Welcome back to nhk newsline. Im Roger Pradhan with the news in tokyo. People in tokyo are watching with wary eyes as the daily case numbers hover in the mid 100s after topping 200 four days in a row through sunday. Officials confirmed 143 new infections in the captain on tuesday bringing the total number to nearly 8,200 in the city of 14 million. N. Many recent cases are young people who work at or visited nightlife districts. Translator the number of infected people is increasing considerably. We have to deal with the situation with a sense of crisis. In charge of the governments coronavirus response. He says officials and experts will discuss if nightclubs that dont act in accordance with antivirus guidelines should be asked to close. Cluster infections have been confirmed outside nightlife districts. They include about 40 actors, Staff Members and patrons at a theater in central tokyo. The infected theater goers came from across the greater tokyo region. A woman who attended the pe
But there was genuine outrage and upset too at the Prime Ministers language, branded by some mps as a dangerous disgrace. Well be asking voters in portsmouth what they make of the chaotic events of the past few days at westminster. And well be answering some of the many questions sent in by viewers and listeners, on what could happen next. Also on the programme. Donald trumps dealings with the ukrainian president , now a transcript is published of a telephone conversation, which opponents say proves that the president acted improperly. In northern ireland, 1,200 workers lose theirjobs as one of the uks main bus makers goes into administration. Whos going to employ a 62 year old man . Ive nothing now. Thats it. We report from hull on the citys flooding problem as scientists warn that Climate Change is pushing sea levels even higher. And in south africa, harry and meghan introduce young archie to one of the giants of the battle against apartheid. And coming up in sport on bbc news, liver
In this weeks show is family boeing 737 Crash Victims meet with the u. S. Transportation secretary max remains grounded but for how long but 1st afghanistan our biggest longest war is there a success outcome in the meantime whats the real cost home and cook in washington this is the big picture on our t. America. Afghans are now ready to fight against the soviets if they get weapons they say they will win what is u. S. Strategy in afghanistan no strictly speaking we dont have one but we were going around that would mean 3 of the guys here bill is in money the sudden influx of modern weaponry would draw attention drawn attention in Charlie Wilsons war tom hanks plays the flamboyant texas congressman who found the funds to arm the Afghan Resistance that drove the soviets out getting them out was one thing getting us out is another. After failed talks about having talks at camp david with the taliban americans longest ever war drags on 8 teen years later why lets ask former u. S. Marine a
Coming up later, the strong frank puts pressure on swiss employers. We will be speaking to the countries economy minister johann schneiderammann. At 10 10 a. M. Francine first this morning, minutes from the feds in july show janet yellen and officials are concerned about low inflation is. In improving job market is bringing them closer to the first Interest Rate increase in a decade to manus mike mckee has been taking a closer look. Mike it is all about inflation now. Teresad officials met go, most judge the conditions for policy farming had not yet been achieved, but they noticed that conditions were approaching that point. What was missing . Prices what continue to move up. To seembers continued Downside Risks from the possibility of further dollar appreciations and declined to Commodity Prices. In addition, several noted tighter legal markets labor markets had not yet pushed up wages. Theyt all members indicate would need to see more evidence that Economic Growth was sufficiently st
Attracting overseas investors for the first time in history. A singaporean is buying a 49 stake. Do let us know what you think of todays top stories. The china and hong kong markets get underway in 30 minutes, but singapore, taiwan, and malaysia coming online. How is the trading week shaping up so far . David extending losses from friday. We went into the european session, more weakness came through. This is what we are waking up to. Overall, the benchmarks down for a second straight day. Not the declines, primes are not quite there as well. That eating said, we are watching a few things. Singaporehailand and exports due out. South korea the only bright heaviest weighted stock of the index is up. 5 . If you look at what samsung brings to the table. You take it out, that index will show declines. There is your price for samsung electronics. , weency markets, dollaryen should be near session lows at the moment. We will be getting the speech at 2 30overnor kuroda p. M. Local time. We are