{"id":358040,"date":"2026-07-03T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/theoretical-physicist-carlo-rovelli-says-we-are-close-to-nuclear-war\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:00:09","slug":"theoretical-physicist-carlo-rovelli-says-we-are-close-to-nuclear-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/theoretical-physicist-carlo-rovelli-says-we-are-close-to-nuclear-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says &#8220;we are close to nuclear war&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/4FjzYcsoSY0\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says &quot;we are close to nuclear war&quot;\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4FjzYcsoSY0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>England and Northern Italy will be the first areas &quot;wiped out&quot; if a nuclear war broke out, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says on the latest episode of Ways to Change the World. <\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England and Northern Italy will be the first areas &quot;wiped out&quot; if a nuclear war broke out, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says on the latest episode of Ways to Change the World. 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