A decision be made on which to take and what data to trusts also this hour a hong kong prodemocracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of fraud and a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackle the most important day in their academic calendar. And on peoples temple the school says n. B. A. Players get back to training the Houston Rockets trade old stalled home gold Russell Westbrook to the Washington Wizards. Thank you very much for joining as we begin this hour with the coronavirus pandemic in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic theyve been more than sea. 34000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there but the Health Minister
About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for reading or refugees who are being moved to an island that aids groups say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of widescale abuse which the army denies. Peter stammered with the sport says the Asian Champions League teams begin reaching the last 16 its childs play for so ill have all the details in the next hour. Where we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve facts scenes but in some parts of the worlds the picture is getting worse with case numbers on the rise so as winter approaches no since the start of the pandemic there have been more than 64. 00 a 1000000 confirmed cases worldwide and nearly 1500000. 00 deaths well the u. N. General assembly is holding a special session on the pandemic here in his Opening Statements secretarygeneral antonio good terrorists emphasize that governments must be united in their response. For the 1st time since 145 and world is confr
Police. Then str demonstrators have been on the streets since officers killed walter wallace, jr. Police responded to a call about a man with a knife. Wallace approached him and officers shot him. He was 27 years old. My heart feel like his family says wallace suffered from Mental Health issues. Democratic president ial nominee joe biden and his running mate Kamala Harris issued a statement. They wrote they cannot accept that in this country, a Mental Health crisis ends in death. The protests are the latest in the u. S. To demand justice after police killings. Some people have taken to looting. You cant let that go on. Again, a democratrun state, a democratrun city, phil filth. Philadelphia. We dont have that. The republicans dont have it. City officials have imposed a city wide curfew, and theyve asked for patience as they investigate. After author and civil rights activist george takai has lived with racism since he was a boy. I spoke with him earlier about pre prejudice, pushing bac
Thursday. Republicans will stress trumps efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus and seek conservative support on gun ownership. The Trump Campaign unveiled its key policies for its second term aheaead of the convention. On foreigngn policy issues, und his american first mantra, trump is vowing to make u. S. Allies pay their fair share of defense costs, and also withdraw u. S. Troops from iraq and afghanistan. Relations with china are emphasized. Hes pledging to bringng back 1 Million Manufacturing jobs from china, while prohibiting federal contracts from going to countw n companies that outsource. In regard to the pandemic in the unit stateses, he promises vaccccine will be d developed be end of thihis yeyear, and the country will return to normal next yearar. Trump will give his acceptance speech from the white house on thursday. Next here in japan, the deadline notice to pull out of a bilateral intelligence sharing pact with south korea is hours aw away, but seouls intentions
Damp air is flowing toward the seasonal rain front destabilizing atmospheric conditions and causing rain clouds to develop in kyushu and tokai among other areas. The front will cause heavy rain and thunder over wide areas of western and eastern japan on thursday. Rainfall of more than 50 millimeters per hour is predicted. During the 48 hours ending saturday morning, kyushu and shikoku can expect between 300 and 400 mill meeters of rain. And kanto, 150 to 250 millimeters. So far 59 people are confirmed dead. Four have no vital signs, and 16 others are still missing. In south western japan, a car believes to have a family inside swept away by flooded river water and police are searching for passengers. Kuma village in Kumamoto Prefecture has seen majority of casualties. Selfdefense forces personnel rescued stranded residents who expressed both a desire to stay positive and confusion over what steps to take now. Translator if someone next to me, i will feel depressed so i want to help eve