between russia and china in a video call with xijinping. the chinese leader said the two countries should continue co operation, without giving details. the bbc understand all travellers arriving in the uk from china will have to do pre departure covid tests. it s the latest country to impose new restrictions as china experiences a huge wave of coronavirus cases. hello. welcome along to sportsday on bbc news. i m ben croucher. coming up. the world remembers pele one of the greatest footballers to have ever lived who has died at the age of 82. a sad day for football. elsewhere, in the premier league tonight, will klopp pile more pressure on rodgers, as liverpool host leicester. and news from the darts and of dart as harriet helps great britain to united cup victory over australia. thanks forjoining us. it s been nearly 2a hours since we learned of the death of one of the greatest footballers of all time. tributes have been flooding in so over the next 10 minutes or so
This week the communicators goes to the university of michigan near detroit where Car Companies are using and it test site called mcity to tryout new technology. Carmakers art spearman did with technology that allows cars to talk to each other and talk to roads and traffic lights so there will be fewer traffic accidents. We spoke with a transportation analyst who studies this technology and with the director of the university of michigans Mobility Transformation Center. Host Debra Bezzina where are we right now . Guest we are at the university of michigan in what we call mcity. Mcity was built specifically to test, develop connected and Automated Vehicles. Host and this is a store in your background. Guest this is a storefront. Basically you can create different scenarios for connected and Automated Vehicles and trying to target the ones are difficult. You want to test and be able to repeat so when you are out on the street its hard to be able to repeat consistently so if youre behind
Thats good for the countrys economy but the nations airport is struggling to keep up with the crowd. The japanese government is using all available channels to gather information to help free two men believed to have been captured by Islamic State militants. Government Officials Say family members have confirmed that the man in the video are and. A purported Islamic State member appears with the two hostages in an online video and threatens to kill them unless japan pays a ransom within 72 hours. A Foreign Ministry official says the video is highly likely to be authentic. But a senior Government Official says the militant group has made no contact and its not known when the 72hour deadline will expire. The footage appeared during Prime Minister shinzo abes tour of the middle east. He denounced the hostage taking and called for the release of the two men. Translator Islamic State said in the video that theyll kill japanese citizens. Using peoples lives as shields for a threat is an act
Automaker for the Third Straight year in 2014. It was a close race with germanys volkswagen and u. S. General motors. And one man is paving the way for people to return home years after they evacuated a town around the Fukushima Nuclear plant. Japans Prime Minister says the government will do whatever it takes to free two men believed to have been captured by Islamic State militants. Shinzo abe returned home early from the middle east. He was on a sixday tour when a video appeared online purporting to show the hostages alongside a captor. Abe held an emergency Cabinet Meeting in tokyo. Translator using peoples lives as a threat is an intolerable and outrageous act of terrorism. I demand the two japanese men not be harmed. And that they be released immediately. The men in black demands a ransom. He threatens to kill the hostages unless japan pays within 72 hours. Chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga says officials believe the two men are kenji goto and haruna yukawa. He says officials