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There is just a week left until Mr Trump is officially out of office, but there are fears he may use this time to “go out with a bang”. Tobias Ellwood, Chair of the Defence Select Committee, told Express.co.uk that Mr Trump likely has something “up his sleeve” and will not go quietly. Vice President Mike Pence has refused calls to invoke the 25th amendment and remove the President from office early.
The conflicts surrounding nuclear arms in North Korea can potentially turn into world war 3 if not resolved or kept in check. An expert has now warned that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un may have called for the increased development of massive nuclear weapons.
According to Fletcher School Korea watcher Sung-Yoon Lee, North Korea does not plan on denuclearizing any time soon, and that leader Kim Jong-Un has called for the nation to produce more nuclear bombs that are lighter and smaller. This is because Kim wants the country’s nuclear capabilities to be more advanced in its accurate pre-emptive nuclear strikes as well as second-strike features on targets as far as 15,000 kilometers away. North Korea state newspaper Rodong Sinmun revealed that Kim Jong-Un has also called for enhancing the country’s nuclear capabilities.
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On New Year’s Eve, crowds filled the streets of Wuhan – the Chinese city believed to have been the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak – as the majority of the world adhered to strict lockdown measures. The festivities came 12 months after the World Health Organisation (WHO) received word of cases of unknown pneumonia, which later became known as the world s first outbreak of Covid-19. The images, including ones showing hundreds gathered in front of the old Hankow Customs House bu
The consortium will deliver training alongside Royal Navy personnel
18 December 2020 • 12:30pm
A consortium led by outsourcer Capita and defence and technology companies Raytheon, Elbit and Fujitsu has won a £1bn deal to train Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines.
The 12-year agreement aims to modernise how military staff are taught, as well as deliver efficiencies and reduce the time they are away from their frontline duties.
The consortium, known as Team Fisher, will oversee on-the-ground and simulator training across a range of ranks, manage the Navy’s existing educational equipment and market UK military training courses abroad in an attempt to attract new revenue to the UK.
Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood
BOURNEMOUTH East MP Tobias Ellwood has issued a response over his attendance at a gathering of 27 people in London following criticism from the Home Secretary. Mr Ellwood, who chairs the House of Commons Defence Select Committee, attended the Iraq British Business Council event in Piccadilly on Tuesday. The business council’s website listed the event as a ‘Christmas Party’, however the Conservative former defence minister said it was a “business reception/dinner” which was Covid compliant. When asked by ITV News if Mr Ellwood’s actions were a “egregious breach” of the coronavirus rules, Home Secretary Priti Patel said: “Well, it is. Of course it is exactly that.