one one one the school welcome to nhk world has lied and cheated tummy until chilled. here's a look at some other stories we're following this hour. i am the constitutional court in thailand has ruled that prime minister the optional on violated the constitution by abusing her power. the ruling forces for out of office self african born at the end of apartheid. casting their votes for the first time in the country's fifth general

election. i am pro russian activists are planning a referendum that was what i made for eastern ukraine this could trigger new sanctions against moscow. a thai court says prime ministry election law violated the constitution when she appointed staff the court ruled that she and several cabinet ministers does leave office on teddy excellent in bangkok has more the course is how the net and is not implicated in the violation can remain in office until the next cabinet is full and deputy prime minister apple cake a and i said that he went on to win some ice on who is one of five to keep revenues will temporarily take it the ttc as prime minister. nhk well tell when someone so much reports. twenty eight centers on a complaint with the thai constitutional court. a lesser being wrapped round her for national security chief to another position three years ago for her own

benefit you local level. she accused interfere in matters of government something that was full with their own interest in that it is prohibited by the constitution. under the constitution see how he cannot remain in office. not deny any wrongdoing on wednesday i don't believe me that i have always done my gc to the best of my panties honestly i am the hearing it's regrettable that this is today's ruling. island and longer be able to stand out looking for. the younger sister of former prime minister talks since no one was hosted by the military in two thousand and six. and now lives in . she was elected to the mall a house in two thousand and eleven and became the country's first female prime minister in august of that year. when

assume the office he called on the to resolve the long standing rift between cam supporting and opposing toxic wherever you are implemented policies favoring the role of compilations and over for both groups formed a support base for her and her brother for example. she raced in minimum wage and launched a government subsidy program for rice farmers the country's urban elite and middle class mostly for students in the capital and not criticize her policy as pork barrel politics judge or a national coffers. he also accused the government be influenced by toxic the election was held in february. but the constitutional court declared the results invalid because the anti government protests on election day prevented some voters from

getting too cold. anti government demonstrators are continuing protests claiming political reform must be implemented ahead of elections. there will likely step up pressure on a government following the court ruling against iraq supporters are denouncing the position for years having seen the ski area and biased against attacks and down. the you luck supporters say they're planning a massive protest rally the portly has created a political bully and it's like a toaster even more confusion when someone so much in its care world. bangkok. not to mark the sixtieth anniversary of her victory against the french car during a la me on wednesday the government held a massive sarah many at the sight of the form of french stronghold and a key spots in its war of

independence. vietnam's communist party held a ceremony on a full month castle grounds that the enemies on the defeated a french strong for him on the seventh nineteen fifty four. former and incumbent he does watch soldiers marched behind a portrait of which he maintained that the war of independence against the french. the video of it a historic victory was brought about by the leadership of the communist party and achievement. as well as the solidarity of the vietnamese people. this spirit that must be passed on to future generations. amid the social and economic developments aimed at making it the more affluent. oh no the video. and then phillies three hundred inches away from the capital hanoi the site is surrounded by mountains of financial protection to the french

johnny. but the toxin heavy gunfire from the mountains resulted in a victory for vietnam. so effectively and it finds his career he'll rule. even sixty is a separate county buildings and tanks can be seen at the sites. vietnam's coleman is on tv at the country to a decisive victory at games promise and its head and keeps the us today uses the nbn fail as the deposit rate for this history the government in common as possible using a state run media to commemorate the anniversary in an apparent bid to emphasize the parties' role in bringing independents. and now i'm going out alone. and even reminds me of the great contribution of how costly it is i'm proud of their great victory. each time with that today vietnam is one of the few countries in the wild with a one party communist

led government and economic risk destroying information and various viewpoints into the country. as vietnam faces such changes the government seems to place great aunt and great importance on stressing that it gets messy off the one part evil. that's going to wrap up up and ten i'm sure he'll have someone in school. i knew. south africans are casting their ballots in the country's fifth democratic election since people of all races came to write about. this year marks the twentieth anniversary from the end of apartheid. but the vote is seen as a major tests for the party that led the change for good seats in the lower house of parliament are at stake in the general election voting began across the country and wednesday morning. in this so we chose district outside johannesburg many people gathered to vote

at a polling station. its use of space and a fine job of it suits the ruling and c has to have overwhelming support mainly from black south africans to make up about eighty percent of the country's population. its leaders have pledged to continue the policies of former pres of nelson mandela they argue they're the only reliable party they can represent the interests of all south africans the latest poll suggests the dnc will win the majority of experts a party to lose some seats because the priests of economic struggles and reports of government corruption. this is the first election since mandela's death last december it appears voters will give his nc party a fifth term in power. earlier nhk world stephen remote joins us from johannesburg to discuss how people are weighing their support for the ruling party many matches especially the eyes amongst the older generation will be casting ballots for the anc. i still

feel a strong allegiance to the potty and credits it with the ending racial segregation and discrimination. however the prices of the younger generation of very different buses on the fifteen a couple fourth of the electorate. and some africans born up to the end of the parts that are costing ballots for the fist time then called the born free generation. many are unhappy with the anc. youth unemployment remains as high as fifty percent. that's despite the fact he and the south africans of this case to case and then the parents would. they feel they have not been given an equal opportunity and some of them will be supporting the opposition parties'. one analyst we spent he says even when b and c wins the election could be a turning point for his part in politicsixty percent goal. even below that. then i think we would be looking at the first signs of

the decline of the anc as a hegemonic. prominent part in southern africa steve mentioned some of the challenges south african leaders face when it comes to opportunities for younger people. what other issues was the address. that's the most pressing was on expanding economic guide in bridging the gap between rich and poor south africa's wealth of resources helped drive the period of economic expansion. gold and diamond exports provided much of the field. the recent devaluation of the country's currency the rams is affecting people's lives and corruption scandals involving senior government officials have highlights that the disproportionate wealth of those in power. many citizens are down two seasons including the born free generation. he won in three under the age of twenty registered to vote. some say they feel they don't have any part to play in the democratic process or society. believe is coming

out of this election will have to re gain the trust of the people. and that's just a sweet tooth for the young the south africans who will be crucial in helping to bring for the prosperity and stability. and that was an aged care world stephen abram alone in johannesburg thousands of rank and file bolivian soldiers have returned to duty after a massive strike that went on over two weeks. they've been protesting what they see is racism within the military senior military officials have agreed to begin talks around ten thousand low ranking officers left their barracks last month and began protests. they said the armed forces discriminate against indigenous officers they demanded equal training opportunities and benefits military leaders responded by firing over seven hundred officers and even agreed to reinstate them. it has a bit of it. the hike in london has agreed to requests to

reconsider all the obligatory retirement. so congrats the demonstrators had been pushing to be with. as an evil more i list these popular among the indigenous people but he came out against the protesters calling their actions treason i i i i i. pro russian activists in eastern ukraine are planning a referendum on sunday. ski speaking as seeking more regional autonomy that is the crisis is deepening and civilians are paying the price while western and russian leaders point fingers at one another an eight year old scrum of toggle reports. hundreds of people mourned in the studio from a course on monday. he attended the funeral for young nurse who was killed in the milk until sold. well the way to curb costs. even one that she was just a child our children were simply

shocking the car census be shocked how can one talk about justice. ukrainian local media reports militia men calling themselves call for crossing the border into my house we can only be due for just getting a warm welcome. some say they'll support a russian dress sense and the referendum you are separate you think john kerry madden counterpart of the european union. we also are are very concerned about the efforts of pro russian separatists in donetsk in lohan's. it organizes a friendly been trying to blow his independence referendum in may eleven. we flatly reject this the legal effort to further divide ukraine. he emphasized that holding a free and fair presidential election scare so later this month is necessary to ease

the situation. his counterpart in russia said that holding an election in ukraine would be on the initial given the current circumstances in the country with its remotest she is doing an election during times when the army is used against costs of the population is not conventional the double leaders in moscow for supporting shepherd is in use in ukraine. it isn't in the capsule have started collecting eight. the porsche making goods and medicine for those with the gold brothers in eastern ukraine the issues. if nothing changes there and then the us and europe will with ukraine and then will be forced to fight against the province but to me. the leaders are anticipating something new proteins next move. they're not ruling out more sanctions against russia. trundle

tunnel. misty world. us government officials urging business leaders to skip about economic forum in russia later this month it's another attempt to isolate russia amid the crisis in ukraine a senior white house officials says the government will be sending representatives to the forum in the official says the white house is also urging company executives not to attend the event the obama administration says it's up to each firm to make its own decision that taking part could send the wrong message to russia russian presence living near putin is expected to attend a conference in st petersburg from the twenty second through the twenty fourth senior government officials and corporate executives from around the world will also be on hand. the us media are reporting that many business leaders are now opting out of the event including executives from major financial institutions the crisis in ukraine is

being felt half a world away in miami the u s city is a major tourist destination for russian visitors but some business owners fear expanding sanctions against russia will hurt the local economy. nhk world. regina a baby aka reports. miami florida is one of the most affluent resort cities in the united states. in recent years it's been attracting more and more russians. i relaxed amazon sells real estate so well. the russian clients. today the sun shows the businessman from moscow and is white. vacation condo worth eleven point five million us dollars. questions like vacationing in miami during the winter to escape the harsh moscow wet. and

because they are direct flights to moscow. yes the wind. will i'm so nice to me. well the russians had been eager to invest. it's often said that it can build and ten million dollar condo here. you won't have any trouble selling. that was fine for the media flee. it is something that they would fight back and probably the single. also that they live in a new employee that end. what about the time. i don't like that. the past couple of years. more stores have begun selling food and other items from russia the supermarket is called

the truth. so why in the art of pastries fill the shelves the employee and he also has a store that sells books and magazines from the home the day. you can also hear rustling being spoken here and there. in fact some people call this area of miami little moscow the locals are surprised by the transformation site the town. i have. yet it seems to be. the ceramics crimean. president obama froze the assets of several russian government officials industrialists and bankers this change. kim's son has noticed that russians are now less eager to invest well i

like not on the eighteen eighty five. and for our business deal if a business in miami of boys that live again and it impacted by the political consequences this shot him in a little bit of science. all with that base that will quickly with depression. the confrontation with russia drags on u s sanctions against russia and also that the us. for some sectors have been benefited from the suits them. see the baby up. nhk world. my hand japanese mobile phone carrier soft bank has posted record sales and profits thanks to its acquisition of a major u s mobile operator could overtake its main rivalry ntt docomo for the first time a goal that south bank's top executives had said when the firm first entered the market. some bank officials the group sales for fiscal two thousand and thirteen. in a record of

about sixty five point six million dollars that's more than doubled compared to the previous year the property profit rose thirty five percent in its net profit also hit an all time high of five point two billion dollars. the search follows a spate of takeovers by the carrier. last year in prague. sprint nextel the number three mobile carriers in the us south bank gaza where the company that develops games for smartphones strong domestic sales also pushed up its profits. two major companies from japan and germany see rising demand for infrastructure in emerging economies as a good business opportunity. mitsubishi heavy and siemens are the setting up a joint venture to pool their strengths as they move into this promising market mitsubishi heavy hitachi metals machinery as the scenery of the japanese firm and the german electronics firm will integrate their steel and metal production machinery business says in january officials stress that the two firms have a strong

presence in different parts of the world. mitsubishi has many clients in a show while siemens. milicic years orders from europe the two firms aim to sharpen their competitive edge in the global market by expanding their product lineup is expected to adventure to boost their total sales in the twenty percent by twenty twenty. aye aye aye aye aye aye. prime minister shinzo latte has pledged to deepen ties with europe during his six country toward the japanese leader says he wants closer relations on issues including economics security and other areas is also pushing japan's role in promoting global stability. i'm on iraq. i am old. the crisis in ukraine is also a concern for asia. it is very significant. european leaders and by reaffirmed that we should not tolerate

any change of status quo by reports that the principles of the rule of law and freedom of the high seats yet for all this visit. i've been convinced that japan's diplomatic and security policies are on the right triangle a diplomatic staff oh she'll pull on them all they held talks with european council president herman van romp eye and ear condition present. my milk bottles though. he welcomes japan's readiness to build up an in home security partnership with the eu as part of japan's overall policy to continue with more actively to build peace and security some idea what he had to present both below we have agreed to cede closer coordination of johnny's assistance. oh and eu security missions. i also chose the anti piracy operations off somalia and

the leaders agreed to support a free and fair presidential election in ukraine scheduled for may twenty fifth. he also reaffirmed the importance of freedom of navigation on the high seas and in international airspace. their marks were in connection with china's increase maritime activity in east asia the leaders agreed to speed up negotiations on the japan eu economic partnership agreement. ahmed told reporters the japan wants to reach a broad agreement on the treaty by the end of next year. the leaders also agreed that senior officials from japan and the u will discuss peaceful uses of outer space and ways to effectively regulate the cyberspace. i learned. theirs are possible the tropical system near mexico this week our meteorologist rob spence more on that robert. yes so we are watching on hearing now is this disturbance just

lingering off the western coast of central america and it's good to get it right off your tortillas going to the coming days and very well could become a name system but right now still rather weak you see a little bit of a stipulation on the satellite imagery video this is not get upgraded to a named storm. it's still likely to bring in some heavy rainfall here along the western seaboard to mexico just north of aka focal he really did see some areas of the somewhat to the hundred millimeters of coming down so deftly there is that threat of flooding with this through the coming days is something we wanna continue watch but not just the tropics asked about here actually off towards the north where still talking about some skilful on the northern rockies and also severe thunderstorms starting to line up in really you're up their crosses and complains of eventually work its way up there towards the east. here's some other factors coming into this really weird talk about the call their diving in from canada even some snow fall for a scan a very warm we steer opted for a season that can interact with a dry in the southwest one close call i escort on the post on some

of the call there some snow fall. even in the california to go to some of big bear lake in california on tuesdays in the snow coming down parts of wyoming the deal which was my pms but just thirty seven meter still could occur. this mining operation that comes down the cold air routes around those areas in the right bill white where the snow kyrgyzstan to come down but like i said there's the severe weather threat especially down here course texas we saw that the writer and have mores declining some eerie isn't here. super cells could help would come from a large hill damaging winds. even the threat of tornadoes here in the south and also off their towards the north so who really wanna watch out for this if you have travel plans annie were out here denver oklahoma city eventually off the air towards these just be careful about those delays and cancellations for the coming days not take a look over towards eastern asia not so severe. by that there is some wet weather here in the forecasts especially down towards southeastern china taiwan in the southern japanese island the new thursday we got that rainy season from continuing to

stretch their resume as much as seventy eighty millimeters thick or singles out sports friday the school's religious type to develop off towards the west that were kids we opted for three piece bathroom to be done for the south though if you are across much of mainland japan clear skies for the most part along the pacific coast league level lol that's complete across the korean peninsula. bring some showers down here by any of the work week but most of the stay off the air force the north stars tropics afternoon thunderstorms really dominating the forecast down here though manila time thirty five being tied at thirty four flip side of things take a look at will on the core idea for your id excessive snow fall or any current and continuing in your forecast. wrapping things up here in the arab well thunderstorms continuing the road cross country your off their towards the east and we've been talking about that severe weather back towards the west that right is still there. this can continue to bring some of rob's wedding some rain showers and some gusty winds extending upwards germany going through the coming days be on a gusty winds across

much of the uk and some light showers could be out coming in with that also the iberian peninsula. what are the guys guys here on you or thirsty in the journal type twenty eight robot twenty two athletes twenty four s and sunny skies here going in the latter part you we as lihir of whether is it summer forecast. ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay. the air. it seems

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