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U.S. Officials Express Doubts on Future of Nuke Pact with Russia

IN THIS ISSUE: U.S. Officials Express Doubts on Future of Nuke Pact with Russia, N. Korea Ready to Denuclearize, Hopes for 2nd Summit With U.S.: Moon, U.S. Seeking to Negotiate a Treaty With Iran, Iran Dismisses U.S. Offer of Talks, Says Washington Broke Last Deal, India Successfully Test Fires Short-Range Tactical Ballistic Missile Prahaar, Dems Introduce Bill to Ban Low-Yield Nukes

Published on September 20, 2018

U.S. Officials Express Doubts on Future of Nuke Pact with Russia

Michael Bowman | VOA News

Russian arms control violations and other malign activities are eroding the confidence and trust required to extend a critical nuclear agreement between Washington and Moscow that expires in 2021, U.S. officials told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Related: Footage and written testimonies from the September 18 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Status of U.S.-Russia Arms Control Efforts are available here

N. Korea Ready to Denuclearize, Hopes for 2nd Summit With U.S.: Moon

Byun Duk-Kun, Koh Byung-joon, and Song Sang-ho | Yonhap News Agency

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is ready to accelerate denuclearization of his country in exchange for security guarantees from the United States and wants to hold a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump at an early date, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday.

U.S. Seeking to Negotiate a Treaty With Iran

Lesley Wroughton | Reuters

The United States is seeking to negotiate a treaty with Iran to include Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its regional behavior, the U.S. special envoy for Iran said on Wednesday ahead of U.N. meetings in New York next week.

Iran Dismisses U.S. Offer of Talks, Says Washington Broke Last Deal

Reuters

Iran hit back at a U.S. offer of negotiations on Thursday, saying Washington had violated the terms of the last big deal they agreed, the 2015 nuclear accord.

India Successfully Test Fires Short-Range Tactical Ballistic Missile Prahaar

Hemant Kumar Rout | New Indian Express

Amidst downpour, India successfully test-fired surface-to-surface short-range tactical ballistic missile Prahaar from a defence facility off Odisha coast on Thursday paving the way for its induction.

Dems Introduce Bill to Ban Low-Yield Nukes

Rebecca Kheel | The Hill

A group of House Democrats and a Senate Democrat introduced a bill Tuesday that would ban the Trump administration’s plans for a so-called low-yield nuclear weapon. “We should not fund President Trump’s request for new low-yield nuclear weapons,” House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said in a statement. “His proposal dangerously lowers the threshold to nuclear use and siphons money away from genuine military readiness needs.”

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