News Round Up – October 2023

Ukraine News

30 Sep: Elite Ukrainian commandos on jet skis conducted a daring raid on a Russian electronic warfare station in Crimea, report says

04 Oct: Western ammo stocks at ‘bottom of the barrel’ as Ukraine war drags on, NATO official warns

05 Oct: Russian missile strike on Ukraine funeral kills 51

05 Oct: Spain to send six Hawk air defense systems to Ukraine

06 Oct: ‘They miscalculated’: Ukraine turns the tables on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet

11 Oct: Russia tries to spoil Ukraine’s counteroffensive before winter

13 Oct: Putin makes first trip abroad since international arrest warrant issued over Ukraine invasion

14 Oct: Fierce fighting persists in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv reports nonstop assaults by Russia on a key city

17 Oct: Ukraine uses U.S.-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles for first time in counteroffensive against Russia

20 Oct: Ukrainian troops fight off fresh attacks from Putin’s forces in eastern town of Avdiivka

21 Oct: Why Kyiv’s Dnipro east bank gain could be significant

22 Oct: Russian missile strike on Kharkiv postal centre kills six, governor says

25 Oct: Russian drone debris downed power lines near a Ukraine nuclear plant. A new winter barrage is likely

27 Oct: The Israel-Hamas war is a distraction from Ukraine, but Russia isn’t necessarily benefiting

Middle East

05 Oct: At least 100 killed as Syrian military college hit in drone attack

05 Oct: US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone over Syria

07 Oct: How did Israeli intelligence fail to stop major attack from Gaza?

11 Oct: Analysis: Why did it take Israel three days to return to Gaza’s boundary?

12 Oct: Bloodshed, destruction and a far-off peace? There are several possible outcomes of the Israel-Hamas war

24 Oct: BBC correspondents answer your questions on the conflict between Israel and Hamas

26 Oct: Israel-Hamas war: France strengthens naval presence in the Eastern Mediterranean

28 Oct: Israel and Palestine: Is war the only way out?

28 Oct: ‘Reconnaissance by fire’ – What Israel’s Gaza raid tells us

News

02 Oct: Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines

03 Oct: Niger: 29 soldiers killed in deadliest Jihadist attack since coup

03 Oct: Crown alleges former RCMP director Cameron Ortis was trying to sell secrets to police targets

04 Oct: Marburg virus and other false rumours about today’s emergency alert test

05 Oct: Russia to build naval base in breakaway Georgian region

06 Oct: Putin claims Russia successfully tested a nuclear-powered missile and could revoke a global test ban

06 Oct: Ex-Army sergeant charged with trying to pass US secrets to China

07 Oct: Police patrol outside RAF Scampton after suspected petrol bomb found

08 Oct: Mali crisis: Life in Timbuktu and Gao under siege by Islamist fighters

09 Oct: A surge in rail traffic on North Korea-Russia border suggests arms supply to Russia, think tank says

11 Oct: NATO vows to respond if Finland-Estonia gas pipeline damage is deliberate

12 Oct: Sen. Bob Menendez hit with new charge of conspiring to act as foreign agent

13 Oct: Diphtheria kills more than 600 people in Nigeria

13 Oct: Devon man Harry Parris admits encouraging terrorism online

15 Oct: Changing nature of Covid: Is it just a regular winter bug now?

16 Oct: Man linked to Islamic State death squad pleads guilty to UK terror offences

16 Oct: Ugandan police foil ADF plot to bomb churches – Yoweri Museveni

17 Oct: Hartlepool: Man charged with murder by counter-terror police

18 Oct: MI5 boss says Chinese espionage in UK on ‘epic’ scale with 20,000 people approached by spies

20 Oct: Man accused of planning terror attack on Leeds hospital admits possessing pressure cooker bomb

20 Oct: Mozambique burns 45,000 hens as bird flu spreads from South Africa

20 Oct: China is building up its nuclear arsenal faster than predicted, U.S. report says

20 Oct: Incident involving US warship intercepting missiles near Yemen lasted 9 hours

20 Oct: Teen arrested as France grapples with rash of fake bomb threats

23 Oct: First confirmed cases of Avian Influenza in the Antarctic region

24 Oct: China removes Defense Minister Li Shangfu after two-month disappearance

25 Oct: Fighting in the east of the DRC: a Kenyan soldier from the East African force killed

25 Oct: Russia simulates nuclear strike after opting out of treaty

25 Oct: AI could worsen cyber-threats, UK government report warns

26 Oct: The 9 key AI dangers outlined by government experts, from disinformation to cyber attacks

26 Oct: Oxford Island security alert recap as public stranded in area due to suspicious object

27 Oct: Retired Taiwan Colonel Who Spied for China Handed 20-Year Jail Sentence

30 Oct: Man jailed for life for attempted murder of US woman stationed at GCHQ

30 Oct: Suspect detained in an explosion that killed 3 at Jehovah’s Witness event in India

31 Oct: Five men involved in “terrorist” attacks escape from prison in Tunisia

Technology

26 Sep: Lockheed Martin Conducts First Flight In U-2 Avionics Tech Refresh

27 Sep: Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water

01 Oct: UK defence giant BAE Systems wins £3.95bn submarine contract.

02 Oct: Cambridge: US firm opens diagnostics facility in ‘world leading’ city

02 Oct: Northrop Grumman Successfully Powers US Navy’s Trident II D5 Flight Test

03 Oct: Bioengineering Breakthrough Increases DNA Detection Sensitivity by 100 Times

04 Oct: Breakthrough human-like bio printed skin heals wounds better, faster

04 Oct: Moderna Announces Positive Phase 1/2 Data from mRNA-1083, the Company’s Combination Vaccine Against Influenza and COVID-19

04 Oct: Northrop Grumman to Develop New Guided Ammunition for the US Navy

04 Oct: Superbugs including MRSA thwarted by unconventional vaccine

04 Oct: Raytheon to build revolutionary rotating detonation engine for DARPA

05 Oct: Psychedelics improve mental health, cognition in special ops veterans

05 Oct: Can Immunity from Routine Vaccines be Used to Fight Cancer?

06 Oct: WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk

06 Oct: Bangladesh gets first uranium shipment from Russia for nuclear power plant

06 Oct: Strategic Command leads chemical sensing equipment project

09 Oct: The robot aircraft with a nightmarish nuclear mission

09 Oct: Boeing, Nammo Ramjet Powered Artillery Shell Sets Distance Record

10 Oct: Gene-edited chickens show promise in fight against bird flu

12 Oct: Promising material provides a simple, effective method capable of extracting uranium from seawater

13 Oct: ‘Remarkable’ medical discovery for sepsis moves to next phase of human trials

13 Oct: What is the white phosphorus that Israel is accused of using in Gaza?

13 Oct: US must be ready for simultaneous wars with China, Russia: Commission

14 Oct: Oxfordshire nuclear fusion site to end tests after 40 years

17 Oct: Decontamination method zaps pollutants from soil

18 Oct: RSC challenges UK Government to reduce PFAS levels in British water as research highlights serious health risks posed by ‘forever chemicals’.

19 Oct: NUS scientists develop innovative magnetic gel that heals diabetic wounds three times faster

19 Oct: Novel dynamic imaging technology captures the body’s immune response to COVID-19 infection

20 Oct: Boeing, Kratos to Develop Bolt-On Kit That Turns ‘Dumb’ Bomb Into Precision Cruise Missile

20 Oct: US tests explosion at Nevada Security Site to improve nuclear detection

23 Oct: Could gut fungi be linked to severe COVID? What to make of new research findings

25 Oct: Scientists uncover cause of mysterious deaths of elephants in Zimbabwe

27 Oct: What happens after a nuclear power station is closed?

27 Oct: US to build new nuclear gravity bomb

31 Oct: RECOVERY trial expands to investigate treatments for influenza

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