Independent TV
Showing now | News
![Gunshots ring out as British soldiers take over French town for combat exercise](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/eOf94CUL/poster.jpg?width=720)
00:49
Gunshots ring out as British soldiers take over French town for combat exercise
The residents of a French town were left bemused after soldiers stormed the area for a combat exercise.
Gunshots can be heard ringing out in this footage which shows the scene in Cahors as soldiers took up firing positions.
The surreal scenes were part of Orion 2023, a major French Joint Forces Command exercise aimed to reinforce “operational readiness.”
RAF officials say the exercise provides “the perfect opportunity for multinational, combined arms training.”
This bizarre video shows soldiers simulating battle while locals go about their business in the background.
Sign up for our newsletters.
Up next
![Gérard Mestrallet on the challenges of bringing infrastructure to the region of AlUla](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/EWX1dt85/poster.jpg?width=320)
01:51
Gérard Mestrallet on the challenges of bringing infrastructure to the region of AlUla
![Sir George Iacobescu, chairman of the Canary Wharf Group on the investment into the historic region of AlUla](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/LSvQ5SQ1/poster.jpg?width=320)
02:07
Sir George Iacobescu, chairman of the Canary Wharf Group on the investment into the historic region of AlUla
![Oliver Ripley of sustainable hotel group Habitas talks about how AlUla challenged his preconceptions of Saudi Arabia](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ADCX8FkA/poster.jpg?width=320)
02:00
Oliver Ripley of sustainable hotel group Habitas talks about how AlUla challenged his preconceptions of Saudi Arabia
![Thomas Kaplan of wild cat conservation charity Panthera on the mission to save the Arabian Leopard](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mJh5g24R/poster.jpg?width=320)
02:09