thank you for joining us on this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan with the news from tokyo. hundreds of thousands of people in southern and western japan are taking cover under the threat of a powerful typhoon. iraqi lawmakers can't agree on a way forward even as they face a threat of militants pushing towards the capital. and u.s. and chinese officials are getting ready to sit down together to narrow their differences over trade, security, and spying. japanese weather officials say it may be one of the worth

storms in decades. typhoon neoguri is bearing down on okinawa. the warnings are in effect for the main island of okinawa and me yak coa island in the south. local authorities issued an evacuation advisory for 480,000 residents throughout the prefecture. officials at the okinawa power company say 22,000 households were without try trystity on tuesday morning. airline companies have cancelled all flights to and from the islands. the typhoon has also forced public schools to close. let's get the details from mai shoji at the weather desk.

it is pack gusts of 252 kilometers per hour and is still large and very strong status. the second strongest level. it will be veering towards kyushu making land fall over western japan by thursday morning. is it going to be packing gusts of 252 in okinawa and miyako today. tomorrow the gusts will be weakening. no matter how the intensity is and even if this decreases and winding down with the winds and all, it's the rainfall and the heavy waves and life threatening ri rip currents that will be dangerous. it will be exacerbating the flooding conditions in kyushu. an earthquake has shaken

communities along the border between mexico and guatemala. the quake measured a magnitude of 6.9. authorities say at least five people have died. the u.s. geological service says the earthquake struck on monday morning and was 60 kilometers underground. the dead include a newborn baby. the news agency quotes otto perez as saying the ceiling at a hospital collapsed, killing the boy. dozens of other people have been injured. officials in the mexican state of chiapas say 22 people were killed by falling walls. iraqi lawmakers have postponed their next session of parolment. they are under pressure to form

a new government as militants edge toward the capital, baghdad. but lawmakers can't seem to agree. members of parliament met last week but they failed to decide on a new prime minister and speaker. they were set to reconvene on tuesday but they called off the session because they could not make any progress. prime minister nuri al-maliki is trying to cling to power. his opponents say his preferential treatment of shia has helped to fuel the sunni insurgency. the sunnis have seized control of northern and western iraq and declared the establishment of an islamic state. military forces are trying to push them back but an iraqi general was killed in a counterattack. some lawmakers want a compromise but parliament is not scheduled to meet again until next month.

afghans have been waiting to find out who will be their next leader. electoral officials have given them a hint. former finance minister, ashraf ghani is leading the race to replace hear -- harmid karzai. the officials say ghani has more than 56% of the vote. they say former foreign minister, abdullah abdullah has just over 43%. abdullah got the most votes in the first round of the election but fell short of a majority. he accused officials of fraud. he says he won't accept any results unless there's a full investigation. the officials have admitted that high ranking government officials engaged in vote rigging. they say they'll carry out an investigation and then announce the final results. the two candidates draw their support from different ethnic bases and some fear a disputed result could widen the ethnic rift. israeli commanders have launched air strikes on the gaza strip.

their drone attacks killed nine people. leaders of hamas say israelis will pay the price. military officials say they targeted rocket launchers and other facilities belonging to hamas. the victims are all said to be linked to the group. a hamas spokesperson called the air strikes a grave escalation in violence. the military officials say the israeli forces were retaliating for attacks by hamas. they say at least 25 projectiles were fired into israel. there are no reports of casualties. palestinians have been protesting the murder of a teenager. they believe he was killed as revenge for the murder last month of three israeli teens. japanese leaders have an update on the state of the economy ai uchida has more.

>> the current account measures how the country is doing in terms of trade. the numbers they are seeing should ease some of their concerns. the current account hit a surplus for the fourth month in a row. in may the surplus reached more than $5 billion. that was higher than many analysts had expected. still it's down $430 million from the same point last year. all nuclear plants in the country are offline. so the people who run utilities have been importing more and more fuel to power businesses and homes, and that's led to a deficit in trade of $6.6 billion. but overseas investment made up for the short fall. the primary income account reflects how much japan earns from those investments and the account hit a surplus of $14.5 billion. the dollar was sold against

the yen in new york and continues to run into selling pressure. the dollar against the yen is at 101.78-81 whereas the euro against the yen is at 138.44-49. now analysts say the weaker dollar is in turn prompting valuesters to sell shares in japanese exporters. the nikkei opened lower and is down .4%. looking at other asian markets, the kospi is in negative territory. and in shanghai the key index is down .4%. let's see what's happening in hong kong. the hang seng down as well. .3%. japanese prime minister shinzo abe is reaching out to leader in australia. he is preparing to sign off on a free trade deal and discuss ways

to strengthen security ties. he travelled to scanberra after traveling to new zealand. they are set to sign an economic partnership agreement and discuss an arrangement to allow their cntries to share defense technology. abe will become the first japanese prime minister to address the australian parliament. he is expected to call on lawmakers to help him resolve regional con peacefully. russia's foreign is urging leaders in bulgaria to push forward on a dispute. they should get back to work on a gas pipeline to bypass ukraine. he met in the capital of sofia and pushed him to push ahead on a pipeline. the bulgarian leaders called the

project off last month under pressure from eu officials. the officials said the contract may be in violenation of the la. lavrov said he is willing to sit down with anyone to get things moving. in june, vladimir putin visited austria to promote the pipeline. officials signed a contract to take part in the project. a senior chinese diplomat has called on u.s. authorities to correct accusations he says they made up. he says the americans fabricated claims that chinese military officials hacked into u.s. computers to sale trade secrets. assistant foreign minister -- made the comment before a meeting of chinese and u.s. government officials. they're gathering in beijing. u.s. authorities in may charged

five chinese officers with commercial spying. he says the u.s. leaders aren't sincere about addressing cybersecurity and he says their attitude has damaged trust. >> translator: china continues to call on the u.s. to correct the error and continue cooperation on cyberissues. >> zheng said prosecutors should withdraw the charges against the officers and he suggested chinese officials would pull out of discusses on cybersecurity with their american counterparts. both sides hope they will be able to resolve their issues during their talks. matthew goodman was an economic adviser to u.s. president barack obama. we asked him what to expect. >> first i would like to ask what the focus of the economic dialogue will be this time.

>> one issue that has been a constant refrain between the u.s. and china onhe economic side is the foreign exchange question. and it's frankly unfair is the term that even secretary lew used the other day. i think that one will be a high priority. the two sides have been negotiating a investment treaty and last year there was a breakthrough because china was willing to negotiate that treaty on the basis that the united states wants to see, which is a so-called negative list approach to regulation and fair or equal treatment of investors even before they establish their position in a country. so that will be a major focus, the bi-lateral investment treaty. there is a -- still a concern about the position of xi

and his power. as part of that he has been launching or following through on a very strong forceful anti-corruption campaign which is targeted some very senior officials as well as lower level officials. and that's creating a bit of a chill over the -- the policy make process in china. where people are kind of afraid to make decisions. so i think that's potentially a problem for economic reform in china and possibly for other issues. >> both sides seem to have less leverage compared to the past. what do you think the breakthrough from the dialogue? >> i don't see any major breakthrough. i don't think there will be

agreement on a bi-lateral investment treaty announced. i think people can be very cynical about this. because it seems on some level like just a bunch of hot air. but i think that dialogue is important between these two countries given how big we are and how much we both in common and in areas of difference and i think we need to continue to talk to each other so that we're sure we don't make any miscalculations based on misunderstanding. i think it's important to understand each other better even if we don't agree. >> we'll have more headlines in business next hour. for now i'll leave you with a check on markets.

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have shared their concerns about some common challenges. they say they'll work together with their south korean counterparts on their issues with north career yeah. the cabinet acted after leaders in pyongyang set up a committee to invest missing japanese. the missing include those abducted in the 1970s and 1kw0i8. kishida briefed kerry on the change of constitution. the change allows japan to come to the aid of allies under attack. kishida said kerry expressed his support. german chancellor angela merkel has expressed concern in the latest development in the espionage in the united states.

the germans arrested a person on suspicion of spying for the u.s. government. >> translator: if the reports are proven true it would be a serious matter. >> the man allegedly handed over documents from a german parliamentary committee to u.s. authorities. relations between the two countries had been strained by reports that u.s. intelligence agents were watching german leaders. the german leaders reported last year that the national security agency monitored merkel's mobile phone for over a decade. prosecutors in germany are investigating. deadly riots broke out in china in 2009. today, five years after the street battles we look into if anything has changed in the way china treats its ethnic minorities. >> reporter: july 5th marked the fifth anniversary of the

retiring -- rioting in the region's largest city. authorities were on high alert. china's leaders began encouraging the han chinese to move to the area. today, ethnic uyghurs make up less than 50% of the population in their traditional homeland. now many resent the way the han majority exercises control over the area's politics and economy. >> translator: uyghurs are smart and capable. but we cannot find work. we're experiencing discrimination. >> reporter: in 2009 violent clashes between han chinese and uyghur communities left around 200 people dead, according to the chinese government. in april this year, president xi visited the region to call for a strengthening of anti-terrorism measures. but right after that, an explosion struck a railway station in the city.

>> and we talked to a associate professor of the university of tokyo. she says the chinese government's ethnic minority policy is creating a vicious circle, resulting in repeated attacks. >> the government is employing a huge number of police force. and they say think those violate violent incidents have been occurred by so-called separatists or fundamentalists. even chinese government has strengthened the security but that could happen. yeah, so that's a quite great shock, yeah, among the chinese government officials. some people have been suffering from serious poverty and those people, some of them have been more and more conservative really justly because they seek for help in a religious way

because voices of uyghurs are not heard. so they want to do something to tell that we have been here and we have been suffering from cultural -- oppression. >> china's government is tightening its control but it's also working to promote economic growth in the region. workers are building 80 high-rise apartment buildings. the aim is to minimize resentment among uyghurs by raising their standard of living. the government is also offering schooling in the native language and in chinese. authorities say a influencesy in chinese will give younger generations more employment opportunities and economic benefits. but the minority policy is leaving many uyghurs dissatisfied. >> most people who benefitted from those projects are han ethnic people.

a lot of projects have been offered to the han ethnic related companies, yeah, of course, there are a number of people who are working under but there are also, you know, under, you know, people under poverty. ethnic uyghurs is not very monolithic. some people want more economic benefits. some people want more cultural identity. for example, use of mosque is p prohibi prohibited in some areas. and this time of year it's ramadan. ramadan is not permitted, yeah. and so, people are not very much dissatisfied with those kind of cultural oppression.

>> reporter: the pressure says the key to breaking the stalemate will be a dialogue between representatives of the uyghur community and the chinese government. >> the chinese government should allow them to have diversification in the ethnic group, yeah, culturally, economically, they want more and more diversified policies. if both sides, i mean, ethnic han side and the muslim uyghur people side, they could come together and incorporate wide range of different views that then a lot of hatred or misunderstanding would be gradually resolved. >> populous, prosperous, pushing ahead, china's rise brought it wealth, power and problems. an income gap divides its people. pollution threatens their health. and differences over territory strain relations with its neighbors. find out the challenges china

faces on "newsline." people in okinawa and southwestern japan are seeing heavy rainfall due to the powerful typhoon neoguri. but it is also affecting parts of east asia. >> the vigorous typhoon neoguri is not only affecting the islands of okinawa directly but indirectly affecting the rainy season band. that is lingering for quite some time now. in nagasaki, historical rainfall amounts which you haven't seen in half a century has fallen over the region. these are your digits. 4 in some locations. and this is going to be an ongoing story, unfortunately. a lot of the people, thousands of people have been evacuated due to the surge of the moisture from the typhoon, exacerbating the situation with the rainy

season band lingering here for so long. for the next 72 hours not a lot of people can go back home due to this typhoon directly affecting the area. 180 to 200 millimeters of rainfall could top over the amounts we showed you. so further flooding and secondary disasters. these could be dangerous situations. so please be aware of this. not only is it going to be affecting kyushu, but china and taiwan have been seeing high waves. and eastern china will start to see the stormy conditions. even south korea by wednesday. here in northeastern china, severe thunderstorms are fecting locations due to an upper cold low. and real heed over by jing. northern japan is at 30 degrees with plenty of sunshine on tuesday. now in europe.

central locations are really being battered with severe thunderstorms. with large hail reported in germany. so for the next several days we're still likely to see some thunderstorms on the severe side. but the iberian peninsula is looking fine and gorgeous. 27 degrees and plenty of sunshine. but rainy in paris at 20. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast.

and here's a recap of one of our top stories. weather officials in japan say we may be seeing one of the

worst storms in decades, typhoon neoguri is bearing down on okinawa. the warnings are in effect for the main island of okinawa and for miyako island to the south. local authorities issued an evacuation advisory for over 480,000 residents throughout the prefecture. officials at okinawa electric power company say about 22,000 households were without electricity on tuesday morning. airline companies have cancelled all flights to and from the islands. the typhoon has also forced public schools to close. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. yuko aotani will bring you the latest at the top of the hour. thanks for joining us on nhk

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