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Countries rush to get killer robots on battlefield in AI arms race
Many experts have voiced concerns about the speed at which artificial intelligence is advancing, with a new Netflix documentary warning of the potentially catastrophic impact it could have on warfare
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'I feared being shot while held captive by Russians then unlikely man saved me'
British soldier Aiden Aslin spent months on 'death row' waiting to be executed after being caught by Russian forces fighting for Ukraine - but was finally saved by an unlikely figure
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Cost of UK defence projects rocketed by £9billion in just a year, report shows
The analysis comes as the Prime Minister prepares for this week's NATO summit in Vilnius where the war in Ukraine is expected to top the agenda
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Rishi Sunak branded 'shameful' for no new defence plans since Putin invasion
As the Prime Minister prepares for the two-day NATO summit this week, he faces mounting criticism at home over the state of Britain’s armed forces and delays to a key Defence Command Paper
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Zelensky visits island where soldiers told Russian warship to go 'f*** itself'
Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Snake Island to mark the 500th day since the Russian invasion began - with the site becoming iconic after defenders told warship operators to: "Go f*** yourself"
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Pallbearers who carried late Queen's coffin are guests of honour at Wimbledon
The soldiers from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards were invited to sit in the Royal Box at the Wimbledon tennis tournament on Saturday - the unit carried out a noble service during the late monarch's funeral
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Afghan who helped US forces and survived Taliban shot dead in ride-share
Nasrat Ahmad Yar, 31, survived the Taliban and got his family to the US for a better life only to be shot dead while working as a ride-share driver in Washington DC
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Brit injured after being blasted by Russian landmine while on Ukraine frontline
James Smith, from the Wirral, was working with a team to clear a number of landmines about 20 metres away from Russian trenches when he stepped on a landmine
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Forgotten contributions from Caribbeans that made Britain great before Windrush
People from the Caribbean made Britain what it is today but their contribution has been forgotten and many continue still face the same hostility they did decades ago
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Ex-nurse born on same day as NHS tells of love for service that saved her life
Madeline Brocket and the NHS share their 75th birthday today. Madeline worked for the NHS her whole life and the service saved her own life when she suffered a near-fatal heart attack.
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People only just learning what SPAM actually stands for after 87 years
SPAM was created by Hormel Foods Corporation in 1937 to increase the sale of pork shoulder - a cut which did not sell well. But the origin of its name remains a mystery to many
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Soldier who deserted unit to fight Russia jailed for risking pulling UK into war
Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi, 21, was deployed to Estonia for NATO's Operation Cabrit when he went AWOL for six months, joining the war in Ukraine
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British war hero 'Rambo' heading back to Ukraine after nearly losing his limbs
Bristol-born Shareef Amin, who goes by the nickname "Rambo", escaped with his life after being pummelled by Russian gunfire - but need extensive surgery to save his arm and leg
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British Army soldier admits selling sperm whale teeth on Facebook marketplace
Lance Corporal Tevita Lavaki, 50, has admitted selling sperm whale teeth after the UK's biggest ever haul was found at his Oxfordshire home with a value of more than £18,000
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'We'll never forget dozens of unarmed students who were shot by US forces'
The Mirror has returned to the scene of the bloodshed after negotiating via contacts for safe passage
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Islamic State leader 'killed in airstrike' as special forces bomb Iraq hideout
Specialists are carrying out tests on DNA samples from the remains of a terror suspect collected after a cave was bombed in the Hamrin Mountains in north east Iraq
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Schoolboys' heroic words before they die in shootout with Russian soldiers
Tihran Ohannisian cried 'Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!' as he gripped the Kalashnikov he had used to gun down two Russian soldiers before being shot and killed in an apparent exchange of bullets
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Putin reveals vulnerability as he admits 'extreme danger' of Wagner mutiny
Vladimir Putin paid tribute to fallen Russian service people in a speech today, in which he acknowledged the "extremely dangerous" mutiny on Saturday when Yevgeny Prigozhin amassed 25,000 Wagner troops in a southern Russian town
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West should arm for a 'generational struggle' with Russia, warns defence chief
Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders used a speech at the Royal United Services Institute’s Land Warfare Conference to highlight the threat from Moscow
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Vladimir Putin's FSB employed mob tactics to halt coup leader's march on Moscow
Wagner group chef Yevgeny Prigozhin sparked panic in the halls of the Kremlin on Saturday when he announced that he was marching 25,000 of his elite and murderous mercenaries on to Moscow to topple Russia's military leadership
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'Putin's reputation was built on control - Wagner's uprising is a crippling humiliation'
Tobias Ellwood says there's been a seismic shift in Russia's power dynamics, and President Vladimir Putin has been left badly wounded by Wagner's attempted coup
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Putin suffers brutal blow as Russia 'covers up' deaths of 39 pilots and crew
Despite Putin accusing his former ally of treason and a “stab in the back”, Wagner's chief was allowed to go into exile in Belarus under a secret deal brokered by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko
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Prigozhin's Wagner HQ raided by Russia security service as '£38m cash seized'
Wagner's HQ in St Petersburg has been raided by Vladimir Putin's Federal Security Service troops and it has been claimed £38million in cash was found stashed inside a van and two buses
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Putin is 'obviously very afraid' and 'probably hiding', says Zelensky
In an address last night, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky branded the rebellion as "complete chaos", and stated his belief that Putin has fled the capital for his own safety
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Russian army desert Putin and pledge loyalty to Wagner group after coup
Vladimir Putin's soldiers are reportedly beginning to flee their posts and units around Ukraine in support of the Wagner Groups' rebels who were heading for Moscow
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