Yingluck shinawatra has been found guilty of dereliction of duty. The duty bans jing luck from political activity for five years. And another setback at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. The operator cannot keep the schedule for dealing with the buildup of tainted water. Japans Prime Minister has seen the deadline to free two nationals taken by Islamic State pass. Members of his administration assume they had until 2 50 p. M. On friday japan time to pay a ransom. And theyve been casting a wide net looking for help. The video emerged online tuesday showing a purported member of Islamic State threatening to kill two hostages. He demanded 200 million in ransom within 72 hours to save their lives. Abe has been urging his cabinet members to do all they can to secure the release of kenji goto and haruna yukawa. A japanese official went to jordan to help handle the hostage crisis. He referred to Islamic States criticism of japans assistance to the middle east. Translator we havent changed our stan
What a deal would mean for the obama administration. It will get to the stories in a moment, but first, some of the other stories we are following. The u. K. Campaign for Prime Minister is formally underway. Parliament was dissolved and David Cameron says britains face britons face a stark choice. He says Labor Party Leader ed miliband is not fit to be Prime Minister. Cameron i know what this world needs, and frankie, i do not think ed miliband has it. Some people might say, do not make this personal. But when it comes to who is Prime Minister, the personal is national. Mark mr. Miliband told Bloomberg Television that businesses are concerned Prime Minister cameron will take the country out of the european union. He said the labour party is committed to staying in. The u. S. Economy may not be able to keep up the momentum after its best quarter since 2006. Consumer purchases rose less than projected in february. The increase was just 0. 1 . The weather may be responsible for some of th
Has been completed on a castle, a unesco World Heritage site in western japan. Many people are eager to see the castles fresh new look. Chinese government leaders are breaking ground on a controversial construction project in the South China Sea. They are building lighthouses on the Spratly Islands. World leaders are taking notice and voicing their concerns. Reporter staterun tv in china is reporting what will be the next major project on the disputed Spratly Islands. It says two large lighthouses will be constructed on the reef. A Foreign Ministry Spokes Person said the project is for peaceful purposes. Translator the lighthouses will provide vessels with efficient navigating and other assistant services and thus will greatly improve their safety. China will continue construction of civil facilities on relevant reefs on the Spratly Islands to better serve countries of the South China Sea and Different Countries vessels operating in the waters. Reporter but officials in neighboring cou
Maryland has been confirmed. Jennifer franciotti has more to explain. Good morning. The state Health Department is saying the first case of flu in maryland has been confirmed two weeks earlier than last year. The cdc has stopped tracking influenza cases, a victim of the Government Shutdown. No one is watching where the flu is moving our whether a pandemic is emerging. Maryland and other states will continue tracking and testing locally. Without the government, there is no one linking across state lines. Us all keep a picture with what is going on from a national standpoint. The cdc has stopped tracking Food Poisoning and stop investigating measles cases. Studieshas stopped new and new clinical trials. More coming up at 5 30l. Jennifer franciotti, wbaltv 11 news. Most of the wrinkles for marylands Online Health Care Exchange has been ironed out. Almost everyone has been cap from accessing the sites because bottlenecking since it opened on tuesday. No charges will be filed for the parade
Could be worth 4 billion. And a santa rally is under way before he sets off on his Global Delivery round. Happy Christmas Eve, everyone. Many of the markets here in europe are already closed such as the italian, swiss and fwerman ones, but there are a km markets still trading at least until around noon, 1 00. Were seeing a little green on the charts. The cac 40 up by 0. 3 and the ftse 100 is seeing similar gains. European markets trading close to a threeweek high. This is on the back of some m a activity that we saw in the european markets yesterday but also the cheer given that we see those record highs in the u. S. Trading session. In terms of some of the sectors, travel, leisure, media outperforming, we have no sector in the red today, but in terms of the relative underperformers, were seeing technology and basic resources in terms of the on the lower part of the ledger, technology saw nice gains in yesterdays trading session arm being one of the better performances. Apple, kind of