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Flights at major UK airbase halted as 'runway melts' due to heatwave

The Ministry of Defence took the decision this morning to stop flights in and out of RAF Brize Norton and alternative airfields are being used

Chronicle Live

BAE Systems to help create first flying combat air demonstrator in a generation

The project was announced at the Farnborough International Airshow by Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace

Birmingham Post

Putin’s private army plugging gaps in Russia’s forces, says UK

The Ministry of Defence says the Wagner Group has played a ‘central role’ in recent battles in the Donbas

Evening Standard

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Body of a man recovered from the River Clyde near Renfrew

Ministry of Defence boats were spotted scouring the water near Renfrew Golf Course earlier today

Daily Record

Terrifying moment Ukrainians dive for cover during Russia missile strike that kills 23

A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian city killed 23 people including three children and the moment it struck was captured on camera showing Ukrainians diving to the ground terrified

Daily Mirror

Zelenskiy calls Russian missile attack on Vinnytsia an ‘open act of terrorism’– as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Britain's elite special forces should be monitored by MPs, charity demands

UK special forces, which include the Special Boat Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, have been deployed across the globe with SAS secret missions in at least 19 countries since 2011

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Government abandoned migrant pushback tactic after trial, MPs hear

Armed Forces Minister James Heappey told the Defence Committee that the Ministry of Defence initially recommended against the tactic.

The Independent UK

Military police ask BBC for details ahead of Panorama’s SAS death squad claims

Request comes despite MoD saying BBC ‘irresponsible’ and ‘incorrect’ to broadcast reports Afghan civilians shot in cold blood

The Guardian - UK

MoD says documentary claiming SAS repeatedly killed Afghan detainees ‘puts troops at risk’

‘Too many people were being killed on night raids and the explanations didn’t make sense,’ senior Special Forces officer tells Panorama

The Independent UK

Members of SAS killed detainees and unarmed people, says BBC report

The Ministry of Defence said it could not comment on specific allegations

Wales Online

Priti Patel’s plan to end Channel crossings in disarray as navy threatens to ‘walk away’

Official figures reveal that number of migrants crossing in small boats has doubled since military brought in

The Guardian - UK

Russia using ‘obsolete or inappropriate’ vehicles in Ukraine, says UK

Russia is preparing reserve forces but many of its reinforcements are “ad hoc groupings”, deployed with “obsolete or inappropriate equipment”, Britain’s Defence Intelligence says.

Evening Standard

UK in chilling warning that Vladimir Putin’s forces will continue to ‘level cities’

In its daily dispatch from the war in Ukraine, the Ministry of Defence say the Kremlin's capture of Lysychansk will give Russia the stage to mount the second stage of its attack on Donetsk - the next move in its initial goal of "liberating" the Donbas region

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The Hindu

U.K. military investigates hacks on Army social media accounts after restoration

Authorised content on British Army’s YouTube account was replaced with video feed promoting cryptocurrencies, including images of Elon Musk

Newsroom.co.nz

NZ to boycott counter-terrorism meeting over Russia, Myanmar roles

Kiwi defence officials will have no involvement in an upcoming meeting in Moscow, saying they don't want to legitimise the approaches of Russia and Myanmar.

Daily Mirror

Ban on bearskin caps for Queen's Guardsmen to be debated by MPs

The Westminster showdown has been scheduled for July 11 after more than 106,000 people signed an online petition

Evening Standard

Russia to hold ‘rigged’ referendum in occupied Kherson by Autumn, UK warns

In its latest intelligence update on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence said Russia is ‘likely prioritising a pseudo-constitutional vote in an attempt to legitimise its control of the region’

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The Independent UK

Russia accused of dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island after claiming retreat

Moscow’s stockpiles of more accurate weapons might be dwindling, UK Ministry of Defence claims

The Guardian - UK

Afghan embassy staff remain in hiding despite being eligible for UK relocation

UK government accused of leaving former employees and their families ‘in limbo’ in Afghanistan, where they are targets for the Taliban

Bangkok Post

Israeli firm to sell navy 7 UAVs for B4bn

The Ministry of Defence will allow the Royal Thai Navy to procure seven Israeli-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) worth over 4 billion baht.

Daily Mirror

'Very dangerous' nuclear warheads spotted travelling near 'schools and hospitals'

But the Ministry of Defence say in over 50 years of transporting nuclear material by road in the UK, there has never been an incident that has posed any radiation hazard to the public

The New Daily

Ukraine features Australian icons in gushing thank you video

The Ukraine Ministry of Defence featured Australian actors, singers and iconic animals in a video praising its culture and thanking it for its military aid.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson seeks to defuse row over abandoning defence spending pledge

PM insists manifesto promise of above-inflation increase will be kept despite Downing Street ‘reality check’ briefing

Wales Online

British forces must fight to prevent war spreading, says UK defence chief

"This is our 1937 moment... I will do everything in my power to ensure that the British Army plays its part in averting war"

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