News Round Up – July 2024

Ukraine News

06 Jul: Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water

10 Jul: First F-16 fighter jets on their way to Ukraine, to fly ‘this summer’

11 Jul: Experts react: What the NATO Summit did (and did not) deliver for Ukraine

11 Jul: Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany

12 Jul: Germany decries Russian plot to assassinate Rheinmetall boss

15 Jul: Poland considers shooting down Russian missiles heading to Ukraine

18 Jul: Russia advances in Ukraine but suffers losses, rows with Western powers

18 Jul: Vadim Shamarin: Russian general fired amid bribery allegations

23 Jul: Russian Ferryboat Comes Under Attack from Ukraine Drones in Crimea Port

24 Jul: Ukraine thrown into war’s bleak future as drones open new battlefront

31 Jul: Ukraine repels massive drone attack by Putin’s forces on Kyiv and across country

Middle East

04 Jul: Hezbollah fires 200 rockets into Israel after commander killed

20 Jul: Israel says it struck Yemen’s Hodeidah in response to Houthi attacks

News

01 Jul: Hemel Hempstead Hospital ‘chemical spill’ injures staff

01 Jul: Families warned of flourishing giant hogweed

01 Jul: Residents evacuated after a hand grenade reportedly found in Birmingham

01 Jul: Several US military bases in Europe on heightened alert amid possible terrorist threat

03 Jul: New radon regime at HMP Dartmoor as inmates return

05 Jul: Gas leak at Malaysia’s main international airport sickens 39

08 Jul: Kimchi Linked to Mass Norovirus Outbreak in South Korea

08 Jul: People decontaminated after Stevenage chemical spill

11 Jul: Justice Department says it disrupted Russian ‘bot farm’ used to spread propaganda in US

11 Jul: Covid deaths rise as booster vaccine take-up falls

11 Jul: UKHSA encourages timely vaccination as whooping cough cases & deaths rise

11 Jul: Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia

12 Jul: Rivers becoming ‘reservoirs of disease’ warn experts

13 Jul: Toxic air and nosebleeds: How less than 1% of landfill leaks end in court or fines

14 Jul: West Belfast security alert declared a hoax after controlled explosion carried out

15 Jul: Bognor Regis: People treated for injuries after possible noxious substance thrown

15 Jul: Man wanted after terrifying bleach attack in Gloucester

15 Jul: Several killed, wounded in car bomb at Mogadishu cafe during Euro 2024 final

16 Jul: New UK Defence Secretary sets out commitment to AUKUS to drive regional British growth

16 Jul: Scandal deepens around Philippine fugitive mayor Alice Guo with freezing of assets

17 Jul: Cyanide found in teacups shared by six found dead in Bangkok hotel

17 Jul: Fulham ‘chemical incident’: Ten people taken to hospital with breathing difficulties

17 Jul: Ex-CIA official doubled as secret South Korea agent in exchange for designer handbags, high-end sushi dinners

18 Jul: FDA finds 33% of tattoo ink to be contaminated with bacteria

18 Jul: 14 Japanese School Students Taken To Hospital After Eating ‘Adult Only’ Crisps

18 Jul: Immediate policy changes urgently needed as drug-resistant malaria spreads in East Africa

19 Jul: Covid-19 public inquiry: Government’s ‘fatal strategic flaws’ in Covid planning led to avoidable deaths and economic pain

19 Jul: Torridge and Tavistock MP seeks assurances on future of Dartmoor Prison after closure due to radon

19 Jul: UKHSA: The risks to your health from radon

19 Jul: Two men arrested after 18 firearms, including AR-15 rifles, seized in Co Louth

20 Jul: Welsh Water ‘not behind bacteria at the Warren on river Wye’

21 Jul: France recalls Olympic water bottles due to contamination

21 Jul: Chesterfield: Man charged after street evacuation alert

22 Jul: India Alert After Boy Dies from Nipah Virus in Kerala

23 Jul: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical: Japan drugmaker bosses quit as firm probes deaths

23 Jul: Army chief says UK must double its lethality or be prepared for war in 2027

23 Jul: Spanish court sentences pensioner to 18 years over letter bomb campaign

24 Jul: Sodium Cyanide: Uses of Toxic Chemical that Kenyans Looted after Lorry Crashed in Kiambu

24 Jul: Several knives seized after attack on army officer – as doorbell footage captures screams

24 Jul: North Korean trash balloon lands near South Korean president’s office

24 Jul: Russian chef arrested in Paris over alleged ‘large scale’ Olympic Games plot

25 Jul: Residents of Northumberland coastal village evacuated after ‘grenade shells’ found in empty house

25 Jul: US, allies say North Korean hackers steal military secrets

26 Jul: Painkiller used in cattle wiped out India’s vultures, and scientists say that led to 500,000 human deaths

27 Jul: ‘Atomic bomb hell must never be repeated’ say Japan’s last survivors

30 Jul: Why Did China and Russia Stage a Joint Bomber Exercise near Alaska?.

30 Jul: Greece announces restrictions in ‘goat plague’ outbreak

30 Jul: Bath incident: Woman, 73, arrested on suspicion of ‘administering noxious substance’ in city centre

31 Jul: Rise in people fascinated by violence, police warn

Technology

27 Jun: A New Viral Target Could Help Combat the Global Measles Resurgence

03 Jul: Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA)

03 Jul: First study to measure toxic metals in tampons shows arsenic and lead, among other contaminants

04 Jul: US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine

07 Jul: China: ‘Impossible’ radar simulation tracks 10 hypersonic missiles at Mach 20

08 Jul: Talc “probably” causes cancer, WHO agency finds

08 Jul: Fusion energy companies unite to accelerate commercial power

08 Jul: An invisible mask? Wearable air curtain, treated to kill viruses, blocks 99.8% of aerosols

10 Jul: Northrop Grumman Builds Next-Generation Hybrid Electric Uncrewed X-Plane for DARPA

12 Jul: Oxford Scientists launch a new clinical trial to test a vaccine against deadly Marburg virus

12 Jul: Sheffield: AMRC site jobs threat ‘hammer blow’ for nuclear research

12 Jul: Dawn Aerospace’s Rocket-Powered Aircraft, Certified for Supersonic Flight

15 Jul: Bird flu cases may be going undetected in US dairy workers

17 Jul: National RSV vaccination programme announced.

17 Jul: Oxford Vaccine Group: Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

17 Jul: US Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery debuts in Resolute Hunter exercise

19 Jul: What will future aerial dogfights look like?

21 Jul: Tempest: Global Combat Air Programme partners unveil new concept model of next generation combat aircraft

22 Jul: Rolls-Royce awarded National Space Innovation Programme funding for space nuclear power

22 Jul: Raytheon’s High-Energy Laser Weapon System fired from UK military vehicle for first time

23 Jul: Dual-action antibiotic could make bacterial resistance nearly impossible

23 Jul: Porton Down: The servicemen who changed history by volunteering to be drugged and poisoned

23 Jul: A Promising New Method Uses Light to Clean Up Forever Chemicals

24 Jul: MOD’s £176M missile contract supports 135 jobs at Thales Belfast site

24 Jul: Chinese pebble-bed reactor passes “meltdown” test

24 Jul: Study confirms mammal-to-mammal avian flu spread

24 Jul: Bonn University: Large genetic study on severe COVID-19 confirms three other genes for increased risk in addition to the known TLR7 gene

24 Jul: New Study Finds Alarming Rise in Persistent ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Pesticides

25 Jul: MIT: A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine

28 Jul: The huge challenges in creating fusion power plant

29 Jul: The virus that causes COVID-19 is widespread in wildlife, Virginia Tech scientists find

29 Jul: Rice University Lab: Finds faster, cleaner way to extract lithium from battery waste

30 Jul: Kairos Power Begins Construction on Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Gen IV Reactor

31 Jul: Scientists gene engineer living mosquito repellent from human skin bacteria

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