System aimed at keeping climbers safe. And thousands of origami paper cranes sent to hiroshima from around the world as symbols of peace are being reborn so they can be shared with others. Japanese officials have announced that they will suspend work to relocate a u. S. Military base within okinawa prefecture. Crews were planning to start reclaiming land in a coastal area of nago city to prepare for the move of futenma air station. Many residents of the city have voiced opposition to the plan. The governments top spokesperson says the work will be put on hold for a month so officials can hold discussions with local authorities. Translator we would like to explain to the governor of okinawa our views on how to reduce the risks that the futenma air station and its relocation pose to nearby residents and how to reduce the overall burden on okinawa. I also look forward to hearing what the governor has to say. Workers were planning to start filling in land off the henoko district of nago ci
The edge of downtown. The as hope to play in this new ballpark by 2023. But the as must still cut a deal with the Peralta Community district that owns that site and has its headquarters there. Libby shaaf is supposed to make a statement tomorrow. Well be working to bring you details on air and online. Now to developing news in alameda where people in one neighborhood are being told not to drink the tap water. City officials issued a Water Quality alert for people who live in Alameda Point. Thats the neighborhood at the western end of the island where Alameda Naval air station was once located. Paul chambers has been following the developments there and is live now with an update, paul. Reporter frank now according to east bay mud the reason why that only affects Alameda Point is because the naval infrastructure officials have been handing out bottled water. This after it was determined the water in the system was undrinkable. We decided to essentially have everyone seize using the wate
Hours. And now for us to declare a recess of the committee at any time, and we will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials to the chairman for inclusion into the record. This hearing is entitled a legislative proposal to impede north kr north koreas access to finance. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Todays hearing will examine draft legislation to impose secondary sanctions on foreign banks whose business supports the north korean regime whether directly or indirectly. By encompassing virtually all of north kr north koreas economic activity, these measures would are represent the toughest financial sanctions yet directed at pyongya pyongyang. This the means going after cole, petroleum, textiles and minerals as well as north korean laborers abroad. In addition, the bill would incentivize greater compliance with the u. N. Sanctions by leveraging the vote at the International Financial institutions where certain countries with the lax e
Graphic on that one so lets move on to the guardian. They have an interesting story about pets. Apparently in the uk, our cramped housing means less of us have pets and that could have sad consequences for us. So lets begin. With me is liam booth smith, ceo of the independent, non profit think tank localis which promotes neo localist ideas in the uk through research, events and commentary. Welcome. Again. You have been busy reading all these stories since i last saw you. Lets begin with the new york times. What is they take on this earthquake, the deadliest we have seen this year. Obviously with any tragedy like this it is escalating situation in terms of understanding. We start with a few hundred people who have lost their lives. But we can not we do not yet know how me people have been affected by the loss of a home. We can lose something important if we focus just on topline figures. There have been concerns raised about the response of the iranian government. It has worrying echoes
Two very provocative and extremely influential articles that were written by frank castiglione. The first appeared in the 1997 issue of the journal of American History. And the second appeared just last year in 2016 in the same journal. These penetrating deal with George Kennan , soviet russia and the cold war. s longknow that kennan telegram, which was sent in february 1946 from moscow to xshington and his socalled article the following year that appeared in the journal of Foreign Affairs these two pieces of writing embodied the core, the very core of u. S. Containment policy for the cold war. Documents that frank focuses on and extrapolates from. Important bothe substantively and methodologically. Reexamines, he kennans motives and thinking. In so doing, he makes a major methodological contribution. He injects a motion a major factor for us to think about that emotion injects emotion as a major factor press to think about, rather than the rational realist, frank portrays kennan in al