The New START treaty, the last of the nuclear arms control treaties between the United States and Russia, which was signed in 2010, will expire on Thursday.
Here is what the treaty entails, and what its lapse could mean for Washington and Moscow:
START stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It was a 10-year agreement signed in 2010 by then-US President Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Vladimir Putin who served a single term as Russia’s president from 2008 to 2012. It came into effect in 2011.
New START was an extension of earlier treaties. START I, which reduced the number of strategic warheads in deployment in both the US and Russia, was signed between the US and the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War in 1991 and was in place until 2009. START II, which aimed to further reduce the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads and remove multiwarhead intercontinental ballistic missiles altogether, was signed in 1993 but never entered into force. Russia formally withdrew from it in 2002.
From 2003 to 2011, the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) was also in place. It required both sides to reduce operationally deployed strategic warheads, but it included minimal checks, relying on START I’s mechanisms for monitoring. This is what was replaced by New START in 2011.
New START was extended in 2021 for five more years after US President Joe Biden took office. The treaty states that it can only be extended once.
The treaty limits the deployment of strategic nuclear weapons, those designed to hit an adversary’s key political, military and industrial centres.
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TRUMPET SIX - NUCLEAR WORLD WAR 3 BIRTH PAINS.
Italian Civil Protection officials say the ground remains unstable and further collapse is possible.
Rubble from homes already destroyed lies at the bottom of the cliff, and authorities warn another section of land could give way, putting more buildings at risk.
Drones and satellite images are being used to monitor the red zone and track the speed of the landslide.
Police patrol nearly empty streets as emergency crews remain on standby.
Niscemi, a town of about 25,000 people built on fragile sandstone and clay, suffered a similar landslide nearly 30 years ago.
Experts warn such disasters may become more frequent as climate change brings increasingly extreme weather.
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A section of the Wales Coast Path has been closed after a large sinkhole caused a wooden walkway to collapse.
The sinkhole formed in the Trefgraig Plas and Bodferin area of Llangwnnadl, Gwynedd, prompting the council to ask members of the public to "stay away from this part and not walk past under any circumstances".
A Cyngor Gwynedd spokesperson added that officers would assess the site in the coming days and would share more information about the situation as soon as possible.
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Dubbed the Norris Uplift Anomaly when it first appeared near the Norris Geyser Basin in 1996, the uplift disappeared after 2004.
In July 2025, the Norris Uplift returned – and is now the size of a major American city.
Measuring roughly 19 miles across, it “is the size of Chicago,” Michael Poland, Scientist-in-Charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory told Cowboy State Daily.
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Just a quick look at the Geological Birth Pain signs. Yellowstone (Trumpet 5) - Starting to rise from a all time record Low Temperature...
