UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to appoint a new defence secretary after Ben Wallace formally handed in his resignation on Thursday.
In a letter to the prime minister, Wallace said: The [UK].
The British Royal Air Force's recent scrambling of Typhoon jets to intercept two Russian Tu-142 bombers near the Shetland Islands serves as a decisive display of NATO's readiness and commitment to European security, reflecting the escalating tensions with Russia amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
LONDON: UK jets were scrambled on Monday morning (Aug 14) to respond to two Russian bombers flying north of the Shetland Islands in Scotland, Britain's defence ministry said in a statement. The ministry said the jets monitored two Russian Tu-142 long-range maritime patrol bombers as they transited nea