All news on the topic: Soldiers

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US given chilling nuclear warning over attacking Iran as kamikaze drone kills 3
Ex-UN weapons inspector David Albright said Iran may accelerate its already well developed nuclear weapons programme if the US decides to launch direct strikes on their territory.
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'Pivotal moment' for Biden as he's told take 'full-throated response' on Iran
US President Joe Biden is being implored by a plethora of influential voices to aggressively respond to the drone attack on a American military outpost in Northeastern Jordan that killed three US soldiers
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Inside horror drone attack that killed US troops in 'very deliberate escalation'
The US president vowed to hold the attackers to account but one security analyst said the US outpost could have been better defended, and other military locations may have been better equipped.
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Inside secret UK nuclear bunker - and when it became the centre of a 3-day siege
Part-time soldier Ronald McDonald began a three-day siege after barricading himself inside a disused nuclear bunker in Fife, Scotland that's now become a major tourist attraction
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'Crazy' British Army Fortnite recruitment drive cost £100k before being scrapped
A YouTube promo advertises an “exclusive” livestream on Fortnite - and features Army characters - in a bid to attract teenagers but it cost a huge £100,000
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Amazing postman reunites families with relatives long lost war medals
Postman Adam Simpson-York buys World War 1 medals on eBay and then tracks the families of the soldiers they belong to via genealogy websites
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'I was smuggled from Nazi prison - it is my duty to share my family's murders'
Annick Lever was silenced by fear throughout her youth but knew she was different. It wasn't until later in life that she was able to piece together what happened to her maternal family at Auschwitz-Birkenau
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Owner dedicates Grand Military triumph to fallen soldier killed serving in Iraq
Ex-cavalryman Jordan Wylie remembered racing enthusiast Lance Corporal Alan Brackenbury after his win with Farceur De Large at Sandown
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Ex-NATO chief says conscription of Brits needed to stop Putin from launching WW3
General Sir Richard Shirreff, who was a NATO chief between 2011 and 2014, says a voluntary call-up would not be enough and Britain would need to bring back conscription
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'No10 can't ignore warning from top soldier about needing more bodies in Army'
"When the country's top soldier General Sir Patrick Sanders says we should start the thinking about preparing for possible civilian mobilisation - we should be listening"
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Army chief warns ordinary Brits will be called up to fight if UK goes to war
General Sir Patrick Sanders, head of the British Army, is expected to warn there aren't enough troops in a major speech today - and the public will need to 'shift' mindset
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Sun-soaked city dubbed 'Europe's Garden' has 300 days of sun and bottomless wine
Claire Hewitt soaks up the culture in a sunny corner of Spain Murcia, which is known as the garden of Europe as many of the foods imported to our supermarkets are grown here.
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Putin hands troops Harry Potter-style 'invisibility cloaks' to hide from Ukraine
The lightweight Harry Potter-style camouflage outfit will allegedly protect the wearer from thermal imaging equipment. Reports claim they are already being deployed with Russian special forces
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Traitors' Paul says he could be responsible for the series winner despite exit
TV baddie Paul was finally sent packing from the Round Table after being given a taste of his own medicine when Harry voted for him to be banished, however Paul says he has 'no regrets'
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UK's 'most wanted' Phantom of the Forest killer murdered two cops in cold blood
Phantom of the Forest killer Barry Prudom was the most wanted man in Britain for 18 days after he shot and killed two police officers during his two-week murder spree in the summer of 1982
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Rapper sent to Russian Army after enraging Putin with naked party stunt
Vacio, 25, known as Russia's 'King of Rap', was found guilty of petty hooliganism and 'promotion of non-traditional relationships' - now faces conscription to the Russian army
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Putin's commanders inflicting torture on Russian soldiers refusing to fight
Horrifying footage appears to show Russian soldiers being forced to strip naked in freezing temperatures - before being subjected to abuse and humiliation from their war commanders
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Youngest soldier to take part in Kabul evacuation found dead aged 20
Private Kieran Steven Heaney, who aided in the evacuation of thousands of Brits and Afghanis in August 2022 aged just 18, was found dead in his room at Chester barracks
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Black bear rescued by Ukrainian soldiers from Russian war finds new home in UK
Ukrainian soldiers found an Asiatic black bear in the village of Yampil - and the animal has now found a new home at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, West Lothian
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Prince Harry's war hero pal has stolen prosthetic legs found after car break-in
Mark Ormrod MBE, who lost both legs and his right arm during a bomb blast in Afghanistan and has been praised by Prince Harry as a hero, has now had his stolen prosthetic legs returned
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Vladimir Putin adds four countries to 'invasion list', Ukraine's Zelensky warns
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned several countries may be in Vladimir Putin's sights and will be at risk of an attack should Kyiv stop its resistance.
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William and Kate to show support for military with trip abroad to meet troops
The Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, are set to make their first tour of 2024 to a foreign country where British armed service personnel are stationed
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Ukrainian mum flees to UK after soldier points machine gun at her son
Mum Daria Sezonenka, 32, fled her home city of Kherson in Ukraine with her six-year-old son and has settled in the UK thanks to the Homes for Ukraine Programme
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Traitors star on how he got his life back on track after having leg amputated
Despite a big prize at stake, contestant Jonny Holloway has hinted he has already won far more than money can buy after battling back from being blown up by an IED in Afghanistan.
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Paranoid Putin bolsters ‘national guard’ to five times the size of British Army
Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has boosted the country's National Guard to 350,000, compared to the UK’s 73,000 troops and soldiers in Russia are also equipped with heavier weapons