korea at the same time it seems that north korea was nearly ready to go back to the six party talks do you think the us is any fuel to the flames. i don't think the us is interested in any kind of intentional exacerbation of the situation and going into extremes taking into account the fact that they have problems in iraq as well as in afghanistan therefore starting up something new is unlikely at the same time it naturally has some concerns just like everyone else just like us china like japan like south korea everyone has concerns and does not want to pyongyang to get hold of nuclear weapons therefore all the countries who don't want this to happen are using their own methods russia and china are taking quite diplomatic action at a confidential level while south korea and japan and the united states traditionally resort to sanctions it's kid glove diplomacy yes what are the chances that north korea will go back to the six party talks now. with. well i can all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident

test them this is what are the chances that north korea will go back to the six party talks now hearing where that god wishes there thought it was like in all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident of the sinking of the corvette shah nag if no specific attention is paid to that because i don't think there's any new solid prove that north korea did in fact sing the cheviot then. we'll return to negotiations with these talks are important for economies and in other ways it's hard accuse ations are made over worldwide media channels done p.r. he might pull out of the talks but globally north korea is interested in taking part in these negotiations if they can help improve the overall situation and bring back the support of some nations for p.r. china has been on north korea's side of course and the talks can bring back the situation cleese partly to the level that was in south korea's late president was conducting sort of diplomatic negotiations with the i was but she was he mentioned the south korean ship

international commission investigation and blames north korea why is that. the one you made. with loving in part for her what the reason was that expires at the moment they found no parts of debris of the two peter which could definitely show there had been a meet in the north korea there was just one letter but there was an objective proof is just like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the accused i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship it was from an example of terrorists including al qaida we know that every terror act is usually announced world why but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea related to the sinking of the south korean ship on the contrary they deny doing it then why should they have done this so they did not admit anything it worked on one hand and on the other it would not have helped to reduce the number of the south korean fleet but they have enough ships is there a threat of war coming from south korea or god i don't think so it is room and set of i think who will gain from it i can see how no

of the greater caucasian mountain range the republic of north. closely here. the rivers rushing to hundreds of streams which. they can make their own route among the rocks and tops up to four thousand. in spring time. is slowly coming to life. first flowers to welcome the warmth of spring. the alligator gorge river is the reserves may. only just beginning to flood. in early spring people who used to get to the rocky range. nature reserve staff. existence by chance when. it's this.

negotiation process say the six segment gaucher issues between you know the six countries including north korea . and border with russia how do you weigh us clase to returning to the negotiations table what do you think of the tunes is of that happening now and what negotiations help relieve tension with a group which was there thought it was like in all situations of this kind the chances are dependent on the future course of events we have to take into account the incident with the sinking of the corvette. if no specific attention the speed to that because i don't think there's any new solid prove that north korea did on taxing the ship then p.r. key will return to negotiations these talks are important for economies and in other ways i think it's hard accusations are made over worldwide media channels done p.r. he might pull out of the talks but globally north korea is interested in taking part in these negotiations because they can help improve the overall situation and bring back the support of some nations for p.r. china has been on north korea's side of course and the talks can bri

china has been on north korea's side of course you talk ski. bring back the situation at least partly to the level of was in south korea's late president was conducting sort of diplomatic negotiations if the i was but she was listening because you mentioned the south korean ship that was sunk and rushing along with some other countries is not convinced by the results of the international commission investigation that blames north korea why is that. the one. with loving and powerful who are the reason was that or so far as i know and they found no parts of debris of the two peter which could definitely show there had been a me the north korea there was just one letter but there was an objective proof is just like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the accused i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship from an example of terrorists including al qaeda we know that every terror act is usually announced worldwide but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea related to the sinking of the south ko

look at that, flocking outdoors in the heat.luil tug aosth north, say southern areas of spain, north of the mediterranean it's going to cool down, but seville will still stay warm and we'll be warm across the balkans as well. across europe, it looks like wel be in the mid teens from stockholm to vienna. that's all from me, here's your three-day. >>> that's all we have for this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in 30 minutes. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

to the north, this frontal line dominates much of the region bringing some quite heavy showers to north northern japan today. but that's going to be weakening, but south korea and the east coast of china looking at that rain to intensify into your thursday. just to the south of beijing here. looking at your temperatures today, 28 degrees in beijing, still hot in shanghai, 34. and also quite steamy across japan as well, 34 in tokyo. in north america, we've still got this very unsettled conditions up in central canada. it looks like it will stay very stormy and very wet for you up in northern manitoba during the overnight hours. another wet day in british columbia as well. and down in the south looks like more rain will continue down in the florida peninsula. it has been raining here quite a bit, so flooding could be an issue. additional rain will fall in southern mexico as well. this is due to tropical storm frank. it is getting a bit more energy as it goes, but it does remain off shore and it will be moving away from mexico as well over the next few days. temperature wise, stays hot dow

several sources said that a delegation from the north has arrived in a province. north korea's late leader, the father of kim jong-il reportedly attended a junior high in the city in the late 1920s. tight security has been put in place at a first-class hotel, raising the likelihood that the delegation is staying there overnight. kim last visited in may. it's speculated that this trip kim will talk about his successor. his third son is deemed his most likely replacement. however, it has not been confirmed if the young man came along on this trip. >>> south korea's red cross says that it is ready to provide aid to north korea. last week north korea was hit by heavy floods along the amnok river which forms the border with china. the northwestern city of shinuiju was completely inundated with floodwaters. the extent of the flood damage has not yet been confirmed. however, north korea's state-run television says more than 5,000 people were rescued by troops under orders from leader kim jong-il. on thursday south korea's red cross sent a message to the north stating tha

china has been on north korea's side of course the talks can bring back the situation please partly to do level that was in south korea's late president was conducting sort of diplomatic negotiations if the. the sinking of a south korean ship became one of the reasons for tension in the region that russia and few other countries the. that the international commission which was not very objective what was the reason to doubt. both loving and perform. the reason was that a supplier zinah when they found no parts of debris of the two peter one which could definitely show there's been a me the north korea there was just one letter but there was an objective proof is just like in court any doubts are interpreted in favor of the big queues i personally do not understand why north korea should have sunk the ship where he said i'm an example of terrorists including al qaeda we know that every terror act is usually announced worldwide it's a little bit but as we know there were no celebrations in north korea related to the sinking of a south korean ship on the contrary they denied doing it then

is the telling off of explain why he believes the north korean threat is blown out of proportion that interview is coming your way in just a few minutes. the be. said and i got a big rise in north korea said it was prepared to give a military response over the south korean and u.s. naval exercises in the yellow sea why do you think the reaction was so aggressive. this falls into the line of behavior that is generally described as aggressive a general aggressive stance north korea has been threatening to spill seas of blood destroying imperius and their marionettes for several decades i wouldn't overestimate the actual threat if we look at it from a historical perspective it has become a subject for jokes remember the late fifty's joke about the one thousand two hundred fifteen serious chinese warning so they've issued warnings but nothing followed i think they could not have kept silent in their current position and they couldn't have approved of the maneuvers they had to say something now what did they say they threaten but nothing specific happened so what did the us impose new sanc

so i mean what do you think north korea he's trying to achieve with this nuclear tests. about four years ago it was estimated that they had approximately three or four weapons as powerful as a hiroshima missile which is about twenty killer tons for russia it's not a serious figure we count in ten or even fifty megatons but there were rumors that they were bluffing they simply buried a lot of triton covered it with radioactive substance and blew it off there were all the signs of nuclear explosion there was the same speculation about our first atomic bomb which exploded in one nine hundred forty eight but i don't think it was a bluff otherwise russia wouldn't have produced a hydrogen bomb only three years later i'll be careful in my estimation they may have two or three or four missiles they may be of twenty or even ten kill a ton but actually missiles never help solve universal issues they're countries without nuclear arms and they are fine nuclear arms or scorpion sting in my opinion it can only be used in the most critical situation when an enemy occupies your territor

you know to stay allies of north korea at the same time they do understand that north korean economy doesn't work well they encourage north koreans to promote reforms to make the economy more market oriented they try to encourage north korea to be more open to the world and they're very much against north korea nuclear weapons but they do say cheney is that the reason most korea wants to have nuclear weapons is because america doesn't profit most most korea puts pressure on north korea and the bush for example was very warlike against north korea the chinese way or dealing with this issue is to see to the table and try to solve the issues in a peaceful way and chain you say that america should recognize north korea as an. independent country they don't have diplomatic relations so far and america should start political and economic relations with north korea and as a result most korea will stop change and this is the basic position of china in the basic position of russia so the purpose of both china and russia no to bring those part this again at the table and continue negotiations

security council ended its discussions on the north's alleged sinking of a south korean warship. the move is seen as china's effort toward resumption of the six-party nuclear talks. however, japan, south korea and the united states are still accusing north korea of provocative behavior. north korea is also demanding the lifting of international sanctions as a precondition for its return to the talks. >>> north korea announced an investigation is currently under way into a south korean fishing boat that was seized in the sea of japan. the state-run korean central news agency said on thursday that a south korean squid fishing boat was captured on august 8th by a north korean naval patrol vessel. the news agency said the boat with a crew of four koreans and three chinese had intruded into north korea's territorial waters. the boat is believed to have been towed to the port of songjin. however, no other details were made available such as how the crew members were captured, their present location or health condition. south korea has called on the north to quickly release the boat and

in north. and. nobody was hit. but the road was entirely blocked. the rangers will have to go on foot to reach them. sure a couple of. sometime ago there was a good chance of people. on the mountain. today scientists tend to observe them through their binoculars. these graceful animals. caucasian goats have no difficulty clearing steep slopes they almost never slip off as they know how to spread their center of gravity evenly and choose the right foot hold and they have no fear of heights. the east caucasian variety of goats inhabits this reserve it's possible to tell them apart by the shape of their horns. with them flow for. in the form of a partial spiral. like this like it but. it's the right horn points to the left and the left horn points to the right. cohesion goats or wild animals but high in the mountains and they often allow rock climbers to come surprisingly close. at the most and would do you typically a matter of ten meters you think those who got used to the presence of people are the only. quite tolerant of them near the training camp

but here's the equator, 30 degrees north and 60 degrees north and north america is here and here. let's just talk about the bottom part of this. this is the median of the projected change in precipitation where change is coated by color. red is less. what did you give me there david? 0? well, let's rearrange and i want to talk a little longer everybody is giving me attention here. i'll promise to hasten up a little bit. red is dryer and blue is wetter. and what you can see here is that along the sub tropics the latitudes between 20 degrees north and south and 30 degrees or so there tends to be a trying so the way the atmosphere works if you look at it sideways from along the equator the air is rising along the equator and sinking polar to that in the sub tropics and in our area that's calledd the north pacific high. that's why we don't get much rain. we're under the influence of the north pacific high. what's happening in these climate simulations is those subtropical highs, more or less, are strengthening, on the other hand if you live in seattle you might be more encouraged beca

the republic of north. touched. closely here. the rivers rushing to hundreds of streams. among the rocks and tops up to four. in springtime. is slowly coming to life. first. of spring. the. river is the reserves and. only just beginning to flood. in early spring people used to get to the rocky range. chance. when you're not here we have not been aware of its existence for ten years when locals told us about it they said she put it once being sheltered in the caves first tunnel when we first came here we did see tracks left by sheep yes that's right i remember the first time i came here we did see tracks left by sheep. the cave extends for more than a kilometer several narrow corridors hide a large central chamber the cave walls are covered in drip stones still are tights and still like mines. the north caucasus largest bat hibernates deep underneath the ground they represent the redbook species the bat and the horseshoe nosed bad more than two thousand bats gather here in the winter they cuddle together in order to survive the cold weather in summer they fly to the foothi

north bay hills.he main impact a few extra clouds for tomorrow afternoon and sunday partly cloudy skies and temperatures do warm up a few degrees. this morning bundle up, 48 to 55. the clouds concentrated coast side, also into the bay, santa rosa and napa showing you offcast as well. afternoon partly to mostly sunny, 60 to 84 and fog parts of the shoreline, antioch yoarks san rafael 64, 60s near the immediate coastline, 70s san jose. your five-day-forecast temperatures continue to cool off on saturday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers by sunday and then warming back up into monday and then into tuesday of next week. another weather check coming up in just a few minutes. >> hard to belief it has been five years since hurricane katrina devastated new orleans in the gulf coast. we are going to bring you a live report from new orleans show p you what has been done to rebuild that city. >> and today the budget crisis in sacramento will directly affect dozens of school children in oakland. we will have

region to take part in the maneuvers well as north korea is so aggressive in its response. or. this falls into the line of be a viewer that is generally considered as aggressive a gentle aggressive stance north korea's been threatening to spittle seas of blood and destroy imperialists and their marionettes for several decades i would not overestimate the actual threat if you look at it from a historical perspective it has become subjects for jokes remember the late one nine hundred fifty s. jokes about the one thousand two hundred fifteen serious cheney's warning so they issued warnings but nothing followed i think they could not have kept silent in their current position and they could not have approved of the maneuvers they had to say something now we're going to say they threaten but nothing specific happened there's been no new bill is ation in north korea the armed forces remain in their current position i think it's just natural for north korea to take the stance but i'm ok so how would it know so i think they're not actually chances off. by yellow do or should. i thi

the north bay else. of an inch. elsewhere increasing cloud cover. tom hall could see showers thus before today. temperatures get lower them the chance of showers increase sunday bringing some thunderstorms as well. your 7 day around the bay it will be much cooler this weekend low '70s inland '60s around the bay '50s for the coast warming up next week. >> we are enjoying a good to me this morning we have been hot spot for real morning we are tracking some areas where it is slow like in san francisco on the inbound central freeway right where merges with the james lick freeway's southbound as we mentioned it is over the last several weeks we have observed volumes have been high enough we have seen delays from time to time right at this juncture. there are no problems for the 1 01 south bound for the inbound central freeway. san jose slowing on 1 01 northbound no problems just sluggish traffic after the guadalupe parkway. that will clear up before highway 237. we just got word of a problem in san leandro it

the north. the ground they represent the redbook species. more than two thousand bats gather here in the winter. in order to survive. in summer they fly to the foothills and return again in autumn they start preparing for migration in early spring when they split up into smaller groups. sometimes i find all of the bouts covered with jew. they look very nice like covered in tensile. ok visit closed ecosystem the humidity is one hundred percent and the temperature in the caves is constant which is exactly what bats need humans should avoid staying in the caves for too long as they start to have an impact on the special climate conditions. fuck. you hear them calling. this means we can find. out. if they start flying around they will use up their fat and may not survive until spring. so let's get out of here. we back the rangers and run into an unexpected obstacle to our riverbed starts to filling with water the water is now blocking their path. a few hours later no vehicle able to clear this hurdle the only path to the cave will be gradually i

they have just left north what more do you know? -- they have left north korea. what more do you know? >> north korea says it has decided to release him because of what they called their humanitarian policy. we know he has already left p'yongyang and is in route to boston in the united states, where he will be greeted by his family, who will be very relieved. this is the second time a former u.s. president has flown to north america to secure the release of american citizens, and there have been voices of criticism suggesting this is north korea playing at hostage diplomacy and that these kinds of visits play into its hands. >> we have had some indication north korea was talking about denuclearization of the capital. >> talks focused on denuclearizing the peninsula. they have not been taking place for more than a year, and although this was discussed by the u.s. government as a private and humanitarian trip, it does appear some sort of discussion has taken place. they are reporting the second most senior official has told mr. karcher the country is ready and is c

are north caucasus is a further trouble some region of just over a month almost forty militants were killed here and there have been operations and stand uncovered in every caria. russian authorities on cracking down on militants and the situation is that. we could say under control. let's not talk about the progress that the russian security forces are making there is russian officials have vowed to eliminate terrorism in the region. just a couple of days ago and a tourist a militant a commuter leiva gaba to use the march to mind behind the moscow metro bombings boys killed and dagestan till the recent progress by the russian authorities are cracking down on militants of all so. who is the most wanted terrorist not only in russia but internationally remains on the russian wanted list but most. militants are tracked down and killed the situation is actually hard because when some militants are eliminated they are family members like wives and sisters become black widows and others step up to take the fight so it's very important that the operations here in russia succeed and therefor

but towards the north it's going to be very ensettled. windy and wet in places, especially for southern scandinavia and that heavy rain moving into central europe as well. heavy rain has also been affecting scotland up in the uk. so here you need to stay put during the overnight hours. but looking much drier and calmer for your tuesday across the british isles. london will be sunny on your tuesday. 22 degrees. paris as well could get spells of sunshine and thundershowers and vienna with 24 degrees. here's the extended forecast. >>> japan's economy trade and industry ministry plans to request a budget increase in fiscal 2011 for help nurture eco-friendly businesses such as lithium ion battery makers. the ministry will ask for $350 million to support businesses that can help japan achieve a 25% cut in emissions. it will subsidize up to half the capital investments of companies making eco-friendly items such as lithium ion batteries used in electric vehicles and l.e.d. lights th s that radiate less . the ministry will request $175 million fo

i live in north beach. japan is the original country of karaoke and many japanese people have a karaoke machine at home and they enjoy the karaoke. some people enjoy that every day. karaoke is very popular. i'm sure that many families have an entertainment -- but also their friends and even though you do not know anybody at the karaoke place you can make a friend very easily. the karaoke machine is very nice to make a good community. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? >> good evening, commissioners. i'm from the san francisco police department. i'm currently assigned to the abc liaison unit. the san francisco police department is in opposition of this conditional use change because there is community opposition to it. the business has, in the past operated in violation of their current entertainment permit and engaged in entertainment in the space that they are proposing a change. the venue originated as a restaurant and is currently licensed by the a.b.c. as

the most celebrated architectural landmarks of ancient north. they differ in height and shape as a rule extended families lived in short. points and for other defensive turner says the towers were built close to villages and gorges with paths used by troops on foot and on horseback many were extensions of forbidding clips. rock faces. protection from. was served as. if people manning which tell was in the lowest villages at the entrance to the goal which noticed approaching enemy troops then they would lead. people in so the smoke. was in remote parts of the gorge. in accordance with a long standing tradition. to take no more than a year if builders failed to meet the deadline the structure was pulled down and built a new towers belonging to the same clan were regarded as sanctuaries in due course they became symbols of the clans power and wealth as time went by they turned into veritable objects of worship. one of the most revered sanctuaries of the people is a medieval architectural site called. located in the gorge one thousand nine hundred m

try to encourage north korea to be more open to the world and they're very much against north korea having nuclear weapons but they do say chinese that the reason most korea wants to have nuclear weapons is because america doesn't profit most most korea puts pressure on north korea and the bush for example was very worried like against north korea the chinese way or dealing with this issue is to at the table and try to solve issues in a peaceful way and chinese say that america should recognize north korea as a independent country they don't have the political ation so far and america should start political and economic relations with north korea and as a result most korea will start changing and this is the basic position of china in the basic position of the purpose of both china and russia now to bring those part this again at the table and continue negotiations it's not continue talking about russia and china other two countries called for raising or rather competing today i would say that corporate and where. very much better than we corp ever before even when they were elyse i

and its roots were here in north beach. and in the very real sense, he never left north beach. >> san francisco's first italian heritage parade took place in 1869 which makes it the oldest italian american civic event in the country. the parade takes place on october 10th, the sunday before columbus day. >> now the morning must reads. you know sunday marks the five-year anniversary of hurricane "katrina." the tribune looks at the transition for hurricane survivors. a couple thousand survivors settled here in the bay area after the disaster killed 1800 in new orleans. the transplants continue to face challenges. one woman's teen daughter was shot and killed in oakland last year. one man now in east oakland likes it here and never wants to move back. >> "u.s.a. today" asks does class size really matter. children are returning to school with more classmates because of budget cuts. some say despite conventional fears, research doesn't show significant performance when you go from 25 to 30 kids but others say it's a slippery slo

low 70s north bay valleys. around the bay 60 to near 70. coast san francisco and oakland upper 50s to near 60 for your lunchtime temperature. 4:00 sunshine except the coast 58, half moon bay 62. oakland mid to upper 60s. low to mid-70s the rest of the bay. low to mid-80s the east by valleys. your accu-weather forecast, yes, it's august. and for most of us it's supposed to be cooler but not 6 degrees cooler by wednesday. that's well below average. megan? >> chp has issued a sigalert in san francisco. northbound 101 at the 80 split due to a crash involving a big rig. only one lane of traffic is getting by on north bounds 101 and only one lane is open on the ramp to eastbound 80. all traffic diverted on to the central freeway and chp does expect to have these lanes blocked at least another 15 minutes while they clear the scene of the crash. they are asking commuters to hold off commuting through this area if you can. traffic on northbound 101 is backed up to caesar chavez. the best amount nat is mass transit. bart has no delays at the moment.