The Death of New START

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the end of a major U.S.-Russia arms control treaty, British government turmoil over the newly released Epstein files, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pressing U.S. President Donald Trump on Taiwan. A World of Warheads The last nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States expired on Thursday, leaving the two countries without limits on their arsenals for the first time since 1972. U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted that a “better agreement” is needed, one that includes emerging nuclear powerhouse China. But until then, the owners of roughly 90…