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.
Their proposal to avoid a default on the debt. The government needs approval from congress to borrow more money. Otherwise, by next week, it might not be able to pay its bills. U. S. Media has reported the legislation would allow the government to avoid a default for six weeks. I would hope that the president will look at this as an opportunity and a goodfaith effort on our part to move halfway, halfway to what hes demanded, in order to have these conversations begin. The proposal does not include any measures to resolve the shutdown of Government Services that started last week. But it would give republicans and democrats more time to negotiate a deal for a deficit reduction over the longterm. The president is happy that cooler heads at least seem to be prevailing. In the house. That there at least seems to be a recognition that default is not an option. Carney welcomed the republicans offer but he said white house officials have not seen the details of the proposal. The head of the I
Digging deeper. The sesech goes on for possible active faults beneath japans Nuclear Plants. They could lead to permanent shutdown of several reactors. Welcome to nhk world newsline. Inspectors from Japans Nuclear Regulation Authority said a new Nuclear Power plan in the northern japan may be sitting on active seismic faults. A team of five experts concluded their twoday inspection at the higashidori plant in aomori prefecture. They concentrated on two faults in the compound. Official from the plants operator told the Power Company that a shift in the strata was caused by ground water. They say it wasnt the result of an active fault. Investigators say they cannot rule out the possibility that the two faults are active. They say they will be able to come to a finding without additional surveys. The Nuclear Regulation authority says all members of the team share the same view. He says theres evidence that the faults have moved. Officials with the authority will meet to discuss the matter
Prefecture. They concentrated on two faults in the compound. Official from the plants operator told the Power Company that a shift in the strata was caused by ground water. They say it wasnt the result of an active fault. Investigators say they cannot rule out the possibility that the two faults are active. They say they will be able to come to a finding without additional surveys. The Nuclear Regulation authority says all members of the team share the same view. He says theres evidence that the faults have moved. Officials with the authority will meet to discuss the matter next thursday. The electric plant say the faults are not located directly beneath the regulators but if the are active they have to review their measures and give up resuming operations at the plant any time soon. The higashidori facility is the Third Nuclear plant in japan to undergo fault inspections. Some residents who fled the crisis at the Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Plant may soon be able to go home. Japanese gov