Red weather warning issued for extreme heat and humidity
Minister confirms Britain’s involvement in the Yemen war
Campaigners from Amnesty International carrying a batch of five giant dummy missiles to Downing Street in London, 2016
A SAUDI air-force pilot who crashed while undertaking “operational tasks” over Yemen was taught to fly by Britain’s Royal Air Force and arms corporation BAE Systems, a minister has confirmed.
It is the first time a government official has admitted Britain’s involvement in the conflict in Yemen, which has caused the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition have killed civilians and left millions of people on the brink of famine since the war began in 2015.
Similar stories
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
COLL McCAIL assesses the revelation that Britain is now outsourcing its surveillance flights over Palestine to US mercenaries