内容摘要：He said there were lingering elements of the railway industry being "male-oriented", which made it important to encourage people to talk about their mental health.

He said there were lingering elements of the railway industry being "male-oriented", which made it important to encourage people to talk about their mental health.

But as Western military and political leaders say they are ready for the fight, questions remain on whether this is a case of ambition outpacing reality.It will take years for Europe's military industrial base to crank up to speed to match anywhere near the scale of weaponry that Russia is churning out.

The US has also been drawing down, not building up, its defence commitments to Europe to focus on the Indo-Pacific.An al-Qaeda linked group says it carried out a major attack on the Malian town of Boulikessi, and seized control of an army base.More than 30 soldiers were killed in Sunday's attack, according to sources quoted by the Reuters news agency, however that figure has not been confirmed by the authorities.

On Monday the same group, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), says it targeted the military in the historic city of Timbuktu.In a statement responding to Sunday's attack, Mali's army said it "reacted vigorously", before "withdrawing" - suggesting a tactical retreat.

"Many men fought, some until their last breath, to defend the Malian nation," the statement added.

An unnamed local source told Reuters that JNIM had left many casualties and "cleared the camp".Thomas definitely worked at Strand he said, because one of his friends, Julian MacLaren-Ross, wrote about it a book.

"He writes about what they got up to at the [Strand] office, so everything rang true," he said."Plus I know that [Thomas] was forever living from hand to mouth," he said of the Swansea-born writer, who had a wife and two children to support at the time.

"So the guy was desperate for money and obviously when he went in he thought he was going to trouser a few quid to get through the next few days."Even just to get to the pub that night.