Barack Obama lays wreath as he visits Hiroshima

Barack Obama has laid a wreath at Hiroshima in Japan - the city destroyed by an American atomic bomb in 1945.

Barack Obama lays wreath as he visits Hiroshima
Fri, 27 May, 2016 - 14:41

Barack Obama has laid a wreath at Hiroshima in Japan, the city destroyed by an American atomic bomb in 1945.

He is the first serving US president to visit the city, where at least 140,000 people were killed.

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