In south korea, mattis wants to reassure both countries that america will press ahead with an antimissile defense system. After visiting seoul, mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday. Mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday and will meet shinzo abe as well as the defense minister. Mattis will be the first member of trumps cabinet to visit. The japanese and american sides are expected to reaffirm a number of things, including that the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall within the scope of their security treaty. Japan controls the islands and the japanese government maintains the islands and are an inherent part of japans territory. China and taiwan claim them. Irans defense minister has admitted his country test fired a Ballistic Missile and he warns it wont allow foreigners to interfere in its security. Its a veiled message to the american president Whose Administration responded strongly. Translator we execute our plan to produce defensive equipment to defend our National Goals a
To confirm that the japan u. S. Security treaty covers the Senkaku Islands. Economic warning. A nobel prizewinning economist has some thoughts on getting japans economy back on track. The defense secretary of the United States is looking to reassure south korea and japan about the importance of his countrys alliances with them. James mattis is the first member ofof trumps cabinet to visit t two nations. Mattis on thursday met south koreas acting president in seoul. Mattis will attempt to remove concern about Donald Trumps campaign remarks. The president suggested he may review the nature of the alliances. In south korea, mattis wants to reaffirm both countries will press ahead with a plan to deploy an american antimissile system. The u. S. Is increasingly concerned by north koreas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile technology. Mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday. Hes scheduled to meet Prime Minister shinzo abe as well as defense minister tomomo inada. The japanese and u. S. Side are
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Flag warning in effect for today. Here is a look at your forecast and red flag warning in effect for the north bay mountains and portions of the delta. The strait and you can see the areas tie lighted in red. Details for you here wind gusts expected up to 35 Miles Per Hour. Especially in the Higher Elevations and down slopes. Those mountains high fire danger for today. Something to be mindful of along with the north winds. We will also see low relative humidity so certainly a concern when it comes to fire danger throughout the bay today. Outside right now, skies are clear and winds are relatively light at this hour. Keeping temperatures on the cool side. In the low to mid50s area wide. 54 santa rosa. 56 in concord. Your weather headlines after aclear cool start mostly sunny and warmer today. Of course we have high fire dangers so certainly be mindful of that. High temperatures warming up into the upper 80s for the warmest spot inland. Mid to upper 60s along the coast and low to mid70s
Were celebrating a birthday when the armed men came in. We nodded. She said okay. Dont worry. If youre bangladeshi, we will not do harm to you. She was told to put her head down on the table. She then heard people screaming for help. She said the attackers targeted the foreign attackers within the first 30 minutes. They asked my husband to stand. He was standing in front of the glass and that video i think all of you have seen the backside of my husband that he is stand ngs front of the glass door. They told him to put his hand up. Parveen said she and her daughter believed they would die. Police believe the attackers targeted foreigners and sought publicity to try to Stoke International fear. On tuesday the bangladeshi home minister revised the number from six to five. The chef is among the list of victims bringing the number to 23. Friends and families have been mourning the victims. Among those killed were nine italians. On tuesday an Italian Government plane carried them to rome. M