Talks were drawn out. Security Council Members finalized a draft resolution last week. An annual cap on coal exports. China is major importer of the resource from north korea. The sanctions will also ban exports of copper, nickel and silver. Foreign companies with offices and Bank Accounts in north korea will be forced to close. The measures also urge u. N. Member countries to limit the number of staff. Meanwhile, the u. S. Wants to impose a new sanction of its own. The embargo will cut north koreas earnings. Target companies suspected of sending laborers abroad. A u. S. Government source teld told nhk they want it in the sanctions but china opposed. Arrangements are under way to coordinate with japan and south korea. The u. S. Will announce another sanction next month against north korean institutions involved in human rights violations. Now, moving on to the business and financial fronts officials are discussing how to raise prices. Gino joins us with more on that and other stories.
Operation capability of its ballistic missile, posing a major threat to the region. A retired maritime selfdefense force official says the launch could be in retaliation to the strong ties between japan, the u. S. , and south korea. He says he believes pyongyang was reacting to a recent announcement about missile defense. The recent south korean government decision to deploy and agree to deploy the u. S. Thaad Missile System against north korea. They fire without any notice to the international world. So this is a quite first case. So thats why that they dont care about those things. This is a very bad worsening decision of leadership. Or decisionmaking of the north korean government. Sports fans will have a whole lot more to cheer for at the Tokyo Olympics in four years time. The International Olympic committee has approved four sports to be added to the tokyo 2020 games. Ioc approved to add surfing, skateboarding, karate, sports climbing, plus returning baseball and softball. The new
Operation capability of its ballistic missile, posing a major threat to the region. A retired maritime selfdefense force official says the launch could be in retaliation to the strong ties between japan, the u. S. , and south korea. He says he believes pyongyang was reacting to a recent announcement about missile defense. The recent south korean government decision to deploy and agree to deploy the u. S. Thaad Missile System against north korea. They fire without any notice to the international world. So this is a quite first case. So thats why that they dont care about those things. This is a very bad worsening decision of leadership. Or decisionmaking of the north korean government. Sports fans will have a whole lot more to cheer for at the Tokyo Olympics in four years time. The International Olympic committee has approved four sports to be added to the tokyo 2020 games. Ioc approved to add surfing, skateboarding, karate, sports climbing, plus returning baseball and softball. The new
Information and get ready to take action as necessary. Officials at the pentagon say theyre reasonably certain a u. S. Air strike in syria killed the Islamic State militant known as jihadi john. He has purportedly killed a number of foreign captives, including japanese. Its still early. We are reasonably certain that we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is jihadi john. The Officials Say u. S. Forces used a drone to target a vehicle believed to have been carrying the militant in raqqa. They say intelligence theyve gathered indicates he was killed. Jihadi john with his fluent british accent in english appeared in numerous videos showing the purported murders of u. S. And british hostages and japanese journalist kenji goto. Goto covered numerous wars over his career. He described how vulnerable ordinary people become in war, especially children, and the high price they often pay. Goto traveled to syria and was captured by Islamic State militants. Jihadi john is presumed to
Up a task force to gather information and get ready to take action as necessary. Officials at the pentagon say theyre reasonably certain a u. S. Air strike in syria killed the Islamic State militant known as jihadi john. He has purportedly killed a number of foreign captives, including japanese. Its still early. We are reasonably certain that we killed the target that we intended to kill, which is jihadi john. The Officials Say u. S. Forces used a drone to target a vehicle believed to have been carrying the militant in raqqa. They say intelligence theyve gathered indicates he was killed. Jihadi john with his fluent british accent in english appeared in numerous videos showing the purported murders of u. S. And british hostages and japanese journalist kenji goto. Goto covered numerous wars over his career. He described how vulnerable ordinary people become in war, especially children, and the high price they often pay. Goto traveled to syria and was captured by Islamic State militants.