CND Press Digest: Monday 7th May 2024
Posted: 7th May 2024
Nukes in Britain
- Andy Stirling and Philip Johnstone write for Beyond Nuclear on how British military interests are pushing new nuclear power.
Global Nukes
- The Guardian: Russia threatens UK military and orders nuclear drills after ‘provocation.’ Vladimir Putin responds to recent statements from David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron over Ukraine war.
- Reuters: Pentagon sees no change in Russia’s strategic nuclear force posture.
- Foreign Affairs: Will Saudi Arabia get the bomb?
UK Nuclear Energy
- Beyond Nuclear: After 14 years of Tory mismanagement, the UK finds itself bereft of an energy strategy.
- Workforce building Hinkley Point C could reach three times forecast number.
- Sam Mason writes on why you should join the Labour CND webinar on 13 May on how to fight the dangerous push to nuclear power.
- The Telegraph: The undersea nuclear graveyard now more costly than HS2. Behind the much delayed plan to store the radioactive waste generated over decades.
Nuclear Energy
- Ban on Russian uranium helps US build nuclear fuel capacity, official says.
Future Warfare
- Warren Buffett compares AI to nuclear weapons in stark warning. “We let a genie out of the bottle when we developed nuclear weapons,” the billionaire said on Saturday. “AI is somewhat similar — it’s part way out of the bottle.”
NATO / Europe
- The Times: Donald Trump ‘would force NATO members to spend 3% on defence.’The former president is ‘evolving his thinking’ towards a demand for members to increase spending from 2% to 3% of GDP if re-elected, a source says.
- The Times: Russian academic who called for nuclear strike on EU hired by Putin. The Kremlin has tasked Sergei Karaganov, a prominent cheerleader of the war in Ukraine, with studying ways to ‘deter the West’
Middle East & North Africa
- Reuters: IAEA chief seeks tougher nuclear checks in Iran, with limited leverage.
- Iran says nuclear talks with IAEA’s Grossi have been ‘positive’
- China’s Xi and Macron urge ‘political settlement’ of Iran nuclear issue, state media reports.
- Gaza: Israel takes Rafah crossing as truce talks continue.
AUKUS / Indo-Pacific
- US won’t guarantee Australia will have complete control of AUKUS submarines. US AUKUS commitment should not be doubted, says assistant secretary of state, while refusing to be drawn on lingering concerns about sale of nuclear submarines. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/australia-us-aukus-submarine-deal-control-dani…
- Why has there been no credible media narrative justifying AUKUS?
Best,
Pádraig McCarrick
Press and Communications Officer
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
