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The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Decades after the first atomic weapons test in 1945, nuclear disarmament has stalled.

Much more needs to be done to rid the world of more than 12,500 nuclear weapons, most of them held by the U.S. and Russia, and to redirect the billions spent on these weapons.

Chicago Sun-Times

How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis

Newly public documents are showing how America’s push for the atomic bomb helped saddle St. Louis with an enduring radioactive waste problem

The Independent UK

Indonesia warns nuclear weapons put Southeast Asia a 'miscalculation away' from a catastrophe

Indonesia’s top diplomat is warning of the threat posed by nuclear weapons, saying that Southeast Asia is “one miscalculation away from apocalypse” and pressing for world powers to sign a treaty to keep the region free from such arms

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US intelligence finds Iran not currently pursuing nuclear weapons

A US intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them.

France 24

Armed mutiny: Wagner fighters came close to acquiring Russian nukes?

On June 24, as Yevgeny Prigozhin's rebel Wagner forces advanced towards Moscow, a group of military vehicles took an eastern diversion towards a fortified Russian army base believed to house nuclear weapons, Reuters reported after interviews with local residents and going through videos posted online.

The Times of India

US intelligence assessment says Iran not currently developing nuclear weapons

A U.S. intelligence assessment says Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons at the moment but has ramped up activities that could help it develop them

The Independent UK

Joe Biden's nuclear briefcase spotted being carried out of Downing Street during UK visit

The United States' so-called 'nuclear football' briefcase was spotted being carried out of Downing Street after President Joe Biden visited UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today. The ominous black leather suitcase is carried with the President whene

Daily Mirror

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Kremlin denies China’s president urged Putin not to use nuclear arms in Ukraine

Xi Jinping reportedly warned Russian counterpart against using such weapons on visit to Moscow in March

The Guardian - UK

Xi Jinping Personally Warned Putin Against Using Nuclear Weapons In Ukraine

The Chinese leader conveyed his message in a face-to-face meeting with the Russian president, Western and Chinese officials say.

Zenger

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 493 of the invasion

Ukraine’s counteroffensive hobbled by a lack of firepower, says military chief; Belarus president says Russian nuclear weapons in his country will not be used

The Guardian - AU

Foreign Secretary undermines 'Scotland can't join Nato without nukes' claim

THE UK’s Foreign Secretary appears to have undermined an often repeated Unionist argument against independence during his visit to Sweden ...

The National (Scotland)

Russia Looks Increasingly Medieval After the Coup That Wasn't

Feudal-style squabbling with the control of nuclear weapons at stake.

Reason

Russia on alert as '8,000 Wagner rebels' assemble close to base with nuclear weapons

Foreign Minister James Celeverly said he felt 'uncomfortable' about Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin at a military base home to nuclear weapons, telling the Commons he was keeping a 'very close eye' on the situation

Daily Mirror

North Korea May Use Nuclear Weapons For Coercion, Says US Intel Report

Kim Jong-un could also use non-nuclear and non-lethal tactics to advance North Korea's goals, according to the report.

Zenger

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Daily Mirror

World on brink of catastrophe if Wagner gets nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin ally says

Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would never allow Wagner's 'crazy criminals' to succeed, prior to the mercenary group's dramatic U-turn on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin ramps up nuclear war threats and says exactly how he'll press the button

Dmitry Muratov's claim came as the head of Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin alleged Vladimir Putin is being told "monstrous" lies by his military chiefs over Russia's "colossal problems" in its resistance to Ukraine’s counteroffensive

The Independent UK

A nuclear site is on tribes' ancestral lands. Their voices are being left out on key cleanup talks

Three Native American tribes have devoted decades to returning their ancestral land in Washington to the days before they became the most radioactively contaminated site in the nation’s nuclear weapons complex

The Conversation

Ukraine war: Russia's threat to station nuclear warheads in Belarus – what you need to know

The threat of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is “real” and “absolutely irresponsible”, according to the US president, Joe Biden. He was reacting to questioning from journalists as to whether he believed Belarus had been taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons.

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The Guardian - UK

Russia threatens Ukraine’s ‘decision-making centres’ if Kyiv uses western arms in Crimea

Use of US- and UK-supplied missiles would mark west’s ‘full involvement’, Russian defence minister says

The Independent UK

A brief history of Putin’s love for nuclear weapons

Moscow would, if necessary, be prepared to deploy its vast nuclear arsenal - it has been said

Evening Standard

Joe Biden: ‘Russia nuclear threat ‘real’

Vladimir Putin poses a “real" threat of using tactical nuclear weapons, Joe Biden has said.

France 24

🔴 Live: Ukraine says Kakhovka dam collapse caused €1.2 billion in damage

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam has caused €1.2 billion of damage, Ukraine's environment minister said on Tuesday, warning that mines unearthed by flooding could wash up in other European countries. Early Tuesday morning, Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine targeting the capital, Kyiv, and cities from…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia fires at rescue workers in Kherson; drone attacks reported across Ukraine – as it happened

One person killed and seven injured while clearing mud, officials say; Air raids reported in Lviv, Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia – live: RAF scrambles fighter jets to respond to Russian aircraft flying near Nato airspace

London is hosting a major conference to drum up business investment for Ukraine today

The New Daily

Putin tactical nuclear weapons threat is ‘real’: Biden

United States President Joe Biden says the risk that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use nuclear tactical weapons deployed to Belarus is 'real'.

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