MBDA’s Alabama factory makes components for Boeing’s GBU-39 bombs used to kill civilians in Gaza. Its profits flow through Stevenage to Paris — and it is one of the British government’s favourite firms, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES

IN THE midst of a global pandemic Donald Trump has gone berserk.
While attacking China and the WHO abroad — more or less claiming that the latter is an agent of the former, with the former a dagger pointed at the heart of the world — he lashes out with increasing venom at the media at home for daring to ask uncomfortable questions.
His customary jeremiads and verbal broadsides against them are a now daily occurrence as he dissembles and deflects like a man whose meltdown is near complete.

In recently published book Baddest Man, Mark Kriegel revisits the Faustian pact at the heart of Mike Tyson’s rise and the emotional fallout that followed, writes JOHN WIGHT

As we mark the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, JOHN WIGHT reflects on the enormity of the US decision to drop the atom bombs

From humble beginnings to becoming the undisputed super lightweight champion of the world, Josh Taylor’s career was marked by fire, ferocity, and national pride, writes JOHN WIGHT

Mary Kom’s fists made history in the boxing world. Malak Mesleh’s never got the chance. One story ends in glory, the other in grief — but both highlight the defiance of women who dare to fight, writes JOHN WIGHT