Daily updates of how defence is reported in the UK media
Among today’s headlines European leaders will meet in Brussels for a summit at which the ongoing refugee crisis is expected to dominate, there are reports that Pauline Cafferkey is now...
Broadcasters today are reporting that the US and Russia are to hold new talks on air safety in Syria, while there is other coverage of both the MH17 crash report...
It’s reported on broadcast outlets today that Amnesty International has accused Kurdish fighters in Iraq of crimes relating to the alleged displacement of Arab citizens and the demolition of homes.
...House of Commons today on the ‘Protection of Civilians in Syria.’ Writing in today’s Financial Times Philippe Sands of University College London writes that we need a Syria strategy, not...
Broadcasters today are prominently highlighting the news that a convoy of UK military vehicles has been attacked while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan blast It is being widely reported...
Stories running prominently today include the news that two explosions at a peace rally in the Turkish capital of Ankara have killed at least 86 people, according to the interior...
...on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916. A team of Royal Navy clearance divers have taken part in NATO Exercise Northern Challenge in Keflavik, Iceland....
In today’s defence news there is significant coverage of today’s NATO Defence Ministerial meeting, where the Defence Secretary has announced that the UK will make a long-term troop commitment to...
Among the broadcast bulletins this morning, BBC Breakfast carried an interview with the Defence Secretary where he discussed Russian military action in Syria. He said that Russian intervention had made a difficult situation more dangerous, and added that NATO ministers, …
...can be clear that the MOD, like other government departments, rewards performance through the use of one-off payments. They are non-pensionable and have to be earned against stringent objectives each...
