Nuclear weapons
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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…
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China stockpiling nuclear warheads at fastest rate globally, new research shows
New report estimates that China now has at least 600 nuclear warheads, with around 100 per year being added to…
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France spent €90,000 countering research into impact of Pacific nuclear tests
Documents suggest campaign to discredit revelation that tests contaminated many more people than acknowledgedF…
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The Guardian view on a Himalayan truce: it follows a familiar pattern of conflicts past | Editorial
After drone strikes, nuclear jitters and a ceasefire, the latest fighting between India and Pakistan reveals h…
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The Guardian view on India and Pakistan: a newly dangerous moment in an old dispute | Editorial
Both sides believe they are treading carefully, but without intercession the military clash following the murd…
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Atomic Secrets: a Chornobyl scientist warns of a toxic future
Dmitry Kalmykov is a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, …