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British Army’s Mission To Prepare Gen Z For War Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-10th-april-2024 - GOV.UK: The Future Role of the Alliance, NATO at 75 conference: Foreign Secretary's speech - The British Army: Soldier Magazine: April 2024 (PDF) “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: The Mission To Prep Gen Z Officers For War” - The British Army (2021): Future Soldier Guide (PDF) - GOV.UK (2021): Future Soldier: Transforming the British Army - GOV.UK: 30,000 Ukrainian recruits trained in largest UK military training effort since Second World War - GOV.UK: Quarterly service personnel statistics 1 January 2024 - UK Parliament: Ready for War?—Defence Committee—Parliament publications

Lord Cameron Takes His Sick Mind To Washington Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-10th-april-2024 - U.S. Department of State: Secretary Antony J. Blinken and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Cameron at a Joint Press Availability - TASS: Ukrainian drone shot down over ZNPP, debris falls on roof of Unit 6 “This is a major escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers facing the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. Such reckless attacks significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident and must cease immediately.” - Royal Air Force: RAF Fighter Squadron arrives in Romania to co-lead NATO Air Policing mission - Financial Times: US, UK and Australia say Japan could join part of Aukus pact - GOV.UK: AUKUS partnership to consult with other nations including Japan on military capability collaboration - CCTV English: Chinese embassy urges U.S., UK and Australia to stop forming exclusionary blocs - National Security Archive: The Short-lived NATO-Russia Honeymoon - National Security Archive: Memorandum of Conversation between U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry and Speaker of the Russian Duma Ivan Rybkin - OpenDemocracy (2006): Democratisation, NGOs and "colour revolutions"

Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley with today's UK Column News. If you would like to support our independent journalism, please join the community: https://community.ukcolumn.org/ Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-10th-april-2024

‘Decolonise Education’ With LGBTQA+ Rainbow Books Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-april-2024 - Times Higher Education: Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation - The Guardian: UK universities paying millions in agent fees to secure international students - Scottish Union for Education (Substack): Decolonising the library - National Union Of Students (TikTok): Decolonise Education with NUS! - National Union of Students: Liberation Library - Nation Builder: The Divest To Decolonise Toolkit (PDF) - Research Libraries (YouTube): Decolonising the curriculum & research libraries - American Library Association: Rainbow Book List Committee - Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association (Google Drive): The Rainbow Book List - BBC (2023): Grandad's Pride publisher defends kids' book showing man in leathers

World Health Day: Combining Migration, Climate Change, and Global Health Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-april-2024 - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs: World Health Day: Migration, Climate Change, and Global Health - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs: New Cold Wars: A Conversation with David Sanger

Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie Gives Updates On Fornethy Abuse Survivors Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-april-2024 - STV (YouTube): Fornethy House survivors denied access to redress scheme - Scottish Parliament: Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee—Wednesday 20 March 2024 (PDF) - STV: Fornethy House survivors denied access to Scottish Government redress scheme - Ireland Live: Fornethy House abuse survivors not included in redress scheme, says Robison - The Courier: Fornethy abuse survivors react to ‘utterly shocking’ Shona Robison compensation snub (Archived) - The Stooshie (Podbean): Fornethy House abuse survivors on their fight for justice - Glasgow Live: Glasgow abuse survivors slam government after excluding Fornethy from redress scheme - UK Column article: Fornethy Residential School: Tales from the Archives - Glasgow Times (via Yahoo): Huge revelation over council records gives fresh hope to Fornethy House survivors - Glasgow Times: Fornethy House survivors protest outside Glasgow City Chambers - Scottish Parliament: PE1933/S: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland's redress scheme (PDF) - UNICEF: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Article 39 “States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of a child victim of: any form of neglect, exploitation, or abuse” - Fornethy Survivors Campaign for Justice (Private Facebook Group): Protest at Holyrood during next Petitions Committee meeting, 17th April, 9:30 am - Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee: PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme - Change.org: Fornethy survivors ask the Government to Reconsider The exclusion of Fornethy - CrowdFunder: Fornethy Survivors Group - Campaign for Justice

James Roguski: WHO’s Pandemic Treaty Is The New OPEC Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-april-2024 - James Roguski (Substack): Public Comments Now Being Accepted - James Roguski (Substack): Stop The Amendments - Stop The Treaty: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud - UK Column: James Roguski—Actions around the World - World Health Organization (WHO): WHO Director-General's keynote speech in the plenary session of the 148th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly—25 March 2024

More Mercenaries Needed For Ukraine To Keep The War Running Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-8th-april-2024 - Kyiv Post: Ukraine to Lose War if US Congress Withholds Aid: Zelensky “It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war” - The Kyiv Independent: Minister: Ukraine needs advanced air defense to protect energy infrastructure - Image of Ukrainian shopping mall used for weapons storage - Kyiv Post: OPINION: The Unseen Crisis: Russian Soldiers' Desperation on Ukrainian Front Lines - Kyiv Post: It's Time for an African Solution to Russian Mercenaries in Africa - London Bodyguard Services: London Close Protection—London Bodyguards Hire - Washington Post: U.S. signs off on more bombs, warplanes for Israel - UK Column article (2011): Britain Or Israel?

Brian Gerrish, Mark Anderson, Diane Rasmussen McAdie and guest James Roguski with today's UK Column News. If you would like to support our independent journalism, please join the community: https://community.ukcolumn.org/

Ofcom Regulation: WHATEVER THE GOVERNMENT SAYS! Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - Ofcom: Statement: Ofcom's Plan of Work 2024/25 - Ofcom: Ofcom's strategic approach to AI 2024/25 (PDF) “WHATEVER THE GOVERNMENT SAYS!” - Ofcom: Call for evidence: Third phase of online safety regulation

Vaccines In Salad: Tennessee Senator Frank Niceley Says No To Unilateral DNA Manipulation Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - Sainsbury's: Future of Food Report - WKRN News 2: TN 'vaccine lettuce' bill heads to governor's desk

Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service Closed Due To Harms—Just To Be Rebranded Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - Springer: Development of Gender Non-Contentedness During Adolescence and Early Adulthood - NHS: Service for Children and Young People with Gender Incongruence: Referral Pathway consultation guide - Tavistock and Portman: Gender identity development service (GIDS) - New services for children and young people with gender incongruence are being established, with the creation of a Northern Hub and a Southern Hub.

Rejkjavík: “Empowering Women To Stay In Power”, Away From Motherhood Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - Verian: About Us - Reykjavik Global Forum: The community is where women leaders discuss and share ideas and solutions - Kantar Public: The Reykjavik Index for Leadership

CANZUK: Canada And New Zealand Added To AUKUS Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - UK Column interview: No Smoke Without Fire 6: The Green King (Part 1) - CANZUK International: Promoting closer ties between Canada, Australia, New Zealand & the United Kingdom

Is The UK Prepping For War? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - UK Parliament: Ready for War?—Defence Committee—Parliament (publications) - Defence Committee (on X): “Our report on Armed Forces Readiness has been published.” - The report, “Ready for war?” found that the Forces are overburdened, leaving them no opportunity to prepare for warfighting. - Sky News: Is the UK preparing for war amid threats of conflict? Here is what Sky News has found - NHS England: Annual emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) assurance report - National Institutes of Health (NIH 2023): Can Live-Actor Patients in a Mass Casualty Incident Exercise Benefit as Exercise Players? - CrisisCast: Clients & Partners - Our trained professional role-play actors and internationally credited film crews bring realistic, informed crisis management and disaster incidents to life. - World Health Organization (WHO 2007): Mass casualty management systems: strategies and guidelines for building health sector capacity

Don’t B Left B-hind—B Corp: Certified BS Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 - The Big Issue: Embracing a kinder economy: the transformative power of B Corps - B Corp UK: Exploring awareness of B Corp certification in the UK - B Lab Global: B Lab Global is pausing support for new B Corps to certify in regions without Global or Country Partner representation - Futureheads: We've signed up to the Better Business Act (BBA) coalition - B Corp: Revisiting the proposed changes to the standards for B Corp Certification - B Corp: Andrew Kassoy, Katie Hill, and Janine Guillot step into new Board roles - Andrew Kassoy (LinkedIn): “Honored that The Rockefeller Foundation has invited me to be a 2024 #RFBellagio Center resident! I’m looking forward to writing about the future of stakeholder capitalism (and the #bcorp movement) and to collaborating with some extraordinary leaders tackling related challenges. B Lab” - B Lab Europe: The B Corp Way: How B Corps help fellow businesses take concrete action on the SDGs

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-5th-april-2024 Mike Robinson, Debi Evans and Ben Rubin with today's UK Column News. 00:17 Ofcom Regulation: WHATEVER THE GOVERNMENT SAYS! 05:28 Don’t B Left B-hind—B Corp: Certified BS 17:34 Is The UK Prepping For War? 25:58 Updates And Announcements 27:28 CANZUK: Canada And New Zealand Added To AUKUS 31:39 Rejkjavík: “Empowering Women To Stay In Power”, Away From Motherhood 41:02 Tavistock’s Gender Identity Development Service Closed Due To Harms—Just To Be Rebranded 46:31 Vaccines In Salad: Tennessee Senator Frank Niceley Says No To Unilateral DNA Manipulation 53:39 Blinken Says Ukraine Will Be A NATO Member Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column: https://support.ukcolumn.org/

America’s Denial Of Atrocities Caused By Israel Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - Al Mayadeen: 'Israel' claims WCK workers killed in error after bombing them 3 times - The GrayZone: US State Dept’s favorite celebrity chef builds Gaza aid dock with stolen rubble

Israeli Attack on Iranian Embassy in Damascus Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - Time: U.S. Scrambles to Contain Fallout from Israel’s Strikes On Iranians and Aid Workers - Politico: US weighs selling new fighter jets, missiles and guidance kits to Israel

And Finally: Bird Flu Experts & Matthew Randolph Joining Today's UK Column News Extra Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - Daily Mail: 'It's a matter of when, not if': Daily Mail asked seven bird flu experts if the H5N1 case in Texas raises risk of a future pandemic... this is what they said - Gloucestershire Live: 'Abuse of democracy': Police called to rowdy council meeting after anti-5G activist flouts rules - GiveSendGo: Independent police commissioner

UK Government Lawyers Say Israel Is Breaking International Law Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - The Observer: UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording

Safety Is The Excuse For Online Censorship Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - GitHub: Open Letter from Security and Privacy Researchers in relation to the Online Safety Bill (PDF) - Ofcom: Tech firms must clamp down on illegal online materials - European Union: Preserving the confidentiality of communications is essential to fundamental rights - The Guardian: Ex-Tory MP guilty of molesting boy was on panel advising on grooming gangs - Declassified Media Ltd: How MI5 is helping to cover up sexual abuse

Public Responses To Keep Cash Push Back CBDCs Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - LBMA: 2024 Precious Metals Forecast Survey - World Gold Council: Gold as a strategic asset: 2024 edition - World Gold Council: Gold prices - World Gold Council: Portfolio impact—2. ESG credentials - Bank of England: The digital pound: Response to the Bank of England and HM Treasury Consultation Paper—The digital pound: A new form of money for households and businesses?

State of Policing: Charles Malet Inspects The Inspectors (HMICFRS) Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - GOV.UK: State of Policing 2022 report: government response - Criminal Justice Inspectorates: Powers - His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS): History of HMICFRS - UK Parliament: Policing priorities—Fifth Report of Session 2022–23 - The House of Commons Library: Coronavirus: enforcing restrictions

NATO At 75 Wants A Pay Rise Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-3rd-april-2024 - NATO: Speeches & transcripts: Doorstep by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Brussels - GOV.UK: Foreign Secretary (David Cameron) calls on NATO Allies to spend and produce more in the face of Russian aggression - ANSA: Debt alert for Italy if NATO rearmament race is on—Moody's