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'I saw the horrors in Hiroshima after the atomic bomb'

A World War Two veteran has been presented with a letter of thanks by the first minister of Wales.

Saplings grown from Hiroshima bomb 'survivor tree'

Seeds from a tree which survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester ahead of the 80th anniversary ...

See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb

On August 6, 1945, the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in military combat on the Japanese city of ...

Japan marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima

As Japan marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the country's postwar identity is shifting.

8 decades after atomic bombing in Hiroshima, search for missing continues

When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to a small rural ...

Hiroshima survivors fear rising nuclear threat on the 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. Many aging survivors ...
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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima reaches 80th anniversary, honorary citizenship for mayor

As part of an annual memorial ceremony, thousands gathered at the Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan on Aug. 6 to commemorate the ...

Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors frustrated by growing nuke threat

Hiroshima on Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging ...
Opinion

Nigel Biggar: Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a moral necessity

For pacifists, the answer is clear: since any deliberate killing is wrong, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945 was wrong about two hundred thousand times over ...

Hiroshima warns against nuclear weapons as it marks 80 years since atomic bomb

Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist.