Nuclear weapons
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The Guardian view on a new nuclear age: great powers should not restock a house of dynamite | Editorial
Donald Trump’s remarks on resuming nuclear testing have highlighted the risks. Proliferation must not be consi…
- Japan, Politics, Defence policy, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Asia Pacific, Second world war, UK news
Don’t believe the hype about nuclear weapons | Letters
We must continue to challenge claims that nuclear weapons are a ‘necessity’, says Caroline Lucas, while Gerry …
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Nagasaki’s twin bells ring in unison for first time in 80 years to mark atomic bombing
Mayor of Japanese city used the anniversary of US bombing to urge the world to stop armed conflicts, warning n…
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I changed my mind on banning the bomb, but the threat of nuclear war is growing – and so is complacency | Polly Toynbee
Though the weapons I campaigned against remain terrifying, I doubt we can disarm unilaterally. That should be …
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Martin Rowson on the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima – cartoon
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Hiroshima anniversary: mayor says Ukraine and Middle East crises show world ignoring nuclear ‘tragedies’
On 80th anniversary of atomic bombing, Kazumi Matsui urges younger people to recognise ‘inhumane’ consequences…
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Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship
Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – hav…
- Australian immigration and asylum, Japan, Australia news, Australian politics, Australian military, Nuclear weapons, Asia Pacific, Second world war
In the shadow of the Hiroshima blast: the secret romance that bloomed in defiance of the white Australia policy
Nobuko Sakuramoto survived the atomic bomb and found love with an Australian serviceman. Together they stared …
- Qatar, Pakistan, Iran's nuclear programme, Japan, Foreign policy, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, US foreign policy, US news, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, World news, Middle East and North Africa, Iran
Alarm in Middle East over US strikes on Iran amid fears of widening conflict
Leaders of UAE, Qatar and Oman criticise attack and urge de-escalation as EU and UN call for immediate diploma…
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‘You don’t brag about wiping out 60‑70,000 people’: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who c…
- Nobel peace prize, Cold war, Japan, US national security, US foreign policy, Barack Obama, Nuclear weapons, United Nations, Russia, Donald Trump
The Guardian view on arms control: essential to prevent the total devastation of nuclear war | Editorial
Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today we look at why an unqualified bel…
- Japan, Joe Biden, Nuclear waste, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Nuclear weapons, China, Second world war, Weapons technology, Russia, Donald Trump, US military
A new nuclear arms race is beginning. It will be far more dangerous than the last one
With Putin’s threats in Ukraine, China’s accelerated weapons programme and the US’s desire for superiority, wh…
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Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group
Nihon Hidakanyo receives accolade for campaign to rid world of nuclear weapons by ‘describing the indescribabl…
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China test launches intercontinental ballistic missile for first time in decades
The ICBM, carrying a dummy warhead, was launched into ‘high seas’ of the Pacific OceanChina has announced the …
- Japan, US foreign policy, US news, Nuclear weapons, World news, Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, Israel
US ambassador to skip Nagasaki bomb commemoration over Israeli exclusion
City’s mayor says Israel not invited because of risk of protests at event honouring victims of 1945 nuclear bl…
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Atomic People review – the quietly devastating truth about surviving Hiroshima
This deeply moving documentary gives a voice to the ‘hibakusha’ who endured the horrific US bombings – and are…
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Russia vetos UN resolution to prevent nuclear arms race in space
Moscow described the security council resolution, which would have called on countries not to deploy weapons o…
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‘There wasn’t enough about the horror’: Hiroshima survivors react to Oppenheimer
Film about ‘father of the atomic bomb’ finally opens in Japan after being delayed by outrage at ‘Barbenheimer’…
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US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution
UN chief António Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that ‘humanity cannot survive a sequel to…
- War reporting, Japan, War films, Nuclear weapons, World news, Asia Pacific, Second world war, Culture, Film
‘Then the black rain fell’: survivor’s recollections of Hiroshima inspire new film
The 230-page unpublished memoir will reflect the horrors suffered by ordinary Japanese citizens in a feature-l…