CND Press Digest: Tuesday 23rd July 2024

Nukes in Britain

• BBC online: Two arrested at peace protest outside US airbase.
• Nation Cymru: Welsh peace activist arrested at US air force base.
• Powys County Times: Powys pensioner arrested during US nuclear weapons protest.
• Suffolk News: Two women arrested during anti-nuclear protest at RAF Lakenheath.
• The Ferret: Security lapses at nukes body spur calls for investigation.

Global Nukes

• Arms Control Association: Breaking the impasse on disarmament and implementing Article VI obligations.
• Federation of American Scientists: United States discloses nuclear warhead numbers; restores nuclear transparency.
• Foreign Policy in Focus: Donald Trumps Reckless infatuation with nuclear weapons.

UK Nuclear Power

• i Newspaper: Inside Labour’s plan to build ‘mini’ nuclear reactors around UK.
• Insider Media: Nuclear power giant visits the West Midlands as part of bid for £1.3bn investment.
• Nuclear Free Local Authorities: ‘A matter of democracy’: part-victory in fight for early ballot in East Lincolnshire.
• The Tribune: Is Sheffield about to become a nuclear free zone again?

Nuclear Energy

• Reuters: Nuclear wildcard reignites Australia’s climate wars.

Iran

• Geopolitical Monitor: Iran Nuclear Program Nears “Breakout”.

NATO / Europe

• Business Insider: The war in Ukraine has ‘opened Pandora’s box’ in Europe, and now new strike weapons are on the way, nuclear-weapons expert says.
• Letters to the Guardian on Labour’s Ukraine policy including: Ignoring Russia’s fears about NATO expansion was a mistake.
• Atlantic Council: Ukraine and NATO are restoring Europe’s security architecture.

AUKUS / Asia-Pacific

• ABC: Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy downplays Rockingham residents’ concerns of AUKUS nuclear waste storage.
• The Guardian Australia: US ‘committed’ to AUKUS regardless of who is president,admiral says – as it happened.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament