James Blunt: how his army unit 'stopped World War III'

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Singer James Blunt has told the BBC how he refused an order to attack Russian troops when he was a British soldier in Kosovo.

Blunt said he and his unit questioned a US general's orders to seize an airfield taken by the Russians.

But he was backed by British Gen Sir Mike Jackson, who said: "I'm not going to have my soldiers be responsible for starting World War III."

You can listen to the full interview on the BBC Radio 5 live website