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Hong Kong migrants fleeing to start new lives in the UK
The UK has introduced a new visa giving 5.4 million HK residents the right to come and live in the UK, some are so keen to leave that they are already in the UK
“our friendly concentration camp”
After returning to moscow the anti-corruption campaigner Alexei navalny has been arrested and taken to the penal colony in pokrov, the place is notorious for its prison-camp like nature and violence.
The sturgeon-Salmond feud threatens to capsize Scottish nationalism
The former SNP leader claims to be the victim of a ‘malicious’ conspiracy about sexual harrasment claims. Sturgeon is now under investigation as to whether she breached ministerial code around the handling of the claims. If she is found guilty she will be expected to resign.
All of the coming out before the may election this year. This has tarnished the view of political unity in Scotland and could result in a delay in the pro-independence votes that sturgeon promised if she was voted in.
Nicola sturgeon has survived a vote of no confidence.
And the Hamilton investigation has reported that sturgeon did not breach ministerial code.
Enemies jamming RAF planes’ GPS systems over Cyprus
The aircraft affected are believed to be typhoon, lightning’s, atlas, voyager.
As yet there has been no serious incidents but this activity has been classed as ‘dangerous’ and is typical of Russia’s recent aggressive approach to international relations.
Most civilian and military aircraft have backup systems meaning the loss of GPS is unlikely to be catastrophic, however the ‘spoofing’ of GPS, whereby the system reports that it is in a different location could be serious
Boris Johnson has pledged to cut the army by 10,000 troops
The defence secretary has launched a plan to modernise the forces, saying that ‘greater effects can be delivered by fewer people’
A string of RAF planes are also to be retired including, 9 Chinooks, 14 hercs and more.
