An Army general tipped to assume command of Britain’s Armed Forces has revealed how his battlefield experiences in Iraq left him suicidal and drinking alone at two o’clock in the morning. General Sir Patrick Sanders, 54, who could become the next Chief of the Defence Staff, made the shocking admission in a bid to persuade … Read more
Flying in formation and dropping their mighty payloads together, the bombs from a B-52 attack fall so thickly that they look from a distance like a rain shower. With some 70,000 pounds of ordnance — up to 108 bombs in each plane — tumbling out of each B-52’s huge belly and from under its 185 … Read more
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has suggested former U.S. President Donald Trump should be killed in revenge for the death of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last year. On Friday, Khamenei posted an image of a golfer resembling Trump in the shadow of a drone to Twitter. The image was captioned with remarks made by Khamenei in December … Read more
At least 28 dead, 73 wounded as two bombs strike market in Baghdad WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Two attackers wearing suicide vests blew themselves up among shoppers Suicide attacks have been rare in Iraqi capital since ISIS were defeated in 2017 An interior ministry spokesman said he expected the death toll to rise By Ryan Fahey … Read more
Joe Biden’s first overseas trip as president will be to a tiny Cornish seaside village for the G7 summit, it is understood. Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county has a population of just over 3,000 and is set to host the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. Mr Biden … Read more
Joe Biden will be keeping busy during the first days of his presidency after vowing to enact several executive orders right away while on the campaign trail. Among the promises Biden has made include mask mandates, striking down the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, and having the United States rejoin the Paris Climate Accord. … Read more
A refugee who fled the war-torn Middle East after her relatives were killed says life in Hull is ‘the same’ as Iraq. Intesar Hassan, 55, was sent to East Yorkshire with her children by the UN in 2012 as she fled war in Iraq and Syria. Since arriving in the city, the mother says she … Read more
Boris calls up Afghanistan and Iraq war veteran to lead charge against COVID: Rugby-loving head of the Army’s ‘Iron Viper’ unit Brigadier Phil Prosser is enlisted to spearhead mass vaccine roll-out Welshman Brigadier Phil Prosser is the commander of the 101 Logistic Brigade He will join Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press conference tonight … Read more
Prime ministers can make big mistakes and be forgiven. But sometimes an error is so defining of failure that the public never forgets. John Major was doomed from the moment Britain crashed out of the European exchange rate mechanism – into which he had led the country two years earlier – in September 1992. The … Read more
When is a Christmas party not a Christmas party? The man to ask is the Tory MP Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the Commons defence committee. As the Mail revealed yesterday, Mr Ellwood went to a gathering at London’s Cavalry and Guards Club on Tuesday, where 26 other people were in attendance. He insists it was … Read more