Peter Garrett - in 1984 and 2020.

I’ve spent my life fighting nuclear. Here’s what Dutton isn’t telling you about his reactors

This deceptive proposal has all the Trumpian hallmarks:a quasi policy announcement intended to serve sectional interests – in this case fossil fuel giants.

  • Peter Garrett

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US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

Trump flags showdown with Iran on nuclear,threatens Russia sanctions

He appears to admit Vladimir Putin is exploiting a pause in US aid to Ukraine but is only doing “what anybody else would do” and “bombing the hell out of them”.

  • Michael Koziol
Testing of a Russian ballistic missile in 2022. It was the first time Russia’s Defence Ministry announced drills involving tactical nuclear weapons.

Trump wants Russia,China to stop making nuclear weapons,so all can cut defence spending by half

“There’s no reason for us to be building brand-new nuclear weapons,we already have so many,” he said. “You could destroy the world 50,100 times over.”

  • Zeke Miller andMichelle Price
This satellite picture shows a laser-ignited fusion research centre located in Mianyang,China.

Images show China ‘building laser-ignited fusion research centre’ in challenge to US

The experiment bay at the Chinese facility is believed to be about 50 per cent bigger than one in the United States,currently the world’s largest.

  • Gerry Doyle
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

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
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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 andJosh 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 andAmir 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