Ministry of Defence

Parliament’s public accounts committee says there is a £16.9 billion gap between the Ministry of Defence’s budget and what the UK’s armed forces need.

More than 10,000 people were evacuated from the area during the explosives operation.

The defence secretary has given a major speech at Lancaster House in London in which he portrayed a bleak world that justified high military spending.

General Jim Hockenhull, head of Strategic Command, described Britain as being involved in an “ongoing cyber Olympics” against its digital adversaries.

Defence Procurement Minister James Cartlidge said AI could also be used to carry out tasks and keep humans “out of harm’s way.”