US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution

UN chief Antonio Guterres says risk of nuclear war has escalated and that humanity cannot survive a sequel to Oppenheimer'

The US and Japan are sponsoring a UN security council resolution calling on all nations not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space, the US ambassador has announced.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield told a UN security council meeting that any placement of nuclear weapons into orbit around the Earth would be unprecedented, dangerous, and unacceptable."