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Former SAS soldier tells court he saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick handcuffed man off a cliff before he was shot dead

Witness heard gunfire and turned to see different patrol member with raised weapon and detainee shot dead, court hears

The Guardian - AU

Roberts-Smith 'catapulted man off cliff'

A former SAS sergeant has given evidence of seeing Ben Roberts-Smith kick an unarmed Afghan prisoner off a cliff before allegedly lying about the incident.

AAP

DfE did nothing to help schools ditch plastics, say campaigners

Damian Hinds challenged schools to ditch disposable plastics by 2022 but goal is still long way off

The Guardian - UK

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Russian equivalent of the SAS leading Ukraine attack, officials believe

Russia’s highly trained special forces are leading the attacks in Ukraine, Western officials believe.

Evening Standard

Soldier denies lying about Roberts-Smith

A former SAS soldier maintains that Ben Roberts-Smith expressed the desire "to kill" and told the Federal Court he saw dead insurgents on his iPod.

AAP

Ben Roberts-Smith tried to cover up writing threatening letters to SAS soldier, court hears

Former police officer turned private investigator tells defamation hearing the Victoria Cross recipient asked him to take blame for letters

The Guardian - AU

Roberts-Smith 'weak dog' over letters: PI

A private investigator has testified in court that Ben Roberts-Smith facilitated threatening letters to a soldier and was a "weak dog" for covering it up.

AAP

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Lufthansa, KLM, SAS and Air France announce Ukraine flight suspension

Ryanair and Wizz Air will continue flights from the UK to Ukraine

Liverpool Echo

Ben Roberts-Smith ordered mock execution of civilian during training drill, defamation trial told

Person 19 says mock execution of soldier pretending to be unarmed Afghan national ordered during training at Lancelin barracks in 2012

The Guardian - AU

Roberts-Smith 'told SAS to kill prisoners'

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith told SAS troopers during a training session to execute Afghan prisoners, the Federal Court has been told.

AAP

Superior officer tells court Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to ‘smash his face in’

Officer says he was shocked to learn the Australian SAS ‘weren’t a collegiate team’

The Guardian - AU

Scandinavian carrier SAS cancels Oslo-Kyiv flight

Scandinavian airline SAS has cancelled Tuesday's Oslo-Kyiv flight, its weekly flight to Ukraine, a company spokesman said on Sunday, citing the Ukraine crisis.

Reuters

Ben Roberts-Smith: how the soldier’s newspaper defamation suit went from battlefield to backyard

This has been a brutal and uncompromising trial – and it still has many weeks to run

The Guardian - AU

SAS witness denies fabricating bullying

An SAS soldier who he was threatened and bullied by Ben Roberts-Smith has denied he fabricated the claims, while giving evidence in the Federal Court.

AAP

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The Independent UK

Inquest was ‘sufficient investigation’ into Co Armagh shooting – European court

IRA man Martin McCaughey was shot dead near Loughgall by the SAS in 1990.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith warned soldier he would get ‘bullet in the back of the head’, court told

Former SAS colleague tells court he was subjected to bullying, threats and undermining from the decorated soldier

ABC News

SAS soldier tells Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial war veteran threatened to shoot him in head

An elite soldier tells a court Ben Roberts-Smith made a comment that made him fear for his personal safety, after he received critical performance reviews from superiors.

AAP

Roberts-Smith 'bullet' threat to witness

Ben Roberts-Smith allegedly threatened a fellow SAS soldier with a "bullet in the back of the head" if his performance didn't improve, the witness told a court.

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AAP

Roberts-Smith's tunnel version disputed

A new SAS witness has contradicted Ben Roberts-Smith's assertion about there being no men found in a tunnel and later allegedly executed.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith called alleged killing of unarmed Afghan teenager ‘beautiful thing’, court hears

Roberts-Smith has said in previous evidence the account of the alleged killing was ‘baseless’ and could not have happened

AAP

Roberts-Smith 'boast of beautiful murder'

An SAS soldier has testified Ben Roberts-Smith bragged that blowing the brains out of a trembling and unarmed Afghan man was "the most beautiful thing".

AAP

SAS witness denies BRS smear campaign

An SAS witness has denied that jealousy of Ben Roberts-Smith's medals provoked him to smear his good name to investigative journalists.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith’s barrister spoke to lawyer who then contacted Nine newspapers’ witnesses, court hears

In dramatic turn in defamation trial, former soldier seeks to be excused from giving evidence

AAP

SAS witness's 'position has changed'

A special forces soldier due to be called in media outlets' defence to a war hero's defamation claim has changed their position, a court has been told.

The Guardian - AU

SAS soldier denies being jealous of Ben Roberts-Smith and wanting to throw him ‘under a bus’, court hears

Judge in defamation case against newspapers declines to make witness answer questions about whether he was a source of media reports

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