The Latest Breaking News from Nuclear Weapons

Endless fallout: the Pacific idyll still facing nuclear blight 77 years on

The film Oppenheimer has shone a global spotlight on the dawn of US nuclear weapons tests. In the Marshall Islands, where 23 of those earth-shattering blasts happened, people have never been able to forget

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023

Poland's leader says Russia's moving tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, shifting regional security

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says that Russia already is in the process of shifting some short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023

Russia’s Lavrov says West needs continual reminder of risks of nuclear war

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says US and NATO risk ‘a situation of direct armed confrontation of nuclear powers’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 19, 2023

China’s current nuclear expansion underlines quest for status, says UK forum

A quest for status, changing views of deterrence and the desire to get Taiwan back are among the drivers of China’s current nuclear expansion, according to experts at The Democracy Forum’s (TDF) August panel discussion, which focused on what has led to this momentous build-up, as well as aiming to…

Dynamite News · Aug 17, 2023

Biden wants to compensate New Mexico residents sickened by radiation during 1945 nuclear testing

President Joe Biden says he’s open to granting assistance for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing, including in New Mexico, where the world’s first atomic bomb was tested in 1945

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Nagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with mayor urging world to abolish nuclear weapons

Nagasaki has marked the 78th anniversary of the U

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Scotland must rid itself of 'moral disgrace' of nuclear weapons post-indy, say Greens

AN independent Scotland would rid itself of the “moral disgrace” of nuclear weapons, according to the Scottish

The National (Scotland) · Aug 6, 2023

Scotland marks 78th anniversary of nuclear bombings with vigil events

VIGILS are being held around Scotland today to mark the 78th anniversary of the horrific nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 6, 2023

Japan’s PM deplores ‘Russia’s nuclear threat’ on 78th anniversary of Hiroshima

Mayor of city where Little Boy atom bomb was dropped says nuclear deterrence is ‘folly’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 6, 2023

Hiroshima mayor calls nuclear deterrence 'folly' as city marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima officials are criticizing growing support for nuclear weapons as a deterent from uneasiness over Russia's war on Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2023