new. we went. welcome to nhk world news line and you know tony until chilled. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am. chinese police have detained a vocal critic of the way the government reached there we were the minority. a long time fugitive and four book called members is on trial for crimes he allegedly committed before his group carried out a deadly nerve gas attack in tokyo. i am on nuclear watch

workers at the damage. she was dying to plant their mammoth job stopping the building and leafy of radioactive water. a vocal critic of the way the chinese government treats and ethnic minority has lost his freedom police detained an academic who has been speaking up for the rights of the wee gers our friend ezekiel uncle t says dozens of police officers raided his home and ageing and to give away their friends as officers seized his computer and mobile phone to ot criticized authorities for blaming a deadly car crash near tiananmen square on a weaker separatists group he said they did not have enough evidence for their claim that leaders have launched an organized and premeditated terror attack security officials reportedly later threatened him by ramming his car chinese foreign ministry spokesman always has told he is a crime suspect

the outcome. soon he is suspected of committing the crime. so the police have detained him in accordance with the law. the relevant authorities will investigate him to sign also in accordance with the last scene. he said. ot had been using the internet to criticize the way government officials treated readers analysts say. authorities detained him to try to shut him up. residents of china's capital have been missing something these days when they look up blue skies air pollution in beijing as soared to levels considered extremely serious. the big players long blanketed tiananmen square in other parts of the city authorities say the density of tiny particles known as pm two point five climbed above six hundred micrograms per cubic meter at one point. that's about seventeen times the national standard and twenty four times

the international standard residents say that there was so dirty they struggle to breathe. we changing the thing is that tends to avoid caring adults not going to ask the migrants in nine months when i get home chinese leaders announced an action plan last year to reduce pollution levels. they said targets but some people say they've seen no signs of improvement this year the government imposed reduction targets for each province and i know him the man who once belonged to the call that release air and gas on trains and took in nearly two decades ago has gone on trial. former fugitive not look like you that that is accused of crimes that include the abduction of a man who was trying to free his sister from the old wishing to kill colts nhk rolls meat co

suzuki has the story countries that police officers have now found a cure to district court to try to smother me. one hundred thousand people dead and nine critics have said and when and if he succeeds he witnessed in one of my work till he got his trial. if only she knew joe kaufman barrett is facing charges in three separate cases. when dan is the abduction and confinement of them and in nineteen ninety five the victim was trying to free his sister come to call all you see nico is infamous for release on its tiring to ask him to cook assembly system. thirteen people died the trial was not among those indie kid in the pack but the other charges he faced. on the run for nearly seventeen years. he turned

himself in at the end of two thousand die laughing prosecutors say he conspired with her on counters still call from her nap in the kidnapping of toc coffee hattie and later died after conte members into his hand with an anesthetic she now admits he acted as a lookout but he says he was aware of dead ducks unplanned. his defence team says it is only guilty of helping complaints do not apologize during a hearing for causing great trouble to give it to him and society it includes some coaxing trial but after some old christine. we'll miss you so much to do i want a doctor to tell the truth so i can find out what really happened to my father's discipline families of all the best time of augustine you tell i'm looking for answers and

clues here. prosecutors plan to quest and three former senior commenters. now on death row. a ruling him out this trial is expected in march. bt the suzuki nhk world tokyo. the poll on the indonesian island of sulawesi sea are reeling under the impact of heavy rain tried to douse and has the details. at least thirteen people are entitled to more are missing after torrential rain all the many islands of several weeks authorities seem warm air flowing into a low pressure system near the island on wednesday. cause i'm unstable weather conditions. disaster management business as the brain caused by floods and landslides in with two weeks in profits. agency officials say thousands of residents have led to temporary shelters. rescue

workers are searching the decree for missing people and helping evacuees anything is in the middle of the rainy season. whether authorities are telling people to stay cautious iranians have also fought a broken jakarta the country's capital. the government protesters are blocking scheme sessions in bangkok for the fourth straight gain their numbers are when leading but they're determined to make from this turning back she wants to can nearly thirteen thousand people took part in protests on thursday. many of them are photographing department to try and civil servants point four. government forces on monday. once the shock and awe campaign. i'm wanting ten thousand people took part in the first day. protesters continue to block seven he his actions and decisions this is districts. you're

camping out on the streets the president of the thai hotels association sa was the continuing on grounds that forbids its income and high. the estimated number of tourists coming to bangkok has decreased by fifteen to twenty percent. now sarah is a lesson will go ahead us consulate on february second despite mounting pressure from protesters. each into the final test. want to do my duty. people need time to continue on. the he pointed to the summit. the speed often much of the kitchen the party is reportedly a hobby in the polls the party has especially strong support in goal areas. the anti side

size large countries. no class for its support. they wanted it to the influence of mike's brother of former prime minister has since lapsed. and they set a the general election should be postponed until political reforms carried out. at least six people have died in a cool wind fire in northern vietnam eats another black mark for the country's mining industry as demand for coal prices amid steady economic growth. notice the blaze broke out late wednesday night in a minute on in profits. firefighters were still trying to put out the fire and thursday. it happened in a tunnel between thirty and one hundred and five meters. investigators are now trying to find out what caused the plates. there is rapidly rising demand for electricity in vietnam as the economy grows. trey has been my mall called for thermal power generation spurs have been warning

about the lack of safety measures and fitness minds they say equipment to monitor the level of flammable gases is outdated the government says it's trying to make all our minds so for the help of japan and other countries. my energy is a major shock for vietnam but the consummate delay act and to build its first nuclear power plants. what should his paper reported on thursday backed prime minister went on his own son at work in vietnam's first nuclear power plant will probably have to be delayed until two thousand and twenty. don't already said that the project requires the highest standards of safety the papers that as the local state owned vietnam to ensure its eyes mouth and asked to approve the plan to me after the energy shortfall caused by the postponement the government plans to build the plant in the province of me won but the help of state on russian energy firm rossa time

vietnam has chosen a japanese consortium to help build this into a power plant in the same province. it's not clear what effect a possible delay in building the first plant will have fun plans for stacking facility vietnam plans to build a total of seventy plants by two thousand and thirty but of italy scotland has decided to take more time to train people to operate atomic power plants since the two thousand and eleven for the show. she planned nuclear disaster in japan. and that wraps up our bullets. he and the sun in bangkok. health officials in central japan are warning of what they suspect is an aural virus outbreak and elementary schools around nine hundred students across the city of ha moments in this class is because of vomiting and diarrhea it's the season of normal situation. we want to investigate every possible

cause the children showed symptoms of fourteen schools twelve of those schools close for the day. officials say the norovirus was detected in five students more than forty school staff members also complained of symptoms that other children or adults was hospitalized. city officials say the schools have their lunches made at separate facilities there trying to find out whether those facilities use the same ingredients. i am. workers head into some cushion and i each a day after day to tackle along the list of problems. highly trained teams will spend the rest of the year removing fuel rods from the reactor for building and the nuclear plant operator tokyo electric power company is still trying to deal with an issue that gets worse with every passing minute. nhk world snoring kolkata has more on the build up of contaminated water

lake by some fool you miss nuclear regulator. he led the de commissioning of a time in three acts to find the three mile island accident a lot it is common for me watching cousin of mine said to total electric car company. he says that it was top priority is to i'll clean up around fifty year old soul being a consummate it will tackle them out to christine and i see. we're them. the warriors continue unchallenged control of the container was a very complex matter. this is very complicated site with a ground war movements. once that becomes tainted honor of our minds the seeds into the mystery of stability and mix it with milk to heal workers' comp up about four hundred tons of hits in three days. in all they can do is

do i mean tons of bikes while the dems routine is still the sights. and typical officials trying to build more. they're cooperating with the japanese government to take drastic measures to stop the field up. a toronto sun on tuesday often buildings on facilities with lights and income previous presidents to build a kind of biased will. they believe these will keep fresh groundwater on. tunnels are not the role that the zinnias also want to stop highly contaminated water from seeping into the sea by and post comments in this case dave brunton poll of gold painted for ten from the accessibility by freezing the entrance is all the time markets will again dr pipes into the ground and company

if residents into them. that would freeze corn tummy needed one to within a few weeks what's the color of law crews will then hear them all painted toilet. officials also need to figure out how to use clause of the company needed want to. that's really not in the store is tough. is it time to clean up anomalous field from the pounds last year baby is fine tuned equal time in it though was that the system called allah. i mean the most radioactive substances. on monday just want to take hold of the summer stuff is out of the one to five months of two thousand and fifteen. lots of us is unreliable and feet into the stumps off their aching. exports while and that's it. she has come to call the contaminated want to issue. they will contact you

may have decommissioning process the dome is expected to take thirty to fourteen years. you recall caught up in a steel wall. the rule for the people we are. due to some new ones. we are doomed. preview. the people on the list goes on so strong they stopped building because each of them was a bit stiff to play. it could afford. real. don't you the us research firm says a

record number of patents were obtained in the us last year analysts say the increase reflects the intense competition among high technology firms as they face lawsuits over alleged patent infringements. by fia claims have since services says in its annual report that nearly two hundred eighty thousand patents are granted in the us in two thousand and thirteen the figure is ten percent higher than the previous year ibm obtained about sixteen hundred patents and kept the top spot for a twenty first year in a row. south korea's samsung electronics was second followed by japan's canon and sony nineteen japanese firms for rent in the top fifty global moved up to eleventh place an apple climb to thirteenth place. both showed about a sixty percent jump in successful path and applications last year's new passenger car sales in the eu posted a sixth straight year of declines. but a double digit increase was shown last

month. the european automobile manufacturers association says new car sales in two thousand and thirteen dropped one point seven percent from the previous year to eleven point eight million units sluggish demand in major markets including germany france and italy dragged down overall sales. these countries saw declines of anywhere between four and seven percent. my automaker volkswagen with the top market share fell zero point six percent sales that the number to psa peugeot citroen and plunged eight point four percent sales of japanese automakers for all support nissan saw a decline of two point six percent while toyota's drop was two tenths of a percent. but on the brighter side sales in december jumped thirteen point three percent from the same month last year that was the fourth straight month of growth. japan's top steelmaker will have the new president of april the top executives will have the task of boosting the firm's global standing amid intense

competition. people steal and sumitomo metal announced a vice president coolest a shingle will take over from the president he or she call on all. as vice president in bill has that been working on raising efficiency and japan's steel giants the company was created through a merger the top and third largest producers in the country back in two thousand and twelve. use the post. we will try to keep staying ahead of other steelmakers by seeking an edge in technology costs and global presence. global competition in the steel industry has been heating up chinese and south korean rivals have boosted their production capacities. ay ay ay ay ay ay. every year sumo tournament is underway in tokyo. arsenal reporter hero more it i joined us to tell

us how things are shaping up the personal attorney of the new year all eyes on the old vic eat and pee on sandals stop that twenty seven year old ricky she scored an outstanding thirteen wins and two losses in the previous competition the performance has given him a chance to earn a promotion to the sport's highest rank your goes into city to promote some notes notes of the must win the championship he got off the iraqis thought by those in the opening day late last night with three straight weeks. his opponent these people get leon ali ahmad the saga makes a big mistake no democrats on hand. it was his second defeat of the box i think his chances of making you both are slim to none. the hum of twenty one the previous tournament to but he's not taking part this time he injured his leg last month. not the other real cause that is throwing his weight around as usual taco

and today five with the spotless record total hike will want for the sixth round ornaments last year he failed in two thousand thirteen on a high note. now the mongolian deal was that is out to redeem himself he took on the ranking title. my guess not steal the show's defense and prevent alcohol from getting the program. but that was not doesn't panic we'll get . it was entitled to come out of town. life is hard to use the old hymn and undefeated. finally before i go or give them up beyond the reach you see we featured last week. mongolian whoopi talk to emily lau. after making his pro debut five years ago is competing in the block are known to cause division for the first time when i spoke to him last week he had high hopes of making the statements in

the january tardy. but i only found out that my kids so much fun in the top division by losing his first three matches. however he won back to back volatile and eighty four in the high and has improved his record to two wins and losses. what thing because the big trees will enable totally want to get the butterflies. i'll call his sister. i i i i i learned flooding continues in the philippines. our meteorologist robert spencer has been following the situation from wednesday robert. they had much of southeast asian fact is this seen some fairly heavy precipitation on the pacific islands for nearly the past week now. we haven't seen in the low pressure area just lingering just towards the use of the philippines in

a deposit or the south seas and heavy rain showers and take one with the past seven days. we are the showers have been occurring ominous is pulling in more easter from the southwest as well. some parts of borneo bitsy showers indonesia were talkin bustle seiu been seeing some severe flooding. farther down there and that this is where really the hot spot as good as far as the heavy rain numerous reports of flooding and landslides of the areas here in the peak in the purples. some places have in the eight hundred millimeters has been reported needless to say is a very dangerous situation on fortunately it does look like it is gonna be the topic through the rest of the week and so we can because this is going to slowly drift the last. still point in that moisture some gusty winds with it but some areas two hundred twenty or fifty millimeters or rainfall could be expected. meanwhile downpours and obesity are also still seen the showers we have been looking at the reports of flash flooding so brown is already saturated more rain on top that increased chance of flooding

when the tv to watch this meanwhile five tours or see if that still continues to dominate this youtube and coastline of the japan on here some areas could see still an additional thirty to forty centimeters of snow in parts book titled so kuku a downpour token rico going through the next twenty four hours tokyo partly cloudy skies expected here for you though actually a much drier weather without capturing around ten degrees for the heights a little bit of a warm up your on your friday so a five for sunny skies there for you beijing hostel at six. meanwhile the tropics on twenties the low thirties going into the weekend that ended over towards the americas completely opposite of that the cooldown expected into the northern portions of the planes across towards the midwest the reason is we have a slow fresh air is sweet e m from canada and that is in the wall in the cold air good news it will be rebounding rather quickly that support any case unfortunately. as it does push through to some nasty weather coming out of

the slope. blizzard warnings and parts of the dakotas over for a top wisconsin even that can extend upwards minnesota meanwhile we're also looking at some winter weather advisories high wind warnings it's just some rough conditions and as is does continue to pull east chicago year to be seeing some snow showers on this to be careful to plan on flying in an oddity of me to airport of anything to see some delays and cancellations father to a self drive weather. is the case across much of all the deep south houston with i've nineteen los angeles twenty nine their furry or not to travel one it will drop down the mine is sad the idea friday continues it will be warming up though by the weekend so mighty long term called the fat than in cf all just messy weather out here cross the west with a low pressure area moving into the western portions of the alps. this is bring in some self on the higher elevations but also some gusty winds across northern portions of italy winning the singles rain showers in the lore elevation bought the mansion that's attached to this larger system which is continuing to spin across the british isles parts of of

the uk out here you are under a flood advisories at this time just due to those persistent showers careful with this as it does continue to linger the showers there around london. meanwhile in the east of moscow. some still expect their friday only a high of two minus ten in season forecasts i am to noon. aye aye the eye

charter first are heading to mountainous north of tokyo to capture a winter wonder freezing weather has created a massive wall of ice the water trickles down to read the hiding in the gaps in the third kid mountains and the cold sets in that water freezes in a big way the ice fall the one hundred meters wide and twenty meters high. what i needed only a hint so wonderful but don't remember the graffiti on its odd chance that an indescribable. visitors can see the ice wall until mid

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