welcome to nhk world "newsline," i'm gene otani in tokyo. hope has faded for an extension on a temporary cease-fire between israeli forces and hamas fighters. the truce expired at 8:00 a.m. friday, and both parties have resumed fire. israeli and palestinian delegates held talks in cairo through egyptian mediators during the 72-hour cease-fire. a palestinian negotiator told nhk that talks broke down after israel rejected their demands. the negotiator said delegates

from both sides will leave cairo by the end of friday. more than 10 rockets were fired toward israel as soon as the truce expired. and the israeli military resumed air strikes on central gaza. egypt has been serving as a go-between between israeli and rams, israel wants hamas to disarm. the scale of air strikes and rocket launches has been limited so far, but observers fear that violence could escalate. the international health experts have held an emergency meeting to try to stop the spread of ebola. officials with the world health organization have declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. they say the disease has killed 932 people in west africa. experts with the w.h.o.

emergency committee reacheden conclusion after a two-day meeting. >> this is the largest, most severe and most complex outbreak in the nearly four-decade history of this disease. the emergency committee reached the conclusion that the outbreak of ebola virus disease in west africa meets the criteria under the international health regulations for a public health emergency of international concern. >> w.h.o. officials say a coordinated international response is essential to stop and reverse the spread of ebola. they recommend kuns with disease transmission declare national emergencies and provide adequate information to the public. they say everyone in those countries with suspected symptoms should be screened before leaving airports, seaports and major land crossings. they advise all nations reenforce inspections as well as screen travelers from

ebola-infected areas. w.h.o. experts have only declared an emergency twice for a swine flu pandemic in 2009 and for polio earlier this year. in the u.s., officials with the center force disease control and prevention have raised their alert to its highest level and ordered health authorities in every state to quarantine suspected patients immediately. >> i have activated the cdc emergency operations center at level 1 for this outbreak. this is our highest level of response. >> frieden activated the agency's emergency operation center. 200 staff members in atlanta are working on the outbreak and frieden said the cdc will have 50 experts in west africa trying to contain the outbreak. u.s. media said an american doctor who was infected in liberia has been treated with a drug not approved. he said it's not clear whether the experimental treatment will

work and he said there are only a handful of doses. researchers have not been able to find an effective treatment or vaccine for the disease. health care workers are struggling to stop the spread and find a cure. nhk world reports on the global efforts to contain the disease. >> medical officials say they're doing everything they can to help people suffering from ebola. however, the officials say the outbreak can overwhelming the limited resources of local clinics and foreign ngos. >> reporter: the ebola infection is transmitted through direct contact with a patient's blood or bodily fluids. it can also be transferred from

infected animals, such as bats or monkeys. the virus causes high fevers, severe aches and internation s external bleeding. there is a high death rate. it was first reported in southern guinea in march, then spread to liberia, and to sierra leone and now more and more patients have been identified in africa's most populous country, nigeria. health care officials are working to quarantine infected communities. they are also setting up makeshift clinics. they've shut down schools, government offices and hospitals to restrict the movement of people. countries outside africa are also taking steps to contain the virus.

officials at the japan's airports have set up infrared thermal cameras to detect any passenger who is arrive with a fever. french and greek officials are calling on their nationals to refrain from traveling to the fourn countries. w.h.o. officials are worried that the disease may devastate the affected countries. they're considering what further measure these can take, including giving patients experimental medicines. toe mostly cloudio kamata, nhk world. u.s. president barack obama has seen sunni insurgents push across large parts of iraq with little resistance. he says americans cannot turn a blind eye. so they're coming to help. the president has approved air strikes, if necessary. >> today i authorize two operations in iraq. targeted air strikes to protect

our american personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of iraqi civilians who are trapped on a mountain without food and water and facing almost certain death. >> obama said he'll call in air strikes if the insurgents advance on the city of arbil. the u.s. has a consulate and staff there. but he said u.s. combat troops will not return. obama said crews of american aircraft have dropped food and water to thousands of iraqis who have taken refuge on a mountain top. 200,000 people fled into the mountains to escape the insurgents. u.n. aid workers say the militants have preventing them from delivering relief supplies and say 40 children have died. insurgents are targeting religious and ethnic minorities, they've attacked three towns near the city of mosul and the christian who is live in them. they're seizing property and forcing christians to convert to

islam. thousands of people are on the run and have fled to the kurdish autonomous region. iraq's ambassador to the united nations has welcomed obama's move. >> we have tremendous responses from paris as well as london and washington on the request by iraq to help us in our humanitarian issue in the north of iraq. he warns that the situation is getting more serious and destructive. foreign ministers from the association of southeast asian nations have begun a series of talks in myanmar. nhk world reports from the city. >> the asean meetings will be the largest international gathering ever held.

myanmar's rulers built the city eight centuries ago. and there will be a three-day session. a key focus of the talks will be china's assertive moves in the south china sea with its rich energy resources. the ministers are looking for ways to ease tensions created by china. at friday's opening ceremony, myanmar's president thein sein called for unity among asean members ahead of next year's launch of an economic community. >> translator: the current developments in the world are a cause for serious concern. asean should strengthen the asean-led architecture and asean should move forward with its proactive policy of nonalignment and resort to the peaceful settlement of disputes.

>> friday's main event is the meeting of foreign ministers from the ten asean countries. the philippines has called for ceasing destabilizing actions in the south china sea. the philippines is locked in territorial disputes with china. but some asean members expressed caution in working-level talks. it's unclear if asean can take a unified stance against china. the foreign ministers of japan and china will join the talks on saturday. the asean regional forum will meet on sunday. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and north korea's foreign minister will attend the regional security talks. the participants are likely to discuss china's increasing maritime activities. we'll keep you updated throughout the weekend. nhk world, nay pea dong.

people in hiroshima are honoring the victims and survivors of an important anniversary. 69 years since the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on their city. the survivors are aging and the number of those who can pass on experiences of the bombing is dwindling. nhk world spoke to a survivor who is struggling to keep his story alive. >> very strong flesh attacked me and of course the chunks shook in explosion. these things attacked me at the same moment. >> translator: this man is a retired junior high school english teacher. he now uses his language skills to share his story with a wider audience. >> this kind of bomb must never be used on any people on any

nation in the world again. >> reporter: each year he speaks to foreign students and government official who is visit hiroshima. he wants to convey the city's desire for a nuclear-free world. >> translator: i speak to foreign visitors in english. i hope when they go back to their countries they'll tell people what the atomic bomb was really like. >> translator: matsushima is now 85. and this summer he's not able to share his story. he's been fighting liver cancer for a long time. late last year, he was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma and this spring he started having problems creating his own blood. >> translator: because of this condition, i have to cancel

appointments after setting a date for story-telling. so now i turn down every offer. but i know that i have to continue telling my story. hopefully i can do that. >> reporter: when the atomic bomb dropped, matsushima was in a school about two kilometers from the epicenter. he suffered a head injury among others. stepping outside, he found the city center had turned into a sea of fire. >> translator: it was hell. people had grayish skin because of severe burns. their clothes were in tatters after being burned off. i couldn't identify anyone because they had swollen faces.

>> reporter: the anniversary was commemorated wednesday in hiroshima. government representatives from 68 nations, including the u.s. and visitors were around the world converged. >> reporter: for the first time in many years, matsushima spent the anniversary quietly praying at home instead of telling his story. he feels both a sense of urgency and frustration for not being able to tell the story himself. >> translator: we, the survivors of the bomb, will be gone before too long. so we have to pass on our experiences to younger generations, and have them spread our stories around the world.

otherwise everything we've tried to do won't go on. >> reporter: matsushima says no more hiroshima should be a message that people around the august 9th. russian leaders are moving ahead with plans to ban the import of a wide range of food items from western countries. prime minister medvedev says it's retaliation for sanctions against his country over the crisis in ukraine. >> translator: taking countermeasures are not so easy, but we are obliged to do this. >> the ban covers all imports of meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, milk and other dairy products. it targets producers in the u.s., canada, the european union, norway and australia. the ban is set to last for one

year, medvedev says government leaders are also considering barring u.s. and european aircraft from flying over russian air space. >> the european union regrets the announcement by the russian federation of measures which will target imports of food and agricultural products. the announcement is clearly politically motivated. >> members of the commission say the eu's sanctions are linked to russia's annexation of crimea and destabilization of ukraine. russian president, vladimir putin is turning to old soviet allies for help. he's asked the leaders of belarus and kazakhstan for their cooperation in enforcing the food embargo. putin held separate conversations over the phone with belarus president lukashenko and kazakh president. the two former soviet republics have common customs policy with

russia. belarus shares borders with several eu nations and putin asked lukashenko to prevent banned products from entering russia by way of belarus. some russians are concerned that the food embargo may lead to price increases and shortages of food. putin is considering expanding imports of dairy and other farm products from belarus. investors in asia are worried about the headlines of iraq, gaza and ukraine. they're selling stocks and placing their money in what they see as safer investments such as gold and government bonds. the major markets ended the week in negative territory. tokyo's key index felt below 15,000 for the first time since june. for the week it was down 5%. australian stocks also sank for

sixth consecutive day. the benchmark index shed 1.34%. sydney was down 2.2%. china's strong trade surplus litted stock prices in hong kong. but the selling mood across the region caught up with the hang seng. the index ended negative for the week for the first time in a month. china has reported a record trade surplus in july. exports jumped more than 14% from a year earl year due to an economic recovery in industrialized nations. officials at the chinese customs authority say exports brought in more than $212 billion in july. up 14.5% from a year ago and marks a fourth straight month of increases. analysts say the surge is because of growing demand for smartphones in u.s., germany and other advanced countries. imports to china declined 1.6% last month. as a result, the trade surplus for the month stood at a record

high of $47.3 billion. chinese government officials forecast that the country's overall trade will continue to grow in the second half of the year. but some economists point to uncertainty stemming from rising tensions over the crisis in ukraine. policy makers at japan's central bank have kept their assessment of the country's economy unchanged, stating it has continued to recover moderately. they agree to continue their monetary easing measures. to achieve the bank of japan's inflation target of 2%. the members of the policy board wrapped up their two-day meeting on friday. the policy makers say private consumption has remained resilient. they say the impact of slower demand following the consumption tax hike in april has waned and they industrial production has continued to increase moderately, although has shown some weakness. policy makers downgraded their assessment on japan's exports saying they've shown some

weakness. boj governor haruhiko kuroda made a comment on the sharp decline of tokyo stock prices. he said geopolitical risks relating to developments in iraq and ukraine seem to be increasing somewhat. but for now, he said he does not think there are any major changes to the current global economic outlook. >> argentina has now taken a move in the long-running debt dispute with its creditors following its default last week. the country has filed a lawsuit against the u.s., with the world court in the hague, this is over an alleged violation of argentina's sovereignty. argentina asked the international court of justice on thursday to act. but court officials say no action will be taken in the proceedings, unless the u.s. accept the court's jurisdiction. the court says argentina must

pay off a group of u.s. hedge funds demanding full repayment. argentine government officials and u.s. hedge fund operators failed to reach a deal by the july 30th deadline. a last-minute change before arriving in hawaii, but residents still need to be on alert. jonathan oh has more. >> azel said sustained winds have deroned below threshold. but it doesn't mean things will be safer, because the wind gusts will push into the minimal hurricane status, strong winds and heavy rainfall and rough surf continue to be the story as we go throughout the overnight period into friday local time. >> wind speeds of 110, moving over the big island as we go through the next couple of hours and then it's going to move out towards sea. the impact continues to be a big

part of the story through the next couple of days. the story continues when it comes to the heavy rainfall. and the strong winds as we look into the weekend. julio is a category 3 storm moving to the west right now. but it is expected to move slightly northward of the islands, but still because it is going to be close by, we're going to see a lot of heavy rainfall, flash flooding, some areas will see a couple hundred millimeters of rainfall as this system moves north so we will be dealing with some high winds, definitely need to be hunkered down at this point because it's going to be a very rough few days. we are also talking about a tropical system over in japan. and we are watching out for typhoon halong. we see the people moving around here, people in imami island are dealing with heavy rains and fierce winds, people trying to hang on to their umbrella

because of the strong winds this was the scene when the center of the storm was located 200 kilometers from the area. trees swaying, the heavy rainfall, you can barely see the roads, it made for hazardous driving conditions and this is just the beginning of the story. the system has not arrived yet. it's just beginning to move into the area. by the way as you probably already know, flights have been canceled. the ferries have been canceled because it's way too dangerous to operate. the other concern with the system is it's moving very slowly to the north at 15 kilometers per hour. so the concern is for flash flooding, heavy rainfall for an extended period of time. here's a look at the forecast for the next 24 hours. in shii co-cue, up to 500 millimeters of rainfall possible. in addition to 1600 millimeters of coastal rainfall in parts of shikoku. so definitely concerned about flooding and landslide concerns, for those of you who think about

outdoor plans, i don't think it's going to happen, saturday, sunday, all wet as we look at the forecast for the entire country. by monday things just start to calm down and it looks like the system will continue to move towards eastern china and russia by the beginning of next week. here's a look at the forecast for the americas. we have a couple of systems we're monitoring. the ohio river valley system will bring some heavy rainfall at times, looking out for flash flooding as the system moves east and another low developing over into the central plains will bring rain into that area. and so it looks like we're dealing with some areas of rain. back to the west, dry conditions, los angeles at 27, 23 in seattle. but again, denver, oklahoma city down to houston, into the deep south, atlanta and into miami, you'll be dealing with rain and thunderstorms on this friday. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook.

once again, hope has faded for an extension on a temporary cease-fire between israeli forces and hamas fighters. the truce expired at 8:00 a.m. friday and both parties have resumed fire. israeli and palestinian delegates held talks in cairo through egyptian mediators during the 72-hour cease-fire. a palestinian negotiator told nhk that talks broke down after israel rejected their demands. the negotiator said delegates from both sides will leave cairo by the end of friday. more than ten rockets were fired toward israel as soon as the truce expired. and the israeli military resumed air strikes on central gaza. egypt has been serving as a go-between for israeli and palestinian delegates.

including those from the islamist group, hamas, israel wants hamas to disarm and hamas says israel should first left its economic blockade of gadsa. the scale of air strikes and rocket launches have been limited so far, but observers fear that violence could escalate. that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani. for all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. gg99ññwçw

>> welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. here are the headlines this hour. fresh violence in gaza. a three-day cease-fire between, -- between hamas and israel comes to an end. authorizes targeted whates in iraq to prevent he calls to prevent what he calls a potential genocide. and the world health organization declares west africa ebola africa -- ebola outbreak in international emergency.