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WORLD 'ON BRINK' AS NUKE THREAT SEES DOOMSDAY CLOCK SET AT 100 SECONDS TO
MIDNIGHT


WORLD LEADERS HAVE BEEN URGED TO "STEP BACK FROM THE BRINK" OF NUCLEAR WAR AS
THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK REMAINS AT 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT.

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12:03, Thu, Jan 20, 2022 | UPDATED: 18:56, Thu, Jan 20, 2022
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Today, the world watched on as a panel from the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists unveils the Doomsday Clock will for the 75th time. They confirmed
that it will remain at 100 seconds to midnight — midnight being the point at
which humanity faces hypothetical global catastrophe. In its history, the clock
has been moved backwards and forwards 24 times, the farthest being 17 minutes to
midnight in 1991, the nearest being today's 100 seconds.


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With Russia poised to attack Ukraine, many, like Julian Borger, a
Washington-based journalist, note that it is “hard to imagine the clock being
set back ‒ and that means that the experts assess we are in greater danger now
than ever.”

Security experts have sounded the alarm after around 100,000 troops amassed near
the Ukrainian border and armoured divisions moved into Belarus within striking
distance of the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

A senior defence source said they believed Mr Putin’s aim was to grab as much of
Ukraine as he could.



Meanwhile, the UK Defence Secretary confirmed that RAF planes carrying
"self-defence" weapons were deployed to Ukraine on Monday.



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Doomsday Clock poise to shave midnight as PM faces nuke crisis: 'Step back from
brink!' (Image: GETTY )



A Ukrainian army soldier on the frontlines of the border (Image: Andriy
Andriyenko/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)


DOOMSDAY CLOCK WARNING: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK HITS MIDNIGHT?

We have entered 2022 in a precarious position, with Russia edging ever closer to
Ukraine and the Covid pandemic entering an all-new stage. Scientists will take
these developments into account as they adjust the Doomsday Clock, but what
happens when the clock hits midnight?

With Europe on the brink of an all-out war, Kate Hudson from the Campaign for
Nuclear Disarmament told Express.co.uk: "Currently the hands on the Doomsday
Clock stand at 100 seconds to midnight - the closest they have ever been, even
at the height of the Cold War.

“The hands are so close because of the twin threats of climate catastrophe and
nuclear war.

“All countries need to step back from the brink, including our own.

“Last year the Prime Minister announced an increase in our nuclear arsenal. This
adds to the danger and encourages other countries to get nukes.



How the doomsday clock has moved over the years (Image: PA Graphics/PA
Graphics/Press Association Images)


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“We need to see countries working together to solve problems like climate change
and the pandemic, not spending vast amounts on weaponry and engaging in
confrontation.

“The only secure future for us all is a sustainable world without any nuclear
weapons."

The clock was birthed in 1947 and can be traced back to a group of international
researchers called the Chicago Atomic Scientists, who took part in the Manhattan
Project, which produced the world's first nuclear weapons.

Throughout security talks in Geneva, Vienna and Brussels last week, Moscow
insisted the threats were instead coming from Ukraine and NATO, criticising
their strengthening of ties.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has amassed 100,000 troops on the border
(Image: Mikhail Metzel/Tass/PA Images)



Dr. Leonard Rieser of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, moves the hand of
the doomsday clock (Image: Carl Wagner/Zuma Press/PA Images)

World leaders — the US, the EU and the Group of Seven, which includes the UK —
have repeatedly reminded Mr Putin he will face "massive consequences" if he goes
any further.

Russia reacted furiously to news the UK’s military had shipped thousands of
anti-tank missiles to Ukraine this week to help repel a Moscow-backed invasion.

Commenting on the news, Russia’s London embassy tweeted: “It is crystal clear
that #UK shipment of lethal weapons to #Ukraine will only fuel the crisis and
increase tensions.”




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