Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 26-01-2018
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists say recent comments by US President Donald Trump on nuclear weapons and climate change have helped make the world less safe, moving its symbolic “Doomsday Clock” 30 seconds closer to midnight.
The clock, which serves as a metaphor for how close humanity is to destroying the planet — was last changed in 2015, from five to three minutes before midnight.
In a statement, the group of scientist’s intellectuals, including 15 Nobel laureates say at two minutes to midnight, the clock is at its closest to catastrophe since 1953, due to dangers of a nuclear holocaust from North Korea’s weapons program, US-Russian entanglements, South China Sea tensions, and other factors
”International diplomacy has been reduced to name-calling, giving it a surrealistic sense of unreality that makes the world security situation ever more threatening.”
To rewind the clock, scientists recommended that Trump refrain from provocative rhetoric regarding North Korea, the two countries open multiple communication channels and the world community seek a cessation of North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile tests.
– Agencies
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