2 week agoPresident of Ukraine Zelensky met with British Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP
2 week agoB-52 bombers recently flew missions taking off from home station to strike simulated targets in the North Sea region. @RAFMildenhall tankers provided key air refueling enabling global mobility.
2 week agoThe Northern Fleet group, with the Udaloy-class DDG Vice Admiral Kulakov, oiler Akademik Pashin, and rescue tug Altai, is currently in the Bay of Biscay, on couse for the English Channel
3 week agoBritish Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP today visited Ukraine to reaffirm Britain's enduring support for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity
"And we hope that our friends may recognise that a choice is shortly coming between mainlining ever more Russian hydrocarbons in giant new pipelines and sticking up Ukraine and championing the cause of peace and stability, let me put it that way," said @BorisJohnson
"It is because we have a commitment to democracy and freedom that is shared now across the vast mass of the European continent. And when our Poland friends asked for our help to deal with a contrived crisis on their border with Belarus, we were quick to respond," said @BorisJohnson
Prime Minister Johnson tonight: "When we say that we support the sovereignty and integrity of Ukraine that is not because we want to be adversarial to Russia, or that we want in some way strategically to encircle or undermine that great country," said @BorisJohnson
3 week agoRussia have conducted an anti-satellite missile test. Defence Secretary @BWallaceMP has condemned this activity
Counter-terrorism police say they "strongly believe" the suspect who died when an improvised device exploded in a taxi outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool on Remembrance Sunday is 32-year-old Emad Al Swealmeen
3 week agoThe Minister for Foreign Affairs has said contracts between Irish aircraft leasing companies and the Belarusian national carrier will be hit by a fresh round of sanctions agreed by European Union foreign ministers against the Lukashenka government
Police have now carried out a controlled explosion as part of investigation into the Liverpool attack, ITV News understands
3 week agoA man found with a gunshot wound to the head in Dublin last week has died. Gardaí say his death is "as yet unexplained" and a postmortem will be carried out tomorrow
DefSec Ben Wallace says treatment of migrants in Belarus is a "tragedy and disgrace " and "unacceptable hybrid destabilising " activity
Ben Wallace just confirmed in House of Commons that he's travelling to Poland "this week" to discuss with his counterpart Russia/Belarus situation. Says what's happening is a "tragedy" and "disgrace in way they have treated vulnerable people"
The Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC), based at MI5's headquarters in London, sets the threat level. It was reduced to "substantial" from "severe" in February
The UK's terrorism threat level has been increased to its second highest level of "severe" from "substantial" following two terrorist incidents within a month, @pritipatel says
Plane that crashed on Wexford beach lost engine power after appearing to suffer from fuel loss
Boris Johnson will convene a meeting of the U.K.'s emergency committee Cobra after police declared a blast in Liverpool a terrorist incident
British police: We arrested 4 people even in connection with the Liverpool bombing
British Prime Minister: Investigations are continuing into a car explosion in Liverpool and it is too early to judge
3 week agoUK: 3 men arrested in car blast investigation outside Liverpool Women's Hospital, North West Counter Terrorism Police say
Officers in Merseyside have arrested three men - aged 29, 26 & 21 - in the Kensington area of Liverpool under the Terrorism Act. Counter Terrorism Police North West is continuing to work closely with colleagues at @MerseyPolice as our investigation continues at pace
Taxi explodes outside Women's Hospital in Liverpool, England, killing 1 person; counter-terrorism police investigating
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to host a Downing Street news conference alongside COP26 President Alok Sharma at 5pm
3 week ago"There is accountability built in to what happened here in Glasgow," says @ClimateEnvoy, speaking to reporters after COP26 concludes
UK has today scrambled @RoyalAirForce fast jets from RAF Lossiemouth & Coningsby (+ all important refuelling Voyager) to intercept & escort 2 x Russian long-range strategic bomber aircraft (Tu160 Blackjack) "approaching the UK area of interest"
British Defense Ministry: A small team of UK Armed Forces personnel have deployed following an agreement with the Polish Government to explore how we can provide engineering support to address the ongoing situation at the Belarus border
3 week agoTyphoons & F-35B's joined by a Voyager aircraft have taken part in a mass air exercise with @usairforce, closing the Bomber Task Force season. The aircraft joined US F-15s and B-Lancers during a Bomber Task Force mission in the North Sea region
Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF) investigating the suspected violent criminal activity linked to North Antrim UDA in Coleraine, have arrested two men both aged 53 under the Terrorism Act
Six teenagers were arrested this morning by specialist detectives investigating a drive-by shooting in Chingford where two 17 year olds were targeted
