The rise and rise of global drone warfare has severe health implications for combatants and civilians alike. according to leading medical journal, the Lancet. Since 9/11 drones have become ubiquitous on the battlefield. Both states and non-state groups are using them. Their capabilities ha...
The UK’s plans to buy 12 nuclear-capable fighter jets from Donald Trump’s increasingly militaristic US is “absurd” and lacks “logical consistency”, a new report says. The document, titled ‘Smoke and Mirrors: The UK’s aircraft contributions to NATO’s nuclear mission’ is being published by N...
El Salvador is hosting three US military aircraft including a deadly gunship. The planes are likely being used to track and kill so-called ‘narco-terrorists’ as Donald Trump’s dirty war in the Caribbean continues. Satellite imagery published by The New York Times (NYT) show the aircraft wa...
Well done to the British political and media class. Remembrance is now completely meaningless. It exists only as a day for the politicians to competitively post about soldiers. Oh and for weird right-wing accounts to use the day to make really tawdry points. And, of course, snipe at anyone...
A Royal Air Force (RAF) team will deploy to Belgium after suspected Russian drones shut down an airport. The deployment comes as the US government looks to massively expand unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) production. The new head of the military, Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton, announced...
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is fighting to protect workers who could lose their visas under new migration rules. RMT fight back In a press release, the RMT said they were: Demanding urgent transitional protections for all affected staff and will be join...
A spy cop who deceived women into relationships also made up a plot about animal rights activists trying to get hold of guns, according to new testimony. James Thomson is currently giving evidence to an official inquiry. His own police managers said his claim about the guns was “boll...
The US has executed a 17th deadly strike in the Caribbean. The latest, on 6 November, killed three people. According to US defence secretary Pete Hegseth those killed were ‘narco-terrorists’ who posed a threat equal to Al Qaeda. Critics reject this now-standard US claim, saying the escalat...
The UK government opted for the least level of provision for the prevention of genocide in Sudan. This is despite intelligence warning that the fall of the city of El-Fasher would lead to ethnic cleansing. The city fell on 26 October. A report says the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
New British drones have been intensively trialled in Kenya. The Kingdom’s former colony is regularly used for military training. The killer drone tests come despite ongoing murder allegations and evidence of severe environmental damage. Moreover, unexploded munitions left by the British ar...