News Round Up – November 2024

Ukraine News

05 Nov: Ukrainian troops clash with N. Korean units for the first time in Russia, official says

06 Nov: North Korean troops in Europe marks turning point

08 Nov: 2 Russian soldiers who massacred Ukrainian family of 9 sentenced to life in prison

08 Nov: New Ukrainian munition rattles the cages of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles

10 Nov: UK defence chief: Russia is paying ‘extraordinary price’ in Ukraine

10 Nov: Moscow targeted as Ukraine and Russia trade large drone attacks

15 Nov: Ukraine is facing a ‘hammer blow’ of 50,000 Russian troops in Kursk – can they hold out?

17 Nov: Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people

18 Nov: UK expected to give Ukraine Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia

18 Nov: Russia vows ‘tangible’ response if US missiles used against its territory

19 Nov: Ukraine fires US-made longer-range missiles into Russia for the first time

20 Nov: Putin just approved a new nuclear weapons doctrine for Russia. Here’s what it means.

21 Nov: The US is sending anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine – here’s what it means

21 Nov: What are Storm Shadow and ATACMS, the UK and US-made missiles being used by Ukraine?

22 Nov: Putin says Russia launched a new missile in Ukraine. Here’s what we know

26 Nov: Russian deserter reveals war secrets of guarding nuclear base

28 Nov: Putin threatens Ukraine with new missile as Russian barrage hits power grid

28 Nov: Ukraine war: Yemen’s Houthis to fight for Russia?

30 Nov: North Korea’s Kim says Russia has right to self-defence against Ukraine

Middle East

12 Nov: Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch drones and missiles at US warships near the Red Sea but do no damage

13 Nov: FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran

14 Nov: Iran willing to ‘resolve doubts’ about its atomic programme with IAEA

16 Nov: Spies like them: The intelligence war between Iran, Israel

19 Nov: Israel hit part of Iran’s nuclear programme, Netanyahu says

24 Nov: Iran to hold nuclear talks with France, Germany, UK

30 Nov: Syrian rebels reach central Aleppo as army announces ‘temporary withdrawal’

30 Nov: Who are the rebels seizing control of Syria’s second city?

News

01 Nov: Kim Jong Un is China’s ally – but has become the ‘comrade from hell’

02 Nov: BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow ‘fully operational’ following fire

04 Nov: Two more UK mpox cases found in household contacts of first case

05 Nov: Russia suspected of sending incendiary devices on US- and Canada-bound planes

05 Nov: “Fat Leonard” sentenced to 15 years for massive Navy bribery, fraud scheme

05 Nov: Germany: Eight suspected right-wing militants arrested

05 Nov: Lidl store closed by emergency services after firework incident

07 Nov: H5N5 bird flu outbreak confirmed in Yorkshire

08 Nov: Man arrested after grenade found in Bootle

09 Nov: At least 26 killed in railway station bombing in Pakistan’s Quetta

10 Nov: UK Defence chief calls for more spending on military

11 Nov: Covid denier who posted violent threats against Chris Whitty jailed for five years

11 Nov: Emergency exercise to be held at Sellafield  (What to do in an emergency at Sellafield)

12 Nov: Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira sentenced to 15 years in prison for sharing military secrets online

12 Nov: Ex-medical chief described ‘car crash’ meeting with Gove after Skripal poisoning

12 Nov: Medical officer had nightmares about people finding Novichok

13 Nov: ‘Many lethal doses’ of Novichok likely applied to Sergei Skripal’s door handle in Salisbury poisonings, inquiry hears

14 Nov: French military systems in Sudan may break UN arms embargo, says Amnesty

14 Nov: Why Canada could become the next nuclear energy ‘superpower’

14 Nov: Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s has now made more than 100 people ill

15 Nov: RAF jets scrambled to Russian military aircraft spotted close to UK airspace

15 Nov: Cruise Line Facing Lawsuit From 115 Former Passengers After Outbreak

15 Nov: EDF and Trillium fined £633,333 after ‘lifechanging’ scaffolder accident at Dungeness B

16 Nov: U.S. confirms first case of more aggressive strain of mpox

18 Nov: Avian influenza strain H5N1 found in small ‘commercial’ flock in Cornwall

18 Nov: Nordic neighbours release new advice on surviving war

18 Nov: Police chief says public not warned about discarded Novichok container

19 Nov: Germany assumes sabotage after Baltic Sea data cable damaged

20 Nov: Florida man arrested in alleged plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange

21 Nov: Defence secretary to seek ‘missing’ nuclear test records

21 Nov: Alarm as ‘explosives’ ship dumps cargo offshore then returns to port

21 Nov: Thai court gives death penalty to woman accused of cyanide serial killings

21 Nov: Is nuclear power gaining new energy?

22 Nov: Company fined after an explosion seriously injured two employees

22 Nov: Whole Foods organic carrots and celery recalled amid deadly E. coli outbreak

22 Nov: Two detained over Gatwick Airport ‘suspect package’

22 Nov: Carcinogen found in soil at former chemical site

22 Nov: BBC visits mpox clinic as WHO says DR Congo cases ‘plateauing’

23 Nov: Infant dies, 10 sickened amid listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat

24 Nov: Russia ready to hit UK with wave of cyber attacks, minister will warn

24 Nov: British Army officer charged over dummy grenade alert at Edinburgh Airport

27 Nov: British forces deployed after drones spotted again over three US air bases in UK

27 Nov: Channel Islands and French ministers meet to sign nuclear emergency pact

27 Nov: Tewkesbury Borough Council offices reopen after grenade detonated

27 Nov: Germany sees dramatic rise in measles cases

28 Nov: Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife guilty of spying for Iran after admitting prison escape

28 Nov: ‘Sophisticated’ spy ring passed secrets to Russia for three years, UK court told

29 Nov: Indian Airlines suffer through 1,000 hoax bomb scares in 2024 so far

29 Nov: UKHSA confirms fifth UK case of new mpox clade 1b strain detected in Leeds

30 Nov: Sweden formally asks China to cooperate with investigations into undersea cables damage

30 Nov: Teens arrested after ‘suspected chemical attack’ at Surbiton station leaves two police officers in hospital

Technology

24 Oct: Innovative Bioelectronic Device Offers New Hope in the Fight Against Bacterial Infections

30 Oct: Nanoplastics can reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics

31 Oct: New findings on animal viruses with potential to infect humans

31 Oct: MRSA’s double defence against antibiotics

01 Nov: UK hypersonic project setback as Reaction Engines collapses

04 Nov: Deaf male mosquitoes don’t mate

04 Nov: Thales Belgium to Co-Produce Counter-Drone Missile with Ukrainian Firm

04 Nov: Exocet SM40: a new game changer in the Exocet family for mastery of the seas

07 Nov: Skunk Works’ Latest Stealthy Tanker Concept Revealed

08 Nov: World’s first aerospike rocket test mid-flight successful

10 Nov: Research Uses Lasers to Detect Landmines, Underground Objects

12 Nov: Nuclear energy will play a vital role in Europe’s clean energy mix

13 Nov: New lignin-based hydrogel breakthrough for wound healing

13 Nov: Multidrug-resistant bacterium posing a global public health threat is detected in Northeast Brazil

14 Nov: In study, lack of immune protein increases risk of infection by unfamiliar viruses

14 Nov: Teledyne FLIR Defense Awarded $168M IDIQ Contract for U.S. Army’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle Program

14 Nov: RTX’s Raytheon awarded U.S. Army contract for wireless power beaming technology

17 Nov: India Hails ‘Historic’ Hypersonic Missile Test Flight

17 Nov: SPEAR: First successful firing of new guided cruise missile

18 Nov: Antibacterial material restores the efficacy of antibiotics against resistant bacteria

18 Nov: Promise in fighting drug-resistant pathogens innovative study shows

18 Nov: 8 most dangerous antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the world

18 Nov: Migrating birds have stowaway passengers: invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world

20 Nov: How protective antibodies get in malaria’s way

20 Nov: VR Could be a Gamechanger in Police-Civilian Crisis Encounters

21 Nov: Vaccines have successfully been delivered via mosquito bite

22 Nov: EXPERT REACTION: ‘Phantom chemical’ in drinking water revealed decades after its discovery

25 Nov: New AI-Enabled Cameras Improve Airspace Monitoring in Washington Area

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