hello, and welcome to "newsline." u.s. president obama and chinese president xi jinping are geerg up for face-to-face talks in california. they'll be building a rapport that could build one of the world's most important relationships for years to come. they will get together at a resort near palm springs. they're expected to discuss issues including north korea's nuclear program and cyberattacks allegedly launched by people in china. they may also speak about china's claims to islands in the

east china seas. those are the senkaku islands which are controlled by japan. an opinion poll suggests more than half of americans have a positive view of china. the research from gallup roared the poll. 55% of respondents said they sigh china as a friend or ally of the united states. 40% said they see china as unfriendly or as an enemy. the poll shows younger americans and supporters of the democratic party are most likely to see china as a friend. 72% of responsiblents aged 18 to 29 said china is an ally. so did 65% of democrats. still poll figures on american views of china have changed little over the past ten years.

u.s. labor department officials have issued a report that paints a picture of moderate recovery in the employment situation. their figures show employers were still adding jobs last month while unemployment just inched up. employers add the 175,000 nonfarm jobs. analysts had expected 160,000. firms created jobs in retailing and auto services. other firms in the manufacturing sector cut jobs. the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a point in april to 7.6%. that's its first rise in four months. analysts are watching u.s. employment data to get an idea whether policymakers at federal reserve will continue monetary easing. fed chairman bernanke said they might scale down their monetary

easing moves if the jobs showed improvement. fed policy makers will discuss their monetary measures later this month. the jobs report pushed up u.s. stock prices. the dow jones rose more than 200 points. the dow surged and closed at 15,248. that's a rise of 1.3%. analysts say the jobs data suggest the economy is not recovering strongly enough for fed officials to scale down their monday tarry easing. investors bought a wide range of issues on the assumption they will keep up their stimulusive or thes for the time being. meanwhile, the dollar continued fluctuating against the yen. it fell to a two month low of 94.8 yen just after the release of the jobs report. it strengthened to the mid-97 yen level as share prices rose

in new york. so what do the jobs data mean for fed policy? we asked a chief u.s. economist, lewis alexander. >> i think the fed has made it pretty clear that it is likely to take the step of reducing the pace of it's set purchases, relatively soon. but i don't think that means the next meeting. i actually don't think these numbers were strong enough to support that. i think as you look out though to the end of september, i think that is more likely. frankly, we do think the economy is improving. and we do think you're going to get a better outlook for the labor market, and i think that will lead the fed to take that initial decision. the volatility we've seen over the last couple of weeks, i think, is related to what the fed is doing, and i think there is the potential for more volatility. having said that, i think the market is pretty much adjusted

already the first move that we're likely to get. and consequence, i think market's going to remain volatile, but i don't think we should expect another big selloff, if we sort of get through the next couple of meetings, and then they do a asset purchases. french president is making his first visit to japan. they have agreed to cooperate on a range of issues, including promoting french and japanese businesses and the world. president hollande and the first lady were greeted by the emperor and empress at a welcoming ceremony at the imperial palace in tokyo on friday. president hollande then met with shinzo abe. the two made a joint announce. .

>> translator: france and japan share university responsibilities values and interests. president hollande and i agree that our countries should deepen their special partnership. >> the two leaders said the defense and foreign ministers of their countries will discuss the joint development of defense equipment. he also unveiled a new partner hp to explore nuclear technology they will support overseas sales of a nuclear reactor developed by two companies from france and japan. the u.s. government is facing presh allegations it's engaged in widespread mining of personal data to combat terrorism. the washington post under kated that the government has tapped into the servers of nine u.s. internet firms. it is based on a top secret document from the national

security agency. it says the nsa and fbi are collecting data from microsoft, google, facebook, apple and other service providers. the newspaper says the agencies are extracting audio and video chats, photographs, e-mails and other information uploaded by nonamericans. the post says the program goes by the code name prism and was launched in 2007. director of national intelligence james clapper said the article contains numerous inaccuracie inaccuracies. but he says information collected under the program is among the most valuable foreign intelligence they have obtained. facebook denied allowing any government direct access to their servers. apple says they've never heard of the program.

candidates in iran's presidential election have begun their last week of campaigning. citizens will choose from eight candidates when they vote next friday. the candidates went on television for a debate on foreign policy. this is iran's top negotiator and a top line conservative. thousands of people held an antigovernment demonstration on tuesday in the central city. opposition leaders have calling for more protests. security officials arrested officials of a reformist candidate earlier this month. they are restricting telephone communications and restricted

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