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Dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi, une attaque au couteau a tué une personne, une Américaine, dans le centre de Londres. Six personnes au moins ont également été blessées. L'agresseur, un Norvégien d'origine somalienne, a été neutralisé et arrêté. Dans les premières heures, la police n'excluait pas la piste d'un acte terroriste mais l'homme est simplement désormais soupçonné de meurtre. La police dit n'avoir aucun indice d'une quelconque radicalisation suggérant une piste terroriste.

A long-awaited military exercise was conducted by the Bolivian Armed Forces in central Bolivia, 129 km from the city of Cochabamba, and displayed a new training concept implemented last year. Operation 'Estamos Juntos /Khuska Kasanca 2016' ran 1-4 August and emphasised service interoperability in

Chinese defence minister Chang Wanquan has warned of "offshore security threats" and called on the military, police, and general population to prepare for mobilisation to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity in the event of a "people's war at sea", Xinhua news

Cobham has announced lower sales and earnings and looked back on a "challenging start" to the year. The group reported that sales had fallen 13% compared with the first half of the previous year to GBP1.05 billion (USD1.4 billion), while pre-tax profits fell 44% to GBP76 million. The

Key Points President Erdogan's ultimatum comes in the context of weakened relations between Turkey and the European Union following the 15 July failed coup. Turkey is highly unlikely to change its counter-terrorism laws in accordance with the EU's criteria for visa liberalisation, and their own

Key Points The attack on Mukalla's commercial port marks the first boat-borne attack targeting the coalition since the start of the conflict. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has expressly threatened the UAE following the group's expulsion from Mukalla in April 2016. The frequency of IED,

Americas

• It’s been a long time coming, but the F-35A has been cleared for service by the US Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC). As a result, the 34th Fighter Squadron of the 388th Fighter Wing has the honor of being the first unit declared operational. This follows the F-35B squadron which was passed for combat back in July 2015.

• The Miniature Hit-to-Kill (MHTK) interceptor missile has successfully completed an engineering demonstration for the US Army’s Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center’s Extended Area Protection and Survivability program. Designed by Lockhhed Martin, the testing was to prove the munition’s agility and aerodynamic capability. At 3 feet in length and 8 pounds in weight, MHTK aims to provide the Army with a cost and logistically effective way to defeat rocket, artillery and mortar threats.

Middle East North Africa

• Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $58 million contract to enhance Qatari and Saudi Patriot missile systems. Work to be undertaken in the deal involves modifications of the Patriot’s segment enhancement software. This will contribute to an entire system’s situational awareness by transmitting precision cueing data to other theater elements while simultaneously protecting against short-range ballistic missile, large-caliber rockets and air-breathing threats.

• Iraqi security forces want to expand their security in Baghdad and counter unmanned aircraft threats from the Islamic State. The recommendations come on the back of a trip to the country by Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency (JIDA) director, Lt. Gen. Michael Shields, who was sent to determine how the Pentagon might be able to help the government in Iraq stabilize and secure Baghdad. Efforts already in place to ease UAV threats in Iraq include the Pentagon requesting an additional $20 million from Congress to address the issue.

Europe

• Poland has expressed an interest in expanding industrial ties with France and Germany. Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz made the statement in relation to increasing local defense work and may include partnership on a new tank build program. While further details of any formal negotiations have not been released, any program would go towards Poland’s shift away from its older Soviet-era hardware towards Western gear.

Asia Pacific

• Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) CEO Ha Sung-young is so confident in their T-50A, that he will resign if the trainer is not selected for the USAF’s ongoing T-X competition. The bold statement was made in front of 39 executives attending an executive strategy meeting held at LIG’s Sacheon Training Institute in Gyeongnam Province. Ha’s bet is said to be backed up by T-X partner Lockheed Martin making a clean sweep of contracts recently in the US.

• The Philippine Air Force is set to beef up their attack helicopter capabilities as the service also bulks up munitions with purchases of South Korean Blue Shark light anti-submarine torpedos. Known as the Flight Plan 2028 initiative, the new procurements will add to 12 MD-50s and eight AW-109s. PAF usually implement attack helicopters for clearing and pursuit operations.

• In the latest salvo of sabre rattling on the Korean Peninsula, a North Korean ballistic missile landed in Japanese territorial waters. The launch saw a Rondong missile travel 1,000km, and marks the furthest a North Korean missile has traveled in a year which has seen a gradual continuation of testing. While natural condemnation came from the usual quarters of Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul, Pyongyang hit back at the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Aerial Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea.

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The UK Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, have received a frequency converter to generate power for the vessels.

Raytheon has received a $523m contract from the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to produce, test and deliver Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB interceptors.

United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien concluded today his three-day mission to crisis-torn South Sudan, voicing serious concern at the humanitarian situation in the country and in particular the violence against civilians, as well as attacks against aid workers, which is hampering efforts to respond to the needs of the people affected by the fighting.

United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien concluded today his three-day mission to crisis-torn South Sudan, voicing serious concern at the humanitarian situation in the country and in particular the violence against civilians, as well as attacks against aid workers, which is hampering efforts to respond to the needs of the people affected by the fighting.

Steven Woolfe, le grand favori pour succéder à Nigel Farage à la tête de l'Ukip, a été exclu du scrutin interne pour avoir soumis sa candidature en retard. Son élimination plonge le Parti pour l'indépendance du Royaume-Uni dans une violente bataille pour son avenir. Un face-à-face sans merci va s'engager entre les fidèles de l'ancien régime Farage et ceux qui voudraient que la formation politique prenne une nouvelle direction.

A United Nations-backed report launched today explores the different ways the international treaty governing the inscription of world heritage sites may one day apply to sunken coral islands, floating rainforests, or giant undersea volcanoes, none of which can be considered for listing because they are in the seas outside of any national jurisdiction.