CND Press Digest: Thursday 14th March 2024

NATO / Europe

• Putin: Russia ‘technically’ ready for nuclear war – video.
• Reuters: US has not adjusted nuclear posture in response to Putin remarks.
• Russian nuclear-powered Losharik submarine to be tested in June or July after repairs, TASS reports.
• Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday he has decided to run for NATO’s leadership, a position for which many member states support outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Middle East & North Africa

• Charlotte Church said police have visited her to check on her and her family’s safety after being threatened by “some pretty scary people” since she took part in a pro-Palestine event.
• UK Gov: Government strengthens approach to counter extremism.
• BBC: New extremism definition unveiled by government.
• Michael Gove to create list of ‘extremist’ groups blacklisted from funding and meeting ministers.
• Middle East Eye: Michael Gove facing growing dissent over ‘dangerous’ extremism plans.
• US held secret talks with Iran over Houthi Red Sea attacks.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• Australia confident about receiving nuclear submarines even though US funding request cut.
• Japan’s push for North Korea summit ’very important’, IAEA chief says.

Global Nukes

• The Mirror has a piece in the NukeMap tool and the devastation that would be caused in Britain by a nuclear war.
• AUKUS army chiefs’ lessons from Ukraine: ‘Explosion’ in autonomy, value of long-range fires.
• Essential report: will a Trump win upset AUKUS? – Australian politics podcast.

Nukes in Britain

• has directed the staff to publish a proposed rule and draft guidance to establish a licensing process for commercial nuclear power plants that is riskinformed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive. This is the first regulatory framework developed for advanced technologies and designs that includes non-light-water reactors.
• Dutton’s blast of radioactive rhetoric on nuclear power leaves facts in the dust. Coalition’s claim of cheap power and quickly built reactors is at odds with real world experience of other countries

CND

• Yorkshire Post: How simple sketches in the archives at University of Bradford came to create the peace sign. Simple sketches, hidden away in the archives at the University of Bradford, have come to represent such a well known sign for the international symbol of peace.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament