By japanese military. Melissa kane is at that statue in st. Marys square. Reporter we are here at the comfort Women Memorial in San Francisco. When the statue was unveiled about a month ago this whole area was private land. Because of an unrelated transaction this whole area just became public land. That means that is a public statue and it is an expression of the citizens of San Francisco. That change the facts is what has the mayor of osaka threatening to sever sister city ties with San Francisco. You would say it is just a statue however i think that we can see from all of the stuff going on around statues in the country about the confederacy how important that user. Reporter judith is the president of the comfort women justice coalition. They deny the they flamed women for sex and world war ii claiming that they were not coerced or numbers were very small. This started in 2013. The then mayor of osaka said that it was right to have comfort women. That soldiers needed comfort women.
Thermometer in Atlantic City mount pocono we are way warmer , this same time yesterday and new held back to the 30s, 20s, nothing a typical, thinks where you should be but noticeably cooler and luckily you dont have too much in the way of wind. As day goes on suns warm but still above average here. Look at 55 in the city with mixture of sun and included, not terrible and we have a frontal boundary but that will hold off any wet weather until later on tonight. We will look at area dew point s, northeast wind flow is quite light, and it should begin to shift southerly as day goes on in advance of the approaching frontal boundary which will time out in more detail, later in the show, meisha. Katie, sounds good, thank you very much. Were looking outside and as we were just talking about at the desk things are looking good, we are starting to heat up levels just a little bit but no accident this morning so we are looking good there, lots of construction, ben franklin bridge looking great tr
On their ashes tour. Its just been revealed why batsman ben duckett was been dropped from englands ashes tour match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. In sharp contrast here more snow and ice are on the way with freezing temperatures likely to cause travel disruption. Stav will have the latest for us. A few snow showers and the potential of some significant snow. Join me laterfor the details. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has arrived in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government a charge she denies. Mrjohnson is also expected to discuss britains wider relations with iran. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins. Boris johnsons first visit to iran could hardly be more sensitive. Last month he was
Tour match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. A few snow showers and the potential of some significant snow. Join me later for the of some significant snow. Join me laterfor the details. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, boris johnson, is due to arrive in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government a charge she denies. Mrjohnson is also expected to discuss britains wider relations with iran. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins. Boris johnsons first visit to iran could hardly be more sensitive. Last month he was accused of damaging the case for the release of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe by remarks he later apologised for. On his way to tehran to see irans foreign minister, he issued a statement, saying the foreig
Wins in a row as they beat neighbours united at old trafford. Jose mourinho says his sides title hopes are probably over after losing 2 1 as city extend their lead at the top, and continue to break premier league records. And it is Christmas Carol season, of course, but does singing make you feel better . This week we will be looking at whether it is really good for you. And carol can tell us whether the cold spell is set to continue. Good morning. Once again this morning we have a mixture of rain, sleet and snow in east anglia and the south of england. It will also be windy today. More showers in the north and west of the uk. Some of those will be windy. In between we have dry, crisp and sunny weather. Wherever you are it will feel cold with the risk of ice. Our main story this morning, snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption across parts of the uk. There have in train and plane cancellations and drivers have been warned icy conditions are making r