US Will Leave Nuclear Weapons Treaty With Russia

President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, after claims Russia is in violation of the agreement. The announcement has sparked concern that the US, Russia and China may be preparing for a new nuclear arms race.

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Picture: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (left) and US President Ronald Reagan signing the treaty in 1987. Credit: AFP.