"The images captured on video show unlawful killings where neither child presented a direct and immediate threat to life at the time of their shooting," said Rifat Kassis, executive director of Defence for Children International-Palestine, which distributed the video.
The Defence Committee's chairman James Arbuthnot ambushed the Secretary of State Philip Hammond at a public grilling last month, demanding a hearing with his choice for the first chief executive of the reformed Defence Equipment and Support agency.
AS FRENCH stock-exchange regulators investigate share sales by Noël Forgeard, a former co-chief executive of European Aeronautic Defence and Space, questions are being raised about a controversial deal that eventually led to the creation of EADS, the parent company of Airbus.
The chief executive of a leading British defence contractor warned that Nato should demand that countries set aside 10 per cent of their defence budgets for expenditure on R&D.
Mike Geoghegan, the outgoing chief executive of HSBC, got his defence in first today, declaring "universal banking works" as he hit out against new rules from international regulators in Basel.
The chief executive of Italian aerospace and defence firm Finmeccanica has been arrested on corruption charges.
"Aerospace sustains high-value long-term jobs in the UK," says Paul Everitt, chief executive of ADS, the aerospace and defence trade body.
Moving to the midcap risers, news of a new chief executive at defence research technology firm Qinetiq lifted its shares 22.5p, or 15.8%, to 165.4p.
Livingstone wasn't just a leading figure on the party's national executive, he was also responsible for Labour's review of defence.
