CND Press Digest: Wednesday 10th July 2024

Nukes in Britain

• to march against US nukes in Britain, establish peace camp at US airbase, 13-25 July.
• NATO member countries to increase defence spending.

• Barents Observer: Norwegians embark US nuke submarine in a rare flex of force.

Space

• Space News: Russia’s nuclear threat to space is worse than a “Cuban Missile Crisis in space.”

UK Nuclear Power

• The National: Anger as Ian Murray refuses to rule out Scottish nuclear plant.

NATO / Europe

• The Guardian: Starmer to urge NATO members to boost defence spending amid UK review.
• The Telegraph: Britain will be ‘democracy’s most reliable ally’, John Healey tells NATO.
• NATO.
• BBC: Biden pledges air defences for Ukraine as NATO summit begins.
• Consortium News: NATO’s endgame appears to be nuclear war.
• The Financial Times: The weird resilience of NATO and the EU.
• Politico: Turkey carves its own course in NATO. Ankara is friends with Russia, supplies weapons to Ukraine, and is wary of the EU playing a greater role in defense.
• Politico: Divided, reshuffled and politically bruised: Europe’s leaders head to the NATO summit. Political turmoil on the Continent is reshuffling power players going to the NATO gathering.

AUKUS / Asia-Pacific

• AUKUS: The strategic case for including South Korea.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament