Former toyota executive julie hamp for drug smuggling. And a legacy in the battle of okinawa. The son of an army officer retraces his fathers steps 70 years later. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe is facing resistance in his bid to broaden the role of the selfdefense forces. Hes been trying to push through security bills for collective selfdefense. But two opposition parties have drafted their own bill in an effort to block that move. Leaders of the Democratic Party and Japan Innovation Party submitted their bill wednesday to the lower house. It proposes an alternative to the government plan for responding to socalled gray zone situations. The term refers to infringements of sovereignty that did not amount to armed attacks. The two leaders agreed to collaborate to prevent next weeks votes on the government bill. Translator its important that opposition parties team up to debate the bill thoroughly. Translator it is very inconsiderate if parties submit similar bills separately. We sho
China centrals television reports that more than 400 people are injured. Emergency services are being overwhelmed as the injured flood hospitals. Firefighters are working to try to put out the blames. Two of them are unaccounted for. Members ever the Islamic State groups egyptian affiliate claimed they have killed a foreign hostage, they posted a photo purportedly of a croatian man. The group is in the sinai peninsula. The photo appears to have been taken from a desert. A caption says the man was killed because of his countrys participation in the war against the Islamic State group. The Prime Minister has responded, saying authorities cannot confirm the information is legitimate, but he says they are investigating. Islamic state militants have posted videos of the killing of a number of foreign hostages in syria. If confirmed, this would be the first such incident in egypt. A u. S. Military helicopter has crashed during a Training Exercise off japans southern prefecture of okinawa. Se
China centrals television reports that more than 400 people are injured. Emergency services are being overwhelmed as the injured flood hospitals. Firefighters are working to try to put out the blames. Two of them are unaccounted for. Members ever the Islamic State groups egyptian affiliate claimed they have killed a foreign hostage, they posted a photo purportedly of a croatian man. The group is in the sinai peninsula. The photo appears to have been taken from a desert. A caption says the man was killed because of his countrys participation in the war against the Islamic State group. The Prime Minister has responded, saying authorities cannot confirm the information is legitimate, but he says they are investigating. Islamic state militants have posted videos of the killing of a number of foreign hostages in syria. If confirmed, this would be the first such incident in egypt. A u. S. Military helicopter has crashed during a Training Exercise off japans southern prefecture of okinawa. Se
Natividad, president of the guahan coalition for peace and justice and a member of the Guam Commission on decolonization. Well also speak with david vine, author of base nation how u. S. Military bases abroad harm america and the world. Then, sphere of influence how american libertarians called the Atlas Network are remaking latin american politics. While politicians operate within the confines of what they consider possible, atlas and our Global Partners think it is more costeffective to change what is considered politically possible. Venezuela as well as those that ousted the president , we will speak to the intercept Investigative Reporter lee fong, who just published a , major expose on the group. Then we talked to a yemeni student who among thousands, one a visa from the diversity lottery. Well also talk with a veteran state Department Official who says taking visas away from lottery winners is the cruelest possible thing this administration could do. All that and more coming up.
And what should people be bracing for . The typhoon affect the the Northern Areas of the philippines. The typhoons are not too rare but it was the strongest typhoon on record to hit the philippines on record. But it moved over the south of luzon on Christmas Day as a very strong tide, the second high highest category on a typhoon scale. The system moved toward the west, and it was near manila today. It has weakened slightly packing winds of 180 kilometers per hour. The good news is the system is starting to pull away from the country but still strong winds are blowing over parts of luzon. The next start is going to be the south of vietnam as we go into later this week. In fact the system couould get very clolose to the country y a tropical depression by thursday afternoon local time. As it does its goining to have nortrtheasterly flow. That means strong winds and heavy rain is expected for the central portions of vietnam which has been continuing with flooding over the past couple of m