4 d. ago MP writes to BBC calling for 'withdrawal of Glastonbury coverage' over controversial acts

Bob Vylan and Kneecap sparked fury with their politically charged sets in which they criticised Israel's military action in Gaza, prompting police to probe video footage from the festival

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7 d. ago She was set on a career of service after growing up in a military family. Trump’s trans ban is ruining her life

Transgender troops and their families face an uncertain future after spending their careers in service, they tell Alex Woodward

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9 d. ago Video shows missiles over Qatar after Iran fires at US military base

Eyewitness footage captured missiles in Qatar's skies after the country's airspace was closed on Monday, 23 June.

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1 week ago Iran vows to kill 50,000 US soldiers: Tehran's TV mouthpiece says Trump has ordered 'coffins' after the US President called for regime change following air strikes: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow live coverage from the conflict in the Middle East after Donald Trump called for an Iranian regime change, less than one day after the US bombed the country's nuclear sites.

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1 week ago Iran warns Trump to 'bring enough coffins' for US soldiers as WW3 fears grow

A hardliner in Iran's parliament has warned that the US should "bring enough coffins" if it wants to wage all-out war against the country, following Sunday's strikes on nuclear sites

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2 w. ago Flying saucer UFO is caught on camera by US MILITARY in newly

A newly-released military video has captured what officials say is the first-ever filmed sighting of a classic flying saucer.

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2 w. ago Watch: IDF release footage of Iranian drones being intercepted during deadly strike

The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) has released footage of its air force reportedly intercepting Iranian drones overnight on Saturday (14 June).

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2 w. ago Trump is steamrolling congressional Republicans. What’s in it for them? | David Kirp

The budget bill was a reminder: the president and House speaker don’t care about lawmakers’ views. Why not just quit?Like soldiers in a well-disciplined army, Republican members of US Congress do whatever Commander Donald Trump demands. While the foot soldiers may occasionally grumble, they quickly fall in line when Trump intervenes.Republican representatives go through contortions to satisfy the bully in the White House: we hated deficits, goes the party orthodoxy, but now we vote for adding trillions to the deficit; we supported Ukraine, but now we cozy up to the Russians; we scrutinized cabinet nominees, but now we give our “advice and consent” to a cabinet of knaves and charlatans.David Kirp is professor emeritus at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gathering stormclouds can’t wipe smile from Trump’s face as long

In scenes that could have been set in Moscow, families queued to sit in helicopters, while tanks and robot dogs paraded Constition AvenueIt may have been billed as a military parade to celebrate the American military’s history, but it said even more about the country’s present and future under Donald Trump.Soldiers, tanks and even robot dogs paraded along Constitution Ave. on Saturday, as paratroopers swooped in from overhead and military aircraft buzzed past the Washington Monument for the first major military parade held in the US capital since the victory after the first Gulf War of 1991. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's 'no fat soldiers' order as US military troops told to cheer on TV

Donald Trump's birthday speech was widely condemned as a naked political rally that trampled over long-standing American military traditions - and now the full extent of his demands have been revealed

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2 w. ago Donald Trump demands 'no fat soldiers' be shown at rambling Fort Bragg speech

The US leader turned what was intended to be a 250th birthday celebration for the US Army into a full-blown political rally, and demanded "no fat soldiers" be shown behind him at Fort Bragg

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3 w. ago Netanyahu announces launch of military operation against Iran – video

The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said Israel had launched Operation Rising Lion, a 'targeted operation to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel's very survival'. Declaring that Iran had recently take steps to weaponise enriched uranium, Netanyahu said Israel had targeted its leading nuclear scientist and main nuclear enrichment and weaponisation facilities. 'This operation will continue for as many days as it takes.'Israeli military says strikes hit dozens of targets in Iran, including nuclear sites – live updates Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Fort Bragg soldiers behind Trump during speech were screened for loyalty and appearance, report says: ‘No fat soldiers’

Crowd of soldiers booed and cheered at Trump’s partisan speech, breaking the military’s tradition and regulations around remaining non-political

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3 w. ago Trumps says 'US soldiers will chase you down, crush you' while showing military in new video

In a menacing video posted to social media, US President Donald Trump has warned all of America's "ememies" that US soldiers will "chase" them down and "crush" them

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3 w. ago Trump threatens protesters who rain on his military parade Saturday ‘will be met with very big force’

The explicit threat comes days after Trump ordered soldiers to put down protests in Los Angeles

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3 w. ago Greta Thunberg dismisses viral image of her receiving a sandwich from an IDF soldier as 'a PR stunt' by Israel as she lands in France

The Israeli foreign ministry has portrayed the voyage as nothing more than a publicity stunt by 'celebrity activists', referring to the Madleen as 'the selfie yacht'.

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: Trump declares 'bring in the troops' as cars set ablaze by protesters amid National Guard clashes

Trump said the soldiers “need to make sure there’s law and order” as chaos erupts across LA

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: Dozens arrested and cars burned by protesters after Trump sends in National Guard

Trump said the soldiers “need to make sure there’s law and order” as chaos erupts across LA

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3 w. ago Los Angeles protests: Violence erupts as National Guard troops sent in by Trump clash with anti

Trump told reporters soldiers “need to make sure there’s law and order” on third day of unrest

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3 w. ago National Guard troops sent to Los Angeles by Donald Trump clash with immigration raid protesters

Trump told reporters soldiers “need to make sure there’s law and order” on third day of unrest

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