Injured after demonstrations turned violent in the eastern part of the country supporters and opponents of the interim government class just days before a referendum in crimea. Residents will be asked if they want to join russia the violence occurred in a square in the city into nests. Hundreds of people gathered in a show of support for the move to join russia standing opposite them was an equal number of supporters of the pro eu interim government Authorities Say two people died more than fifty were injured. Pro russian residence in others eastern cities including our kids in lohans planned to stage major rallies this weekend in support of the crimean referendum. Russian president Vladimir Putin has said his country reserves the right to use all options should the turmoil spread including two ukraines Eastern Region thousands of russian soldiers have gathered near the border with ukraine theyre conducting military exercises for. About eighty five other personnel are taking part of the maneuvers theyll practice using rocket launchers anti tank weapons and other equipment Russian Troops have conducted other drills in the region since late february. Defence Ministry Officials have not said whether the exercises are related to whats happening in ukraine. Pressure present letting her foot and says the crisis in ukraine is not rush his faults. But then its an internal ukrainian issue. Clinton may be common in a meeting of Russias Security Council in sochi. He said russia is being drawn into a crisis go to urge his colleagues to consider ways to build relations with russias partners and friends in ukraine as well as its partners in europe and the United States preparations are underway for sundays referendum in crimea. We talked to say a lot outcomes are a policy analyst at the rand europe think tank in brussels. We started by asking her how things could play out for crimea and the rest of ukraine. So one thing in the input into nude is the tunes from the beginning is that this referendum is not considered legal and ukrainian constitution and international commute is also recognizing this referendum is an eagle eye on. Also there are several factors that will have an impact on the referendum. Oman is that there is handy and irritating moments in ukraine yet and may skew the results i was also a lack of objective information i can in an eta is not free to air and the way it could. And theres no rush to meet him once the president. Aoun and also blew into the demographics and although theres a sizeable and i think minority of us could really teach they comprise about sixty percent of the population now this forty percent that comprise eye cream in between errands and creamy and the winners and a lot of jokes about his religious opinions but its not as clear pro russian and in fact factory in the polls show that belief which one percent i jane in you know wished to join russia. So we may see some common issues regarding the lead is actually continues on which the people on aunt lisa as a warning to any copies that are very nervous now thinking that is russian disagrees with the policy of City Government in me. I couldve used in a fabricated evidence to pursue this aggressive action and thats a real warning and the really worrying sign for other countries in the Eastern Partnership areas such as i build a georgia kazakhstan calories. Also for the eu who knew him and states the Baltic States and they all have a larger share of the russian state minorities. The crisis in kenya or the eu and the kenyan and animations without sound. It is not a new one can think of it as a regional issue but its not its a Global Security issue because happen to other with ukraine in nineteen ninety four kids decided to be calm and non nuclear state. Its really im eating pizza and for christine to peacefully decide to not become a new state up to have capabilities i bought stock in return for the security guarantees. A security guarantee scheme from across the uk the us and the end of the last number on them and knowledge we have seen is one of the security guarantor is is breaking that security guarantees by a blue moon really interesting and territorial integrity and assuming the danger is the sign for a new critter nonproliferation time because we have challenges snow around in it he was trying to communicate and six to go on and north korea that it is safe from teaching to become a you couldve tolerant attitude to have effect as territorial integrity and the message now is in question time greats. So i know the outcome of the crisis will have huge implications for the International Order and for the National Security an argument between two clerks at a food market in china turned deadly five people were stabbed to death the incident took place in the city of chunk shy in South Central china the statement in one News Agency Says one of the clerks when on a stabbing spree agencies says he killed the other clerk informed by standards. He was finally shot to death by police arriving at the scene the names of the suspect in the dead clerk as reported by shin hwa show they may be members of the weaker ethnic minority. The incident follows a knife attack earlier this month and a train station in the southwestern city of creamy twenty nine people were killed and more than one hundred thirty injured authorities believe we hear separatists carried out the attack and i. Scientists from the leading Japanese Research institute and apologize for the grave mistakes in recent papers on a new way of creating stem cells the research was hailed as a revolutionary discovery when published in january in the british journal nature but mounting questions about the methodology and results forced many canned center to take action and its carols time for me to the reports yes i did spend about four hours in front of the camera so again about what has become known as muscle scientific scandal. They say the findings of investigations into the stands of them in question were still inconclusive. They noted theyve seen no evidence of deliberate that the manipulation so by clicking on all the best present of st and kristen Nobel Laureate in chemistry i know its a serious mistakes when they can you can dont think you should not. I would like to first and foremost express my deepest regrets. That articles published in nature by our scientists. They are bringing into question the credibility of the Scientific Community pool while he was going on thirty year old gold will come up with the breeze the Team Announced in january. They have found the mass of concrete curb the mature adult cells into embryonic like stem cell that can turn into any tissue they call the phenomenon steam was triggered acquisition of clear apostasy or a stamp. All balled up by nicotine stoked when chris seitz cells from mice in riley acidic solution. They explained. Mr is activated it seems that makes out malleable. Then they said they were able to devote these cells into muscle skin and organs. Salim the Scientific Community months old at the simplicity of them that fact. And they said it could open a new door and for resented mets. But others have questions about the teams paper is in the journal nature. Every stitch is used these photos as proof that the cells changing two different types of tissue. The candy investigators determined that exists with the same as when to use an oval cut those twenty live until choral pieces. They say they continued to examine best and the other issues then the leader of the book of the department and the chance that whatever the conclusion this handy cant stand has its good new mall scene is still there are significant discrepancies in the major articles i decided to give First Priority is to withdraw the articles immediately think you can do the research over again. I advise the scientists to return the papers. He was so much it really does seem unsure of where this stuff sells can even be creative. They say theyll have to wait for other scientists to verify the results. No one apart from the team has succeeded in re creating beats payments and so what was hailed as a significant achievement for the top the Scientific Community. Now may cause untold damage to its credibility. We didnt eat any stairwells. Churchill japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Andrea says he doesnt plan to revise a statement regarding the so called comfort women. In nineteen ninety three then chief cabinet secretary your hip cool and all acknowledge that many of them were recruited to gays their will to work in brothels operating at the request of the Japanese Military during World War Two the statement said besides japanese woman. Many of the comfort women wear from the Korean Peninsula in express apologies and remorse i then spoke about the document and a diet committee. Yet on when to go up said regarding the comfort women issue to my heart breaks for i think about those who underwent indescribably painful experiences often to share the feeling of my predecessors. Chief cabinet secretary cohen own issued a statement on the spot. My cabinet has no intention of revising it. They also said his candidate is following the positions of previous governments regarding japans history. They include the nineteen ninety five statement by a Prime Minister to meet you but i am up and one in two thousand and five by Prime Minister jean joke listening to both express remorse and apologies over japans past colonial rule and aggression. Meanwhile chief cabinet secretary yoshida said that since the drafting process of the cornell statement should be examined. A former senior official involved in preparing the document says the government may have courted needed with south korea when drafting get to see that quoted the official as saying he is disappointed because south korea. He has raised the issue again and doesnt appreciate that has good intentions. Tokyo police have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of hundreds of books related to the all it cost. They include anne franks diary of a young girl. More than three hundred books recently de feast and to libraries and bookstores in tokyo. Bain co anne franks diary as well as the biography of a japanese diplomat who issued travel visas to thousands of to help them escape the nazis during World War Two the suspect has admitted to ripping out pages from books in libraries. Investigators later found what appeared to be paid for from the vandalized books. They say it is unlikely that he was motivated by any believes the head of the telecast Education Center in hiroshima prefecture has expressed relief over the rest. Michael owen scott says he is relieved to hear that the vandalism was in a systematic crime based on a certain ideology. Many workers in japan are getting sizeable pay raises in annual Wage Negotiations this year the countrys biggest Labor Organization ring goes as labor unions and nearly five hundred companies have received an average wage hike of about sixty dollars a month for full time workers thats an increase of twenty three percent in yen terms from the same period last year. The amount represents base wage an annual pay increases. Franco says its hoping that the trend for bigger wage growth will spread to small and Medium Size Companies as well as to non regular workers. I and i the philippines says it has agreed to open its domestic military facilities to the us military. The deal is a sign of free kindle military ties and growing worries about chinese assertiveness. But teddy attacks on in bangkok as the store. The philippines has agreed to allow the United States access to its credit reports assigned a new security deal the deal comes amid growing concerns about chinas asset stiffness in the asia pacific and settles a sense of sovereignty issue between the us and its former colony the defense sunday a separate repealing of rancid pitino announced a deal on friday it was reached last week at inter governmental talks in washington. He said the agreement will allow the sharing of defining families with incessant on forces of the philippines the seventies whip and ends of the us penetrate the us had to make the aces in the philippines until nineteen ninety two. They were closed down in the Device Management isnt the end of the court warned us manage the access in the country has since been granted to you in joint exercises and port visits the philippine constitution hands full with troops stationed in on it so well the cost bsnl has sought to rekindle its alliance with washington and its accounting chinese project of the territorial disputes in the south china sea. Us president barack obama has announced a simple visit to asia as a response to chinas growing influence in the week and one in ten and the nano wanted to show progress in talks head of april when president upon a shed built to visit the philippines antique chair out on her way to school its been shot dead in Southern Thailand vehicle is on this minute and spiking if independence is not cheap but this country often target schools and teachers in this pile it on weekend they say gunmen show up the english teacher she rode a mega site called and said her party on fire. The attack on friday occurred in any province one of three provinces in the south with with slim majorities. No one has claimed responsibility for the suspects muslim insurgents. It is just the latest in a string of attacks indicate that weekend since two thousand fold during which the six thousand people have been killed. That includes one hundred seventy teaches a taxi exploit pci seen by chance jackies the thai governments and much last year the government held its First Official piece talks with the sections but negotiations have stalled and the finance is still rampant with time and still are in the top ten among the gainers in talks with the scallops but as os is like earthquakes and typhoons not a problem across asia getting Accurate Information is a massive night or day radio is especially reliable is actually code for cds can operate. Power cuts on nature for your satin japanese horse costume once the cpi its pretty unique green qvc. This is what key alliances small fm Radio Station i got to prefecture central japan. My tree and watched as defendant to reserve was that expensive cellphone and majesty. Hes taking to lead twenty six from attacks. International Cooperation Agency minister i had chose the radio from a deceased Assistance Program watch the aggies going to carry out a task force costs along to me yet this is yet to come on its airwaves tonight and is one of them not spoken since and to share an active volcano mt milk on the news about the safety or werewolves or new volcano has erupted many times. This is to assist in delivering imagine seeing the nations credit as Evacuation Order is still calm little one just now. Twenty years is its due to an entry school to ask them to take part in a trial of history tn. Then i will this receiver can provide you with emergency information and so even when its switched off us indeed especially you see no scratches the receipt of one or two men seeking emergency immediately it starts going to cost him a warning to wait two weeks. Today is to investigate the riaa want to do what i can do to save the lives of children. Male adults have the responsibility for you especially those of us who work in broadcasting. A small Radio Station is also taking part in the tests the station has issued an evacuation warning like this before. So wonky and gives the stuff some important advice. We did a lot of packets. We hope the trial will be a success without creating panic the trial the drill assumes a volcanic eruption was imminent. The role. He can evoke any Information Centers as not local is about to wrap pc factory to designate increases immediately yesterday he did. Elementary school. Oil. The media works and to keep the dunes course constant infatuation message the students. Kiran. At night. The amazing weekend cant hear me snicker bar kenobi take weekly. He kept the study on by them. Radio can contain volcanic information promptly. Even when the lecture city is alex its extremely helpful. I still am today. The right working at the racing seats and realize how useful they can be the tortoise upset satan was picking me up. I believe its our mission to pass on what weve experienced and disasters two people in indonesia too the transmission Accurate Information is critical to have put this on sat tight confines analyze the results of tests having a bowl out the receipt to what the parts of the denise yes. That wraps up our blitz in a time that any attacks on warming been cool. Its warming up in many parts of japan this weekend indicating Cherry Blossom the season in this coming our meteorologist. Roberts pena has more robber. He asks if you are like the Cherry Blossoms and if you like the warmer weather. A ghastly is going to be in the forecast over the coming weeks and even going through this coming weekend across much of it and the warming trend will be in place now through saturday morning there are some of you feel cold spots out here even overt were still two in the hall to read around the freezing mark and are still the risk of some sort of priests it is not here plus northern stand still on a saturday youd better be seeing some snow fall that is for the time being though because throughout the day on saturday to see this really starts to taper off and we have this High Pressure thats coming in from the west that the work its way east and ask him bring in some sunshine even some southerly wind so tempted to warming up not just rich and the ultimate decree over course china as well be to see the three day forecast on here take a look at the scene in it than i can buy or saturday so up to sixty in the nova corps tokyo into the high teens still above average in extending upwards next week is gonna be warming up. Take a leap year Cherry Blossom forecasts so if you are traveling corset and purity here and this is the day is that its expected to balloon out here not just into pm but the village courts old bomb in aprils when you start to see those common indoor courts box of cocoa. The first bond march twentieth in eventually overnight who feel fine march the thirty first of the pattern mind if you like youve enjoyed having picnics out under those trees outside teens years though down towards indonesia with and dealing with drought here as of late i know shows precipitation that these are mainly afternoon thunderstorms flaring up in a brief short time heavy rain but nothing that widespread and bring in relief. Two of these theories on tv lexi coming out of the season with the wildfires continue to burn in the local authorities have stated that over a hundred and forty hotspots have been confirmed on here numerous people are in custody for starting wildfires. Main reason is there spreading no homes but also causing this very severe case of small sea breeze and plenty of local authorities are saying that this could be the worst. These disaster that area since nineteen ninety eight and that one i didnt dollars in damages to the economy of indonesia such as indonesia last year we are ellie were talkin bout malaysia and singapore that smoke drifted over in that direction costs and damage the economy out there as well so this is something that still an ongoing situation very little relief in sight is dry season. Across much of this area lets look farther towards the south into new zealand this is the remnants of my clone lucy as the remnants but its still pretty strong storm system breeds in windy conditions across the north island anatolia which was the western parts of the south island christ are to be dealing with severe flooding. And this is not going to be helping matters at all. This can be rain falling on already saturated ground said a recent increase risk of yet more climbing on top of that over towards the america as well. Of those look like we are looking at a storm system coming across the Great Lakes Region has to bring some still fall there for you but as that moves now to look down towards the gulf states a new store is developing here. And by sunday in the money watch out for some severe thunderstorms and around the coastline in the pundits and dryer in closer this risk a fire weather. Rather their courts a soft centers love the look of death and suffering can the low twenties to want to quickly show you over towards your High Pressure is dominating we do well below pushing into the north though the above average centers many of you been seeing the start to cool off by the end the week is exam forecasts i wound. I do the time. It is. Its good i know. I was. U s aviation authorities are trying to figure out if they can use Unmanned Aircraft for delivering goods and other commercial purposes officials of the federal Aviation Administration to allow media representatives to watch a test flight in a year field in texas one of six sites in the country theyre collecting data on safety and other factors before officially approving the use of drones for transporting goods. Taking care of photos and other purposes. The british maneuvered out on an aircraft with a wingspan of about two meters to see if it could fly safely and windy conditions over the sea. Faa officials are expected to approve the use of drones by private firms buy a round september next year. Dr Research Company estimates that commercial use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles could produce economic benefits worth more than eighty billion dollars i as his line for those around you know tommy in tokyo from allah bless your nhk world thanks very much for joining us until next time. As the scene here. Its a twelve ep. Of the bcs selection of programs from this weeks line. Here we go with that person. You did to sixteen is a project that aims to discover and fostered the artistic skills of young people across asia. This program is a broadcast of the projects thirty International Media festival its theme is home. He left for japan on sunday is less traditional japanese cuisine still it was recently recognized as a unesco intangible Cultural Heritage but do if you are japanese people are actually eating it this program looks at the appeal of black children from a foreign perspective its my third anniversary of the march eleven disaster world Famous Artist holding benefit concerts. The nhk world tv series tomorrow features artists who have supported mr to the region of north east of and their efforts have led to many benefit concerts including one in strasburg which is the focus of our first music for tomorrow program. Police checked the website and podcast canceling your time talent and state tends to be the worlds tv three years into the greenpeace japan is quick to me. The people to whom who are still working hard to rebuild its communities. The world has been Falling International journalists artists and researchers who have come to witness the efforts that are reaching the devastated region. These are stories of recovery. Some tomb. Wake up evan seems a bit at what he has run with information about thinking how very different scenes at ten last week. This deals with assets of eight then the next game from the white sands the cities. I want to sneeze at. We hope you will want to add that the company. Or why i knew knew him. New hse yes hes just hes