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What is the F-35 fighter jet Israel uses to bomb Gaza and Iran?

by KATIE FALLON | 18 June 2025
TAGGED: Explainer

Explainer: Get to know the controversial warplane at the centre of UK arms exports to Israel.

EXPLAINER: U.K. agrees to come to Ukraine’s future defence

by MARK CURTIS | 23 January 2024
TAGGED: Explainer, Ukraine

EXPLAINER: Why should we be concerned about depleted uranium?

by LEILA DOUGAN | 20 July 2023
TAGGED: Depleted Uranium, Explainer, Iraq, Ukraine

Explainer: Britain’s proxy war on Russia

by MARK CURTIS | 27 September 2022
TAGGED: Explainer, Russia, Ukraine

Explainer: Is the UK a rogue state? 17 British policies violating domestic or international law

by MARK CURTIS | 7 February 2020
TAGGED: Argentina, Assange, Chagos Islands, Explainer, GCHQ, Israel, MI5, MI6

Explainer: British collusion in Northern Ireland’s dirty war

by ANNE CADWALLADER | 15 January 2020
TAGGED: Declassified Files, Explainer, Ireland, Police, Terrorism

EXPLAINER: Five reasons the UK intelligence agencies fear Jeremy Corbyn winning Britain’s election

by PHIL MILLER | 5 December 2019
TAGGED: Explainer

Britain’s seven covert wars: An Explainer

by MARK CURTIS | 16 September 2019
TAGGED: Afghanistan, Explainer, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

The United Kingdom is fighting at least seven covert wars

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