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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Jacinda Ardern

The world stands on a nuclear precipice – we must avoid catastrophe

Illustration of nuclear warhead fingers pointing at Jacinda Ardern figure by sebastien Thibulat

In 1945 nuclear weapons were used in armed conflict for the first and only time. 355,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki by two nuclear bombs.

Two. That number alone puts in stark perspective the world’s current arsenal of about 13,000 nuclear weapons.

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