ban ki-moon paid a visit to hiroshima's memorial for korean victims. hur is hoping ban's words and presence will help bring attention to his atomic bomb survivors. >> i'm really moved by his visit to hiroshima. it gave me courage. i will go back and talk to korean survivors about this and let people there know that we exist. >> hiroshima will likely continue to symbolize the horror of atomic weapons and inspire the anti-nuclear movement for many years to come. the city's mayor, tadatoshi akiba, invited u.s. president barack obama to visit. obama says he wants to come in the future. people in hiroshima hope the attendance at this year's ceremony by the u.n. secretary general and the u.s. ambassador will pave the way for obama's visit and speed up nuclear disarmament. >> thank you junko in hiroshima. >> and in our tokyo studio is an expert on nuclear disarmament. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> what's encouraging to see nuclear disarmament momentum rising but realistically there are obstacles. is it possible to realize a world without nuclear

hiroshima japan well for more on the hiroshima bombing universe we were joined now by a story in north pole is why from for them to be with us the u.s. mainstream point of view is that the nuclear bombing of the japanese cities was a measure that helped to save hundreds of thousands of lives at the time avoid an invasion of mainland japan now in your book you're challenging the view why. well the idea that a bomb was necessary to end the war has been shown to be totally wrong it was not necessary to nuclear hiroshima and nagasaki because there were many rather simple ways of ending the war including the very simple one of basically blockading japan and sooner or later a big country like that on an island would beg to capitulate because that would not be enough food coming in so there was really no need to obliterate a city like hiroshima killing so many hundreds of thousands of people and in out of there are stories here in russia who call the hiroshima and nagasaki bombings the first page of the cold war they say washington was then trying to intimidate its than ally of course as it s

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dr jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute but he's the u.s. presence at the ceremony marks a turning point in washington's that's a cheat. i think that there's still a lot of contention in america over how that how those actions were viewed how the bombings of hiroshima nagasaki were viewed it was only in one thousand nine hundred five that at an exhibition commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing at the smithsonian institution in the united states that there was controversy over including photographs of his box shot along with the display of the enola gay but i think that the attendance of the ambassador today is a testimony to president obama's desire to effect healing and to find finally get over the division that's happened over through this bombing and i believe that this is laying the groundwork for obama himself to attend the ceremony sometime in the future or to visit hiroshima sometime during his presidency. but on this love the was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday he comes four months after the pre

today we have a story from hiroshima. the average age of the atomic bomb survivors there is about 77. to prepare for the day whether no survivors will be available to tell their story, some hiroshima residents are searching for ways to serve their memories and message of peace. >> reporter: roof tiles warped and distorted by the heat of the bomb blast 65 years ago. to teach children about these events that happened before they were born, the hiroshima peace memorial museum has visited schools since april with objects from the fateful day. >> reporter: people don't usually get a chance to actually see and touch items, not even the children of hiroshima. >> translator: we hope events like these help prevent war memories from gradually fading away. >> reporter: one inescapable reality prompts the museum to make this effort. the aged survivors will not be with us much longer. >> reporter: this woman is 79 years old. she stands exactly where she was when the bomb exploded about 2.3 kilometers from ground zero. she was working

hiroshima japan. the russian president has unveiled the latest stage of his top to bottom overhaul of the country's police force a meeting with security officials to me to medvedev surprised everyone by proposing to drop the name sure. ever since the bullshit revolution or long tortures have been known as the militias this emphasize their popular or proletarian nature i mean they were volunteers in uniform because we need professionals honest and will coordinated people who are good at their job this is why i think it's time we gave our law enforcers back their original name in started calling them the police. but it was asked top officials and lawmakers to consider his offer of the forces currently undergoing deep reforms with a new law to regulate the body in the making the president earlier proposed cutting the number of officers by around a quarter keeping the most qualified the militia have recently come under fire after several high profile cases of murder and corruption by high ranking offices.

the bombing of hiroshima may actually have been a message to the soviet union. the reason for bombing hiroshima was that it had not to city had not been previously bomb that was a virgin targets of the speak so to drop one bomb to obliterate an entire city with one bought one bomb which showed the power of this new weapon the united states hacked and that was the whole idea to impress moscow with the new weapon that the united states hat and wanted to moscow to know they had and want to moscow to know how powerful that weapon was but how could you get that across and should demonstrate it so demonstrating it would have to bomb a city well you couldn't bomb a russian city because you were now of russia had a bomb in any city and you still have an enemy combatant so you buy a japanese city dropping that bomb on tokyo would have made sense because tokyo was awarded destroyed in advance so if the bomb had been dropped on tokyo nobody would have noticed much difference but hiroshima was there intact the day before and was story obliterated the day after by one bomb t

but first it's been sixty five years since two japanese cities hiroshima and nagasaki became the only places on earth where atomic bombs were deliberately used against civilians more than two hundred thousand people died either in the blast or due to radiation poisoning after the u.s. launched its nuclear attack during world war two on friday hiroshima held its biggest memorial yet remembering victims of the tragedy for the first time washington sent a representative it was also the first visit for u.n. secretary general ban ki moon but despite the international attention there are still a group of victims in japan that only now are getting help and recognition. at eight fifteen in the morning on august sixth one thousand nine hundred forty five the united states destroyed the city of hiroshima instantly with an atomic bomb while not directly hit the people living in the surrounding area faced another danger black brain. that there was a big heaven and earth overturned and then we heard a blast. and the black queen started to turn away blouses black with spots and even though here in

hiroshima. ceremony was a significant and important event with thousands in attendance including foreign and international dignitaries from japan now the ceremony started just before eight o'clock there was a presentation of the register of the names of the people who passed away when the bomb exploded but there were also speeches from dignitaries including the now took on the who is the prime minister of japan john roos was in attendance the first time that an official representative of the united states was in attendance at the ceremony which has been going on since the year after the actual bomb exploded all except for one year in one nine hundred fifty when the occupation army just banded the ceremony also very important is that bond ki-moon who is the secretary general of the un the first time secretary general has participated in this ceremony as well he spoke about nuclear nonproliferation and said as long as that nuclear weapons exist we are under the threat of global terror he also poin

we lead ordinary lives, but the dark shadow of hiroshima never goes away. want more people to know about the illnesses caused by the bomb. >> reporter: the film is a chronicle of one family's agony, anger, and prayer. these aging survivors of the atomic bomb are putting their last strength into making their voices heard. >>> nhk world will be bringing you live coverage of the peace memorial ceremony in hiroshima. join us at 8:00 a.m. japan time on friday. that's 11:00 p.m. utc on thursday. we'll be carrying the ceremony in nagasaki live on monday, august 9th. >>> welcome back to "news line business." u.s. manufacturing grew for the 12th month in a row in july, but at the slowest pace this year. the institute for supply institutes released monday fell to 55.5 from 56.2 the month before. the reading was better than expected, as many economists have been forecasting it would drop to 54. a reading of 50 signals an expansion. the chairman of the survey said the gain was mainly due to increases in employment, and inventories which offset declines in order and pro

sixty five years on hiroshima. remembering averil hundred forty thousand victims of the world's first atomic bomb the time the seventeen nations joined the solemn ceremony including the fuss attendance by the usa would strong the nuclear weapons on japan. continues in the ancient cities that. it's pretty. peaceful. this is the place to come in fact you'll be spoiled for choice there are many here in paris like this one here which is now a museum the fold up go to straight builds in the fourteenth century so welcome to the next golden ring just a nation by plane surely told to keep in the navy fifty two five years old to be found in the sky and sailed out how some touches it's the perfect place to live in a small town these want to see me ask you a slow mover that's beautiful.

launched its nuclear attack during the second world war on friday hiroshima held its biggest memorial yet remembering the victims of the tragedy for the first time washington said a representative it was also a first visit for u.n. secretary general ban ki moon but despite international attention there are still a group of victims in japan that are only now getting the help and recognition. at eight fifteen in the morning on august sixth one thousand nine hundred forty five the united states destroyed the city of hiroshima instantly with an atomic bomb while not directly hit the people living in the surrounding area faced another danger black brain. that there was a big heaven and earth turned. started to turn away with spots and even there here in. the bomb sent a mushroom cloud into the atmosphere creating its own weather system pouring down a radioactive suit filled the rain onto the survivors the u.s. and japanese governments acknowledged black rain as a health risk and set up an official area where they believed the phenomenon had occurred but people living around here ashima say

our correspondent is in hiroshima for the ceremony. he gave us an update on the proceedings a short time ago. >> as the bell rang, people stood in silence, remembering the long seconds it took for the bomb to fall from the belly of the enola gay until it detonated about 600 meters above where i am standing now. for the survivors, what happened here was uniquely terrible and they want to make sure that never happens again. this is the 65th anniversary. the united states sent an ambassador here for the first time, the first time the country that dropped the bomb has had a representative at the ceremony. the united nations secretary general is here. ban ki-moon talked about ridding the world of nuclear weapons. >> we will live under a nuclear shadow. i have made nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation a top priority for the united nations and for the world. our moment has come. >> now, there were a large number of survivors. many people who witness that they are still alive now. they laid wreaths and made offerings of water. many of thos

hiroshima japan. well let's get more now on the story from the steve levy chairman of the peace culture foundation and he moved to the city from the u.s. and for twenty five years ago a good to speak team the city was very closely with those affected by the host of the disaster now more than six decades on health strongly does today's generation of japanese feel about what happened all these years ago. that people who are actually exposed and their family members are mostly still very intensely working to eliminate nuclear weapons the next generation the let's say the twenty year olds or thirty year olds those people are divided there is a group a strong group that is working very hard to. make hiroshima's peace culture a kind of international culture to promote peace culture but there are also a lot who are just tired of the whole thing they've been folding paper cranes since they were in first grade and so there is a dichotomy there. clearly very dense the spread of nuclear weapons yet we currently

and japan's mourning the victims of the american atomic bomb that fell on hiroshima sixty five years ago one hundred forty thousand people were killed by the blast and subsequent fallout for the first time ever washington sent an official to the annual ceremony but as our tucson thomas reports ground zero still holds more than just memories of that fateful day. the hiroshima peace memorial ceremony was a significant and important event with thousands in attendance including foreign and international dignitaries from japan there was a presentation of the register of the names of the people who passed away when the bomb exploded but there were also speeches from dignitaries including who is the prime minister of japan john roos was in attendance the first time that official representative of the united states was in attendance at the ceremony which has been going on since the year after the actual bomb exploded all except for one year in one nine hundred fifty when the occupation army disbanded the ceremony also very important is that ban ki moon who is the secretary general of the u.n

hiroshima japan. dr you're going to dakar from the hiroshima peace institute thinks it's outrageous that the u.s. still hasn't apologized for what he calls our crime against humanity well this year that the first time that the ripper sent out of the united states. to japan participated in the ceremony so people appreciated that but the. the u.s. government to still have some you know the offer any apologies to to survive those i mean the bombing of the large number of civilians is of course clearly was clearly against international law a crime against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a recognition of the crimes that the the us government committed so i hope someday soon the u.s. government. apologies to. those. brought us off camera obscura was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday this comes four months after the previous leader lech kaczynski died in a plane crash in russia. and wasn't altogether smooth though was one of the new preside

have sent a delegation to hiroshima. no it's very obvious why you don't do something like that i think individual contrition and personal remorse is one thing but for a government to actually send their own emissaries after the battle has been settled after the war has been concluded not only says the wrong thing that actually undermines diplomatically the whole purpose of going to war is known as a how so how does it say the wrong thing how could you send the wrong message when you're going to commemorate dropping the first atomic bomb that forever changed warfare killing one hundred forty thousand people instantly decimating an entire city a one mile radius just instantly what's how can you how is showing sympathy a bad thing. sympathy is one thing but war is an act whatever means that you have to employ to draw a quick conclusion to it is what you have to do war is the ultimate expression of i said no and if they needed to drop a bomb on japan to get the japanese to change their mind about fighting that's the purpose

japan for dr you're going to knock out from the hiroshima peace institute thanks as outrageous that the u.s. hasn't apologized for what he thinks is a crime against humanity well this year that the first time that the ripper sent out of the united states. to japan participated in the ceremony so people appreciated that but the. the u.s. government it still has and you know the offer any apologies to to survive goes on in a bombing of the large number of civilians is of course clearly was clearly against international law of karma against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a recognition of the crimes that the us government committed so i hope some day soon the u.s. government. official apology to. those. a group of former intelligence and military officials in the u.s. is demanding an immediate action from barack obama to prevent war in the middle east they claim israel is counting on washington to offer unconditional support for an attack on iran as early as this month this comes just days after u.s. top brass refused to rule out a strike

embassador visited hiroshima of life. more and what the survivors thought of washington's move. >> the 65th anniversary of the bombing of hiroshima is historic because of what tended to u.n. secretary general the very first one did take part of the ceremony. the roll some nuclear power to threaten it but most notably the very first u.s. official to attend this year's peace ceremony. those bells mark the very moment that the world's first atomic bomb fell a bomb dropped by american be 29 bomber. for 140,000 people were killed. sitting in the audience the very first the u.s. official u.s. the ambassador to japan. sending dignitaries because a starkly america viewed the dropping of the bomb as being a pragmatic move in a war that ended world war two that the u.s. endured when japan attacked pearl harbor. a statement released and by ambassador said the " we must continue to work together to realize the world without nuclear weapons. he added united states and japan to share president barack obama is a vision of a nuclear-free

hiroshima japan. talk to you keaton aka from the hiroshima peace institute says japan is still awaiting an apology for what he calls a crime against humanity well this year that the first time that the ripper sent out of the united states. to japan participated in the ceremony so people appreciated that but the. the u.s. government it still hasn't you know the offer any apologies to to survive those coming to bombing of the large number of civilians is of course clearly was clearly against international law of karma against humanity participating in the ceremony it's a step towards the official record a recognition of the crimes that the us government committed so i hope someday soon the u.s. government. official apologies to. those. still to come for you here on r.t. good life awaits. and you can hear now has her feet planted on the ground so wherever she ends up after the smoke of the moment she can just relax find out how russian parasailing donkey whose treatment provoked global outrage from anima

we had traditionally to be armed with new information in the city of hiroshima has commissioned a new study with the idea of increasing the official area for a bomb and black rain victims are. our biggest goal is to extend the black rainy area and continue to care for the health and support the survivors even now sixty five years on from the event the tragedy continues in hiroshima alone it is estimated that three hundred fifty thousand people were exposed to the bombing nearly one hundred fifty thousand died today the city that was once destroyed is a thriving epicenter for culture and peace those who live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas hiroshima japan. bronislaw komorowski has been officially sworn in as poland's new president comes just four months after the tragic death of the late leader lech kaczynski along with a delegation of paul this official in a plane crash all today said have signified a new beginning it has been marred by protests our correspondent alexis ourselves explains. it's a big day for poland

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hiroshima is marking the sixty fifth anniversary of the day it was devastated by u.s. launch nuclear attack more than one hundred forty thousand people died either in the blast or of radiation poisoning after the u.s. dropped the bomb in the final days of the second world war there was a surprise of the ceremony as the u.s. sent a representative the first time that's ever happened and un secretary-general ban ki moon was also they are to commemorate the anniversary and this trip was his first to the event as well despite the international attention there are still a group of victims in japan that are only now getting the help and recognition they deserve are to shun thomas and hiroshima and sent us this report. at eight fifteen in the morning on august sixth one thousand nine hundred forty five the united states destroyed the city of hiroshima instantly with an atomic bomb while not directly hit the people living in the surrounding area faced another danger black brain. that there was a big heaven and earth overturned then we heard. the black korean started to turn awa

will bring you more from theodore koch he was opposed to the hiroshima bombing mission throughout the day as well as on our website of course. now kick is authorities say the situation is under control in the central asian country after a volley clashes erupted the of the capitol all day riot police and tear gas and found grenades. antigovernment protesters demanding positions prime minister interim president of rolls of them by a accuse the demonstrators are trying to power police rounded up twenty seven people base a organized including the protesters wanted to put into power. well he's already wanted for trying to stage a coup five years ago. excuse me the country suffered from months of deadly political and ethnic lest ever since president bakiev was overthrown in april he is sound saying to foreign military bases the u.s. transit center now switched helps operations in afghanistan under russian that base in counts. five a british man of being forced to stand trial in greece because of a european arrest rule that the u.k. is powerless to stop their lawyers claim there's only a wea

on the city of hiroshima august one thousand nine hundred five at the end of world war two. three it's the first time representatives from america. france have attended a memorial for the attack a total of seventy five countries were present speculation is intensifying that president barack obama will visit the site which will be the first ever by a sitting american leader u.s. disarmament activist david krieger from the nuclear age peace foundation says hiroshima signal the start of a race. yet in the i would actually say use a very large tragedy. a very large number of people to guide one weapon at some point. personal tragedy on the people it sure oh sure i'm not a sock i'm not the traction current that is. open. carry and that we. cannot trace this call to a lot of your chance to develop nuclear weapons. aren't to waste resources on nuclear weapons over the past six. weeks. to track. the future of human life at risk but it risks. development civilization. and the possibility of on a side or the gap of all. it's been an ongoing tragedy that's a good theory. that was disar

but for the message that hiroshima wants to send, what they call the spirit of hiroshima is because they want world piece -- peace and they don't want nuclear weapons again. now there are some questions about whether young japanese learn much about japan's record about the war as they do about the bombing, but they agree that this should never happen again. >> thank you very much, indeed, for that. >> rwanda's president is standing for we election on monday. days before the vote, the government has issued a strongly worded statement denying any involvement in killing political opponents. the comments were in response during allegations during a bbc investigation that he had ordered assassinations. rob walker has the details. >> this man who's ruled rwanda virtually uncontested for more than a decade. he's brought stability and he's helped build a country destroyed by genocide. now the president wants more year in power. but his government has been accused of crushing opposition and even ordering the assassination of rivals but that they have seriously denied. in june, the former head of

more than twice that we had thought traditionally to be armed with new information in the city of hiroshima has commissioned a new study with the idea of increasing the official area for a bomb and black rain victims. our biggest goal is to extend the black rain area and continue to care for the health and support the survivors even now sixty five years on from the event the tragedy continues in hiroshima alone it is estimated that three hundred fifty thousand people were exposed to the bombing nearly one hundred fifty thousand died today the city that was once destroyed is a thriving epicenter for culture and peace those who live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas hiroshima japan. q who has the authority to say the situation's under control in the central asian country clashes a wrote to me of the capital the day riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to this bus and some government protesters demanding an opposition leader of the late prime minister interim president. accuse the demonstrators of trying to seize power

also japan sixty five an atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima the first time that washington sent an envoy to the memorial service but still. to bring back with the innocent from the mean time murder spies in voting it's a story of a man who was commissioned to create vote rigging software that many believe helped george w. bush win the election in two thousand and four a special report next on r.t. in fact in the states that had electronic voting the numbers didn't match at all with the exit polling. but in states where they had paper do you know exit polls and the final results were almost perfect i have no doubt john kerry won the election in ohio ok no john kerry won the election on john kerry would we be better as a certain decided that those exit polls were so far off just didn't happen something else happened so yeah folks here i mean in the harassing maven are getting d.o.t. to harass me this plan is fired at ten in the morning i'm tired at like two hundred thirty that afternoon and said it is investigating this company instead of putting a putting the brakes on what's going

sixty five years ago sean thomas reports the city of nagasaki is smaller than the city of hiroshima and so the ceremony was smaller and much more intimate as well but no less important than the time of the bombing about two hundred seventy thousand people lived here in the city seventy thousand of those people died at the moment of the bombing let me give you a little bit of history nagasaki wasn't officially the primary target in fact. the city of kokura japan was supposed to be the target but when scouts realized that there were clouds covering the city they couldn't see the target they moved onto nagasaki which was home of a munitions plant at the time there were clouds over nagasaki as well about eleven or one that there was a break in the clouds they were given the go ahead to drop the bomb. and at that time eleven o two the bomb exploded in japan that that moment was marked here today with the air raid sirens and bells and a moment of reflection and inward prayer as people stood for a minute in silence and then followed by a declaration of peace one of the main messages that peopl

that we had traditionally armed with new information in the city of hiroshima has commissioned a new study with the idea of increasing the official area for a bomb and black rain victims. our biggest goal is to extend the black rainy area and continue to care for the health and support the survivors even now sixty five years on from the event the tragedy continues in hiroshima alone it is estimated that three hundred fifty thousand people were exposed to the bombing nearly one hundred fifty thousand died today the city that was once destroyed is a thriving epicenter for culture and peace those who live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas hiroshima japan. the russian president's unveil the latest stage of his top to bottom overhaul of the country's police force at a meeting with security officials dmitri medvedev surprised everyone by proposing to drop the name he sure. ever since the bulls who are a loon have been known as the militias emphasize their popular or proletarian nature i mean they were volunteers in unifor