The two countries never signed a peace treaty after world war ii. Translator we have to put an end to this abnormal situation in our generation. Vladimir and i have confirmed our strong determination to do that and express our commitment in a statement. We have agreed to begin talks on a special system for joint Economic Activities on the four islands. This is an important step towards the conclusion of a peace treaty. Translator Prime Minister abe has proposed setting up a special mechanism for joint Economic Activities on the islands. Its important to use the mechanism as the basis to move closer to a final resolution of the peace treaty problem. If someone says russia is prioritizing economic relations and putting the conclusion of a peace treaty on the back burner, that isnt true. For me, signing a peace treaty is most important. The leaders say the Economic Activity could involve Industries Like fishing, tourism and health care. Japan refers to the islands as the northern territor
You definitely needed to bundle up if you stepped outside tonight. Probably best to stay inside though. Were getting early blast of winter and the forecast gets kind of, well, strange from here. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im Chris Oconnell in for iain page tonight. There are dramatic twists ahead lets straight to meteorologist scott williams. Scott, fill us in. Dramatic indeed, chris and lucy. Get ready to buckle up over the next several days. Were talking about bitter cold also a chance for some snow but then milder conditions. Live look right now outside of our studios. There are folks bundled up because it feels like 3 degrees right now in philadelphia. The air temperature is 18. But look at those bitter winds right now sustained out of the west in philadelphia at 17 Miles Per Hour but look at mount pocono winds sustained there almost 30 Miles Per Hour so take look at what it actually feels like in the poconos. It feels like 15 below. We have wind chill advisories there for the o
Im wilfred frost. Its the last week of 2016. All week were playing the top songs of the year. You missed some good ones yesterday. Did i . Happy to have you back. Its great to be back. Feels like its been a long week away. Happy belated christmas to all of those celebrating it stateside. Lets check in on the Global Markets and futures at this hour. Yesterday we got slight gains. Still not hitting 20,000 on the dow. It comes off about a week or so now of slightly treading water in terms of which way markets are going, on low volumes yesterday and friday the last two trading sessions saw particularly low volumes relative to the year as a whole. We are called higher today. Only slightly. 16 points or 17 points for the dow. 1 point for the s p. The nasdaq 9. 7. One thing is clear for these markets. Well end the quarter with positive gains. Of those three indices, particular lly the dow, which looks like it could hit double digit returns. If we look quickly at the u. S. Tenyear treasury not
In october, washington accused russian n authorities of t tryio influence the ououtcome ofof th election. The white house said hackers targeted Democratic Party computers and leaked Party Leaders email. The Obama Administration has put sanctions on russian intelligence services, officers and three companies that supported the cyber operations. The white house also expelled 35 rurussian officicials, includid diplomatats. It gave them 72 hours to leave the country. It says the memeasure is in n response to the harassment of u. S. Diplomats in russia. U. S. President elect donald trump appeared to downplay the issue. He released a statement saying it was time for the u. S. To move on. He also said hell meet u. S. Intelligence leaders next week to be briefed on the situation. Russian officials have reacted sharply to the new u. S. Sanctions. A president ial spokesperson said moscow considers the measures unjustified and illegal under international law. He said president putin will order an
City officials are hoping those who ring in the new yore will get ripped off instead. Its being build as the rocking new years eve music fest held in downtown berkeley. Reporter promising Live Performances from acts like casey and jojo. Color me bad, next and swv. Plus a champagne ball and three dance floors to start at 99. The only problem. It is a scam. There is no Party Reporter al immediatea County District attorneys they dont know who the scammer is but are certain this party is not happening. We spoke with the actual managers of the bands who are supposed to be playing. They informed us, no, these bands are not going to be there. Reporter casey and jojo even alerted their finance to the bogus party on their Instagram Page and it also mentions fundraising for the Alameda County food bank. If people are buying tickets and this is a fraud their money will not be coming here. Reporter the food bank is not connected to this event in any way. This is the time of year when food banks ac