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WORLD NEWS Monday 10 august 2020
Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing

By MARI YAMAGUCHI a wide gap between the
Associated Press two sides on nuclear dis-
TOKYO (AP) — The Japa- armament." He also noted
nese city of Nagasaki on Japan faces threats of de-
Sunday marked its 75th an- velopment and moderniza-
niversary of the U.S. atomic tion of nuclear weapons
bombing, with the mayor from "neighboring coun-
and dwindling survivors urg- tries in the region."
ing world leaders including Taue, who spoke before
their own to do more for a Abe, disagreed, saying:
nuclear weapons ban. "Among the nuclear-weap-
At 11:02 a.m., the moment on states and countries un-
the B-29 bomber Bocks- der the nuclear umbrella,
car dropped a 4.5-ton there have been voices
(10,000-pound) plutonium stating that it is too early
bomb dubbed "Fat Man," for such a treaty. That is not
Nagasaki survivors and oth- so. Nuclear arms reductions
er participants stood in a are far too late in coming."
minute of silence to honor While Tokyo renounces its
more than 70,000 dead. own possession, produc-
The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing tion or hosting of nuclear
came three days after the weapons, as a U.S. ally Ja-
United States dropped its pan hosts 50,000 American
first atomic bomb on Hiro- Doves fly over the Statue of Peace during a ceremony at Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, troops and is protected by
southern Japan Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, to mark the 75th anniversary of the world's second atomic
shima, the world's first ever bomb attack. the U.S. nuclear umbrella.
nuclear attack that killed Associated Press The post-WWII security ar-
140,000. On Aug. 15, Japan rangement complicates
surrendered, ending World nuclear weapons being He also urged Japan's gov- "I must say the treaty is dif- the push to get Japan to
War II. used is increasingly becom- ernment and lawmakers to ferent from Japan's posi- sign the treaty as it beefs
At the event at Nagasaki ing real," Taue said. Noting quickly sign the 2017 Treaty tion and approach" even up its own military to deal
Peace Park, scaled down that the Nuclear Prolifera- on the Prohibition of Nucle- though they share the with threats from North Ko-
because of the coronavirus tion Treaty entered into ar Weapons. same goal of abolishing rea and China, among oth-
pandemic, Mayor Tomihisa force 50 years ago, Taue After taking part in the nuclear weapons, he said. ers.
Taue read a peace dec- urged the U.S. and Russia ceremony, Prime Minister Abe has repeatedly re- An aging group of survivors
laration in which he raised to show a (asterisk)work- Shinzo Abe criticized the fused to sign the treaty. He have expressed a growing
concern that nuclear able way(asterisk) towards treaty for not being real- reiterated that Japan's ap- sense of urgency to tell their
states had in recent years their nuclear disarmament istic. None of the nuclear proach is not to take sides stories, in hopes of reach-
retreated from disarma- at the NPT review process states has joined, and it is but to serve as a bridge ing younger generations to
ment efforts. next year. not widely supported even between nuclear and non- continue their effort toward
Instead, they are upgrad- He said that "the true hor- by non-nuclear states, he nuclear states to encour- establishing a nuclear-free
ing and miniaturizing nucle- ror of nuclear weapons has said. age dialogue to achieve a world.
ar weapons for easier use, not yet been adequately "The Treaty on the Prohibi- total nuclear ban. "There is not much time left
he said. Taue singled out conveyed to the world at tion of Nuclear Weapons Survivors and pacifist for us survivors," said Shi-
the U.S. and Russia for in- large" despite struggle and was adopted without tak- groups say Japan is virtu- gemi Fukabori, 89. He was
creasing risks by scrapping efforts by hibakusha, or ing into consideration the ally siding with the U.S. and a 14-year-old student mo-
the Intermediate-Range atomic bombing survivors, reality of the harsh national other nuclear states. bilized to work at a ship-
Nuclear Forces Treaty. to make Nagasaki the last security environment," Abe Abe cited "severe national yard when Nagasaki was
"As a result, the threat of place of the tragedy. said at a news conference. security environment and bombed. q

U.K. names ‘Channel threat commander’ as boat crossings surge

LONDON (AP) — The British make this route unviable." impractical and potentially
government has appoint- Britain's Conservative gov- dangerous.
ed a former Royal Marine ernment has talked tough On Saturday the Ministry
commando to try to stop amid a surge in the num- of Defense said it had re-
people crossing the Eng- ber of migrants crossing ceived a government re-
lish Channel from France in the Channel during recent quest to "support U.K. Bor-
small boats. warm summer weather. On der Force operations" and
The government said Sun- Thursday, 235 people were was looking into how it
day that Dan O'Mahoney, brought ashore, a record could best help.
who currently heads the number for a single day. Migrants have long used
U.K.'s Joint Maritime Se- More than 650 have arrived northern France as a
curity Center, has been so far in August, including launching point to reach A Border Force vessel brings a group of people thought to be
named "clandestine Chan- babies and unaccompa- Britain, either in trucks migrants into the port city of Dover, England, from small boats,
nel threat commander." nied children. through the Channel tun- Saturday Aug. 8, 2020. Associated Press
Home Secretary Priti Pa- Patel has said the Royal nel or on ferries.
tel said O'Mahoney would Navy could be called in Some have turned to small on ferries and trucks. Fine busiest shipping lanes —
work with French authorities to prevent boats reaching boats organized by smug- summer weather is also about 20 miles (32 kilome-
on stronger enforcement U.K. waters, though other glers because coronavirus prompting more people ters) at its narrowest point
measures, including inter- senior officials and politi- lockdowns have reduced to make the risky journey — in vessels as small as din-
cepting boats at sea, "to cians say that would be opportunities to stow away across one of the world's ghies and kayaks q