UK Column News - 13th August 2025

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Charles Malet, Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and Sandi Adams with Wednesday’s UK Column News.

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Israel is Killing More Journalists Than Any War Ever

1:15 Al Jazeera: Anas al-Sharif among four Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

The New York Times: What to Know About Al Jazeera, the Broadcaster Targeted by Israel

Al Jazeera said the strike killed five of its journalists and denied Israeli claims that its reporters have ties to Hamas.

Al Jazeera: Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gaza

Jonathan Cook (Substack): The BBC helped kill Anas al-Sharif. Its reporting will kill more journalists

The National: Questions on UK spy plane ‘over Gaza as Israel killed journalists’

21st Century Wire: Anas al-Sharif Unyielding Voice for Palestinian Justice Will Not Be Silenced

GOV.UK: National Committee for the Safety of Journalists

House of Lords Library: Media Freedom Coalition and the UK’s actions to ensure the safety and security of journalists worldwide

 

AI Policing, Policy Overhauls and the Illusion of Safety as Big Brother Tightens His Grip

15:26 GOV.UK: Updating the operations and response guidance for police

GOV.UK: Live Facial Recognition technology to catch high-harm offenders

College of Policing: Live facial recognition – five things you need to know

Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): Biometric recognition

GOV.UK: New ‘Restriction Zones’ To Boost Protection For Victims

GOV.UK: Foreign criminals to face immediate deportation

National Police Chiefs’ Council: New national guidance for disclosing suspects’ details

House of Commons: Crime and Policing Bill, As Amended (Amendment Paper)

A person who commits an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (or both).

 

Drone Technology Soars — Will We Act Before It’s Too Late?

22:21 PwC UK: Skies Without Limits v3.0

 

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High Court Sides With Government in Wikimedia Online Safety Fight

30:04 Wikimedia Foundation: Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations

GOV.UK: Keeping children safe online: changes to the Online Safety Act explained 

National Crime Agency (2022): NCA responds to final report by Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)

Missing Kids: 2024 CyberTipline Report

UK Government and Parliament: Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act

GOV.UK: Companies House confirms identity verification rollout from 18 November 2025

 

Are They orchestrating a Repeat Of The Lebanese Civil War?

38:06 Politico: Israel-Lebanon truce in danger after fresh attacks

X: Ambassador Tom Barrack

The Economist: Nerves are fraying ahead of the Trump-Putin summit

 

Public Funds Poured Into Ideologically Driven Projects

45:10 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): UKRI Strategy 2022–2027: Transforming tomorrow together (PDF)

European Conservative: UK Spending Tens of Millions on Woke Research

UKRI: Who AHRC is

UKRI: The Europe that Gay Porn Built, 1945-2000

Marlborough Productions: Galatea: exploring trans narratives in pre-Shakespearean drama

Lewis Brackpool (on X): The Home Office confirmed that 14 organisations were formally involved in ‘Asylum accommodation’ policy development

Museum of the Jewish People: Frankfurt School: The Jewish Intellectuals Who Made the 60′s

 

Fear, Funding and Farming: Vaccinate Every Animal So Investors Cash In

56:10 Gov.wales: Changes to Bluetongue restrictions confirmed for Autumn sales & markets 

GOV.UK: Bluetongue: how to prevent it and stop it spreading

UKRI: The Pirbright Institute: combating animal diseases

Pirbright also attracts international investment into the UK research system. In 2019, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded US $5.5 million to Pirbright to establish the Livestock Antibody Hub

The Pirbright Institute: New UK Centre for Veterinary Vaccine Innovation and Manufacturing set to improve global animal health

GOV.UK: Bluetongue serotype 3 (BTV-3) vaccination

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC): Chikungunya virus disease worldwide overview

GOV.UK: National Drought Group meets to address “nationally significant” water shortfall

Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems.

 

Cornish Lithium Rush: Powering the UK’s Giga Factories

1:02:43 Gravity – Smart Campus (YouTube): Gravity Smart Campus Flythrough

Cornish Lithium: Driving the Energy Transition

 

From UK Column News Extra

Citizens Information: Common Travel Area between Ireland and the UK

Love Ballymena: Larne Border Control Post comes into operation as Jim Allister denounces ‘hard’ Irish Sea Border

Krzysztof Mulawa (on X): It is unbelievable what young Ukrainians are doing, who know exactly what this symbol means to Poles

Belsat: “The law must be obeyed.” It became known how many Belarusians and Ukrainians will be deported from Poland after the concert of Max Korzh