The government has agreed that a bill designed to protect British military personnel deployed abroad from prosecution more than five years after an alleged offence will not prevent troops from facing charges of genocide, crimes against humanity or torture.
Leo Docherty, who replaced Johnny Mercer as defence minister yesterday, announced the concession wh…
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