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    Prince Harry highlights defence budget 'being shrunk'

  2.  In this file photo taken on May 29, 2017 Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron wave upon their arrival at the Versailles Palace, near Paris, ahead of their meeting. French President Emmanuel Macron accused Moscow on March 15, 2018 of being behind a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain and vowed to take action, risking straining his ties with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin

    Comment: Pro-Russian? Pas moi! France may flirt with 'non-alignment', but we always back Britain in the end

    Anne-Elisabeth Moutet
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  3. Jeremy Corbyn was interrupted several times as he gave a speech at The Stop The War conference at the TUC centre in London today by people angry that he has not done enough to condemn President Assad and his actions in Syria. The protesters shouted at Mr Corbyn and several had to be removed from the room

    Comment: The defiance of Labour MPs over Russia will be the last straw. Deselection is coming

    Tom Harris
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  4. How Britain changed its focus from defence to welfare and health

    How Britain changed its focus from defence to welfare and health

  5. Williamson: Russia should 'go away and shut up'

    'Sit back or step forward': Britain is at a profound moment, Defence Secretary says, in plan to tackle chemical warfare

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  6. Bob cartoon, March 15

    Comment: Jeremy Corbyn's refusal to stand against Russian aggression shows he is utterly unfit for his office

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  7. Theresa May leaves No 10 on March 14, 2018

    Comment: Theresa May has demonstrated that Britain will not be pushed around by Russia

    Julie Lenarz
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  1. Sources said the nerve agent scare in Salisbury, pictured, had highlighted the need for more expertise and equipment to detect and test for threats, and decontaminate sites

    The military's chemical, biological and radiation expertise 'could be boosted' in wake of the Salisbury poisoning

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  2. General David Petraeus and General Sir Peter Wall

    Comment: The threat of Russia means Britain must have 'full spectrum' defence capabilities

    General David Petraeus and General Sir Peter Wall
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  3. Fire officers in hazard suits place a tent over the grave of poisoned spy Sergey Skripal's son

    Comment: If we allow Russia to murder on our soil with impunity, we have sold our souls

    Gerard Batten
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  4. Saudi Arabia signs deal to buy 48 Typhoon jets from UK

    BAE Systems agrees long-awaited Saudi order of 48 Typhoon jets

  5. A South Korean soldier walks past a television screen showing pictures of US President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on March 9, 2018

    Comment: There is a slim but real chance of peace in Korea – as long as the US doesn't concede too much

    John Hemmings
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  6. Sergei Skripal behind bars in Russia

    Comment: Once Russia played by the civilised rules of spying. Today it is a brazen assassin

    Nigel West
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  7. Boris Johnson in front of St Basil's Cathedral during a visit to Red Square, Moscow in December 22

    Comment: If pulling England out of the World Cup is the best Boris Johnson can manage, the Russians must be in stitches

    Rob Wilson
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  1. Former Army Major Robert Campbell

    Controversial Iraq inquiry is putting 'bond of trust' between soldiers and Government at risk, Commons hears

  2. General Sir Gordon Messenger, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, has called for more armed forces funding

    Senior defence chief warns lack of funding for armed forces could lead to military defeat

  3. British soldiers being extracted by a Merlin helicopter on Leaf Island, Basra province

    New phone helpline for troops with mental health problems is launched

  4. Jeremy Corbyn in the 1980s

    Comment: Take it from a former spy: the accusations against Jeremy Corbyn should be taken very seriously

    Sir Richard Dearlove
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  5. A Syrian man carries a girl injured in government bombing in the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018

    Comment: It is not too late for the West to stop the carnage in East Ghouta. Here's how 

    James Snell
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  6. Trident-class nuclear submarine Vanguard

    Armed forces cut back on mobile phones to help pay for Britain’s new nuclear submarines

  7. ABOUR MP JEREMY CORBYN IN WESTMINSTER AFTER THE HOUSE OF LORDS RULED THAT GENERAL AUGUSTO PINOCHET DOES NOT HAVE IMMUNITY FROM ARREST & MUST STAY IN BRITAIN TO FACE POSSIBLE EXTRADIT ION TO SPAIN ON CHARGES OF MURDER, TORTURE & GENOCIDE.

    Comment: I don't think Jeremy Corbyn is a traitor – but he needs to be open about his contact with spies

    Tom Harris
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    Tom Harris
  8. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn makes a speech on Brexit at Savoy Place in central London

    Comment: Do not laugh off Corbyn's shameful past - he's the same old misguided, dangerous socialist 

    Charles Moore
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    Charles Moore
  9. Captain Dean Sprouting of the Adjutant General's Corps, who died at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq

    Army officer killed in Iraq was struck by a forklift truck while jogging around an airbase

  10. A masked, black-clad militant, who has been identified by the Washington Post newspaper as a Briton named Mohammed Emwazi, brandishes a knife in this still file image from a 2014 video obtained from SITE Intel Group February 26, 2015

    Comment: Why returning jihadis need to face real justice – not the torture of Guantanamo Bay

    Raffaello Pantucci
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  11. Pictured are Royal Marines and Royal Navy Personnel from 539 Assault Squadron performing a beach assault from an Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) in Harstad, Norway. The winter deployment 16 for the Royal Marines in Harstad, Norway forms part of the NATO COLD RESPONSE 16 Exercise. Developing cold weather warfare skills with the Norwegians, Dutch, USMC and members of the Royal Navy s sister Services.

    Comment: The Royal Marines are far from obsolete. Cutting them would be a historic mistake

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  12. Theresa May, U.K. prime minister, right drinks from a cup as she stands next to Xi Jinping, China's president, during a tea ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, China, on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018

    Comment: China is tightening its high-tech tyranny. Theresa May should not be rushing to please it

    John Hemmings
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  13. HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves Portsmouth Harbour for the first time since she was commissioned

    HMS Queen Elizabeth sets sail for helicopter trials

  14. Capt Dean Sprouting of the Adjutant General's Corps

    British soldier dies on Iraqi base

  15. Gavin Williamson, the Defence Secretary

    Ministers face £20bn black hole over 'unaffordable' new jets, warships and submarines 

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  16. MoD sign

    Spending watchdog labels MoD plans 'unaffordable' and 'unrealistic'

  17. Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson meets crew members of HMS Queen Elizabeth, who are wearing white sailor hats and presenting arms with fixed bayonets.

    Comment: Softly, softly... Gavin Williamson take note: more can be achieved with the quiet approach to defence funding

    Con Coughlin
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    Con Coughlin
  18. Putin, oil and gas rigging in Russia

    Comment: Moscow is out-manoeuvring the West and becoming a real threat to our stability

    Misha Glenny
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  19. Flags fly above the Bombardier Aerospace plant in Belfast

    Thousands of UK jobs in balance as US decides on huge Bombardier tariff

  20. soldiers snakes

    James Mattis watches Indonesian troops bite heads off snakes and drink their blood

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