31 h. ago Is Trump really going to start testing nuclear weapons in the US?

President’s surprise announcement this week has caused confusion and raised fears of a global arms race

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41 h. ago How terrifying SECRET Russian missile Putin is using to pound Ukraine prompted Trump to rip up treaty & order nuke tests

VLADIMIR Putin has been secretly pummelling Ukraine with a banned missile for months - as Donald Trump is forced to start testing nuclear weapons again. Ukraine reports the cruise missile, developed under wraps and capable of carrying nukes, has been fired into the country repeatedly since August. The Novator 9M729 is outlawed under the pact...

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2 d. ago Trump orders Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing nuclear weapons after three

The U.S. has followed a ‘voluntary moratorium’ on nuclear weapons testing since 1992

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3 d. ago Trump directs Pentagon to match Russia and China in nuclear weapons testing

US president makes threat in Truth Social post in wake of Russian nuclear-powered weapons tests, and shortly before meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping Trump meets Xi in South Korea – latest updatesDonald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to immediately start matching other nuclear powers in their testing of nuclear weapons, specifically citing Russia and China.In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that “because of other countries’ testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Trump starts new nuclear arms race as he orders Department of War to begin testing 'immediately'... just moments before facing off with China's Xi

The president ordered the Pentagon to begin their first nuclear tests since 1992 just moments before his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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3 d. ago Trump directs Pentagon to ‘immediately’ start testing US nuclear weapons

US president references China and Russia in Truth Social post shortly before meeting with President Xi JinpingTrump meets Xi in South Korea – latest updatesDonald Trump has instructed the US Department of Defense to begin testing nuclear weapons at a level equal to China and Russia.In a Wednesday post to Truth Social, Trump said that, “because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner | Simon Tisdall

Beijing has realised that reckless America First policies are alienating old and new friends alike, creating a vacuum it can fillHolding court for the cameras in Sharm el-Sheikh last week, a manically self-congratulatory Donald Trump, Gaza’s make-believe saviour, hailed his fellow “tough guys” – tame tyrants, such as Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, who helped fabricate his flimsy Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.Yet later this month, the American pharaoh-president is due to face a far less biddable tough guy: China’s leader, Xi Jinping. Bookmakers may withhold odds on the outcome. In the US-China race for 21st-century primacy, Xi is sprinting ahead, assisted by spur-heeled Trump’s many missteps.Simon Tisdall is a Guardian foreign affairs commentator Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Starmer faces more questions after publishing China spy case evidence

The CPS dropped the case after deeming the evidence did not show China was a threat to national security.

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2 w. ago Rangers push to seal Kevin Muscat deal after Danny Röhl withdraws from race

German coach follows Steven Gerrard in dropping outMuscat is currently in charge of China’s Shanghai PortRangers face increased pressure to complete a deal for Kevin Muscat to become their new manager after another leading candidate, Danny Röhl, made it known he has withdrawn from the process.Röhl, who left Sheffield Wednesday in the summer, becomes the second coach after Steven Gerrard to remove his name from consideration after detailed talks with the Rangers board. The messiness of this situation is unlikely to placate an already angry fan base. There was, however, an increased confidence from Rangers sources on Wednesday that Muscat could be delivered. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Watch in full: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling over China spy case

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch faced off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (15 October).

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2 w. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs grilling over China spy case

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face off in Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (15 October).

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2 w. ago PMQs live: Starmer set to face Badenoch as government under pressure over China spy scandal

Starmer to face grilling at PMQs in the Commons at midday

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2 w. ago Starmer to face Commons grilling over China spy case as No 10 at odds with CPS

No 10 claimed the Crown Prosecution Service blocked it from publishing evidence vital to the case, something the prosecutors’ office denies.

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2 w. ago Ministers face grilling from MPs on China spying case collapse TODAY with pressure on Starmer's Blairite national security chief

The prosecution against Chris Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, collapsed last month when the Government refused to classify Beijing as a threat to national security.

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3 w. ago Starmer faces further pressure to ‘come clean’ over China ‘spy’ case

The director of public prosecutions said the Government had not provided the evidence needed to proceed with the case.

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3 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer's national security chief won't have to face a public grilling over collapse of China spy case with committee hearing to be held behind closed doors

Sir Keir Starmer's security chief is to face questions in Parliament about the Chinese spying case - but behind closed doors.

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3 w. ago China 'threatened to retaliate' if Labour classed it as an 'enhanced' risk as ministers face fresh questions over collapse of 'spying' case

The measures introduced this summer mean that 'agents' of other powers face criminal prosecution if they fail to disclose activities.

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3 w. ago Starmer's national security chief Jonathan Powell 'must face MPs to explain collapse of China spying trial' amid claims Blairite insisted Beijing would NOT be classed as an 'enemy'

Jonathan Powell is reported to have made clear that the Government would classify Beijing as a 'challenge' rather than an 'enemy' of the UK in evidence for the case.

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