The Ministry of Defence gave Ukrainian soldiers free cigarettes when training in the UK despite Rishi Sunak's plan to ban smoking.
Israel earlier vowed that it will respond to Iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack, amid fears that the Middle East is teetering on the edge of an all-our war.
Leaks from Israel's cabinet have suggested that a 'painful' revenge strike on Iran is being planned that will not cause mass casualties. Rishi Sunak is set to urge restraint in a call with Netanyahu.
Veteran MP Tim Loughton (pictured) has become the latest to join the Tory exodus from Parliament after he today announced he will will stand down at the next general election.
He described growing links between those three countries as well as North Korea in efforts to undermine Western democracies, in a world which has become 'much more dangerous'.
Outgoing armed forces minister James Heappey revealed that only MoD officials turned up to an exercise to prepare for wartime scenarios which was meant for the whole of Government.
It costs an average of £116,000 per MP when they decide to stand down. The sum covers staff redundancy, the cost of closing down an office and secure disposal of documents.
I blame Oscar Wilde; reading him at a formative age, his line 'There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about' stuck in my head.
The ex-defence secretary spoke out after the heads of the civil service and MI6 resigned their membership of London 's Garrick Club amid a sexism row.
Ben Wallace has called for a cross-party commitment to 3 per cent of GDP as a minimum spending level on defence as he warned British forces may have to fight in Ukraine.
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch (left) led Cabinet efforts to bolster Rishi Sunak's (right) position, telling rebel MPs to 'stop messing around'.
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'The leak could have been just the tip of the iceberg,' August Hanning, Berlin's former intelligence chief, told German Tabloid Bild.
Berlin has been branded 'unreliable' in the wake of a call between Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz and senior Luftwaffe officers being intercepted by Russia.
The Speaker is under threat as 93 MPs have signed a confidence motion in him. It follows a storm after he allowed a vote on a Labour amendment to an SNP motion .
Ben Wallace (picttured) is now separated from his wife Liza Cooke. Speaking to the Crisis What Crisis podcast he described the Westminster bubble as 'an addiction but it's also toxic.'
Despite wars raging in Europe and the Middle East, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is set to defy calls to give the Ministry of Defence more money.
After Ben Wallace was snubbed for the job, No 10 said Mr Rutte has 'serious defence and security credentials' to be the alliance's next secretary-general.
Jack Quinn, then aged just 19, ferried a team of commandos to Gold Beach in Normandy the night before the full landings on June 6, 1944.
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