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Observing a dark anniversary, the American atomic bombing of Japan.

The experience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been always the basis of Japan's

nuclear disarmament policy.

80 years later, Japan's debating nuclear weapons.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Wurman.

Also this hour Israelis consider

whether ultra-Orthodox Jews should serve in the military like everyone else.

Are we just carrying this wagon on our own and they're sitting in it? Why?

Plus a bridge to Sicily. I mean everybody knows that this has been talked about for decades.

I think that most people are skeptical that it would never happen. The 15-19- I mean, everybody knows that this has been talked about for decades.

I think that most people are skeptical that it would never happen.

The $15 billion promise from Italy's transport minister.

And how do people in Tehran cope with a heat wave?

We don't. We just sweats.

All today here on The World.

This is the World. I'm Marco Werman.

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