Barack Obama goes to Hiroshima while Australia stops worrying and loves the bomb

By Daniel Flitton
Updated May 27 2016 - 2:23am, first published 1:27am
An allied correspondent stands in the rubble of Hiroshima, Japan, a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the US.  Photo: AP/File
An allied correspondent stands in the rubble of Hiroshima, Japan, a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the US. Photo: AP/File

A fresh drive to declare nuclear weapons illegal is gathering international momentum ahead of a historic visit by Barack Obama to the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Friday.

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