Nagasaki’s twin bells ring in unison for first time in 80 years to mark atomic bombing

<p>Mayor of Japanese city used the anniversary of US bombing to urge the world to stop armed conflicts, warning nuclear war was ‘looming’ over everyone</p><p>Twin cathedral bells rang in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years on Saturday, commemorating the moment the city was destroyed by an American atomic bomb.</p><p>The two bells rang out at Immaculate Conception cathedral, also called the Urakami cathedral, at 11.02am, the moment the bomb was dropped on 9 August 1945, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/05/hiroshima-atomic-bomb-80-year-anniversary-survivors">three days after a nuclear attack on Hiroshima</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/nagasaki-japan-atomic-bomb-twin-bells-urakami-cathedral">Continue reading...</a>