News Round Up – September 2024

Ukraine News

01 Sep: At least 41 hurt in Russian air strikes on Kharkiv

01 Sep: Ukrainian drone attacks hit power stations and refineries in Russia

02 Sep: On first day of school in Ukraine, Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv

03 Sep: Why is Russia changing its nuclear doctrine amid the Ukraine war?

03 Sep: At least 51 killed in Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s Poltava

06 Sep: UK to provide £162 million package of air defence missiles for Ukraine as Defence Secretary meets international partners

06 Sep: British-made gas masks could help Ukraine soldiers

10 Sep: U.S. and Britain say Iran is sending Russia missiles to use against Ukraine

13 Sep: ICC Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC concludes sixth visit to Ukraine: “Amidst conflict, the law can unify our response to atrocities”

13 Sep: Putin warns Ukraine use of long-range arms will put NATO at war with Russia

13 Sep: Why are Storm Shadow missiles a new flashpoint between Putin and the West?

18 Sep: ‘Please save me’: The Indians duped into fighting for Russia

18 Sep: Wales: Firm making drones for Ukraine plans more jobs

19 Sep: Indian ammunition enters Ukraine despite Russian opposition: Report

19 Sep: Ukraine ‘drone attack hits major Russian arms depot’ sparking huge fire and evacuations in Tver region

20 Sep: Volunteers dying as Russia’s war dead tops 70,000

24 Sep: Guernsey veteran awarded Ukraine Cross of Support for clearing mines and explosives

24 Sep: Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s war with Russia is ‘closer to the end’ as he appeals for more help: GMA exclusive

25 Sep: Russia planning attacks on Ukrainian nuclear power plants, Zelensky warns

27 Sep: Putin’s nuclear threats: empty rhetoric or a shift in battlefield strategy?

Middle East

03 Sep: ‘Not safe’ to tow burning Red Sea oil tanker: EU mission

16 Sep: Red Sea: Burning Tanker MV Sounion under tow, European vessels provide Escort

17 Sep: Medics’ cholera exercise before warzone deployments

17Sep: Hezbollah pager explosions: questions over strategy behind unprecedented attack

18 Sep: Israel behind deadly pager explosions that targeted Hezbollah and injured thousands in Lebanon

19 Sep: ‘New era’ of war beginning, Israel says, as more Hezbollah devices explode across Lebanon

20 Sep: Israeli pensioner arrested over Iran-backed plot to assassinate Netanyahu, security service says

23 Sep: Egypt delivers more weapons to Somalia amid rising tensions with Ethiopia

News

02 Sep: Landmark moment as NHS kicks off first ever RSV jab rollout

02 Sep: Restrictions extended as bluetongue virus spreads

02 Sep: Protests in Seville as West Nile virus kills five

03 Sep: Moscow hands missile scientist 15-year jail sentence for treason

04 Sep: Defra approves bluetongue BTV-3 vaccines as virus escalates

04 Sep: Experts react: The US just accused Russia of meddling in the 2024 election. Here’s what to know.

05 Sep: How China used a mid-level government aide in New York to influence U.S. politics

06 Sep: Who is the real Alice Guo? Fugitive mayor accused of spying for China faces legal reckoning after weeks on the run

06 Sep: Wales: Grenade bought for £51 blown up by bomb squad

06 Sep: ‘Sub-standard cleaning’ link to hospital superbug rise

07 Sep: Man planning to commit terror attack at Jewish centre in NYC arrested near U.S.-Canada border, authorities say

07 Sep: World order under threat ‘not seen since Cold War’, say heads of MI6 and CIA

08 Sep: India records first suspected mpox case, male patient in isolation

09 Sep: US Confirms First Human Case of Bird Flu With No Known Animal Trace

09 Sep: Nigeria fuel tanker explosion kills more than 50 in deadly collision

09 Sep: Germany blames Russian GRU unit for EU, NATO cyberattacks

10 Sep: Peaches from Japan’s Fukushima region sold at Harrods

11 Sep: Nurses working in fear: BBC visits mpox epicentre

12 Sep: Five people hospitalised in France with suspected botulism linked to pesto sauce

12 Sep: Ex-C.I.A. Officer Who Spied for China Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

13 Sep: NFU: Bluetongue essential information

13 Sep: Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats it accuses of spying

15 Sep: CBRN Emergency exercises to be staged at Sussex hospitals

16 Sep: Worthing: Pre-swim shower plea after pool health issues

16 Sep: Pipeline explosion sends a towering pillar of flame over Houston’s suburbs

17 Sep: FBI investigating threatening letters sent to election officials in several states

18 Sep: New Covid XEC variant starting to spread in Europe – what we know about signs and symptoms

18 Sep: Explosion causes major fire in Ballymena housing estate

18 Sep: Situation under control following Bamako attack by al-Qaida affiliate

20 Sep: Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people

20 Sep: Infamous Three Mile Island is back — and Microsoft wants its nuclear power to fuel AI ambitions

22 Sep: Belfast: Pseudomonas bacteria found in maternity site weeks after handover

22 Sep: Sudan cholera death toll hits 388, cases surpass 12,000

24 Sep: India confirms first case of fast-spreading mpox variant that sparked global warning

25 Sep: Resident threw bleach into man’s eyes at off-grid eco-village

25 Sep: Three vehicles damaged in Derry security alert involving pipe bombs

26 Sep: Ship carrying explosive fertiliser heads to UK waters

26 Sep: Second Health Care Worker Exposed to Person with Bird Flu Had Symptoms. Here’s What We Know and Don’t Know

27 Sep: China nuclear sub sank in its dock, US officials say

29 Sep: Safety fears mean Skripals will not give evidence at Salisbury Novichok poisonings inquiry

29 Sep: Rwanda: Marburg virus has killed several people; WHO plans to send medical aid

30 Sep: A reaction following a fire at a Georgia chemical plant forces evacuations and road closures

30 Sep: Rwanda limits funeral sizes due to Marburg virus outbreak

Technology

30 Aug: Promising antibiotic candidates discovered in microbes deep in the Arctic Sea

04 Sep: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: Newly discovered viruses in parasitic nematodes could change our understanding of how they cause disease

05 Sep: Texas Biomedical Research Institute: Monoclonal antibody shows protection against all COVID variants

09 Sep: Lund University: Faster detection of dangerous infections

09 Sep: Which rural area will take the UK’s nuclear waste?

11 Sep: Polaris: Hypersonic Aerospike Spaceplane ready to fly again

11 Sep: Octopus suckers inspire sticky medical patch

12 Sep: Gabon: Self medicating gorillas help scientists find new drugs

12 Sep: Mpox crisis: Why do African countries struggle to make or buy vaccines?

12 Sep: Anduril Unveils Barracuda-M Family of Cruise Missiles

13 Sep: North Korea releases images of Kim Jong Un visiting a uranium enrichment site, giving rare glimpse inside its nuclear program

16 Sep: Wyss Institute team selected by DARPA-SHIELD program to fight deadly blood infections in the field

18 Sep: Pentagon releases test footage of new B-21 stealth bomber in flight

19 Sep: High-grade masks evidence weak, Covid inquiry told

19 Sep: Genetic tracing at the Huanan Seafood market further supports COVID animal origins

19 Sep: Origami paper sensors could help early detection of infectious diseases in new simple low cost test

23 Sep: Russia’s new Sarmat ballistic missile ‘blows up during test launch’

23 Sep: Lack of knowledge about antibiotic risks leads some patients to expect antibiotics for common symptoms

23 Sep: Experts discover the deadly genetics of cholera, which could be key to its prevention

24 Sep: Advances in CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Editing Technology in Mosquitoes

24 Sep: Liberty Lifter: Transforming Fast Logistics at Sea

25 Sep: Preclinical Studies Suggest a Drug-Free Nasal Spray Could Ward Off Respiratory Infections

25 Sep: Identification of novel small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 by chemical genetics

26 Sep: China fires ICBM into Pacific Ocean in first such public test in decades as regional tensions flare

26 Sep: Westinghouse: eVinci nuclear microreactor moves towards commercialization

 

26 Sep: Sellafield: New storage racks increase Thorp pond storage capacity

 

30 Sep: Could a bout of COVID protect you from a severe case of flu?

 

30 Sep: Reduced risk of serious cardiovascular disease after COVID vaccination

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