And catering this countrys curvier consumers. Japanese fashion executives see a promising niche. Tokyo electric Power Company set a tentative deadline to have the process complete by march 2015. Engineers at the troubled facility will face major hurdles trying to meet that goal. Nhk world reports. Reporter abe on thursday took his second look at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The visit was apparently in response to International Concerns of whether the situation at the site is really under control. Translator tepcos president said theyll complete the decontamination of radioactive water in fiscal 2014. Reporter tepco Officials Say some 440,000 tons of wastewater are present in the buildings basement. 15,000 tons or more has accumulated in underground tunnels. Workers store 400 more tons of radioactive water every day. The problem was caused by massive amounts of groundwater pouring into the damaged complex. Engineers had expected a water filtering facility called the advanced liquid proc
Opposition neighborhoods. Some u. S. Media report they could launch a strike within days. Opposition activists say last wednesday, Government Forces used poison gas in an attack on the suburbs of damascus. They say hundreds of people were killed. Senior u. S. Officials told nbc news that they could launch missile strikes against syria as early as thursday. Sources say theyre planning three days of strikes. But they say they dont want to topple syrian president bashar al assad, or cripple his military. Rather, they say, they want to send assad a message. The White House Press secretary says president barack obama is still considering his options. Jay carney says the president has not made his decision. The president continues to work with his National Security team, reviewing the options available to him. And when he has made a decision and has an announcement to make, hell make it. So that process continues. Carney said there should be no doubt that the Syrian Regime is responsible for
Possible terrorist attack will keep 19 at u. S. Embassies closed, this week. More on the threats that prompted the closures. We are keeping an eye on bay area weather and traffic. Here is a live look at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. We are waking up to areas of drizzle right now. It is a foggy start for most of us. You will see nothing but great skies until the sun comes up. The fog will make a comeback later on tonight. It will not be too windy as we approach the evening hours. I do want to talk a bit about satellite and radar because we have an area of low pressure that is 400 mi. Away from San Francisco. This is what is keeping our temperatures and below average. Not only today, but for the next couple of days. With that you can expect deeper and more showers. The warmest spots will probably be in antioch would a high of 84 degrees. 67 degrees for oakland and 684pitch your 7 day around the bay highlights temperatures will be cooler as we pushed into the middle of the ho
This is bbc news. Our top stories. Brexit talks are to resume after last nights phone call between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen. Sources tell the bbc its a final throw of the dice. Donald trump makes his first public speech since losing the us president ial election, urging crowds in georgia to vote republican in Crucial Senate run off elections. And in cricket, the First One Day International in south africa is abandoned after two members of hotel staff test positive for coronavirus. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The uks chief negotiator, lord frost is to travel to brussels this morning to resume talks with his eu counterpart Michel Barnier over a post brexit trade deal. Sundays meeting follows a phone call yesterday between the uk Prime Minister and the president of the European Commission, which failedto deliver an agreement. Our Political Correspondent chris mason reports. The Prime Minister on the phone last night, trying to see if a brexit trade deal is possible. He was
Samples collected by NASA s OSIRIS-REx asteroid-sampling mission are supposed to land softly parachutes Sept. 24. But if it crashes, the agency has a backup plan.