Donald Trump stirs global alarm with pledge to restart nuclear testing
US president’s surprise announcement raises fears of global arms race
US president’s surprise announcement raises fears of global arms race

US president’s statement comes ahead of summit with China’s Xi Jinping

Staff ‘forced out’ and independence curtailed at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Plans for 10 new reactors come as president tries to encourage an American atomic energy renaissance

Pledge to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP would unleash hundreds of billions of euros

Israeli intelligence expected to provide impact assessment, US president says

Wave of US trade levies arrive, Bank of England sets interest rates, and Japan observes 80th anniversary of atomic bomb drops