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On July 1, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 552, Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the Ostrogoth king, Totila, is mortally wounded. In 1311, Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, statesman and poet (died 1375) was born. In 1881, General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect. In 1899, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, President of Greece (died 1987) was born. In 1911, Germany dispatches the gunboat SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis. In 1911, Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Soviet Minister of Defence (died 2012) was born. In 1915, Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker. In 1934, Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (born 1887) passed away. In 1946, Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test. In 1978, Kurt Student, German general and pilot (born 1890) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Badenoch torpedoes Starmer at PMQs: 'Generals can count, the Kremlin can count, his defence plan doesn't add up'

The Standard

July 1, 2026

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Badenoch torpedoes Starmer at PMQs: 'Generals can count, the Kremlin can count, his defence plan doesn't add up'

Sketch: Deserted by Labour troops, the Prime Minister was like a tank with depleted armour and wonky tracks as he came under fire from Mrs Badenoch

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