News Round Up – September 2023

Ukraine News

01 Sep: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/01/british-arms-maker-bae-systems-sets-up-in-ukraine

01 Sep: U.S. Sees ‘Notable Progress’ By Ukraine’s Forces In South As Russian Missiles Hit Two Cities

05 Sep: Ukraine’s Forces Try to Punch 2nd Hole in Russian Lines

05 Sep: Challenger 2 destroyed in Ukraine hit mine before being struck by suicide drone, officials say

07 Sep: Ukraine: Why is uranium ammunition so controversial?

09  Sep: Russia’s Ukraine Danube attacks threaten Kyiv’s economic lifeline

10 Sep: 30 fighting days left for Ukraine’s offensive – US Army chief

10 Sep: Ukraine, Russia report downing dozens of drones over Kyiv, Crimea

13 Sep: Kim Jong Un meets Putin in Russia, vows “unconditional support” amid Moscow’s assault on Ukraine

14 Sep: Ukrainian missiles strike Russian warships in Crimean naval base

14 Sep: Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022

15 Sep: Ukraine says Russian missile defence destroyed in Crimea, 2 warships hit

16 Sep: Ukraine’s Crimea attacks seen as key to counter-offensive against Russia

18 Sep: War in Ukraine: Is the counter-offensive making progress?

22 Sep: Ukraine says it ‘successfully’ hit Russia’s Black Sea navy HQ using British and French cruise missiles

22 Sep: Biden tells Zelenskyy that U.S. will send Ukraine ATACMS long-range missiles

24 Sep: Ukraine war: Training to clear the world’s most heavily mined country

News

01 Sep: Situational assessment for SARS-CoV-2 variant V-23AUG-01 (BA.2.86)

02 Sep: Poland: Legionnaire’s bacteria outbreak kills 19

06 Sep: Worry at antibiotics overuse at India’s Kumbh Mela

06 Sep: Former German intelligence officer charged with treason for spying for Russia

07 Sep: Hunt for terror suspect ex-soldier Daniel Khalife after Wandsworth prison escape

07 Sep: ‘Some material will be kept secret’ in Salisbury poisonings inquiry

09 Sep: Bomb squad called to Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone to reports of suspicious vehicle

10 Sep: Parliamentary researcher arrested for ‘spying for China’

11 Sep: Infection expert calls for return of free Covid tests

12 Sep: Has the UK woken up to the China spy challenge?

14 Sep: Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala

15 Sep: A-level student found guilty of sharing weapons manuals and terrorist documents

16 Sep: Concern that over 100,000 children started school unvaccinated as disease begins to spread

16 Sep: Man arrested after rifle and ammunition seized in Clare

18 Sep: Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit Russia for security talks

18 Sep: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f-35-fighter-jet-missing-pilot-ejects-mishap-rcna105534

20 Sep: Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces reach Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal

20 Sep: Galapagos National Park reports the deaths of three birds from avian flu

20 Sep: Biden administration announces $600M to produce COVID tests and will reopen website to order them

20 Sep: UKHSA launches new infectious disease data dashboard

21 Sep: French police release journalist arrested for reporting on alleged France-Egypt spy operation

22 Sep: Woman sentenced for terrorism offences – Oxford

24 Sep: What you need to know about Covid as new variant rises

25 Sep: Arms cache found after ethnic Serb gunmen storm village in Kosovo

26 Sep: Bulgarians accused of spying for Russia appear in London court

26 Sep: Death toll rises in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast as thousands flee

29 Sep: PhD student guilty of making drone to deliver chemical weapon for terrorists

Technology

28 Aug: Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Keynote Address: ‘The Urgency to Innovate’ (As Delivered)

01 Sep: Lockheed Martin’s Extended-Range Rocket Excels In Long Range Flight

05 Sep: 3D-Printed ‘Living Material’ Could Clean Up Contaminated Water

05 Sep: Saab camouflage net blocks radar but lets in GPS and radio signals

06 Sep: US Army Announces Plans for M1E3 Abrams Tank modernization

06 Sep: Vaping renders immune cells unable to move to meet threats

08 Sep: National Trust uses robotic dog to survey hazardous Cold War weapons testing facilities

08 Sep: North Korea says it launched new ‘tactical nuclear attack’ submarine. South Korea doubts it works

11 Sep: You can leave your gloves on: Rice-developed material burns viruses, safe for skin

11 Sep: Boeing to Lead Counter-Hypersonic Flight Test, Evaluation for DARPA’s Glide Breaker

12 Sep: Northrop Grumman’s B-21 Raider Continues Progression to Flight Test

13 Sep: Ultrathin nanotech promises to help tackle antibiotic resistance

13 Sep: Raytheon UK set to receive and integrate UK’s first laser weapon system in October

16 Sep: DSEI 2023 – SpearUAV: Viper 300 MCL unmanned aerial weapon solution for multiple platforms

22 Sep: Metal-mining pollution impacts 23 million people worldwide

22 Sep: German Navy completes successful sea trials of 100-kW laser weapon

23 Sep: Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients

24 Sep: RAF Typhoons land and take off from a road for first time

27 Sep: Deal struck to produce vaccines in UK for any future flu pandemic

28 Sep: Taiwan unveils first domestically built submarine as China threat grows

29 Sep: Cumbria location ruled out for geological disposal facility

29 Sep: The slow and delicate aircraft taking on spy missions

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