CND Press Digest: Wednesday 24th April 2024

Nukes in Britain

• BBC: Nuclear test campaigner demands access to medical files.

Global Nukes

• Reuters: US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space.

Military Spending

• BBC: Rishi Sunak vows to boost UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030.
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czvjepg45zro?link_id=5&can_id=3728975d598a06451f917f94473842…
  
• Jeremy Corbyn

  Our leaders seem determined to give war a chance. Their thirst for conflict endangers us all

  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/23/leaders-war-gaza-jeremy-corbyn?link_id=4&c…

Nuclear Energy

• discusses whether new civil nuclear programs could cross over into military nuclear programs, and what this means for global non-proliferation efforts.
• IAEA begins second review of water release from Fukushima plant.
• Watch: Nuclear-waste dams threaten Central Asia heartland.
• Reuters: Unstable nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland.
• The Conversation:Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back.

NATO / Europe

• The Telegraph: Britain leading by example on defence, says NATO chief. Rishi Sunak’s pledge to increase military investment to 2.5pc of GDP will help with ‘urgently needed’ aid for Ukraine, says Jens Stoltenberg.

Middle East & North Africa

• The Mirror: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has revealed Iran’s nuclear activities were “raising eyebrows” at IAEA and admitted they are “weeks rather than months” away from being able to produce a nuclear bomb.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• Defense News: When will AUKUS allies receive US export control exemptions?
• CNBC: US ambassador insists security pact with Australia, U.K. won’t spur a nuclear arms race.
• The Morning Star: The US-steered AUKUS military alliance is cranking up hostilitiesby inviting Japan into the anti-China pact, writes Fiona Edwards of the No Cold War campaign.
• CounterPunch: Solidarity to Stop AUKUS.

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament