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Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA
Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA
Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown site
The protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine, which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced.
In February a drone strike blew a hole in the “new safe confinement”, which was painstakingly built at a cost of €1.5bn ($1.75bn) next to the destroyed reactor and then hauled into place on tracks, with the work completed in 2019 by a Europe-led initiative. The IAEA said an inspection last week of the steel confinement structure found the drone impact had degraded the structure. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA
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This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since the PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition)
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
It’s now over a month since the PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition)
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
Video emerges of Deputy PM,Defence Secretary & other Ministers BACKING compensation for Nuclear Vets
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is no way to treat our veterans Prime Minister.
It’s now over a month since the PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition)
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
It’s now over a month since the PM agreed on BBCBreakfast to meet with the nuclear test veterans (having kept them waiting more than a year to discuss the justice & compensation Labour committed to in opposition)
youtu.be/hSQNLn2Ocr8?...
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
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Here’s the departure concourse of the airport in China’s 40th largest city, Lanzhou
November 29, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Here’s the departure concourse of the airport in China’s 40th largest city, Lanzhou
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This is shocking: Nearly 1,000 households in England seek support for homelessness every single day.
The UK Govt must publish its homelessness strategy urgently and deliver social homes for people in desperate need.
https://bit.ly/4rnhO9a
The UK Govt must publish its homelessness strategy urgently and deliver social homes for people in desperate need.
https://bit.ly/4rnhO9a
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is shocking: Nearly 1,000 households in England seek support for homelessness every single day.
The UK Govt must publish its homelessness strategy urgently and deliver social homes for people in desperate need.
https://bit.ly/4rnhO9a
The UK Govt must publish its homelessness strategy urgently and deliver social homes for people in desperate need.
https://bit.ly/4rnhO9a
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BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
BOOM! Now over 90,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 and get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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💔 This is what the destroyed city of Kostyantynivka looks like now
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
💔 This is what the destroyed city of Kostyantynivka looks like now
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Prostate cancer: NHS screening programme could come one step closer today
A recent study showed that regular PSA testing of men over 50 could reduce deaths by 13%
news.sky.com/story/prosta...
A recent study showed that regular PSA testing of men over 50 could reduce deaths by 13%
news.sky.com/story/prosta...
Prostate cancer: NHS screening programme could come one step closer today
A recent study showed that regular PSA testing of men over 50 could reduce deaths by 13%, a similar benefit to breast screening. David Cameron, Sir Chris Hoy and Dermot Murnaghan all support the chan...
news.sky.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Prostate cancer: NHS screening programme could come one step closer today
A recent study showed that regular PSA testing of men over 50 could reduce deaths by 13%
news.sky.com/story/prosta...
A recent study showed that regular PSA testing of men over 50 could reduce deaths by 13%
news.sky.com/story/prosta...
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Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
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🇺🇳🇺🇦 The number of civilians killed by Russia in Ukraine in the first 10 months of this year is four times higher than in the whole of last year, - UN.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🇺🇳🇺🇦 The number of civilians killed by Russia in Ukraine in the first 10 months of this year is four times higher than in the whole of last year, - UN.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has already passed 40,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has already passed 40,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Russia has destroyed the last functioning power unit in Chernihiv region, The Guardian reports. The facility was hit directly, its equipment completely obliterated. Concrete walls were in place, but the roof was unfinished, and a full underground shelter would have required months of work.
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Russia has destroyed the last functioning power unit in Chernihiv region, The Guardian reports. The facility was hit directly, its equipment completely obliterated. Concrete walls were in place, but the roof was unfinished, and a full underground shelter would have required months of work.
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The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively for Ukraine a surrender ultimatum
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
Trump peace plan: We could all pay if Europe doesn't step up and guarantee Ukraine's security
World leaders praising Trump for his Gaza ceasefire plan only encouraged him to believe he can solve the world's most complex conflicts with minimal effort.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively for Ukraine a surrender ultimatum
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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😥 The number of dead in Ternopil has increased to 32, six of them are children. 94 people were injured, including 18 children.
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
😥 The number of dead in Ternopil has increased to 32, six of them are children. 94 people were injured, including 18 children.
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How many more kids must I accidentally murder before you realise it's deliberate?
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
How many more kids must I accidentally murder before you realise it's deliberate?
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In other news BlueSky is still working
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
X, Spotify and ChatGPT down for thousands of users
More than 10,000 people reported issues linked to the internet network services business Cloudflare on Tuesday morning.
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In other news BlueSky is still working
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
news.sky.com/story/x-and-...
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OTD in 1998 Ukraine demolished 1st of 44 Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
OTD in 1998 Ukraine demolished 1st of 44 Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
bombers at Pryluky air force base as part of a written promise that we would never invade them.
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv
‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv
Zelenskyy says Nataliia Khodemchuk is victim of ‘new tragedy caused by Kremlin’, four decades after disaster
The widow of the first Soviet engineer to die in the Chornobyl nuclear power plant explosion was killed on Friday in Russia’s massive drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Nataliia Khodemchuk as the victim of a “new tragedy caused by the Kremlin”, nearly four decades after her husband, Valerii, was killed inside Chornobyl’s nuclear reactor number four. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
‘She went through hell’: widow of Chornobyl engineer killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv
I managed to get out to Bradfield for the first time in months. Plenty of autumn colour.
Damflask Reservoir is still very low but lots of water running off the hills after heavy rain.
Damflask Reservoir is still very low but lots of water running off the hills after heavy rain.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I managed to get out to Bradfield for the first time in months. Plenty of autumn colour.
Damflask Reservoir is still very low but lots of water running off the hills after heavy rain.
Damflask Reservoir is still very low but lots of water running off the hills after heavy rain.
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‼️ There are a lot of damaged high-rise buildings all over Kyiv, practically in every district, — KMVA
The photo shows a house in Desnyanskyi district.
The photo shows a house in Desnyanskyi district.
November 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
‼️ There are a lot of damaged high-rise buildings all over Kyiv, practically in every district, — KMVA
The photo shows a house in Desnyanskyi district.
The photo shows a house in Desnyanskyi district.
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Russian massive attack on Kyiv last night killed three people and injured 26 more.
The rescuers cannot get the bodies out of the rubble yet, so the death toll might grow.
Among the injured are two kids and a pregnant woman.
The rescuers cannot get the bodies out of the rubble yet, so the death toll might grow.
Among the injured are two kids and a pregnant woman.
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Russian massive attack on Kyiv last night killed three people and injured 26 more.
The rescuers cannot get the bodies out of the rubble yet, so the death toll might grow.
Among the injured are two kids and a pregnant woman.
The rescuers cannot get the bodies out of the rubble yet, so the death toll might grow.
Among the injured are two kids and a pregnant woman.
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"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"The Kyiv dam must be destroyed, the city must be flooded, Kharkiv must be destroyed, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy - wiped off the face of the earth, like Dnipro& other cities."
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.
Russian propagandist Solovyev calls for the Ukrainian capital to be flooded
And yet, Russia keeps saying it wants peace.