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G7 leaders confront spectre of nuclear conflict on visit to Hiroshima memorial

At a ceremony opening the G7 summit in Japan, leaders laid wreaths and visited the museum commemorating the 1945 attack

The Guardian - AU

G7 summit gets underway in Hiroshima as Japan warns world leaders on nuclear weapons

The leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies are meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world's first nuclear attack, as they discuss the dangers of Russia and China.

ABC News

Why Japan’s sleepy city of Hiroshima was chosen to host the G7

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to ‘send a strong message’ for a world without nuclear weapons.

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Albanese urged to take stand against nuclear weapons during G7 summit in Hiroshima

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons wants Labor to send a ‘message to the region’ and sign and ratify a treaty to impose a ban on atomic weapons

The Guardian - AU

First Thing: Japan PM prepares push for nuclear weapons pledge in Hiroshima

Ukraine war and China’s Taiwan ambitions are expected to dominate G7 discussions, but Fumio Kishida will have a powerful backdrop. Plus, the rise and fall of Rudy Giuliani

The Guardian - UK

As G7 leaders start to arrive, Japan PM prepares push in Hiroshima for nuclear weapons pledge

Ukraine and China’s Taiwan ambitions are expected to dominate summit discussions, but Fumio Kishida will have a powerful backdrop

The Guardian - AU

At Hiroshima G7, bomb survivors grapple with a disarmament dream deferred

The last time a U.S. president visited Hiroshima, atomic bomb survivor Shigeaki Mori was filled with hope for a future without nuclear weapons. Seven years later, he's more sceptical.

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Hiroshima survivors urge G7 leaders to unite against atomic weapons

Almost eight decades after the bomb, G7 leaders will meet in the Japanese city where survivors are urging action on disarmament amid the Ukraine war

The Guardian - AU

Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.

WEKU

Pokhran-II: A moment of profound epiphany

India's nuclear tests of 1998 reflected an awakening of its self-confidence and an awareness of its potential

The Hindu

Ukraine's envoy to Japan urges G7 to condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons

The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations must condemn any threat to use nuclear weapons and vow "decisive action" against such a move when they hold a summit next week in the city of Hiroshima, Ukraine's envoy to Japan said.

Reuters

Henry Kissinger says he wants to call attention to the dangers of A.I. the same way he did for nuclear weapons but warns it's a 'totally new problem'

“The speed with which artificial intelligence acts will make it problematical in crisis situations."

Fortune

Royal Navy scramble as Russian warships are spotted off UK coast before Coronation

A Type 23 frigate has been deployed just outside of UK waters to follow seven Russian warships, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, which were spotted in the North Sea on Wednesday

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin now has “no option” but to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine

Dmitry Rogozin - also a former deputy prime minister who is now close to the frontline - made clear Moscow is facing war defeat unless the dictator unleashes his atomic weapons

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Israel minister: Iran nuke enrichment could ignite region

Israel’s defense minister says Iran could have enough enriched uranium to make five nuclear weapons, and warned Tehran that proceeding to weapons-grade enrichment could “ignite the region.”

Reuters

Russia 'very unlikely' to use nuclear weapons, US intel chief

Russia is very unlikely to use its nuclear weapons, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Thursday, despite past saber-rattling from the Kremlin and the heavy casualties that eMoscow is enduring in its invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Using AI near nuclear weapons could destroy ‘whole of humanity,’ warns ex-Tory leader William Hague

AI must not be used near nuclear weapons as this would risk the destruction of the “whole of humanity,” former Tory leader William Hague warned on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu: Preventing Iran's Nuclear Armament Remains Israel's Top Priority

The need to block Iran's nuclear armament will continue to be Israel's top priority, announced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu spoke at the Knesset plenum attended by US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He noted that the first and most urgent challenge was the joint effort of Israel and the US…

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US-Korea summit: Joe Biden's 'American Pie' won't include stationing nuclear weapons on the peninsula

The rendition of Don McLean’s classic pop song American Pie by Yoon Suk Yeol may have dominated the headlines as the South Korean president enjoyed dinner at the White House with Joe Biden – Yoon is, reportedly, a devotee of “noraebang”, Korean karaoke. But the frivolity of the moment was…

Evening Standard

OPINION - BBC chairman Richard Sharp resigns in storm over loan

There are numerous benefits to UK political parties of being in government rather than opposition. Ministerial cars, nuclear weapons launch codes and with a decent enough majority you can even implement your public policy preferences. Another less heralded power is that of appointments.

Reuters

Kremlin plays down idea that Russia is preparing a nuclear weapons test

The Kremlin on Friday played down the idea that Russia might be preparing to carry out a nuclear weapons test, saying all nuclear states were abiding by a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.

Al Jazeera

A threat to North Korea? What the Washington Declaration means

We take a look at the significance of the declaration, and whether it could make North Korea change its direction.

The Conversation

US-South Korea nuclear weapons deal – what you need to know

The United States and South Korea have unveiled an agreement under which leaders in Seoul will be handed an enhanced role in planning any nuclear response to a strike in the region by North Korea.

Reuters

Analysis-Calls for South Korean nuclear arsenal unlikely to fade despite U.S. deal, analysts say

The United States granted South Korea a larger role in planning for a potential nuclear war with North Korea, but that will probably not ease doubts over U.S. defence commitments that have fuelled calls for a South Korean nuclear arsenal, experts said.

Daily Mirror

US puts nuclear submarines in South Korea in historic move amid North Korea threat

Presidents Joe Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol will sign an agreement on Wednesday which will provide support to South Korea amid growing concerns over nuclear threats made by North Korea

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