War is. Now at 100 seconds to midnight. Its a close its ever been. It was there in 2020. And the bulletin of atomic scientists doesnt change the clock until january every year. It has not had a chance to do so. But if the current continues to ratchet, as it is now doing in ukraine, i think that it may indeed move a little bit closer. And of course, with every advance of the Ukrainian Army into those four territories that the have annexed claim to have annexed in eastern ukraine, the rhetoric from Vladimir Putin becomes strident and alarming. And even last night, President Biden said that we are now to armageddon since we are now closer to armageddon than any time since cuban missile crisis, 60 years ago. And we are now approaching that 60th anniversary of the cuban crisis. If that wasnt enough, we also have the episodes in northeast asia where the north koreans Ballistic Missiles over japan with the United States and south koreans conducting military exercises. Its a dangerous dangerou
Now Nuclear Weapons are back in the news as we are all recognized. The doomsday clock. The device that the bulletin of the atomic scientists has kept since the early days of the cold war is. Now at 100 seconds to midnight. Its a close its ever been. It was there in 2020. And the bulletin of atomic scientists doesnt change the clock until january every year. It has not had a chance to do so. But if the current continues to ratchet, as it is now doing in ukraine, i think that it may indeed move a little bit closer. And of course, with every advance of the Ukrainian Army into those four territories that the have annexed claim to have annexed in eastern ukraine, the rhetoric from Vladimir Putin becomes strident and alarming. And even last night, President Biden said that we are now to armageddon since we are now closer to armageddon than any time since cuban missile crisis, 60 years ago. And we are now approaching that 60th anniversary of the cuban crisis. If that wasnt enough, we also hav
The news as we are all recognized. The doomsday clock. The device that the bulletin of the atomic scientists has kept since the early days of the cold war is. Now at 100 seconds to midnight. Its a close its ever been. It was there in 2020. And the bulletin of atomic scientists doesnt change the clock until january every year. It has not had a chance to do so. But if the current continues to ratchet, as it is now doing in ukraine, i think that it may indeed move a little bit closer. And of course, with every advance of the Ukrainian Army into those four territories that the have annexed claim to have annexed in eastern ukraine, the rhetoric from Vladimir Putin becomes strident and alarming. And even last night, President Biden said that we are now to armageddon since we are now closer to armageddon than any time since cuban missile crisis, 60 years ago. And we are now approaching that 60th anniversary of the cuban crisis. If that wasnt enough, we also have the episodes in northeast asia
Campaign climate change, latin americas break with the United States, the arab spring, and the danger nuclearweapons already pose in the middle east. Israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the nonproliferation treaty, has hundreds of Nuclear Weapons, advanced delivery system, and a long record of violence and repression. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from portland, oregon. At least 40 people have been killed in a Suicide Attack on a mosque in northern afghanistan. The victims had gathered to mark the first day of the muslim holiday. Another 70 people were wounded. Violence continues in syria despite an informal agreement for fourday holiday ceasefire. Clashes erupted between Government Forces and rebel fighters earlier today near a northern military base. A number of anti regime protests have been held across syria, with troops firing tear gas and live rounds
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