CND Press Digest: Monday 8th April 2024

NATO / Europe

• Independent, Reuters, AP, and Guardian coverage of reports of a drone attack near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and condemnation from the IAEA’s head Rafael Grossi.
• NATO chief warns of ‘dangerous authoritarian alliance’ threatening Western democracies. The head of NATO warned on Saturday of the ‘alliance of authoritarian powers’ threatening Western democracies as he highlighted the increasing partnership between Russia, Iran, China and North Korea.
• The Telegraph: ‘1945 in reverse’: What will happen if the US turns its back on NATO. Trump’s potential second term means Pax Americana is under threat – and its end would represent a revolution in global affairs.

Middle East & North Africa

• Rebecca Hendin on Benjamin Netanyahu, six months into Israel’s war – cartoon.
• Israel withdraws troops from southern Gaza for ‘tactical reasons’.
• The Guardian: Six months in, the war in Gaza has dramatically shifted – and Israel is running out of road.
• David Lammy says he has ‘serious concerns’ about Israel’s actions in Gaza.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific.

• The Financial Times: AUKUS weighs expanding security pact to deter China in Indo-Pacific.
• Reuters: US, Britain, Australia weigh expanding AUKUS security pact to deter China, FT says.

Global Nukes

• The Mirror: Map reveals best places to live in the US if nuclear war breaks out. A map that has repeatedly circled on social media shows areas in the US that could be subjected to a nuclear strike.
• warns. The catastrophic consequences of a potential nuclear conflict, detailed in an alarming new book, have created an urgent need for global cooperation and diplomacy, the author warns.

Nukes in Britain

• UK Defence Journal: The Defence Nuclear Command Paper has been published following the Prime Minister declaring a ‘national endeavour’ to secure the future of the UK’s defence nuclear industry and backed by more than £200 million of Government funding.

Space

• Politico: US talks with Russia to discourage space anti-satellite nuclear weapons ongoing.

UK Nuclear Energy

• The Telegraph: Hartlepool could host a fleet of mini-nuclear reactors within a decade after the Government awarded a multimillion-pound grant to engineering group Babcock to explore the project’s feasibility.

Nuclear Energy

• Paul Gunter: 45 Years After Three Mile Island, We Need a ‘No Nukes’ Comeback.“Nukes are just too expensive, take too long to build and feature too many pathways to catastrophic accidents.”

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament