Hundreds of people attended thursdays ceremony. Floyd died after a Police Officer pinned him to the ground and kneeled on his neck, despite floyds calls that he couldnt breathe. Everybody wants justice. We want justice for george. Hes going to get it. Hes going to get it. Elsewhere in the country, people continued to protest. Floyds brother joined more than a thousand demonstrators at a rally in new york city where they held up banners and repeatedly called flois name. Amid the protest, the state of virginia is removed the statue of confederate general robert e. Lee. The government says the statue was wrong then and is wrong now. And i believe that we learn more when we take that honest look at our past. We must do more than just talk about the future. We must take action. Northam says the statue of general robert e. Lee will be put in storage and that his government will work with the community to determine its future. The removal of confederate statues is a contentious issue. Some se
Country at ports of entry. If we decide to raise travel alert to level three. For 49 countries and territories based on the immigration control law, we will add these countries and territories to ban entries of people from these areas starting april 3rd. With these additional countries and territories, the total of 73 countries will be subject to our travel ban. Those countries include the United States, canada and most of europe. They also include indonesia and six other Southeast Asian countries as well as china and south korea. Additionally, anyone who enters japan including japanese nationals will be asked to self quarantine for two weeks. The measures follow a surge in the number of confirmed infections of people whove recently been abroad. Earlier in the day the Prime Minister said its currently not necessary to declare a state of emergency over the coronavirus. His comments come as the number of cases in the country continue to rise. Translator at this point, i dont think we are
Selfrestraint in the handling of the dispute. Chinese foreign minister wang yi spoke with reporters after the meeting. Translator dont inflame the South China Sea issue. My country doesnt approve of other nations trying to find fault with it. U. S. Secretary of state john kerry is to attend wednesdays talks. It remains to be seen whether washington will maintain its tough stance toward china over the territorial issues ahead of chinese president xi jinpings state visit to the u. S. Next month. Npzjapanese officials are asking for a meeting and asking for a swift report into the outcome of an investigation into the fate of japanese abductees and others missing in north korea. Japans foreign minister is to attend a series of meetings on thursday. A government source says talks are being arranged between Fumio Kishida and ri su yong. He is said to have direct access to kim jongun. Kishida is to convey japans request to kim. They told japan last month that theyll postpone the report on the
Japan. In addition to economic pledges, they agreed to push forward free island access. Japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of his territory. Moscow says the islands became part of russian territory result of the war. The issue is one of the main reasons a formal peace deal was never signed between the two countries. Translator we had frank and in depth discussions on the former japanese residents free visits to the islands, possible joint Economic Activities there, under a special system and issues related to a potential peace treaty. During their meeting, abe handed letters from former residents of the island. The residents were forced to flee from that communities after the war. Translator i understand that its difficult to clear up all difficulties once and for all. Were only able to give feedback on the talks at the moment, but it is a slight relief to hear that president putin got the letters we wrote and actually read them. Abe is expected to reaffirm government and
Japan. In addition to economic pledges, they agreed to push forward free island access. Japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of his territory. Moscow says the islands became part of russian territory result of the war. The issue is one of the main reasons a formal peace deal was never signed between the two countries. Translator we had frank and in depth discussions on the former japanese residents free visits to the islands, possible joint Economic Activities there, under a special system and issues related to a potential peace treaty. During their meeting, abe handed letters from former residents of the island. The residents were forced to flee from that communities after the war. Translator i understand that its difficult to clear up all difficulties once and for all. Were only able to give feedback on the talks at the moment, but it is a slight relief to hear that president putin got the letters we wrote and actually read them. Abe is expected to reaffirm government and