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Been given access to the land and set this report. killing more than 18,000 people. in causing this, a nuclear meltdown. this is the fukushima you nuclear power plant now. think 500 0lympic size pool. as water thats been used to cool the reactors from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. japan hasjust been given the go—ahead to release the treated water into the sea, but its causing a huge amount of anger and anxiety — notjust here, but

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This is what more than a million tonnes of water looks like. think 500 0lympic sized pools and thats what you get in over 1,000 tanks. this is water thats been used to cool the destroyed reactors from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. the water is treated and then stored here, but now these tanks are running out of space. japan has just been given the go ahead to release the treated contaminated water into the sea. but its causing a huge amount of anger and anxiety, notjust here, but aroun...

And of course thats happening in spades with ukraine. so unfortunately, ukraines membership will have to wait until the end of this war. >> and joe, i wanted to bring you on to ask about this ongoing standoff between russia and ukraine over the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. earlier this week president zelenskyy accused russia of using the plan as a cover for shelling neighbors cities. the increased attacks have led to fears of a nuclear disaster. there were concerns of this exact scenario ea...

Let you i was just thinking while j let you i was just thinking while watching that image again, its not going to be long before these presenters are replaced by a vision like that, particularly this presenter, who has been absent for six weeks. how long before they stick christian fraser on the screen and im not even hear? i stick christian fraser on the screen and im not even hear?— stick christian fraser on the screen and im not even hear? i would like to thinkthat— and im not even hear? ...

Buildings are able to withstand earthquakes and aircraft impact strikes and that it would take a very concerted effort to damage the containment building and cause any form of radioactive release. the risk to the reactors may be low, but zaporizhzhia is getting so much attention because the stakes are high. ros atkins reporting there. the uks ministry of defence has confirmed, for the first time, that uk special forces are at the centre of an inquiry, into alleged war crimes in afghanistan. the ...

Russia also claims zelensky is going to conduct a terror attack on the plant, but its provided no evidence for this. and as ukraine and russia trade accusations, bbc verify has been looking at satellite images of the reactors. this is from the 5th ofjuly. no objects resembling explosives can be seen, but the fear of sabotage or military damage is real, not least because of the nova kakhovka dam. in earlyjune, it was destroyed. ukraine and its military allies say it was russian sabotage. russia b...

Russia has stationed military equipment in the plant, actually within the reactor halls itself. on occasions it is mined the area around the plant it claims for defence. russia claims ukraine has shelled the plant, something ukraine denies. and a few days ago, un inspectors were back saying they found no visible indications of mines or other explosives, but that they still need additional access to carry out further such checks. in other words, they couldnt inspect all of the plant. and ukraine ...

I just want to show you a satellite image to better illustrate this as well. the reactors themselves, you should be able to see on the top of this image, those red circles there, theyre housed in these containment ildings which are designed to be able to withstand the force of aaccidental plane crash. how they would hold up against the weaponof war, we dont have a good answer to that. but also keep ind that bottom of your screen there, you see those rectangles, the dark rectangles are cooling po...

A nest of terrorists. but theres a political dimension in israel as well, because there are hardliners there who are pushing very, very persistently for a military operation in the west bank against particularly the armed groups who are here. now, will they be satisfied by this? what happens if there is another incident? the fact is, this has been a very nasty episode, but its just another one in this very long and difficult conflict. to japan. the government there is reportedly looking to start...