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The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has just announced 229M GBP deal with SAAB for the purchase of shoulder-launched Next generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon (NLAW) systems, with deliveries to begin in 2023. The deal is expected to bolster the depleted stockpiles. As of September 2022, the U.K. has sent more than 5,000 NLAWS to Ukraine, which along with the U.S....

EasyJet Flight 6276 from Krakow, Poland to Bristol, U.K. has been diverted to Prague Airport in the Czech Republic due to a reported improvised explosive device onboard. The plane has landed and emergency crews are on scene. This is developing. https://twitter.com/pragueairport/status/1599542854585831425?s=46&t=772Cpc1L5wP5IFRIDP8Suw  

The United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has ordered the Chinese company Nexperia to sell its recently gained 86% share of the company Newport Wafer Fab. Nexperia originally only had a 14% share in the company before July 5th, 2021 when it bought the remaining 86% shares, giving it full ownership over the Wales-based manufacturer. The...

In his annual National Threat Assessment speech to the British people, MI5 Director  Ken McCullum laid out various plots by the Iranian government to kidnap or assassinate British citizens, some living in the UK. He commented that Iranian intelligence services made at least 10 attempts to kill or kidnap British citizens, most notably, two Anglo-Iranian journalists working for an independent...

United Kingdom Armed Forces Minister Heappey has announced today that its forward deployed troops in Mali, as part of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) will withdraw. Minister Heappey told the Parliament that the Chinook helicopter support and special forces deployed to Mali would be withdrawn. Although the three year deployment was supposed to conclude...