UK Column News – 17th September 2025

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

Sources:

Stargate Goes Global as Trump Brings UK-US Digital Tech Trade

01:11 GOV.UK: Golden age of nuclear delivers UK-US deal on energy security

OpenAI: Introducing Stargate UK

Nscale: The Hyperscaler Engineered for AI

Reuters: OpenAI to build its first European data centre in Norway, with partners

 

World Summit for Social Development Meet To Enforce Their Agenda

07:11 UNDESA Socia (YouTube): Second World Summit for Social Development 2025

Division for Inclusive Social Development: The Road to Doha: A Journey for People, Planet and Progress

The World Economic Forum: Sustainable Development Impact Meetings

Deloitte: At Deloitte, we make an impact that matters

 

Beth vs Agent X: A Case Exposing MI5’s Abuse of Power

17:00 IPCO: IPCO receives Prime Ministerial Direction for Agent X investigation

BBC (2022): MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend

IPCO: Statement from the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) RE: His Majesty’s Attorney General v BBC and R (on the application of Beth) v the Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2025] EWHC 1669 (KB)

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal: Beth v The Security Service (IPT/22/10/CH)

UK Column (2015): Downhill To The British Dictatorship Unless We Withdraw Our Consent

 

Gaza’s Wounds Speak: Children Deliberately Targeted

22:24: de Volkskrant: What the wounds are telling us

Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted.

Nexta TV (on X): Merz in tears vows a “war on anti-Semitism” in Germany

Deep Dive Perspective (YouTube): Dr. Rihanna Ali: We’re Facing a “Jewish Supremacy” Witch Hunt in the UK

WearThePeace (on X): Portraits of victims from the occupation’s pager attack on Lebanon

Deutsche Welle: Germany’s Merz says Israel doing ‘dirty work for us’ in Iran

 

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NATO Steps Closer to All-Out War With Russia

32:41 Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE): NATO scrambles jet in first Eastern Sentry response to defend Alliance

GOV.UK: UK fighter jets to join NATO operation to bolster European security

TASS: UK Foreign Office fails to provide evidence of Russian troops launching UAVs into Poland

Reuters: Drone breaches Romanian airspace during Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine

Anadolu Ajansı:  Polish F-16 missile, not Russian drone, hit house in Lublin region last week

Defense News: US Army reveals Typhon missile system in Japan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs People’s Republic of China: Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference on September 15, 2025

 

Together for Palestine — or for Israel?

40:46 Together For Palestine: Together For Palestine begins OVO Arena Wembley 17 September 2025

GOV.UK: Companies House: T4P EVENTS

Vanessa Beeley (Substack): Together for Palestine Concert – for Palestine or for “Israel”?

The Syria Campaign: We are a human rights advocacy group supporting Syria’s heroes in the struggle for freedom and democracy

Mint Press News: Infiltration: A Cardinal Function Of The Zionist Movement

 

Turbocharging Carbon Capture? £630 Million for Net Zero Results

45:52 Carbon Capture Global Summit: Turbocharging CCUS. Forging Global Partnerships

GOV.UK: UK carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)

“Through the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio, £20 million of government funding has been invested in CCUS projects”

GOV.UK: New Defence Growth Deals Created to Boost Local Economies Under Major Sector Plan 

GOV.UK: Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Strategy (PDF)

UK Parliament: Carbon capture: High degree of uncertainty whether risky investment by Govt will pay off

NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory: Trends in CO2

 

Digitising the NHS: Efficiency or Erosion of Care?

53:37 Siemens Healthineers (YouTube): The Future of Healthcare

Anima: The integrated care platform

Five Valleys Medical Practice: Anima – frequently asked questions

The Global Goals: Goal 3: Good health and well-being

 

Losing the Land: Farmers Warn of a Rapidly Dying Industry

1:00:24 CLA: In the latest polling of CLA members, more than 60% have considered selling their farm and leaving the industry

GOV.UK: Sustainable Farming Incentive – Farming for the future