UK Column News - 7th February 2025

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

 

Trump & Bibi's MAGAZA Mirage: A Timeshare Gambit or Geopolitical Mirage?

00:23 AFP (YouTube): White House says Trump 'not committed' to putting US troops in Gaza

Reuters: Trump's Gaza 'Riviera' echoes Kushner waterfront property dreams (Archived)

The White House (YouTube): President Trump Holds a Press Conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel

The Telegraph: Pictured: The golden pager given to Trump by Netanyahu (Archived)

U.S. Department of Defense (2024): DOD's Mission to Defeat ISIS Remains Ongoing in Syria

 

NATO's Next Puppet? Rumours Swirl Over Zelenskyy's Potential Replacement

13:25 Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (Russian): NATO people are preparing a campaign to discredit B. Zelensky

Politico: Ukraine freaks out as US and Russia push for elections

Kyiv Post: Zelensky’s Main Rival Blasts Idea of Elections During Wartime

Piers Morgan Uncensored (YouTube): Zelensky: 'We Want NUKES!' Plus: 'Tucker Carlson, Stop Licking Putin's Ass!'

 

Samantha Power Out: USAID Defunds and Marco Rubio's Rise Shake Up Foreign Aid

20:43 The Wall Street Journal: How Trump Gutted America’s $40 Billion Aid Agency in Two Weeks (Archived)

Atlantic Council (YouTube): USAID Administrator Samantha Power on advancing LGBTQI+ inclusive development

ExecutiveGov: Marco Rubio Appointed as USAID Acting Administrator

International Republican Institute: IRI Congratulates Board Member Senator Marco Rubio on His Nomination as U.S. Secretary of State

UK Column article (2016): Smart Power & The Human Rights Industrial Complex

The White House (YouTube): Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Briefs Members of the Media

 

Mockingbird Media 'Free Press' Loses USAID Funding

33:05 The Telegraph: BBC's media action charity received USAid funding (Archived)

UK Column article (2014): BBC Media Action: Subversion From Broadcasting House To Kazakhstan (BBC Media Action funding pie chart)

BBC: Our statement on USAID funding

CNN: White House says it will cancel $8 million in Politico subscriptions after a false right-wing conspiracy theory spreads 

 

UK Column Is Member Funded—Forthcoming On Location Event Announced

38:20 Support Independent Journalism from the UK Column with only £5 a month

Access UK Column News Extra Today—UK Column Community

UK Column shop: UK Column Membership Gift Voucher

UK Column interview: Finding the Moral Spine: Resistance to Faceless Modernity—with Sir Julian Rose

Event: Public Child Protection Wales Conference 2025 - 22nd February 2025, Cwmbran

Event: UK Column On Location: Cheltenham - Saturday, 5 April 2025 (Tickets on sale soon)

Common Knowledge Event: The Scottish People's Covid-19 Inquiry, Saturday 22nd February, Edinburgh

 

Zapping Young Minds: Stifling Free Speech and Thought in the Name of 'Misinformation'

39:43 The News Literacy Project: This is a list of supporters based on contributions we have received in the last 12 months

News Literacy Project (YouTube): National News Literacy Week 2025

Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (Vimeo): In the Sheriff We Trust - an AZCIR/Howard Center investigation

Gallup: Americans' Trust in Media Remains at Trend Low

 

Snooping on Citizens: UK Orders Apple to Open Encrypted Accounts for Surveillance

47:05 National Crime Agency: National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime - 2018 (PDF)

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2023): How to Enable Advanced Data Protection on iOS, and Why You Should

The Washington Post: U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users' encrypted accounts (Archived)

UK Parliament: Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024

Ofcom: Check how to comply with the illegal content rules

The Register: Why UK Online Safety Act may not be safe for bloggers

 

ICC: U.S. Imperialism in Action—Putin's DEI Pick

53:45 Coalition for the International Criminal Court: Oppose Sanctions Against the International Criminal Court, Safeguard Victims' Access to Justice

Amnesty International: USA: Sanctions against International Criminal Court betray international justice system

International Criminal Court: Abd-Al-Rahman

International Criminal Court: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

 

Trump's Foreign Policy Open Letter From 1987: Protection Racketeering?

1:01:32 The Times of Israel: ‘The first good idea I’ve heard’: Netanyahu endorses scaled-backed version of Trump’s Gaza plan

Federal Register: 2025 Donald J. Trump Executive Orders view all Presidential Documents

Roll Call: Full-Page Ad: Donald Trump - Letter on Foreign Policy - September 2, 1987

Flagler Live: An open letter from Donald J. Trump on why America should stop paying to defend countries that can afford to defend themselves (PDF)

Foreign Affairs: The Price of Trump’s Power Politics

U.S. Embassy in Panama: Secretary Rubio’s Meeting with Panamanian President Mulino

Chicago Council on Global Affairs: Trump's World—The Return of Great Power Politics

Politico: Trump’s World of Peril — and Opportunity

Eagle Forum: Sonoma County Eagle Forum - January 30, 2025 Meeting (PDF)