CND Press Digest: Tuesday 23rd January 2024

NATO / Europe

• IAEA stresses importance of maintenance at Zaporizhzhia.
• The Times and LBC among those reporting on comments from the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank that Russia ‘thinks the US wouldn’t dare respond to nuclear attack.’
• Ukraine digs its own Surovikin line against impending Russian offensive.
• How war with Russia could erupt on a quiet stretch of rolling fields, forests and lakes. The Suwalki Gap is thought to be NATO’s ‘Achilles heel’ or, simply, the most dangerous place in the world

Middle East & North Africa

• IDF says 24 soldiers killed in Gaza in one day – the most to have died in one day of fighting since their invasion of the Strip.
• The Israeli government comes under pressure as Gaza hostage families storm Israeli parliament meeting to demand their return.
• EU foreign policy chief says Israel failed to engage with Brussels peace summit and expressed dismay at a proposal to build an artificial island in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gazan coast that would serve as a commercial hub linking the Gaza Strip with the rest of the world.
• Hamas official says ‘no chance’ hostages will return to Israel after Netanyahu rejects deal.
• UN chief condemns ‘utterly unacceptable’ killing of Palestinians as Gaza toll passes 25,100

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• Kim Jong-un nostalgic for Trump-era diplomacy: Seoul defense chief.

Global Nukes

• The Independent, Metro, STV and Mirror preview today’s Doomsday Clock announcmenent.
• Cumbrian CND group calls on UK to ‘get rid’ of nuclear weapons.
• Kate Hudson writes in Tribune magazine on rising nuclear threats.
• Hamish De Bretton-Gordon in the i newspaper defending Britain and NATO’s nuclear weapons.
• ICAN chief urges Japan to recognize nuke ban, not fear US reaction.

Nukes in Britain

• CND Chair Tom Unterrainer among the letters to the Guardian about last week’s BBC documentary on nuclear weapons. 

UK Nuclear Energy

• The Times: The government has pledged an additional £1.3 billion in funding for a second new nuclear plant in Britain. A total £2.5 billion has now been committed by the government to develop the Sizewell C plant in Suffolk, which could generate enough energy to power six million homes.
• Up to 160 new homes could be built a few miles from the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
• That’s as Sizewell opponents apply to Supreme Court. You can also read the Leigh Day press release.
• Charting a bold future: UK’s civil nuclear roadmap to 2050.

Nuclear Energy

• The politics of nuclear waste disposal: lessons from Australia.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament