US boycotts ‘dangerous’ UN talks on unilaterally banning nuclear weapons

‘The US has joined Russia, China and several other nuclear states in sitting out of the latest UN talks on banning nuclear weapons.
Supporters of nuclear disarmament say it is time to push harder to eliminate the weapons than nations have done in the nearly 50 years since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed.
But the nuclear powers say an outright ban would not work and they should stick with the gradual approach.’
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