Channel 4’s Dispatches reveals new evidence about the British government’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza, raising troubling questions about arms exports, international law and political accountability.
There was a major spike in Polymarket bets predicting the Iran War, an hour before Trump’s strikes began, new analysis finds
Possible prosecutions of UK Special Forces over alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan would be deeply serious. But if credible evidence supports charges, accountability is necessary for victims, soldiers and the rule of law.
The Ministry of Defence has apologised after 97 million files were discovered more than three years into the independent inquiry examining allegations of unlawful killings by UK Special Forces in Afghanistan, with thousands of documents potentially relevant to its investigation.
A former civil servant who worked inside SAS headquarters has described a culture in which some soldiers behaved as though normal rules did not apply, while saying she was casually told of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
Sky knows that several figures featured in The Wargame have current commercial links to the defence sector. AOAV asks why those interests remain absent from their biographies.
The Independent Inquiry relating to Afghanistan has called an open hearing after discovering a significant and unexpected increase in relevant Ministry of Defence documentation that has not been disclosed.
Britain is preparing to refuel Saudi fighter aircraft as Riyadh confronts renewed Houthi attacks. The government says the mission is defensive and limited. AOAV, however, question its legal, moral, strategic and financial logic.
Who benefits when security becomes a permanent emergency? Oxford anthropologist Ruben Andersson talks to AOAV’s Iain Overton about the politics and profits of fear, the expansion of surveillance, and why diplomacy and peace deserve a hearing.
An inquiry examining allegations that British Special Forces unlawfully killed civilians in Afghanistan has cost the taxpayer £58 million, according to Ministry of Defence figures, as the process stretches towards its fourth year without published findings.
Former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon has quit, warning that AI companies are racing towards superintelligence despite fears the technology could become uncontrollable.
Exclusive: Freedom of Information disclosures reveal just nine MoD fraud referrals to civilian prosecutors over five years, amid warnings of potential fraud exposure of up to £1.5bn.