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Prime Minister Andy Burnham will announce at the UK's first-ever wildfire summit the deployment of RAF Chinook helicopters and A400M aircraft for firefighting. Also announced: £45 million for specialist equipment, £25 million for peatland restoration, and the creation of an 'AI wildfire unit'. Summer 2026 was the hottest on record in the country, with wildfires reaching a record 1,350 incidents.
Javlon TursunovAccording to The Telegraph, in February, during exercises over the North Sea, Royal Air Force aircraft twice, several days apart, encountered unidentified objects, believed to be drones, at an altitude of more than 10,000 feet. Investigations are ongoing, and the hostility of the objects has not been established.
Aziz KarimovThe British press on 17 October 2026 discusses RAF fighter jets' encounters with unidentified drones over the North Sea, exercises in Poland rehearsing a deployment scenario for Ukraine, Devon and Cornwall Police's apology to women, as well as EU plans to employ young Britons and Apple's conflict with the regulator.
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