Dear all, 

Please find this week’s roundup of news, including the latest from Israel and Iran and CND’s statements. There won’t be a roundup next week as I will be working from Glastonbury. Thanks all for your continued support.

 Iran

• CND’s latest statement calling for Britain and the US to not join Israel in bombing Iran. More statement from this week can be found on the website.
• The Guardian view on Israel, the US and Iran: you can’t bomb your way out of nuclear proliferation.
• France 24: Top Iran, EU diplomats to hold nuclear talks.
• Israel strikes unfinished Arak heavy water reactor in Iran.
• Russia says any use of tactical nuclear weapons by US in Iran would be catastrophic, TASS reports.
• CSIS: Three things will determine Iran’s nuclear future—Fordow is just one of them.
• House of Commons Library: Israel-Iran 2025: Developments in Iran’s nuclear programme and military action.
• Sky News: Inside Britain’s largest nuclear weapons site - as scientists race to build a new warhead by the 2030s.
• Gov press release: 1,500 jobs created at UK nuclear weapons headquarters as sector boasts above average wages.
• Two Palestine Action activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and damaged two planes, using e-scooters to zip around the base. The group said the incident took place due to flights departing daily from the base to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, “a base used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East”.

NATO / Europe

• Finnish lawmakers have voted to exit the Ottawa Convention treaty which outlaws the use of landmines. It comes as the ICRC warns that civilians will pay the price if the global commitment to ban their use is allowed to fracture.

Nuclear Energy

• The Telegraph: Labour’s nuclear dream has destroyed my home: inside the Sizewell C planning row.

AUKUS / Indo-Pacific

• Could Trump can AUKUS? Australia is waiting nervously for the president’s decision.
• Ditching AUKUS would harm US, close ally tells Trump. Virginia’s Republican governor says he hopes shipbuilders will ‘have chance’ to continue to ‘build for our allies’

Best,

Pádraig McCarrick

Press and Communications Officer

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament