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Global Defence Spending—The Sky Is The Limit Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-april-2024 - Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Global military spending surges amid war, rising tensions and insecurity - The White House: Statement from President Joe Biden on Senate Passage of the National Security Package (April 23, 2024) - GOV.UK: PM announces ‘turning point’ in European security as UK set to increase defence spending to 2.5% by 2030

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-24th-april-2024

Fornethy House Survivors Achieving A Hearing—The Buck Stops With Humza Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - Crowdfunder: Fornethy Survivors Group—Campaign for Justice - Scottish Parliament: PE1933/T: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland's redress scheme (PDF) - UK Column search: Keyword: Swinney - Deadline News: Abuse survivors group set for parliament protest following victim compensation exclusion - Glasgow Times: Fornethy House survivors’ petition heard at Holyrood - Scottish Parliament: Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee: Meeting Minutes—6th Meeting 2024 - Sunday Post: Yousaf could be questioned over Fornethy compensation eligibility—rebel MSP [Fergus Ewing] - The Courier (Dundee): Fornethy abuse probe takes next steps in bid to help survivors get justice

Humza’s Horrible Hectoring: Mr Yousaf’s No Good Very Bad Week Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - Humza Yousaf (on X): “As the largest pro-independence party, at this General Election The SNP is best placed to: Advance the cause of independence. Get rid of every Tory MP in Scotland. Ensure Scotland's voice is heard.” - Politico: Scottish government abandons flagship climate goal - STV News: Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged over embezzlement of funds from SNP - Daily Record: Independence march horror as brave Glasgow cop hailed for stopping car before it ‘ploughed into crowd’ - Cllr Math Campbell-Sturgess (on X): “Very concerning incident. I’m glad the suspect has been arrested. We’re seeing a rise in far-right extremism across the west and Scotland is not immune. It’s unclear if this was an isolated incident or an organised attack but I’m very glad the brave officer here acted quickly.” - LBC News Scotland (on X): “Hundreds of people have marched through Glasgow in support of Scottish Independence.”

World Bank Indebting The Poorest: How Does IDA Work? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - World Bank: Spring Meetings: The core days of the 2024 World Bank Spring Meetings will be from April 17–19 - World Bank (YouTube): Recap: World Bank 2024 Spring Meetings - World Bank Group Development Committee: Implementing the World Bank Group Evolution (PDF) - International Development Association: Road to IDA21—International Development Association - World Bank (YouTube): The World Bank’s International Development Association Is a Game Changer: Testimonies from Europe - International Development Association: How Does IDA Work? - Federal Register: Stakeholder Listening Session in Preparation for the 77th World Health Assembly “The listening session will be held Thursday, May 2, 2024, from 10am to 12pm. Eastern Daylight Time. This session is open to the public but requires RSVP to oga.rsvp1@hhs.gov by Friday, April 26, 2024.” - Republic Broadcasting: GET INVOLVED NOW! Key contacts, background info. on imminent pandemic treaty, ‘health’ regs

Dutch Parliament Votes To WHO Delay Pandemic Treaty Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - Door To Freedom: Today Dutch Parliament Votes to Instruct the Government to Demand a Delay in both WHO votes—and if no delay, to vote against the proposals - De Telegraaf (Dutch): Chamber: The Netherlands must ask for postponement to vote on the WHO pandemic treaty

Sedition? Lord Speaker’s Corner Podcast Double Fear Whammy: Climate Change and AI Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - Lord Speaker (on X): What are the difficulties of regulating AI? - House of Lords (YouTube): The Astronomer Royal, Lord Rees of Ludlow: Lord Speaker’s Corner Episode 16 - Legislation: Coroners and Justice Act 2009 “Changes over time for: Section 73—Abolition of common law libel offences etc. The following offences under the common law of England and Wales and the common law of Northern Ireland are abolished— (a) the offences of sedition and seditious libel; (b) the offence of defamatory libel; (c) the offence of obscene libel.” - UK Column search: Keyword: Swinney

Net Zero And The WEF: Are We All Meant To End Up Like Bhutan And Niue? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - The World Economic Forum (WEF 2022): These 8 countries have already achieved net-zero emissions - TRT World (YouTube): Guyana president blasts journalist when discussing country’s oil reserves

Anti-Zionism Equated With Zionism—MPs Won’t Reply Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - UK Parliament: Hansard: Antisemitism in the UK

The Truth Of Ukraine Crumbling Hidden By Legacy Media, Until They Can’t Hide It Any More Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024 - The Telegraph: Ukraine's frontline is collapsing—and Britain may soon be at war (archived) - Conservative Friends of Ukraine: About us “The Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson is the President of CFU” - Conservative Friends of Ukraine: CFU President Boris Johnson and renowned French philosopher and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy co-author an article in the Telegraph on the importance of supporting both Israel and Ukraine - Labour Friends of Israel (on X): “At yesterday’s statement on antisemitism in the UK, LFI vice-chair @Christian4BuryS talked about the “sinister” use of “Zionism” and “Zionists” as code for Jews in public discourse.” - Military Summary (YouTube): French Forces Arrive in Odessa

Brian Gerrish, Alex Thomson, Mark Anderson and Diane Rasmussen McAdie with today's UK Column News. Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-april-2024

More On My Life My Say Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - My Life My Say: About MLMS 2.0 - DRD Partnership (2019): My Life My Say: Common Futures Forum - Lampton School (on X): “We welcomed BBC News and Sharon Gaffka to our school today to talk with Year 13 students about why it's important to Give An X about young people voting in the upcoming London mayoral elections. Thanks Ms Vowles for arranging! My Life My Say” - Campaign for the Arts (on X): “Signatories of the #GiveAnX / Campaign for the Arts open letter include […]” - Give An X (on X): “An incredible 153,171 people registered to vote on #NVRD. More than 113,000 were aged 18–34—up by 90% in 2021” - Dan Lawes (on X): “Good morning! LOOK at this graph. Something massive happened on Tuesday’s National Voter Registration Day. Imagine what we have planned for the General Election…” - Zest: First EV charger of country-leading rollout live in Hackney - GOV.UK: Apply for Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funding

Portugal, Pandemics and Parliament Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - World Health Organization (WHO): Revised draft of the negotiating text of the WHO Pandemic Agreement (PDF) - UK Column interview: Portugal, Pandemics and Parliament—One woman’s remarkable story: Marta da Silva Gameiro

Check Point: Israeli Unit 8200 Is Everywhere Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - TechCrunch: Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over controversial Project Nimbus contract with Israel - Council on Foreign Relations: Is China's Huawei a Threat to U.S. National Security? - GOV.UK: Space Capability Management Plan “We will ensure that we embed dual use at the heart of our capability management processes, considering how we can share Defence space capabilities and outputs […]” - Globes—Israel Business News: Gil Shwed: One company, one job - Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI): CySource Joins Israeli Cyber Companies Consortium led by IAI - Check Point Software: Check Point Announces a New Collaboration with Microsoft to Supercharge Infinity AI Copilot with Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service - Globes—Israel Business News: Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk moves back to Israel - ContenTree: NHS England Provides 7,000 Agile Workers With Check Point Secured Mobile Devices

What Is Disruptive Innovation? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - Harvard Business Review (2015): What Is Disruptive Innovation? - Drift (2020): Netflix vs. Blockbuster - Middle East Monitor: Countering Iran’s overnight attack costs Israel $1.35bn - Sky News: Iran attack a ‘major humiliation for Israeli regime’ says Iranian professor

More Questions Raised From Legacy Media Reporting On Iran Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - IRNA English: Air defense system activated as blast heard in Iran’s Isfahan - Mehr News Agency: Iran destroys several micro air vehicles over Isfahan - Reuters: Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no retaliation - The Jerusalem Post: Israel strikes Iran, defense officials confirm - The Jerusalem Post (2022): Islamic Jihad rockets killed more civilians in Gaza than IDF airstrikes did - Iran Observer (on X): “Israeli media shows video of Lebanese Hezbollah missile strike on Mayan Baroukh as an strike on Iran. This is pure face saving”

Debi Evans Has A Question For Junior Doctors: Are You Being Set Up? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - British Medical Association: Junior doctors in England urge Health Secretary to come forward with new offer as they vote for six more months of industrial action  - The Independent: Junior doctors vote by 98% to continue taking industrial action over pay - NHS Confederation: Matthew Taylor

Dr Shola, My Life My Say And Israel Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (on X): “Israel’s war expansionism is textbook Nazi war expansionism. Israel is NOT worth getting into World War 3 over.” - Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (On X): “Tzipi Hitovely is so disgusting & unhinged in her furtherance of Israel’s war expansionism & genocide. She should be locked up alongside Netanyahu & his govt officials for crimes against humanity. UK should cut ties with Israel […]” - Husam Zomlot (on X): “We will return. We will rebuild. We will never surrender our rights” - Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (on X): “[…] My reputation precedes me as I bring the requisite skills set of obfuscation, deflection, baiting & gaslighting that are second to none from a decade of grifting to this challenging role”

Broken Promises And Trust: How Many Avoidable Deaths Are There In The NHS? Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - UK Column News: 21st March 2022 (1:19:14) MHRA Replies By Producing A Word Salad - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Broken trust: making patient safety more than just a promise - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2023): Rebecca Hilsenrath announced as new Chief Executive of PHSO - British Medical Association: Junior doctors in England urge Health Secretary to come forward with new offer as they vote for six more months of industrial action  - The Independent: Junior doctors vote by 98% to continue taking industrial action over pay - NHS Confederation: Matthew Taylor

Public Cheers For Excess Death Debate In Parliament—ONS Now Changed Statistics Methodology Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-19th-april-2024 - Parliament Live: House of Commons: Thursday 18 April 2024 - GOV.UK: Changes to OHID's reporting of excess mortality in England - Office for National Statistics: Estimating excess deaths in the UK, methodology changes: February 2024 “Weekly estimates of excess deaths from the new method are consistently lower than those from the current method from 2015 to 2019”

Mike Robinson, Debi Evans and Ben Rubin 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-19th-april-2024

Suitable Constables: The Question Of Police Discipline Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-17th-april-2024 - GOV.UK: Chief constables given powers to sack unfit officers “The Home Office has also committed to providing funding to develop an automated and continuous integrity screening system of the police workforce to ensure that officers are continuously vetted throughout their career.”

Mark Anderson Updates In Preparation For WHO's Geneva Assembly Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-17th-april-2024 - Federal Register: Stakeholder Listening Session in Preparation for the 77th World Health Assembly - WHO: Provisional agenda of the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly

Rebuilding Ukraine Is Big Business Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-17th-april-2024 - President of Ukraine: Ukraine Will Request a Meeting of the Ukraine NATO Council—Address of the President of Ukraine “China can really help us restore the just peace for Ukraine and the stability in international relations. The Summit in Switzerland gives us all a real chance to make the Charter of the United Nations, its goals and principles, really work.” - GOV.UK: UK reaffirms support for Ukrainian efforts to seek justice for Russia’s illegal invasion - GOV.UK: Attorney General [of England and Wales] marks two-year anniversary of Ukraine conflict - GOV.UK (2023): Attorney General [of England and Wales] presents UK intervention in Ukraine case against Russia at International Court of Justice - European Union: Commission co-hosts international conference on restoring justice for Ukraine in The Hague - Council of Europe: Council of Europe Summit creates register of damage for Ukraine as first step towards an international compensation mechanism for victims of Russian aggression - GOV.UK: Support for UK businesses helping to rebuild Ukraine - VEON: VEON and Kyivstar set in motion their 600m USD investment plan with Kyiv visit, Mike Pompeo joins the delegation “Digital identity is one of the great challenges of our time, states Kaan Terzioğlu, CEO of the VEON Group. […] MobileID will enable mobile operators to be the trusted authority for both consumers and retailers with the reassurance that the operator is based in their home country and licensed by local data protection laws.” - VEON (2021): VEON Rolls Out New Industry Standard for Digital Identity Validation

DragonFire Gets Press Coverage Whilst Ukraine Casualties Are Continually Ignored Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-17th-april-2024 - War Secretary Grant Shapps (YouTube): DragonFire and Reforming Military Procurement - Euractiv: EU sets out plan for lasting Ukraine security commitments - Politico: Ukraine strikes deal to get two Royal Navy minehunters from UK - BBC: Russia's meat grinder soldiers—50,000 confirmed dead