Been firing back with rockets aimed at israeli towns. Now leaders from both sides have agreed to a 72hour ceasefire. Egyptian mediators proposed the troops. Local media say hamas leaders suggested they would accept the terms of the ceasefire and they say the Israeli Government accepted too. The egyptians proposed that representatives of both sides meet in cairo to suggest a longterm agreement to end the fighting. Izzi forces launched an aerial offensive a month ago then moved in on the ground. They say they were trying to stop rocket attacks by hamas and they wanted to destroy tunnels used by the fighters. More than 1800 palestinians have been killed during the offensive. Nearly 10,000 have been wounded. Police in jerusalem say a man rammed a bulldozer into a bus in what they are calling an act of terrorism. The man and a pedestrian were killed. Several others were injured. Local media say the man drove over the pedestrian then tipped the bus over. Police moved in and shot him. Israeli media say the man was a palestinian. We are looking into the identity of the suspect. From what we know until now, the suspect is still being examined, obviously, after he was shot, police units worked very quickly. Police have been on heightened alert since the offensive in gaza began. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry has defended an american spying program over and over. Now hes found israeli agents have used some of the same tactics on him. A german magazine says they have eavesdropped on some of his phone conversations. Der spiegel cites several intelligence circles. They say spiesis and at least one other Intelligence Agency li last year between kerry and senior officials from the middle east. The diplomats were discussing the mideast peace process. The magazine says that kerry h a secure phone at his home in washington but when traveling he sometimes uses an ordinary telephone. The magazine says israeli Officials Say they used the information they obtained through the calls in diplomatic negotiations. Sunni militants are building on the gains theyve made sweeping through iraq. Northern iraq after sunni militants captured two towns on sunday. Residents the United Nations says up to 200,000 people have been forced to flee. In june the militants seized iraqs second largest city, mosul. Iraqi Government Troops are fighting back with the help of u. S. Military advisors. A top scientist in japan supervised a guard found hanging inside the in kobe. The 52yearold is the Deputy Director of th apologized in april for the doubt raised in research on stap cells. He oversaw the papers by scientist. Their work suggested a phenomenon known as existed. They say the method could reprogram mature cells into embryonic type cells. But scientists elsewhere began to raise questions about the findings and they found fabrication and falsification in the study. They criticized for not watching over his teams work. But he insisted that the existence of stap cells should be considered a rational high poth sis verifying. The magnitude 6. 5 quake hit yunnan province on sunday. At least 398 people were killed. More than 1800 hurt. Military personnel and police fear many more people may be trapped. They are searching through the rubble. Survivors have felt frequent aftershocks. Some camped out for the night in tents outside their homes. Volunteers have set up their own tents to use as a base. The state run Xinhua News Agency say landslides have dammed up rivers, thats created 19 of what are known as quake lakes. More rain is on the way and experts are warning of more landslides and flooding. Officials with the World Health Organization have warned of catastrophic consequences if an outbreak of ebola is not controlled. People in guinea first saw signs of the virus in february and the disease spread to liberia and sierra leon. The Nigerian Government said on monday, a doctor who treated an ebola infected patient was the patient flew in from liberia and became sick. Nigerian health Officials Say they are trying to track down any more infected people. They are checking about 70 passengers who were on board the same flight as the patient the doctor was treating. Divers are searching after a ferry capsized in bangladesh. At least two people are dead. More than 200 are missing. The ferry was crossing the padma river. It was heading to the suburb of the capital, dhaka. Local media say at least 250 people were on board. Many of them were returning from their hometowns to mark the end of ramadan. The media say 44 people managed to swim ashore or were rescued. But the current was reported to be strong. And investigators still dont know what caused the accident. Ferries are a common form of transportation in bangladesh. People there see a number of accidents every year. Among the hundreds of thousands of victims of the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nag saggy, many were from the korean peninsula. About live in south korea. 69 years after the bombings, one of them tells her story. Nhk worlds anna jung reports. Reporter hapcheong lies south of seoul. This is a Welfare Center located in hapcheong in the south of south korea. The center was established for survivors of the atomic bombings in hiroshima and nagasaki. 110 survivors with an average age of 80 are staying here. With the help of japan, hapcheong center for atomic bomb victims was built in 1996. South korea has no other facilities like 85yearold has lived here since the center opened. She was born in japan after her parents emigrated there. She later married a man who had emigrated from hapcheong to hiroshima. When the city was bombed, kim was three kilometers away from ground zero. Translator my husband had gone to work i was washing dishes at the kitchen when i saw a blinding flash. Then i heard the loudest sound i ever heard. Thats when our house collapsed. Reporter four months later they returned to the crean peninsula and had four children. But she ran into obstacles. Translator my neighbors encouraged me to register as a bomb victim but the prejudice against bomb survivors extended to their children and grandchildren. My husband for bade any mention of our status to protect our children from discrimination. Reporter in 1980, a year after her husband died, kim received an atomic bomb survivor certificate from japan. Holders can receive health care allowance. For a long time, the south korean government did not support bomb survivors so they set up an association in 1967, to get government and public support. Translator for 69 years the government neglected the issue of radiation sickness. Weve been demanding that the government enact a special law to restore the survivors honor. Reporter local High School Student volunteers clean up the rooms and massage the elders. They also learn about experiences of the atomic blast. We must never use these kinds of weapons again. I hope younger generations can live in a World Without the bomb. Translator as i continue talking with ms. Kim, i understand her painful memories and how horrible the atomic bomb was. Reporter the facility houses a memorial shrine dedicated to the south korean bomb survivors who. Translator more than a thousand names are listed here. But many other names are not included. The true death toll is much high. Reporter 69 years have passed since hiroshima and nagasaki were bombed. The people of hapcheong do what they can to make sure the world doesnt forget the survivors of the atomic bombings in south korean. Anna jung, nhk world, hapcheong. Policymakers at portugals central bank are scrambling to avoid a financial crisis. They are spending billions of euros to rescue a troubled lender. They have been looking into claims of accounting fraud at group firms run by the banks founding family. They will inject nearly 5 billion euros of public funds. Bank of portugal governor carlos costa said that it will stabilize the financial system. But analysts are not yet convinced they say yields from government bonds are rising. Trade officials from japan and the u. S. Are wrangling over some details that could have big implications. They are trying to work out a this deal on agricultural tear riffs. Japans deputy chief negotiator, is spend two days in washington with acting deputy u. S. Trade representative, wendy cutler. They are trying to work out a deal to push ahead with the transpacific partnership. U. S. Negotiators have been pressuring japan to cut tariffs on beef and pork. The japanese want a safeguard in place. They say if they cut the tariffs they should be allowed to restore them temporarily when imports surge. The focus of the negotiations is when and how this would happen. Some are demanding that japan eliminate the tariffs. They have called on barack obama to exclude japan from the talks if the country doesnt agree to their terms. Officials at japans Welfare Ministry have shone a light on the vulnerable members of society. They say in the year that ended in march, welfare workers handled a Record Number of cases of child abuse. They registered 74,000 cases where they took custody of children or looked into situations at the home. Thats up 10 from a year earlier. Ministry officials have seen number of cases increase steadily since they started keeping track in 1990. They say in the last year they responded to three times the number of cases they did ten years ago. And they say they see more problems in big cities, including osaka and tokyo. Researchers say these days parents have less interaction with their neighbors and have few people to ask for help. Yamamoto of the japan child and Family Research institute calls on government officials to identify parents who feel anxious and provide them with more support. Government officials in the fine on a man who has always avy called the country home. Authorities now claim he has lived in the country illegally all his life. He is asking for the decision to be reconsidered. He made his request on monday. He was born to a japanese father and a philippino mother. He is 70 and still lives there. He was left behind when japanese authorities drafted his father to fight in world war ii. This march, a japanese Nongovernmental Organization helped him obtain his nationality. He planned to visit his fathers hometown in southern japan. He says this visit is his long cherished dream. Immigration authorities have refused to let him leave. They say first he has to pay a fine of more than 30,000 for what they call illegal stay since his birth. The ngo officials who helped shin say about 130 people where similar backgrounds have on stand japanese nationali. They are waiting to see if the Philippine Immigration Bureau reconsiders the decision. Engineers at Fukushima Daiichi are struggled to control water flowing into the site. They are undertaken an ambitious plan to deal with the problem. We travelled to the crippled Nuclear Plant for a firsthand look. This is my second time inside Fukushima Daiichi since the nucl. Before getting any closer to the radioactive site, we make an important stop. Im given the suit of protective gear to wear. Contaminated water problem is the issue here and now were going to see what is right now happening and what is it the tepco engineers are doing. Next, tepco officials take me to the construction site where workers are trying out a new way to deal with the contaminated water. It is right next to e reactor buildings. And these heavy machines lined up have an important job to do. They are being used to insert these pipes. And they will reach 30 meters deep under the soil. Between these two pipelines theres going to be one here so that each pipe has onemeter distance and altogether, 1. 5 kilometers, which is 1500 pipes, are going to be inserted into the soil. The stretch of pipes will surround the reactor buildings and coolant will be injected to create a huge ice wall. The ice is expected to block the groundwater from seeping into the buildings. I then come across something unexpected. Its a group of workers who are conducting an assessment. They say they are checking the location of underground obstacles. They explain there is a complex network of trenches and tubes beneath the plant. They say the ice wall pipes will cross over in 170 spots. Experts fear the crossing will interfere with the freezing process and they worry holes could form, allowing contaminated water to seep in. The size and scope of this project is unprecedented and workers here tell me they cannot anticipate the outcome. Translator there are various facilities underground and we have difficulty checking and adapting to them. But i believe we can make it through the problems with the cooperation of tepco. Reporter combatting the contaminated water has a history of setbacks. Tepco officials take me to the other key facility. Its called alps or advanced liquid processing system. Engineers are using the system to remove radioactive substances. But the system frequently stops working. I asked a manager to explain why. Translator high radiation damaged the teflonmade packing. We didnt know that radiation had such an effe device. There are many things we dont know. Its the first time that we are using this type of machine. Reporter engineers are determined to draw on their past experiences. They take me to the construction site for two more alps. There is still a long road ahead. As one manager here tells me, the trial and error continues. He just hopes it wont be for much longer. Yochiro tatiwa, nhk world, Fukushima Daiichi. Government officials in fukushima have joined forces to promote a regional export. They are selling peaches to shoppers in thailand. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. At around 9 a piece, the fruit is about three times the price as in japan. At a promotional event at a department store, shoppers tried samples. Many were impressed and went home with exotic peaches. Translator the fruit smelled good and was very sweet. My mother also liked it very much. Peach exports from fukushima to thailand were halted after the accident at the Fukushima DaiichiNuclear Plant in 2011. The shipments resumed in september the following year. Exports have been on a rice ever since. Over a ton was shipped in the year ending march 2013 and nearly two tons a year later. Fukushima officials are targeting wealthy shoppers. Translator i was very moved to see thai people hold the peaches in their hands. I expressed my thanks to them. He also said he hopes the peaches bring smiles to the faces of thai people. Its time to get a check of the weather, mai shoji has the details in world weather. Let me first Start Talking about europe first of all, severe floodings and very bad weather has been battering the balkan areas. And it looks like its going to be continuing across similar locations. Northern locations in the Scandinavian Peninsula will have chances of Severe Weather but in southern areas the flooding has not been alleviated yet. Heavy rainfall and strong gusts will continue. Another topic is the heat. Warsaw and kiev in the 30s. Now there are a lot of things to talk about here. But it is one of the hawaii is one of the very favorite destinations for summer vacations for most of you. This is a category 4 hurricane moving towards those islands in and around honolulu and hawaii. This is ezell we have been tracking. But it will be yound grading into a Tropical Storm. So it will be on a weakening trend but it will be bringing high surf conditions. We have another system following which is julio. This is still a Tropical Storm but well keep a very close eye on this system as well. Now to the americas we go. Southern california has been battered with the southwest monsoonal flow. You can see a very big cloud coverage here. Yet it struck mount baldy. The monsoon left its mark an mudslides and flash floods ripped through the muds in california. A week was washed off from the mountain. No injuries were reported but 2500 people were stranded due to the mud flow. It could take three days to remove the debris. The good news is that the rain will be moving to the north but it will be heavy amounts in northern california. Will be seeing welcoming weather but the amount of it is not really welcoming. It could cause flash floods. So watches are really widely posted in these locations. The midsection of the u. S. Is looking messy. And d. C. And atlanta look at thunderstorms. Now to Eastern Continental asia. This is typhoon halong. It could upgrade into a very strong status before it hits okinawa by wednesday evening. Not only the indirect the direct effect but the indirect effect will keep on accumulating the rainfall especially due to the slow pace. Taiwan will also be targeted. So surrounding countries as well as the surge of the moisture in towar towards shoe co cue and temperatures are as follows. I leave you now for your extend forecast. Wed like to remind you of up with of our stories this hour. A top scientist in japan has committed suicide. We earlier reported he was in hospital getting treated but he has now it has been confirmed that he has died. A guard found hanging inside the center for developmental biology in kobe. The 52yearold was the Deputy Director of the institute. Apologized in april. He oversaw the compilation of papers by a scientist. Their work suggested a phenomenon known as existed. They said the method could reprogram mature animal cells into embryonic like stem cells and that those cells could be turned into any type of tissue. But scientists elsewhere began to raise questions about the findings. And investigators said they found fabrication and falsification in the study. They criticized for not probably super angeles, im tavis smiley. Tonight a conversation with violin virtuoso Itzkah Perlman. Hes performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world from new york no shanghai. And a 16time grammy winner, including a life time achievement award. We are honored to have a conversation tonight with Itzkah Perlman coming up right now