05/08/2015
The big stories of the day, plus the latest news and sport and a look ahead to what is expected to be making headlines tomorrow.
Live coverage of the commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb that was dropped over the Japanese city of Hiroshima, three days before a second bomb was dropped over Nagasaki. With Peter Allen in Japan and Phil Williams in the 5 live studio.
We hear a moving testimony from a survivor of the blast, as well as from one of the first British people to witness the devastation firsthand. Historian Anthony Beevor explains the background to the decision to deploy the atomic bombs against Japan, and Peter takes a tour of the Hiroshima peace garden set up to remember victims of the bombing.
And radiation expert Professor Richard Wakeford explains how atomic energy works, and a joint American-Japanese initiative exploring the longer term effects of the atomic bomb on survivors and their families.
Also tonight - the Malaysian Prime Minister confirms debris washed up on an Indian Ocean island is from the missing flight MH370.
As the troubled charity Kids Company closes its doors for the final time, Phil hears from a young woman who has come to rely on the charity's support for her survival.
M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res describe their role in the rescue operation, after the Italian coastguard says almost 400 migrants have been plucked from the Mediterranean after their boat sank off the coast of Libya.
And the view from Rio one year before the 2016 Olympics.
Plus Conor McNamara & Rachel Brown-Finnis join Phil for Team Talk to look ahead to the start of the domestic football season in England, and cast their eye over some of the new players making their debuts in the Premier League.
And why Harrogate continues to be the happiest place to live in Britain.
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