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US-British strikes leave 16 dead in Yemen, Houthi TV says

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US-British strikes leave 16 dead in Yemen, Houthi TV says

A total of 16 have been killed and 35 wounded in Yemen’s Hodeidah as a result of American and British strikes in the area, the Houthi-owned Al-Masirah reported on Friday morning, citing the Hodeidah health office. The Houthi-run news network noted that the strikes took place on Thursday night into early Friday morning but … Read more

Fighting properly: General David Richards, former UK armed forces chief, on a career in uniform and his pal Colin Firth

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Fighting properly: General David Richards, former UK armed forces chief, on a career in uniform and his pal Colin Firth

When I was 11, we moved to Sussex, where my parents came from, and we lived in a little village near Herstmonceux. General Richards in uniform at a Nato summit in Chicago in 2012, when he was chief of the British defence staff. Photo: Handout Many years later, when I was made a lord, the … Read more