Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today's UK Column News.
Israeli Pager Massacre in Lebanon: Hezbollah Strikes and Explosive Revelations
00:21 Al Mayadeen: Exclusive: Hezbollah strike against Glilot base highly successful
Jerusalem Post: US urges Iran not to escalate regional tensions following pager attack
CNN-News 18 (YouTube): Spokesperson Matthew Miller's Media Briefing
TRT World: AP–900: This what we know about one of the pagers that exploded in Lebanon
Al-Monitor: Live Updates: Israel flights suspended as Hezbollah vows response to pager attack
Al Mayadeen: Reuters, according to a founder of the Taiwanese company Gold Apollo: The pagers that were exposed to explosions in Lebanon were manufactured by a company in Europe
Reuters: Hezbollah exploding pager trail runs from Taiwan to Hungary
Reuters: Gold Apollo says Budapest-based BAC produces model of pagers used in Lebanon blasts
Pushing for a Global ‘Clean’ Power Alliance—David Lammy's Vision?
15:57 Foreign Secretary David Lammy (on X): David Lammy’s post
The climate and nature crisis is the most profound and universal source of global disorder.
We are resetting Britain’s approach to this agenda.
Climate and nature will be central to all the Foreign Office does.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (Facebook): FCDO’s post
We will:
Build a Global Clean Power Alliance
Unlock more climate finance
Reverse the decline in global biodiversity
NATO: Remarks—Securing an Insecure World: Panel discussion with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland
EEAS: Sahel region—European Union
GOV.UK: UK–Sahel region development partnership summary, July 2023
Daily Express (YouTube): In Full: David Lammy on tackling the climate and nature crisis
GOV.UK: The Kew Lecture: Foreign Secretary's speech on the climate crisis
Al Jazeera: Ukraine is losing the plot in Africa
David Lammy: Fabian Society speech
Huw Edwards Avoids Prison; Two-Tier Keir’s Legal System
21:58 Crown Prosecution Service of England and Wales (CPS): Ex-Broadcaster sentenced for possessing indecent images of children
WhatsApp chat between the male and Edwards was sexual in nature and it also showed that Edwards was giving him gifts and money. Within the chat there were numerous sexually explicit images, including 41 indecent images of children.
BBC: BBC Board’s statement in full on Huw Edwards
Unicef UK: A summary of the UN convention on the rights of the child (PDF)
Counsel Magazine: DPP apologises on Savile
UK Column (Substack): 7 men who committed offences against two girls in Rotherham jailed for 106 years
Home Office (on X): Peaceful protest is a fundamental right. Committing violence on our streets is not
BBC: Man jailed for shouting at police dog and using racist slurs
NSPCC: As child abuse image crimes increase, we’re calling on Ofcom and tech companies to take action
GOV.UK: End-to-end encryption and child safety
GOV.UK: Covid–19 vaccination of children aged 6 months to 4 years
New Scientist (2020): Coronavirus: Should children returning to school wear face coverings?
UK Column On Location: Bristol Event—October 2024 (Limited Tickets Available)
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Access UKC News Extra—UK Column Community
UK Column interview: Gut Feelings: The Abdominal Brain with Dr Sabine Hazan, Consultant Gastroenterologist—Part 2
Forthcoming UK Column interview: The Presence—Dr Robin Kelly—Thursday 19th September at 1 pm
UK Column Shop: Agenda 21—Your Life In Their Hands by Martin Edwards
UK Column event: UK Column Really Live: Saturday, 19th October 2024 (Bristol)
Eventbrite: (Project Libertas events in Stroud) Expose 2024: Your Life In Their Hands
Assisted Dying: Could It Lead to Legalising State Murder?
35:24 The Nuffield Council on Bioethics: Assisted Dying Project
BBC (2020): Assisted dying travel allowed during lockdown, says Hancock
The Telegraph (2021): Matt Hancock takes first steps towards legalising assisted suicide
Sortition Foundation: It’s official: we use the fairest selection algorithm
Harvard Business Review: Eliminating Algorithmic Bias Is Just the Beginning of Equitable AI
Sortition Foundation: Labour indicates intention to use citizens’ assemblies to address assisted dying and House of Lords Reform
UK Column: A Dissident’s Guide to the Constitution: Episode 5, Part I—Democracy: a British value?
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffieldfree (1877–1963)
Dignity in Dying: Assisted dying bill set for Second Reading on 15th November
The Information War: Australia’s Crackdown and RT’s Global Shutout
43:19 Minister for Communications (The Hon Michelle Rowland MP Australia): It’s time to act on misinformation and disinformation
Parliament of Australia: Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024
Just like the UK, the “dissemination of professional news content” is specifically excluded in the bill.
Ofcom: TV loses its crown as main source for news
U.S. Department of State: Alerting the World to RT’s Global Covert Activities
GOV.UK: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Statement on RT
BBC: Media Action—Meet the BBC’s international charity
Jewish Chronicle Accused of Fabricating Gaza and Hamas Stories: Resignations and Fallout
48:36 Al Mayadeen: Columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over fabricated Gaza, Hamas stories
972 Magazine (Israel): Why did a British Jewish newspaper publish fake Israeli intelligence?
The i: David Baddiel has ‘no plans’ to write for Jewish Chronicle amid fabrication row
US Congress’ Countering Chinese Drones Act
53:04 Congress (America): Countering CCP Drones Act 118th Congress (2023–2024)
British National Parks: Shifting Control from Private Owners to Corporate Interests
54:48 GOV.UK: UK helps secure ambitious declaration to promote sustainable farming and food security
G20 Brasil 2024: Agriculture
Campaign for National Parks: Party Promises to National Parks
Guy Shrubsole (on X): Guy Shrubsole’s post
REVEALED: Just 10% of Britain’s National Parks are owned by the nation. 90% of the land in them is privately owned.
This means National Park Authorities are almost powerless to influence the private landowners who too often fail to steward nature
GOV.UK: Nature markets
Nature market: A mechanism for private investment in nature through the sale of units of ecosystem services, which are delivered by nature restoration projects or improvements to land or coastal management
Connected Britain 2024: Sir Chris Bryant on the Future of the UK’s Digital Infrastructure
59:04 GOV.UK: Sir Chris Bryant speech at Connected Britain 2024