Defence in the media
Daily updates of how defence is reported in the UK media
Today’s broadcast headlines are dominated by news that a series of bomb blasts have hit the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, followed by continuing gunfire and reports of further explosions. For Defence there are reports on Trident, counter Daesh air strikes …
Leading today's Defence news are reports that Iran detained two US navy vessels in the Persian Gulf, and there is further coverage of training deaths in the Armed Forces. US vessels Multiple media outlets, including the The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and BBC R4 Today programme, follow …
Today's defence-related news includes a Sky package on soldiers prescribed with the anti-malarial drug Lariam and BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and BBC Breakfast featuring a Help For Heroes study predicting the support veterans will need in future.
In the news today there is further follow-up on the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) investigations into actions of British soldiers.
Today’s Defence news is dominated by coverage of the Iraq Historical Allegations Team.
Today’s defence news covers the Defence Secretary’s visit to Japan, the situation in Libya and the MOD’s position on Saudi Arabia.
In broadcast news, the UN Security Council says it will begin work immediately on measures against North Korea, after Pyongyang said it had tested a hydrogen bomb.
In defence news today, broadcast channels are dominated by North Korea’s claim overnight to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb and a Sky News exclusive on Daesh weapons testing at a ‘jihadi university’ in Syria. In the newspapers, there are …
Today’s defence news covers the latest Daesh propaganda video, allegations against British troops and the situation in Kabul and Libya, along with some unusual military pageantry.
Leading the news bulletins this morning is the news that security services are closely studying a video released by Daesh yesterday, in a bid to identify the masked man with a British accent who is filmed executing a number of Syrian …