Guterres warns of 'nuclear annihilation' at conference over nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that once-unthinkable nuclear conflict is back in the realm of possibility, speaking at the start of a conference in New York. 

His warning came as leaders met at the United Nations for the 10th review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which came into force in 1970.

“Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” he said.

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