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THE DOOMSDAY clock has been moved forward to 89 seconds to midnight in a terrifying warning of how close the world is nearing an apocalypse.

Threats of World War Three, nuclear fallout, 'Disease X', and AI have all added to the terrifying threats against mankind.

Doomsday Clock showing 89 seconds to midnight.
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The doomsday clock has been set at 89 seconds to midnightCredit: AP
Four scientists stand behind a Doomsday Clock display showing 89 seconds to midnight.
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Scientists shared their fears about the rising threats of war, nuclear weapons, and biological threatsCredit: YouTube
Nuclear explosion mushroom cloud.
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The Doomsday clock is a prediction of how close humans are to a nuclear warCredit: Alamy
Illustration of the Doomsday Clock showing how close it is to midnight, symbolizing the threat of nuclear apocalypse.

Scientists have moved the clock the closest it has ever been to the feared midnight hour.

The update came at 3pm UK time or 10am local time in Washington DC from The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists which organises the clock.

This clock symbolises how close the world has come to a deadly and horrific nuclear apocalypse.

Scientists use midnight as an indicator that Armageddon will break out.

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Therefore the closer the hands are to midnight, the closer mankind is to a devastating nuclear war.

The Bulletin's chair of science and security, Daniel Holz, warned that "advances in an array of disruptive technologies" was partially to blame for the terrifying change.

These warning areas included nuclear weapons, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and space.

Holz said: "We set the clock closer to midnight because we do not see sufficient positive progress on the global challenges we face."

He added: "Any move towards midnight should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning.

"Every second of delay in reversing course increases the probability of global distaster."

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The clock was set at just 90 seconds to midnight in both 2024 and 2023.

GLOBAL TENSIONS

In 2024 the scientists who created the clock explained that the threats posed by evil Vladimir Putin and his war with Ukraine continue, and this has not changed in 2025.

Holz added that continued unrest in the Middle East had added fuel to the dangerous fire.

Iran increased it's threats against Israel as fears into the nation ramping up up its nuclear production grew.

The nation has been aggressively ramping up its nuclear programme by building new facilities across the country,

Since the 2024 announcement, certain potentially world-shattering fears have worsened.

Putin's war of terror in Ukraine has intensified as the evil dictator began using a new arsenal of weapons.

Mad Vlad launched Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles at his neighbour in November 2024.

Missile launch from a vessel during a military exercise.
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Iran has increased it's threats against the West as it shows a military exercise in the Persian Gulf on 24 January 2025Credit: EPA
Explosion over Kyiv apartment buildings during a Russian drone strike.
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An explosion of a Russian drone after it hit an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine on 10 JanuaryCredit: Reuters
Vladimir Putin listening during a meeting.
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Putin and his terror war against Ukraine has increased the risk of a global apocalypseCredit: AP

The Pentagon warned that although the weapon was fired with conventional warheads - Moscow could still modify the weapon to carry a nuclear payload.

A spokesperson revealed that Russia's move—using a never-before-fired missile—was viewed as "experimental" in Washington.

BIO FEARS

The world has also been gripped by more global health fears after people were hospitalised with what scientists feared was a 'Disease X'.

Two people in Europe fell ill after being infected with a mystery pathogen in December 2024.

These unnamed people had visited the Democratic Republic of Congo showed up at different hospitals in Italy with signs of the little-known disease.

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This followed the deadly Coronavirus pandemic which cause mass destruction to communities and countries healthcare systems.

Hospitals and public health services across the world are still recovering from the damning affects of Covid - leading scientists to warn that many places are not ready for another outbreak.

What is the Doomsday Clock?

The Doomsday Clock operates as a wake-up call for the world about global threats such as nuclear war, dangerous technologies and mass health concerns.

Used as a metaphor to signal how close the human race is to self-destruction by its distance from midnight, it is reset around the same time in January each year by varying lengths.

In 1953 it was set to just two minutes before midnight after the US and Soviet Union began testing nuclear weapons.

Ever-increasing nuclear threats in 2018 again saw it set to two minutes, one minute and 40 seconds in 2020 and just 100 seconds in 2021 and 2022.

It's smallest number - one minute and 30 seconds - came last January.

The  - creators of the clock - formed it in 1947 based on the nuclear threat.

It wasn't until later that natural risks like climate change were considered as well.

Despite it's concerning meaning - it is meant to serve as a warning and is not a real clock.

Even if it strikes midnight - all hell will not break loose.

But the scientists who created it and view nuclear war as our biggest threat intend it to be taken seriously as an indicator of how dangerous the world has become.

And in our current climate, amid a backdrop of exploding global conflict, it could well be set closer to midnight in 2024.

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