Nuclear weapons

I inadvertently misled parliament over a British nuclear scandal. Now I’m calling for justice | Tobias Ellwood

by The Guardian | Sep 2, 2026 | Ben Wallace, Defence policy, Ministry of Defence, Nuclear weapons, Politics, The Guardian, UK news, World News | 0 |

Thousands of service personnel took part in dangerous cold war-era nuclear tests. The government owes them the truth – and compensationIn December 2018, as defence minister, I inadvertently misled parliament. Asked whether blood...

‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima

by The Guardian | Jul 25, 2026 | Asia Pacific, Autobiography and memoir, Biography books, Books, Culture, History books, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Second world war, The Guardian | 0 |

In an exclusive extract from his memoir, Kiyoshi Tanimoto describes the terrifying trip across the city to locate his wife and child• ‘I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: read an interview with Tanimoto’s daughter Koko...

‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness

by The Guardian | Jul 25, 2026 | Asia Pacific, Autobiography and memoir, Biography books, Books, Culture, Japan, Nuclear weapons, Second world war, The Guardian | 0 |

On that fateful day in 1945, Kondo was just a baby in her mother’s arms. She talks about her father’s newly discovered eye-witness account of the aftermath – and why she decided to continue his work as a peace campaigner•...

Edge of Armageddon: why does one of the world’s top thinkers believe we’re nearing nuclear apocalypse?

by The Guardian | Jun 25, 2026 | Books, Culture, Nuclear weapons, Physics, Science, The Guardian, Weapons technology | 0 |

In a chilling new book, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says we’re back on the brink – and this time, leaders chronically lack the nous of Kennedy and Khrushchev. So why is he against rearming?Should European members of Nato...

‘The odds are not in our favour’: who sets the Doomsday Clock – and what can they tell us about the future of humanity?

by The Guardian | May 9, 2026 | Climate crisis, Coronavirus, Environment, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Nuclear power, Nuclear weapons, Science, The Guardian | 0 |

With the war on Iran, Ukraine, AI and climate breakdown increasing the likelihood of a nuclear war, the clock stands closer to midnight than ever before. So who decides how many seconds we have left – and can we buy ourselves...

‘We’d all be in the destruction zone!’ Can anything stop today’s nuclear free-for-all?

by The Guardian | Apr 8, 2026 | Greenham Common, Liberal Democrats, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Protest, The Guardian, US news, World News | 0 |

The Lib Dems’ Sue Miller has spent most of her life trying to reduce the risk of nuclear war. And it’s not going well. Why are so few people talking about non-proliferation, let alone disarmament?Almost the mildest remark that...

Royal Navy captain steps back from duties over link to MP whose husband faces China spy claims

by The Guardian | Apr 1, 2026 | Military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, Royal Navy, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Joani Reid MP reportedly swapped flirtatious messages with senior officer in charge of nuclear-armed submarineA Royal Navy captain in charge of one of Britain’s nuclear-armed submarines stepped back from his duties over his...

UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say

by The Guardian | Mar 15, 2026 | Ed Davey, Foreign policy, Liberal Democrats, Military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, The Guardian, Trump administration, UK news, US politics | 0 |

Lib Dem leader will tell spring conference Britain can no longer rely on US while Donald Trump is presidentBritain should have a completely independent nuclear deterrent as it can no longer rely on the US, Ed Davey is expected...

Trump’s Iran war will reinforce North Korea’s view that nuclear weapons are the only path to security

by The Guardian | Mar 9, 2026 | Asia Pacific, Iran, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, The Guardian, US-Israel war on Iran, World News | 0 |

As speculation mounts that Kim Jong-un and Trump could meet this month, analysts say Pyongyang will continue to see nuclear weapons as a matter of survivalNorth Korea’s launch last week of a missile from a naval destroyer...

Minister defends UK’s decision not to hit back at Trump tariffs threat, saying ‘aim is to de-escalate’ – as it happened

by The Guardian | Jan 19, 2026 | Conservatives, Donald Trump, Ed Davey, Europe, Foreign policy, Green party, Greenland, Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nato, Nuclear weapons, Peter Mandelson, Plaid Cymru, Politics, Robert Jenrick, The Guardian, Trade policy, Trump administration, Trump tariffs, UK news, Zack Polanski | 0 |

Development minister defends Keir Starmer playing down the prospect of retaliatory tariffs But, Starmer says, the future of Greenland is for a matter for Denmark and Greenland to decide on their own.There is a principle here...

Fighter jets purchase would put UK in breach of nuclear treaty, says CND

by The Guardian | Sep 25, 2025 | Defence policy, International law, Law, Military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

Legal opinion for campaign group says deal amounts to reversal of UK’s commitment to nuclear disarmamentBritain will violate its nuclear disarmament obligations if Labour presses ahead with the £1bn purchase of 12 F-35A fighter...

Campaigners call for Keir Starmer to say if US nuclear weapons are back in UK

by The Guardian | Jul 22, 2025 | Defence policy, Keir Starmer, Military, Nuclear weapons, Politics, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

CND and experts cite US air force transport flight thought to be carrying tactical bombs that landed at RAF baseCampaigners have called for Keir Starmer to tell parliament whether US nuclear weapons have returned to British soil...

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