To the him lavi himalayas, g people from a blizzard, at least 40 people are known to have pair i should. There has been violent confrontations between police and protesters in hong kong. Demonstrators using up apri umbs protect they feel shelves from pepper spray and batons. Lets take you live to hong hong. Sarah its calmer now, but early there was a pretty tense stands off. Reporter it certainly was. Some of the most violent clashes that we have seen since this demonstration began about three weeks ago. Police say at its peak last night there were around 9,000 protesters. What start said number of protesters trying to reoccupy two key streets in a very busy part here. This led to a standoff that lasted for hours, about 26 people were arrested and people were injured. And this is how the knighton folded. The night began with a tense stands off that quickly turn today chaos as thousands of protesters moved back in to the district. That had earlier been cleared. They refused to go as rio
Today, Technology Performance miracles. The suit thats helping paralyzed people walk again. Thats our team, now lets do some science. Hi guys, welcome to techknow. Im phil torres and im here with kosta and marita. Now, scientists are detecting millions of earthquakes around the world. What technology do you study to help mitigate them . Here is San Franciscos bay bridge. They absorb the areas of the earthquake while leaving the rest of the infrastructure intact. Really, really cool. Lets check it out. Rising from the San Francisco bay is the newest architectural jewel of northern california. The new bay bridge, which connects San Francisco and oakland, is now open for business. And what a sight it is to see roughly 280,000 vehicles travel the east and westbound lanes each day. Its now the widest bridge in direction. This is six years worth of round the clock time lapse video of the new 2. 2 mile east span. The project cost 6. 4 billion. This is earthquake country. The great San Francis
Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously cramped metropolis of 7.5 million.
Until recently, the upscale homes of the Redhill Peninsula seemed like an oasis for rich Hong Kongers aspiring to a tranquil lifestyle in an otherwise notoriously cramped metropolis of 7.5 million.
hello, and welcome to nhk newsline. i m ross mihara in tokyo. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has spent his first few months in office focusing on the economy. now he s adding another issue to his agenda. he wants to revise the constitution which marks its 66th anniversary on friday. in particular, abe is eing a redefinition of the country s defense forces. japanese are divided over whether the constitution should be changed at all. nhk world junio yatsumoto explains. reporter: prime minister shinzo abe has waited for years to revise japan s constitution. he and his ruling democratic party have kept that goal in sight since they took power last december. translator: it is prime minister abe s belief that we need to change the constitution for assembling an independent nation state. reporter: the constitution was written after world war ii. the u.s.-led allied forces controlled its drafting. the most significant characteristic is pacifism. article ix says the japa