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Tank Blast That Killed Two Soldiers Had Design Flaw
A tank explosion which killed two British Army soldiers was caused by a design flaw, a coroner has found.
Royal Tank Regiment corporals Matthew Hatfield, 27, and Darren Neilson, 31, died during a live firing exercise at Castlemartin Range in Pembrokeshire.
A seal stopping explosive gases escaping into a tank crew's turret was not in place before the lethal blast. The manufacturer failed to spot the tank's gun could fire without the key safety component.
Cpl Neilson, 31, from Preston, Lancashire, was the tank commander and was thrown from the turret in the blast on 14 June 2017.
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Fighter Jet Model Revealed At Farnborough Airshow
A model of the UK's planned new fighter jet, the Tempest, has been unveiled at the Farnborough Air Show.
The UK's Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, said the jet could be used with either pilots or as a drone.
The craft will eventually replace the existing Typhoon fighter jet. It will be developed and built by BAE Systems, engine maker Rolls-Royce, Italy's Leonardo and missiles expert MBDA.
Mr Williamson said the UK would be investing £2bn in the new project. The hope is to see it flying by 2035.
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Trump And Putin Meet In Helsinki
US President Donald Trump says his face-to-face meeting in Helsinki with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was "a good start".
After two hours of closed-door talks the two leaders went into a working lunch with their senior advisers.
Speaking earlier, Mr Putin said it was time to discuss "difficult multi-national issues".
Relations between Russia and the West were severely strained by Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Russia is also accused of meddling in the 2016 US election, a claim it strongly denies.
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Gunman Kills Five Staff At Maryland Newspaper
Staff at the Capital Gazette have published a Friday edition, after a gunman killed five people and injured more at the local paper's office.
Chase Cook, a reporter at the Annapolis publication, had tweeted: "We are putting out a damn paper tomorrow."
His post came just hours after the attacker, armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades, shot through a glass door into the newsroom. Police called the shooting a "targeted attack".
The paper has tweeted the front page of their Friday paper, as well as obituaries for their colleagues.
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Three Hospitals In Syria Affected By Air Strikes
Air strikes have reportedly put three hospitals out of service in rebel-held south-western Syria, as pro-government forces press on with a major offensive.
A medical charity and a monitoring group said the facilities in the towns of Saida, Jizah and Musayfira, east of the city of Deraa, were hit overnight.
The strikes came as the army made gains in the region, which borders Jordan and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Up to 50,000 people have been displaced by the fighting in the past week.
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Khalid Ali Found Guilty Of Planning Attack And Bomb Making
Khalid Ali was carrying three knives when he was tackled by armed officers near Downing Street in April 2017 - and was just moments from being able to attack police, politicians or military personnel.
But unknown to him, clues picked up from bomb parts recovered from Afghanistan more than four years earlier meant that police were watching his every move.
Ali was one of seven children born to an Ethiopian mother and Somali father in Saudi Arabia, where the family moved to after escaping civil war in Ethiopia and from where - in 1992 - they came to the UK.
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Off Duty Police Officer Tackles Woman With Axe
An off-duty police officer who tackled a "raging" woman wielding an axe has been hailed for his bravery.
PC Ken Morris, 60, intervened in a violent dispute between a couple, which initially spilled onto a bus he was on in Wolverhampton.
The West Midlands Police officer tried to reason with the woman, before confronting her again when she returned with the foot-long weapon on a street.
She was later tasered by other officers and arrested on Tuesday night.
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Defence Budget Needs To Rise MP's Warn
The UK will have to significantly increase defence spending if it is to maintain influence with Washington and Nato allies, MPs have warned.
A Commons Defence Committee report says the defence budget should rise from 2% of GDP (£40bn) to 3% (£60bn).
Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has reportedly demanded an extra £20bn for his department - but another minister warned against "unsustainable" rises. The government said it would "continue to exceed" Nato's 2% spending target.
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HMRC Store Millions Of Taxpayers Voices Without Consent
The voices of millions of taxpayers have been analysed and stored by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) without consent, privacy campaigners say.
Big Brother Watch says HMRC's Voice ID system has collected 5.1 million audio signatures and accuses the department of creating "biometric ID cards by the back door".
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched an investigation.
HMRC says the service is secure and callers can choose not to use it.
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One Man Killed After Burglary In Bristol
A man has died and two other men have suffered life-threatening injuries during a burglary in Bristol.
The attack happened in Prewett Street, Redcliffe, just after 01:00 BST.
Two men from London, aged 25 and 37, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are currently in police custody.
Officers said several people were assaulted and the other two injured men are currently being treated in hospital.
Senior Investigating Officer Andrew Mott said: "We deployed a significant number of resources to this incident and as a result we've apprehended two men who ran away from the scene when we arrived.
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