UK Column News — 21st October 2026

Mike Robinson, Vanessa Beeley, Charles Malet, and Dr Liz Evans present today's UK Column News.

00:43 The Mecca Pact

Netanyahu Map Shows RSF 'Friendly' to Israel and UAE, Backing for Separatist Movements |  

Egypt's Pledge To Support Saudi Arabia against Houthis: What's on the Table? |  

UK Secretary of Defence Wes Streeting: “RAF Typhoons will be deployed” Sky News on X 

06:10 UK Will Support Saudi Arabia following Yemen’s Houthi Attacks

UK Military Support to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | GOV.UK 

Stop Arming Saudi Arabia | Campaign Against Arms Trade

08:48 Government Control Said To Be Needed for Food Security

Food Security, House of Lords, 15 October 2026 | Hansard

Resilience of the Food Supply Chain to Disruptions | National Audit Office

Jackdaw Gas Field Gets Green Light | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

Home Defence: A New 'Home Guard'? | House of Commons Library

Glyphosate: Safety | UK Parliament

17:00 Bread Fortification with Folic Acid To Be Mandated Starting 13 December 2026

Bread and Flour (Amendment) Regulations Statutory Instrument 2024 | legislation.gov.uk

Making of Bread Act 1757 | Wikipedia

Bread and Flour: Labelling and Composition [from 13 December 2026] | GOV.UK

Folic Acid Added To Flour To Lessen Birth Defects | BBC News

Optimal Serum and Red Blood Cell Folate Concentrations in Women of Reproductive Age for Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: World Health Organization Guidelines | CDC

Why Folic Acid Isn't the Health Hero You Think It Is | Seeking Health

Giving Moms and Babies a Healthy Start with Calcium-L Methylfolate (Metafolin®) | dsm-firmenich

Unmetabolized Folic Acid Is Detected in Nearly All Serum Samples from US Children, Adolescents, and Adults | The Journal of Nutrition via PubMed Central

UK Report Recommends Fortification of Flour with Folate | The BMJ via PubMed Central

Update on Folic Acid | Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition

Proposal To Add Folic Acid To Flour: Consultation Document | GOV.UK

House of Lords, Folic Acid Debate, September 2024 | Hansard

Mandatory Fortification of Non-wholemeal Common Wheat Flour [after 13 December 2026] | GOV.UK

Mandatory Folic Acid for Every Man, Woman and Child | HART

“Government would add a drug to your food and then call this a net benefit to justify it” | Dr Clare Craig on X

Folic Acid | The Association of UK Dietitians

Prevention of the First Occurrence of Neural-Tube Defects by Periconceptional Vitamin Supplementation | The New England Journal of Medicine

Pregnancy Outcomes in a Randomised Controlled Trial of Periconceptional Multivitamin Supplementation | Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Global Progress | Food Fortification Initiative (FFI)

Mandatory Cereal Grain Fortification Legislation — August 2026 | FFI

Food Fortification | World Health Organization

Large-Scale Food Fortification | Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Second Global Summit on Food Fortification: UNICEF Executive Director: “Food fortification is key during the COVID-19 pandemic” | GAIN

Food Fortification Promises Improved Health and Productivity in Developing Nations | Gates Foundation

Petition by Dr Clare Craig: End the Mandatory Fortification of White Flour with Folic Acid Immediately | petition.parliament.uk

“I do not believe that the Government should be adding folic acid to our bread” | Rupert Lowe MP on X

‘Protect Our Daily Bread’ Campaign | UK Medical Freedom Alliance

Parliamentary Petition To Remove Folic Acid from Flour Passes 100,000 Signatures [Template Letter for MPs] | HART

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33:47 UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Module 6: Care Sector, Now Published

UK Covid-19 Inquiry, Module 6: Care Sector | The Rt Hon the Baroness Hallett DBE

No Evidence Midazolam Used To Kill Thousands of Patients in April 2020 | Full Fact

38:38 Israeli Elections Are Now in Full Swing

“We have achieved tremendous accomplishments” | Benjamin Netanyahu on X

Hegseth Meets Netanyahu during Secret Visit to Israel; Said to Discuss “Threats in Region” | The Times of Israel

US Deploys 3rd Carrier Strike Group to Middle East Amid Iran Tensions |

The ‘New’ National Security Concept: Conceptualization and Questions for Discussion | The Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Speech | Marco Rubio on X

47:44 Update on the RAF Fairford Psyop and Its Links to Iran

Two Men Re-arrested on Suspicion of Assisting Iran Intelligence after RAF Fairford Incident | BBC News

Iran: Threats to British Interests | Hansard

Conscription Age Limit for Women as UK Told To 'Prepare for War' |

What Happens If You Refuse Conscription as UK Told To 'Prepare for War' |

WW3 Conscription To Target One UK Group as Brits Who Refuse Face Humiliating Punishment |

UK Conscription To 'Target One Specific Group' as Army Issued Terrifying Warning |

Senator Robert C. Byrd’s Anti-Iraq War Speech, 10 October 2002 | C-SPAN

54:52 Social Media Says All Protesters in France Are Muslims 

President Trump: “Paris will soon become a city of Muslims” | Arya Yadegaar on X

“Netanyahu warns France: ‘fight back’ against radical Islam” | Mossad Commentary on X

57:49 Overseas Online Safety Act Fines Are Not Recoverable

Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee (DCMS) Select Committee Hearing | parliamentlive.tv

Original source UK Column News — 21st October 2026

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