Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen and Vanessa Beeley with today’s UK Column News.
Notable Anniversaries (other than it being St Patrick’s Day)
00:30 Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus: 16 March 2020
Boris Johnson has announced a lockdown of the UK for three weeks to limit the spread of coronavirus, 23 March 2020
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak provides a statement on coronavirus measures to support people, jobs and businesses
On this day 20 years ago, the public tried to stop the Iraq war
20 years ago today, an American young woman was run over and killed in Gaza by an Israeli military bulldozer
Get Woke, Go Broke: The Swiss Edition
08:23 Credit Suisse Group—Press Release
Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) Stock Price
Bloomberg: Credit Suisse Default Swaps Are 18 Times UBS, 9 Times Deutsche Bank
Washington Post: Wall Street banks will put $30 billion into beleaguered First Republic
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen makes surprise Kyiv visit, meets Zelensky
Mail Online: Go woke go broke! SVB hired board obsessed with diversity, invested $5BN for 'healthier planet' and held month-long Pride celebration
The Credit Suisse director known as Pippa and Philip
Credit Suisse: Congratulations to Pips Bunce on being listed on the Top 100 Female (sic) Executives list in the 2018
French Protests Against Pension Reform By Macronian Decree
21:34 Amid protests, France moves on Pension Bill without vote
Le Monde: French Constitution: How does Article 49.3 allow a bill to be passed without a vote?
Chaos erupts in French parliament as Macron bypasses vote and forces through controversial pensions bill
Marine Le Pen said that the government's decision to move forward with Article 49.3 demonstrates a “total lack of respect for democracy”
Haaretz: As Netanyahu Visited Berlin, Hundreds of Israelis Came Out to Protest
Arab News: Former Israeli premier urges world leaders to shun Benjamin Netanyahu
EEF: Tell the UK’s House of Lords: Protect End-to-End Encryption in the Online Safety Bill
Black Sea Coast: Downed Drone Still Missing
30:21 RT: US Air Force reveals status of downed drone: The US military said it has not recovered a droned downed near Crimea on Tuesday, but doing so remains a top priority
Fox—Lindsey Graham: Biden’s weakness brings more provocation from our enemies
Video shows Russian jet dumping fuel on US Reaper drone
US General Mark Miley said Wednesday that the downed drone has no informational value
Assad In Moscow
38:59 Syrian president Assad arrives in Moscow for talks with Putin
Assad said Russia was fighting neo-Nazis and "old Nazis" in Ukraine
Meeting of Turkey, Syria, Iran, Russia, officials postponed
Game-Changing Iranian-Saudi Agreements Brokered By China
54:40 Trilateral Statement by the People's Republic of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Islamic Republic of Iran
TASS: Iranian-Saudi agreements correspond to Russia’s Security Concept
Independent: Iran-Saudi Arabia deal casts China in unfamiliar global role
Arab News: Iran agrees to stop arming Houthis in Yemen as part of deal with Saudi Arabia (Vanessa Beeley says this is fake news)
Operation Spring Resolve
1:02:26 RFI: France holds largest-ever military drills amid bloody backdrop of Ukraine war
Exercise Orion is the largest military exercise to be held in France for decades
People just go about their day as a mock battle is fought in French streets
Major exercise Spring Resolve tests response to terrorist attacks
Operation removed from Metropolitan Police website
National Protective Security Authority | NPSA: The UK Government’s National Technical Authority for Physical and Personnel Protective Security
Western Double-Standard Sanctions
1:11:07 RFE-RL: U.S. Envoy To Kosovo Says EU Plan For Normalizing Relations With Serbia Is 'Significant Step'
Serb leader says he won’t sign anything during Kosovo talks
US will not consider recognising Crimea as part of Russia, Blinken says
AOC and MTG join forces to back doomed Gaetz Syria troop bill
ECFR: A tribunal like no other: Prosecuting Russia’s crime of aggression in Ukraine
NYT: The Pentagon is blocking the U.S. from sharing evidence on Russian atrocities in Ukraine
The United States and ICC have an awkward history
UN commission fails to find evidence of Russia's genocide in Ukraine
Former Saudi intelligence chief calls for sanctioning Israel, criticizes Western double standards on Russia