Key words : catastrophic
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People in Japan are remembering the victims of one of history's most catastrophic war events, 78 years after a US warplane dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
People gathered at the city's Peace Memorial Park to honor the victims in the early morning hours.
One woman who was two-years-old when the bomb was dropped said, "I've been coming here for decades to pay my respect to my relatives who have died. I'm already old and I wonder how many more times I'll be able to come."
"I come here every year with my family to tell my children this anniversary is very meaningful," said a 41-year-old man.
His nine-year-old daughter said, "I wish for a peaceful world."
Hiroshima fell silent at 8:15 a.m. on Sunday morning, the exact moment the bomb exploded on August 6, 1945. The heat rays, radiation and blast wave from the bombing devastated the city, killing about 140,000 people by the end of that year. Many who survived suffer from cancer and other diseases related to their exposure to radiation.
About 50,000 people attended this year's ceremony. Some seats were open to the public for the first time in four years, as coronavirus measures have been eased.
Hiroshima Mayor Matsui Kazumi placed a list of the names of 339,227 victims in a cenotaph. It includes 5,320 people who have died or whose deaths have been confirmed over the past year.
In his peace declaration, the mayor noted that G7 leaders reaffirmed their commitment to achieving a world without nuclear weapons when they gathered in his city in May.
But he pointed out the leaders also said that their security policies are based on the understanding that, as long as they exist, nuclear weapons should serve defensive purposes.
Matsui said: "Leaders around the world must confront the reality that nuclear threats now being voiced by certain policymakers reveal the folly of nuclear deterrence theory. They must immediately take concrete steps to lead us from the dangerous present toward our ideal world."
Matsui also said Japan must immediately join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Nuclear powers like the US and Russia do not support the treaty. Japan and other countries which rely on them for deterrence have not signed it either.
Prime Minister Kishida Fumio said Japan is committed to pursuing a world without nuclear weapons, despite the challenges posed by the security environment.
Kishida said: "Today, the path towards our goal has become even harder, as the international community has become even more divided over how to advance nuclear disarmament and Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons. But it is all the more important, in the current situation, for us to rebuild international momentum towards a world without nuclear weapons."
Delegates from more than 100 countries attended this year's event.
Key words : severe tropical Monday morning
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Severe tropical storm Khanun is once again approaching Okinawa Prefecture's main island region and Kagoshima Prefecture's Amami region.
Bands of active rain clouds have developed over Okinawa. Weather officials are urging caution, as chances are high that life-threatening landslides and floods will occur.
Bands of active rain clouds could develop in Amami and the southern parts of Kyushu through Monday morning.
Even light rains or winds could heighten the risk of disaster in Okinawa and Amami, as both were hit hard during the storm's approach.
The Japan Meteorological Agency says the storm is also packing strong gusts of wind.
Video taken Sunday in Yaese town, on Okinawa's main island shows part of a building that was blown away by strong winds and blocking the road.
Okinawa Electric Power Company says more than 30 thousand households were without electricity as of 11 a.m. on Sunday.
The prefectural capital Naha is distributing water as the supply has been cut off in some areas due to the power outage.
Humid air is expected to flow into the Pacific side of western and eastern Japan.
Extremely heavy rain is expected to fall intermittently in those areas, even before Khanun approaches.
Key words : security service drone attack
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The head of Ukraine's Security Service has implied the agency's involvement in a drone attack against a Russian tanker in the Black Sea.
Russian transport authorities confirmed on social media on Saturday that a Russian tanker was attacked by sea drones in waters off the eastern Crimean Peninsula, and that the ship's engine room was damaged.
Ukrainian and Western media outlets quote sources related to Ukraine's Security Service who say the attack was carried out jointly by the Security Service and the military. They say the tanker was carrying fuel for the Russian military.
Reuters news agency has released a video it obtained from intelligence sources in Ukraine. The video shows a sea drone rushing toward a tanker.
On Saturday, the Security Service chief Vasyl Maliuk called the attack "an absolutely logical and efficient step towards the enemy." He added that such special operations conducted in the territorial waters of Ukraine are completely legal.
He stressed that Russia must leave Ukraine if it wants the attacks to end.
Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova commented on Saturday. She noted that Ukraine's Security Service has effectively claimed responsibility for the drone attack.
She said that such actions cannot go unanswered, and their perpetrators will inevitably be punished.
Key words : kim inspected factory
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North Korea's media reports that its leader Kim Jong Un has inspected major weapons factories, including those producing shells for large-caliber multiple rocket launchers and mobile missile launchers.
Sunday's edition of the ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, said Kim visited the factories between Thursday and Saturday.
The paper carried photos it said were taken at the mobile launch pad factory. They show transporter erector launchers, which are believed to be used for loading intercontinental ballistic-class missiles.
Kim reportedly noted its increased production capabilities.
The report also said Kim inspected the factory that manufactures engines for strategic cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Kim reportedly called for rapid expansion of its production capacity.
The visits come after a military parade on July 27 marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice. The parade featured large drones and a new type of solid-fuel ICBM class missile, called Hwasong-18, on a mobile launcher.
The North Korean leader appears to have used the latest inspections to highlight his intention to further enhance the country's defense capabilities, with the United States and South Korea in mind.
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