling in Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province in 2008. He said JD Vance's comments were an insult..

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37 h. ago Veteran backlash at 'shameful' JD Vance as he denies calling Britain 'a random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years' when asked about Keir Starmer's plan for Ukraine peacekeepers

The US Vice President desperately attempted to clarify his comments after he sparked a furious backlash among military veterans and MPs from all parties.

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38 h. ago Veteran backlash at 'shameful' JD Vance after he dismisses Britain as 'a random country that hasn't fought a war in 30 years'... even though hundreds of UK troops died in Iraq and Afghanistan

Military veterans and MPs from across the House of Commons led a furious backlash against Mr Vance's 'shameful' comments and called on him to apologise.

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7 d. ago Trump says he wants to get back the military equipment left in Afghanistan after chaotic troop withdrawal in 2021

Retrieving the equipment in question would require re-invading Afghanistan four years after the U.S. ended a two-decade war there

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2 w. ago Don't let Ukraine become another disaster like Afghanistan: Starmer's warning to Trump as he vows to send in UK troops... and US begins talks with Russia in Saudi Arabia

Keir Starmer made the comparison with the collapse of Kabul in 2021 - which Mr Trump branded 'one of the greatest defeats in American history'.

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