Tag: Nuclear Weapons
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Trump pulls out of historic meeting with Kim
Is Trump’s “truly sad moment in history” actually a win? Yesterday, the US president cancelled his upcoming peace summit with North Korea, just hours after its nuclear test site was disabled.
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War fears rise as Trump dumps nuclear deal
Is the world more dangerous now? Tensions flared across the Middle East as Trump pulled out of Iran’s “rotten” nuclear pact. Now, some say war is looming. Here are five things that may happen.
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‘Progress!’ says Trump as Kim drops nuclear tests
Who will come out on top when Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un meet? The North Korean leader has said his country “no longer needs” nuclear tests. But experts are suspicious of his motives.
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Doomsday Clock ticks towards nuclear midnight
Are things really so bad? Thanks to our world leaders, the ominous Doomsday Clock now reads “two minutes to midnight”. It is the closest Earth has been to apocalypse in 65 years.
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Nuke false alarm sparks Hawaii hysteria
Is nuclear war an accident waiting to happen? Hawaii fell into chaos this weekend after authorities falsely declared it was under attack. Some fear mistakes like this could cause Armageddon.
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The briefcase that can launch a nuclear strike
Should one person have the power to push the “nuclear button”? In the USA, that decision is the president’s alone. But a top military commander has said he would resist an “illegal” strike.
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The man who saved the world by doing nothing
Could WWIII happen by mistake? In 1983, Stanislav Petrov saw that the USA had launched a nuclear attack. He ignored it, and it turned out to be a false alarm. Now, the hero has died aged 77.
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Fury after North Korea tests hydrogen bomb
Why does this tiny socialist state hate America so much and would it help to understand? Yesterday, to global condemnation, North Korea carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
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North Korea’s ‘grave’ missile threat to Japan
In one of its most serious provocations yet, North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan. As the nation becomes more aggressive, the debate over how to deal with it is changing…
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Alarm bells as North Korea tensions mount
Early this morning President Trump made two phone calls to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping about the threat from North Korea. Is he preparing to attack?
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Tension: Korean missile test as Trump rages
As Pyongyang launches another missile test, the White House reportedly seethes with paranoia. Do either of the leaders of North Korea and the USA have a rational plan? If not, what next?
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Obama’s secret North Korea cyberwar revealed
On Sunday night North Korea defied a UN ban by launching four ballistic missiles. Now it has been disclosed that for years the USA has been engaged in a secret cyberwar against the country.
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Britain to ‘strike back’ against cyber attack
Yesterday the Queen opened the National Cyber Security Centre, which is designed to improve the UK’s resilience to cybercrime. How much should we worry about this 21st century menace?
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World order prepares for a Trump shake-up
From his praise for Putin to the Mexican wall, Donald Trump’s foreign policy was the most vivid part of his campaign. It was also the vaguest. What does his presidency mean for the world?
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Diplomacy hailed as Iran returns to the fold
It took two years of intense negotiations and decades of strict sanctions. Now Iran has abandoned its nuclear ambitions and returned to the world’s economy. Has diplomacy won?