Today's items of interest for Defence include reports on the safe passage of a Chinese warship through the Channel.
Chinese warship
The Sun reports that HMS Somerset has shadowed a Chinese warship, Xiangtan, through the channel and gave its crew weather tips. The Defence Secretary is quoted as saying that the UK enjoys positive relations with China and the Royal Navy has once again provided secure escort around our shores.
Red Arrows
The Guardian, Mirror, Sun and Mail are among several outlets to report again that the Red Arrows will fly at Farnborough International Airshow but will not complete a full aerobatic display.
An RAF spokesperson said:
The Red Arrows will be flying at the Farnborough International Airshow and engaging with both adults and young people on all three days that are open to the general public.
However, the high speed and dynamic nature of the traditional Red Arrows' display is no longer appropriate due to the large amounts of local housing, business areas and major transport links underneath the planned display area.
In addition to the Red Arrows flypast with the new F35 Lightning II aircraft on 11 July, further Red Arrows flypasts in different formations are now planned for 15, 16 and 17 July. These additional flypasts, together with more exciting opportunities for the public to engage with the Red Arrows team on the ground, and other RAF air and ground displays, will ensure the Airshow remains a truly exciting, inspirational and entertaining family event.
For the remainder of the display season the Red Arrows are looking forward to displaying as usual at multiple events all over the UK and abroad.
Daesh
The Telegraph and Guardian report that the UN has said that Daesh is committing an on-going genocide against Yazidi men, women and children in Syria, as it called for the case to be referred to the International Criminal Court. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria report - entitled 'They Came to Destroy' - describes the mass killing of men and boys who refused to convert to Islam, their throats cut or heads severed in front of wives and daughters who then disappeared into a network of sexual torture and slavery.
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