1 week ago WW3 fears rise as warning issued over emergency stockpiles of food, medicine and fuel

The European Union is urging its member states to build up emergency stockpiles of critical resources, including food, medicine and nuclear fuel, as it prepares for potential conflict

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2 w. ago Iran will likely be able to produce enriched uranium ‘in a matter of months’, IAEA chief says

Rafael Grossi says some of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile could have been moved before US attacksThe UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months”, despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said on Saturday.Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on 13 June, saying it was aimed at keeping Iran from developing a nuclear weapon – an ambition the Islamic republic has consistently denied. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago We asked three experts on Iran’s nuclear program what Trump achieved with his strikes. Their answers were concerning

Experts say the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium and may increase the political will to build a bomb.

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3 w. ago Which countries have the biggest nuclear stocks and who decides who can and can't have them?

Nine countries are believed to have nuclear warheads in 2025

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3 w. ago Trump’s strikes on Iran have failed to destroy its path to a bomb and may drag the U.S. into a quagmire, experts warn

Experts say the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy its stockpile of enriched uranium and may increase the political will to build a bomb.

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3 w. ago Oil rises and US stock futures slide as markets react to US strike on Iran nuclear sites

The price of oil rose and U.S. stock futures fell as global markets react to the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran

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4 w. ago The Guardian view on Israel, the US and Iran: you can’t bomb your way out of nuclear proliferation | Editorial

The age of disarmament is over. But military action only increases the dangers instead of ending the threatEighty years after the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and 40 years after the US and Soviet Union pledged to reduce their arsenals, the threat of nuclear war has resurged with a vengeance. The age of disarmament is over, a prominent thinktank warned this week: “We see a clear trend of growing nuclear arsenals, sharpened nuclear rhetoric and the abandonment of arms control agreements,” said Hans M Kristensen of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.The world’s nine nuclear-armed states have amassed the equivalent of 145,000 Hiroshima bombs. Israel’s illegal attack upon Iran is purportedly a last-ditch attempt to prevent it joining this club – as Israel did long ago, though does not admit it. While Tehran possesses the capacity to develop a nuclear weapon if it chose to, US intelligence believes it has not made that decision – and would stil...

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last month China stockpiling nuclear warheads at fastest rate globally, new research shows

New report estimates that China now has at least 600 nuclear warheads, with around 100 per year being added to the stockpile since 2023China is growing its stockpile of nuclear warheads at a faster rate than any other country, according to newly published research.A report published on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) estimated that China now has at least 600 nuclear warheads, with about 100 per year being added to the stockpile since 2023. Continue reading...

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