Nuclear annihilation just one miscalculation away, UN chief warns

UN chief warns world is one step from 'nuclear annihilation'

“Humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday.

Guterres - “We are one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation”

UN chief António Guterres said that Russia's war in Ukraine is causing tensions and that states are stockpiling “doomsday weapons.” The world is alone “a misunderstanding, a miscalculation of nuclear annihilation.” That was the UN's terrible warning. Secretary General António Guterres at an international meeting Monday on nuclear weapons. Officials highlighted the geopolitical risks of Russia's war in Ukraine and the latent tensions in Asia and …

World one step from ‘nuclear annihilation,’ UN chief warns

UNITED NATIONS >> Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.”

World one step from nuclear annihilation – UN

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, and other tensions, warning that...

Why the UN chief says we are 'one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation'

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says we are facing “a time of nuclear danger not seen since the height of the Cold War.” His remarks came at the 2022 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York City. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)The world is now enduring greater stress than any time in recent decades, according to U.N. Secretary-General António Gu…

Why the U.N. chief says we are 'one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation'

It's not the first time for such a dire warning. Here's a brief look at why Guterres and others are raising the alarm now.