World views from the author of First with the News, a memoir of life on the front line

Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Britain's strategic defence review is a hollow plan without the right cash

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The Labour government's ambitious strategic defence review publishd yesterday was full of bold talk and fancy phrases that when analysed...
Monday, 2 June 2025

Ukraine's attack on Russian bombers is a massive turning-point in the war

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Carried outwith precision and daring, Ukraine's security forces have damaged or destroyed dozens of Russia's strategic bombers insi...
Sunday, 1 June 2025

What does Pete Hegseth mean by "imminent"?

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Talking to a bunch of top people in the foreign and security policy business in Singapore, Pete Hegseth, the Trumpite US defence secretary, ...
Saturday, 31 May 2025

Joe Biden has no regrets

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Poor old Joe, as Donald Trump calls him, he does seem to be a bit in cloud cuckoo land at the moment. In an interview, Biden says he has no ...
Friday, 30 May 2025

How has Hamas survived this long?

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Since the October 7, 2023 atrocity when Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis and captured 250, the terror organisation has suffered a huge death toll...
Thursday, 29 May 2025

Putin's summer offensive in Ukraine has begun

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While Donald Trump seeths with frustration over Putin's failure to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine, and Europe ponders whether it will be ...
Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Nobody knows what to do with Ukraine

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Attempts to end the war in Ukraine have failed beyond hope. So now what? Nobody really knows what to do and how to bring this appalling conf...
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michael evans
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Veteran Fleet Street reporter, former defence editor, war correspondent and Pentagon correspondent for The Times
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