In a quieter morning for UK Defence news, the broadcast headlines are dominated by news that more offenders than ever are being prosecuted for violence against women and girls, with the level of convictions for these offences also up.
The three sisters and nine children who are believed to be in Syria looking to join ISIL feature in all of the papers today alongside stories about Thomas Evans, killed while fighting for al-Shabaab in Kenya
Yemen There is widespread coverage, including in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times (p8), The Times (p36) and The Independent of Yemen’s ‘descent into chaos’ with claims that the country is edging closer to an all-out civil war.
