Rampage that killed 14 people. The military campaign and changing tactics, hong kongs umbrella soldiers are turning ing ting to politics t their fights going. Britain has launched its first airstrikes in syria against the Islamic State militant group. The British DefenseMinistry Said planes hit oil fields. Oil is believed to be a major source of revenue for the Islamic State group. The British State government had been pushing to join the air campaign in syria. We should answer the call from our allies. The action we propose is legal, it is necessary, and it is the right thing to do to keep our country safe. Britain is part of the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting the militants but British Forces have limited their targets to those in iraq. U. S. President barack obama welcomed 9 parliament decisi. He said britain has been one of the most valued partners in fighting the militants. Many british people are wary of getting involved in a conflict in the middle east after the countrys previous war in iraq. But one recent poll shows 48 of respondents approve of air strikes in syria while 31 dont. The Islamic State has renewed its threats against russia. Its released a video of a russian man referred to as a spy. The man you see here is the militant wielding a knife off camera. He said russia has begun a war it cannot win and that no place is safe for its citizens. His victim wearing an orange jumpsuit kneels before him. In the video he says hes from chechnya and sent by Russian Military services. The militant then executes the man. Russia began air strikes in syria in september. President putin said last week that the strikes will continue. He said he aims to punish the militant group for its attack on the russian aircraft in egypt. Police in Southern California are investigating why a center for people with disabilities was targeted in a mass shooting. 14 people were killed and 17 others were injured in the attack. Police killed two suspects after a shootout. The attack happened in san bernardino, about 100 kilometers east of los angeles. The shooters stormed the Inland Regional Center where county employees were holding a party. Bam, bam, bam then multiple shots going off. Four hours are the attack police shot dead the two suspect. Police identified them as syed farook and tashfeen malik. Mr. Farook is a county employee. He worked as a environmental specialist in the Public Health department and has been employed there for five years. He was at the party. He did leave the party early under some circumstances that were described as angry or something of that nature. Police say the suspects may have planned the attack beforehand as they possessed firearms and explosives. The couple is believed to be muslim. The Islamic Association in california expressed condolences to the victims. President barack obama reacted to the shooting, restating his call for stronger gun control laws. Theres some steps we can take not to eliminate every one of these mass shootings, but to improve the odds that they dont happen as frequently. Common sense gun safety laws, stronger background checks. Obama has made similar calls following other recent highprofile shootings, but strong legislative action has not followed. Officials with the u. N. s Nuclear Watchdog have released their final report on iran. Theyve been verifying the countrys Nuclear Program as part of an International Agreement reached this summer. The International AtomicEnergy Agency found that prior to 2003, iran had been conducting activities related to developing a nuclear detonator. But the report says these activities were related to scientific study. The iaea also says theres no credible the ia ea engaged in activity. It says construction work there seriously undermined the agencys verification work. The iaea also says iran failed to provide information in response to some of its questions. The report was compiled as part of a landmark deal reached with six major powers in july. It was designed to curb Irans Nuclear developments in return for lifting sanctions. The conducts Deputy Foreign minister abbas alexi said iran had cooperated fully with the iaea. He also said that the report confirmed that the Nuclear Program was peaceful. The iaea will discuss the reports findings at a Board Meeting later this month. Japanese leaders have been urging profitable firms to deliver bigger pay raises to its staff. Now it appears that they have the call. A wrap up of that and other headlines. Thanks, james. Government officials this year, japanese government Officials Say this year, japanese firms raised monthly wages by the highest average month since comparable data became available in 1999. Labor ministry Officials Say thats because an increasing number of companies are enjoying bigger profits. The survey conducted in august covered private companies with at least 100 employees. More than 1800 firms responded. The average increase was 5,282 yen, about 43. Thats up 23 cents from last year. The biggest average hike was if the financial and insurance sectors. That was 62. The construction sector was next with 60. Companies that have committed to raising salaries accounted for more than 85 of respondents. Thats up almost two points from last year. The people who run two of japans leading oil distributor, a set closer to joining forces. Executive at topranked jx holdings and number three Tonengeneral Sekiyu have agreed to have talks. They say theyll aim to integrate their businesses around april 2017. Translator we feel it wont be sufficient for individual companies to streamline their operations, given the competition we expect to face from overseas rival, 10, 20 or 30 years ahead. The executives will consider consolidating the referies and the logistical operations networks. But they say the firms will retain their own branded gas stations for the time being. Japans second largest distributor and fifthed ranked agreed last month for operations. Theyre looking to establish a new company by april 2017. Checking the markets, tokyo stocks managed to end for a volatile session. Lets go to mayu yoshida standing by at the tokyo stock exchange. Stocks are soft ahead of the European Central bank meeting policy decisi. Lets take a look at the closing levels here. For thursday december 3rd. Losses ended the day almost flat with nikkei closing at 19,939. And the broader topix moves back in. Analysts saying top heavy after hitting the line earlier this week but stocks with that loss thanks to the weaker yen. Mario draghi has taken a doggish tune lately. The trend has been down. Janet yellen showed her confidence in the u. S. Economy. Toyota and sony were down with canon less than 3 . And the Holding Company brought about 5. 9 billion worth of its own shares in offhours trading on wednesday. Mostly held bit finance ministry. Japan post holdings was 1. 6 . Japan post bank and insurance in the positive units as well. Bottom line, all eyes are on the ecbs decision. Im mayu yoshida. Singapore ended flat for a fifth straight month. In sydney, lower Commodity Prices weighed on the lower market. Of banking shares fell after rallying yesterday. The china bust the downward trend. The shanghai composite climbed 1. 4 to extend its winning streak by a fourth day. Analysts say sentiment improved after flowing back into the market. Heres a look at some of the other business stories were following. Toshiba executives will go without bonuses this fiscal year to take responsibility for an accounting scandal. The president and 32 other executives will all give up the benefits. Toshiba posted an operating loss for the first time in six years. A group of japanese lawmakers say its time to end tax breaks. They recommend terminating the tax benefit at the end of this fiscal year. Which they say do apply for companies that use wind and hydropower. Small plane manufacturing has become a growing industry. In the first installment of our twopart series, we look at Japanese Companies trying to break into this accelerating market. Honda is best known for its cars and motorcycles, but now it has developed a sevenseater jet including the engine. Company officials are hoping other manufacturers theyll put the same technology in aircraft. Translator a trade fair of 1,000 companies. Honda showed an engine which the company had made. The engine caught the eyes of many people in the industry. Honda has Just Launched this Small Business aircraft. What surprised aviators about the honda jet was that the company had developed its body and engine. But building engines requires special skill. They are usually manufactured by separate companies. I think it would be a great aim for its a little more thrust than we need right now, but we have a new model were going to have. Its larger and this engine might be a perfect fit for that. Reporter it had been a longtime dream of hondas founder to enter the aeronautics industry. About 30 years ago, the Company Created a project time to develop a jet engine. Yoshihiko jima was involved. In the project almost since the start. He said the Engine Development was top secret, carried not a completely sealed room. He couldnt even talk about his work at home. Translator im sure our executives thought we couldnt make an aircraft without mounting our own engine. Our team felt we had to develop engine technology, no matter what. So we worked really hard. Reporter 30 years have passed since the start of the project. Now the company is trying to sell the engine as a standalone product to rival aircraft manufacturers. The project team is working hard to improve the performance of the engine. Today the project Team Discusses how to improve the air intake of an engine fan. Engine thrust and efficiency depends heavily on the thickness of the blades. Engineers worked out how to make the blades as thin as possible without compromising strength. Translator the wing surface looks good. Reporter wajima says this fan will boost efficiency by 0. 5 . Translator it worked out better than we expected. Reporter to sell this engine, the company has built a factory in the united states. Tying up with american manufacturer general electric. Wajima visited the factory and reported the good news about the improved engine. Reporter honda is planning to make the engine in this factory and set up as early as perhaps next spring. Translator were hoping to expand aeroEngine Development into a major honda project. Its important to improve engine design. But personally, i want to start working on the next engine. Reporter the u. S. Aircraft engine markets have not had a newcomer for 23 years. Can honda create a splash . The coming year will be crucial. Nhk world. Thats it for business news. Im going to leave you with the markets. Pro dmauk lacey activists who spearheaded hong kongs street protests are taking their fight to a new arena. Eight of them in a recent election. People have dubbed the young politicians soldiers. More. Reporter well say no to money worship. We in the Younger Generation are not motivated by money alone. Donald ciao, who is 23, one of the umbrella soldiers. He and his friends took part in last years protests. He says he has become alarmed by beijings increasing influence over politics in hong kong. The demonstrations that gripped hong kong for more than two months, became known as the umbrella movement. It ultimately flushed the profits by chow to give citizens a new sense of energy. They may lose their chance, and they come to the streets and fight for the democracy. Reporter chow is one of 50 candidates who ran as independents for District Council seats. They ran against prochina candidates with more resources. Politicians loyal to beijing pulled an overwhelming majority. Their welloiled machine turned out ads like this one. Reporter the umbrella soldiers relied on online donations for financing. And chow made doortodoor visits to every household in his contingency. The umbrella soldiers also organized gatherings to hear directly from voters, many who took part expressed dissatisfaction with existing political parties. Translator ive been asking them to install a traffic signal for 12 year, but theyve done nothing. Translator well do what we promise to do. And if we cant, well give a clear explanation. Reporter voter turnout hit a record on election day. Chow lost to a prochina candidate. But he still feels encouraged. More than 800 people cast votes for him. Hes determined to run again in the next district election four years from now. Translator many people who never pticipated in an election before voted for me. I feel a new political power is taking shape. Reporter the eight who did win seats defied predictions that none of the umbrella soldiers would be elected. They make up a tiny minority in the district structure, but they ushered in a new phase of hong kong politics. Takuma yoshika, nhd world. Japans Space Exploration probe is heading straight for earth. Thats been extensively prepared by japans space agency, and if all goes well, it could lead to discovery about the secrets of life. Nhk world has the details. Reporter scientists believe this small asteroid could solve some of the mysteries of the universe. It contains water and organic substances which scientists are hoping to gather. Theyre sending a spacecraft to meet it on its orbit between earth and mars. Translator very precise control and calculation of the orbit are vital for the mission. Weve been preparing for that. Reporter researchers at the japan aeroSpace Exploration agency or jaxa will use earths gravity or orbit. When the spacecraft goes, it will boost its speed by 5,800 kilometers per hour. The maneuver is called a swing buy. Translator the swing buy accelerates the probe without using fuel, so it helps the engines. The lighter fuel load means probes can carry more observation equipment. Reporter jaxa launched a spacecraft in december of last year to take off which carried particles from the asteroid and return to earth in 2010. It captured the imaginations of the japanese population, leading to movies and museum exhibitions. Japanese observatories and labs hope to use highpowered telescopes to get a glimpse when it reaches its closest point to earth around 3,000 kilometers away. It wont be short journey. Scientists expect the probe will land on the asteroid in 2018 and return home in 2020. Nhk world. The search for answers continues. Anks. Back here on earth, lets see what conditions are like weatherwise with the wintry conditions in south korea. Its a wintry wonderland in seoul. About seven centimeters on the ground and its windy. So the wind is out there. We can see several shifts of clouds. These are snow clouds through the midpart of south korea and snow continues. And it will come back on friday. Meanwhile, a winter storm is also set for the parts of the northern half. And the cutoff through the area. As you can see, the Pressure Gradient is very strong. That means strong winds are blog 126 kilometers. Wind gusts will be expected and under such conditions you will not be able to stand without support. Waves up to 7 meters. Coastal flooding is likely in the japan side of the country. As you go through, much warmer air moving through. And temperatures are going to be very low. It could change to snow over the region. And its going to be making for very dangerous traveling conditions. However, a different story across the pacific side of the country including tokyo is going to be staying dry. The sunny weather comes back on friday and that will continue into sunday. And temperatures are going to be a little bit on the warmer side. Blowing snow will continue until sunday at least. With morning snowfall, friday, saturday and sunday. Lets go to india then. Southern india has been contending with the worst rainfall in 100 years. Looking at the studio coming out of there, the flooding situation. Downpours in chennai on thursday morning left many areas completely under water. The heavy rainfall is considered the worst in more than a century. No fatalities have been reported in the last flood, but since november 12th, more than 150 casualties have been reported. More than 200 people are critically injured in chennai. At chennai airport, airlines suspended flights. And that remains closed till the weekend. And then about 1200 millimeters available in november, thats three times the average for november. And right now, it has grown. However, more rain is expected friday and into saturday. The water will likely increase as we go into the weekend. Now, across the middle east, there is a significant weathermaker moving into the middle east. Right now affecting the northwestern portions of turkey with rain and snowfall. And will likely move into caspian region for thursday. Theres some flurries across the western continent of europe thanks to a big wave of high pressure. And temperatures are going to be on the warmer side. Madrid, its about 10 degrees, 15 degrees for the hig on thursday. Staying that way into your saturday. And lisbon, quite warm, about 20 degrees for the high on thursday. And africa, well see dry conditions continue into the weekend. Ill leave you now with your extended forecast. And that was the news and the weather from our studios here in tokyo. The scene1 genie welcome back to the france 24. Time for 60 minutes from around the world. I am genie godula. These are the headlights. The Top Appeals Court in south africa sales up a previous anviction scales of previous conviction against oscar pistorius. He has been found guilty of intentionally murdering his girlfriend. There is a minimum sentence of 15 years. Strong words from Vladimir Putin on turkey. The russian president says turkey will regret its downing of a russian