60 h. ago Travellers build illegal site of 13 static homes next to Britain's biggest nuclear weapons factory as fearful residents call on council to step in

'Anxious' locals have been left 'fearing for their safety' and are calling for the council to step in to stop construction on land opposite the site in Berkshire.

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68 h. ago Melania Trump tells soldiers AI 'machines' will replace them in 'dystopian' speech

The USA's First Lady gave a speech evoking the robot uprising of the Terminator films when she spoke to marines, saying AI will transform war more than any technology since nuclear weapons

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3 d. ago Iranian nuclear experts held second covert meeting with Russian weapons institute

US claims meeting is part of an effort by Tehran to acquire sensitive military technologies from Moscow

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on a new nuclear age: great powers should not restock a house of dynamite | Editorial

Donald Trump’s remarks on resuming nuclear testing have highlighted the risks. Proliferation must not be considered inevitableWhen Eisaku Satō, a former prime minister of Japan, received the Nobel peace prize in 1974 after committing his country to not making nuclear bombs, owning them or allowing them on its territory, he assured the audience: “I have no doubt that this policy will be pursued by all future governments.”Yet last week, Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s new prime minister, declined to say whether the country that understands the cost of nuclear war better than any other would stand by its commitment – reflecting the bleak broader outlook. Eighty years after the US dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima, incinerating tens of thousands of people, and almost 40 after Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan seriously discussed nuclear abolition in Reykjavik, the spectre looms once more. Last month, Donald Trump ordered the US military to match other countries’ nuclear weapons testing. Continu...

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7 d. ago China's 'secret' military base hidden in plain sight... where Beijing is developing the most advanced space, nuclear and military tech in the world

Lop Nur, has evolved into the centre of a vast programme that spans experimental aircraft, space weapons, and the most rapid nuclear expansion on the planet.

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1 week ago China hungry for 'slice of nuclear weapons cake' as Xi Jinping appears on 'warpath'

Satellite images of top-secret Chinese Lop Nur military base appear to have highlighted efforts of expansion, with one defence expert claiming this is proof of Xi Jinping wanting a 'slice of the nuclear weapons cake'

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1 week ago China 'wants slice of nuclear weapons cake' amid warning Xi Jinping on 'warpath'

Striking new satellite images of a top-secret military base in China are proof that Xi Jinping wants a 'slice of the nuclear weapons cake', according to one defence expert

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1 week ago Green leader Zack Polanski ridiculed for saying UK should give up nuclear weapons and 'ask Vladimir Putin to do the same'

The self-described 'eco-populist' made the comments as he set out his wish for the whole world to 'denuclearise'.

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2 w. ago Mirror campaign win as Nuke test heroes are finally honoured

Veterans ordered to spy on French and Chinese nuclear weapons will finally get a medal - but questions remain over whether they were used in human experiments

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2 w. ago UFOs orbiting Earth before our first satellite found in photos from the 1950s

Unexplained flashes were mjch more likely to show up the day after nuclear weapons tests

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2 w. ago Putin says Russia may start nuclear weapons tests in response to Trump

Russian president asks officials to draft proposals amid fears of a new atomic arms race

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2 w. ago Putin signals Russia may start nuclear weapons tests in response to Trump

Russian president asks officials to draft proposals amid fears of a new atomic arms race

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2 w. ago Putin orders plans to restart nuclear tests after Trump announced new weapon trials in US

The decisions sparked fears of a new nuclear weapons race

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2 w. ago Putin warns Russia will consider resuming nuclear weapons tests in retaliation if US stages similar trials

Russian despot Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia will consider resuming nuclear tests if the United States did the same. 

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2 w. ago US sanctions bankers it says launder cybercrime money to pay for North Korea’s nuclear weapons

Washington accuses Pyongyang of using a network of bankers, financial institutions and shell companies to launder money gained through IT worker fraud, cryptocurrency heist and sanctions evasion

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2 w. ago US sanctions bankers accused of laundering money to fund North Korea’s nukes

A network of bankers, financial institutions and shell companies are accused of diverting more than US$3 billion

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2 w. ago Pakistan hits back at Donald Trump after he accuses US ally of testing nuclear weapons

US president claims China, Russia, Pakistan and North Korea are all testing nuclear weapons

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2 w. ago Trump’s nuclear weapons tests won’t include explosions ‘right now,’ official says

Energy Secretary says administration will tests nuclear weapons ‘systems’ without detonating devices — for now

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2 w. ago Ukraine Russia war latest: Trump claims Moscow is carrying out ‘secret’ underground nuclear weapons tests

Trump told reporters he was N’not really” considering a deal to sell Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, but could change his mind

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2 w. ago Putin unveils terrifying new nuclear submarine built to carry 'doomsday' weapon capable of unleashing radioactive tidal wave

The hulking Khabarovsk, which ramps up the tyrant's threats of World War Three, is equipped to fire Vladimir Putin's notorious Poseidon nuclear drone at Western coastlines.

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