Current Affairs Flashcards
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Name 5 current affairs happening in the UK.
- Net migration falls by more than 100,000 after brexit vote.
- UK Accuses Russia of spying on Sergei Skripal for five years.
- Brexit People’s vote campaign group launched.
- Gun crime offences in London have surged by 42% in the last year.
- Martin Baker have been prosecuted over the death of red arrows pilot.
Name 5 current affairs happening abroad.
- Trump has increased the military budget above China and Russia.
- US are prepared to attack if Syria uses toxic gas again.
- Fighters discusses as peacekeepers arrack UN base in Mali.
- The leader of North and South Korea have agreed to work together to clear the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.
- Recruitment of child soldiers is still rising in South Sudan.
What is net migration?
Why has it changed since Brexit?
- Net Migration is the difference between people leaving the UK and people Immigrating to the UK.
- If has most likely fallen since brexit as many citizens of other countries do not see it as such a desirable place to live since it is no longer attached to the EU. Job opportunities are improving in other European countries so the immigrants are more likely to settle in countries such as Germany.
What happened between Russia and the UK?
What are the solutions?
- Sergei Skripal was a former member in Russia’s military intelligence who betrayed them for MI6; they were found unconscious on a bench in Salisbury on March the 4th.
- Many believe it poison attack by a Russian agent as the poison, novochok, could only be developed in that country.
- I feel that members from each government should hold official talks on whether or not the poison is still being used by Russia and if possible use an in depth investigation.
Why do you think they have launched a people’s vote campaign group?
- Pro-EU government politicians and celebrities have backed the campaign as they feel they should be the ones who choose what deal then UK gets when we finally leave the EU in March 2019.
- They also feel there should be another referendum as many people are more informed about the situation now than they were before.
Why do you think gun crime has risen in the UK?
What solutions are there ??
- There are many complex social reasons as to why many young people are carrying weapons as a form of defence. Many see it as a social status symbol and want to be respected and this is the only way they feel than can do that.
- The police will not be able to combat this alone as it is a much deeper issue then just confiscating the weapons. But one solution is to educate people about why they should not carry them as apposed to launching an operation to confiscate all weapons.
Who’s fault to you think the ejection seat accident was ?
- I believe it was the manufactures fault due to them not issuing the correct forms to be followed and by breaking critical health and safety law.
The prosecution was for £550,000 as a result of a guilty plea.
Martin-Baker did add that the seats are used by 92 air forces and have saved over 7,000 lives to date.
Why has trump increased the military budget over China and Russia.
It’s the biggest budget the pentagon has ever seen as it is roughly $700bn.
He has done this to increase the size of the army greatley and will allow him to put more ships, aircraft and troops into service over the next year as a bid to be the biggest military superpower.
The money will also be spent on the recapitalisation of the US’s nuclear weapons aresenal.
What has happened in Syria?
Syria force launched a pleather of chemical attacks on civilians a few weeks ago and the US and the UK responded with over 100 bombs targeting facilities in damascus associated with chemical weapons.
UN ambassador for Syria stated that China, Russia and Bolivia should no longer be allies as they are supporting terrorists as the chemical attaches were against international law
What did the fighters in Mali do?
At least one UN peacekeeper was killed and dozens where wounded as a result of a suicide attack on the town of Timbuktu.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack in the base but they were dressed as UN peacekeepers so they are yet to decide whether it was an inside attack.
What is the significance of the two Korean leaders meeting.
It is the first meeting of two leaders form North and South Korea in over a decade.
The two talked about turning the armistice that ended in 1953 into a peace treaty this year.
This is the first summit of its kind for Mr Kim and he has exclaimed it is for the great of good that the two countries work in peace to rid the peninsula of the nuclear weapons facilities.
Why is the recruitment of child soldiers still rising ?
700 soldiers were forcibly recruited by South Sudan national liberation movement.
The leader of the movement denies all claims that the children were taken against their will and says that they are proud to do what they do.
Recently more than 300 children have been released into Yambio to fight.
