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The Doomsday Clock warns the world about catastrophe – here's why it stands at 90 seconds to midnight

The Doomsday Clock, with its hands hovering close to midnight (“doomsday”), is a symbolic device that is designed to warn the world how close it is to catastrophe. Midnight is said to represent the point at which the Earth becomes uninhabitable by humanity.

The Conversation

Council urged to review plans that could lead to UK hosting US nuclear bombs

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament seeks environmental impact assessment of 144-bed dormitory project at RAF Lakenheath

The Guardian - UK

Air Force’s new nuclear stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, takes first flight

The futuristic B-21 Raider warplane has taken its first flight, moving it closer to becoming the nation’s next nuclear weapons stealth bomber

The Independent UK

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The Air Force's new nuclear stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, has taken its first test flight

The futuristic B-21 Raider warplane has taken its first flight, moving it closer to becoming the nation’s next nuclear weapons stealth bomber

The Independent UK

‘Buying influence’: top US nuclear board advisers are tied to arms business

Nine of 12 members of the commission charged with avoiding nuclear conflict have financial ties to defense contractors

The Guardian - US

It’s Time to Talk About No First Use

Long a nonstarter in Washington, it may now be the best source of common ground with Beijing.

Foreign Policy

Revealed: A startling secret of NZ’s nuclear free policy

Author and former anti-nuclear campaign leader Nicky Hager reveals that at the peak moment in NZ's standoff with the US over a proposed nuclear ship visit in 1985 a key Cabinet minister shared top secret papers with him

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China supported sanctions on North Korea's nuclear program. It's also behind their failure

International authorities say there is growing evidence that shows Beijing is helping cash-strapped North Korea evade a range of international sanctions designed to hamper Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program

The Independent UK

Scotland can be at 'centre of creating nuclear weapon-free Europe', MSP says

SCOTLAND should be at the “centre” of the global discussion about getting rid of nuclear weapons, according to a campaigning anti-nuke MSP.

The National (Scotland)

Australia must lobby US for ‘no first use’ of nuclear weapons, says ex-minister Gareth Evans

Exclusive: Former foreign minister says it is ‘sheer dumb luck’ that arms have not been used in the past 78 years and urges leadership on control measures

The Guardian - AU

UN legal expert to address MSPs on nuclear disarmament and climate crisis

A UNITED Nations legal expert and head of Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is to address MSPs and the…

The National (Scotland)

What is the nuclear test ban treaty and why is Russia about to pull out of it?

The Russian parliament has set in motion the country's withdrawal from the global nuclear test ban

Evening Standard

Russia prepares to withdraw from nuclear test ban treaty

The bill to revoke ratification of landmark ban on nuclear weapons testing now needs final approval by President Putin.

Al Jazeera

China is building up its nuclear weapons arsenal faster than previous projections, a US report says

A Pentagon report on China’s military power says Beijing is on track to significantly increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by 2030 and is “almost certainly” learning lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine about what a conflict over Taiwan might look like

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Russia is scrapping its ratification of a key nuclear test ban. Here's what that means

The world's major nuclear powers haven't tested a bomb this century, but experts worry that may be about to change.

AAP

Fallout continues 70 years after British atomic tests

Sunday marks the 70th anniversary of the first time the British tested nuclear weapons on the Australian mainland, at Emu Field in South Australia.

The Independent UK

North Korea raises specter of nuclear strike over US aircraft carrier's arrival in South Korea

North Korea is lashing out at the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in South Korea, calling it a provocation and again raising the specter of using nuclear weapons to defend itself

Al Jazeera

US ‘disturbed’ by Russia’s plan to reverse nuclear test ban ratification

Russia says withdrawal from ratification of nuclear weapons test ban treaty places Moscow on ‘equal footing’ with US.

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The Independent UK

US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions

Scientists charged with making sure the United States' aging stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go, if needed, say they’ll start shipping key components to the Nevada desert next year

The Independent UK

North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a 'new Cold War'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in what he described as a “new Cold War.”

Zenger

Iran Complains To UN About Netanyahu’s ‘Nuclear Threat’

Iran's ambassador accuses Israel of violating international law and jeopardizing global security.

Al Jazeera

UN warns of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in growing nuclear arms race

Guterres says world is plunging into a new nuclear arms race as North Korea says US is pushing it to the brink of war.

The Times of India

South Korea warns Kim his regime would end if it uses nukes

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea its regime would be ended by Seoul and Washington if it used nuclear weapons, in a speech marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of his country’s military.

The Independent UK

Birthplace of the atomic bomb braces for its biggest mission since the top-secret Manhattan Project

Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government’s top-secret Manhattan Project

The Independent UK

Two-thirds say nuclear weapons make UK safer as support rises to Cold War levels

Increasing global tensions have coincided with raised support for Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent.

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