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• 'Our sons were heroes' say families of British men killed fighting Isis

  20-08-2017 18:31 via theguardian.com
  Thinktank report angers families by saying British volunteers with Kurdish forces should be treated as potential terroristsThe families of two British men killed fighting Islamic State in Syria have condemned a report urging the government to treat those who join Kurdish forces in the region as potential terrorists, insisting their sons should be remembered as heroes.The report by the Henry Jackson Society suggests that British volunteers who travel to Syria to join the Kurdish People’s Pr
  
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• News story: Royal Navy leads international efforts to seize drugs worth £400M

  20-08-2017 11:27
  The UK and France commanded a multinational naval task force which has scored eight drugs busts over the period, seizing 1.75 tonnes of narcotics worth nearly £400m, including 265kg of heroin and 455kg of hashish worth £65m by the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, HMS Monmouth.Since April, British, French, US and Australian warships in Combined Task Force 150 (CTF150) took part in Operation Southern Surge to counter narcotics trafficking, which funds terrorism in the region, scoring eight
  
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