abandoned on the streets to become the invisible. rubber bullets to disperse huge crowds gathered in the center of the lebanese capital as protest as government buildings in beirut for justice and accountability . devastating explosion. comes as rescue teams look for people still trapped under the rubble blast killed 158 and injured more than 6000. crew.

75 years after the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki by the us. the tragedy with a minute of silence. in america what they think of the events of 945. terms of. justified i don't know i think it's tough to believe people for the mistakes of history and i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it. good morning great to have you with us here on r.t. international. has been a tense standoff in the lebanese capital amid an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesday's deadly explosion security forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds who were calling for justice.

we went to martyr square to sort of gallows for those who did this to our country today will hey music's plan a single government ministers take. a police officer was reportedly killed in the clashes a large number of people were injured more than 700 and several arrests were made. in the civil unrest has intensified following the massive blast in the port area of beirut the tragedy claimed the lives of at least 158 people thousands more were

injured the city's health systems been overwhelmed by the disaster numerous city buildings were damaged with hundreds of thousands of locals now homeless here's a recap of the week the ship for lebanon. and all of a sudden we felt everything turned over our hands the main turned around and i was he put something in my right hand for st. kitts but it's. the devastation here in the lebanese capital is very massive the blast was felt at

10 kilometers away from the border where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad 90. 2 min. we . need a lebanese army and fire fighters have been still trying to put off the fire which is still until today burning through the remains of the warehouses rescue workers are still trying to dick through the rubble to find the remainder or the the missing and differentials of the $68.00 out of the field a foot of metal dollar shop. 'd

and everything that you can see around me was rex's overnight this is where russian rescuers will be taking those injured those still in need of medical attention from off to the blast. as russian rescuers are getting down to well what they have been flown in here for i want you to just look around and let something sink in about the sheer and ultimate demolition power behind this explosion we are in the very you is searching for survivors. they are telling me that they are ready to work overnight of this any possibility of finding somebody alive.

i mean i have a you can still pinpoint the telltale signs of people's panic over their rush to leave the area as they were caught up in the bluster but as people ran hundreds of thousands found out they may have no longer a place to call home he says it's never. going to be because he's going to start off with. their. influence he says. who is the. lebanon already home to syrian and palestinian refugee camps now may need a camp for its own people with over 300000 displaced by the blast.

we are standing on the doorstep of martyrs square as you can see behind me the ambulances are still rushing in and out now these demonstrators to express their dismay over what they say is poor handling of the lebanese government after tuesday's that explosion. they say they are going to stay here until their demands are met also at the same time we know that in the district of east protesters have managed to storm into the foreign ministry. we are coming back. this. building belongs to the people of lebanon i.

think it hurt us just has turned up at least for a ministry is this ill addition to torching a number of buildings. seems like this blast became the final the straw that broke the camel's back if i may say so and it seems like all that all the work that the volunteers had previously done yesterday the day before yesterday it has been undone by today's action we had time to speak with them are angry very sad we lost the country we lost beirut we have people. who didn't find out we have family members we don't know anything about the people will daily go back to the streets they will daily ask for justice we need the justice made who doesn't deserve this and we would if you is what happened to us. lebanon has already been going through its worst financial crisis for years

with mass protests against corruption and the dark state of the economy sweeping the country since october the blasts that destroyed the country's main port is only aggravated the situation on saturday demonstrators put a gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors their race cardboard cutouts was broken surround their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and has been laws leader as well as other officials response to the surge and civil unrest prime minister has called for an early election he says corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy political analyst. and international relations professor jamal wakim give us their thoughts on what is happening to the country. there are some pretty sights. yeah people. think this is not from the states what's the group that's 30 arrestin is right there how do you how is this really just for a show me the nation. has to cheer them on fortunately lebanese

politics couldn't have found the solution there are too many of these or. there is genuine and good by the people who are disappointed by the. economy but i stood in the country almost a year ago we need. really not just to go to the break that there are others but. to capitalize on. these by abuse where the former government and partially responsible for the economy. that. in addition they are all prompted by the united states escalate the lebanon as part of . a campaign to isolate. lebanon isn't the only middle eastern country gripped by public unrest some 15000 people took to the

streets of jerusalem on saturday night they gathered outside the residence of the israeli prime minister denouncing corruption and the government's handling of the pandemic. after midnight police ordered the demonstrators to go home forcibly removing those who refused to leave and even netanyahu facing charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust the pm denies any wrongdoing at the same time unemployment has soared as a result of coronavirus restrictions. it's been exactly 75 years since the us dropped the atomic bomb on the japanese city of nagasaki came just days after the bombing of hiroshima on august 6th the 2 attacks led to some 200000 civilian deaths people continued to die years after the tragedy due to severe burns radiation sickness and other injuries.

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to get a cut down at my desk when i get to. talking on you had to. guess and she had to have a candidate i didn't have to have commissioned. me . more live ends up being scaled back this year because of the pandemic but she also but he still took place in both cities affected by the tragedy during the commemorations to punish for a list that was joined by the few surviving witnesses of the attacks and they mock the blasts with a minute of silence. well the u.s. and japan are forever linked by the tragedy here's what people in new york and i say about the events of 945.

take a drastic measure here and i like the cia i feel like i haven't learned much about it so i just see the u.s. . japan as just. the natural is a more positive result. like from harbor maybe pearl harbor had something to do with the u.s. response to coral arbor. where. fixing terms of. it being justified i don't know i think it's tough to blame people for the mistakes of history. something like that catastrophic should go like that in the form of the word like but i'm pretty sure i'm looking for reparations i'm native american the figure more give any that's not going to happen it's not going to happen for the japanese. but that she was

when my mother was 7 months pregnant with me the atomic bomb was dropped my cousin was also an atomic bomb survivor and died of leukemia after 75 years i'm still very sorry for those who died. and i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it the military situation was utterly hopeless for japan perhaps it wouldn't have taken much longer for the war to end it would have been over without the bombings and the war between japan and the us it's a shame the u.s. hasn't apologized to japan for the bombings. it's very important to see it out loud to emphasize what the real purpose of the hiroshima bombing was if we keep silent the propaganda war when. the ties between the us and japan are now stronger restrains the latest coronavirus spike in okinawa where the us has military bases there's anger japanese officials u.s.

steel tariffs and the white house's withdrawal from the trans-pacific partnership also haven't helped the situation. it only bomb didn't just change the political landscape either but also the cultural one on the saskia tayla looks at how the deadly blast helps to form the popular culture we can see on a day to day basis. there are moments in history as a memory so powerful they have shaped our culture tragic but defining of the mushroom clouds billowing over the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki. for decades the us suppressed almost all footage it was only in the 1980s that color images sought by the us military will possibly be released to this day the material has not been shown in its entirety.

but out of the unimaginable suffering roy who's a new pop culture in america the devastating release of radioactive particles change the country's take on comic books and superheroes spite of the fantastic full of the incredible hulk all derived from exposure to radiation. we've never seen anything even close to your levels of exposure you find an event like the. superhero we smell better than ever steel which you know surely you don't believe that in the us atomic power was mostly about heroism and influence but japan how different take associations were instead made with destruction and

mutation take a new killer mutant rampaging through the streets of tokyo the city chaos a kind of crisis powerless before it. but. as relations between countries change so to to the movies to follow in king kong. at pitt battle between the japanese and us pop culture icons atop mount fuji is defeated. a around 10000000 went to watch that film in japan and it remains the most watched in the console a series to date but turned out japan had a not for shaping our childhoods from hello kitty and the roots and they were as much hits a broad. i couldn't get enough of them it didn't matter if i could see the wires and the seams and the costumes and the least moving when the words didn't it was so

fanciful and imaginative it was japan was at the forefront pop culture and technology from the nintendo game console to the possible cassette by sony. it's mainly the kids of america saying this is great we've got to have one for boys in this country between the ages of 8 and 15 not having an intent is like not having a baseball bat to pound continues to successfully export its culture like minder anonymously some say that creates a sort of outlet for math is from trying to saw it is that paid by events back in 1905 but teenagers in the us who consume the poverty and colorful characters and stories don't see this fantasy is being created to escape from the darkness of tragedy. thousands of nurses in the united kingdom have taken to the streets to protest being snubbed as other public sector workers get pay rises well not under the stories after this but.

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welcome back thousands of healthcare workers have rallied across the u.k. demanding the pay rise and recognition for their work during the covert $900.00 pound make. this stuff feel snubbed after the government announced last week that 900000 public sector workers will get salary hikes the measure meant to reward workers on the front lines of the fight against covert 19 but it did not include the majority of n.h.s. staff as a separate deal had already been negotiated 2 years ago we spoke to some medical professionals in london. ever since we've had in may depend on me and we've had

peace incredible time with people dying struggling we've been separated for our families we just want some recognition for what we actually did and what we feel like we deserve over the last 1015 years let alone. it wasn't too long ago that we were talking about. surviving on charitable donations and family trying to have a stop just because it came in just pretty crap we deserve back a profession and your home and i taxed better and that was what. was really me to find out that 900 houses and public sector workers to get. this i think is just appalling if we spend anywhere not going to be about when i was doing my job marline is new and we're not allowed to fly and this is being very you know is you know we have to fight because nobody at all really no one else is going to like we all spoke with n.h.s.

nurse knew we burn it to says morale among health care workers this had a new low. at the moment myself being on the front line we are actually put in our lives at risk to save the country however we've been left out of this pay rise and it's absolutely diabolical really makes us know that we are not valued nobody's valuing us every day we get out we go and work with patients who have copd or potentially have copd we're not given enough equipment we're not given enough protection however our where now being disadvantaged even more because you know you get a pay rise i think is absolutely disgusting it's so bad and months frontline staff were actually looking at amber options in terms of is this what we really want to be doing because we will also have families it's a terrible shame that the government are not recognizing that frontline staff are

more disproportionately being affected we've coakley 90 especially black nurses and from ethnic minorities also so that's another issue there's no risk assessment in place to protect us and now a slap in the face. the question of health care is playing a central role in this year's u.s. presidential elections as the coburg 19 pandemic ravages the country on saturday president trump signed a coronavirus relief order that sparked another wave of criticism from democrats over his handling of the crisis with the u.s. accounting for a quarter of the world's cases some voters are turning to the president's democratic rival joe biden on the scale of morbid looks at a new online campaign which is aimed at uniting opposition to trump ahead of november's vote. if your man for the white house lacks a little bit of that x. factor and has been playing it safe hiding in his bunker for months then perhaps what you need to spark his bid for the presidency is a catchy slogan something to stir up the emotions of the undecided something to

rally the troops how about settle for biden sounds like a job right settle for biden dot org they describe themselves as a grassroots group of former elizabeth warren and bernie sanders supporters who recognize joe biden's flaws but now our nation will out survive former years of so maybe it's not the most dynamic of slogans but can you blame those who came up with this when they admit they are not the biggest fans of their candidate they just prefer him over another 4 years of turbulent trump and they think they might be on to winner and there's merchandise who would have ever thought that settle for would be popular campaign terminology introducing the settle for biden teacher this 100 percent cotton t. shirt will let people know that you'll vote for an old out of touch democrat in november but you won't be happy about settle for biden because it could be worse it could be better but could be worse now of course republicans have jumped in on this

to make satire but joe biden does not seem to get the joke and most importantly who or should. i. i am not sure. now that is unlike all the voters all over twitter seem to be admitting that they are voting for joe biden out of necessity not enthusiasm was running errands in my settled for biden show today walking out of a store a guy said to meet joe biden i shrugged and said yeah i agree and then walked away there was much to argue but he's better than trump get in loser we're going to enact some middling reforms to quash social unrest well continuing to perpetuate a racist and classist system that disproportionately benefits and protects the wealthy. settle for biden but jokes aside the only thing you need to know about

this joe biden campaign is that his own motto seems to go against this very concept this is the united states of america we don't settle we aspire let's get to work the united states presents itself as the democratic ideals of the world where free and fair elections reflect the popular will however nowadays it seems that voting isn't so much about backing the candidate you want as it is about stopping the one that you don't. aren't see new york. india is on its way to abolishing primary school teaching in english prime minister narendra modi's cabinet has approved reforms which are good schools to teach in local native languages. the changes in the education policy will. however it will increase the knowledge not only of india. english was 1st introduced to undo in the 17th century as

a result of trade with britain there remained a 2nd official language along with india many years after its colonial past being widely used in business and politics today around 11 percent of the indian population speak english. the opposition congress party as well as people online expressed concern over the change arguing it puts a strain on lower class communities he won't be able to afford private tutors for english as well as rob children of a chance to find work in other parts of india as well as higher education abroad. the support of the move argue it brings unity by raising colonial ties of the past we spoke with dr singh a cyrus for a buddha who is president of india's council for cultural relations and a member of the indian parliament who says it's time to promote regional languages we would like to destroy depredation meant but it's putting yes we did let it go out well english is important everybody should be able to speak good english because english is something which is more widely spoken ali what is that word but

that doesn't mean that it should happen and of course the devil it meant defeat in that language just after all the languages are to do it don't be educational that nobody else is going to be addition but we would like to use our dependence on english even a lot nearly as definite as you would like to stand on all the legs and the devil up i want to eat in the language you speak is that 8 in the spirit of. being in the modern world. and i'm sure out of today appreciate you staying with us international in half an hour.

as the u.s. economy was booming growing numbers of people were made homeless. you can work 40 hours 'd in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the leader of up to the reality of it is that we're not financially equality and the lack of affordable housing for a living minimum wage gave many people no choice you know there's been a problem with the city will always turn a return and told me stay away almost. half the food if there is no answer because yes that requires resource the most vulnerable are abandoned on the streets to become the invisible comes. along.