CND Press Digest: Thursday 18th January 2024

NATO / Europe

• German lawmakers reject motion to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
• Why is Australia burying helicopters that Ukraine wants?
• Ukraine’s defence minister cancels trip to France for ‘security reasons’.
• EU rearms Ukraine as The Morning Star on plans by Belarus to change its nuclear doctrine.

Middle East & North Africa

• Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes in Iran aimed at separatist militant group.
• US launches fourth round of strikes on Houthis in Yemen.
• Aid for Israeli captives, Palestinians reaches Gaza despite challenges.
• Ten people killed in Israeli strikes on West Bank, Palestinian officials say.
• US Senate rejects Bernie Sanders’ push to tie Israeli aid to human rights.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• Let North Korea have nukes, test fires rocket motor for new nuclear missile.
• US Congress endorses new nuclear missile.
• Who controls the Doomsday Clock?
• The Guardian and Derry Journal preview tonight’s Panorama documentary. Make sure to tune in!

Nukes (and other military stuff) in Britain

• The Mail. Times, and Telegraph report on the staffing crisis in the armed forces - with MPs being told that removing conditions like visible tattoos or having asthma would help improve recruitment.
• MOD confirm more Britsh weapons on F-35 by end of decade

UK Nuclear Energy

• The Scotsman (paywall): Why nuclear reactors are not the future of energy despite what UK government would have you think.

Nuclear Energy

• Nuclear fusion needed to power future AI, OpenAI boss says.
• Japan’s Tepco finalizes a $1.1 billion aid package for California’s last nuclear power plant.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament