Growing that the violence there could spiral out of control, plus. Im harry faucet from south koreas first ever chop stick festival designed to prevent links in east asia and providing more than a hint of competition. We begin this news hour in iraq where Kurdish Forces say they are in full control of the northern town of sinja and they have been backed by a u. S. Led air campaign, its a symbolic victory for the kurds and the u. S. And sinja was captured by i. S. I. L. Last year where the group killed and enslaved thousands of minority yazitis and the town sits across highway 47 which links two of i. S. I. L. s strongholds and a major supply route from mosul and i. S. I. L. s self declared raqqa and we are in Northern Iraq along one of the supplies for the sinja and clearly this is a pretty significant move here emran. That is absolutely right, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces seemingly walked in without facing much resistance at all and went into the building and a governor took over and
Separate reports of sexual assault. The first happened last thursday at an offcampus fraternity. Two days later, university of iowa Police Received another report of a sexual assault. This happened in a Residence Hall on the east side of campus ui police want to remind victims to contact r vap, at 3193356000. Next week, thousands of students at the ui can get the third dose of the mmr vaccine for free. This helps to fight against measles, mumps, and rubella. The university and Johnson County Public Health put out a notice on friday, because more than 100 cases of the mumps have been diagnosed on campus since july. Ui students under the age of 25 can get vaccinated tuesday and wednesday from 10 am to 7 pm at the iowa memorial union. Mumps is spread through saliva and not airborne, but the university noted those living in close quarters run a higher risk of catching it. A School District in central iowa is installing more cameras in its school buses, after a student accused a driver of a
Australia want the period shorter. Japanese government sources say the americans are now offering to agree on ten years or less. U. S. President barack obama and australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke on the phone. They reaffirmed their commitment to concluding the talks soon. Still, some negotiators say they cant make progress unless the u. S. Makes more concessions. Japanese negotiators are trying to keep the talks moving in another area. Nhk has learned theyre offering a concession over import tariffs on automobiles. Countries can only make car imports tarifffree if a certain proportion of parts come from nations in the tpp. Mexico and canada want that proportion relatively high. Theyre already committed to 70 in their free trade deal with the United States. The japanese want the proportion much lower. Their countrys automakers use a lot of parts from nontpp countries such as thailand. Japanese negotiators have been pushing for 40 . Sources say theyre now suggesting 55. Em
Australia want the period shorter. Japanese government sources say the americans are now offering to agree on ten years or less. U. S. President barack obama and australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke on the phone. They reaffirmed their commitment to concluding the talks soon. Still, some negotiators say they cant make progress unless the u. S. Makes more concessions. Japanese negotiators are trying to keep the talks moving in another area. Nhk has learned theyre offering a concession over import tariffs on automobiles. Countries can only make car imports tarifffree if a certain proportion of parts come from nations in the tpp. Mexico and canada want that proportion relatively high. Theyre already committed to 70 in their free trade deal with the United States. The japanese want the proportion much lower. Their countrys automakers use a lot of parts from nontpp countries such as thailand. Japanese negotiators have been pushing for 40 . Sources say theyre now suggesting 55. Em
Translator confrontation and friction are not the right choice for either country. We have agreed to strengthen our intelligence sharing on cybercrime. Obama said the two governments will set up a scheme for ministerial level dialogue and he said officials will hold their first session this year. The president s found less Common Ground on territorial issues. Obama expressed concern about the increasingly assertive chinese presence in the east and south china seas. He said he stressed his belief in the need for freedom of navigation and overflight. He also said he raised serious concern about chinese Land Reclamation and construction of military facilities in the south china sea. President xi said his country has the right to uphold its territorial sovereignty and legitimate maritime rights and interests. Delegates at the United Nations summit in new york have agreed unanimously on universal Development Goals to be achieved by 2030. The renowned pakistani advocate of girls education, m