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As the Doomsday Clock gets reset, The Mirror takes a look at what it's based on, how the time is set and what it actually means for mankind

Ahead of terrifying new BBC documentary Nuclear Armageddon: How Close Are We?, we take a look at the history of the Doomsday Clock, with a new 'minutes to midnight' warning set to be announced in the days to come

Paul Mackenzie was arrested in April 2023 after 429 bodies were discovered in shallow graves in Shakahola forest, Malindi, with dozens of followers set to be charged

The Doomsday Clock, set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to self-destruction by warning how many metaphorical "minutes to midnight" humanity has left

The Doomsday Clock, set by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, represents how close humanity is to self-destruction by warning how many metaphorical "minutes to midnight" humanity has left

Originally intended to warn of the threat of nuclear armageddon, the Doomsday Clock now looks to reveal how close humanity is to self-annihilation, due to factors such as climate change

The Doomsday Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been—largely, but not exclusively, because of the war in Ukraine