22 December 2011 Last updated at 12:48 ET A Royal Marine has been killed by an explosion south of the Afghan capital Kabul, the Ministry of Defence says. The marine was fatally wounded after the vehicle in which he was travelling was struck by the blast. Next of kin have been informed. The death...
15 December 2011 Last updated at 13:21 ET Up to 13,500 military personnel will help to provide security at the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Ministry of Defence has announced. Security would be police-led but the military would make a “significant contribution”, the MoD said. Some 5,000 troops will support the police, up to...
11 December 2011 Last updated at 10:48 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on his country’s relationship with the US Pakistan may continue its blocking of Nato convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has told the BBC. Pakistan stopped...
6 December 2011 Last updated at 13:47 ET Afghan President Hamid Karzai has cancelled a visit to the UK to return to Afghanistan, after Tuesday’s deadly attacks in the capital, Kabul, and in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The twin attacks apparently targeting Shia Muslims killed at least 58 people. A suicide bomb struck...
The pace has quickened, the storyline is tight and we have more questions than answers. Are you hooked yet? SPOILER ALERT: This blog is for people watching Forbrydelsen II on BBC4. Do not read on if you haven’t seen episodes three and four. If you have seen further in...
13 November 2011 Last updated at 09:42 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The Queen was the first to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in London The Queen has laid a wreath at London’s Cenotaph as part of the Remembrance Sunday events held to honour the UK’s war dead....
29 October 2011 Last updated at 16:38 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A suicide bomber has killed at least 13 US soldiers in the Afghan capital A Taliban suicide bomber has rammed an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying members of the International Security Assistance Force in the Afghan...
7 October 2011 Last updated at 15:20 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Hamid Karzai: “We should provide a more predictable, secure, environment for Afghan citizens” President Hamid Karzai has said his government and Nato have failed to provide Afghans with security, 10 years after the Taliban were overthrown....
1 October 2011 Last updated at 09:19 ET A senior leader of the militant Haqqani network, Haji Mali Khan, has been captured in Afghanistan, the Nato-led international force Isaf has said. He was detained during an operation by Afghan and coalition forces in Paktia province on Tuesday, Isaf said. He was heavily armed but...
Military might: Cheryl Cole performing in camouflage in 2010. Photograph: Dave Hogan/CC/Getty Images Europe Pay attention, dilettantes: it’s Putting Stuff in Perspective week in showbiz again, as Cheryl Cole does Helmand. The singer and deposed X Factor judge has undertaken a mission to Camp Bastion at the behest of the Daily Mirror, and is...
