News Round Up – June 2024

Ukraine News

01 Jun: We have no Plan B if Ukraine falls, says Estonia

06 Jun: Putin’s threat to put long-range weapons closer to West leaves unanswered questions

07 Jun: Ukraine begins strikes on Russian soil using US weapons

11 Jun: Ukraine ‘hits missile launch sites in Russia’

11 Jun: 2 Indians, Recruited By Russian Army, Killed In Ukraine Conflict

12 Jun: US lifts ban on sending weapons to Ukraine’s Azov brigade

12 Jun: Russian missile attack on Ukraine kills 9 in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, Kryvyi Rih

15 Jun: US unveils $1.5B in new energy, humanitarian aid for Ukraine

23 Jun: Russia, Ukraine trade air attacks as Moscow blames US for beach strike

24 Jun: Satellite Photos Show Russian Shahed Drone Base Destroyed in Airstrike

24 Jun: Russia blames US for Crimea deaths and vows response

25 Jun: Situation in Ukraine: ICC judges issue arrest warrants against Sergei Kuzhugetovich Shoigu and Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov

26 Jun: How Ukraine’s fake weapons deceive Russian airstrikes

28 Jun: Belarus: Former ambassador to Germany dies unexpectedly

29 Jun: Zelensky renews long-range arms call after attack

Middle East

05 Jun: Iran calls UN nuclear watchdog resolution ‘hasty, unwise’

08 Jun: Former Royal Marine cleared after being held in Dubai accused of spying

12 Jun: Hezbollah fires big salvo of rockets at Israel after senior commander killed

13 Jun: Battle to contain oil refinery fire in Iraq

15 Jun: Houthi attack forces crew to abandon coal carrier in Red Sea

15 Jun: US forces destroy Houthi radars in Yemen that allowed Iranian-backed group to target commercial ships, CENTCOM says

26 Jun: French court confirms arrest warrant against Syria’s Assad

News

01 Jun: Flixborough chemical plant disaster ‘not forgotten’ 50 years on

02 Jun: German police officer injured in Mannheim knife attack dies

03 Jun: China charges couple with spying for UK’s MI6

04 Jun: Russia intensifies subversive activity against France

04 Jun: UK bank Standard Chartered accused of helping to fund Iran and terrorists

04 Jun: Teen arrested for terrorism offence following schedule 7 stop at Gatwick airport

05 Jun: French terror inquiry after Ukrainian-Russian man detonates explosive materials in hotel

05 Jun: Royal Society of Chemistry calls for UK agency to regulate harmful chemicals

05 Jun: Russian cyber criminals behind hospital ransomware attack, says former security chief

05 Jun: Man in Mexico dies with first human case of H5N2 bird flu

07 Jun: Urgent health warning after E.coli outbreak linked to ‘nationally distributed food item’

07 Jun: Russia detains French NGO worker in Moscow on spying charges

09 Jun: South Korea restarts anti-North Korea loudspeaker broadcasts in retaliation for trash balloons

09 Jun: ‘Spy mania’: Why is Russia accusing its own physicists of treason?

09 Jun: Fermanagh arrest and searches following explosive find

10 Jun: Russia suspected of being behind a recent failed arson attack in Prague, Czech prime minister says

11 Jun: US banana giant ordered to pay $38m to families of Colombian men killed by death squads

12 Jun: Beach in Cornwall reopened after potential explosive found

13 Jun: Evidence of Iran and UAE drones used in Sudan war

13 Jun: South Africa reports second mpox death this week

13 Jun: Ex-spy says US should be concerned by Russian ships visiting Cuba as Kremlin insists ‘nothing to worry about’

13 Jun: Bomb squad called as explosives found at museum

16 Jun: ‘Chemical incident’ in Barry given ‘all clear’ after residents told to shut windows and doors

17 Jun: Lincolnshire: Controlled explosion after ‘mortar round’ found

18 Jun: Yorkshire: error accused had bomb-making guides

19 Jun: Deadly explosions rock Chad after ammunition depot fire

19 Jun: Two ‘grenade-type devices’ found on street in Lancashire destroyed by bomb squad

19 Jun: Police Officer Loses Forearms After Teargas Canister Explodes In Anti-Finance Bill 2024 Protests

20 Jun: Controlled explosion carried out after ‘crude yet viable device’ discovered in Newry

21 Jun: Legionella bacteria in water as County Hall in Worcester closes suddenly

21 Jun: Niger revokes French company’s operating permit at major uranium mine

22 Jun: Former spy and daughter may give evidence at Salisbury poisonings inquiry

23 Jun: At least 20 killed in synagogue, church attacks in Russia’s Dagestan

24 Jun: Paisley: Footage shows smoke filling sky after Linwood fire

24 Jun: How Hollywood star Sheen helped uncover a dark secret

24 Jun: A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers

24 Jun: Footage shows moment deadly S Korea factory fire breaks out

24 Jun: Here’s what South Korea says was inside North Korea’s trash balloons

25 Jun: Low child vaccine uptake sees tipping-point warning

25 Jun: Peacehaven: Discarded battery starts fire in back of bin lorry

25 Jun: Chemical burn-off wasn’t necessary after Ohio train derailment, NTSB concludes

25 Jun: Albert Einstein’s 1939 Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt Could Fetch up to $6 Million at Auction

25 Jun: AWE says Spencers Wood housing plans at risk in ‘radiation emergency’

26 Jun: PPE ‘worth £1.4bn’ from single pandemic deal ‘destroyed or written off’

26 Jun: Congo: Fears new ‘most dangerous’ mpox strain could cross borders

27 Jun: One person dead from E coli and 120 hospitalised, says UK Health Security Agency

27 Jun: Death toll from India toxic alcohol rises to 63

28 Jun: Australian public health warning as mushroom gummies recalled

29 Jun: Dartmoor: Prison staff’s ‘health worries over radon’

29 Jun: Nottinghamshire: Man detained under Mental Health Act after controlled explosion on suspicious package

30 Jun: Kidderminster: Homes remain empty as police investigation into suspicious packages continues

30 Jun: Nigeria: Suspected female suicide bombers kill at least 18- Authorities

Technology

28 May: Bell Awarded Funding for Phase 1B of DARPA Speed and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) X-Plane Program

29 May: Small modular reactors: still too expensive, too slow and too risky

29 May: New antibiotic kills pathogenic bacteria, spares healthy gut microbes

31 May: Ursa Major successfully hot fires its Draper Engine

03 Jun: Unmanned escort for manned fighter jets: Airbus presents new Wingman concept at ILA Berlin

12 Jun: Winner of £8m Longitude Prize says it will transform fight against superbugs

12 Jun: Tiger mosquitoes behind dengue fever rise in Europe

12 Jun: Max Planck Institute: Origin and spread of malaria

12 Jun: Scientists engineer human antibodies that could neutralize black widow toxin

13 Jun: The promising world of bacteriophages, the pathogen’s pathogen

14 Jun: AI Enables Faster, More Effective Antibiotic Treatment of Sepsis

14 Jun: A new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance: temperature

17 Jun: New Research: Convenient At-Home Test Identifies At-Risk Individuals with Inadequate Immunity to COVID-19

17 Jun: Rolls-Royce hybrid stealth engine helps conceal armoured vehicles

17 Jun: Australia: Defence’s first directed-energy weapon put to the test

18 Jun: What is bird flu and how worried should I be about a pandemic?

18 Jun: Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

19 Jun: Immune response study explains why some people don’t get COVID-19

19 Jun: Could Auto-antibodies Be Linked to Severe COVID-19?

19 Jun: Much of the Nord Stream gas remained in the sea

19 Jun: Old drugs new tricks – Novel approach shows “enormous potential” for rapid antibiotic discovery

20 Jun: Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine headed to clinical trials

20 Jun: Updated mobile missile system targets NATO rearming efforts

20 Jun: How E. coli defends itself against antibiotics

21 Jun: Cannabis use tied to increased risk of severe COVID-19

24 Jun: Thermoteknix unveils ClipIR-12, latest in thermal fusion technology, at Eurosatory 2024

24 Jun: Meet DARPA’s Newest X-plane: XRQ-73

26 Jun: AFRL releases video footage of XQ-67A first flight

27 Jun: North Korea claims of successful test of multiwarhead missile rejected by South Korea

27 Jun: Bird Flu Stays Stable on Milking Equipment for at Least One Hour, Pitt Research Finds

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