THE world is fast approaching the “point of no return,” anti-war campaigners have warned as the Doomsday Clock for this year is set at 90 seconds to midnight.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which calculates the clock based on global threats such as wars and the continued expansion of nuclear arms arsenals, said the countdown reflected “the continued state of unprecedented danger the world faces.”

It had set the clock to the same time in 2023 and warned that international governments have not done enough to address the threats.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has called on the British government to do all it can to “turn back the clock.”

CND general secretary Kate Hudson said the clock “must be a wake-up call for the entire world.

“Nuclear-armed states are increasing and modernising their arsenals, while their allies are rearming with newer and more lethal conventional technologies,” she said.

“The world is closer to nuclear war than it has ever been and the failure to end conflicts, from Ukraine to the Middle East, increases this risk by the day.

“We’re fast approaching the point of no return.”