providing a service for those who believe sean thomas r. t. led by carl siberia. international news this hour but he stands president has cancelled independence day celebrations as the country suffers its worst flooding in eight years. spent saturday getting worst affected areas rescuers are struggling to get a variance of people with a shortage of the u.n. says at least one case of cholera has been confirmed in the country the disaster so far more than sixteen her. lives. broke obama has supported the controversial plans to build a mosque near the site of the two thousand and one terror attacks in new york and u.s. president says muslims have the right to practice their religion and build a place of worship on the site in manhattan made the announcement at a dinner in the white house in honor of the islamic holy month of ramadan many critics oppose the plans to build a thirteen story mosque and islamic center just blocks away from the ground zero site where some three thousand people died. in northwestern china wave of landslides has left at least twenty four peo

live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima japan. well dr kate hudson from the campaign for nuclear disarmament says a world free of atomic weapons could be a reality says drawing hope from the recent start agreement between russia and the u.s. . increasingly there is a recognition from nuclear states there is a relationship between their continuation to have nuclear weapons and the desire of other countries to get them so there's a recognition that disarmament has to go hand in hand with nonproliferation and it's not just enough to say we'll keep ours but you can't have any yourselves so i think there is real progress and a new understanding of the necessity for do seldom and i believe that there is a real swing in the mood not only in terms of public opinion but it governmental level as well and i believe we may see further steps moving beyond the new start treaty which is a very positive initiative between russia and the united states we may now see further steps in the direction of disarmament as we've heard japa

survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r. t. nagasaki japan. well tony in the way the labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says there's still a threat of nuclear strikes around the world which should be taken very seriously if you look at the the history of the post nuclear age the reality really is this is that the world has been lucky that we've not mourn you can explode is not gifted by the great foresight and intelligence of our collective politicians nuclear accident could take place to even this this stage now because we know the so much for sale material so it's only at any point in time we couldn't be certain i couldn't say place and cause the problem perforation not simply to new states we know the concern of the moment for example about iran or north korea something i think across the globe actually may be just as real as the capacity for the terrorists to get hold of nuclear materials and construct but terrorist nuclear weapon know those things ought to make the world wa

live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima 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

survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r t nagasaki japan. attempts to break down the cost system in india being resisted by many while discrimination is illegal changing an ingrained mindset is more difficult than simply changing the law one school is experiencing the strugglers charan singh now reports. it's a problem that's been simmering but now so many davey sees it's fast reaching boiling point she's a newly appointed cook in this primary school and johnny board here to prepare the government funded midday meal but despite sony's best intentions some of the students turn their noses up many creations because she's a doll it or untouchable in traditional hindu society on the upper caste books. community means that even now in some upper class children don't want to trade me by me their parents consider the food polluted by my time what can i do i'm here to make lunch in the school and treat the children here just like my own kids one hundred twenty million children across india receive a meet every working day in the larg

survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r t nagasaki japan and tony lloyd a british labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says the world's nuclear powers should follow the example of moscow and washington and negotiate disarmament. britain in recent years has got rid of more weapon system use than i think any year and the nuclear nation but the reality i think is this is that in the world as of now the serious talks of got a place between moscow and washington that's got to be the starting point because although there are many of the nuclear states now are not just china britain france but also india pakistan israel and all of those may be in the development process nevertheless the the the the levels of nuclear weaponry in russia and in the united states so much dominate the nuclear equation that it's really getting those washington moscow talks going with a very firm base is in everybody's interests and but it's why i do take heart by the steps recent i know there's been a little

survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r. t. nagasaki japan thursday march decade since the course a nuclear submarine tragedy in which one hundred eighteen people were killed but more oil services were held throughout russia families of the crew members and freed commanders through free this into the barents sea which is where the disaster happened during naval war exercises the official investigation concluded that a torpedo exploded inside one of the boats launches leading to a chain reaction of detonations it remains the worst naval tragedy in russia's post soviet history. on the way why air travel why not leave you feeling is free is a bird soon find out why libya vis a passenger's airplane privies thing is a risk plans for in-flight c.c.t.v. . before that the united states says it's sticking to its target to end all combat operations in iraq by the end of august and to withdraw almost all its troops by the end of next year right now there are more than sixty thousand u.s. troops in iraq but that number is expected to drop

live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima japan. dr robert jacobs from the peace institute believes the u.s. presence up a ceremony marks a turning point in washington's attitude. i think that there's still a lot of contention in america over how that how these actions were viewed how the bombings of hiroshima nagasaki were viewed it was only in one thousand nine hundred five 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 people 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. a group of former military and intelligence official

survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r. t. nagasaki japan. thursday marked a decade since the nuclear submarine tragedy in which one hundred eighteen people were killed more will services were held throughout russia families of the crew members and three commanders through bringing this into the barren sea which is where the disaster happened during naval war exercises the official investigation concluded that a torpedo exploded inside the boat launch is leading to a chain reaction of defamations it remains the worst naval tragedy in russia's post soviet history. united states says it sticking to its target to end all combat operations in iraq by the end of august and to withdraw almost all troops by the end of next year right now there are more than sixty thousand u.s. troops in iraq for them and is expected to drop to fifty thousand of the next few weeks however iraq's top military officials warn the presence of american troops might be needed for up to a decade more until the country's security forces are ready to fully ta

survivors of hiroshima and nagasaki are pushing for peace and complete global nuclear disarmament sean thomas r t nagasaki japan. and tony lloyd labor m.p. and chair of the all party group on global security and nonproliferation says that there is still the nuclear threat from such countries as iran and north korea but military action against them is not the answer we know the concern for example about your brown or north korea something i think shared across the globe in the end most of it would be horrified at the idea. that with the round we saw the lessons from iraq says this is not a way of resolving the issue but we do have to be serious iran is an awful lot closer for example to russia than since to my own country we are in the. nuclear armed iran could well set off a chain reaction of sense to gain nuclear weapons by neighboring countries turkey saudi arabia egypt none of this in the interests of stability in the middle east or stability around the world so we do have to take this in rein in question very very seriously it will only work frankly if moscow and beijing and washington and lo

live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima japan bronislaw komorowski has been officially sworn in as poland's new leader this comes just four months after the tragic death of late president lech kaczynski and a delegation of paul the sophists officials rather in a plane crash and well today said have signified a new beginning it has been marred by protests for more let's cross to our correspondent alexei yourself who will then warsaw hi there alexei how is poland marking the event first of all and what's happening where you are now gone. well indeed it's a big day for poland now that he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long and begin began in the morning here in. where he took an oath to become the country's new leader then the whole ceremony moved on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where a mass was held to mark this fact that he is now the country's new president and then as we speak now the final stage of the ceremony in the world is being held where all the at

live here fight to rid the world of nuclear weapons through their experience stories and memory sean thomas r t hiroshima japan. historian jack powell says her may have been a physical target but the message it sent was aimed squarely at the u.s.s.r. during the time of the arms race. the reason for bombing hiroshima was that it had not decided had not been previously bomb that was a virgin targets of the speak so to drop one bomb to obliterate an entire city would one bought one bomb which showed the power of this new weapon with the united states hat and that was the whole idea to impress moscow with the new weapon that the united states had and wanted to moscow to know who 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 an ally of russia you had a bomb in any city and you still have an enemy japan so you bomb there is a japanese city now dropping that bomb on tokyo would have made sense because tokyo was already destr

broadcasting live twenty four hours a day from moscow where it is four thirty in the morning i'm sean thomas this is r t the multinational battle against russia's wildfires makes headway cutting the area a blaze of by two thirds over recent days. atomic countdown russia says iran's first nuclear power plant share will launch on august twenty first and that the project does not conflict with recent united nations sanctions against tehran. two commanders are to be given their marching orders after a video of a massive brawl at a military base in the moscow region finds its way onto the internet. now after a glut of credit cards overdrafts and bank loans to satisfy the bloated consumer boom we report next on how unguarded spending can sometimes lead to dire consequences. easy and convenient it is to live on credit. but many people get in over their heads in can't pay off their loans. get out of here what are you doing here i say. they're forced to pay their debts. include the goldfish. merciless. to. do everything in their power to save their property. doing. what happens to people who don't pay their bill

militants were also shot dead during the special operation in russia's southern republic of dagestan r t s sean thomas reports from one of the metro stations that was hit by a deadly blast in march. officials are telling us that the map how we build up all of these has been killed in an operation in the southern republic of doubt this time along with four others now this is important because he is wanted on the federal and international most wanted list for more than two years he's also thought to have ties to sharif about one of the two suicide bombers blew themselves up on march twenty ninth at the would be uncle station shoes that would be on station and then another suspected bomber blew themselves up here at the three metro station now in this operation we're told that firefighters had a building surrounded there was a fire inside that building they realized that this wasn't about profit and they were shot and killed we're also told that no policemen were shot and killed or there were no civilian casualties in this operation as well let me give you a little bit of background on the moscow metro b

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