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Pakistan hits back at Donald Trump after he accuses US ally of testing nuclear weapons

US president claims China, Russia, Pakistan and North Korea are all testing nuclear weapons

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Hegseth praises South Korea's plans to raise its military spending and boost defense capabilities

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky visits troops near Pokrovsk after elite forces killed at awards ceremony

Ukrainian authorities are investigating the attack in Dnipropetrovsk

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

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Trump’s nuclear weapons tests won’t include explosions ‘right now,’ official says

Energy Secretary says administration will tests nuclear weapons ‘systems’ without detonating devices — for now

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Major air base hit by suspected drone ‘spying operation’

The base houses US nuclear weapons

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2025

Trump Dodges Nuclear Testing Question, Brags About Second Term—Then Gets Pressed Again, Only To Point Fingers At Kim Jong Un, Putin And Xi

In a recent interview with Norah O’Donnell of 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Donald Trump defended his decision to resume nuclear weapons testing, citing China’s rapid nuclear expansion.

Benzinga · Nov 3, 2025

Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

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‘Wake up, Mr. President’: Newsom rips into Trump’s nuclear testing. Then he reveals what’s wrong with the directive

Trump can't even name the right department for his nuclear stunt.

We Got This Covered · Oct 31, 2025

Trump muddles nuke-testing message

The U.S. could spend $946 billion on nuclear weapons between 2025 and 2034.

Axios · Oct 31, 2025

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says won’t sell Tomahawks to Kyiv for now after Putin threats

Ukrainian army chief says troops battling 'multi-thousand' enemy forces in key frontline town of Pokrovsk

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025

Mushroom clouds over Vegas? What Trump’s nuclear weapons tests could mean for America and the world

Trump’s command risks a global arms race while the Doomsday clock ticks closer than ever to midnight, experts say

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Trump downplays the threat of nuclear escalation saying US has to test because other nations do it

The U.S. last conducted nuclear tests in 1992

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

The Nuclear Club: The 9 countries armed with nukes as US set to resume weapons testing

IN FOCUS: There has been renewed focus on nuclear arsenals after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, James C Reynolds and Maryam Zakir-Hussain report

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

If the US resumes nuclear weapons testing, this would be extremely dangerous for humanity

US President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing immediately, “on an equal basis” with other countries’ testing programs.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2025

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Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025

Trump orders restart of nuclear weapons testing moments before face-off with China's Xi

The American president said: ‘With others doing testing, I think it's appropriate that we do also’

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Trump's comments on nuclear testing upend decades of US policy. Here's what to know about it

President Donald Trump has suggested the U.S. will restart nuclear weapons testing, a move that upends decades of American policy

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30, 2025

Afternoon Update: Trump orders US nuclear weapons tests; pre-dawn massacre in Rio favela; and does married sex need a rebrand?

Pentagon instructed to to ‘immediately’ start matching Russia and China in their testing of nuclear weapons

Euronews · Oct 30, 2025

US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years, Trump says

Trump said changes were necessary because other countries were testing their weapons. Russia has claimed it has recently conducted multiple nuclear arms tests.

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Benzinga · Oct 30, 2025

Trump Orders Pentagon To Begin Nuclear Weapons Testing 'Immediately' Hours Before Meeting Xi Jinping: 'Hated To Do It, But Had No Choice' (CORRECTED)

Editor’s Note: The headline of this story has been updated to include the missing words from Trump's quote.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Trump orders Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing nuclear weapons after three-decade embargo

The U.S. has followed a ‘voluntary moratorium’ on nuclear weapons testing since 1992

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025

Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing

US president makes threat after Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests and shortly before meeting with Chinese leader

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025

Scottish independence a ‘win for Putin’, defence minister claims

The SNP has a long-standing opposition to nuclear weapons in an independent Scotland.

The Conversation · Oct 20, 2025

‘You and the Atom Bomb’: how George Orwell’s 1945 essay predicted the Cold War and nuclear proliferation

August 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just a month after the attacks, on 19 October 1945, George Orwell published an essay in the London Tribune, entitled “You and the Atom Bomb”. In it, he surmised what if “the great nations make…

The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2025

Key US nuclear agency to send 80% of workforce home as shutdown drags on

About 1,400 staff at NNSA, which manages America’s nuclear weapons stockpile, to be furloughed on Monday

International Business Times · Oct 17, 2025

Most US Nuke Workers To Be Sent Home As Shutdown Bites

The US agency in charge of nuclear weapons is putting most of its workforce on unpaid leave, a top Republican lawmaker warned Friday, as a prolonged government shutdown bit further into already crippled public services.

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