Walker talks about his boom shockwave. The story begins with the first atomic bomb in new mexico on july 16th, 1945. And documents key events leading up to the august 6th, 1945 bombing. Which the author then tribes in detail. Thanks very much. You can hear me i hope. Thank you for coming on actually the most wonderful evening in this glorious city, which my daughter has pleatly fallen in love with. And her first visit here. Its such a lovely evening. Its great you could come here and listen to Horror Stories about the atomic bomb. I want to talk to you from the heart about what this book is and what it means to me and the journey i have taken over the last two and a half years since i started the documentary. I was asked to make this documentary in april, 2003, by a friend of mine who i do everything to resist the offer to make this film. Not because the money was appalling, which was, but this is a terrifyingly difficult and complex and frightening and challenging subject to have to t
Against isil in iraq isnt just a twoway conflict. But first, european leaders are struggling to cope with the worst jeff recipients crisis since the second world war. Germany says it will provide more than 3 billion in extra funding to help local governments cope with the record numbers of refugees. The government will also speed up processes of asylum applications. Austria, though, is tightening its controls, vienna says it plans to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in hungary to enter the country. And we have some news just coming in, we are hearing that the Hungarian Prime Minister has just spoken and he said that hungary cannot accept quotas on migrants pay posed by the e. U. So this is obviously going to add a very important strand on the ongoing debate that is gripping the whole of europe with regard to this refugees crisis. Our correspond he want mohamed jamjoon ha. We have already her what the Prime Minister has said, but the austrians that
Hello, mexicos government says gang members have admitted to killing the 43 students who have been missing since september. And then burning their bodies. But tear families say they wont accept the news until they get scientific proof. Rachel lavin has more from mexico city. Reporter these charred bones and teeth may be all that remains of the missing 43 university students. They were kidnapped by local police in the mexican state, and turned over to a drug gang nearly six weeks ago. The attorney general played a video in the press conference on friday. Translator i know the he enormous pain of information we obtained pains the families a pain that we all share. A large number of people. [ inaudible ] reporter in this taped confession, members of the drug gang reenact the killings. They show investigators how they lined up the bodies, some were suffocated while others were shot. Translator the suspects said they killed the survivers and then threw them later in he a trash dump where th
Britains Prime Minister David Cameron is on a surprise visit to afghanistan in the past hour he met the new afghan president at the president ial palace in kabul. Cameron is also due to visit british troops later. Lets go live to Jennifer Glasse who in kabul live for us. They have held a press conference not long ago. What have they said . Reporter thats right. David cameron on his 13th visit here to afghanistan mentioning that there is still there is only one British Force troop base left here. He will visit those troops later today. In three months all of the british combat forces will be leaving afghanistan, he says just because the combat force are leaving afghanistan that doesnt mean that britain wont support afghanistan. In the president conference he outlined some of britains accomplishments here. We have been very clear about what we have been trying to achieve in afghanistan. And that is to build an afghanistan that is capable of looking after its own security without the need
Soldiers. Ukraines president shows passports found in his country to a security conference in munich as he asks his allies for help. Are you guys ready . Yes. Ready one two three. And canadians fight a downhill battle for the right to go at that bog unking. Now for the first time in more than 10 years residents of baghdad are being allowed to go out past midnight. Right now a nighttime curfew which has been in place in the iraqi capital since 2004, is being lifted as the government tries to normalize life in the city. Four neighborhoods in baghdad have also been declared did he mel terrized zones. Meaning even people authorizedded to carry weapons will be prohibited from doing so in those areas. The government says it will be removing concrete blast walls and barricades which have blocked the streets. But it still faces significant security problems. Earlier a bomb killed at least 40 people in the city n. A moment we hope to speak to our correspondent in baghdad. In the meantime, thoug