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‘Mystery’ at Foreign Office over file hidden from media

2 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Phil Miller

Government cannot explain why it withheld a Downing Street document for up to six years after it was cleared for release. Graham Hand is the senior sensitivity reviewer at FCDO Services. (Photo: Alex Morris / Declassified UK)The Foreign Office’s censorship chief has told a court it was “very complicated, a little bit mysterious and regrettable” that a cache of documents was concealed from this journalist long after it was supposed to be made public.
UK military still lacks unit to track civilian casualties

2 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Iain Overton |Edward Lander

The Ministry of Defence has admitted it has no dedicated unit to investigate civilian deaths caused by British military operations – an omission that critics say reveals the UK’s failure to take responsibility for the human cost of its wars.
Birds of a feather - the Royal and Israeli Air Forces

2 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

Explainer: The RAF has a secretive but special relationship with its Israeli counterpart which has been devastating Gaza. Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston visits Israel as a guest of its air force commander Amikam Norkin in March 2021. (Photo: RAF)On 4 March a giant US B-52 bomber took off from the US air force base at Fairford in Gloucestershire to fly alongside Israeli F-35 and F-16 warplanes over the eastern Mediterranean.
Whitehall cover-up of Prince Andrew files exposed

3 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Richard Norton-Taylor

Documents on the Duke of York’s time as a taxpayer-funded trade envoy are being blocked from public scrutiny Prince Andrew meets King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia at a State Banquet in London, 2007. (Photo: Anwar Hussein / Alamy)The British government is refusing to release documents about Prince Andrew’s past role as a trade envoy in the Middle East, it has emerged.
Britain sent over 500 spy flights to Gaza

4 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Iain Overton

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has conducted at least 518 surveillance flights around Gaza since December 2023, an investigation by Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) for Declassified UK has found. The flights, carried out by 14 Squadron’s Shadow R1 aircraft from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, have been shrouded in secrecy, raising concerns about whether British intelligence has played a role in Israeli military operations that have resulted in mass civilian casualties in Gaza.
Britain is aiding Israel’s nuclear force

4 weeks ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

UK companies have sold £9m worth of technology for Israel’s submarines, which are believed to house nuclear weapons. An Israeli Dolphin class submarine in Haifa. (Photo: Amir Cohen / Alamy)When the government recently published its arms exports data for the period July to September last year, one item caught the eye: a licence to sell Israel £7.1m worth of “technology for submarines”. Israel’s submarines are believed to house nuclear arms.
British General's Israeli weapons job criticised

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Phil Miller |Alex Morris

The former head of Britain’s armed forces is providing advice to Israeli arms firms, sparking questions over his role in a country whose prime minister is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). General Sir Nick Carter was chief of the defence staff – Britain’s most senior military officer – from 2018-21. Months before stepping down, he signed a military cooperation agreement with Israel.
How Starmer aided Trump’s deadly bombing of Yemen

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Iona Craig

Prime minister Keir Starmer quietly involved Britain’s armed forces in President Donald Trump’s bombardment of Yemen last weekend, Declassified can confirm. A Royal Air Force (RAF) Voyager aerial refuelling tanker carried out two flights from Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus into the northern Red Sea to support the USS Harry S. Truman. The US aircraft carrier launched multiple waves of air raids across Yemen on Saturday and Sunday in Trump’s largest military operation since returning to office.
Britain wants Ukraine’s minerals too

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Mark Curtis

It’s not just Trump. The UK views critical minerals as a government priority and wants to open up Ukraine’s vast resources to British corporations. A titanium ore quarry in Ukraine. (Photo: Yuliia Burlachenko / Alamy)When UK officials signed a 100 year partnership with Ukraine in mid-January, they claimed to be Ukraine’s “preferred partner” in developing the country’s “critical minerals strategy”.
BBC and Guardian editors held private meetings with Israeli General

1 month ago | declassifieduk.org | Alex Morris |John McEvoy

Exclusive: Former IDF chief of staff met with Britain’s top journalists to promote Israel’s war on Gaza. General Aviv Kohavi led the IDF for four years up to January 2023. (Photo Ilan Assayag / Alamy)Israel’s former top military officer, General Aviv Kohavi held private meetings with the editors of major British news organisations one month after the Gaza bombing began, Declassified can reveal.