welcome to newsline. here are some of the stories we're following this hour. world leaders meet at the u.n. security council and approve the plan aimed at stopping foreign fighter from joining fighter this is syria and iraq. brazilian scientists are adopting a unique and natural approach to fighting dengue

fever. they have seen some of the worst outbreaks of the disease. tech screen computers developed a japanese community will have people enjoy ancient art. u.s. president obama has rallied other nations behind the campaign to crush islamic state. members of the u.n. security council passed a resolution aimed at blocking foreign fighters from joining extremist groups in conflicts a broad. it's part of a broader strategy to end insurgeon say that knows no borders. more from nhk world craig dale. >> for weeks u.s. president barack obama has been making the case for the fight against islamic state. >> this group has terrorized who they come across in iraq and syria. >> he made his latest pitch

before the u.n. general assembly asking for help to destroy what he calls the network of death. islamic state militants have storm add cross syria and iraq taking control of large chunks of territory. they've killed, raped and terrorized residents. obama started after them last month. this week he extended to syria with help of five arab allies. force have commanded the centers there. they've hit an islamic state oil facility in three areas. oil is a multimillion funding for the group. president obama is working to cut off other revenue streams and stop foreign fighters from joining the group also known as isil. obama and members of the security council unanimously

passed this. >> to prevent individuals from reaching syria and slipping back across our borders is a critical element of our strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy isil. >> about 15,000 people from more than 80 countries have joined islamic extremists in syria and iraq. more than 2,000 are from western nations, vast majority european. the french president says the international community should wage a war against trim that goes beyond borders. he spoke to affiliates in nigeria after a french tourist was killed. they had been demanding france stop air strikes in iraq, something hollande refuses to do. more and more nations show they're committed to this fight.

military jets are sent is to the region. dutch are doing the same. david cameron has called on parliament to allow his air force to take part. >> britain should move to a new phase of action. >> cameron says joining the syria campaign would require a separate discussion. islamic state appears to be holding on in this assault. their advance has forced 140,000 syrian kurds to free to turkey in recent days. some recounted stories of beheadings and cities burnt to the ground. obama and others say the need to act is now. >> obama spoke on another pressing issue at the u.n. assembly. he's calling for stability and peace in the region. we are reporting now from new

york. >> u.s. president obama main focus is on how to encounter the islamic state. he made sure to emphasize in his speech at the general assembly that the u.s. cares about the asian a pacific region. he did not directly name china, but he sounded mindful of territorial frictions the country has been having with nations. >> america will continue to be a pacific power promoting peace, stability and free flowing commerce among nations. we assist all nations a bide by the rules of the road and resolve disputes peacefully consistent with international law. >> for south korea president, it was her first time to participate. she warned north korea's nucle program poses a serious threat to international security. she also called for peaceful

reunification. >> translator: a unified kro or is a standing point and helps unlock a stable and cooperative northeast asia. >> president park urged to work toward a culture with less sexual violence against women. sexual violence in african countries is a major concern. >> sexual violence against women is violence against humanitarian rights and norms no matter how far back it happened. >> she criticizes japan over the so called war of women during the second war. thursday will be the second day of the general debate. japanese prime minister shinzo

abe will be delivering his speech. nhk world, new york. senior officials from japan and china have sat down to discuss issues of mutual concern. they agree to secure talks on a security hotline for diverting emergencies at air and sea. foreign defense and maritime officials held two days of meetings in the chinese city. both sides explain their position on the sen kau cuss islands and east china sea. china and taiwan claim them. officials agreed on a need of communication between the two. officials use the proposed hotline when responding to disasters and during maritime rescue operations. they also agreed to talk about

setting up maritime communications hotline aimed at preventing and instance at sea. officials plan to hold the next meeting in japan before the end of the year at the earliest. now to what's happening in the world of business. ron has the latest. >> thank you. top trade officials from japan and u.s. have wrapped up two days of talks in washington. they were hoping to find common ground on the free trade negotiations but they failed to come up with break throughs. japan's minister in charge of the tpp and u.s. trade representative met four hours tuesday. on wednesday they sat down for another hour. they discussed a proposal to lower japanese tariffs on u.s. agriculture exports. japanese want to restore the terrorists if beef and pork surge. they also talked about easing

vehicle safety standards. >> translator: japan made some flexible proposals this time, and the u.s. side praised them some what, but that did not lead to further progress. >> he said both sides must be willing to make con sessions. he said negotiators have not decided on the next step for the buy lateral talks. he said japan will speed up discussions with other countries participating in the tpp. u.s. officials released a statement say aing the two sides were unable to make con session ises but says they are committed to negotiations. the major benchmark hitting a new high for the year. nikkei climbed 1.28%, 16,374, a level we haven't seen since 2007. weaker yen with broader segment.

shares of many companies will be going ex dividend friday. looking at other markets across asia. they finished mixed today. some investors were mixed about the improving economy. the shanghai composite edged up under a tenth of a percent gaining a third straight day. reports of chinese authorities to likely soon approve the construction of power plants. this did cap the upward month men the tum. in taiwan, the index seen declines of under 1%, 9,011, lowest point in months. this sapped the investor ace risk taking. there was caution ahead of the quarterly announcement by taiwan's central bank. managers at japanese firms are paying more for services two

pay for each other. the prizes rose in august for the 14th straight month. analysts at bank of jaf pan released the monthly services produced index. it rose 3.5% in august. excluding price increases from the consumption tax price hike still up 14%. it was raised in april five to eight percent. con -- in general they're rising moderately. they're closely watching the weakening yen and the situation. officials at the airs are seeing a business of training pilots. they're getting ready to open the first overseas training center in thailand. officials held a ceremony in the

suburbs. the training center is a joint operation between ana holdings and the carrier. it's set to open next month and accept 200 students at a time. it include a flight simulator that cost more than $9 million. officials plan to add three more by the end of next year. the sent will accept trainees from different areas. the low cost carriers in the industry has caused a shortage of pilots. >> we see a brighter future and expect that a man for pilot training programs to continue to grow. >> industry officials say carriers in asia are will need more than 210,000 pilots over the next 20 years. authorities at japan's defense ministry are making effort to promote arms exports. . they invited government officials from the southeast nations to take a look at defense equipment made by

japanese companies. about 20 officials from countries visited the defense ministry in tokyo. seven companies displayed equipment that they supplied to self-defense forces including armored cars and vehicles to remove land mines. in april, japanese lawmakers approved died guidelines allowing export of arms and weapons under certain situations. guidelines can can help i can't pan and countries strengthen cooperation. japanese companies have developed robots that can do many things from building cars to assisting the elderly. now a leading manufacturer has made one that can balance on a ball. the engineers created the robot in the image of a cheerleader. it's 36 centimeters tall. newly developed sensors help it balance on top of a ball moving in any direction. company officials say this technology could be used to make

safer and more efficient transportation systems. they showed off the robot, ten of the robots, performing a team dance and lining up in various formations. machines use ultrasonic waves and infrared to exchange information allowing them to move as a group without bumping into each other. the robot cheerleaders will be on display next month at a trade show of i.t. and digital technology. for years, people turned on their sony play stations or nintendo consoles to play video games. these days, more and more use their smart phones. japanese game machine makers are getting crea create tif to try players back. >> many from around the world unveiled at game show. sony entertainment rereleased

the latest installment of the franchise. >> i'm going to play this new game. the play station 4 or ps 4 boast quality graphics. the company hopes the combination of high performance console and ongoing franchises will attract regular users. at this year's expo, the company promoted indy games along main stream titles for the first time. indys games are developed by individuals or small companies. this game from the u.s. is about an octopus that enters the human world and poses as the father of a family. it's ideas like that and low costs that make indy games attractive to large companies. >> promoting indy games is something new for us but allows us to offer more viertd. games are center but reminds us how simple video games can be.

>> ps 4 hit shelves in japan in february. analysts say sales are below company targets 660,000 units. the reason, smart phone games are rapidly gaining ground. the video console market has shrunk six years in a row. the mobile market in japan will be worth $7 billion by 2016. the processing power and touch screen response of smart phones are improving. analysts say in a few years the quality of the mobile games will be near that offered by consoles. that's pushing video game companies to come up with new ideas to promote their titles like when nintendo decided to tie up with auto maker mercedes benz. nintendo released the mercedes

version of mario cart. characters ride on mercedes in the game. nintendo operating profits have been in the red last four years. with the release, the game is reaching out to car loving fathers with kids who play games. the game and actual car were released in may. the two companies produced the tv commercial to market their products to different generations. >> the engine noise of the mercedes version sounds real and is cool. it's different from the original game. >> this is an easy car racing video game for kids. my daughter and i play with it all the time. >> with the holiday season a few months away, competition between console games and smart phone titles is heating up. veterans in the field are hoping to make a big come back.

nhk world, tokyo. >> all right. that is going to do it for r business hour. let's get a check of the markets. brazilian scientists experimenting with a fresh and natural approach to dealing with dengue fever. they've releasing mosquitos that carry bacteria that could

suppress the disease. scientists at research institute in rio de janeiro released mosquitos with a bacteria. they hope the infected mosquitos breed with wild mosquitos and spread the bacteria to new generations. this has the ability of dengue virus to multiply in blood of mosquitos. mosquitos pass it to their young even if they breed with partners that do not carry it. researchers in australia and indonesia are performing similar tests. brazil has been the scene of some of the biggest outbreaks of dengue fever. one and is a half million have fallen ill with the disease over the past year. researchers say they will release 10,000 mosquitos every week for the next four months as the summer season approaches.

they say they plan to test the new method throughout the country over the next five to to ten years. they add that their method could also be useful in japan. members of the women's basketball team have taken a stand at the asian games in south korea. the athletes were not permitted to wear hijab on the court. they call it discrimination against muslim women and forfeited the match. the players were asked to remove their islamic head scarves in order to play. head gear and hair accessories are among items prohibited on the court. the team is supposed to play thursday against nepal. one of the members says she will not attend any games unless the organizers change their decision. organizers say they'll meet with the team to discuss how to deal

with the situation. other sports at game allow women to wear head scarves. the team won thursday taking the bronze. the head covers have are become a focal issue in sports in recent years. football world governing body lifted the ban in march. new rule allow players to wear a turbine or hijab during matches. strong rain and winds caused problems overnight. many were stranded. we are joined now for the details. >> yes. the system is remnants of a tropical storm that affected the northern philippines, eastern china, taiwan, south korea the other day. because it's still packing a lot of moisture, it has caused tremendous amounts of rain for many parts of japan.

that included the fourth popular city in japan. let's look at footage coming out of the city. excessive heavy rain shut down the subway station thursday morning. more than 69 millimeters of rain fell in the three hour period overnight on the platform and tracks. firefighters were sent to provide recovery efforts. commuters had to find other methods of transportation did during the rush hour. to and from the station resumed before 3:00 p.m. today. the next target is around the tokyo area with the passing cold front. there's a chance of heavy thunder showers, gusty winds and flooding for tokyo area this evening. watch out for this weather. by friday, clear weather back for most of the country. that will continue into the weekend. across the west, you can see the area of rain coming in. this is seeing quite a lot of heavy rain for western or i

should say eastern mongolia. cold air is coming in. that will lower temperatures going into the weekend. ulan bator 17 degrees for friday and goes down for 3 degrees on sunday and minus 5 more low, 7 degrees lower than normal. changes in store for you. bundle up. across the southern area as, still looking at a tropical development. this is tropical storm means cro crown in japanese. it will move north next several days. it could become severe tropical storm and make it to the islands by the weekend and probably aimed for central japan and probably making its way toward the northern or eastern areas. there's a possibility of it affecting central parts of japan early next week. temperatures in tokyo 26 degrees for the high with partly sunny

skies. friday, 26 in seoul with cloudy conditions. heavy rain is in sight in beijing on the last day of the business week. finally across the americas, quite high temperatures can be found over the western areas of the u.s. especially in the northern rockies and northern plains. because the jet stream is further r north allowing hot air to flow from the south. these are expected highs for the weekend. into the weekend, winnipeg, you should be 20 degrees for this time of year. jumping up to 30 degrees on your friday. 31 thursday and other areas of the u.s. quite high temperatures can be found going into the weekend. please watch out for the heat stroke. now across the eastern areas of the u.s., temperatures are running below average. widespread rain is affecting many areas including new york city as well as washington on wednesday going to thursday. temperatures only 16 for the high in new york city. 19 degrees in washington d.c. with rain up in sight into your thursday. here's your extended forecast

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paris' famed museum now boasts touch screen computers for visitors thanks to a japanese firm. the machines are aimed at helping museum goers get a deeper understanding of ancient greek art. 3d printing installed in three tunnels. it provides information about statues depicted in ancient art. the masterpiece of ancient greek pottery. it allows visitors to zoom in or rotate it on the screen. >> translator: the devices show things that visitors may not notice by just looking at the exhibits. i'm sure the information will stimulate people's interests and appreciation in these works of art. >> the printing firm has already installed touch screen computers in sections devoted to spanish

painters and ancient egypt. and that concludes this edition of "newsline." on behalf of our team, thank you >> it is 1:00 here in paris.

you are watching "france 24." the latest news from france and also from around the world. our headlines this afternoon. francois hollande holds a crisis meeting after the beheading of the french hostage, herve gourdel. it was described as cruel and cowardly by the president. french fighter jets strike targets inside iraq for the second time after strikes in syria killed 14 jihadists and