Russia’s top military officer has threatened to launch a pre-emptive strike if Nato goes ahead with controversial plans for a missile defence system in Eastern Europe.

Shocking photographs apparently showing British troops torturing an Iraqi detainee were published tonight.

A document compiled by the British army’s most senior officer detailing shots fired by soldiers on Bloody Sunday did not explain how 13 unarmed civilians were killed, the Saville Inquiry heard today.

The head of the British army, General Sir Mike Jackson was returning to the Saville Inquiry today to give evidence about documents he wrote on Bloody Sunday.

Two more members of the Provisional IRA are preparing to give evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, it was claimed tonight.