HISTORICAL FACTS: 25 - Caught on Camera

Are US military drills in Asia-Pacific a veiled attempt to curb Chinese power?

Recent US military activity in the Asia-Pacific is on the rise, including drills in the Philippines and South Korea as well as a submarine deal struck between the US and Australia. China has, meanwhile, accused the US of encircling the country. FRANCE 24 speaks with an expert to shed light…

France 24 · Mar 14, 2023

Inside Edinburgh's abandoned 'ghost' village completely frozen in time

Craigiehall was once a well used army base in Edinburgh - used in WWII and the Cold War and included a housing estate for military families. But after cuts to budgets, it has been left derelict.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 11, 2023

Nuked blood: now ministers refuse to tell families why they can't see evidence

The Ministry of Defence holds the results of Cold War blood tests, but won't share it with veterans

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

300 new Ulez cameras rolled out — but none in rebel boroughs

Transport for London is installing numberplate-reading technology despite a potential judicial review

Evening Standard · Mar 3, 2023

China rips new US House committee on countering Beijing

China has lashed out at a new U_S_ House committee dedicated to countering Beijing, demanding its members “discard their ideological bias and zero-sum Cold War mentality.”

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

‘Orion’ military exercises: A fictitious war, but a real test for French troops

Last week France launched Orion 23, months-long military exercises involving thousands of troops, naval and land vehicles, aircraft and an aircraft carrier. The joint military exercises had been in the works since 2020, but as Western powers learned the lessons of the Ukraine war, Orion 23 grew bigger, more ambitious,…

France 24 · Feb 28, 2023

"Putin shows no sign of stopping"

Novelist and veteran Elliot Ackerman on estimates suggesting that Russians and Ukrainians have each lost 100,000

Salon · Feb 28, 2023

Cold War bunker a life saver in devastated Ukrainian village

For a Ukrainian village devastated by war, Cold War bunkers built to withstand a nuclear attack that never happened have proven a lifeline for residents who have spent much of the past year living in them.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2023

Some politicians seem comfortable with the idea of a new cold war. They shouldn’t

Republican leaders draw on Reagan-era nostalgia to unite their party, but a 21st-century cold war would not end well for anyone

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2023

Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail

The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023