world. security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse huge crowds gathered in the center of the lebanese capital as protesters stormed several government buildings calling for justice and accountability. devastating explosion. comes as rescue teams look for people still trapped under rubble the blast killed 158 people and injured more than 6000.

and 75 years after the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki by the united. with the minute. that americans once they think of the events of $945.00. terms of . it being justified i think it's tough to believe people for the mistakes of history i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it. hi thanks for joining us you're watching the weekly here. there's 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. music's. a single government minister. a police officer was reportedly killed in the clashes a large number of people were injured more than 700 some state is reportedly trying to break through a barrier blocking a street that led to parliament a number of arrests were made protesters were demanding the removal of the country's political elite. civil unrest has intensified following the massive

blast in the port area of beirut the tragedy itself claimed the lives of at least 158 people thousands more were injured the city's health system has been overwhelmed by the disaster numerous city buildings were damaged with hundreds of thousands of locals now homeless is a recap of the week that shook lebanon. in the whole of the sun we felt a boom everything turned over our hands i turned around and i was he by something in my right hand people screaming kids screaming but it was a choice and i saw. the devastation here in the lebanese capital

is very massive the blast was felt at 10 kilometers away from the port where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad night. the 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 warehouse says rescue workers are still trying to dig through the rubble to find the remainder or the the missing individuals that are at the field of sort of more about.

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 epicenter as close's villian can get and this is the very 1st site where russian rescue is searching for survivors. amid all have occurred you can still pinpoint the telltale signs of people's panic of 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 the look of this is. going to cause these dams are going to suffer. their they've all. influence he said. to the world 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. while 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 and the aftermath of tuesday's

a 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 of beirut protesters have managed to storm into the foreign ministry. we are coming back to the property of people this building belongs to the people of. thailand the east where ministry is this decision to torching a number of buildings. seems like the last 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 angry. we lost the country we lost beirut we have people. who didn't find that 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. a lebanon had already been going through its worst financial crisis in years soaring almost half the population lives below the poverty line about a 3rd of the potential workforce is unemployed mass protests against corruption in the dark state of the economy been sweeping the country since october the blast that destroyed the country's main port has only angry voted the situation. on

saturday demonstrators put a mock gallows in a location where people were hung more than 100 years ago after the under the ultimate end protestors brace cardboard cutouts who broke to around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and has been laws they do as well as other officials in response to the surge in civil unrest prime minister house and d.s. has called for an early election he says corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy. unfold live on the line now by. a middle east political analyst well can see that. i was just mentioning that there was already profound anger. in lebanon with the political establishment prior to this tragedy do you think this explosion was the final straw. in this explosion doesn't leave uncivilized young girls almost everybody in love on because it's indicative off the. total disrespect for for people's lives

by the ruling elite for the last 30 years whether it's the final blow or what i hope it will be a turning point where people will actually come together of this start fighting each other and start making something happen. you know the demands of the demonstrations the airline demands of demonstrations are something that no lebanese will disagree with that corruption has reached 11 on. unseen levels in the world for the last 30 years sometimes there are as mistake to it as you know they're blaming the current government that's been there for 5 months in the 30 years of. corruption however it's understood it's very understandable. where i personally am hoping that this will be a joining. as you mentioned the present azari it's always interesting. no no i'm saying honestly i mean while while the majority of the demonstrators were

peaceful and their demands are justified there's always the folks that are destroying buildings the last thing needs now is more it's action more fires in buildings so there are some things that i'm still trading a justified call. in essence to this. mistake wrecked. the demands of the move. to be honest with you and that's been going on for months. you mentioned the protest as a sick of corruption there also demanding justice and accountability is that not something though that you know to get this really systemic and to get rid of something such as corruption that take almost a generation to get rid of and that there's a problem with maybe the people who are in situ and this problem with the people coming through also in people have got used to a system like that doesn't it take a long long time to change something on the. it's not an easy task because the

corrupt politicians remain in power and some way even if you change the government they're in maine and parliament and parliament has the power to unseat the government if it needs to also after 30 years they've placed their cronies in every office in the government so it's its task to say the least and honestly there needs to be an international support for whoever is. fixed trying to fix things because the corruption extends internationally you know he said government officials did not steal money that was sent from europe and the u.s. without some cooperation and their money sits in switzerland or new york and london so loving on needs to cope ration off the international community for them or you know when judges need to pass judgement on political power houses that have goons

deca kill them before they get home becomes a hard task to do our international judges can help and support them and there has been an effort towards that what they believe in the european community and in washington and so i was serious they are remains to be seen to be honest. so lebanon has a food crisis a banking crisis a debt crisis a big problem with corruption. is a tragedy a time when that will actually create opportunities if this like foreign aid coming into the country is a great opportunity for people to get their hands on the money do you think foreign governments will be willing to send particularly financial aid in if they think that it's just going to go into the wrong hands. well you know again where you send it you know the people on the streets are saying they want to be on the streets but on the streets to whom you've got thousands of people there you're not going to just hand them a pile of money. you know the international community can monitor and out those

donations and send people with them to overlook them and that's what really needs to be done in fact it was suggested by x. foreign minister on c.n.n. that you know the reconstruction that can be segmented into streets all parts of streets where the foreign donors can come and do the work immediately themselves rather than give the money to. to anybody in lebanon where they they don't go where they say we're going to fix the streets and in fact there is a precedence to that in 2006 after the war with israel where foreign governments came in and actually oversaw the money being spent to rebuild certain towns or certain neighborhoods without the money passing through the ends of the lebanese officials. and up to and including the european community 6 down highway the damascus highway it with their own contract those and their own money so they the

how does not need to go to the put up with a corrupt can steal the money sadly yesterday we were hearing that the force shipment of supplies that came from kuwait some of it was being sold in stores clearly marked not for what he said that is something that unfortunately happens all over the world but it's sad to have been under these conditions the decision that level them should not allow for this to see it going to speak to really appreciate you coming on to international my guess is you have nasa middle east geo political analyst thank you. thank you very you. lebanon's not the only middle eastern country gripped by unrest some 15000 people have been on the streets of jerusalem gathering outside the residence of the israeli prime minister they've denounced corruption and government handling of the pandemic. after midnight police ordered demonstrators to return home and forcibly removing

those who didn't and when he faces charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust he denies any wrongdoing at the same time unemployment has soared as a result of coronavirus restrictions. is the news are more news after this break. the world is driven by dreams shaped by one person of those. who dares thinks. we dare to ask.

i know team no crowd. no shots. let me stress no purpose to a. point ch your thirst for. 75 years since the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on the japanese city of nagasaki just days after the bombing of hiroshima on august 6th 2 attacks led to some 200000 civilian deaths people continue to die years after the tragedy because of severe burns radiation

sickness and other injuries. mock local you know with just. my 2 words emits a semester. or to go. to guy night. i get to meet on this group will get there. you must. say actions you have could you care how can you care you can't i want you to hear i

stand there. every night. i think you're about to take i. gotta. get smashed. going to. cut down at my desk when i get to. where i knew i had to. guess and she knew to have a candidate i didn't have to have commissioned. her all events have been scaled back this year because of the pandemic but small ceremony still took place in the cities affected by the tragedy during commemorations japan's prime minister was joined by the few surviving witnesses of the attacks they marked the blasts with a minute of silence. and

americans upon a forever linked by the tragedy here's what people in new york and hiroshima say about the events of 945. take a drastic measure here and i like to say i feel like i haven't learned much. if you say you were. just. in the article is a more positive result. from harbor b. pearl harbor had something to do with the us response to or were. we're. 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 an apology were like preaching 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 in the. year when i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it and the military situation was utterly hopeless for japan perhaps it wouldn't have taken much longer for the water end would have been over without the bombings and the war between japan and the us it's a shame the us hasn't apologized to japan for the bombings. it's very important to say it out loud to emphasize what the real purpose of the hiroshima bombing was if we keep silent the propaganda when. there are ties between the

us and japan are strong there are still strains the latest coronavirus spike in okinawa where the us has military bases and japanese officials u.s. steel tariffs the white house withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership also haven't helped this time bomb didn't just change the political landscape also the cultural one. looks at how the deadly blast helped to form the pop culture we can see on a day to day basis. there are moments in history forever in our memories 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 us suppressed almost all footage it was only in the 1980s that color images sought by the us military posture be released to this day the material has

never 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 fool the incredible hulk all derived from exposure to radiation. we've never seen anything even close to your level of exposure that you find an event like that which the superhero always smell better than ever it's the old which no scenery. i don't believe 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 up a new killer mutant rampaging through the streets of tokyo to city chaos a kind of crisis powerless before us. but a. as relations between countries change so to do the movies to follow in 10 kong for us is good at pick battle between the japanese and us pop culture icons atop mount fuji is defeated tell. it around 10000000 went to watch that film in japan and it remains the most watched in the could sell a series to date but turned out japan had a knack for shaping our childhoods from poca more hello kitty in a root so they were as much hits a brought out so. i couldn't get enough of them it didn't matter if it could see

the wires and the seams in the costumes and the least moving when the words didn't it was so fanciful and imaginative it was clear japan was at the forefront pop culture and technology from the nintendo game console to the last possible cassette by sony it's mania the kids were america saying this is great we've got to have one for boys in this country between the ages of $8.15 not having nintendo is like not having a baseball bat japan continues to successfully export its pop culture like minder and animate some say that creates a sort of outlet for nothing is from the anxieties that paid triggered by events back in 1905 but teenagers in the us who consume the probably and colorful characters and stories don't see this fantasy is being created to escape from the darkness of tragedy. those of healthcare workers of rallies across the u.k. are demanding

a pay rise and to be recognized for their work during the pandemic and anxious feel snubbed after the government announced last week that 900000 public sector workers will be getting salary hikes the measure meant to reward workers on the front line of the fight against covert but it didn't include the majority of n.h.s. staff as a separate deal was negotiated 2 years ago we spoke to some medical professionals at a march in london. i don't see since we've had in may depend on me and we've had peace incredible times where people have been dying and 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 months it wasn't too long ago that we were talking about math if he were surviving on charitable donations and fair trying to have a stop just because it came and just pretty crap we deserve back as a profession and a home and a tax to serve factor and that was what today is about and that is what is really important for me to find out that $900.00 houses and public sector workers to get

a pay rise but not now this i think is just appalling if we stay anywhere not going to be about like we're not allowed to do anything more as well who are all these wired homes knew that moving and that's the problem when i loudly. and this is what we've been they know is you know we have a good fight because nobody out over literally no one else is going to live her life has an interest only been that she says morale among health care workers is that 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 codes or potentially have copd we're not given enough equipment we're not given enough protection however our when now being disadvantaged even more because you

know you get a pay rise i think is absolutely disgusting this is so bad and among. frontline staff we're 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 from. well and start all more disproportionately being affected we've come 90 especially black nationalists and from ethnic minorities also so that's not the issue is not a risk assessment in place to protect us and now it's not going to fight. about it more he said half an hour. how can you explain love i've been to 82 countries i didn't 12 but i came here and

in those 3 days i just filled with hope. and you kept pretty is sick show that. i made my decision to come here because i felt and you i could build a new life you. know companies and. decided that this money is no good to be free. then. my one dream is that all my children 'd find the same kind of happiness i do. i love my home i love cold weather i like the culture like the history i like everything about it. i know that. i am a russian fama.

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