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Capt Sielicki says the programme is oversubscribed, and the Polish government now has plans to expand it so that every adult male in the country receives training.

Seventeen Seventy was named after the year Capt James Cook arrived in Australia.

Burkina Faso's military government has said it foiled a "major plot" to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast.

Despite promises by Capt Traoré's military government to improve security and even seeking new security partnerships with Russia, the situation remains dire with frequent attacks from insurgents.

Capt Beetge told the BBC the case had been handed to South Africa's elite police unit, known as the Hawks, which investigates serious organised and commercial crimes and high-level corruption.