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Why MP Johnny Mercer has withdrawn support for the government over historical allegations in Northern Ireland.   Is the special relationship is back on as Pompeo and Hunt have talks in London.   Is Iran a threat to the UK and is Libya being ignored?   And army boxing, why it’s attracting an online audience.  

This week on Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee: Gavin Williamson has lost his job as Defence Secretary.  He was sacked by the Prime Minister because she believes he was the source of a leak from the National Security Council. The Chairman of the House of Commons Defence Committee Dr Julian Lewis gives his views on Williamson, the new woman in the job Penny Mordaunt and Huawei. He's join...

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In today’s Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee - Is India now a super-power? How London and Moscow are trying to improve relations. Plus, why do people leave the armed forces?  And what should the Mod do to increase retention And, how one part of Brexit IS happening on time tomorrow.

This week on Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee: It's 2019 and if you're a woman, you can now apply to do every single job in the British Armed Forces. We celebrate International Women's Day by hearing from some of the top female voices in defence, including: Dr Karin Von Hippel, Director General of the Royal United Services Institute. Colonel Lucy Giles, President of the Army Selection...

28th February This week on Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee: President Trump and Kim Jong-un have said no deal this time on nuclear warheads.  We hear from Professor Robert Kelly of Pusan University in South Korea and Professor Michael Stathis from the University of Southern Utah in the USA. Why has nobody managed to find a solution to the conflict over Kashmir?  Dr Dan Plesch from SOA...

21st February This week on Sitrep with Tim Cooper and Christopher Lee: Putin has told Moscow's federal assembly that Russia will deploy new weapons and aim them at the west if the US deploys new short and medium-range missiles in Europe.  So what's Putin's game?  We hear from RUSI's Professor Mark Galleotti and writer on Russian affairs Mary Dejevsky. Simon Marks reports from Washington on Preside...

This week on Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee: Professor Michael Clarke from the new counter-terrorist think tank Co-Jit UK explains why British Intelligence Officers might like to speak to the IS bride who wants to come to the UK. Forces News reporter Laura Mackin-Isherwood reports from the NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels. The London Evening Standard's Defence Editor Robert...

In (today’s) Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee: Are Islamic State really defeated in Syria or is it wishful thinking by President Trump? The UK hosts the Nato’s 70th summit later this year – is it chance to modernise the alliance? Find out why there are now more Gurkhas joining the British Army than in the past 30 years. And as we wave goodbye to the Tornado, Sitrep looks at how it will...

This week on Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee: Defence Minister Tobias Ellwood explains why Brexit defence planning is the number one priority at the Ministry of Defence. Professor Paul Rogers explains the INF treaty and why President Trump is warning the US may pull out. The new Commander of British Forces in the Falklands, Brigadier Nick Sawyer, gives his first interview and tells Gi...

What’s behind last weekend’s car bomb in Londonderry?  We speak to Dr Marisa McGlinchey whose forthcoming book "Unfinished Business: The politics of Dissident Irish Republicanism" is out soon.   President Trump and North Korea are planning another summit  - but is North Korea still developing nuclear warheads?  Sitrep looks at the meeting from both the US and North Korean perspective with Robert E...

17th January edition   What would a no-deal Brexit mean for defence?   Why France and Germany are strengthening their defence and foreign policies with a new Treaty.   The US Shutdown - how does it affect US Defence?    Plus what’s the Royal Navy up to in the South China Seas and what was the SAS man doing at a Nairobi Hotel?

It's out with the old and in with the new for the RAF.  The F-35s are deployment ready while the Tornadoes are being prepared to retire, Aviation Expert Paul Beaver explains the significance. We speak to Christina Lamb, the Sunday Times Chief Foreign Correspondent, who was recently in South Sudan, about how British soldiers intervened to stop the repeated rape of a group of women there. What will...

Sitrep looks at the highs and lows of 2018   From the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury to President Trump’s historic talks with North Korea’s leader.   The RAF celebrated 100 years, the Royal Navy put its new Carrier to sea and we remembered the fallen of first World War in the centenary of the Armistice   Plus: will the Modernising Defence Programme deliver what it promises?   And what’s in store...

In this week’s Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee…   In today’s programme Sitrep hears from the Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, and General Sir Nick Carter,  the Chief of the defence staff  who is rated by many as one of the best modernisers in the army   The carnage in Yemen - is there a chance to bring some hope to more than a hundred thousand people made homeless and starving as...

In this week’s Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee… Should we be banning one of China’s biggest telecoms firms from involvement in Britain’s next-generation mobile networks? The head of MI6 is asking that question, and many of Britain’s global security partners have already taken action – should the UK follow suit? As Russia threatens to escalate missile production – are we heading into a...

In this week’s episode with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee…. Has the Matthew Hedges’ case made for tricky relations between Britain and the UAE?    Is it time to ditch the Russian-American missile treaties and start again? It’s Thanksgiving in America but is it a bad time to say thank you? And the Armed Forces Covenant - what has it done for you?   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. C...

In today’s Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee….. Brexit – what happens to the military?  Is the Defence Budget threatened and what about NATO? Does Britain still have influence in the Middle East and has the US lost its global military edge ? Plus - how does the MoD monitor big defence contracts? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Check out our Facebook video on the Forces New...

In today’s Sitrep with Kate Gerbeau and Christopher Lee…..   A boost to improve care for veterans, but why has it taken so long?   America's top thinking General tell us what's wrong with leadership.   The US mid-term elections, who are the winners and losers?   And, as we look towards the centenary of the Armistice on Sunday - Dan Snow looks back on 100 years of PTSD and …are we getting remembran...

Do millennials understand the Armed Forces? Defence gets a million in the budget – or does it? Plus - war games in the snow and the sand And – what is modern deterrence? Find out in today’s Sitrep with James Hirst and Christopher Lee   ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Check out our Facebook video on the Forces News facebook  (after 15.30 UKT)   PROGRAMME TX THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME...

In today’s Sitrep with James Hirst and Christopher Lee….. As the US prepares to walk away from a nuclear pact with Russia — should we be worried? A Brexit deal’s agreed for Gibraltar — but what if there’s no deal? Plus the continuing political row over the treatment of veterans of the conflict in Northern Ireland, and we’re in Australia with And a special report from the Invictus Games in Australi...