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The US military is open to consultations about escorting Philippine ships in the disputed South China Sea, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command said Tuesday amid a spike in hostilities between Beijing and Manila in the disputed waters. manilatimes.net/2024/08/27/new…

The prime minister has effectively sacked his national security adviser, General Gwyn Jenkins, but seems to think it’s beneath his dignity to have to explain why. Sorry, Sir Keir, but that’s not good enough. spectator.co.uk/article/whats-…

"We're in a world of a myriad of different threats. We need to be strong in our defence and security and we are simply not." ICYMI - Simon Diggins on LBC the other day talking about the threat to the world order.

Iran is supplying Russia with ballistic missiles, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a presser with Foreign Sec David Lammy. Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦: "This will change the political landscape of allowing Western weapons to attack military targets inside Russia."

Russia holds biggest post-Soviet navy drills with China. The fact we are seeing this kind of military co-operation is significant. On The Brink's Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 with his analysis.

LIVE TONIGHT AT 7PM ON X SPACES TOPIC: How lifting the ban on long-range missile strikes deep inside Russia could change the Ukraine war. Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦, Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 & Simon Diggins

UKRAINE LATEST: Lifting the ban on firing British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia x.com/i/spaces/1mnxe…

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Five former Defence Secs have urged the PM to let Ukraine fire Storm Shadow missiles into Russia. 'It would be better to seek forgiveness from the US afterwards rather than ask permission and get it refused.' Analysis from Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦, Cormac Smith 🇮🇪🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 & Simon Diggins.

Big week coming up and we are just getting going! 🇺🇦🙏 Don’t forget Thursday 8pm EST Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 for Country1st country1st.com/campfire0924 Letters from Ukraine hopefully with David Brookfield (大卫) - #NotACat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & Furious George 🇺🇦🇬🇷🇺🇸🇨🇦 it’s been a while ! And a slot hopefully on Defence On The Brink next week

The dangers of forcing Ukraine into accepting a peace agreement. 🚨China may treat it as an opportunity to invade Taiwan. 🚨 Kim Jong Un may turn round and attack South Korea. Only Ukraine should be able to dictate the conditions for peace. Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦

EXPLAINER: Israel's exploding device attacks on Hezbollah terrorists On The Brink's Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 on what has been a very sophisticated attack by Israel.

A 2min explainer by Philip Ingram MBE 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇺🇦 on why Israel's pager attack is completely in line with international law. "The pagers were being used for military purposes. Therefore the destruction of the pagers and the terrorists carrying them is a lawful target of attack."

John Healey speaking right now at Labour party conference. "Labour is the party of defence." We are yet to see this...

The same old lines being churned out by the Defence Secretary today... "We will set out a path to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, a level not matched since 2010 when Labour was last in government." We are still waiting for the defence review and deadline for 2.5%.

The most powerful short video of our time. "He went from being a good leader to being a great leader, to being Winston Churchill with an iPhone." If you haven't already then please do watch The Zelensky Story on BBC iPlayer.

Counter terror, geopolitics, cyber - all part of the threat landscape - reporting from International Security Expo