# UK Column News — 12th June 2026

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Podcast: [UK Column News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425)
Published: 2026-06-12T13:51:53+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukcolumn/episodes/UK-Column-News--12th-June-2026-e3kmsrp
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Duration seconds: 3921

## Resource

Mike Robinson, Patrick Henningsen, and Basil Valentine present today's UK Column News. ► Join UK Column Live every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 1pm UK time or watch previous live recordings here: https://bit.ly/UKColumn_Live ► [UK Column Website] Explore all our written and video content on the official UK Column website: https://www.ukcolumn.org/ ► [Support UK Column] Please donate to support our independent journalism & investigative journalism: https://support.ukcolumn.org/ ► [UK Column YouTube] Please subscribe to the UK Column News YouTube channel for more alternative news and independent news: https://bit.ly/ukcolumnofficial Follow #UKColumn on: ► X: https://x.com/ukcolumn ► Telegram: https://t.me/ukcolumn ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UKColumnExtracts ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uk_column_news 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Defence: Starmer’s rapidly collapsing government 07:51 Iran Trump: Deal or No Deal 13:05 World Cup: Bans, refusals and costs 24:04 Belfast Riots: Globalist involvement 32:26 Support UK Column’s Independent Journalism 33:10 Palestinian Land Sale: With special guest Dr Rahmeh Aladwan 47:35 BlackCore: Secretive cyber firm activity 49:55 Albania: Island protests continue 52:10 Sovereign AI: Very fishy chips 58:15 In Case You Missed It: Stories spotted by our UKC sleuths

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