Nhk worlds takafumi terui has more from hiroshima. Reporter huge amounts of debris, including piles of lumber from crushed houses are covering the whole area that i can see. The torrential rains started in the early hours of the morning and it just kept coming. Can you hear me . Rr im surrounded by mud pools of water and debris. The mud here is sticky. And people have seen landslides before. Still, many are shocked by what theyve seen come down from above. Some have had their water and power cut off. But more help is on the way. About 2,500 police officers, firefighters and safety personnel joined those already here. Theyre searching for the missing here and in other areas, as well. Thanks very much. Well have more on this later on in the program. South korean and japanese government officials have argued of late over the views of territory and history. South koreas next ambassador has promised to improve relations. Hes scheduled to leave for tokyo on saturday. He spent his childhood i
Where oil spills has the penguin at risk of extinction. Egyptian Court Sentenced former president Mohamed Morsi to a jail break in 2011 that toppled Mohamed Morsi and he with several members of the Muslim Brotherhood escaped. The case now goes to the grand mufdi, the highest religious authority for confirmation and if he disagrees he can hand it back to the trial judge. Former president facing several other charges and include conspiring to spy and commit acts of terrorism. In egypts see that peninsula with hez hezbollah and accused of fraud in connection with his Government Economic and social programs and insulting judiciary of accusing a judge of overseeing Election Fraud and he denies all allegations. Joining me in the studio is a fellow at the graduate school of journalism in new york and also former managing editor of the newspaper and what do you make of the death sentence that has been passed against Mohamed Morsi, is it likely to be carried out at the end of the day . I dont b
Ai an Award Winning musician bb king has died. Southeast asian governments are turning away boats carrying hundreds of asylum seekers. More than 1600 migrants, both rohingya and bangladeshis have landed in malasia and indonesia since sunday. Some others havent been as lucky and are forced back into international waters. The thai navy has been dropping food parcels to intoets carrying hundreds of migrants but pushed them away from thighailands southern coast. They have rescued 800 rohingya migrants after their boat had been turned back. Those on board say at least 100 people have died while fighting for food and water. Rights groups are calling for an urgent rescue of thousands of migrants stranded on trafficers boats in the region. With the rescued migrants in indiana hes i cants aceh sent us this update. These people have been at sea for three months. They are exhausted and many are very, very illlike this man over here like this man over here. A big riot has happened at sea on the bo
Where fishing and oil spills put the species of penguin in risk of extinction. But we begin this news hour with breaking news out of syria, u. S. Special forces have killed a senior i. S. I. L. Leader inside syria. That is according to the u. S. President and white house. Lets take you live now to lebanons becca valley overlooking syria and al jazeera is there and what more do we know omar . Reporter we know that the americans sent two helicopters and attacked an oil field that is east and then there were some u. S. Special forces involved. We know that they have killed a Senior Leader known as thought to be the man responsible for running the oil business for i. S. I. L. Especially in the zone. He is also the Main Financial operation head. Now, activists in the area suggest that at least six people from i. S. I. L. Were killed including two from arab nationalitys and iraqi and saudi and we dont know the names of them. I. S. I. L. Has also confirmed that it lost six of its fighters in
Gaza makes it to the cannes film festival. We begin in iraq why the Islamic State of iraq and the levant are trying to push the iraqi army out of the capital of Anbar Province. I. S. I. L. Is in control of 90 of ramadi and if the city falls completely it would give the group a stronghold just 100 kilometers from baghdad. People are continuing to flee ramadi. Over 100,000 have been displaced in the last month alone. Zeina khodr has the latest from iraqs capital baghdad. He did promise a tough response and did promise to recapture this territory. He did receive a phone call from the u. S. Vice president joe biden. America is promising to send more weapons but they believe that i. S. I. L. Is still on the offensive and that the Iraqi Government will be able to recapture this terrain. But at the end of the day, this is the biggest question, what can the rake government do . They still havent disagreed on who will rule over the tensions in anbar they want to wage this battle alone but polit