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World War 3

Latest news and updates on the potential future conflict WW3 (World War 3). There has been fears conscription could be enforced in the UK if the country is drawn into a widespread war, as a result of the rising global tensions from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East arising from the Israel-Hamas war.

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The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, set at 85 seconds to midnight, is displayed during a news conference at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Doomsday Clock moves four seconds closer to midnight in latest Armageddon prediction

Channel: World World 5 days ago By Josh Milton
Play Video A billboard depicting a damaged U.S. aircraft carrier with disabled fighter jets on its deck and a sign reading in Farsi and English, "If you sow the wind, you'll reap the whirlwind," is seen at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) Square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran unveils mural emblazoned with ominous threat to the US

Channel: World World January 25, 2026 By Rory McKeown
Rubina Aminian, a 23-year-old student in Tehran shot at the back of the head

Fashion student, 23, shot in the head at close range during Iran protests

Channel: World World January 12, 2026 By Luke Alsford
British servicemen unfurl the Union Jack flag before the start of the Steadfast Dart 2025 exercise

The UK's weak spot in World War 3? Loo roll and the NHS

Channel: UK UK December 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Soldiers from the Royal Welsh

Could the UK revive conscription after 'war footing' warning?

Channel: UK UK December 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an international forum of civil participation "We Are Together" in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Alexander Shcherbak, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Map shows safest countries to be in if Putin launches war on Europe

Channel: World World December 3, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Play Video Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles during the talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin's threat for war on Europe is 'same old sabre-rattling'

Channel: World World December 3, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video Military instructors provide guidance to participants during a laser shooting training session as part of the Defense and Citizenship Day (JDC) at Fort de Montrouge in Arcueil, south of Paris, November 26, 2025. President Emmanuel Macron is set to announce that France is restoring military service on a voluntary basis in the face of the growing threat posed by Russia, just under three decades after compulsory national service was abolished in the country and replaced by the JDC. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images)

France confirms voluntary military conscription in wake of Russia war threat

Channel: World World November 27, 2025 By Brooke Davies
A comp showing nuclear weapons on a map

Does Europe need more nuclear weapons to protect against another Russian invasion?

Channel: World World November 18, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

Meet the British Dad who is prepping for Doomsday with just three simple items

Channel: UK UK November 1, 2025 By Josh Milton
Composite image of Doomsday preppers Tom and Leigh

Meet Britain's Doomsday preppers stockpiling for World War Three

Channel: UK UK August 12, 2025 By Kirsten Robertson
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House in Washington DC, United States, on August 1, 2025. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Russia's warning to 'everyone' after Trump moved nuclear submarines

Channel: World World August 5, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Dave Billing's underground bunker that he is fashioning into a survival bunker in the event of war in the UK.

Man reveals four non-negotiables for WWIII bunker

Channel: UK UK June 29, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

I’ve been preparing for nuclear war all my life – this time it's different

Channel: World World June 27, 2025 By Chas Newkey-Burden
Play Video A woman uses her cell phone's flashlight in the dark after the matches get suspended due to a power outage

Why radio is still the ultimate survival tool in war and emergencies

Channel: Tech Tech September 9, 2025 By Josh Milton
Map shows what countries are the 'safest' if a nuclear strike happens, including Switzerland, Greenland, Chile, Bhutan, Iceland, Fiji and New Zealand

Map shows safest countries to be in if global conflict breaks out

Channel: World World June 26, 2025 By Brooke Davies
A submarine, top secret logo and letterhead from Downing St

The secret choice Starmer has already made to save the UK from nuclear war

Channel: UK UK June 26, 2025 By Claie Wilson
Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025

If World War Three erupts this is the UK bunker we're all heading to

Channel: World World June 26, 2025 By Katie Boyden
A map of the world showing which countries have nuclear weapons

This is how close Iran really was to building a nuclear bomb

Channel: World World June 26, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
detail of uk soldier

If Britain went to war I wouldn't hesitate to enlist

Channel: UK UK June 26, 2025 By Pablo O'Hana