Two Royal Navy minehunter ships are being transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in a move to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to operate at sea. As the UK and…
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UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps to visit Israel & Occupied Palestinian Territories
UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps is to visit Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories this week. He will push for humanitarian aid to be delivered to Palestinians faster – including…
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AUKUS: the 3 allies announce new radar arrays to detect, track and identify objects in deep space
In a “new phase” of a security arrangement between the UK, US and Australia by 2030 – known as AUKUS – Britain’s Ministry of Defence has announced plans for an…
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AUKUS: Defence Ministers of UK, Australia & United States meet in California
Ground-breaking defence partnership of Australia, UK and USA (AUKUS) accelerates and strengthens. Key next stages for military maritime programmes outlined at key Ministerial meeting at the Defense Innovation Unit Headquarters,…
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HMS Diamond is en route to join Operation Kipion, the UK’s maritime presence in the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, the Defence Secretary has announced. HMS Diamond will bolster the…
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CAMM-ER: UK to provide Polish forces with enhanced ground-based air defence system
CAMM-ER: British and Polish defence industries have this week signed a milestone deal, worth over £4 billion, to continue the next phase of Poland’s future air defence programme, Narew. UK…
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UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Japan for the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting.
At the G7 James Cleverly will discuss situation in Middle East and preventing a damaging and destabilising regional escalation and further violence Also on the agenda is collective support for…
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SECURITY & DEFENCE
Royal Engineers lead training effort to help Ukraine defend its critical national infrastructure
British Army Royal Engineers specialists have delivered a new programme of training to help Ukraine strengthen its ability to protect its critical national infrastructure (CNI) from Russian attacks and save…
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Gaza-Israel crisis: Grant Shapps, Lloyd Austin hold urgent talks in support of global stability
Gaza-Israel crisis: Following Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israel and Ukraine’s continued defence against Putin’s illegal invasion, UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visited Washington D.C. for the first time in his…
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is on his way to the Middle East. He will arrive in Israel early on Thursday morning to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the…