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Launched today, the Be Ready Campaign includes: Advice for disabled persons & carers beready.campaign.gov.uk/be-ready-for... Local Resilience Forums England www.gov.uk/guidance/loc... Wales www.gov.wales/local-resili... Scotland ready.campaign.gov.scot N Ireland www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/be...

Multiple cyber-sec agencies have urged orgs to take their sites down leaving bodies such as Finnish govt, Edinburgh council & BBC to take pages offline. US NSA issued similar advice on X external for orgs to take their systems offline if unable to update with fix. 21/10 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“The reality is that we are at war today with Russia and others in what’s called the hybrid space” Britain must prep for threats that'd disrupt life from web outages to damaged undersea cables while strengthening resilience across communities says retd Maj Gen Cross 17/10/26 youtu.be/i3eVU9GBQRwu...

On Tue night Rus launched deadly attacks against Ukra and hit communications and energy facilities used by Ukra's military. At least 600,000 people across Ukra were left without electricity, and residents said they received no warning of incoming drones before they hit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

US has proposed European countries unfreeze some Rus assets immobilised after Moscows invasion of Ukra & transfer them to a vehicle overseen by Washington to try revive peace talks. EU wants to use the assets for Ukra’s reconstruction if Russia fails to pay war reparations www.ft.com/content/5435...

On Tue night Rus launched deadly attacks against Ukra and hit communications and energy facilities used by Ukra's military. At least 600,000 people across Ukra were left without electricity, and residents said they received no warning of incoming drones before they hit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ukra reported speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starshield communications network over Ukra overnight on Oct 13 to 14. See below 1/9 posts by Institute for the Study of War 14 Oct 2026 bsky.app/profile/thes...

On Tue night Rus launched deadly attacks against Ukra and hit communications and energy facilities used by Ukra's military. At least 600,000 people across Ukra were left without electricity, and residents said they received no warning of incoming drones before they hit. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

MI5 chief warns we've entered a "new era of national security" & facing a seismic shock like 9/11 that could change world, domestic security service is now countering as many state threats as terrorist ones “trying to distort & divide our society" but Rus remains "aggressor No1" youtu.be/xfViRFhx2xQ

MI5 13 Oct 2026: The Director General of MI5 today delivered his annual threat update to an invited audience at Thames House. He stated that we have entered a new era of national security requiring a new response from MI5 and the country. Read his full speech below. www.mi5.gov.uk/news-categor...

C4 News vid 8 Oct 2026: UK govt ‘waking up’ to hybrid warfare says Russia analyst Samantha De Bendern previously a Russia analyst for the EU & Nato in Moscow & Brussels & is now an Associate Fellow for Russia & Eurasia at Chatham House international affairs institute www.channel4.com/news/uk-gove...

“We should certainly be concerned.” The most concerning element about the suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Siberia is that it's not entirely clear how the lab researcher would have died, given she was presumably “pretty proficient” & had “the right protective equipment on" youtu.be/JouMYX5wOQU

DW's Anthony Howard speaks to Dr. Amesh Adalja, a scholar at the Johns Hopkins University's Center for Health Security. He calls on Russian authorities to release more details of the case of a death in Russia’s Far East that is suspected to have been caused by pneumonic plague. youtu.be/1FB7hXX_Hpo

A US dept official confirmed on Sunday it had removed all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, the British military base at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter terror police, back to their home stations in America. The UKs MOD has not commented -4/10/26 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From BBC News Mon 5 Oct 2026, 20:55 BST www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“We should certainly be concerned.” The most concerning element about the suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Siberia is that it's not entirely clear how the lab researcher would have died, given she was presumably “pretty proficient” & had “the right protective equipment on" youtu.be/JouMYX5wOQU

A US dept official confirmed on Sunday it had removed all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, the British military base at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter terror police, back to their home stations in America. The UKs MOD has not commented -4/10/26 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From New York Times Sun 4 Oct 2026: bsky.app/profile/anne... or archive.ph/5pDGk

Two Iranian small boat illegal migrants have been charged w plotting a terrorist attack against Jewish community in Manchester. They were arrested by counter-terrorism police in Manchester on Sep 30 charged w engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts -Daily Telegraph front page 3 Oct 26.

This BBC news video report is from Moscow by Steve Rosenberg on Vladimir Putin's appearance at a foreign policy forum held Thu 1 Oct 2026. Note that Steve is a longtime Russia expert and lives in Moscow with his wife. He is such a highly respected journalist he can freely report without any trouble.

Fun Fact: Russ's in both Europe & Asia! Its territory spans across two continents. It's considered a European nation & part of numerous European orgs & associations such as Council of Europe, Org for Security & Co-operation in Europe & the Eurasian Economic Union www.mapsofworld.com/answers/geog...