In Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair is urging lawmakers to back his plan to rebuild the country’s nuclear arms program by designing a fleet of new submarines armed with nuclear warheads. On Monday, Blair insisted that Britain can not get rid of its nuclear weapons program.

Prime Minister Tony Blair: “It is noteworthy that no present nuclear power is or is even considering divesting itself of its nuclear capability unilaterally, and that in these circumstances it would be unwise and dangerous for Britain, alone of any of the nuclear powers, to give up its independent nuclear deterrent.”