Terrorist attacks. Most of the International Forces in the country are scheduled to leave by the end of this year. Health officials in the gaza strip say more than 800 people have died in israels current military campaign. Antiisrael sentiment is rising in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem. The Officials Say the ground operations israel started one week ago have killed 583 people. When cash casualties from the previous ten days of air strikes are added, the death t Officials Say most of the fatalities were civilians. The Israeli Military blames hamas for the civilian deaths. They say the Islamist Group that controls gaza is launching attacks from houses, mosques, and schools. Israeli Security Forces shot and killed one palestinian during a clash with protesters near the west bank city of ramallah on thursday night. Israeli authorities are sending Security Forces to the old city of jerusalem ahead of friday prayers when thousands of muslims gather at mosques. Authorities across the Russian Far East and siberia are battling firefighters. They say dry weather could spark even more. 34 wildfires are raging in the saca republic. Theyve charred more than 700 square kilometers. Over 2,000 firefighters are battling the flames. The local government declared a state of emergency. Forest fires are also reported in two separate places. Meteorologists in japan say the smoke is reaching the countrys northernmost main island. The haze there is reducing visibility. Officials in reported tenfold increase in pm2. 5. Theyre advising children and the erllderly to stay indoors. The exgeneral who lost indonesias president ial election is trying to overturn the result. Prabowo subianto has filed a legal challenge. He alleges the poll was riddled with fraud. Members of indonesias Election Commission said tuesday that prabowo lost by six percentage points. They handed victory to Jakarta Governor joko widodo. Prabowos team say they submitted evidence of irregularities at over 50,000 polling stations nationwide to the constitutional court. His supporters surrounded the building. Joko gained support from voters for his promise to work toward bureaucratic reforms and stamp out corruption. Analysts do not expect the court to overturn his victory. Still, some say judges could order a revote if the evidence of fraud is strong. Court Officials Say the judges will give their decision by the end of next month. Investigators in taiwan are examining the remains of a passenger plane that crashed this week on a remote island. Theyre trying to find out why the plane went down while attempting to land. More than 400 Police Officers and soldiers are combing through the wreckage on penghu island. The Transasia Airways flight was carrying 58 people from kaohsiung on taiwans main island. 48 of them were killed, and 10 were injured. Five residents on the ground were also hurt. Investigators are examining the scattered debris of the twin engine turboprop aircraft. Theyve also collected the passengers personal belongings. The flight data and cockpit voice recorders have been already sent to taipei for analysis. Families of the victims are gathering at the island. One man who lost six relatives says he still hasnt come to grips with his loss. Translator its so hard for all of my family. We want to know who is responsible for the crash as soon as possible. Aviation officials are trying to find out if the weather conditions had something to do with the crash. The flight was delayed for more than an hour and a half because of a storm. The French Interior minister says an algerian passenger plane that crashed in mali may have gone down in bad weather. Satellite images show heavy cloud cover over the region at the time of the incident. Flight ah5017 had 116 people on board. The plane went missing after leaving the capital ouagadougou. It was bound for algiers. A France Television station has aired what it says is footage from the crash site. The broadcaster says the video was taken by members of the burkina faso military. An image from a Weather Satellite taken two hours before the plane departed shows the area between burkina faso and mali was covered in clouds. Translator the planes pilot tried to change the flight route because of bad weather. There were 51 french citizens on board. French president Francois Hollande says there appear to be no survivors. A French Military unit has recovered one of the flight data recorders. The french government says it will work with officials in mali to determine the cause of the crash. The Foreign Ministers of the netherlands and australia have paid their respects to victims from the downed Malaysia Airlines plane. Frans timmerman and julie bishop saw off caskets being sent home from the airport in eastern ukraine. An earlier flight carried the first group of bodies to the netherlands for identification on wednesday. All 298 passengers and crew members were killed. Investigators believe some remains are still at the crash site. Our entire reason for being here is to ensure that we can secure that site, that we can have access to it, that a proper investigation can be carried out and that we can bring people home. Thats our focus. The two Foreign Ministers met their ukrainian counterpart in kiev. They agreed on the need for a Multinational Team of Police Officers at the site to ensure the safety of investigators. They also signed an agreement stating that netherlands would take charge of all matters relating to the investigation. Countries that lost many nationals are eager to see a full investigation start as soon as possible. Russias state run News Agency Says a Ukrainian Air defense unit shot down the airliner by mistake during an exercise. The report quotes a Ukrainian Military source as saying some officers have been detained, and it reiterates the russian governments claim that the Ukrainian Military was behind the downing of the plane. People in kuala lumpur have held their friday prayers hoping for an early return of bodies from the downed Malaysia Airlines flight. 43 of 298 passengers on board flight mh17 were malaysian citizens. On thursday, Prime Minister najib razak said it could take several weeks or even months for all the victims remains to be returned to their homeland. Authorities in the netherlands must first identify the bodies and gather evidence. Akbar is a university student. He lost his 86yearold grandmother. Translator i was stunned at the news. I wondered if it was a bad dream. Akbar spent his High School Years with his grandmother in indonesia. He felt very close to her as if she were his own mother. She always cared for him. Translator my grandma was a good person who was generous and loving. She looked after me since i was a child. His grandmother was said to be looking forward to seeing akbar and his family in kuala lumpur. They were planning to celebrate the holiday to mark the end of the fasting month in ramadan. Translator im sad, really sad, because we were expecting to celebrate together. Im hoping grandmas remains and personal effects will return to us. On friday, the final flight using the mh17 airline code arrived in kuala lumpur. Malaysia airlines decided to retire the number to express its condolences for the victims. When we were boarding the plane, there was a couple and especially the lady was obviously quite anxious, and her husband put his arm around her to console her. This was the second time in four months for the airline to retire an air code. In march flight mh370 vanished with 239 passengers. Soccer fans and players in ukraine have come together in a show of unity on the pitch. Theyve put their political and ethnic differences aside and are bringing the sport back despite the ongoing fighting. Nhk worlds yuji osawa explains. Reporter a new ukrainian soccer season has kicked off on tuesday. Shakhtar donetsk faced its arch rival kiev. The match is known as the ukrainian derby and attracts millions of fans in the country. Reigning champions shakhtar donetsk have won five straight ukrainian titles. But this year players face big challenges trying to retain their title. The political and financial crisis off the pitch has dealt a heavy blow to the leagues 14 clubs. Four of them play in the donetsk area, currently controlled by prorussian rebels. Shakhtar donetsk plays their matches shorthanded. One argentine and five players from brazil have refused to travel to ukraine after a Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down. Brazilian douglas cosa said on his Instagram Account that all players run a deadly risk if we are in the region. His coach has also expressed concern. It destroyed this town, destroyed the life of the poor people, innocent. I dont know why they arent arriving at the understanding of each other and to make the right decision. Its impossible to do such a thing in europe. Reporter the team has made the decision that players will live and train in kiev and theyll play their home games more than 1,000 kilometers away in lviv. The crisis has brought fans from both sides together, including ones from the predominantly russian speaking east. Theyve suspended their rivalry to preserve the countrys unity. They walked side by side. Translator its a united ukraine. We want to show that theres no confrontation in football. There is donetsk and there is kiev, and they are together. Reporter captains from both teams wore uniforms stitched half and half with another to show their unity in the opening ceremony. Despite missing six south american players, shakhtar managed to win by two goals to nil. For many on the pitch, the win is special given the ongoing conflict. Captain dario srna says the situation did not shatter his teams spirit. Translator we play soccer in the hope that people in donetsk can lead a normal life with their families. Reporter until then, they promise to do their best living and playing in the opposite side of the country. Yuji osawa, nhk world. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe is getting ready to reshuffle his cabinet. He wants a Stronger Team to help him improve National Security and revitalize regional economies. Abe told associates hell carry out the reshuffle in the first week of september. Hell be revamping his administration for the First Time Since he took office in december 2012. Abe wants to make changes to National Security. He wants his team to craft legislation that would enable japan to exercise its right to collective selfdefense. He plans to create a cabinet position especially for that task. Abes also trying to revitalize regional economies. He plans to give that job to another new minister. Abe plans to shake up the leadership of his liberal Democratic Party at the same time. Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe visited seoul this week to deliver a message. He met with south korean President Park geunhye to convey the japanese governments desire for improved relations. Masuzoe first expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in the sinking of a passenger ferry in april. He then said that Prime Minister shinzo abe is eager to improve bilateral ties. Park expressed regret that political difficulties are causing a rift between people in japan and south korea. Translator i hope our two countries can improve our relationship by sharing correct views of history. Park brought up the issue of the socalled comfort women. She called it a human rights matter and said she hopes it will be dealt with sincerely. Translator i conveyed Prime Minister abes desire to build a better relationship with south korea. Masuzoe said he and park agreed to Work Together to ensure that the 2018 Winter Olympics and the 2020 summer olympics are successful. People in seoul will be able to see an exhibition of a popular japanese manga after all. A court overturned a museums decision to cancel it. South koreas war museum will be showing images and characters from the one peace comics. Officials there cancelled the exhibition earlier this month, three days before it was due to open. They said members of the public had complained the comics include images similar to the rising sun flag. Some South Koreans see that flag as a symbol of japans past colonial rule. The company that created the exhibition said the cancellation was wrong and took the matter to court. Judges ruled the manga does not glorify japanese imperialism. They ordered the Museum Officials to honor their original arrangement. Mcdonalds japan says it has stopped selling all products containing chicken meat from china. The decision follows a recent media report that a Food Processing firm in shanghai used chicken meat past its expiration date. Mcdonalds japan halted serving chicken mcnuggets with the ingredients processed at the firm in question beginning on monday. Customers are getting increasingly concerned about the safety of the products made with chicken meat from china so they have also stopped buying chicken meat from two other chinese suppliers. The firm sells eight types of chicken products, including chicken mcnuggets and chicken burgers. Until now, it procured about 40 of its chicken meat from firms in china and the rest from companies in thailand. Officials say they will acquire thai chicken meat for all of their products from now on. But they say some products might run out of stock. The great tsunami of march 2011 did extensive damage to hundreds of kilometers of coastal line in northeastern japan. In hachinohe, aomori prefecture on the northern tip of the mainland, a pair of gates to a sacred shrine for local fishermen was lost to the sea, or so they thought, until they received surprising news from across the pacific. Miki ebara has the story. Reporter 26 years ago, people in the Small Community in hachinohe erected a gate on the islet and prayed for their safety while out fishing. But tsunami engulfed the port. Waves crashed into boats, knocking down the gate. Many people thought it was lost forever. A year later, debris like this giant pier started to show up on north american beaches. In oregon, a fourmeterlong piece of wood painted in red washed ashore last year. When state authorities asked an oregon resident what it was, he knew immediately that it was part of a sacred gate. Uchiyama works as a curator at the portland japanese garden. Its run by a Nonprofit Organization with 7,000 members. Various u. S. Japan Cultural Exchange events are held at the garden. They wanted to find out more about the destroyed gate. So in may uchiyama traveled to japan with his american colleague, trying to locate where the gate originally stood. Translator so Many Americans are worried about people in the devastated regions. We want to be there for them. Reporter the piece had a donors name that read takahashi and the date of the donation written on the back. But during the first trip he could not solve the mystery. Two months later, a museum in hachinohe received a call from a local historian. He saw an image of the washedup object on television. He asked if there was a lost gate in the area after the tsunami and if anyone named takahashi donated the gate. Translator i knew someone named takahashi. I knew who it was. I was just astonished. Reporter takahashi is now 85 years old. He used to be the head of a local fishermens association. The tsunami destroyed much of their fishing equipment, but luckily, he says, it didnt claim any lives here. After the disaster, people erected a new gate in the same spot. Translator this is where it was, right here. Reporter takahashi was amazed to learn that the wooden piece traveled all the way to oregon. Translator i looked carefully and thought, this is it. I saw my name on it. I was surprised that it went all the way to america. Just very surprised. And im truly thankful. Reporter uchiyama was equally delighted on the phone. Its just unbelievable. Here in oregon, we do and people care very much about whats happened to thousands of people in tohoku areas and still they care. Reporter uchiyama hopes to travel to japan once again. He wants to meet takahashi and others in the community face to face so they can discuss a way to get the shrine gate, once lost at sea, safely back home. Miki ebara, nhk world. Check out the latest market figures. A japanese chef has developed a menu easier for Cancer Patients to swallow. His food creations are helping those who 0 have lost their sense of taste from the side effects of drugs and radiation therapy. And hes giving some living inside hospitals their strength back. Reporter people at this hospital are suffering a range of illnesses. They call these meals care food. Translator i love it. Its twice as tasty as ordinary okra. Translator it has a fresh tomato taste. I asked for a second bowl right away. Reporter a professional chef is behind the project. His idea is to help patients enjoy eating again by enhancing flavors, textures, and presentation of the food. Yamaguchi has been running a restaurant for more than 30 years. He uses his knowhow to create recipes for care food. Whenever he he gets an idea, he makes a sample. Translator i always try to come up with something patients would like to eat. I get my ideas from french cuisine. Reporter heto improve care food, yamaguchi has created m dn 100 recipes. Theyve published some online and in a book. This woman is a patient who has come to appreciate those recipes. She had her second surgery for Breast Cancer five years ago. The drugs she had to take destroyed her pleasure in food. Translator i tried to eat, but i didnt have any appetite while i was on the drugs. Not being able to eat was really hard. Reporter three others ago, she got cancer again, this time in her lungs. Then she discovered care food. Shes still under treatment but also needs to look after her 99yearold mother. She says the care food is very healthful not only for herself but also her mother. She says the pleasure she gets from eating is helping her recover. Translator being able to eat helps keep me motivated to live. I think other patients, too. Its the biggest kind of encouragement for patients. Reporter yamaguchi is devising new care food recipes based on feedback from patients. Translator its smooth, easy to eat. Translator i want to make them feel positive about life. I can do that with food. Im thrilled when they tell me their food was good. Reporter just the response that keeps him working hard in the kitchen yamaguchi will keep making meals to help give patients the encouragement they need to pass the recovery. Here is the weekend weather forecast. Thats all we have this hour on newsline. Im ross mihara in tokyo. Thank you for watching, and have a good day. X this week on moyers company, organized people against organized money. The spirit of 76 lives on. There is a greater power that is building up in the countryside, simmering, bubbling in different places and thats going to come together because you cant hold the middle class down. Thats a lot of people to hold down. Theyre beginning to rebel, thats what im saying. Announcer funding is provided by anne gumowitz, encouraging the renewal of democracy. 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