Dear all,

A couple of updates for you. Firstly, I’d like to thank everyone for their kind words and constructive feedback about this email since taking it over. I’m glad so many people have found it a useful resource. However, after some discussion, we’re going to move from a weekday to weekly email for the foreseeable future. This is in order to free up time for other press and comms duties. I’m also on annual leave next week so the next email will be week ending Friday 22 November.

CND Weekly Digest: Friday 8 November

Trump

• He’s back! Read CND’s immediate response to the return of Donald Trump to the White House. Sophie will have a blog post with further thoughts on the website next week.
• The BBC on what Trump’s win means for Ukraine, Middle East and China.

Nukes in Britain

• Thanks to everyone who joined us at RAF Lakenheath last Saturday, and outside RNB Faslane. A gallery of photos from the actions is now on the CND website.
• The first phase of upgrade works at RAF Lakenheath has been completed - readying the base as a hub for NATO F-35s in Europe. The second phase is about to commence will include an accommodation for US Air Force personnel as part of an nuclear mission to Britain.
• The Ferret reports on the year-on-year rise of radioactive tritium emissions at Britain’s nuclear bases.  
• November edition of CND’s Camapaign magazine is out now.
• here. A 75-minute documentary on Britain’s nuclear testing programme, featuring interviews with veterans, descendants, and indigenous people will air on BBC2 at 9pm on Wednesday, 20 November.

Global Nukes

• The Bulletin on last week’s UN vote in favour of a fresh study on the impacts of nuclear war - But not everyone is in favour. Can you guess who?
• From the Atlantic Council: Nuclear weapons on the battlefield are a growing risk.US and allied militaries should prepare now.

Middle East

• Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF.
• People in Gaza are enduring ‘almost unparalleled suffering’, says aid group.
• Reuters reports on a final Gaza peace push by Joe Biden, asking will leader ignore him?

NATO / Europe

• New NATO boss Mark Rutte is rowing behind Donald Trump’s call for NATO members to spend more. According to the FT, defence bosses are expecting a boon.
• Meanwhile, Russia’s Putin says NATO is an anachronism.
• Turkey’s Erdogan sees easy end to Ukraine war if Trump takes solution-based approach.
• The Telegraph: Trump mulls Ukraine peace plan: British troops patrolling an 800-mile buffer zone.
• Zelenskyy rebuffs Trump’s proposal for rapid peace deal in Ukraine war. https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-war-defense-russia-kyiv-moscow-budapest-...

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• North Korea Can Trump’s presidency derail Australia’s AUKUS subs deal?
• Breaking Defense: South Korea eyes pathway for AUKUS Pillar II with new defense tech agreement.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament