o. welcome to this hour's "newsline". here are some of the stories we're following this hour. >> relatives of those missing in a capsized ship in china's yangtze river are growing frustrated with the slow pace of rescue efforts. a newly released document shows a former fifa executive was willing to accept bribes in connection with the 2010 world cup in south africa.

and some ocean lovers in south korea are coming together to pick up the growing amount of trash washing a ashore. rescue workers in china's gang ze river are struggling against time. they are looking for hundreds of people after their ship capsized. 65 people have been confirmed dead and 14 rescued. those waiting for information are frustrated with the government's restrictions around the site. >> reporter: work to reach people in the capsized ship is working slowly. the tv station has been covering the effort. it quote ad rescued woman as saying that there was a space where they could breathe inside the overturned hull. >> translator: i grabbed on to an iron guardrail.

i moved to a space where i could breathe and stayed there. >> reporter: an official at the rescue site said they are doing their best to find survivors but they found dozens more dead on thursday. many people looking for the missing are frustrated. the road is blocked to the river. family members pushed through one of the checkpoints and tried to get near the rescue site but five hours later officials took them. >> translator: my husband had not been rescued yet. it's driving me mad. >> reporter: chinese readers are strictly limiting domestic media coverage of the story. nevertheless some people are protesting through the internet. one comment said the country lacks the ability to come up with adequate rescue measures. another said the government

officials don't give citizen reits. government officials are becoming alarmed, especially so since this is anniversary of tiananmen square in beijing which happened on june 4th 1989. china wants to control all information related to the accident but patience of families of missing people have almost run out. thanks now for that update. newly released court testimony by a former fifa executive reveals bribes were agreed to regarding the 1998 and 2010 world cups. charles blazer said he and other executives agreed to accept bribes in connection with selecting the host countries for the games. blazer's revelations are contain in a transcript of his testimony at a u.s. federal court in 2013. blazer has been charged with tax

evasion and corruption. he was also a former general secretary of a fifa affiliate that oversees north and central american and caribbean areas. transcript says blazer he and other members on the fifa executive committee agreed to accept bribes in connection with the selection of south africa as the host nation for the 2010 world cup. he also admitted to a similar agreement for the 1998 games in france. blazer is believed to have provided information about fifa as part of a plea bargain. u.s. judicial authorities have indicted 14 people including two fifa vice presidents for racketeering conspiracy and corruption. fbi investigators are expanding their fifa probe. they are looking into the process by wi-fi if a selected the world cup host countries for 2018 and 2022 tournaments. rutter's news agency said investigators are looking for

wrongdoing in the process. fifa awarded world cup hosting reits to russia for 2018 and to qatar for 2022. fifa executives allegedly demanded money in return for voting for certain countries. swiss authorities have been investigating the allegations and have seized related documents from fifa. the united nations chief is launching an independent inquiry into how the organization handled allegations of child sexual abuse. french peacekeepers in the central african republic are accused of sexually assaulting local children. the u.n. has been criticized for its slow response. in a statement secretary again ban ki-moonmoon -- again general ban ki-moon said he's deeply disturbed by the allegations. the soldiers were stationed in

the country to protect citizens amid sectarian violence. moon says he wants to ensure the u.n. doesn't neglect the victims especially when the abuse is committed by those who are meant to protect them. french authorities have already launched an investigation. more than 20 people have been killed in eastern ukraine in fighting thagt threatens a four-month-old cease-fire. civilians are among the dead. a battle erupted wednesday between ukrainian government forces and pro russian separatists in the town of marinka. the ukrainian government says two soldiers were killed and 30 injured. it blames separatists for starting the battle with nearly 1,000 fighters advancing to take marinka with tanks. a separatist leader told russian media the move was defensive.

shelling of nearby towns killed five civilians and 14 fighters. the government says more than 80 soldiers have died in sporadic fighting since a cease-fire began in february. meanwhile japan's prime minister shinzo abe plans to visit ukraine before attending the group of seven summit this sunday. he'll tell the ukraine president that they don't recognize the change of borders through force. referring to russia's annexation of crimea. abe will explain japan attaches importance to the rule of law and territorial integrity. he plans to share these views with other leaders at the g7 summit. abe will pledge to follow through with more than $1.8 billion worth of economic and humanitarian aid for ukraine and urging talks between the warring sides for a peaceful diplomatic solution to the conflict. months of impasse looked closer to being resolved this week. gene otani from our business

desk joins us to give us the details on the talks between greece and the eu. >> very important topic when talking about the european union. talks between greek prime minister and european commission president lasted for four hours. alexis tsipras said the talks were constructive. he indicated they will continue with their discussions an agreement is in sight. some analysts doubt they can narrow the gap any time soon. greece's debt to the international monetary fund amounts to $1.7 billion and payment is due between june 5th and 19th. there's concern that if greece cannot get funding from the eu to repay the debt it may default on it. greece and its european creditors have been divided over the country's pension reform. checking the markets tokyo share prices managed to bounce back a touch after two straight days of losses. the benchmark nikkei average

closed up 0.07% at 20,488. weaker yen prompted investors to buy shares of major exporters but the momentum tailed off. the shanghai composite closed in positive after a volatile session. the index ended up more than 0.76% hitting another seven year high. share price dropped as investors sold off stock in brokerage companies. some firms announced tightened regulations of margin trading but the index rebounded toward the market's close. taiwan's taiex post ad loss. the indebt fell for the straight day. companies in the energy and health care sector suffered most. hong kong's hang seng was down by 0.4%. seoul's kospi index closed higher by almost half a percent and australia's index was down

more than 1% extending losses to a fourth straight day. the president of the philippines is calling on business leaders in japan to help his country grow. he says he'll make it easier for offshore investors to get involved in major projects. he's visiting tokyo this week and spoke to a meeting organized by japan's top business groups. 200 industry leaders from the two countries attended. he said his government is working hard to expand the domestic auto industry. >> my administration welcomes japan's support. >> he hopes japanese investment will boost auto related industries across the philippines. executives at japanese e commerce are making plans for a big push into overseas markets. they say they will raise $1.5 billion through a new share

offering to strengthen their financial standing. the executives say in july they will issue about 100 million shares to domestic and international investors. first review of new stock since 2006 and biggest in the firm's history. executives will use the known pay down debt expand online sales operation and relocate the head office. until now they have been relying on bank loans to fund their operations but they say they want to take advantage of the rally in stock prices to raise money from financial markets instead. japanese businesses need lots of photos for online advertising. the stock photography industry which supplies pre-produced images is expanding to meet that demand. >> reporter: he's shooting photos in a studio in his tokyo home. he expects to sell these pictures to businesses looking for pr images. his model is that of a construction worker.

he sees growing demand from construction firms as they advertise for wormers ahead of the hot summer months. his photos are bringing about $6,000 a month. last year, he quit his job at a financial institution. >> translator: it is important to consider what kind of photos potential buyers want for their ads. >> reporter: this accounting software company used some of his photos for its online pr. the company puts a lot of effort into its website. online articles are frequently updated. >> translator: photos help increase clicks, and greatly affect the way information is spread. >> reporter: photographers want to sell images and businesses want to buy. stock photography agencies act

as intermediaries. photographers ask the agency to post their work on its website. customers download images for a fee. the agencies pay photographers based on the number of downloads. this major stock photo company in japan has more than 10 million images on its website. just one-third, whether it's for nursing or a business meeting, brings up plenty of choices. fees start at about $4 per photo. last year, customers downloaded 850,000 photos, twice the previous year's figure. >> translator: the last decade has seen a double digit increase in demand for photos and other visual images as their online use has become so widespread.

>> reporter: one of the world leading stock folder agencies organized a workshop last month in tokyo. more than 100 photographers from japan and abroad signed up. >> these lines -- move your eyes with the picture, right, exactly. >> reporter: the firm provides information on photos in high demand. one of the more popular search terms on the company's website is japanese seniors. company officials want to encourage photographers to contribute more images of japan amid growing overseas demand. >> you know, just the world is becoming more interested in health and, you know, just sustainable living and design and japan reflects all of those different aspects. >> reporter: with growing demand

for images of japan, stock photography market is expanding inside the country and abroad. nhk world. that's it for business news. i'll leave you with the markets. the governor of okinawa failed to sway u.s. firms from moving the air force base in his prefecture in southwestern japan. he held a meeting in washington

to convey local opposition to the plan but u.s. officials reiterated that the relocation is the only way to stop using the base in a densely-populated area. he met the director for the state department office of japanese affairs joe young an acting deputy assistant secretary of defense. he said the futenma air station was constructed on land appropriated from local people and says they cannot stand to see its replacement also being built in their prefecture. japanese and u.s. officials plan to move the marine corps base to a coastal area in henoko district. okinawa host 70% of american facilities in japan. the state department said officials expressed their sincere appreciation to okinawa for its vital contributions to the bilateral alliance. but reiterated building a replacement facility in henoko

is the only solution to getting rid of the futenma base. the mayor said he was able to communicate okinawa's message. >> translator: i told them the people of okinawa are aware of the japan-u.s. security alliance better than anyone else. based on that i explained how the futenma base became what is it now and why people in okinawa can't accept the plan to move it. >> the governor added officials he met they understood but wouldn't change their position. he said he hopes leaders in tokyo and washington will debate the matter sincerely by heeding the concerns of people in okinawa. u.n. members have agreed on ways to help protect people and their livelihoods from disasters. they adopted proposals that came out of talks in the japanese city hit by an earthquake an tsunami. delegates came up with those proposals in march. they called them the sendai

framework for disaster risk reduction. they outlined ways to minimize fatalities. numbers of people left needing help. and economic damage. they set goals for governments to achieve by to 30 and said leaders should draw on skills of women and work closely with companies and ngos. representatives at a u.n. general assembly meeting skborsed the proposal unanimously. officials will reflect them in global development targets for the coming 15 years. japanese ambassador highlighted his country's role. >> translator: japan encouraged other countries to reflect disaster preparedness in development targets. i'm pleased we got such widespread support. >> he said the earthquakes in nepal showed the importance of preparing for disasters not just responding.

a group of south koreans are trying to stop a growing problem that keeps washing up on the country's coast lines. government officials say the amount of waste in the ocean has increased by more than 20% in the past decade. so volunteers are rolling up their sleeves to pick up what others are dumping in. >> reporter: those who love the ocean gathered together seaside. their mission to clean up the ocean. this is the organizer of this event. he does about ten of these a year. he and some of his colleagues started the project in 2002. >> translator: the garbage piles up year after year. if you let it slide even

momentarily it begins to build up again. frequent collections are extremely important. >> reporter: he works at a local newspaper as a photojournalist. his hobby is scuba diving. he often covers issues that concern aquatic life and the marine environment. >> translator: while diving in my beloved ocean i found a lot of garbage. >> reporter: he says poor visibility in the polluted ocean makes it hard to collect waste. and says he sometimes can't even see his hands. government officials estimate more than 180,000 tons of waste is dumped into the ocean every year. but they can only clean up about half of it. this is tongyeong a poor city in south korea. ocean waste has become a serious problem here. you can see styrofoam, pet bottles and plastic bags

floating on the water's surface. people in this fishing village complain that garbage flowing into the sea causes a lot of damage particularly in the rainy season. >> translator: when the rainy season comes so much household garbage flows into the sea. they pollute ocean and cause fish to die. it's terrible. >> reporter: government officials decided last year to allocate about $300 million combat pollution in the ocean over the next four years. they say they are urging people not to throw their waste into the sea. >> translator: if you look at where the garbage comes from

70% is dumped by people from land. we have to start working to reduce the amount of garbage on the land through separate collection methods, and through recycling policies. >> reporter: on this day a team of volunteers picked up about 800 kilograms of garbage from the sea bed. >> translator: rerecovered all kinds of garbage. cans plastic bottles. >> reporter: he says the government's efforts are a positive step but he says they could do more to protect the oceans. >> translator: we're showing the recovered garbage to local people. it helps them understand what they throw away pollutes the ocean and we'll continue to do this in the future.

>> reporter: park hopes his event will change people's minds across the country and that the public will start to stash their trash elsewhere. people's minds across the world will have to change. thanks for that report. southwestern mexico is bracing itself as a hurricane approaches. here with the details is our meteorologist. >> hurricane blanca is located to southwest of mexico. we have a tropical storm to the west and this used to be a major hurricane. the hurricane season has just started. two major hurricanes during this time of year is quite rare. now this one stayed over the waters but this one will likely reach the northwest coast of mexico across the baja coast of california by monday as a

tropical storm. strong winds and rough sea conditions expected to accure across the west coast of mexico. bulk of heavy rain should stay over the waters. let's go the united states. we have a low pressure system in front, very slow moving one located over the north causing days of bad weather. we have three reports of tornadoes in wyoming as well as kansas on wednesday. more tornadoes may happen however the main threats will be large hail as well as damaging winds over these locations so please watch out for the severe weather. very different story across the southwest. violent weather is expected because of strong winds. high temperatures and also low humidity. now temperatures are going to be extremely high for this time of the year. denver 27 trees for a high with thunder showers. much cooler across the eastern united states and beneficial rain for you in l.a. with a high of 22 degrees on thursday. now let's go europe. severe weather and heavy rain

thunderstorms are still happening over turkey staying that way into friday and hail has been reported. generally dry for the rest of europe however temperatures extremely high for this time of year arose the west. take a look at these high temperatures. 36 degrees in seville, 35 degrees in bordeaux. that's about 10 degrees higher than normal higher than mid-summer. the heat will make its way towards central europe into the weekend. now let's go to asia then. a stationary front is now located to the south bringing lots of heavy rainfall. different story for the north especially south korea, dry weather has been continuing. in fact over the past several months you're having to deal with lack of rainfall. so dry air advisory has been posted. so watch out when you use fire. then dry weather for many parts of japan today. the rain is coming in from the west. the seasonal front is located across this area going to south of china, more heavy rain and

thunderstorms are happening, staying that way for the next couple of days. the area where the ship sank you'll see improvement on friday. sunny weather is expected but rainy weather will come back late friday and moderate rain is anticipated on sunday. so that could affect the searching operations unfortunately. temperatures are as follows. still a little bit on the warm side in tokyo. 27 degrees for the high. cooling down to 20s in seoul and much higher than normal in the so it's 32 degrees in beijing as well as hong kong on friday. finally across the middle east temperatures extremely high. nearly 50 degrees for parts of iran. so take lots of water. here's your extended forecast around the globe.

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