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“At least seven people, including three children, were killed”
“Farage left frontline politics in 2021 and embarked on a broadcasting career.”
“68,000 former members of the Armed Forces are claiming Universal Credit across Britain.”
“Aerostar's Lightning balloon operates for up to three days at altitudes between 50,000 and 78,000 feet, carrying payloads of up to 45 pounds.”
“has killed more than 73,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry”
“On March 20, Iran fired two Khorramshahr-4 missiles at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, home to a strategic British base used by the United States to support Middle East operations. Neither reached their target.”
“40 others injured”
“Purja served in the British military for 16 years, 10 of which were spent in the special forces.”
“More than 70 UK companies are backing BAE in building a demonstrator aircraft.”
“Our larger Aerostar Thunderhead platform can serve as a mothership, carrying multiple Apollo-R's,”
“Russia was preparing to receive an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to support its war against Ukraine.”
“the island is 2,350 miles from Tehran, while London is only a slightly more distant 2,750 miles away.”
“21 injured people were taken to hospital, while another 19 were treated as outpatients.”
“he was also the first Gurkha to climb Everest while serving in the British military.”
“BAE has already invested millions in the Brontanax and is promoting it as delivering 70 to 80 per cent of a Typhoon's capability at a quarter of the cost.”
“Apollo-R flies under its own power after separation, reaching altitudes near 60,000 feet and remaining airborne for weeks.”
“the country is currently estimated to possess 60 nuclear warheads and enough fissile material to produce at least 30 more.”
“a Russian attack on Kyiv Saturday killed nine people after Ukraine was only able to intercept one of the 27 incoming ballistic missiles due to its chronic shortage of Patriot interceptors.”
“advertisements offered 100,000 rubles, about $1,300, to anyone who brought a friend to a recruitment office.”
“an army of 4,000 volunteers - aged 16 to 96 - kept everything running smoothly.”
“Almost 800 First and Second World War gravestones of Commonwealth soldiers were destroyed at Basra War Cemetery in the Iraqi desert.”
“Aerostar's balloons also carry mesh-networking radios that offer line-of-sight data links beyond 100 miles, with throughput up to 40 Mbps.”
“North Korea's production capacity for weapons‑grade fissile material had more than doubled over the past five years.”
“since of the two missiles Tehran launched, one failed while the other was shot down.”
“estimated Russian casualties at around 30,000 to 40,000 killed and wounded a month”
“Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid, which rescued more than 100 hostages.”
“nearly all were flattened into rubble within 18 months and used as fill material for a drainage ditch at a separate military installation.”
“Apollo-R has already flown from a competing Urban Sky balloon during Exercise Valiant Shield 2026.”
“could cost more than $3 million to move just the agency's information technology infrastructure to a new location”
“In other words, two Middle Eastern powers were arming both sides of a European war.”
“Captured by the US-trained Bolivian Army in 1967 while engaging in a military operation in Bolivia, Dr. Guevara, age 39, was imprisoned and summarily executed”
“The hijackers and three accomplices who joined them in Uganda were also killed, as well as at least 45 Ugandan soldiers, in fighting with the Israelis.”
“Ukraine could produce up to seven million small drones this year”
“protect more than 80 miles along New York's coastline from flooding”
“Russia first introduced the Gerbera in July 2024 as a low-cost decoy to accompany the more advanced Geran-2 loitering munition.”
“Over the past three years, at least 16 police personnel, including three deputy superintendents of police (DSPs), have been killed while responding to attacks rather than during the initial assault.”
“President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Engels airfield and the refinery, both in the Saratov region some 600km (373miles) from Ukraine's border, were hit.”
“Ukraine, on the other hand, has achieved success with budget drones, and it now plans to produce 20 million to 30 million drones annually.”
“The Washington National Guard is making 30 members available tonight to Spokane authorities for any emerging needs," it said in a Facebook post.”
“Nine police personnel, including DSP Diyar Khan, were killed and 28 others injured.”
“Russia said eight people were killed in the Ukrainian strikes, and 635 drones shot down or intercepted.”
“Since April 2024, Swarmer's software has supported more than 100,000 real combat missions inside the Ukrainian war zone without interruption.”
“DSP Sardar Hussain and two of his guards were killed in an IED blast while responding to an attack on the Sarband police station near Peshawar.”
“Moscow said its forces attacked overnight two Ukrainian ports and two vessels in the Black Sea.”
“Under the Pentagon's $1.1 billion drone programme, just under 200,000 units will have been ordered in total by February 2026.”
“at least 15 people, including 14 security personnel, were killed after Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked a joint police checkpost in Tank district.”
“Later on Sunday, Ukraine said one person was killed in a Russian strike on a postal terminal near the north-eastern city of Kharkiv.”
“The Gauntlet II trials at Fort Carson in Colorado in August 2026 will test drone systems from American and Ukrainian manufacturers under the Pentagon's programme.”
“Security forces said 15 militants were killed during the operation, while 12 soldiers, two policemen and a forest department official lost their lives.”
“Saratov regional Governor Roman Busargin admitted that 'a drone attack caused damage to civilian infrastructure in Saratov and Engels'. He later said that two people were killed.”
“None of the 19 companies participating in those trials may use prohibited components sourced from Chinese suppliers under the new rules.”
“Data cited by Dawn from the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies showed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 154 terrorism-related deaths in July, more than double the 75 fatalities reported in June.”
“Separately, three people were reported killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on a civilian vehicle in Russia's Udmurtia region, and another three in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.”
“The trials will require six Ukrainian companies to establish joint ventures with American manufacturers.”
“killing at least 14 people, including police personnel, and injuring 18 others.”
“A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said it was targeting military operatives in Gaza, and two Hamas militants were killed.”
“A revised supply chain strategy confirmed the government's goal of a fully domestic drone supply chain.”
“At least eight people were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks across multiple Russian regions, authorities said on Sunday.”
“In a post on X on Sunday, the IDF said it had killed two Hamas commanders, one from the elite Nukbha force, and one from the Maghazi Battalion.”
“New rules now require military drones to contain American-made components, a policy that has slowed the ramp-up over recent months.”
“Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 635 Ukrainian drones overnight, as cited by Reuters.”
“The IDF also said killed another Hamas militant from the Jabalia Battalion in northern Gaza in a separate attack last week.”
“Metz explained that 'it's much harder to get from zero to 200,000' than to keep scaling once domestic capacity exists.”
“A Ukrainian drone struck an area near a playground in Russia's border region of Belgorod, killing a child and injuring two others, acting Governor Alexander Shuvayev said.”
“Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire, satellite images seen by BBC Verify last November showed.”
“In the neighbouring Saratov region, a drone strike on a residential building in the city of Engels killed two people, Governor Roman Busargin said.”
“Renowned mountaineer and former British Army soldier Nirmal Purja is among those to have been killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said.”
“Elsewhere, three people were killed and two injured in a drone strike on Russia's Udmurtia region, acting Governor Olga Abramova said.”
“Four Palestinians and an Israeli soldier were also killed in the incident, the original cause of which is disputed.”
“In Belgorod, local authorities reported that separate Ukrainian strikes killed three people and injured five others.”
“At least 12 of those were killed by settlers, three by Israeli forces, and in three other cases it is not yet clear whether soldiers or settlers were responsible.”
“He said one drone was shot down over the industrial district of the regional capital, Ufa, where emergency crews were working to extinguish a fire.”
“At least nine people were killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine, local officials said early on Saturday.”
“Separately, Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck infrastructure and two vessels carrying military cargo at the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv, as well as another vessel transporting military supplies in the Black Sea.”
“At least another 23 were injured in the attack on the capital Kyiv, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.”
“In southeastern Ukraine, Russian glide bomb attacks killed one person and injured 21 others in the city of Zaporizhzhia, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said.”
“The strikes came two days after a suspected Russian cruise missile landed in Poland during a widespread attack on Ukraine that killed at least eight people, including six members of one family in a village near Kryvyih Rih.”
“The strikes killed 28 civilians and injured 189 others”
“Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital had come under a ballistic missile attack, with AFP reporting more than 10 explosions.”
“3,145 terrorism incidents since January and that 2,084 militants had been killed, while 819 Pakistanis, including soldiers, police personnel and civilians, had died”
“The other day you read that five missiles were shot. They were going 8,600 miles per hour ... and they were big missiles, and they were shot at Jordan, and our guys were there — bing, bing, bing, bing, bing. Five missiles, and we shot all …”
“The turnaround began in 2016 when Rana travelled to the Army’s Artificial Limb Centre in Pune to be fitted with a prosthetic leg.”
“On Monday, Sibal announced a contribution of Rs 1 crore to a fund set up by CJP to provide legal aid to protesters arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the agitation over the NEET paper leak controversy.”
“Tiwari wrote to the CBEC, asking it to examine whether 18% GST would be applicable on the Rs 1 crore pledged by Sibal for the legal defence fund of CJP protesters.”
“Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles during the barrage, but only one was intercepted.”
“at least nine people were killed and 33 wounded, including four children.”
“seven people died and 14 others were injured”
“Rescue workers evacuated 35 residents, while two people were killed and eight injured, including two children.”
“killed at least 10 people across Ukraine.”
“likely a 2,000-pound Mark-84 bomb”
“crater at least 30 feet wide”
“more than 200 feet from the impact site”
“Around 20 neighbouring households were displaced”
“Two warehouses outside Qeshm City were also destroyed”
“the Modi government has fundamentally transformed both the defensive and offensive capabilities of the armed forces over the past 12 years”
“At least three people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones targeting Ukraine's capital Kyiv overnight into Saturday.”
“a five-storey residential building in the Solomianskyi district was struck by falling debris, causing severe damage and trapping residents inside.”
“five people had been hospitalised following the strikes.”
“more than a dozen explosions reverberated across the Ukrainian capital during the attack.”
“killed 10 civilians and wounded more than 50 others.”
