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Nicola Sturgeon defends plan to scrap Trident in interview

The First Minister has insisted Scotland should move away from being a home to nuclear weapons as she defended her plans to scrap Trident. In an interview with Channel 4, Nicola Sturgeon was asked if her opinion on nuclear power had changed since ...

07 Oct 2022 at 23:06

World

China denies reports it is rapidly growing nuclear arsenal

A senior Chinese official has denied that his government is rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal – though he said it is taking steps to modernise its nuclear forces. Fu Cong, the director general of the Chinese foreign ministry’s arms control ...

04 Jan 2022 at 08:25

Ex-Navy officer: I was removed from submarine because I opposed nukes – tribunal

A former Royal Navy weapons officer is suing the Ministry of Defence for religious discrimination after he was removed from a submarine because he opposed nuclear weapons due to the fact he was a Christian. An employment tribunal in ...

31 Aug 2022 at 17:24

Scottish MP asks ministers to provide clarity over ‘serious radiation breach’

A Scottish MP has called on ministers to provide clarity over an alleged “serious radiation breach” six months after raising the issue. Alba Party MP Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) urged Secretary of State Ben Wallace to ...

15 May 2023 at 16:47

World

Putin taking Belarus as ‘nuclear hostage’, says Ukrainian security chief

Ukraine’s top security official has denounced the Kremlin’s plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus, saying that Russia was taking its ally as a “nuclear hostage”. But Moscow said it was making the move in response to ...

26 Mar 2023 at 12:43

World

Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

Ukraine’s government has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian president Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus....

26 Mar 2023 at 16:12

World

North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea

North Korea said its latest missile launches simulated “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea and that it has been rehearsing the occupation of its rival’s territory in the event of conflict. Pyongyang has previously ...

31 Aug 2023 at 08:50

Two-thirds say nuclear weapons make UK safer as support rises to Cold War levels

Support for Britain’s nuclear deterrent has returned to levels last seen during the Cold War, a survey of public opinion has found. Almost two-thirds of people told the latest edition of the British Social Attitudes (BSA) ...

21 Sept 2023 at 00:01

World

Hiroshima officials condemn nuclear deterrence ‘folly’

Hiroshima officials have criticised growing support for nuclear weapons as a deterrent resulting from uneasiness over Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, as the city remembered the atomic bombing of 78 ...

06 Aug 2023 at 07:14

World

Lavrov: There can be no talks on nuclear weapons while West supports Ukraine

Russia’s top diplomat dismissed a United States proposal to resume a dialogue on nuclear arms control, saying on Thursday that it is impossible while Washington offers military support to Ukraine. Speaking at an ...

18 Jan 2024 at 11:40

World

Russia stops sharing nuclear forces information with US

A senior Russian diplomat said that Moscow would no longer inform the US about its missile tests, an announcement that came as the Russian military deployed mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the ...

29 Mar 2023 at 14:49

World

Russia launches drills of its nuclear missile forces

The Russian military was conducting drills of its strategic missile forces, deploying mobile launchers in Siberia in a show of the country’s nuclear capability amid the fighting in Ukraine. As part of ...

29 Mar 2023 at 12:21

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