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welcome back to "newsline," let's get started with the headlines. israeli authorities have arrested several jewish suspects in connection with the killing of a palestinian teenager. slam islamic militants --
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israeli authorities have arrested several jewish suspects in connection with the killing of a palestinian teenager. his murder sparked a wave of protest. prime minister benjamin n netanyahu said he plans to bring them to justice. >> we do not differentuate between the two. and we will respond to all of them. whenever they come from, with a firm hand. >> the teen was abducted on wednesday. his charred body was found later in the day in a wooded area. he was 16 years old. palestinians hit the streets in protests. many believe the killing was e veng for the murders last month of three israeli teens. security forces have been kept busy trying to stop the demonstrations.
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they're drawing on an old military tactic to try to stop them from build on baghdad. they are building a wall 100 kilometers northeast of baghdad. did will be surrounded by trenches to give cover to soldiers. mill teitaries have seized a nu of cities including the second largest mosul. they're claiming part of iraq as part of their territory. they have fought them there the air and ground. prime minister nouri al-maliki is trying to cling to power in the midst. provisions prevented lawmakers from forming a new government and facing insurgency.
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we learn more about the group's social media strategy. >> isil militants are fighting on two fronts. one is the dusty battle fields of iraq and syria. the other is the almost limitless arena of the internet. from twitter to facebook to youtube, the group is online and activ active. >> and the numbers are getting bigger and bigger every day. >> this is an expert how islamic militants use social media. he said their cyber tactics have changed with the times. >> first they use the internet for a message board. for propaganda.
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and they are shifting to social media. >> years ago bin laden and other militants started usininining vo spread their messages. they used the internet because it was free. the arab spring uprisings in 2011 further highlighted the power of social media. texts, photographs, videos, anything could go viral in an instant. isil militants know that well. they're constantly uploading content. they use #such as isil, jihad, and calamity. everything from images of men destined for execution to slick videos outlining their ideology. isil tailors the messages to
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reach a wide audience. for example, the announcement last week about the call fate didn't just go out in arabic. >> almost simultaneously english, french, russian, and german version appeared on the internet. >> their main goals to to incite fear, raise money. >> it's mainly for the muslims outside iraq or syria. they are targeting the muslim population but also the young muslims in the western countries or central asia countries. >> authorities around the world are carrying out a cyber counter attack. u.s. state department staff run a twitter account called think again turn away.
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they call their posts truths about terrorism. there are social media providers themselves. youtube videos off get taken down. twitter and facebook quickly take down accounts. but they quickly set up new one. >> they are calling on social media companies to tighten rules even further. representatives of nine nations are meeting on tuesday to go over recommendations. a u.s. newspaper reports that ordinary people were swept up in the data collection program. the washington post said 90 percent of communications intercepted by nsa agents belonged to regular internet users not foreign surveillance targets. they analyzed data provided by security contractor edward snowden. they said 11 percent of the
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e-mails and information gathered by the agents belonged to people being targeted in investigations. the rest of the communications were from ordinary internet users, including many americans. the article says some of the content was of a highly personal nature. the u.s. government faced a heavy criticism since the leaks began appearing last year. lawmakers are putting together a proposal that require agents to get a court order each time they want to collect data. it may lead to a new wave of criticism. a powerful typhoon set the sights on the southern islands of japan. they are bracing for wind as strong as 200 kilometers per hour along with possible flooding and landslides. our meteorologist is here with the latest on a typhoon. it sound like it could be a dangerous system. what can you tell us? >> this is something that we are
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concerned about. it is a very powerful storm. it is going to really bring not only lots of wind but lots of rain and really just very poor weather all across the southern islands of japan eventually into the mainland into japan as we progress into the week. here is a look at the satellite perspective. the clearly defined eye here. it indicates how powerful and tight the circulation is with the particular system. residents over into oak that with a are bracing and preparing. i want to show you video as we progress throughout the next few days. preparation is key because even branchs off of trees can be used as very deadly project tiles within a typhoon set up. people preparing for that. wind gusts reported up to 80 kilometers per hour today. you can see people taking boats out the water and putting them in a secure location.
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if you have any furniture and are located in the islands of japan, you need to bring them in. it's going to be a safety concern if you leave them out. here is a look at the satellite. you can see the wide eye, a clear system that is going to continue to intensify as we go throughout the next few days. this is a very strong typhoon. it's expected to become a violent typhoon. the strongest category of this type of system. as it continues to move toward the north, around noon local time tuesday, the front of the system will be moving over okay now with a. the southern portions need to look out for it. it will turn to the north and east. you can see here the wind probab probabilities around 90 kilometers per hour. on top of that, a lot of rainfall associated with this. we're looking up to 180 mill
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meet meters of rain. we'll have more details on the world weather coming up in a bit. and the germans and chinese are bonding over billions of dollars worth of business deals. we have the latest. >> that's right. the world's second and fourth biggest economies want to strengthen their ties despite discord over human rights issue. they agreed to step up cooperation in industries including auto and aircraft. german chancellor angela america will met in beijing on sunday and monday. they signed business deals worth several billion dollars. volkswagen will build two factories in china and airbus received orders for 100 helicopters. the cooperation between the two countries is not limited to economic issues, merkel said. she noted the two countries will
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also address social and human rights issues. she apparently called on china to improve the human rights record. he said they are tackling the issues. it's included in the comprehensive reforms that they are carrying out with political, economic, and environmental issues. weighed down business conditions in may. the hot weather helped to offset the impact leaving a key economic indicator unchanged from the previous month. officials from the cab innocent office said it stood at 111.1 for may against 110 in 2010. it measures the current state of the economy by weighing data including employment, production, and personal consumpti consumption. ice cream as well as cold drinks sold well. auto sales continue to suffer from the tax hike. officials kept the assessment of the index unchanged from april saying it's weakening. the leading index which forecasted the stated economy in
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the coming months fell from april. it's the fourth straight monthly drop. they claim a rise in auto delivery and fall in housing. let's get a check on the market. here is how benchmark indexes are doing at the hour. markets like tokyo and sydney falling in a bit of selling pressure. investors are bracing for the outcome for indonesia's presidential election on wednesday. here in tokyo the average. investors book profits as the index rose to the highest level in more than five months. and in australia the main index seeing a decline about a tenth of a percent. 5518. that snapped a three-day winning streak there. and in jakarta 1.7%.
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4889. investors are hopeful that he would press ahead with reforms in the country if he's elected. japanese officials resumed talks with the e.u. counter parts on a huge trade deal. tariffs and access to japan's railway business. talks resumed in tokyo on monday after a pause of more than three months. european union officials broke off and assessed progress achieved. they decided to continue negotiates. in the lawsuitest realm they are expected to demand japan ease barriers for railroad projects. they insist companies regardless of nationality are able to take part in bidding for japanese rail projects. on tariffs they want them to abolish import duties on cars,
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electronic appliances. they are offering to phase out tariffs on european wine and seven years after the trade deal takes effect. they want it to happen earlier. japanese government officials hope to reach a broad agreement with the e.u. on the terms of the deal by the end of the next year. latest talks couldn't until friday. trying to drum up more opportunity for japanese executives. israel and japan have leading companies in technology, health care, and agricultural. they discussed cybersecurity and they agreed to share information to deal with threats.
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it will also visit the palestinian territories and turkey during his trip. that is going to wrap it for business hour. ooel leave you with the markei'.
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the change enables japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense. he wants japanese personnel to be able to defend allies if they come under attack. he told keith that he wants japan to play a more active role in achieving peace and stability in the asia-pacific region. he expressed his support. at the joint news conference he stressed the close ties between the two countries.
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>> translator: new zealand and japan are partners that share basic values. in the meeting today, we confirmed expanding our cooperation not only on bilateral issues, but on regional and international matters as well. >> abe said he intends to ebs plain the new security policy to other countries as well. prime minister abe paid his respect to earthquake victims in new zealand. he visited the site of the powerful tremor that hit the country three years ago. he was he was in the city that that sustained the most damage. it killed 28 japanese students. abe left flowers at the site. he visited a new cathedral built to replace the one damaged in the earthquake. it's made mostly of card board and designed by a japanese
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architect. he's now visiting australia during the three-nation tour. a columbian soccer player says he's sorry for the tackle that sent one of the world's best players out of the world cup, he posted an online message apologizing for striking neymar. neymar broke a vertebra. brazil won, but neymar won't play again in the tournament. the message was posted on sunday on instagram. he wrote that he's deeply sorry and sad. he said he didn't mean to hurt neymar. he said he considers the striker to be one of the best players in the world and hopes he'll make a quick recovery. neymar says the world cup may be over for him, but his dream
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hasn't ended. neymar is expected to be sidelined for four weeks, but he said he could make a come back earlier than expected. now some of the biggest names in the game are preparing themselves for the semi finals. the games will be held in the cities of bella horizonte and sao paulo. five-time world champion brazil faces germany. on wednesday argentina will make the first appearance in this round since the 1990s world cup in italy. argentina will face the netherlands. the dutch have reached the final three times including in the last world cup in south africa.
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north korea will sind cheerleaders. they released a government statement. it said this the cheering squad is to improve relations with the south. they demanded the cans ration of u.s. south korea joint military drills. cheerleaders from the north have made appearances at international sports events in the south before. the spokesperson for south korea's unification ministry said his government plans to prepare for their participation. the games kick off in september. authorities around the world are scrambling to track down on a trend. they are trying to close loopholes to close people from using new psycho active substances. they are pointing to recent events as proof that something should be done. >> last month a man ran his car
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into pedestrians killing one woman. he admitted to using a drug called fake marijuana. over the weekend, another driver also high on mps caused a multiple car pileup. japanese authorities say they arrested one of 50 drivers under the influence of mps from 2012 to 2013. nhk analyzed the data to find out about the trend. we found since april more than 10 people who use mps have died. in japan some instances the s
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hallucinati hallucinati hallucinations. they remain legal provided their components are not on the list of banned chemicals. however, experts say in some cases mps have been confirmed to be more toxic and more likely to cause addiction. >> translator: the composition of the drugs varies widely. and the amount of chemical substances used in them differs. it's hard to know the real danger. >> house ministry officials have been trying to find ways to outrule mps. they introduced a system last year to ban substances with similar chemical compositions. but mps producers use science to stay one step ahead. they alter the chemical
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structures of the product making them temporarily legal. a man who knows the market said the producers are after one thing. sales. drug makers use unrestricted substances. they don't care if the substances are safe or dangerous. they care that the drug can make people high. >> government officials have been expanding their list of banned substances and components. but experts say mps makers continue to create new products. it's a cat and mouse game.
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time to go back to the world weather forecast. we have the rainy season. dumping rain into southeastern china. some pictures depict there's rivers of water flowing through the city. it's making it difficult for rescue efforts for people trapped in the flood waters. the scenario will continue as we go throughout the week. the rainy season bringing even more rain for japan. as this typhoon moves to the north and northeast, we're looking at up to 180 millimeters of rain in parts of oak that with a. concerned about landslides and flooding. you can see the frontal system that is part of the perspective. also into south korea. you'll see rain increasing going throughout the next few days because of the typhoon. now as it continues to move to
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the north and east. itting loos like we're going to see more rain. because the rainy season front into hong kong and china peninsula. make sure even though the typhoon may not be in your direction. the rainy season front will be a big player. let's take a look at the forecast in the americas. after arthur departed from the eastern sea board. high pressure builds behind the system in the deep south. pleasant weather conditions. that's going to change into a hot and humid weather scenario as the system taps into the gulf streams. it will become a little bit sticky going throughout the next couple of days. we have a cup of low pressure systems into ontario and tnorth dakota and south dakota. it will bring haeeavy rain into minnesota. thunderstorms in denver but along the eastern sea board
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highs in the low to mid 30s. even in new york. finally we wrap up with a look at europe. the western half of europe dealing with some unstable weather. we have a cold front that is swinging through. alrea this will continue to move throughout the day on monday. you'll need to prepare for some thunderstorms popping up from time to time. maybe some could be strong. be prepared for that. meanwhile very pleasant conditions for the eastern half of the continent. highs in the low 30s. sunny skies. i hope you have a good day whenever you are. here is your seven-day forecast.
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that's all for this hour of "newsline." thank you for watching. a7guc
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>> let's go to our top story. nine palestinian militants have been killed in a series of israeli air raids on the gaza strip. of hamas says seven of its fighters died in a single strike near the south -- in the south. three others died in separate air strikes. in themes as tensions region are high following the murder of a palestinian teenager, momm

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