The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Trump advisers and Project 2025 are calling for a dramatic expansion of the nation’s nuclear stockpile

After a few hours of sleep to shake off a night of celebration and an audience with the king, Keir Starmer stepped through the front door of 10 Downing St. for the first time as prime minister on Friday

IAN Murray has been asked if he will stand by his “lifelong” opposition to nuclear weapons if he becomes Scottish secretary – or fall in line…

Robert O’Brien says US should abandon moratorium but experts say proposal would hasten global nuclear arms race

White House spokesperson John Kirby says the US are ‘comfortable’ with their current level of deterrence in Europe

Jens Stoltenberg accused of ‘escalation of tension’ as he warns of growing threat from Russia and China

Nuclear-armed countries increased spending on atomic weapons arsenals by a third in the past five years, according to a new report. France is just one of nine countries racing to modernise stockpiles against a backdrop of growing political tensions around the globe.

As conflict rages on Earth, an arms race may be underway in outer space. On May 30, a US diplomat warned that Russia had launched a “weapon into orbit”, something Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, branded as “fake news”. It follows on from accusations in recent months by US…

SIPRI notes the effects of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza in reducing international security.

World’s nuclear states on course to spend $100bn in 2024. Plus, Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves war cabinet

Anna Tsivileva, Putin’s cousin, appointed as deputy defence minister after four sacked