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With the North Korean nuclear crisis looming large, 51 countries on Wednesday sign a new treaty outlawing nuclear weapons that has been fiercely opposed by the United States and other nuclear powers. IMAGES
Hiroshima, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).- A ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima served Thursday as a call for the government of Japan, the only country that has suffered a nuclear attack, to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).The appeal was made by Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui at the commemoration of the United States' nuclear attack on Aug. 6, 1945, three days before another atomic bomb destroyed the Japanese city of Nagasaki.(Camera: DAI KUROKAWA)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NUCLEAR BOMB THAT DESTROYED HIROSHIMA IN HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.
The United States denounces "loose talk" on nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would only use an atomic weapon in response to an enemy strike. Declining to respond directly to Putin, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters, "We think any loose talk of nuclear weapons is absolutely irresponsible." SOUNDBITE
Italian and French acrobatics teams fly over Rome after the signing of the Franco-Italian Quirinal Treaty. The treaty was signed at 9 AM (0800 GMT) at the Quirinal Palace by French President Emmanuel Macron and the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, in the presence of Italian President Sergio Mattarella. IMAGES
Israel warns the United States that it reserves the right to use force against Iran, accusing the clerical state of dragging its feet on a nuclear deal. "Israel reserves the right to act at any moment in any way," Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tells a joint news conference in Washington. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).