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“Ukraine's General Staff said its forces also struck an oil refinery in Orsk in Russia's Orenburg region, around 1,500 km from Ukraine”
“Trump boarded Air Force One on 8 July in view of television cameras before being transported to a military aircraft with the help of a catering truck.”
“sent 198 deadly ballistic and hypersonic missiles.”
“The Home Office insists using military barracks will save taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds after £2.1billion was spent on housing asylum seekers in hotels last year.”
“these drones accounted for roughly fifty per cent of the unmanned aircraft used in recent raids on cities”
“Europe has spent two and a half years debating how to support Ukraine without provoking Russia.”
“Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that North Korea could deploy between 30,000 and 50,000 soldiers to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine”
“The refinery has an annual crude-processing capacity of about 44 million barrels and produces fuels including gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel”
“In March 2000, then-President Bill Clinton flew from India to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on an unmarked executive jet that landed after a decoy jet with all the livery of Air Force One.”
“received only a third as many interceptors this year as it did in the same period in 2025.”
“Plans to accommodate almost 5,000 asylum seekers at military barracks have also sparked concern among residents in Barnham, Crowborough, Linton-on-Ouse and Wethersfield.”
“the success rate of Ukraine's air defences fell from over ninety per cent to around sixty‑five per cent within a week”
“Ukraine has fought a full‑scale war against one of the world's largest militaries for thirty months.”
“Ukrainian military intelligence has previously estimated that around 14,000 North Korean soldiers have already been sent to Russia's Kursk region”
“In another attack, at least 12 people were killed and 39 injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on industrial and civilian targets in Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region, according to the city's mayor”
“Three years later, the White House claimed that George W Bush would spend Thanksgiving in Texas, only to arrive in Baghdad in a blacked-out Air Force One.”
“just 39 jets against a promised 79”
“His younger brother Maher al-Assad, who commanded the regime's feared Fourth Division, received the same sentence, along with six other former military and security figures including ex-defence minister Fahd al-Freij.”
“first spotted in combat in May”
“Emergency Brussels summit agrees 150 billion euro loan facility and fiscal flexibility but splits remain on nuclear deterrence, Hungarian veto and how to replace US military aid worth 40 percent of Kyiv's support.”
“a North Korean missile unit is deploying to western Russia, potentially equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers”
“Another strike started a fire at a warehouse in Kyiv that spread across around 1,200 square metres, emergency officials said”
“On 8 July, US President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One in plain sight of television cameras as he departed the Nato summit in Turkey.”
“ten additional Patriot systems, missiles for Patriot and other types of systems, as well as $6 billion for drone production—including cheap interceptor drones purpose-built to counter Shahed swarms.”
“Turkey, a key Nato ally, shares a more than 330-mile-long border with the Islamic Republic.”
“can cruise at between three and four hundred kilometres per hour, with some reports suggesting speeds as high as six hundred kilometres per hour”
“A Russian barrage of 24 ballistic missiles penetrated Ukrainian defences entirely on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, while NATO admits supply lines have collapsed to a third of last year's rate.”
“a sharp increase on his previous estimate of 30,000 made in July”
“Security forces launched joint cordon-and-search operations in J&K’s Doda and Poonch districts on being alerted about the sighting of terror suspects”
“announcing in June that it planned to open three more including the site in Bicester, Oxfordshire.”
“The U.S. has more than 800 F16s.”
“Polish border guards, police, and soldiers were scrambled to track down the invaders, and eventually detained 130 of them.”
“tops out at about two hundred kilometres per hour”
“US president reverses long-standing policy on missile technology transfer while NATO leaders pledge $80 billion for Kyiv and defence spending targets slip.”
“Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and injured two others in Russia's Voronezh region overnight”
“Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured at least 19”
“kick in 30 or more of these aircraft from its current stockpiles.”
“Historical records indicate that HMS Sussex was transporting as much as 10 tonnes of gold coins destined for Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, to fund his military campaign against Louis XIV of France during the Nine Years' War.”
“can climb to five kilometres”
“Mark Rutte unveils $217 billion in defence financing.”
“Russia's air defence units, reportedly destroyed 15 drones over Voronezh and five districts in the region”
“at least 13 people were killed, including one child”
“$70 billion partner package Kyiv has requested for 2026.”
“The warship was the jewel of King William III's fleet when it departed Portsmouth in 1694, leading 214 vessels into the Mediterranean.”
“Each Geran‑4 costs between $30,000 and $40,000, roughly three times the price of a Geran‑2”
“NATO secretary-general dismisses European strategic autonomy as a dream and warns that going alone would require 10 percent of GDP, not the 5 percent allies have pledged.”
“The Ukrainian military said it had struck an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, about 1,200 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.”
“as many as 50,000 North Korean soldiers”
“send 50 or more F16s to Ukraine.”
“sending HMS Sussex to the bottom with 548 of its 550 crew, including its commander, Admiral Sir Francis Wheeler.”
“Russia is turning out about five hundred of the jet‑driven drones each month”
“demanding NATO allies raise defence spending to five percent of GDP”
“Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei has appointed six senior commanders to key positions in the country’s military establishment”
“Russia fired 120 drones overnight”
“According to an August 6 letter submitted to Congress, Washington is ready to give Ankara the necessary authorization to “retransfer” 12 M270 MLRS launchers and 70 M39 ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. The proposed $256 million deal also include…”
“aim for these aircraft to represent half of all unmanned systems it produces”
“With parliament in deadlock and the president under pressure, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians leads polls at 36 percent while Brussels watches a NATO ally on Ukraine's border.”
“Major General Ali Abdollahi has been named Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces”
“Two women have been injured in a Russian drone strike on Sumy”
“In a news release published Tuesday, Human Rights Watch sharply criticized the deal for including the cluster warheads, which it described as “inherently indiscriminate” as well as “obsolete,” “inaccurate and unreliable.””
“fell by roughly a third compared with May”
“A quadcopter carrying Semtex explosives breached defences at the major logistics hub for four hours before a bus driver spotted it.”
“Brigadier General Kioumars Heydari appointed as his deputy”
“At least 75 people were injured in the strikes”
“According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s arms transfer database, Ankara also supplied six of its homegrown T-300 MLRS in 2022 and 200 Kirpi armored personnel carriers between 2022 and 2024 and 50 Cobra-2 APCs in …”
“produced missiles at 110‑120 per cent of its planned output”
“A Russian barrage of 24 ballistic missiles penetrated Ukrainian defences entirely on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people”
“Brigadier general Ahmad Vahidi has been promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed as the force’s Commander-in-Chief.”
“seven of those killed were citizens of Uzbekistan”
“According to Ukrainian military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko, Iran modified the Shahed-107 to carry additional fragmentation components to, in the words of a report by Ukraine’s Euromaidan Press, increase “their lethality against people and…”
“reached its annual production quota for the hypersonic Zircon and the anti‑ship Onyx missiles within just seven months”
“NATO admits supply lines have collapsed to a third of last year's rate.”
“Major General Mostafa Izadi will serve as his deputy.”
“The Royal Navy bought 20 K3 Scout surveillance drones”
“Ukrainian intelligence, which estimates that Tehran supplied more than 350 of these missiles, hasn’t yet seen any indication that Russia has used these Iranian-made CRBMs in the war as of January 2026.”
“factories churning out sixty to sixty‑five units each month”
“Lieutenant General Guillaume Beaurpere succeeds Curtis Buzzard at the Wiesbaden-based command coordinating allied military aid to Ukraine, with SACEUR signalling a European or Canadian officer will take permanent charge within a year.”
“Rear Admiral Ali Azmaei has been appointed to head the IRGC Navy”
“According to SIPRI, these included 14 Titan-S APCs made by the United Arab Emirates but financed by U.S. aid, 60 German-made Gepard air defense systems from Jordan, specifically the Cheetah version, also financed by U.S. aid. According to …”
“can still shoot down roughly ten per cent of the jet‑driven drones”
“NATO leaders pledge $80 billion for Kyiv”
“Hojjatoleslam Walmuslimin Hossein Taeb will lead the Basij Resistance Force.”
“In 2023, The Washington Post reported that Egypt’s government planned to produce up to 40,000 Sakr-45 122mm rockets for Russia. However, within months, Cairo not only shelved that deal but approved an alternative arrangement in which it wo…”
“could be ready for operational use as early as October”
“Mark Rutte unveils $217 billion in defence financing”
“On Sunday, he appointed former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaee as his representative to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council”
“Replying to journalists' questions on August 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again brought up Kyiv’s interest in Israeli military hardware. “We would like to receive air defense systems from them as well,” he said. “We would be …”
“the government had allocated an additional 12 million euro for immediate physical hardening of energy sites, with a further 35 million euro earmarked for cyber resilience through 2027.”
“The post was previously held by Ali Larijani, who was assassinated in US-Israeli strikes in March.”
“have been at sea for more than 260 days as of Wednesday”
“Poland at 4.2%, Estonia at 3.2%, Latvia at 2.7%, Lithuania at 2.9%”
“Pezeshkian said the Supreme Leader was 'completely healthy' after what he described as a 'very good meeting' with him”
“the deployment, which started on Nov. 21 and was expected to end in May for the 5,000 sailors and Marines on board”
“As of Aug. 9, CENTCOM has redirected 55 commercial vessels, disabled 2, and boarded 2 to ensure compliance," it added.”
“has stepped foot on land only two days since Nov. 21”
“As of Aug. 8, CENTCOM redirected 53 commercial vessels, disabled 2, and boarded 2.”
“a meal that came down to half a cup of rice and two tortillas”
“Ross is one of over 20 U.S. warships deployed to the Middle East supporting military missions, including strict enforcement of the US blockade against Iran.”
“holds the modern deployment record of 326 days at sea”
“Six months. That had been the modern-day standard deployment for the Navy’s carrier strike groups”
