Workers made redundant after the closure of the Grangemouth refinery will be given priority for new roles created through the Scottish Government’s £25 million Just Transition Fund, First Minister John Swinney announced on Wednesday.

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Zarah Sultana’s call for Britain to quit NATO while Ukraine fights for survival isn’t radical or brave, it’s incoherent and shows a complete failure to grasp how deterrence and reality work.

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American M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, have carried out live-fire accuracy testing at the Novo Selo Training Area in Bulgaria as part of ongoing NATO training operations.

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The government has outlined a series of new education and training initiatives aimed at strengthening defence skills, supporting university partnerships, and expanding youth engagement through the Combined Cadet Force (CCF).

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The Ministry of Defence has begun implementing major procurement and acquisition reforms outlined in the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth, Defence Minister Luke Pollard has confirmed. Responding to questions from Ben Obese-Jecty MP, Pollard said the reforms are being led by the new National Armaments Director, who took up post on […]

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The government has said it is monitoring alleged Iranian activity in the Western Sahara but has not seen evidence of direct Iranian support for the Polisario Front.

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Ukraine reported on Tuesday that an estimated 1,060 Russian personnel were killed over the past 24 hours, alongside the destruction of 108 drones.

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A small number of British military planning officers have been deployed to Israel as part of a US-led multinational taskforce for post-conflict planning in Gaza.

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General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) has been awarded a contract worth about €3 billion to supply the Bundeswehr with its next-generation reconnaissance vehicle, known as Luchs 2.

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The exercise marked what the U.S. Marine Corps described as a significant expansion of Camp Fuji’s ability to support long-range precision fires.

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