UK Column News – 31st October 2025

Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and Mark Anderson with today’s UK Column News. 

00.40 Andrew: The Grand Old Duke of York is no more.

08.03 Trump Venezuela: Analysis of Trump’s South America strategy

Trump’s Venezuelan actions lack legality strategy. https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/trumps-anti-venezuela-actions-lack-strategy-justifiable-targets-legal-authorization/

13.17 CIA: Drug trafficking in South America

22.02 Trump Xi: Takeaways from China meeting

Nexperia seizure by Dutch government – https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nexperia-suspends-supplies-wafers-chinese-assembly-plant-letter-shows-2025-10-31/

Trump Nuclear: Is testing about to resume?

Trump talks nukes https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/donald-trump-russia-north-korea-energy-department-moscow-b2855070.html#

Nuclear testing chronology https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/test-sites/testing-chronology.html

31.30 EU Nukes: UK weapons could be given to Europe 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/10/25/britain-share-nuclear-bombs-germany-russia/

35.04 Pentagon Press Control: New reporting rules cause fury among journalists

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42.14 Oil Sanctions: Trump’s measures against Russia examined

51.02 UK Online Safety Act: Two years of censorship

– Jailed under Online Safety Act – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkz3m3re1zo

– Wikipedia fight with UK government – https://www.thenational.scot/news/25574757.wikipedias-jimmy-wales-warns-political-showdown-online-safety-act/

– EU denies involvement in LinkedIn censorship – https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/10/ec-denies-digital-services-act-is-behind-linkedin-censorship/

– Self censorship – https://cobbcountycourier.com/2025/10/self-censorship-and-the-spiral-of-silence-why-americans-are-less-likely-to-publicly-voice-their-opinions-on-political-issues-2/

57.21 UK-Israeli Censorship: Dr Rahmeh Aladwan’s treatment

1.00.28 Trump Gaza ‘ceasefire’: Update

Kushner & Witkoff on Gaza’s (failing) ceasefire https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2025/10/20/kushner-and-witkoff-bring-the-pressure-00615651