Crunch nuclear proliferation meeting at UN

Signatories of the landmark nuclear non-proliferation treaty will meet at the UN from Monday as hopes fade that they can reach an agreement and tensions soar between the atomic powers. "I think there is a shared, if you will, sense of crisis by all states parties," said Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. "We don't have any bilateral arms control agreements between the two largest nuclear weapon states," she said. The ongoing war in Ukraine, Iran's nuclear programme and the war there, non-nuclear states' fears over proliferation and developing arsenal could all be deal-breakers. — AFP