The tuna in the pacific are at risk of extinction. Prime minister shinzo abe is expected to announce on tuesday that he will dissolve the diets lower house. He wants support for his plan to postpone the consumption tax hike by calling a snap election. Abe and deputy Prime Minister taro aso met and agreed to delay the increase to april 17. It was scheduled for next october. Abe held talks with the leader of Junior Coalition partner komeito after returning from the g20 summit in australia. They spoke about the tax hike and dissolving the lower house. Abe said hed decide on the increase after gdp data for the july to september period came out. The numbers show that Gross Domestic Product shrank 1. 6 . Its the second straight quarterly decline. Translator the report on the july to september gdp is out. Unfortunately, the numbers are not good. Abe will meet executives of the Ruling Liberal Democratic Party on tuesday. And hell meet the leader of komeito again to get his approval for a snap election and putting off the tax increase. Opposition parties say abes Economic Policy known as abeonomics has failed. The campaign for the lower house election is expected to start december 2nd. The election will likely take place on december the 14th. Authorities in france and britain believe their citizens were involved in some of the latest killings carried out by Islamic State. They have been analyzing images posted online showing the beheading of an british aide worker. Nhk worlds craig dale has the details. Reporter french investigators say this is a french citizen. They say he is a 22yearold who grew up in this rural community. Were still a bit shocked, says this neighbor. He had converted to islam and traveled to syria a year oochlgt the interior minister says it is highly probably he participated in the beheading of an american aide worker and a dozen soldiers. Investigators are look into the possibility another frenchman was involved and british authorities have been working to determine the identities of other foreign fighters who appeared in the beheading video. The Prime Minister is stressing the measures he is taking. These include new powers for police to seize passports to stop suspects from traveling and stop british nationals returning to the uk unless they do so on our terms. Reporter peters kassig was the american aide worker. He was a former member of the u. S. Army. He converted to islam. Our hearts still heavy are held up by the love and support that has poured into our lives these last few days. One person makes a difference. Our hearts are battered, but they will mend. The world is broken, but it will be healed in the end. Reporter kassig is the fifth hostage Islamic State has killed. The u. S. Has reiterated their policy on paying militants to release hostages which some europeans have done. And all the evidence shows where and if a country is paid a ransom there are many more people who are taken hostage. Reporter Islamic State still holds a number of captives but the people of syria and iraq are shouldering the cost of the insurgency. They continue to flee the group and reports of brutality continue to surface. Islamic state has killed more than 14 hourks syrians outside battle since the end of june. The majority of them were civilians. U. S. Led forces have been using air strikes to stop the Islamic State advance in syria and iraq. He predicted the campaign could take several years. Craig dale, nhk world. Medical authorities in the United States say a second person in the United States has died of ebola. He was a doctor who contracted the virus in his native sierra leone. He died on monday in the hospital the state of nebraska. He arrived in very critical condition. In spite of that we had doctors and nurses working around the clock. To try to reverse his condition but were unable to do so. The patient, martin salia was 44 years old. He was a citizen of sierra leone with permanent residency in the United States. He had been working in a hospital in the sierra leone capital, freetown. Doctors said they gave him a transfusion of plasma from patients who survived ebola and gave him an experimental drug called zmapp. Doctors say the case serves as a reminder of the need to begin treatment of the ebola patients as soon as possible. Eight others in the u. S. Have survived the disease. Officials in washington want to do more to keep ebola out of the u. S. They ordered new screenings for travellers arriving from mali. Visitors will be required to report their temperatures every day for three weeks. Travellers from guinea, liberia and sierra leone are already subject to the screening. Authorities at the World Health Organization say the number of ebola cases in mali are on the rise. At least four people there have died of the disease. There are no direct flights between mali and the u. S. But 15 to 20 travellers arrive each day on connecting flights. Authorities in burkina faso have declared former foreign minister Michel Kafando interim president. The appointment is an effort to end political turmoil following a military coup last month. Kafando has served as foreign minister and ambassador to the united nations. A special Panel Composed of military and Civic Leaders of the west african country appointed him on monday. Kafando will name a new Prime Minister who in turn will assemble a cabinet. Protests against the former president , Blaise Compaore led him to resign last month. He had been in office for 27 years. His resignation was followed by a military coup. But members of the public and opposition parties staged rallies protesting military intervention. Neighboring countries mediated talks between the military and the opposition. The two sides agreed to set up a Transitional Government and hold an election in november of next year. Officials in russia have retaliated in a diplomatic spat with europe. Theyve expelled a number of diplomats from germany and poland. That follows the expulsion of russian envoys from the two countries. Russias Foreign Ministry and Interfax News Agency say officials ordered the expulsions on monday. Authorities say the diplomats engaged in activities incompatible with their status. They didnt give any other details. Officials in germany and poland have also not explain wide they sent the russian envoys home. In another move, russian authorities deported a former member of latvias parliament. Media reports said they accused him of spying. The man is said to be an ethnic russian and a citizen of latvia. Russia is locked in a deepening confrontation with europe over the situation in ukraine. Both sides have hit the other with economic sanctions. Investigators in japan are take the markets higher. Ai uchida has more. Investors are buying back the shares they sold yesterday. You mentioned gdp earlier, investors were shocked to see a contraction. So today, investors are going barga bargai bargain hunting. For details lets go to ramin mellegard. He has a full wrapup for us. What can you tell us . Thank you, ai. After the declines we saw on monday and with that rebound that weve seen now with the dollar against the yen, investors bought up a lot of shares, especially in the sectors that were sold off on monday. Lets have a look at the morning session for the nikkei and the topix. 17,258 up 1. 7 . And the topix triediading highe well. The nikkei raising for the morning session. And big names especially blue chip names trading higher this morning along with Toray Industries which has been boosting after winning a bid with boeing to provide carbon fiber material for their airlines. And you will have more details about that later. Another focus was sony. It was up over 5 at one stage after the Company Announced targets for the entertainment business. A lot of focus there on seony. The dollar yen, 116. 5254. Its trading higher from when tokyo stocks closed on monday. It will all look at Prime Minister abes response to the gdp day and and what bank of japan policymakers say on wednesday. A quick look at asian indexes showing a muted reaction so far to the launch of the scheme to tie the shares from the shanghai composite to the hang seng. And as he mentioned, toray has agreed on an expanded deal to supply carbon fiber to boeing. The contract is worth more than 1 trillion yen, thats about 8. 6 billion. Toray president said his company will provide the carbon fiber for boeings next generation 777x passenger jet in addition to the 787 dreamliner. He said the firm will extend its current supply deal which was to end in 2016 to last more than ten years from this year. Toray is spending more than 800 million to build a new carbon fiber plant in the u. S. To meet demand from aircraft makers. The two companies also signed an agreement to jointly develop carbon fiber for next generation aircraft. Many auto parts makers are look to the skies and seeing new opportunities. They are hoping it will revitalize the Domestic Aviation industry and give them more work. Nhk worlds has the story. Reporter the mitsubishi regional jet, or mrj, as in this plane, it represents japans companies to enter the commercial jets industry. Translator this worldclass, madeinjapan product has finally become a reality. Reporter the mrj can carry about 17 to 19 passengers and has good fuel efficiency. It is expected to fly short distances in developing countries where demand is high. Mitsubishi has already received more than 400 orders from airlines in and outside japan. Many auto Parts Manufacturers expect the Domestic Aviation industry to grow once mass production begins. Hiroshi yamaguchi is one of them. He runs a metal processing plant. Translator im so excited. Reporter the company will process parts for the main wings of the mrj. Maam gucci plans to shift his focus from car part to aviation. Its Precision Technology allow it to supply part for the main wings of the boeing 787. The aviation sector now account for 10 of total sales. The company will invest about 17 million in the new plan to manufacture part for the mrj. It hope to double aviationrelated sales within the next few years. Translator i expect demand for Aircraft Parts to surge. So i dont want to miss this opportunity. Reporter the mrj is marketed as made in japan aircraft. But in reality is one of just a few domestic suppliers. Most of the mrj 3 million part, including the engines are manufactured outside of japan. Other auto part manufacturers are also hoping to gain foothold in the aviation industry. But with Business ProspectsStill Limited in japan some are looking abroad. Companies participating in this are representing their cutting Edge Technologies to overseas aircraft manufacturers. This is a very large hub for that activity, very important center of industry. So very yeah, were excited about it. Translator we want to explore ways of expanding our business outside japan. Reporter these companies are now waiting to see if the mrj manages to kick start japans airplane industry. Once it does, they hope the experience gains abroad will give them advantage to expand their market share in japan. Hiroko matsuzaki, nhk world, nagoya. The mrjs first trial flight is scheduled for april. The aircraft is expected to start operating commercially in three years. Negotiators from 12 asia pacific nations have been working hard to strike a free trade deal by the end of the year. They are fast running out of time but they say they havent given up hope on reaching an agreement on the Transpacific Partnership soon. We also had a ministerial in beijing which was very productive. And were now laying out a series of engagements over the next couple of months at the chief negotiators level, working group level to make progress on the remaining outstanding issues. U. S. Trade administrator Michael Froman says that the sides have made progress on difficult issues such as tariffs on Farm Products and cars. But he said some sticking points remain. People at a major u. S. Oil drilling firm are worried that tumbling prices will hit their markets. Will pay almost 35 billion in cash and stock to acquire the third biggest, baker hughes. Last year, the combined revenue of the two businesses was nearly 52 billion. That would put them ahead of Industry Leader schlumberger. They have benefited from an increase of Domestic Production of shale oil and gas. But theyre struggling to deal with the economic slowdown on oil price. Many analysts predict theyll be more cutbacks to drilling. The president of indonesia has gone through with an unpopular plan to reform Southeast Asias biggest economy. Joko widodo has raised the government subs diezed gasoline price by 30 . Widow doe says the move will generate nearly 10 billion in savings. He wants to spend the money on such things as education, infrastructure and health care. People in indonesia have been benefitting from low fuel prices for years. But government Officials Say the weakening currency has made the subsidies too expensive. Thats the latest in business ill leave you with a check on markets. The International Fisheries body says bluefin tuna stocks in the atlantic are showing signs of improvement. The board will raise the annual catch limit next year. The decision was made on monday at the annual meeting of the International Commission for the conservation of atlantic tunas or iccat in genoa, italy. Members agreed to increase the quota by 20 a year in the eastern atlantic and the mediterranean from 2015 to 2017. The gradual increases were supported by the european union. They were previously reluctant to approve larger catches. Earlier this month, iccat scientists compiled a report saying stocks of bluefin tuna in the atlantic were improve. But the story in the pacific is much different. Officials from a Conservation Group added the pacific bluefin tuna to the list of species at risk of extinction. Nhk worlds reports. Reporter officials released the latest red list of threatened species. They say the population of bluefin tuna in the pacific is declining and is facing higher risks. Wildlife experts made up the list by dividing animals and plants into eight categories. And theyve moved the pacific bluefin tuna up two notches from least concern to vulnerable. The authors of the report say the species is extensively targeted by the fishing industry for the sushi and sashimi markets, predominantly in asia. They say that most of the fish caught are juveniles and havent yet had a chance to reproduce and they say the population is estimated to have declined by up to 33 over the past two decades. The city of iki in western japan is known for its traditional single line fishing of the tuna. And local fishermen say the situation is very harsh. Translator ive kind of predicted it. We dont see schools of tuna any more. There used to be bunches of the fish. But the number has been declining year by year. Reporter the International Community has been discussing ways to protect tuna and other marine resources. Some participants at a Wildlife Convention four years ago proposals an allout ban on bluefin tuna in the atlantic. Their proposal was rejected but fishery officials in tunacatching nations are now becoming more aware that trade will be restricted if they do not impose a stricter management system. Some in pacific nations have agreed to cut the catches by up to half of the current haul starting next year. The red list is not legally binding. But observers the Worlds Largest consumer, japan, may face increasing International Pressure to take stricter measures. Time now for a check of the weather. People in eastern part of the United States are dealing with Severe Weather conditions. Heres robert speta with the details. Lets start by talking about what is going on out here. For those who have travel plans in the eastern u. S. It is going to be a slow go at the very least especially over the next 24 hours. Especially in new england. In the south we have a few tornado watches in florida and North Carolina and in total, four tornados have been reported out here, two in louisiana here on your monday, one into mississippi and another one over towards georgia. Now all of this is continuing to pull off there to the east. The good news is that conditions especially on the eastern seaboards will be improving as we look ahead to tuesday and eventually over towards wednesday especially out here to the northeast. Into washington and into new york i know a lot of you who plan on flying there have been significant delays. Actually, at reagan international, there in washington, d. C. , total ground stop for a few hours here on monday. Definitely a lot of travellers being held up because of this. As you can see here, this all moves off to the northeast. But you still have the snowfall across the great lakes. And the problem is this is going to be very isolated bands but coming down quite heavy. Its the typical lakeeffect snow. Some areas you this see 60 to 70 centimeters of snowfall combined with winds. And then youre looking at whyout conditions. Very slick driving conditions. This is your threeday forecast for the area. Cleveland and buffalo, new york. Temperatures on the chilly side but youre also looking at snowfall through thursday. As we get away from the lakes, though, and over to the eastern seaboards, as i mentioned, once the system itself moves away, were going to be seeing some sunny skies. It is still going to be very chilly out here. You want a jacket. Winnipeg, minus 9 there for your high. Take a look at atlanta, just 2 degrees. The low is well below freezing. Oklahoma city at 6 degrees there. If you want to go somewhere warm, go check out los angeles there for your high on your tuesday. Lets move over to europe now and see whats going on here. The big topic really has been there into northern italy for several weeks now. Weve been talking about the rainfall. It has been coming down and switzerland the past 24 hours, youve seen some rain reports upwards of 60 to 70 mill meters in 24 hours. You could see snowfall and rainfall up to 100 millimeters. We are seeing reports of large hail and a threat of rainfall. And tornados. In france a waterspout was reported here and still is that threat as we look ahead for the rest of your tuesday. This low itself it is moving towards the east. This one is going to taper off and this one is definitely bringing rough weather across much of central europe. But the next big topic is coming in off the atlantic. That will bring blustery conditions in portugal and spain. London with a high of 11 and cloudy skies on tuesday. Paris at 10. Moscow, minus 3 for your high. Definitely on the chilly side. Lets move over to eastern asia now and talk about japan. Really, the big thing here, its a phrase called cold surge where you get the siberian high and it starts to drift down here to the south. It is the cold air surging to the south and parts of the Southern Japanese islands, 5 meter high waves and winds over 100 kilometers an hour and still have the rain showers in taiwan and the philippines and showers into Southeast Asia around malaysia and indonesia. Thats a look at your world weather. Ill leave you now with your extended forecast. One of japans leading film stars has died. Was 83. Takakura was a major figure in japanese cinema for decade. It he gained popularity as an actor in the 1960s. Design talk received a number of awards for films. He starred in hollywood products such as the yakuza and black rain. Talk died monday last week. And thats all for now on this edition of newsline. Im yuko aotani in tokyo. Thank you very much for joining us. Good evening from los angeles. Im tavis smiley. Tonight a conversation with musician dave koz about his latest titled 25th of december. With some of his friends, namely, johnny mathis, stevie wonder, jonathan butler. Whoo, he will close our show tonight with two classic Christmas Carols to get us in the holiday mood. Were glad youve joined us