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The ex-Royal Marine Commando kicking Britain's armed forces into shape
Britain's military has seen better days - that much everyone can agree on.
Enter ex-Royal Marine Commando Colonel Alistair Scott Carns, aka Wee Al, t…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
'I fought the Taliban, now we have tea’: Maj Gen Cowan on landmines, aid and Ukraine
As global landmine casualties reach a four-year high, Venetia is joined by Major General James Cowan, former British Army commander in Iraq and Afgha…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
More Russia, less China and no Europe: Trump’s new security strategy unveiled
Donald Trump has detonated a political earthquake with a National Security Strategy that doesn’t just tweak America’s global role, it torches seven d…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why can't Britain build a decent tank?
Ajax was meant to be the British Army’s modern embodiment of the mighty Greek warrior, strong, unbreakable, unstoppable. Instead, it’s become a natio…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Terror insurgency or Christian genocide? Inside Nigeria’s security crisis
Nigeria is facing a security crisis. Extremist violence, mass kidnappings and deepening food insecurity has created what the UN has called the countr…
4 months ago
Europe is mobilising to face Russia. Is the UK falling behind?
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the return of military service in the country, 25 years after mandatory national service was phased ou…
4 months ago
Inside Ukraine-Russia talks: Britain's Kissinger, Putin's enforcer and Trump's envoy
Donald Trump’s latest effort to end the war in Ukraine unleashed a week of diplomatic turmoil.
And some of the most dramatic diplomatic twists and tur…
4 months, 1 week ago
Why cutting aid to buy bombs is making us less safe
With conflicts raging around the world, aid budgets are being slashed in favour of defence spending.
But experts are warning that cutting aid may not…
4 months, 1 week ago
China bosses vanishing as Xi Jinping’s childhood traumas trigger Mao style purge
Xi Jinping is the most authoritarian and longest serving Chinese leader since Mao - and probably the most powerful man on earth. But what makes him t…
4 months, 1 week ago
Nato is running out of TNT. How did we fall behind Russia and China?
TNT, the unglamorous but indispensable ingredient of modern warfare, is now in critically short supply and Britain is feeling the consequences. A new…
4 months, 2 weeks ago