Government tells Army to house migrants

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Locals are up in arms after it was announced that up to 900 migrants will be housed in two historic military bases from next month, as the government continues to find ever more elaborate ways to deal with the migrant problem - without actually dealing with the migrant problem. The historic Cameron Barracks in Inverness (most recently used as the Adventurous Training HQ in Scotland) and the transit camp at Crowborough, Sussex are on the hit list.

Don’t worry, though - ministers have assured residents that the impact of literally hundreds of men arriving in their community will be “minimised”.

The successful defence of Soldier F against prosecution for his role in the events of Bloody Sunday has come at a substantial cost to the government.

The reaction has been mixed, with Irish nationalist politician Colum Eastwood describing the cost as “sickening,” while supporters of the veterans argue that it is unjustifiable to single out British soldiers when 90% of civilian deaths during the Troubles were committed by paramilitaries.

The Defence Secretary has finally given soldiers permission to start downing drones over military installations if they are unidentified. Key word here is unidentified - don’t just shoot the drones out the sky that belong to the RSM’s kids.

Big events from the past, covered in brief and probably inaccurately.

On 30 October 1918, the Armistice of Mudros was signed by the Ottoman Empire and the Allied powers, effectively ending Ottoman participation in the First World War, which by that stage had become untenable.

The agreement was reached without further fighting and Mudros was soon eclipsed by the much larger peace agreements with Germany just weeks later. Its impact, however, was significant for the Ottomans: by allowing Allied access to their territories and waterways, it paved the way for the end of the Ottoman Empire. As part of the conditions, the Ottomans were required to disband their army and air force, effectively dismantling their means of land and air defence.

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