UK Column News – 20th August 2025

Mike Robinson, Charles Malet, Vanessa Beeley and Sandi Adams with today’s UK Column News.

Sources:

Coalition of the Determined to Keep the Ukraine War Going

01:24 Reuters: Rutte says Article 5 type deal considered for Ukraine, NATO membership not discussed

But what we are discussing here is not NATO membership, what we are discussing here is Article 5 type of security guarantees for Ukraine and what exactly they will entail will now be more specifically discussed.

Keir Starmer (on X): My statement on Ukraine

 

The Connections of Israel Planning Its Final Solution

12:36 TRT Global: Analysis: Why Tel Aviv is lobbying for preserving Russian military presence in Syria

Bloomberg: Syria Open to Resuming Russian Patrols in South, Kommersant Says (Archived)

Israel Alma: Renewed Russian Entrenchment in Northeastern Syria – Qamishli

Daily Sabah: Türkiye starts supplying gas to Syria via Kilis-Aleppo pipeline

 

Who Is JD Vance with Sandi Adams

21:05 The Telegraph: The Cotswolds manor house hosting JD Vance

BBC: Lammy admits fishing without licence on Vance trip

Amazon: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J D Vance 

Palantir: Palantir IR News – Palantir Investor Relations

Adimab: Technology

VOX: The FBI is investigating a venture capital fund started by Peter Thiel for financial misconduct

Vanity Fair: Christianity Was “Borderline Illegal” in Silicon Valley. Now It’s the New Religion

 

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The Mysterious Sinking of the Bayesian: A Terrible Coincidence

32:26 BBC: Missing tycoon’s co-defendant fatally struck by car

CNBC: Mike Lynch, man once dubbed ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ dies at age 59

Financial News London: Morgan Stanley CEO ‘deeply saddened’ by death of chair Jonathan Bloomer in yacht tragedy

Global Investigations Review: Remembering Chris Morvillo

New Lines Magazine: The Mysterious Sinking of the Bayesian

GOV.UK: Bayesian interim report published

Ipswich Star: Judge praises tragic tech tycoon Mike Lynch in civil case

UK Parliament: Baroness Gustafsson

Registered Interests: Darktrace (cyber security)

Cyber Consortium: About Us

DP World: Thames Freeport

We are an operational Thames Freeport site that provides substantial tax incentives and customs facilitation available to new occupiers.

Capacity Media: Oracle to invest $5bn in UK cloud infrastructure

Sustainability Magazine: Net Zero: Can the UK Cope with Data Centre Expansions?

The Law Society Gazette: Lynch estate ordered to pay £700m following Autonomy trial

 

Will Ofcom Add Age Verification (Mass Surveillance) to VPNs?

40:03 Missing Kids: CyberTipline Data

BBC: Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told

Last month VPNs were the most downloaded apps on Apple’s App Store in the UK

UK Parliament: Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act

 

Scattered Spider and the Bigger Question: Who’s Really Behind the Cyber Attacks?

44:10 Information Commissioner’s Office: The role of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

CISA: Scattered Spider

Darktrace: Top Defensive Tactics for CISOs Against Scattered Spider

 

Lebanon at a Crossroads: Banks Banned, Financial Sanctions… Then What?

47:35 The National: Lebanon banks banned from dealing with Hezbollah’s financial networks

This Is Beirut (YouTube): US Envoy Tom Barrack in Lebanon Amid Focus on Hezb Disarmament and UNIFIL Renewal

L’Orient-Le Jour: In front of Barrack, Salam calls on US to ‘assume its responsibilities and pressure Israel’

Tehran Times: Will Chapter VII be imposed on southern Lebanon?

All Israel News: Saudi source: No investment in Lebanon without Hezbollah’s disarmament

Arab News: Trump administration wants to end the UN peacekeeping in Lebanon. Europe is pushing back

 

Is the Australian Government Paying Women $4,200 for Late-Stage Abortions?

52:37 The Daily Declaration: Is the Australian Government Really Paying Women $4,200 to Abort Their Babies? Here’s the Evidence

Services Australia: Who can get Stillborn Baby Payment (Archived here)

Better News: Lebanese “Pfizer Vaccine” Turns Out to Be Just Salt and Water

1:00:43 Saida Online (Arabic): In a Lebanese region, they received the coronavirus vaccine, only to discover it was a mixture of water and salt… a resounding scandal

 

Biosecurity Measures to Jab Livestock — You Are What You Eat

1:01:52 GOV.UK: Bird flu: avian influenza prevention zone (AIPZ) (England)

GOV.UK: Extra border checks cancelled ahead of UK-EU deal

The Independent: Protester arrested for wearing ‘Plasticine Action’ shirt to Westminster rally

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