Defence in the Media: 2 October 2015
...since Monday. The papers say that while President Ashraf Ghani has said this is “good news”, he has also warned against complacency, adding that the war is ongoing. BBC News...
...since Monday. The papers say that while President Ashraf Ghani has said this is “good news”, he has also warned against complacency, adding that the war is ongoing. BBC News...
In today's defence news there is further reporting from the UN about efforts to tackle ISIL in Iraq and Syria and a feature about the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike...
This morning’s Defence-related news includes BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and BBC News reporting that an RAF sergeant was moved out of a hospital waiting room because staff thought his...
...a new one bearing an image of the Queen, the other of her father King George VI. All have been individually engraved for each of the GC and GM holders....
...the talent they will succeed. So I say to today’s nominees – you are our inspiration. And I’m confident you will inspire a new generation of British Asians to scale...
Included in today’s broadcast news is reporting that Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will meet his American counterpart in London for the latest round of talks on defeating ISIL. Forces Recruitment...
This morning’s broadcast news includes an interview on Radio 4’s Today programme with General John Allen, special presidential envoy for the US-led coalition fighting ISIL. He says that ISIL has...
...are a mark of tyranny and counter-productive because they generate new terrorist threats rather than reducing them. In the Mail on Sunday Peter Hitchens argues against their use, saying that...
News coverage this morning includes the on-going debate over the RAF ‘drone’ strike that killed two British jihadists in Syria, following the Prime Minister’s announcement on Monday. Three newspapers lead...
Today's news continues to be dominated by developments in Paris, with reports running that the Prime Minister has said £2 billion will be invested in Special Forces over five years...