Global tensions are rising, with foreign leaders ramping up military capabilities and trading increasingly stark nuclear threats. From sabre‑rattling by major powers to the hostile rhetoric emerging from North Korea, concerns about the prospect of a wider global conflict are steadily intensifying.
Amid these anxieties, experts turned to Google's artificial intelligence model, Gemini, to gauge which parts of the United Kingdom could be most exposed in a hypothetical third world war. The system identified five cities and five towns it considered at highest risk, citing 'strategic factors' such as dense concentrations of military infrastructure, intelligence hubs, government centres and key logistics or industrial bases.
