Obama administration defends atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• The Obama administration defends former president Harry Truman's decision to launch nuclear attacks on two Japanese cities during the Second World War.
• A UK parliamentary report warns ministers, pilots and intelligence officers that they could face murder charges if the government fails to clarify its policy on drone killings.
• In France, at least one protester is injured as police clash with people demonstrating against controversial labor reforms in several cities across the country.
• A Bahraini rights group says regime forces arrested nearly 1800 people, among them 120 children, in 2015 amid a total ban on protests across the island nation.
• Brazil’s president launches a last-minute bid to block impeachment proceedings against her, as the Senate is to vote Wednesday on whether to suspend her from office.