Chief Of General Staff Sanders Is Sad For 'His' Tank; What About The Men Within, Sir Patrick? - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- Forces News (YouTube): British Army chief felt 'emotional tug' seeing Challenger 2 destroyed in Ukraine
- The Guardian: British Challenger 2 tank destroyed in combat for first time, Ukraine footage shows
- Weeb Union (YouTube): Double The Meatgrinder
- Monthly Review (Originally published by Punch Newspaper but now removed): Luxurious villa owned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s family discovered on Egyptian Coast

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

Restructuring The Military-Industrial Complex: Britain Keen To Participate, Having Destroyed Its Armed Forces - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- GOV.UK: Defence Minister James Cartlidge formally opens DSEI 2023
- GOV.UK: General Sir Patrick Sanders DSEI 2023 Keynote Speech
- The Guardian: BRICS to more than double with admission of six new countries
- Al Jazeera: Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

Worthy Events And Viewers' E-Mails - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- On Guard for the Liberty of Mankind—Saturday 30 September 2023
- UK Column content: Debi Evans Blog: 12 September 2023
- UK Column interview: Prof. Michael Esfeld—Common law requires the courage to judge
- Forthcoming UK Column Interview: A Lesson for the Ages—Charles Ortel on Clinton money and charity law: Thursday 13:00
- E-mail to UK Column: A Postman Speaks
- E-mail to UK Column: An RAF Veteran Speaks, And Recommends UK Defence Matters
- E-mail to UK Column: Stroud CSSD
- Social Work Today: Family court proceedings linked to suicide, mental and physical health problems in new study

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

Final Warning: The Online Safety Bill Is In Its Final Stages - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- British Government Science Secretary (and former Digital Secretary) Michelle Donelan (Twitter/X):
“It’s time to pass our online safety law and crack down on the sick, cowardly trolls who prowl out of sight online.”
- Michelle Donelan (Twitter/X):
“The Online Safety Bill is critical to protecting children and empowering adults online. It will become law in a matter of days, marking a historic and unprecedented leap forward with British leadership in online safety.”
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (Twitter/X):
“Representatives from sport, journalism and television shared their experiences of online abuse 10 Downing Street and discussed what’s needed to protect people from harmful content online.
Soon to be law, the Online Safety Bill will make the UK the safest place to be online.”
- Local Government Association: Online Safety Bill, Consideration of Lords Amendments, House of Commons—12 September 2023
- BBC: Grooming cases at record high amid online safety laws delay
- UK Parliament: Online Safety Bill
- GOV.UK: Stars descend on Downing Street to throw support behind new laws to make UK safest place to be online 

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

Common Purpose Exposed - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- Laura Kuenssberg (Twitter/X):
“Civil servants are meant to be totally impartial … but here’s what the former foreign office chief did in the aftermath of the EU vote.”
- Freedom of Information Request RF120091146: BBC spent £158,100 of public money on Common Purpose over 7 years.
- Freedom of information request RFI2007000049: BBC also spent £47,260 Jan 2005 to Jan 2007. Mr Harding attends Common Purpose in a private capacity.
- CP Exposed: Common Purpose Collaboration Laboratory to mind-bend Civil Service
- CP Exposed: Common Purpose penetration of Civil Service

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

BBC Censors Criticism Of The BBC—To 'Protect' The Public? - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- Sophie Little (Twitter/X): 
“The BBC have decided to cut out something I said on my final radio show today. You can still listen to it here.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

A Bit Of A Fight At G20 Summit In New Delhi - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- G20: G20 Summit, New Delhi
“One Earth • One Family • One Future”
- Amitabh Kant (Twitter/X): 
“The most complex part of the entire G20 was to bring consensus on the geopolitical paras (Russia-Ukraine). This was done over 200 hours of non-stop negotiations, 300 bilateral meetings, 15 drafts. In this, I was greatly assisted by two brilliant officers.”
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions following the G20 Summit, New Delhi, September 10, 2023
- NDTV: Plane Fixed, Justin Trudeau Leaves For Home Two Days After G20 Meet Ended 
- Outlook Planet: G20 Commits To Phase Out Inefficient Coal And Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- TASS: Russia signs memorandum on development of coal energy sector in Afghanistan—envoy 
- Global Times: Who is the 'spoiler' of the G20 summit in New Delhi?

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

Back to the Past—A Re-Emergence of Victorian Diseases - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- Daily Express: Urgent NHS warning over return of Victorian-era disease and the symptoms to look out for
- UK Column Article (June 2022): Back to the Past—A Reemergence of Victorian Diseases
- Daily Mail: Doctors demand that NHS stops hiring lower-ranking medics and for patients to be told when they are not being seen by fully-trained medic
- BBC: Northumberland NHS drone trial 'massive airspace grab'
- MHRA (YouTube, 2013): Introduction to the MHRA Innovation Office 
- GOV.UK (2013): Dr Ian Hudson appointed as the MHRA’s new Chief Executive 
- GOV.UK (2017): MHRA awarded over £980,000 for collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Health Organisation 
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Ian Hudson

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

‘Scientists’ Say What Now? - UK Column News - 13th September 2023

- New York Post: People who trust their gut are suckers for conspiracy theories
- Linköping University: They fall more easily for conspiracy theories
- E-mail to UK Column: Hate Crime, Holocaust Denial 
And Finally: Thanks To Totnes SITP
- Devon Live: I live in 'Conspiracyland' Totnes and it may be bonkers but it's not dangerously crazy

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-13th-september-2023

BRICS 3.0 — What now?

On the last day of the BRICS meeting in Johannesburg, August 22-24, 2023, South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the current member countries will open the doors to BRICS for six new countries in 2024.

www.ukcolumn.org/article/brics-30-what-now

UK Column News - 15th September 2023

Mike Robinson, Vanessa Beeley and Kevork Almassian with today's UK Column News.

00:19 UK Aiming For New Leadership With… Synthetic Biology
03:10 The Trouble In Libya Isn’t Climate Change
11:25 The Trouble In Greece Isn’t Climate Change, Either
27:09 From Ukraine To Azerbaijan—Explained By Kevork Almassian
38:41 Syria: US War Rules Hypocrisy
45:07 Send Non-ULEZ Compliant Cars To Ukraine?
51:39 SIREN 2.0—Know What That Means?
54:41 Lights Seen Before Or During An Earthquake
57:00 Full Fact Does Full-on Irony

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

UK Aiming For New Leadership With… Synthetic Biology - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- GOV.UK: First meeting of UK science champions to cement UK leadership in safe, responsible biology breakthroughs 
- Society of Chemical Industry: New Council looks to put UK at forefront of responsible engineering biology use
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI): Synthetic Biology for Growth 
- UKRI: Engineering Biology Missions Hubs and Mission Awards

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

The Trouble In Libya Isn’t Climate Change - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- BBC: Libya flooding: CCTV shows cars swept away in Derna
- David Miliband (on X):
“The devastation from Storm Daniel in Libya has been enormous: at least 5,000 killed and 30,000 displaced. Years of conflict have eroded the country’s ability to respond to increasing climate disasters.”
- Sky News (YouTube): Libya floods: Drone footage shows widespread destruction
- Sebha University Journal Of Pure And Applied Sciences: A research paper published in November 2022 by Omar al-Mukhtar University by hydrologist Abdelwanees A.R. Ashoor warned about the dams holding back the seasonal waterway
- The Ecologist (2015): War crime: NATO deliberately destroyed Libya's water infrastructure
- Nina Byzantina (on X): 
“This is so enjoyable: the BBC got slapped with a community note about Libya.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

The Trouble In Greece Isn’t Climate Change, Either - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- Thesaliatv (Greece): Storm Daniel hit the Municipality of Palamas with fury, the situation is difficult
- Vanessa Beeley (Telegram): 
“Aerial view of Libya devastation. UK promises funds for victims. There would be far less victims if UK and other murderous NATO states hadn't bombed the sh*t out of Libyan infrastructure including dams and water reservoirs.”
- 902 (Greece): They were inundated in water and are being asked to pay to compensate them[selves]
- Al Jazeera: After slew of disasters, Greeks wonder what is happening to their democracy
- ASHTROM Group LTD: Home Page
- Power Technology: Ashtrom Renewable Energy to co-develop solar projects in Greece

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

From Ukraine To Azerbaijan—Explained By Kevork Almassian - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- Radio Free Europe: Is Armenia Turning To The West?
- TASS: Pashinyan changing country's politics to align with West

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

Syria: US War Rules Hypocrisy - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- Reuters: U.S. officials visit Syria's Deir al Zor in bid to defuse Arab tribal unrest
- Al Mayadeen English: Syria condemns US delegation's illegal visit to Northeastern Syria
- The Cradle: Clashes renew between US-backed proxy, rebel tribes in northeast Syria

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

Send Non-ULEZ Compliant Cars To Ukraine? - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- GOV.WALES: Introducing default 20mph speed limits
- BBC: 20 mph: Wales speed limit sat-nav warning ahead of change
- Euronews: Paris cuts its speed limit to 30 kph in bid to protect climate
- CrowdJustice: STOP ULEZ EXPANSION
- Judiciary UK: Mrs Justice Cockerill—Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
- MyLondon: London £12.50 ULEZ charge 'could go up' as Sadiq Khan issues pay per mile update
- Car Dealer Magazine: London used car dealers urged to send non-ULEZ compliant part-exchanges to Ukraine

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

SIREN 2.0—Know What That Means? - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- GOV.UK: SIREN study expands surveillance of respiratory pathogens ahead of winter 
“SIREN 2.0 will recruit participants from our original cohort of 45,000 healthcare workers, which remains the largest study of its kind globally”
- MHRA Yellow Card: Yellow Card centres

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

Lights Seen Before Or During An Earthquake - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- The Independent: Strange ‘earthquake lights’ spotted above Morocco moments before devastating tremors remain a mystery
- Jerusalem Post: Mysterious flash illuminates Moroccan sky moments before earthquake
- Daily Mail: Mysterious lights were spotted in the sky before Morocco's devastating earthquake hit last week—and scientists don't know what caused them
- ScienceDirect: Piezoelectric effects in quartz-rich rocks

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023

Full Fact Does Full-on Irony - UK Column News - 15th September 2023

- Full Fact (on X): 
“Freedom of expression is at risk, while lessons from the pandemic are forgotten in the Online Safety Bill.
Too much power is being left with internet companies.
Decisions about freedom of expression should be made openly and democratically.”

Sources: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-15th-september-2023