A military veteran who lost the use of his right arm in a motorbike accident and was later imprisoned for money laundering is now making a living from his newfound love of pottery. Gary Fulton, 53, from Hayle, Cornwall, who served in Northern Ireland and Kenya, was one of the last soldiers to guard Nazi Rudolf … Read more
TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) WAR BOOKS OF THE YEAR TO WAR WITH THE WALKERS by Annabel Venning (Hodder £20, 336 pp) Wars are fought not by politicians and generals, but by ordinary people called on to do extraordinary things. Like the brothers and sisters of the middle-class … Read more
Turkey has shot down two Syrian war planes and destroyed 100 tanks as it launches a military offensive against the Moscow-backed Syrian regime after an airstrike that killed 34 of its soldiers. Turkish defence minister Hulusi Akar announced the operation – dubbed ‘Spring Shield’ – today and vowed that any attack on Turkish forces or … Read more
Military robots win search and rescue competition as they search for survivors in underground power plant after gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm mannequins standing in for human survivors, and a lost cell phone in the ruins … Read more
The armed forces along with the British Red Cross and St John Ambulance volunteers could be drafted in to support the NHS after 23 test positive for coronavirus in the UK. Military doctors and nurses would be on hand at hospitals where staff are too ill to work or are self-isolating, under ministerial plans for … Read more
The funeral of former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak took place in Cairo on Wednesday as his body was flown to a mosque in the city’s east by helicopter before the casket was carried out by an honour guard. Dozens of Mubarak supporters, clad in black and carrying posters of the former president, watched the helicopter … Read more