Nuclear weapons

The Government announces £15bn investment in the nuclear warhead programme at AWE in Aldermaston.

Experts believe that it will take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to build the 'Golden Dome'.

An initial sum of $25bn (£18.7bn) has been earmarked in a new budget bill, although the final cost is expected to be much higher.

Recent hostilities were a reminder of how easily a crisis could escalate into catastrophe.

Villagers say they were not notified about an exercise simulating a nuclear weapons accident.

The highest-level talks between the two nations since Trump's first term in office will resume next week.

The BBC's James Landale looks at how Iran might respond to Trump's threat to agree to a deal or face military action

The Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston had been in "enhanced regulatory attention" since 2013.