UK Column News - 25th February 2026

Mike Robinson, Charles Malet and Vanessa Beeley today's UK Column News.

 

00:38 Ukraine: Nukes at the ready

UK, France readying to arm Ukraine with nuclear bomb — Foreign Intelligence Service - Russian Politics & Diplomacy - TASS

Ukraine wants to be provided with nuclear weapons: comment of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the need for discussion

UK announces biggest sanctions package against Russia four years on from full-scale invasion of Ukraine - GOV.UK

Yvette Cooper in Kiev: https://x.com/FCDOGovUK/status/2026563975912051183?s=20

UK steps up support for Ukraine four years on from Putin's full-scale invasion - GOV.UK 

07:07 Iran: Latest developments

Trump says Iran 'working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America'

Map of US withdrawal from Syria https://x.com/RojavaNetwork/status/2025976939295785270/photo/1

Iranian Kurdish factions form alliance aiming to topple Tehran government – Middle East Monitor

Iranian military transfer to the Iraqi border https://x.com/zainabReza_13/status/2025624062983319950

Iran building security wall on Iraq border https://x.com/Safarnejad_IR/status/2026261741290586559

Ehsan Safarnejad - patchwork of proxy forces on Iran's border https://x.com/Safarnejad_IR/status/2025296413853433910

PM Netanyahu’s remarks at the start of today’s Government meeting Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

18:40 Arctic: High North gets security deployment to keep UK ‘safe’

MOD continues to stand with Ukraine, on X

Chief of Defence Staff speaks about Ukraine

UK steps up support for Ukraine 

UK Carrier Strike Group to deploy to North Atlantic to keep UK safe

NORAD and US Northern Command to conduct Arctic Edge 2026

Joint Expeditionary Force on X

Joint Expeditionary Force

Arctic Security

Russian troops saw fellow troops executed

National Memorial Arboretum: Shot at Dawn 

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30:55 Digital ID: Third facial recognition trial is mass data harvest

Immigration Enforcement - Live Facial Recognition Legal Mandate

International use of digital identities and credentials: stakeholder survey responses - GOV.UK

Customers Have Used Max ID to Verify Age Over 1 Million Times 

37:07 War Ethics

The £1,776 Warrior Dividend
Eric Slover receives Medal of Honor

Department of War boasts of success of Op MIDNIGHT HAMMER

Mrinank Sharma resigns from Anthropic

The Hill: Pentagon threatens to cancel Anthropic contract

DSIT: Top British AI expertise to help spark renewal of public services and bolster national security

Ministry of Defence: Review of the regulatory system governing uncrewed and autonomous systems in defence 

43:11 Israel: Lebanon pounded in preparation for war

Israel threatens Lebanon it would 'hit hard,' including Beirut airport, if Hezbollah enters US-Iran war - L'Orient Today

"You either die with your family around you... or you die alone"

Death toll from Israeli strike on eastern Lebanon rises to 10, over 30 injured – Middle East Monitor

Lebanese army says Israeli fire targets new border post in southern Lebanon 

46:25 Online Safety: Age checks not working

Ofcom fines porn company £1.35m for not having age checks

Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What's Changing

ICO issues Reddit with £14.47m fine for children’s privacy failures 

51:20 Restore: What kind of Britain do they plan bringing back?

Rupert Lowe introduces Orla Minihane on X

Orla Minihane on LinkedIn

The Pink Ladies have no political affiliation

Byline Times: Pink Ladies Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into The Mainstream

Minihane meets Mogg

Minihane Lion of Epping: The Lion and Lionesses of Epping

Reform UK introduces Orla Minihane

Orla Minihane on X: Britain does NOT stand with Gaza

Labour Together Britcard 

55:44 Epstein: Mandelson’s arrest and a Rothschild’s appeal

Don’t leave me over Epstein links, Baroness de Rothschild urges bank clients 

58:30 Subsidy: Does not create slaves – says government

DEFRA: Secretary of State’s address to NFU26

DEFRA: Funding for farmers, growers and land managers

BBC: Failed Garden Bridge Project

Flood Defences