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SAS soldiers ignored 'despicable crimes'

SAS soldiers who eventually testified against Ben Roberts-Smith were willing to turn a blind eye to alleged crimes due to a code of silence, a judge has heard.

AAP

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial told SAS ignored 'breaches of the laws of war'

A barrister for Nine Entertainment tells the Federal Court that SAS soldiers "were willing to turn a blind eye" over allegations two Afghan men were executed during a mission in 2009.

ABC News

Shinto religion has long been entangled with Japan's politics – and Shinzo Abe was associated with many of its groups

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s alleged shooter, Tetsuya Yamagami, told the police that he was motivated by Abe’s connections to the messianic new religious movement known as the Unification Church.

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Ben Roberts-Smith was targeted after being awarded Victoria Cross, his barrister tells court

Closing submissions begin in the former SAS soldier’s long-running defamation trial against three newspapers

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial begins hearing closing submissions after 100 days of testimony

Ben Roberts-Smith's barrister tells a judge the war veteran was an exceptional soldier who was subject to a sustained campaign from newspapers to create a belief he was a war criminal.

ABC News

SAS accused of unlawful killings in Afghanistan, just a year after the British government made it harder to prosecute such crimes

A BBC investigation has found evidence supporting very serious allegations against members of the SAS while they were operating in Afghanistan in 2010-11. This includes the allegation that one unit alone may have unlawfully killed 54 people over the course of six months.

The Conversation

Heathrow cancellations: 158 flights grounded over next 10 days

Exclusive: United, Lufthansa, SAS and Aer Lingus are showing the highest number of cancellations

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MoD considers review after Panorama’s SAS death squad claims

Inquiry not being ruled out after BBC reports on 54 allegedly suspicious killings by SAS unit in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

SAS killing claims will be fully investigated if new evidence shared – minister

Defence minister James Heappey was responding to an urgent question in the Commons.

The Independent UK

Call for 'Australia-style' inquiry into claims SAS troops killed detainees in Afghanistan

The documentary claimed special forces soldiers were allegedly involved in 54 suspicious killings during a six-month tour of Afghanistan

The National (Scotland)

Former military chief calls for ‘thorough investigation’ of SAS Afghanistan killing claims

A BBC Panorama programme claims one SAS unit was responsible for up to 54 deaths

The Independent UK

Heathrow cancelled flights: 13 questions answered by Simon Calder

Will the Heathrow cap mean my flight is cancelled? Simon Calder answers reader questions during an ‘Ask Me Anything’

The Independent UK

Britain's elite special forces should be monitored by MPs, charity demands

UK special forces, which include the Special Boat Service and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment, have been deployed across the globe with SAS secret missions in at least 19 countries since 2011

Daily Mirror

The Guardian view on the SAS in Afghanistan: investigate claims of war crimes

Editorial: The elite soldiers of the British army cannot be allowed to escape the laws of war

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The Independent UK

Report: UK soldiers killed dozens of Afghan detainees

A BBC investigation has alleged that British special forces killed dozens of detainees in suspicious circumstances during counter-insurgency operations in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Military police ask BBC for details ahead of Panorama’s SAS death squad claims

Request comes despite MoD saying BBC ‘irresponsible’ and ‘incorrect’ to broadcast reports Afghan civilians shot in cold blood

The Independent UK

MoD says documentary claiming SAS repeatedly killed Afghan detainees ‘puts troops at risk’

‘Too many people were being killed on night raids and the explanations didn’t make sense,’ senior Special Forces officer tells Panorama

The Independent UK

SAS unit ‘killed detainees and unarmed men in Afghanistan’

A Panorama investigation reportedly uncovered 54 suspicious killings carried out by one British SAS unit on a six-month tour.

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Wales Online

Members of SAS killed detainees and unarmed people, says BBC report

The Ministry of Defence said it could not comment on specific allegations

Reuters

Slovakia's junior coalition party threatens to quit if finance minister doesn't step down

The junior partner in Slovakia's ruling coalition, the liberal SaS party, threatened on Wednesday to pull out of the government if Finance Minister Igor Matovic does not step down by the end of August.

Daily Mirror

Wife forced to give dying husband CPR in back of ambulance in 'shocking' failing

The woman was asked to perform CPR on her dying husband in the back of the ambulance, with the ambulance technician offering her no assistance, a report revealed

Edinburgh Live

Scottish wife forced to give CPR to dying husband after medic 'couldn't do it'

Labour's health spokeswoman Jackie Bailie described the incident as an "absolutely shocking and distressing case." The widow reportedly gave CPR to her husband in the back of an ambulance with no help from the technician

Glasgow Live

Wife gives dying husband CPR in back of ambulance as crew member does nothing

The Scottish Public Service Ombudsman upheld a complaint from the widow after she complained about treatment her husband received after he took seriously unwell at home.

Daily Record

Wife left to give dying husband CPR in back of Scots ambulance after medic 'couldn't do it'

Ambulance chiefs have been ordered to apologise to the patient’s grieving widow after Scotland’s health watchdog upheld her complaint.

ABC News

ADF report into alleged misconduct in East Timor warned of culture issues in special forces, years before claims of Afghanistan war crimes

An internal Australian Defence Force report explicitly warned of a "code of silence" and a culture of cover-up in the special forces, years before allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan emerged.

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