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Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has been working with experts on the uses of AI since 2019.

‘No harm to citizens’: Forrest facilitates historic US-China talks on AI, nuclear security

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has helped bring about the first public discussions between the US and China on artificial intelligence and its influence on military and nuclear security.

  • Alex Condon

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Can Trump 2.0 defuse the nuclear threat? These Washington heavyweights fear not

A president given to simplistic plans and impulses must now deal with a whole new level of nuclear complexity for which neither he nor the US system is yet equipped.

  • Peter Hartcher
The first AUKUS submarines are expected to be delivered to Australia in the late 2030s.

Why nuclear inspections in Australia have suddenly spiked

The international nuclear regulator is suddenly paying Australia much more attention since the country agreed to buy nuclear-powered submarines.

  • Matt Wade
Kim Jong-un, centre, on an inspecting visit at what they say is an institute of nuclear weapons and a facility for nuclear materials at an undisclosed location in North Korea.

Kim Jong-un shown in first photos of uranium enrichment site

“It shows how advanced their enrichment capability has become and gives greater credibility to their ability to increasing their nuclear weapons arsenals.”

  • Hyunsu Yim and Josh Smith
Masoud Pezeshkian

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hardliner Jalili

Supporters of Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and longtime lawmaker, entered the streets of Tehran and other cities before dawn to celebrate as his lead grew over Saeed Jalili.

  • Jon Gambrell and Amir Vahdat
Vladimir Putin is feeling the heat.

‘Bad spiral’: Feeling the heat in Ukraine, Putin turns up the temperature elsewhere on the West

Some analysts worry that Western desensitisation to Putin’s warnings, particularly about using nuclear weapons, has created a precarious situation.

  • Paul Sonne
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Kim Jong-un: South Korea is now a “primary foe”.

‘Grave provocation’: What does North Korea’s Kim Jong-un want?

K-pop is blasting into North Korea once more as bizarre tactics ratchet up tensions on the peninsula. We explore what’s behind this “tit-for-tat” in an Explainer updated from earlier this year.

  • Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
WA Liberals marketing committee chair and former candidate Jim Seth.

Senior WA Liberal calls for Australia to become nuclear weapons power

In the state council meeting, a senior party figure expressed frustration that Australia was not a nuclear weapons power like North Korea.

  • Hamish Hastie
Melissa Parke, former Labor MP and executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in London.

‘I just feel so sad, scared for the people’: ICAN boss on Gaza war

Australian Melissa Parke heads up the Geneva-based organisation that aims to abolish nuclear weapons. She has much to say.

  • Latika Bourke
Russia has been developing a new generation of intercontinental nuclear-powered missiles.

Russia backs away from treaty to give Putin option of nuclear tests

The step is viewed by some Western security analysts as a pointed reminder from Moscow that it still possesses the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.

  • Guy Faulconbridge

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