Has transformed into a winter play ground. Well take you live to the 66th annual sapporo snow festival. Jordanian military commanders say their fighter jets have inflicted heavy losses on Islamic States. They increased their air strikes on the ground in recent days after the militants announced they killed one of the countrys pilots. But concerns remain that one of the bombings may have cost an american hostage her life. Nhk worlds craig dale has more. Reporter with bombing after bombing, jordans air force chief says his country is pummeling Islamic State. Where they sleep and eat. Training centers, depots weapons, ammunitions, fuel. Reporter Major General Mansour Al Jobour says fighter jets carried out 56 air strikes from thursday to saturday. Jordan ramped up its bombings on Islamic State in syria after the Group Announced it killed jordanian pilot Moaz Kasasbeh by burning him to death. Now the militants say an american hostage died in one of those bombings. They say they were holdin
Originating near the mountain since april 26th. Ficials have confirmed slight crustal movements. The region is a popular destination for tourists. A u. N. Envoy has started meeting delegates from the Syrian Government, opposition groups and other parties. The consultions are part of the efforts to resume peace talks. He began his work in geneva by meeting representatives of the Syrian Government under bashar al assad. He will hold separate talks with the delegations from the u. N. Security Council Members as well as iran and saudi arabia. We must do something. We cannot just wait. And perhaps by trying to find out from everyone whether they do have realized that we cannot continue we may get some ideas how to end it. The civil war in syria is showing no signs of ending as various militant groups have joined the fighting. Islamic state militants have put wide areas of northern and Eastern Syria under their control. Theyve also seized part of the Palestinian Refugee camp in the suburbs o
On the northern slope of mt. Hakone. On monday local authorities banned entry to the area around the valley. They say the region has been experiencing a growing number of earthquakes originating near the mountain since april 26th. Officials have confirmed slight crustal movements. The region is a popular destination for tourists. A u. N. Envoy has started meeting delegates from the Syrian Government, opposition groups and other parties. The consultations are part of the efforts to resume peace talks. He began his work in geneva by meeting representatives of the Syrian Government under bashar al assad. He will hold separate talks with the delegations from the u. N. Security Council Members as well as iran and saudi arabia. We must do something. We cannot just wait. And perhaps by trying to find out from everyone whether they do have realized that we cannot continue we may get some ideas how to end it. The civil war in syria is showing no signs of ending as various militant groups have j
Reforms. The king has approved thursdays coup, but protests continue. You have been there many times. How extreme is this . I havent been there in recent weeks, but this time, it appears different from the outside looking at it ondemically, and carrying conversations with people inside thailand. The fear and what you saw over the weekend is that there is a ratcheting up of tensions, this as protesters become increasingly agitated with the way this coup is unfolding and the level of power that the , theal Prayuth Chanocha Army Commander and effective head of government, is commanding. Yesterday, he dissolved the thai senate. That removes the last Democratic Institution in the country. It is one of the reasons why you saw protesters out on the streets in force. The good news is, despite 2000 protesters moving towards victory monument, the military, even though there were many, there were no major clashes from what we understand. There were protests in a northern city, as well. It will be
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