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MoD faces fresh claims of ‘toxic’ culture as 100 cases investigated
via theguardian.comExclusive: Allegations of ‘bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimisation’ being examined, official figures showThe Ministry of Defence is facing fresh claims of harbouring a toxic culture as figures reveal that nearly 100 allegations by civil servants of bullying and harassment are being investigated. Eleven claims were made in the first month of 2024 alone.According to official government figures, 99 open cases of “bullying, harassment, discrimination and victimisatio -
What the explosive testimony of a minister reveals about Britain’s war in Afghanistan – and its rogue special forces | Frank Ledwidge
via theguardian.comThe probe into 80 alleged SAS killings heard evidence from Johnny Mercer and highlighted the urgent need for oversightThe Afghanistan inquiry is getting into gear at the Royal Courts of Justice. Led by the judge Charles Haddon-Cave, this public inquiry was convened to investigate about 80 killings allegedly committed by the SAS in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013. Proceedings took a dramatic turn last month when the minister for veterans’ affairs, Johnny Mercer, gave evidence.It was aston -
The Ministry of Defence’s multimillion pound Saudi defence deal – podcast
via theguardian.comDocuments released in a Serious Fraud Office court case showed suspicious payments on Saudi Arabian defence deals going back decades. David Pegg reportsLast week two men were acquitted by a London court of making illegal payments to Saudi officials. The verdict was the culmination of a case that has been more than a decade in the making and was brought by the Serious Fraud Office. The case revolved around the dealings of a company few have heard of: GPT Special Project Management. It specialised -
US defence contractor paid commissions to Saudi firm later alleged to be conduit for bribes
via theguardian.comHarris had longstanding relationship with ABTSS, later alleged by British prosecutors to have handled or received illegal paymentsOne of the largest military contractors in the US paid commissions to a Saudi company later alleged to have been a conduit for bribes for the kingdom’s royal family.A document disclosed in a UK criminal trial revealed that Harris Corporation, now L3Harris, paid commissions to the Saudi company for over two decades for services in the kingdom. Continue reading... -
Europe is unprepared for risks from Russia and Trump, says Airbus boss
via theguardian.comAerospace group chief executive urges UK and Europe to pool efforts and merge fighter jet programmesEurope is unprepared for war with Russia or the risk that Donald Trump could withdraw the US from Nato and needs to ramp up spending on defence equipment, the boss of Airbus has said.Guillaume Faury, the chief executive of Europe’s biggest aerospace and defence company, said it was a “defining moment” for the continent’s defence industry, after Russia’s full-scale inv -
Airbus boss warns of threat to Europe from Russia and Trump
via theguardian.comAerospace group chief executive urges UK and Europe to pool efforts and merge fighter jet programmesEurope is unprepared for war with Russia or the risk that Donald Trump could withdraw the US from Nato and needs to ramp up spending on defence equipment, the boss of Airbus has said.Guillaume Faury, the chief executive of Europe’s biggest aerospace and defence company, said it was a “defining moment” for the continent’s defence industry, after Russia’s full-scale inv -
Tory MPs criticise plans for memorial to Muslim soldiers who died in world wars
via theguardian.comExclusive: Marco Longhi and Jill Mortimer, allies of Lee Anderson, question Jeremy Hunt setting aside £1m for tributeTory MPs have privately criticised the government’s decision to build a memorial for Muslims who died fighting for Britain in the two world wars.In messages to a Conservative MPs’ WhatsApp group seen by the Guardian, two Tory MPs elected in 2019 – Marco Longhi and Jill Mortimer – questioned why a memorial for Muslims was needed. The disclosure raises -
Ministers call for ‘much greater pace’ of UK defence investment
via theguardian.comFrontbenchers use social media to put pressure on PM after Commons report criticises military funding plansTwo serving ministers have called for a “much greater pace” of investment in defence spending, putting pressure on Rishi Sunak one day after the Commons’ spending watchdog warned that the Ministry of Defence had no credible plan to fund the military capabilities the government wants.The Foreign Office minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat sai -
Police chief who led Stakeknife inquiry condemns MI5 for stalling investigation
via theguardian.comVictims’ families say Jon Boutcher’s report into British spy proves state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators’ in murderThe police chief who led the inquiry into a murderous British spy in the IRA known as Stakeknife has condemned MI5 for stalling his investigation, as his report was hailed by victims’ families as proof that the British state and the IRA had been “co-conspirators” in murder.Jon Boutcher criticised attempts “to undermine me and the invest -
Stakeknife: key points from investigation into army’s prized IRA spy
via theguardian.comOperation Kenova reports on mistreatment of bereaved families and a ‘maverick culture’ where agent handling was considered a dark artMore lives lost than saved in Troubles due to British spy, report findsOperation Kenova, the seven-year investigation by senior police officer Jon Boutcher, focused on Stakeknife, the army’s prized spy within the IRA’s so-called “nutting squad”. It examined 101 associated murders and abductions linked to this unit, which was resp -
Stakeknife: seven years and £40m later, how did inquiry fail to deliver justice?
via theguardian.comReport into British agent in the IRA has not resulted in prosecutions but families hope it can at least shed light on his actionsAfter seven years, a 1,000 witness statements, 50,000 pages of evidence and £40m, the police inquiry known as Operation Kenova has resulted in zero prosecutions.That blunt fact hangs over the publication of the inquiry’s long-awaited interim report into Stakeknife, the codename of a top British agent in the IRA who was responsible for multiple murders durin -
More lives lost than saved in Troubles due to British spy, report finds
via theguardian.comStakeknife report finds army’s top agent’s links to murder and torture and calls for government and IRA to apologiseMore lives were lost than saved because of the activities of a man alleged to have been the highest-ranking British intelligence agent in the IRA during the Northern Ireland Troubles, according to a seven-year investigation into his activities.The Kenova report published on Friday finds that the agent Stakeknife saved “between high single figures and low double fi -
MoD paid millions into Saudi account amid BAE corruption scandal
via theguardian.comDocuments show officials stressing need to ‘keep the Saudis on side’ after revelations about notorious al-Yamamah dealBritain’s Ministry of Defence moved questionable payments through its own bank account amid one of the biggest corruption scandals in history, despite concerns the money could be pocketed by the Saudi royal family.Previously confidential documents show how the MoD agreed to make the payments to a Saudi bank account after the transactions came under scrutiny foll -
Who is Prince Miteb? Saudi royal said to have pocketed MoD money
via theguardian.comSaudi prince once tipped as contender for king is believed to have taken a large cut from UK defence contractsThe Saudi prince Miteb bin Abdullah is reputed to have pocketed hundreds of millions of pounds in payments connected to defence deals.Miteb was once considered to be a possible future Saudi king, but lost out in a power tussle in which he was reportedly stripped of a substantial portion of his wealth. Continue reading... -
MoD signed £8m deal with firm later alleged to be conduit for secret payments to Saudi prince
via theguardian.comProject Arrow contract signed amid scramble to keep on track £1.6bn defence deal and ran until at least 2017The UK Ministry of Defence paid millions of pounds to a company later alleged to have been a conduit for secret payments to high-ranking Saudi Arabian officials including a member of the royal family.The MoD payments, worth £8m, were made under a contract codenamed Project Arrow that ran until at least 2017, according to documents that surfaced in a criminal trial. Continue rea -
‘Deniable fiddle’: the MoD, Saudi Arabia and a scandal half a century in the making
via theguardian.comRevelations about payments by Ministry of Defence are culmination of decades of British deal-making with SaudisThe revelation that the Ministry of Defence paid millions of pounds to a firm that would later be accused of being a conduit for secret payments to high-ranking Saudi officials is the culmination of a scandal that has been half a century in the making.The £8m paid from an MoD bank account between 2014 and 2017 was in connection with a large defence deal, Sangcom, first struck in t -
Two men acquitted of bribing Saudis in huge British defence deal
via theguardian.comJury acquits Jeffrey Cook and John Mason after lawyers argue payments were authorised by UK and Saudi governmentsTwo men have been acquitted of paying bribes totalling millions of pounds to high-ranking Saudis after they argued that they had been unfairly prosecuted.Jeffrey Cook and John Mason had been accused of bribing a Saudi prince and his associates to secure and maintain a huge defence deal for a British company. But on Wednesday, a jury acquitted them after lawyers argued the payments had -
Five SAS soldiers arrested in UK on suspicion of alleged war crimes in Syria
via theguardian.comSAS has been actively deployed in Syria for the past decade, engaged in the fight against Islamic StateFive members of the SAS have been arrested by British military police on suspicion of allegedly committing war crimes while on operations in Syria.The Ministry of Defence said it would not comment directly on the investigation but defence sources indicated that reports of the arrests, which had been circulating in military circles for some time, were accurate. Continue reading... -
UK urges Germany to give long-range missiles to Kyiv despite Luftwaffe leak
via theguardian.comTaurus missiles could strike deep inside Russia so Berlin is unwilling to supply them especially after Kremlin claims about western involvement How significant is Russia’s apparent interception of military talks on Ukraine?Britain has urged a reluctant Berlin to supply long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv despite an embarrassing leak to Russian television of a top-secret call involving German air force officers who said UK troops were “on the ground” in Ukraine.The Kremlin sought -
British soldiers ‘on the ground’ in Ukraine, says German military leak
via theguardian.comKremlin claims audio of officers discussing UK help with missiles shows involvement of ‘collective west’Ukraine war – live updatesBritish soldiers are “on the ground” in Ukraine helping Kyiv’s forces fire long-range Storm Shadow missiles, according to a leak in Russian media of a top-secret call involving German air force officers.The Kremlin said the leak demonstrated the direct involvement of the “collective west” in the war in Ukraine – wh -
Abused, raped, ignored: how ‘invisible’ female British military veterans are fighting back
via theguardian.comAfter years of being dismissed when reporting high levels of sexual violence in the UK armed forces, women’s voices are set to be heardJennifer joined the Royal Navy at the age of 29. She became an aircraft engineer, winning awards. Two years after signing up, in 2006, she was raped and she was raped again in 2011. She didn’t report either attack, she says, because she didn’t want to risk losing her career.In 2014, she was sexually assaulted by her superior officer and, th -
Ministry of Defence seeks £3.2bn as costs overrun in Yemen and Ukraine
via theguardian.comGrant Shapps tells MPs his department’s spending exceeded its allocation in last year’s budget in light of unstable global situationThe Ministry of Defence has said it had to seek an emergency cash payment of £3.2bn because operational costs overran after military operations in Yemen and the Red Sea – alongside Britain’s continued support of Ukraine.Grant Shapps told MPs the MoD’s “cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided” in last year&r -
Stakeknife inquiry ends without any prosecutions of final 12 suspects
via theguardian.comAnnouncement signals widely expected winding down of one of most contentious cases of the Northern Ireland TroublesA seven-year police investigation into murders linked to the British army’s top agent inside the Provisional IRA has ended with no prosecutions.The Public Prosecution Service said the final files reviewed by Operation Kenova yielded insufficient evidence to prosecute seven alleged IRA members and five former soldiers who worked with the army’s Force Research Unit. Three -
Prosecutors decide not to charge final 12 people in Stakeknife investigation
via theguardian.comAgent worked in IRA’s notorious ‘nutting squad’, interrogating suspected informers during the TroublesNo prosecutions are to be pursued after consideration of the final files from a major investigation into the army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it considered a large volume of material and information contained in six files submitted by Operation Kenova in respect of 12 individuals. Continue reading... -
No prosecutions of final 12 people in Stakeknife investigation
via theguardian.comProsecutors have considered last files from inquiry into army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during TroublesNo prosecutions are to be pursued after consideration of the final files from a major investigation into the army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) said it considered a large volume of material and information contained in six files submitted by Operation Kenova in respect of 12 individuals. Continue reading... -
UK politics: Gove defends landlords after criticism of proposals to water down renters’ bill – as it happened
via theguardian.comLevelling-up secretary dismisses complaints he is appeasing Tory ‘landlord backbenchers’James Cleverly, the home secretary, is considering further tightening the law around demonstrations, including a requirement for protesters to increase the amount of notice they give police before large demonstrations, Aletha Adu reports.Two thirds of councils in England say they will have to cut services to residents this year, despite the government providing them with an extra £600m in Ja -
Gove defends landlords after criticism of proposals to water down renters’ bill – UK politics live
via theguardian.comLevelling-up secretary dismisses complaints he is appeasing Tory ‘landlord backbenchers’James Cleverly, the home secretary, is considering further tightening the law around demonstrations, including a requirement for protesters to increase the amount of notice they give police before large demonstrations, Aletha Adu reports.Two thirds of councils in England say they will have to cut services to residents this year, despite the government providing them with an extra £600m in Ja -
Ukraine will be on back foot in war for months, says UK armed forces chief
via theguardian.comKyiv unlikely to be able to mount fresh counteroffensive until late summer at very earliest, says Adm Sir Tony Radakin Ukraine is expected to remain short of ammunition and on the back foot in its war with Russia for several months until the west agrees further steps to support Kyiv, the head of Britain’s armed forces has acknowledged.Adm Sir Tony Radakin, speaking at a conference in London, did not directly comment on a French suggestion of deploying western ground troops in Ukraine, but -
US and UK launch missile strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen
via theguardian.comJoint statement says 18 sites across eight locations were targetted, including missile storage facilitiesUS and British forces carried out strikes against more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, officials said, the latest round of military action against the Iran-linked group that continues to attack shipping in the region.A joint statement said the strikes were against 18 Houthi targets across eight locations in Yemen including underground weapons and missile storage facilities, -
A failing British nuclear arsenal reliant on the goodwill of Donald Trump? It’s a terrifying thought | Simon Tisdall
via theguardian.comBelieving US-supervised nuclear weapons make Britain safer is not only delusional and unsustainable, it’s dangerousDonald Trump and nuclear weapons are a scary mix. As president, he greatly expanded the US nuclear arsenal, scrapped arms control treaties and repeatedly threatened to start a nuclear war. On leaving office, he stole nuclear secrets from the White House and leaked their contents. A judge recently questioned his mental health.For close ally Britain, the scariest thought is that -
UK military transports unexploded WWII bomb through the streets of Plymouth – video
via theguardian.comAn unexploded second world war bomb was safely transported through the empty streets of the south-western port city of Plymouth before being placed on a boat. Authorities have said the bomb will be blown up by naval divers. The discovery promoted one of the largest evacuations in the UK since the war while a military convoy got ready to carry the Nazi-era explosive from a residential area to the shoreline Continue reading... -
Johnny Mercer and the Afghanistan war | Letter
via theguardian.comLt Col Rev Nicholas Mercer on the minister for veterans’ appearance at a public inquiry this weekI read with interest your report on Johnny Mercer MP’s appearance at the independent inquiry relating to events in Afghanistan (UK minister says he ‘cannot disprove’ claims Afghans were unlawfully killed, 20 February).I note from your article that, while the minister was being provided with reports into alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan, he was, at the same time, & -
Minister tells of anger at Ben Wallace over Afghanistan death squad claims
via theguardian.comJohnny Mercer tells inquiry defence secretary did not say he knew of allegations before Commons told they were untrue A minister has told an inquiry that he was angry with the former defence secretary Ben Wallace after discovering that UK special forces officers knew about Afghanistan death squad allegations before he described them as untrue in the House of Commons.Johnny Mercer wrote to Wallace in August 2020 shortly after emails surfaced in the Sunday Times that showed senior special forces o -
Minister says he was angry with Ben Wallace over Afghanistan claims
via theguardian.comJohnny Mercer tells inquiry his time working under then defence secretary was ‘very difficult’A minister has told an inquiry that he was angry with the former defence secretary Ben Wallace after discovering that UK special forces officers knew about Afghanistan death squad allegations before he described them as untrue in the House of Commons.Johnny Mercer wrote to Wallace in August 2020 shortly after emails surfaced in the Sunday Times that showed senior special forces officers expr -
Trident missile test failure raises questions about UK’s nuclear deterrent
via theguardian.comMissile embarrassingly plopped into sea at launch attended by Grant Shapps, but MoD says ‘anomaly’ would not happen in a warA Trident nuclear missile failed, plopping into the Atlantic during a test launch attended by the defence secretary last month, raising questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of Britain’s nuclear deterrent.The Ministry of Defence said that an “anomaly occurred” during the exercise involving the submarine HMS Vanguard on 30 January whi -
Labour seeks Trident assurances after reports of missile test failure
via theguardian.comDummy missile’s first-stage boosters reportedly did not ignite in test off coast of Florida last monthLabour has called for assurances over the effectiveness of Britain’s nuclear deterrent after “concerning” reports about a Trident missile test failure.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that an “anomaly occurred” during an exercise that took place on 30 January onboard the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard. Continue reading... -
Labour seeks Trident assurances after missile test ‘anomaly’
via theguardian.comDummy missile’s first-stage boosters reportedly did not ignite in test off coast of Florida last monthLabour has called for assurances over the effectiveness of Britain’s nuclear deterrent after “concerning” reports about a Trident missile test failure.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that an “anomaly occurred” during an exercise that took place on 30 January onboard the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard. Continue reading... -
UK minister says he ‘cannot disprove’ claims Afghans were unlawfully killed
via theguardian.comJohnny Mercer tells UK inquiry of reports SAS had killed civilians between 2010 and 2013The UK’s minister for veterans Johnny Mercer effectively admitted in front of a public inquiry that he believes members of the SAS had engaged in dozens of unlawful killings of Afghan civilians between 2010 and 2013.The Conservative MP, a former army officer, said he did not want to believe reports that the elite British soldiers had killed Afghans while sleeping or executed them on night raids, but had -
UK special forces blocked resettlement applications from elite Afghan troops
via theguardian.comMoD conducts review but stands accused of conflict of interest while public inquiry investigates conduct of SAS in AfghanistanElite Afghan commandos who fought alongside the British military have had their applications to relocate blocked by UK special forces despite evidence that they had served alongside them in dangerous missions against the Taliban.Documents leaked and shared with BBC Panorama show that Britain’s secretive special forces were given a veto power over resettlement, promp -
The Guardian view on the new drone wars: as prices fall, casualties mount | Editorial
via theguardian.comNever before have unmanned aerial vehicles been used so intensely in conflict, with even commercial devices enlisted in battleThree days into his presidency, Barack Obama ordered his first drone strikes. Over the next eight years, he oversaw a massive expansion of the US programme of targeted killings using armed drones. The initial appeal was that the US did not risk its personnel, and strikes could be carried out without attracting much attention and, supposedly, with more precision – th -
Global defence spending rises 9% to record $2.2tn
via theguardian.comBudgets expected to increase further amid ‘deteriorating security landscape’ triggered by invasion of UkraineGlobal defence spending increased by 9% to a record $2.2tn during 2023 driven by heightened geopolitical tensions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an annual assessment by a military thinktank.The International Institute of Strategic Studies added that it expected budgets to increase further in 2024 as the war continued into a third year and internatio -
Review of MoD’s diversity policies ordered by ‘furious’ Grant Shapps
via theguardian.comDefence secretary rejects idea of lowering security clearances for overseas recruits to boost inclusivity as ‘woke nonsense’ A review of diversity and inclusion policies at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been ordered to ensure that Britain’s ability to defend its borders isn’t impaired by what a cabinet minister described as “political correctness”.The move follows reports that the army wants to relax security checks for overseas recruits to increase black, -
British army veteran to be charged with murder over 1972 shooting in Belfast
via theguardian.comSoldier F, a member of an undercover unit, also faces prosecution for the attempted murder of two people in a separate incidentA British army veteran is to be charged with murdering a man and attempting to murder six others during Northern Ireland’s Troubles.Soldier F will be prosecuted for the murder of Patrick McVeigh, 44, who was shot in south Belfast on 13 May 1972, Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service said on Thursday. Continue reading... -
UK closer to large-scale conflict than in many years, intelligence official says
via theguardian.comOfficial cites Ukraine war and China threat and raises concern over turnover of top government ministersBritish defence intelligence officials say the UK is closer to a large-scale conflict than at any recent point, as the Middle East crisis intensifies while Russia pursues an expansionist agenda and China develops advanced weapons.One senior official said the secretive 4,500-strong unit was the busiest it had been in at least a decade, and said the fast turnover of ministers made it harder to e -
Military elite are rolling out tired old cliches to gain more power and money | Letter
via theguardian.comEven amid a cost of living crisis, we’re already among the top military spenders in the world, writes Dr Paul DixonLast month we had a week of what looked like military PR to scare the British public into giving it more power and money (Army chief says people of UK are ‘prewar generation’ who must be ready to fight Russia, 24 January). The tired old cliches about 1914 and the “gathering storm” of the 1930s were rolled out once again so that the military could demand -
Houthis claim fresh attacks on British and US ships in Red Sea
via theguardian.comTwo vessels not badly damaged but incident casts doubt on success of UK-US strikes on Yemen missile sitesMiddle East crisis – live updatesHouthi rebels say they have successfully targeted a British and a US ship in the Red Sea, casting doubt on the effectiveness of three waves of US-UK strikes on missile sites belonging to the group in Yemen.Neither of the two ships were badly damaged but the incident will underscore the need for commercial ships either to pay higher insurance premiums or -
UK 'not seeking confrontation': Grant Shapps informs MPs about strikes in Yemen – video
via theguardian.comThe defence secretary tells the House of Commons the UK is not seeking confrontation with the Houthi movement, but that it will not hesitate to act again in self-defence after confirming that RAF Typhoon jets were involved in airstrikes in Yemen on Saturday night Continue reading... -
Why is HMS Prince of Wales replacing HMS Queen Elizabeth on Nato mission?
via theguardian.comWarships periodically suffer from mechanical issues, although the UK’s two new aircraft carriers seem to be particularly unfortunateHMS Queen Elizabeth, one of Britain’s two flagship aircraft carriers, was forced to pull out of a Nato exercise off the Norwegian coast after pre-sailing checks uncovered a coupling problem on its starboard propeller shaft. Plans to set sail from Portsmouth on Sunday were abandoned and sister vessel HMS Prince of Wales is being readied hastily to take it -
British army would exhaust capabilities after two months of war, MPs told
via theguardian.comFighting resilience undermined by ‘hollowing out’ of armed forces since 2010, defence committee hearsThe UK’s ability to fight an all-out war would be marred by the armed forces’ capability, stockpile shortages and a recruitment crisis, MPs have been told.The Commons defence committee heard that the “hollowing out” of the armed forces since 2010 had undermined the UK’s war fighting resilience, and the army would exhaust its capabilities “after the -
What did the navy do for me? Everything | Letters
via theguardian.comToday’s young people may resist joining up but my naval experience set me up for lifeI joined the Royal Navy in 1951. I wanted to see the world and became a leading writer in the Royal Navy. I served for 10 years. Naval experience taught me how to manage a ship’s office (“Plummeting morale, low pay, unjust wars. It’s no wonder young people resist joining up”, Comment). On leaving the service, I married, and soon found employment in civvy street, including as an offi
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