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Royal Navy ships designed to take heavy equipment into war zones could also be scrapped it s part of the spending review which is being delayed for 6 months for my Rear Admiral Chris Parry says the troops must be prioritized I think it s really important the way we retain as many Marines as possible they are commando assault troops that we will use in future conflicts and if it s a question of retaining more Marines or losing the Albion or ball work then I m afraid I think the ship should go Dr Peter Roberts the director of military sciences at the defense think tank the Royal United Services Institute says it s a difficult situation I think one of the things that we do pretty well is think about how we will spend our money in defense of the other $2.00 because you know it s been cut systematically for the last 40 years the point is they re now at a crux point where there is no fun left to trim campaign as the demanding the minister of defense clarify whether it permits the use of let
Proposed Democrats threatening to withhold spending authorization votes over Dhaka protection for illegal immigrants the White House signaling they are ready to call the Democrats bluff the u.s. Navy filing homicide charges against 2 Navy commanders over fatal collisions at sea live in Washington Fox s Joel NATO last June the u.s.s. Fitzgerald crashed into a commercial ship in waters off Japan killing 7 sailors in August 10 sailors found dead after the u.s.s. McCain crashed into an oil tanker in Southeast Asia now former commander price Benson of the Fitzgerald and former commander Alfredo Sanchez of the McCain are facing charges of negligent homicide $2.00 lieutenants of the Fitzgerald also facing charges of hazarding a vessel and a chief petty officer on the McCain is looking at a charge of dereliction of duty investigators say both collisions could have been avoided Jack thanks jill Fox News fair and balanced. Name is Dale position I m 19 years old and this is how I live United hav
Ministry of Defense figures show Islamic state militants have lost large areas of territory in Iraq and Syria today marks the 3rd anniversary of British involvement in the bombing campaign with British jets and drones helping to cripple i-s. Major General Report Jones is a former deputy commander of the joint task force against i.a.s. He says significant progress has been made we conducted over 1500 strikes or 1600 British troops in Iraq as we speak the British have trained 58000 members of the Iraqi security forces that s almost half of all those members the Iraqi security forces that are being trained say for their tough days ahead of course are all but they show losing on all fronts the defense secretary some Michael Fallon has warned the American company Boeing that a trade dispute could jeopardize its chances of winning future government contracts u.s. Authorities have imposed huge export tariffs on Boeing s rival bomb body which has been accused of benefiting from unfair governm
Actually. You re listening to the b.b.c. World Service. Hello this is Charles Council with the b.b.c. News the French presidency manual McCraw has outlined his vision for comprehensive reform in Europe with the Franco German alliance of its heart and a place for Britain despite the BRICs it vote in an impassioned to our appearance at the Sorbonne University in Paris the president said the e.u. Was currently too weak slow and inefficient Lucy Williamson is in Paris Emanuel not content to sell a new vision of Europe simpler closer less bureaucratic and he suggested that in a reformed future Union Britain could also have a role. In a European Union focused on strong values and an efficient market the u.k. Will find its place in a couple of years if it wants to Among his sweeping proposals for the creation of the pan European defense budget and intervention force the entry of foreign soldiers international armies and the e.u. Wide tax on financial transactions and a common budget for the