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ABC News
5 days ago
- Politics
- ABC News
80 years since Hiroshima the nuclear threat is on the rise
Japan has marked 80 years since the Americans dropped 'Little Boy' on the city of Hiroshima which killed 80,000 and changed global power dynamics forever. Nuclear expert Ankit Panda says we have entered a new threat level, and policies of nuclear deterrence are no longer enough to deal with the increasing prospect of nuclear escalation. GUEST: Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon, published by Polity. Ankit Panda, Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon, published by Polity. PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer *This program first appeared on 12 March 2025
ABC News
13-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Meta's mega data centres are creating a water crisis in Spain, while Europe faces similar challenges
Regions of Spain could face ecological collapse by the end of the decade if water scarcity issues aren't urgently addressed. But a mega data centre being planned by Meta in the small town of Talavera de la Reina is set to exacerbate the crisis being caused by climate change, agricultural demands and aging, leaking pipes. The giant data centres being built by big tech companies are causing similar issues all over Europe, where regulators are failing to keep up and defence spending is taking priority over infrastructure. GUEST: John Boyce is an Irish freelance journalist. He's written about water security for World Politics Review. John Boyce is an Irish freelance journalist. He's written about water security for World Politics Review. PRODUCER: Catherine Zengerer
