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Russia raises tensions with NATO as Putin shows off his battlefield nuclear weapons

One year ago this month, Putin outlined a revision of Moscow's nuclear doctrine

The Independent UK

'Unacceptable': Labour refuse to disclose detail of serious Trident nuclear incident

TRIDENT bosses have failed to disclose any information to the Scottish Government about a radioactive leak at the nuclear weapons base at Coulport,…

The National (Scotland)

War games involving Russia and Belarus start this week. What to know about the military drills

The last time Russia and Belarus held major joint military drills in 2022, Moscow sent its troops into Ukraine just days later

The Independent UK

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Nuclear triad and ‘robot wolves’: parade shows off array of Chinese weapons

On display in Beijing were nuclear weapons launched by air, sea and land, laser weapons and four-legged drones

The Guardian - UK

Satellite images show construction at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear programme

Israel does not confirm or deny having atomic weapons

The Independent UK

China rejects joining Trump-proposed denuclearisation talks with US and Russia

A spokesperson for Beijing's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it was "neither reasonable nor realistic" to expect China to participate in the discussions.

Euronews

Why has Pakistan launched a new rocket command after India conflict?

Experts say India found holes in Pakistan’s strategic defence options during the May fight. Pakistan wants to fix them.

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Trump’s cuts leave America’s nuclear weapons workers in limbo, now unable to claim compensation for cancers caused by work

"I've contacted politicians and the White House and haven't heard anything back."

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Workers who developed cancer while building America’s nuclear weapons struggle to make medical claims after Trump cuts

Unless the Trump administration chooses to renew the compensation program former nuclear weapons employees who are hoping to receive assistance with their medical payments will no longer have the opportunity.

The Independent UK

Taiwan court sentences ex-legislator's son for illegal fuel transfers to North Korea

Illegal transfers at sea are one of the few ways North Korea, largely isolated from the international community, can obtain fuel because of strict United Nations sanctions against its nuclear weapons and missile programmes.

Euronews

South Korea-US drills trigger Kim Jong-un to pledge nuclear force expansion

Pyongyang has long denounced the allies’ joint drills as invasion rehearsals and Kim has often used them to justify his own military displays and testing activities aimed at expanding his nuclear weapons programme.

Euronews

Call for MoD to investigate serious nuclear incident at Faslane naval base

THE SNP have demanded urgent answers in a letter to the Ministry of Defence after the UK Government confirmed a serious nuclear incident took place…

The National (Scotland)

The ‘third nuclear age’ is a politically motivated label that seeks to justify a renewed arms race

In August 1945 the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing more than 200,000 people, overwhelmingly civilians. Eighty years on from this slaughter – which the then US army commander and later president Dwight D. Eisenhower called “completely unnecessary” – is an apt…

The Conversation

Putin is floating a new nuclear deal with the US ahead of Trump talks. Here’s why

The move might dissuade Trump from imposing new sanctions on Russia

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Don’t believe the hype about nuclear weapons

Letters: We must continue to challenge claims that nuclear weapons are a ‘necessity’, says Caroline Lucas, while Gerry Weston says they don’t protect us from Russian aggression and Michael Newman says they didn’t end the second world war

The National (Scotland)

Investigation urged into radioactive leak in Scottish loch and ‘cover-up scandal’

THERE are calls for the UK Government to launch an investigation after radioactive water “leaked into a Scottish lock” from a nuclear weapons…

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Radioactive water 'leaked into loch' from nuclear weapons base, investigation reveals

RADIOACTIVE water "leaked into a loch" from a nuclear weapons base after old pipes repeatedly burst, official files have revealed ...

The Guardian - UK

As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition?

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold war, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

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Radioactive water from UK nuclear bomb base leaked into sea, files show

Exclusive: Polluted water was released into loch near Glasgow because Royal Navy failed to maintain 1,500 water pipes, says watchdog

Euronews

Nagasaki remembers atomic bomb victims 80 years on with minute of silence

Some 74,000 people were killed in Nagasaki in the US bombing in 1945, three days after Hiroshima. As the town’s mayor, Shiro Suzuki, calls to "stop armed conflicts immediately".

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Remote IT worker scam involving 90 laptops and stolen identities generated $17 million in illicit revenue allegedly bound for North Korea's nuclear weapons program

A woman faces an eight year prison sentence as a result.

Al Jazeera

Public opinion is split as US marks 80th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Americans are divided between support and opposition for the US decision to drop an atomic bomb during World War II.

The Independent UK

‘Apocalyptic’ pictures of Gaza’s devastation echo the destruction of the Hiroshima bomb 80 years on

IN FOCUS: Palestinians have been represented for the first time at a memorial for the bomb dropped on Japan, amid warnings the world has not learned the lessons from 80 years ago. Alex Croft reports

The Independent UK

Atomic bombing survivor issues stark warning over current threat on Hiroshima anniversary

An atomic bombing survivor has issued a stark warning over the use of nuclear weapons on the 80th anniversary of the attack on Hiroshima.

The Conversation

Russia’s decision to pull out of nuclear treaty makes the world more dangerous

Russia has announced it will no longer uphold its obligations under the intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) treaty, signed by the Soviet Union and the United States in December 1987. The decision has raised questions about the future of nuclear deterrence and the danger of global nuclear proliferation.

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