CND Press Digest: Thursday 15th February 2024

NATO / Europe

• UK could contribute to nuclear shield if Trump wins, suggests German minister.
• EU will need own nuclear deterrent if Trump wins, Scholz ally warns.
• FT: NATO defence spending to hit record as alliance braces for potential Trump win.
• BBC: NATO says record number of allies hit defence target – including France and approve NATO membership.
• Spectator: Is NATO ready for a Russian invasion?

Middle East & North Africa

• US, Arab nations plan for postwar Gaza, timeline for Palestinian state.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• Watch: AUKUS implementation and challenges to international security and arms control in the 21st century.
• UK open to idea of other nations joining AUKUS submarine pact, foreign secretary suggests. https://www.forces.net/usa/uk-open-idea-other-nations-joining-aukus-submarine-pact-foreign-secretary…

Global Nukes

• Senior US official warns of security threat amid reports of Russian nuclear capability in space.
• Russia is preparing to launch nuclear weapon into space, US fears.
• Kremlin dismisses US warning about Russian nuclear capability in space.
• AI, climate change, pandemics and nuclear warfare puts humanity in ‘grave danger’,open letter warns. More than 100 politicians, academics and celebrities urge world leaders to act now against the existential threats facing mankind.

Nukes in Britain

• Ahead of tonight’s webinar on the Mutual Defence Agreement, Kate Hudson writesfor Declassified UK about the nuclear treaty between the US and UK.
• Devonport Dockyard nuclear sub dismantling will be hit by delays, new report predicts.

UK Nuclear Energy

• The Express: Shameless Emmanuel Macron demands British taxpayers cough up more cash for nuclear power.
• The Times: Small reactors still have plenty to prove.
• A steam leak at Heysham nuclear power station could have seriously injured staff, an investigation found.
• BBC: A Lincolnshire anti-nuclear-waste campaigning group has offered support to a similar group in East Yorkshire. Guardians of the East Coast (GOTEC) are campaigning against nuclear waste being buried underground at Theddlethorpe in Lincolnshire.

Nuclear Energy

• AP: Second new Georgia reactor begins splitting atoms in key step to making electricity

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament