Nuclear weapons
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North Korea rapidly expanding nuclear weapons capability, UN watchdog warns
Pyongyang making ‘very serious’ progress on producing weapons, with rapid rise in activity at main nuclear com…
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Trump’s Iran war will reinforce North Korea’s view that nuclear weapons are the only path to security
As speculation mounts that Kim Jong-un and Trump could meet this month, analysts say Pyongyang will continue t…
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US accuses China of ‘massively’ expanding nuclear arsenal amid fears of new arms race
China has opposed the ‘smearing of its nuclear policy’ while insisting Beijing would not ‘engage in any nuclea…
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Norway defence chief says Russia could invade to protect nuclear assets
Exclusive: Norway’s chief of defence Eirik Kristoffersen, who served in Afghanistan, was critical of Trump’s c…
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Treaties to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons are failing | Letters
Sue Miller suggests that there are diplomatic and practical steps that could make us all much saferSimon Tisda…
- China, Donald Trump, Non-proliferation treaty (NPT), Nuclear weapons, Russia, US news, Vladimir Putin, World news
Expiry of nuclear weapons pact between US and Russia risks new arms race
Ending of New Start treaty will remove mutual limits on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenalsThe New Start …
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India ‘successfully tests’ nuclear-capable missile able to reach deep into China
Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile also part of Narendra Modi’s defence strategy against PakistanIndi…
- Asia Pacific, Defence policy, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Second world war, UK news, United Nations
Don’t believe the hype about nuclear weapons | Letters
We must continue to challenge claims that nuclear weapons are a ‘necessity’, says Caroline Lucas, while Gerry …
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Nagasaki’s twin bells ring in unison for first time in 80 years to mark atomic bombing
Mayor of Japanese city used the anniversary of US bombing to urge the world to stop armed conflicts, warning n…
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Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’
On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences…
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Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship
Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – hav…
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Alarm in Middle East over US strikes on Iran amid fears of widening conflict
Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diploma…
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‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who c…
- Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Non-proliferation treaty (NPT), North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Saddam Hussein, Stuxnet, Syria, US news
Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East | Letters
Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have…
- Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East and North Africa, Non-proliferation treaty (NPT), North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Saddam Hussein, Stuxnet, Syria, US news
Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East | Letters
Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have…