Nuclear disarmament
Some of Iran’s enriched uranium survived attacks, Israeli official says
Any attempts by Iran to recover it would almost certainly be detected, and the facilities could be bombed again, a senior Israeli official says.
- David E. Sanger
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Is the world on the brink of nuclear catastrophe? This expert thinks so
There are 12,000 nuclear weapons in the world, many of which are controlled by AI. We are close to a catastrophe.
- Peter FitzSimons
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Iran’s latest decision reveals flaw in Trump’s big plan
The only card left for the Iranians to play is that their uranium survived the US bombing. Maybe they are bluffing. But it exposes the enduring flaw in Trump’s bombing plan.
- David E. Sanger
He’s still alive – seemingly with 400kg of uranium. What will Iran’s supreme leader do next?
Having survived Israel’s 12-day bombardment, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could now go directly to North Korea in a race to build a bomb.
- Roland Oliphant
Radiation dangers of three nuclear sites struck by the US
Risks from one of the three Iranian nuclear sites “obliterated” by the US are concerning atomic scientists.
- Angus Dalton
How the innocuous pager set in motion a potentially catastrophic war
A Mossad plot is just one of a series of events that have weakened Iran’s proxies, leaving it dangerously exposed.
- Nick O'Malley
‘I saw the flash’: How US nuclear tests changed life on this Pacific idyll forever
Marshall Islands locals watched radioactive coral fall from the sky for hours after the US’s bomb tests, 71 years ago. Now they face another existential threat.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Trump has approved Iran attack plan but is yet to hit go, US media reports
A senior intelligence source told US media the president wanted to give Tehran more time to agree to a deal as Iran struck an Israeli hospital.
- Jana Choukeir, Alexander Cornwell and Crispian Balmer
What happens if a nuclear facility is blown up? The contamination threat explained
The fallout of blowing up nuclear sites, how close Iran is to making a bomb and how Israel’s nuclear stockpile measures up.
- Angus Delaney
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