Police are examining new information which alleges that Princess Diana and Dodi al Fayed were murdered by a member of the British military.

Police in the UK are examining new information which alleges that Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed were murdered by a member of the British military.

A military police investigation is under way in Britain after a soldier was allegedly subjected to a sex attack by three servicemen at an Army base.

A BRITISH soldier fighting in Afghanistan is being investigated over claims he cut off the fingers of dead Taliban insurgents and kept them as souvenirs, the Sun newspaper said.

Charges against two Iraqis accused of the murders of six British military policemen more than seven years ago have been dropped by a judge in Baghdad, it has emerged.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai today ordered an investigation into reports that his forces fired on international troops in the country’s south, killing three.

A High Court battle was launched today for a wide-ranging public inquiry into the alleged mistreatment of more than 100 Iraqis detained by British troops.

THE only soldier convicted over the death of Iraqi hotel worker Baha Mousa yesterday described widespread abuse of prisoners by British troops, including an officer.

A joint British and Afghan investigation was under way today amid fears an air strike aimed at suspected insurgents may in fact have killed nine innocent civilians.

The Taliban claimed responsibility today for the killing of five British soldiers by a rogue Afghan policeman.

Five British soldiers were killed when a rogue Afghan policeman turned his gun on them inside a checkpoint.

Five British soldiers have been killed by a rogue Afghan policeman, British and Afghan officials said today.

THE Ulsterman heading up the Jersey childcare probe was once involved in the fight against the IRA on the streets of Belfast.

Up to 20 Iraqi civilians may have been executed by British troops in southern Iraq, it was claimed today.

NINE Iraqis allegedly abused by British soldiers were believed to be linked to the massacre of six Royal Military Police three months before their ordeal, a court was told yesterday.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani condemned the alleged abuse by British soldiers of Iraqi youths that was caught on film in 2004, describing it as “unjustified”, his spokesman said today.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday insisted that the latest allegations of abuse of Iraqis by British troops would probed “very fully indeed”.

VIDEO images of British soldiers allegedly beating Iraqi youths with batons and fists aired throughout the Middle East and Britain yesterday, outraging locals and prompting British Prime Minister Tony Blair to promise a full investigation.

THE family of an Iraqi civilian allegedly unlawfully killed by British troops while in custody won a “historic” human rights ruling yesterday which opens the way for an independent investigation into his death.

Video purportedly showing a suicide attack on three British troops outside Baghdad was posted on an Islamic website today.

British soldiers accused of abuses against Iraqi civilians could face a military trial in Iraq in front of the families of their alleged victims, a senior Ministry of Defence (MOD) official said today.

A SENIOR officer in charge of paratroopers on Bloody Sunday must have been aware innocent civilians were being shot, it was claimed yesterday.

A senior British officer in charge of paratroopers on Bloody Sunday must have been aware that innocent civilians were being shot, it was claimed today.

A soldier was left with serious stomach injuries after being stabbed at a military base in Co Down.

THE net was closing yesterday around the soldiers behind the faked Daily Mirror Iraqi prisoner abuse photographs.

PIERS MORGAN stepped down as editor of the Daily Mirror last night as the paper "unreservedly" apologised for publishing faked pictures of British soldiers abusing Iraqis.

NEARLY 300 Iraqi detainees, some weeping, were released from the Abu Ghraib prison yesterday, a day after Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit, insisting the Pentagon did not try to cover up abuses there.

Two Danish Army medics have come forward to report that they witnessed Iraqi prisoners brought to a military clinic after being beaten by British troops, Denmark’s defence ministry said.

Daily Mirror photographs claiming to show abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers “were categorically not taken in Iraq”, Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram told MPs today.

An Amnesty International report has alleged British forces in Iraq have shot and killed civilians, including an eight-year-old girl, in situations in which they were under no apparent threat.

BRITISH forces in Iraq have shot and killed civilians, including an eight-year-old girl, in situations in which they were under no apparent threat, according to an Amnesty International report released yesterday.

The British government was tonight under pressure to reveal how long it has known about claims of British troops abusing Iraqi prisoners.

The troops who sparked furore over the weekend by releasing photos apparently showing UK servicemen abusing an Iraqi prisoner have stood by their account.

BRITAIN may find itself facing claims for compensation if allegations that its troops abused Iraqi detainees are proved to be true, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw acknowledged yesterday.

The chief of the US Army Reserve said he has ordered a study of whether reservists are sufficiently trained in ethical conduct and how to treat prisoners following the release of photographs allegedly showing Iraqi PoWs being abused by US soldiers.

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THE British Government yesterday dismissed calls for Geoff Hoon to quit as Defence Secretary over the death of a soldier shot after being ordered to hand back his body armour.

A former British paratrooper today admitted shooting a youth in the back as he was running away on Bloody Sunday.

A former British paratrooper tonight faced allegations of murdering up to four people on Bloody Sunday.

A former paratrooper today denied being involved in a conspiracy to cover up the murder of innocent civilians on Bloody Sunday.

A former British army paratrooper did not see any threat that would have justified the shooting dead of civilians on Bloody Sunday, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

A former army captain was today accused of participating in a conspiracy of lies and deceit to justify the events of Bloody Sunday.

An investigation was under way today into the deaths of three Royal Military Police servicemen in an ambush in Iraq’s second city Basra.

By Athalie Matthews and Tim Moynihan THE suspected suicide bombing which ripped through UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 20, is the latest incident to derail attempts to bring peace to post-Saddam Iraq.