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A mushroom cloud
ANTI-NUCLEAR campaigners urged the government to fight the “twin existential threats” of nuclear weapons and climate crisis today after the Doomsday Clock was moved closer to midnight.
The Clock, a metaphorical symbol for nuclear and environmental apocalypse, has been moved forwards by 20 seconds by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and now stands at 100 seconds to midnight.
This suggests that the prospect of nuclear warfare and environmental catastrophe is becoming increasingly likely.
British military spending is among the highest in the world, diverts scarce resources from far better causes and fuels international conflict. It’s time we made different choices, argues LIZ PAYNE
BILL KIDD MSP says increasing Britain’s nuclear arsenal at this time is dangerous and expensive folly
JEREMY CORBYN reports from Hiroshima where he represented CND at the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the US