Japan marks the anniversary of the tragedy with a minute of silence we asked japanese and americans what they think about they had been abducted 45. Terms of. Justified i dont know i think its tough to to believe people for the mistakes of history i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it for me. This is the weak link here on our to our roundup of the days headlines along with the stories that shaped the week thanks for joining us this hour. Theres been a tense standoff in the lebanese capital amid an outpouring of grief and anger over tuesdays deadly explosion Security Forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to break up crowds calling for justice. We went to martyr square to sort of gallows for those who did this to our country. Musics lead a single government minister. One Police Officer was reportedly killed in the clashes and a large number of people were injured over 700 some demonstrators are currently trying to break through a barrier blocking a street leading to parliament a 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 on tuesday the tragedy has claimed lives of at least 158 people with thousands left injured the citys Health System has been overwhelmed by the disaster numerous city buildings have been damage with hundreds of thousands of locals now homeless is a recap of the week that shook lebanon. You know all of a sudden we felt a boom everything turned over our hands i turned around and i was he by something in my right hand people screaming kids screaming but it was a choice and i should see. 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 us 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 dig through the rubble to find the remainder or the the missing individuals that are at the field of. The. d 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 of havoc 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. Wheres the. Money because hes going to start up the stuff. There. Are you flew with he said. The walk the. Walk 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. We are standing on the doorstep of Martyrs Square as you can see behind me the ambulances are still gushing in and out now these demonstrators to express their dismay over what they say is poor handling of the lebanese government after tuesdays a explosion. They say they are going to stay here until their demands are met also at the same time you know that. The district of ash up the east of badal protesters have managed to storm into the foreign ministry. And in fact the property to oppose the police is building belongs to the people of. Earth esthers has turned up at least for a ministry is this ill addition to torching a number of buildings. Seems like it was 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 very sad we lost the country we lost beirut we have people. Who didnt find out we have family members who dont know anything about the people who will daily go back to the streets they will daily ask for the justice we need the justice they do doesnt deserve this and we would if you is what happened to us. Lebanon has already been going through its worst financial crisis in years inflation is soaring and almost half of 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 of last year the blast that destroyed the countrys main port has only aggravated the situation on saturday demonstrators put up gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago and that the Ottoman Empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanons Prime Minister and hezbollahs leader as well as other officials in response to the surge and civil unrest Prime Minister hassan dab has called for an early election he says that corruption was to blame for tuesdays tragedy and earlier today at lebanons information minister announced her resignation saying the current government has failed to live up to the lebanese peoples expectations. Now to discuss all this further we go live now tomorrow political commentator youre very welcome to the program theres been profound anger with the political establishment and lebanon before tuesdays tragedy was this just the final straw. Well this is not this is not astronomy or its a catastrophe it is the catastrophe that will have to bring people to justice the political elite in lebannon that has been running the country since the early 19th with corruption with nepotism they have to pay the price of their greed and the price mind you we all painted when we endured the blast on august for most of the people who were mine or the injured or who didnt lose their homes left to be they ran away from the rich because of all the horror but those who have lost their homes more than 300000 people in the streets they have no hope but to demand justice to demand that the people who are responsible for this disaster to be taken to justice some are asking to be to bring not to take them to court but to bring them to the squares and hang them in the squares and believe me i do understand their their anger but we need to dig deep into investigation to know how this shipment was stopped in beirut why was it stored in big woods who gave the orders ringback who are the judges that would not allow this case to go to courts to begin with for the past 6 years to 6 years this these files were put into a judge just drovers not spoken about who did this who made all of these decisions we know them by name half of them is now arrested but i completely understand if you are a coming from the people it is legitimate fury if they if you are they are not furious then they are not sane and this is the last fantasy that we have by being furious against those who have ruled the country into disaster you talk about the anger you talk about the fury we were mentioning earlier that people were taking cardboard cutouts of officials and hanging it in martyr square how do you see these protests developing and is that sort of violent escalation the right way to be going. Definitely not and you said it yourself officials i dont know why certain non officials were included in these cardboard it is beyond unfair and im speaking specifically about say a path on the law the secretary general of hezbollah he is not part of the government he has no one affiliated with him and the port of beirut and yet we still him there which brings us to preplanned chaos and the city of beirut why would someone destroy what is left of beirut after we spent more than 4 days and nights trying to clean the area why would any repro testers go up to the ministries and try to destroy whats left of all of the documents that could put those people behind bars this is illogical i do wonder send if you ruin the streets for people demanding justice i was doing the same thing why would i deliberately go to ministries and try to take away all the evidence that would put these people these broke politicians behind bars there are a lot of a lot of question marks but this is anticipated i mean there is chaos he went disappeared that people with agendas will be trying to get their way through and try to target certain areas that would allow them to maybe. Pass away or hide from the upcoming justice to be called by this government or any upcoming government and by the people of the government failed but no destroying what is left of bagels is not what we should be do we should be protesting yes but riots no question not at this time so have hundreds of people missing under the rubble we need to find these people we need to bring their loved ones some closure we need to help those who are injured need to help those who are displaced try to fix their buildings that even if some people things are not even. Meant to be fixed that we need to bring them down and bring the buildings up again because theyre not safe to to be fixed and theyve been against you know tons of work to do this is not the time to destroy the rest of beirut. Weve been speaking with mara wasserman political commentator thank you for your time and your comments. And lebanon isnt the only middle eastern country gripped by public on the rest some 15000 people took to the streets of jerusalem on saturday night they gathered outside the residence of the israeli Prime Minister did announce in corruption and the governments handling of the pandemic. After Midnight Police ordered the demonstrators to go home forcibly removing those who refused to leave but given that yahoo is facing charges of fraud and breach of trust the Prime Minister denies any wrongdoing at the same time unemployment has soared as a result of coronavirus restrictions. Voters and belarus are casting their ballots in the countrys president ial election Alexander Lukashenko is seeking a 6th 6 decades of term in office hes being challenged by political newcomers to come last earlier the incumbent said that there would be no chaos in the country as the result of this election lets go live now to Daniel Hawkins whos outside of the bell Russian Embassy in moscow dan whats at stake here. So little state for xander look at showing to even more for the political future of the roofs were outside the better Russian Embassy here in central moscow launch crowds all the way around the embassy around the corner as far as the eye can see probably close to 2000 people here just as early as 2 hours ago all very calm and quiet a shop for whats been going on of course in bella ruse with reports of detentions and arrests of Opposition Campaign is activists and even reports of internet blackouts in some areas of the country now local media are reporting that some members of spittle on a jacket off his Campaign Staff have been detained over the last 24 hours and hope for a service has said the Opposition Leader has left her flat and minsk has gone effectively into hiding legibly for her own safety thats according to the press service of pain another opposition feet figure opposition. Activist what do you think of those also briefly detained she. Shes now been released thats according to her lawyer nevertheless thats very symbolic of a pattern of events thats been happening in belarus over the past days and weeks of course that held the grip on power in the country since 9094 hes won many elections with confident landslide victories this is his biggest challenge to date it seems things wont be so easy this time he faces a challenge. To a newcomer to politics whos been drawing crowds of opposition rallies across fellows some of them estimated with a turnout as many as 60000 people described by some as the biggest political rally in decades. Long and 2nd oscar wasnt meant to run for president husband prominent political activist and blogger said a good 2nd half ski was meant to run he was detained and is still in custody for breaching picket and protest laws now his wife has managed to take up the banner and get a big base of support from other candidates shes promised to hold elections that are free and fair not these ones according to her which to annoy candidates the opportunity to run. Has of course come under fire from opposition figures campaigners from International Organizations as well for barring many opposition candidates from running. Against some of the main ones the more prominent ones to be barred from participating in these elections leaving just. 3 other candidates for this 1st round. Is expected to win i dont think theres a lot of doubt about that but he himself has said he doesnt succeed here and expect to get Widespread International recognition of these elections as free and fair thats something he said himself the Electoral Committee has said turnout is high. Go himself has already turned up to cast his vote in this election were looking to get some preliminary results a little bit later today you know look at shanghai of course has also managed to anger the pro russian electorate with the ongoing scandal diplomatic scandal with the detention of russian nationals alleged by the by russian president to be mercenaries trying to organize some sort of coup in belarus. To defend its troops as for the detention of 33 fighters and then a ruse these people have testified was their final destinations the tickets to istanbul is just a cover story of our country has its native run of the russians and their leaders must move this little circle or this story has certainly dominated headlines in russia and barroso over the past week or so those accusations led to a diplomatic rift diplomatic war of words with moscow looking shinku accusing needs of staging a coup moscow saying these men were contractors on their way to work in a 3rd country and only through transit another dimension was added to the story with the Russian Media investigation apparently stating citing Anonymous Sources that this whole scandal was the result of a setup by Ukrainian Special services we cant verify those claims independently but certainly this does add another dimension to the story now since that war of words has died down has been in touch with a lot of new putin theyve been holding talks and agreed to resolve the situation on the amicably and find out who exactly was behind this new. As we said turnout is expected to be high thats according to the better russian Electoral Committee were expecting some early results coming up later whatever they are whatever those results are theres certain to be political reaction strong reaction which will bring you of course throughout the day about this president ial election but it was. Arties Daniel Hawkins bringing us the latest on that rather tense election. Its been 75 years since the u. S. Dropped the atomic bomb on the japanese city of nagasaki came just days after the bombing of hiroshima on the 6th of august 2 attacks led to some 200000 civilian deaths people continue to die years after the tragedy due to severe burns radiation sickness and other injuries as well. Mock local you know would you so. Much the words emits assume must do i. Need to guy night. I get to meet on this group will get there. You must be. Jerks and. You have could have communicators you kind of want you to hash to. Every night. And about particular. Going to change your smashed. Chair going to get a cut down at my desk when i get to. Talking on you have to. Guess and she knew to have an advantage if i didnt have them and have commissioned. Memorial events have been scaled back this year due to the pandemic but small ceremony still took place and both cities affected by the tragedy during the commemoration this tremendous Prime Minister was joined by the few surviving witnesses of the attacks that marked the blasts with a minute of silence. The u. S. And japan are forever linked by the tragedy theres a people in new york city and her say about the banks of 945. Take a drastic measure like the cia i feel like i havent learned much about it i just see us. Cheap and just. For the concert was a more positive result are people like from harbor maybe pearl harbor had to do with the us response to coral arbor. Were. Fixing our terms of. It being justified i dont know i think its tough to blame people for the mistakes of history he was Something Like that catastrophic should go like an apology were like but im pretty sure im looking for reparations im native american the fink im going to get any thats not going to happen its not going to happen but it just nice. I thought when my mother was 7 months pregnant with me you told me bomb was dropped my cousin was also an atomic bomb survivor and died of leukemia coming after 75 years im still very sorry for those who died. When i think the use of the atomic bomb was unacceptable there was no reason to do it in the military situation was utterly hopeless for japan haps it wouldnt have taken much longer for the water end would have been over without the bombings and the war between japan and the us its a shame the us hasnt apologized to japan for the bombings. Its very important to say it out loud to emphasize what the real purpose of the hiroshima bombing was if we keep silent the propaganda war when. The ties between the us and japan are now strong there are strains the last coronavirus spike in okinawa where the us has military bases has angered japanese officials u. S. Steel tariffs and the white houses withdrawal from the Transpacific Partnership havent helped the situation either thats been the weekly here on r. T. Ill be back with more at the top of the hour thanks for telling. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation or community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. Direct. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Or a maid in the shallows. A short term ago an american airplane run by hiroshima. State not playing any. Doctor go. For the one hour one diligent in your. Chin its. Like most americans growing up after the war the bombs were a great thing they ended the war they say hundreds of thousands of lives on both sides and thats what my grandfather always said was his reason for the decision. Truman was hoping for a dual strategy one was to drop the bombs and hope that japan would surrender and number 2 the americans were trying to send a message to the soviet union there was american poor planning in october 145 and had chosen 20 targets and russia. Hello and welcome to worlds a part of. A pioneering psychiatrys who is now seeing and now the rise to prominence more than 50 years after his death once remarked we dont solve our problems but rather outgrow them this may be true for individuals but does it also apply to societies and if so why do our society why dont the economic and technological growth seem more info untile than ever well to discuss that im now joined by dr james hollis a Prominent Union psychoanalyst and author of the upcoming book living between 2 worlds finding personal resilience in changing times dr hollis its a great privilege for me to talk to you thank you very much for your time was my privilege actually used to be with you now let me start big dick title of your upcoming book the 16th i believe to come out from under your pan changing times isnt that a bit of an oxymoron because history has never stopped evolving and the dynamics of personal development are that everybody experiences a crisis at some point in our lives so other times i believe in the really so extraordinary well not at all thats exactly the point we always live in changing times we always live in times of the changing structures of our society we live in times that are changes for ourselves crises of understanding of believe the road map that we were following etc its just. That we live in a particularly time of great disruption of what people thought were fixed beliefs fixed structures and fixed understandings of self and world so the real question is how does anybody personally survive and adapt but also maintain a sense of Core Integrity during those changes that inevitably happen to us now i know that psych psychologists and even psychiatrists often see crisis and conflicts as focal points when long story problems and grievances finally get a chance to be addressed when people and societies renegotiate the outdated trims of their coexistence doesnt that make crises not only inevitable but also healthy well to a degree yes some crises are brought about by traumatic events in history in our culture or in our personal lives many times we find ourselves having outlived our assumptions or not fitting within the structures of belief such as our family suggested to us or the Popular Culture around us so you know a good girl to ask the question once what what abides amid all this change so he was concerned in the late 18th century about change and the key is what is that within myself that allows me to maintain a certain consistency of a dennehy and purpose