Hiroshima officials condemn nuclear deterrence ‘folly’

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Hiroshima officials have criticised growing support for nuclear weapons as a deterrent resulting from uneasiness over Russia’s war in Ukraine and tensions in the Koreas, as the city remembered the atomic bombing 78 years ago. The observance came two months after Hiroshima hosted this year’s summit the G7 summit at which world leaders visited the city’s peace park and a museum dedicated to those who died in the world’s first atomic attack. The leaders issued a joint statement calling for the continued non-use of nuclear weapons but they also justified having such arms to “serve defensive purposes, deter aggression and...