Ukraine News:
04 Oct: Ukraine kills Russian official at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in car bomb
07 Oct: Anti-Kremlin Russian activist killed while fighting for Ukraine
07 Oct: Ukraine updates: Kyiv strikes oil terminal in Crimea
08 Oct: UK sanctions Russian troops deploying chemical weapons on the battlefield
10 Oct: NATO will start an annual nuclear exercise as Russia threatens Ukraine’s Western backers
11 Oct: Ukraine ports impossible to defend from attack – Odesa chief
13 Oct: Ukraine urges response to alleged execution of captured troops in Kursk
19 Oct: North Korean troops in Ukraine war called ‘huge’ escalation risk
19 Oct: ‘It’s total terror’: Russian drones hunt civilians in eastern Ukraine
22 Oct: UK to lend Ukraine an additional £2.26bn for weapons to fight Russia
28 Oct: NATO, Pentagon confirm deployment of North Korean troops to Russia
29 Oct: Kyiv Announces New Mobilization Drive as Russia Advances
Middle East
03 Oct: How might Israel respond to Iran’s missile attacks?
03 Oct: Iran may be behind attacks on Israeli embassies, Sweden says
04 Oct: U.S. warships and aircraft strike over a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen
17 Oct: US says B-2 bombers attacked Houthi targets in Yemen
18 Oct: Biden says there’s ‘opportunity’ to end attacks between Iran and Israel
20 Oct: Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO
20 Oct: U.S. officials investigate leak of classified documents that describe Israel’s attack plans
23 Oct: Attack on aerospace company near Turkey’s Ankara: What we know
23 Oct: Polio vaccine campaign in northern Gaza postponed due to ‘escalating violence’
28 Oct: What satellite images reveal about Israel’s strikes on Iran
News
30 Sep: UK Reservists must become even more lethal to double the Army’s fighting power by 2027
01 Oct: Bluetongue ‘restricted zone’ extended as over 100 farms impacted
01 Oct: Germany arrests Chinese national on suspicion of spying
01 Oct: NATO’s new chief will have to confront threats outside the alliance — and within
02 Oct: Deadly virus scare closes tracks at Hamburg rail station
02 Oct: Sellafield ordered to pay nearly £400,000 over cybersecurity failings
03 Oct: Buried Second World War bomb explodes at Japanese airport – everything we know so far
03 Oct: Brantford, Ont.-area child dies from rabies after contact with a bat, health official says
04 Oct: Two men, including ex-parliamentary researcher, deny spying for China
04 Oct: Horsham teenager admits terrorism offence
07 Oct: Rwanda to start virus study for ‘deadly’ Marburg virus as death toll rises to 12
07 Oct: A Pakistani separatist group claims bombing that killed 2 Chinese near Karachi airport
07 Oct: Does China now have a permanent military base in Cambodia?
08 Oct: Russia trying to create ‘mayhem’ on UK streets, MI5 boss warns
09 Oct; Daniel Khalife stole UK military secrets for Iran and made list of SAS names, trial told
09 Oct: Brutal lessons of 1984 nuclear bomb drama Threads
09 Oct: Rail delays after ‘unexploded bomb’ found
16 Oct: Debate erupts about how to deploy experimental Marburg drugs and vaccines in Rwanda
10 Oct: Afghan national arrested for allegedly plotting ISIS-inspired Election Day terrorist attack
11 Oct: Africa health chief criticises US Marburg travel advice
11 Oct: Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo wins Nobel Peace Prize
11 Oct: Meet the team paid to break into top-secret bases
12 Oct: “Toxic mushrooms” sicken 11 people, including children, in Central Pennsylvania town
14 Oct: BBC boss warns of Russian and Chinese propaganda
14 Oct: Novichok Inquiry: Vial had ‘enough poison to kill thousands’
14 Oct: China ‘punishes’ Taiwan president remarks with new drills
14 Oct: Former Chinese intelligence officer and her lawyer daughter guilty of stalking
15 Oct: Taiwan reports record 153 Chinese aircraft near island during military drills
16 Oct: ‘Tar balls’ identified as debris that closed Sydney beaches. What are they?
16 Oct: Gasoline tanker explosion in Nigeria kills over 140, injures dozens
17 Oct: Police insisted second Salisbury Novichok attack was drug overdose, inquiry told
17 Oct: Nigeria to roll out a new malaria vaccine
19 Oct: Challenged on death of Dawn Sturgess, Russia’s ambassador appears to laugh and dismisses inquiry
21 Oct: Theddlethorpe nuclear waste site would be disaster for our seaside
21 Oct: A million children in Pakistan miss polio vaccine shots as cases spike
21 Oct: Fatal Bedford house explosion ‘brewing for months’ after natural gas leak from heat pump work
22 Oct: Russia probes alleged cargo jet shoot-down in Sudan’s Darfur
23 Oct: ‘Alarming’ chemical levels found in UK rivers
23 Oct: Western Australia: Man diagnosed with scurvy in a bleak sign of the times
23 Oct: Growing number of Canadian households contain dangerous levels of radon gas
23 Oct: Corruption, Nuclear Threats, and Economic Instability Dominate National Fears in 2024
24 Oct: One dead and 49 sick after E coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s quarter pound burgers hits 10 states
24 Oct: Far-right extremist jailed for terrorist offences
25 Oct: Scabies cases rise in England as GPs urge people not to ignore condition because of ‘social stigma’
28 Oct: Salisbury poisonings could be an ‘act of war’, thought former counter terrorism chief
28 Oct: Damaged ship with fertiliser cargo ‘poses no risk’
28 Oct: At least 40 soldiers killed in attack on military base – Chad’s president
29 Oct: Cassington plant ‘back up and running’ a year after gas explosion
30 Oct: Teen accused of UK Southport murders faces new ‘terrorism’ charge
30 Oct: Nuclear submarine shipyard fire at Barrow-in-Furness leaves two in hospital
30 Oct: First UK case of mpox variant clade Ib detected in London
Technology
03 Oct: Britain launches new nuclear attack submarine
03 Oct: Wastewater bacteria can break down plastic for food
03 Oct: Plastic-eating enzyme identified in wastewater microbes
03 Oct: WHO approves first mpox diagnostic test for emergency use, boosting global access
04 Oct: How do police prove 3D-printed guns can fire?
04 Oct: Bacteria-fighting viruses team up to treat drug-resistant superbugs
07 Oct: Stopping off-the-wall behaviour in fusion reactors
07 Oct; Scientists decode black widow spider venom
08 Oct: The cells that protect your brain could also be behind some chronic diseases – including Alzheimer’s
08 Oct; Rates of a tick-borne parasitic disease are on the rise
08 Oct; Study shows Hampstead Heath ponds where dogs swim contaminated with pesticides
08 Oct: DARPA’s high-speed VTOL X-plane passes ground effect testing
09 Oct: Electrical stitches could be better for wound healing, rat study says
09 Oct: Study finds viruses are teeming on your toothbrush & showerhead
10 Oct: Over 160,000 new virus species discovered by AI
10 Oct; Study Finds Persistent Infection Could Explain Long COVID in Some People
10 Oct: Anduril Unveils Bolt & Bolt-M UAVs
18 Oct: Vaccine against the MERS coronavirus tested as safe and effective in phase 1b clinical trial
21 Oct: Discovery boosts fight against antibiotic-resistant hospital superbugs
22 Oct: Discovery of new bacterial toxins could be key to fighting infections
22 Oct: How the coronavirus defeats the innate immune response
24 Oct: Saronic Unveils Corsair: An Autonomous Surface Vessel for a Future Hybrid Fleet
24 Oct: Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections
26 Oct: It’s not a tiny home. It’s actually a nuclear microreactor powerplant
28 Oct: How close were hospitals to collapse in Covid?
30 Oct: North Korea confirms launch of ICBM in longest-ever ballistic missile test