3 d. ago Senior military and industry figures demand that ministers take back British Steel from its Chinese owners

Critics spoke out as the fate of British Steel's blast furnace in Scunthorpe, owned by Jingye of China , hangs in the balance.

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5 d. ago UK trade minister visits China at same time as head of British military

Douglas Alexander’s unpublicised trip to talk with counterparts coincides with that of Adm Sir Tony RadakinA trade minister has travelled to China for an unpublicised visit this week at the same time as the head of the British military, the Guardian has learned.Douglas Alexander, the minister for trade policy and economic security, is paying a visit to Beijing this week for talks with Chinese counterparts. He is also due to visit Hainan and Hong Kong. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Head of British military makes first Beijing visit in 10 years

Trip by Tony Radakin announced only by China’s government amid strained Sino-American relations

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5 d. ago Head of the British armed forces visits China for first time in 10 years

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin discussed ‘issues of common concern’ with China’s military leadership, according to China’s defence ministry.

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8 d. ago Met to assess war crimes claims about British nationals in Israeli military

One witness at a medical facility claimed they saw corpses in a mass grave.

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1 week ago British and French military chiefs discuss plans to build on ‘formidable capabilities’ of Ukrainian army in peacekeeping talks

The defence secretary will hold further talks of the ‘coalition of the willing’ next week

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1 week ago What would happen if Iran attacked the Chagos Islands... and why taking out US Stealth bombers would be the end of its notorious Revolutionary Guard, revealed by MARK NICOL

A threatened Iranian attack on British military facilities in the Chagos Islands would trigger a regional conflict, experts warn

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2 w. ago Is the mystery British 'hero of Amsterdam' a spy? The five signs he has a military background

A British tourist hailed a hero for sprinting after a knifeman after he stabbed five people in Amsterdam 'almost certainly has a military background', an expert told MailOnline.

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2 w. ago Revealed: The five signs the 'British hero of Amsterdam' has a military background

A British tourist hailed a hero for sprinting after a knifeman after he stabbed five people in Amsterdam 'almost certainly has a military background', an expert told MailOnline.

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2 w. ago Iran's armed forces being urged to NOW strike the UK after making threats to target British forces 'to stop Trump's attack'

Iran's military has called for preemptive strikes on a military based on the British-controlled Chagos Islands in an attempt to prevent the US from using it. 

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2 w. ago Donald Trump threat sees Iran warn of targeting British forces in Diego Garcia amid US tensions

Iranian military leaders have threatened to target British forces in the Chagos Islands if US President Donald Trump attacks the Middle Eastern country

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2 w. ago Putin vows to 'finish off' Ukraine and mocks British Army in furious rant

President Vladimir Putin made outrageous claims about the future of Ukraine and even laid into the size of the British military in fresh act of bravado - despite ongoing so-called peace talks

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2 w. ago Putin is 'playing games' on Ukraine peace, says Keir Starmer as PM urges Trump not to lift sanctions

Emmanuel Macron says a Franco-British team will travel to Ukraine to help Kyiv bolster its military

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3 w. ago British and French military chiefs meet ahead of Ukraine peacekeeping talks

The heads of the British and French armed forces met to discuss deeper military ties between the two countries

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3 w. ago ‘The only thing still working’: Russia and UK agreement to tend war graves transcends bitter international relations

Private understanding ensures tending of British military graves in Russia and Crimea, and Soviet graves in UKIn graves at Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok, in Russia, lie the bodies of 663 British military personnel. Most of the dead lost their lives in the period just after the first world war, when allied troops were sent to support rightwing White forces in the Russian civil war against the Bolsheviks, while 41 are casualties from the second world war Arctic convoys.Their resting places have been tended over decades by the Russian military and by private contractors, paid by the UK’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission. But after Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, economic sanctions meant Britain could no longer pay for the graves to be maintained. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prince William's promise to troops on Russia border as he faces soldier's challenge

After riding in a tank and taking part in a military exercise with British troops based on the Russia border in Estonia, Prince William joined them for a game of pool and table football

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3 w. ago Sir Keir’s ‘coalition of the willing’ is proving to be principled – and a rallying cry for Ukraine 

Editorial: Convened by the British prime minister, the meeting of military leaders from more than 20 countries to discuss a peacekeeping force for Ukraine may have jumped the gun. If they are to work together, the UK and EU must first negotiate some key differences

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4 w. ago RAF and Royal Navy warships shadow Russian destroyer and landing ship through English Channel in response to 'maritime threats'

Two British warships were deployed to escort a pair of Russian military vessels from the English Channel, it has been revealed. 

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