Venetia Rainey

1 week ago | msn.com | Venetia Rainey

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1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey

Five loud thuds echo across the island. Then everything falls silent and the cool morning air is once again filled with the sound of birdsong. This sort of high-level, international military activity has become normal for the Gotland Regiment. For them, the threat of Russia is real and immediate. 'Vladimir, you're drunk!'But most locals have a more laid-back attitude.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Venetia Rainey

As an army helicopter buzzes overhead, Tomas Ängshammar points proudly at the sleek barracks of the Swedish armed forces’ newest regiment: P18 Gotland. The Scandinavian building is clad in muted pinewood and looks more like a modernist hotel than a military headquarters. “It has room for 240 conscripts,” says Mr Ängshammar, the regiment’s communications director, “but from August this year, it [will be] too small because we’re going to have 300 conscripts.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Venetia Rainey |Henry Bodkin |Allegra Mendelson

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2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Venetia Rainey |Henry Bodkin |Allegra Mendelson

On today's episode, we confront the brutal realities of two of the world's most controversial flashpoints. First, our man on the ground, Jerusalem correspondent Henry Bodkin, joins Israeli troops in Gaza for a rare and eye-opening embed. He takes us inside the tunnel where Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar was allegedly hiding before an Israeli airstrike on May 13th - one that struck the entrance of the European Hospital, sparking outrage and headlines around the world.