Japan marks the anniversary of the tragedy with a minute of silence japanese and americans what they think of the events of 945 servers of. Justified i think its tough to simply people for the mistakes of history i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it. So much for joining us youre watching the weekly international. Theres been a tense standoff in the lebanese capital made an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesdays deadly explosion Security Forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds who were calling for justice. We went to Martyrs Square to sort of gallows for those who did this to our country. Musics plan a single government minister. A Police Officer was reportedly killed in the clashes and a large number of people injured hova 700 some demonstrators reportedly tried to break through a barrier that was blocking a street leading to Parliament Number of arrests were made protesters were demanding the removal of the countrys 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 with thousands more left injured the citys Health System has been overwhelmed by the disaster numerous city buildings were damaged with hundreds of thousands of locals now homeless heres a recap of the week that shook lebanon. No not all of a sudden we felt a boom everything turned over our hands but 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 border where it took place i believe this is going to be a sleepless night for the lebanese and a very sad 9. 11 is army and Fire Fighters have been still trying to put off the fire which is still until today burning through the remains of the warehouses rescue workers are still trying to dick through the rubble to find the remainder or the missing individuals but they are all at the field of sort of. 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 closes 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 peoples 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 only place is. Going to cause. Their. Our influence he said it was the rule of 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 tuesdays a explosion. They say they are going to stay here until their demands are met also at the same time you know that. In the district of east of badal protesters have managed to storm into the foreign ministry. We are coming back to the property of our people is building belongs to the people of. Hunger protesters has turned up at least 4 ministry is this ill addition to torching a number of buildings. Seems like this last became the final the straw that broke the camels 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 be undone by todays action we had time to speak with them are angry bear sad we lost the country we lost beirut we have people. Who didnt find out we have family members we dont know anything about the people will daily go back to the streets they will daily ask for the justice we need the justice made who doesnt deserve this and we would if you is what happened to us. Lebanon had already been going through its worst financial crisis in years inflation is soaring almost half the population lives below the poverty line about a 3rd of the potential workforce is unemployed mass protest against corruption and the dire state of the economy have been sweeping the country since october the blast that destroyed the countrys main port is only aggravated the situation and saturday demonstrators put a gallows in a location where people were hung more than 100 years ago under the Ottoman Empire protesters raise cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks they depicted lebanons Prime Minister has belarus leaders well as other officials in response to the surge in civil unrest Prime Minister has called for an early election he says corruption was to blame for tuesdays tragedy. I can speak now to obama sharbat hes a security and political analyst. Weve just mentioned that there were already protests many people around the world might not have been aware of them but several months have been protest about the really bad financial situation there how the protest intensified now because of this tragedy. Yes definitely the protest yesterday was it was larger than the protests that took place before the blast but you see the blast the blast took place in the seaport and seaport is under the authority and the management of the government and people were killed in their own homes so that leads to a. Crucial is that the state the people in that on the state is to be held accountable now the state is trying to tell us that you know theyre not in agreement who is responsible. And really concerned people the people have been killed in their own homes their own private property its been destroyed it is an assault from the lebanese government against its own people by negligence corruption. Bad management not storing explosives in the right way this is all this but if your state and therefore this anger is expected it is not a man i would say or there would be more anger. A situation that is untenable the government is not holding itself accountable and that will lead to more and more tension and will pave the way and open a large margin for political disagreements and calling for an international. Probe and calling for an International Program that will get a lot of disagreements among the lebanese and could what internal tension we dont need this in terms of tension we dont only have an economic crisis and we have this explosion but we also have to put on a number of increasing the minister of health yesterday showed Numbers Alarming you know the country is going through one of the most difficult and challenging and dangerous places and its just. You talking about accountability from the government the Prime Minister has said the reason for the tragedy on shes day was corruption is almost distance himself from number doesnt it doesnt the promised have to take some responsibility if theres corruption isnt it up to the government to kind of bring that to to a hole so there is something to improve the situation. I think that what she said is really. I would say a responsible because he is in a position of responsibility when he says its corruption its supposed to as he says that have i dont know tens hundreds of people arrested because on on on corruption charges we dont have this number in. Their tradition is not acting in a way that shows a kind of you know consideration for the big these disasters the huge kind that took place i mean its just as the surest pictures we have still until today as a priority more than 40 people who are still missing this is an most i would prefer that the Prime Minister is with the basic Human Dignity and human rights of people before he comes up with these big statements about who was responsible and what is let him act and the government has failed to create the minimum safety for the people after the explosion there are buildings that are about to collapse and you know the government hasnt taken the measures to protect the people from this collapse theres a bridge that was at danger of collapsing and after 28 hours they just came up with a kind of statement that all of its safety this is responsible this government is not up to the level of responsibility it is a very big issue now we need to we need to have some hope for the future but where do we start we start by saying ok maybe the judge will be able to take some decisions. Before they you know that can push forward a kind of accountability track we havent seen until today any sufficient steps concrete steps ok they had of of customs was at us that they had of the c 4 and some employees this is not enough we need to have everybody everybody who knew about this. Dangerous to be called for an investigation even if it is the president even if its the Prime Minister who ever even if its someone from the private sector im sorry many people disagree with me but i have to tell you im talking starting from a principle the principle that this before it is under the or not it and management of the government has anyone from the government who knew about this danger doggies has to be under investigation and then we have to see what are the responsibility of that person and if they fail to actually do as they have just that it would impact them omar the Prime Ministers called for an election does not help the situation does that give the protesters anything of what they want in terms of accountability i think it may complicate the situation but more because we are not in agreement over the electoral law how is the election supposed to be based on sectarian principles based on division of the joke Graphic Division these are problems and then on that at that instance the independence of lebanon on monday 43. 00 we had a country where there are profound disagreements and that is. Huge corruption at the same time and systematically and isnt whereas and the system power sharing that is highly destructive. Omar great to have you on thanks for your time my guest i want to shove a security and political analyst. Lebanon is in the early middle eastern country gripped by public and rash some 15000 people took to the streets of jerusalem saturday night they gathered outside the residence of the israeli Prime Minister denouncing corruption and the governments handling of the pandemic. After Midnight Police ordered the demonstrators to return home even forcibly removing those who didnt win in new york whos facing charges of bribery fraud breach of trust the Prime Minister denies wrongdoing at the same time unemployment has soared as a result of coronavirus restrictions. It has been 75 years since the United States stopped the atomic bomb on the japanese city of nagasaki it came just days after the bombing of hiroshima on august the 6th the 2 attacks led to some 200000 civilian deaths people continued to die years after the tragedy due to severe burns radiation sickness and other injuries. Mock local you know this. Kind of war now is out there much you would see him its a sin must die for you are you more bull or took up or need to guy night. I get the meat on this and. Get the cold while you must be. Out and jerks i have passions you have got you clear havent you cares you kind of want to tear down there. Are going mad. At us are about to take our. Dangerous matter. Are going to. Cut down atom and dec 20 architect. Of a on you may have had to. Guess and she know to have a gun at you but you have to have commissioned. The more live events have been scaled back because of the pandemic but small ceremony still took place in both cities affected by the tragedy during commemorations japans Prime Minister was joined by the few surviving witnesses text they mocked the blasts with a minute of silence. The United States and japan offer of a link by the tragedy is what people in new york on terror to say about the events of 945. Take a drastic measure here and i like to say i feel like i havent learned much about. It just the u. S. Japan has just. Been the consequence of more positive results. Like harbor the pearl harbor that had to do with the u. S. Response to coral arbor. Fixing terms of. Its justified i dont know i think its tough to blame people for the mistakes of history see why Something Like that catastrophic should go like an apology were like but im pretty sure im looking for reparations im native american the figure more give any theres not going to happen its not going to happen but its just nice. But thats when my mother was 7 months pregnant with me the atomic bomb was dropped my cousin was an atomic bomb survivor and died of leukemia after 75 years im still very sorry for those who died to. You when i think the use of the atomic bomb was unexplored there was no reason to do it from the military situation was utterly hopeless for japan perhaps it would have taken much longer for the war to end would have been over without the bombings and the doing tween japan and the us its a shame the u. S. Hasnt apologized to japan for bombing. Its very important to say that out loud to emphasize what the real purpose of the hiroshima bomb it was if we keep silent the propaganda when. Ties between the u. S. And japan are now strong there are strains the latest coronavirus spike in okinawa where the us has military bases has angered japanese officials who are still terrorists in the white houses withdrawal from the Transpacific Partnership also havent helped. The atomic bomb didnt just change the Political Landscape the culture want to tailor looks at how the deadly blasts help to form the Popular Culture we can see in a day to day basis. There are moments in history in our memory so powerful they have shaped our culture tragic but defining all the mushroom clouds billowing over the japanese cities. And nagasaki. For decades us suppressed almost all footage it was only in the early 1980 s. The color images sought by the u. S. Military were possibly released to this day the material has never been shown in its entirety. But out of the unimaginable suffering rose a new pop culture in america the devastating release of radioactive particles change the countrys take on comic books and superheroes spite of the fantastic full of the incredible hulk all derived from exposure to radiation. Weve never seen anything even close to your level of exposure that you find an event like. Youre only smell better than ever which no sirree. In the us atomic power was mostly about heroism and influence but japan had a different take associations were instead made with destruction and. Take up a new killer mutant rampaging through the streets of tokyo the city chaotic out in crisis powerless before it. But as relations between countries change so too do the movies to follow in king kong. At pitt battle between the japanese and us pop culture icons atop mount fuji is defeated. Say around 10000000. 00 went to watch that film in japan and it remains the most watched in the cuts in the series to date but turned out japan had a knack for shaping our childhoods from penn come on hello kitty in a root so they were as much hits a broad as. I couldnt get enough of them it didnt matter if it could see the wires and the seams and the costumes and the least moving when the words didnt it was so fanciful and imaginative it whats clear japan was at the forefront pop culture and technology from the Nintendo Game console to the last possible cassette by sony. Its mainly the kids of america saying this is great weve got to have one for boys in this country between the ages of 8 and 15 not having nintendo is like not having a baseball bat japan continues to successfully export its culture like minder and animate some say that creates a sort of outlet from the 3 years from the anxiety that paid triggered by events back in 1905 but teenagers in the us who consume the probably and colorful characters and stories dont see this front see as being created to escape from the darkness of tragedy. Voters in bellary casting their ballots in the countrys president ial election xander Lucas Shanker is seeking a 6 successive turbaned office but hes being challenged by a political newcomer so atlanta. Lets get more on the election now from Danny Hawkins hes outside the embassy here in moscow take us through whats at stake. Here certainly a lot at stake for incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko many people have been queuing here but a Russian Embassy in central moscow since morning the crowd stretches back across the marsico streets here and around the corner as far as the eye can see maybe around 2 to one off 1000 people here just as were doing this report all very calm and quiet not so of course in belarus were reports of it coming out over the past 24 hours of opposition activists candidates and campaigners being detained arrested and even going into hiding also some reports of internet problems internet blackouts across the country as well we understand 7 people from the headquarters of the main opposition candidates which i want to kind of scare have been detained unconfirmed reports as well that she herself has actually gone into hiding with another Opposition Campaign another opposition figure. Also being detained this is also very symbolic of whats being going on. Over the past days and weeks of course held the grip on power. Before me unchallenged winning every election with wide margins this one is expected to be different he faces a serious threat politically in the face of. Whose united other opposition candidates around herself shes been endorsed by other opposition figures as well has been drawing crowds of opposition marches around the country some of the largest estimated 60000 the biggest political march in a decade according to