but that belies the truth japan's population is rapidly declining according to japan's ministry of internal affairs as of january 27th team the number of japanese fell by a record 300002125 point 6000000 the population decline is projected to continue one solution place workers with robots. another challenge japan is now considered the world's senior citizen according to the united nations its population is the oldest in the world another strong reason is that we're going to have. a society saying that we need to have a more. robots is that one reason why the elderly is a target population for robots the 2 reasons they're quite on this and they're you know they're good for accepting the rob so they're fleeing the some sort of pressures from the normal people and the and they prefer to speak with their all was well it's difficult for me to imagine using robots in a carrying and nurturing sort of situation can you tell me a little bit about how you imagine that would happen look at the end there was smartphones we couldn't imagine that this kind of you know the maybe use of a smartphone this bro body

167 passengers on board with another 9 crew members wall we also got reports that the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine reported that there were $180.00 people total on that plane now we. we we saw pictures earlier of the you know absolutely burnt airplane that crashed and the body bags associated with this tragic event there's reports that all of the reports agree that there are no survivors that's the that's the main thing is the video that we do have from the crash itself it's extremely grim and harrowing really you can see one video that we have that shows some amateur actually caught the moment where the plane was falling from the sky i think we can show that now that video and you just see in the night sky because as you mentioned this was very early in the morning you just use that small flash on the top of the screen and then hitting that area just southwest of tiran and exploding yeah as far as i understand this point the reports are saying that there is a specific reason for the failure can you tell us a little bit more about that yeah well this video what it corroborates what one

selenski said that there were $167.00 passengers on board and another 9 crew members but the ministry of internal affairs of ukraine cites $1180.00 so that's not an exact and exact term yet but what they all agree is that there were no survivors in this crash in this tragic crash iranian emergency services had teams on scene for a while gathering information and gathering the bodies as well earlier we even saw pictures of the scorched wreckage absolutely scorched wreckage and body bags that were connected to this tragic event now iranian media has been reporting that the there were technical problems that brought down this plane and we also heard from a representative from the airport that a fire actually occurred in the engine of the plane which we have some footage of that that we should show on the screen now you can see for yourself that that kind of corroborates that. that theory that a fire took place on the plane as it was crashing there you can see right now as you can see it's bright in the night sky and the small white speck that is. but then you can totally tell that as it gets brighter and br

minister says that there were 167 passengers including 9 crew member crew members while the ministry of internal affairs claims that there were 180 people total on board but all reports agree that there were no survivors and fortunately iranian emergency services have had teams on the scene for a while now collecting information that might not have been picked up before gathering the bodies and earlier we even saw pictures of the scorched remains of the plane it was absolutely obliterated and body bags holding the dead passengers connected to this tragic event now iranian media has been reporting that technical technical failure failures were the reason that this plane went down and we also heard from an airport representative that a fire occurred in the engine mid-flight and we we also have a video of that if we can show it now where you can see a fire on the plane while it's going down that corroborates the statement from the air airline. from the airport and you can see the fire for if we can get that video of the fire on the. screen there. yeah there is this night footage that you know this is this

they are also calling, and this is a later part of it, the ministry of internal affairs requested allormation and materials from the fbi about persons who may be involved in a possible criminal offense. in accordance with the international legal mechanisms, the minister of internal affairs of ukraine suggested that the u.s. side take part in the investigation. so they are clearly calling on u.s. authorities also to participate on this. in the end, they expect a reply from the united states. as you can see, ukraine moving forward with a criminal investigation into this. of course, we, cnn, have reached out to the state department on multiple occasions and have gotten no answer on what the state department plans to do about this or whether they themselves plan to investigate as well, john. >> frederik pleitgen with this really interesting reporting. thanks for being with us. i have a lot of questions about this. joining us now, cnn correspondent and former fbi special agent josh campbell. there's a political aspect to this which isn't your purview, which i find it fascinating this is th

the first is that both are career diplomats having served in ministries of foreign affairs and ministries abroad. experience in international organizations like the osce and european union. very broad, and robust career diplomat backgrounds. secondly, both of you served in moscow, which will probably serve you well given the space that russia fills in a lot of our discussions. and certainly, western balkans experience including a speaker of croatian. i will not elaborate. very impressive experience that is certainly relevant to the you -- e.u.'s relative neighborhood. prior to joining us in washington, she was deployed to the ministry of interior where she was state secretary. she has worked closely with the u.s. in that capacity in the fight against international terrorism as well as cerebellar attacks and cyber security. prior to that she was the political director and state secretary in the foreign office, and the first woman to hold either post. earlier in her career, she worked in the osce as the deputy head of the cabinet and parliamentary liaison division and director general for the western balkans. she has a broad

of. pakistani foreign 'd ministry then reacting strongly saying that the afghan president should not interfere internal affairs of the state so indeed there has been some support for christine on the social media most of the pakistani mainstream media has not been focusing on this particular story huawei is to have a limited role in the development of the. words the u.s. has called on britain to exclude the chinese from the project because of security did baba has a blood. it's a yes but one with caviar as the u.k. government approved chinese firm huawei providing infrastructure for the promised 5 g. rollout they were at pains to stress there was no security risk defying warnings from the us a key member of the so-called 5 eyes intelligence alliance we have looked at the issue of how to maintain network security and resilience over many months and in great technical detail. we would never take decisions that threaten our national security or the security of our 5 partners who are we itself says it's reassured by the long delayed decision we have supplied the cart age technology to. operators that yorkie for 15

of. august on the foreign 'd ministry day and reacting strongly saying that the afghan president should not interfere and internal affairs of the state so indeed there has been some support for christine on the social media most of the pakistani mainstream media has not been focusing on this particular story china has agreed to receive experts from the world health organization all to help increase understanding of the corona break chinese president xi jinping has told the visiting chief that he's confident of defeating what he described as a devil virus the death toll has now passed 100 with more than 4600 inspectors. oh hong kong's leader has issued drastic new measures in a bid to stop the spread of the krona virus caroline says ferry and train services to mainland china will be halted flights will because in half and personal travel permits suspended adrian brown has more on the impact the decision will have. hong kong may be part of china but a border still separates the 2 it's one of the world's busiest from 2 years more than 40000000 mainland visitors crossed over last year but a highly contagious virus means that

both are career diplomats having served in ministries of oren affairs and abroad. experience in international experience like the osce and the european union. robust career diplomat background. both served in moscow, which i think will serve you well given the space russia fills in a lot of our discussions. and certainly western balkans croatia.e, including i will not elaborate who that was. that is relevant to the eu neighborhood as well as further abroad. she has worked closely with the the fight against international terrorism as well as cyber attacks and cybersecurity. prior to that, she was the political director as well as the state secretary in the foreign office. and i am proud to say the first woman to either post. earlier in her career, she worked in osce. she was the deputy head of the cabinet parliamentary division and the director general for the western balkans. background ind the soviet union and russia and worked in the soviet union division of the foreign office as well as the german embassy in moscow. ambassador etienne also has a distinguished career as director of the cabi

international community has prevented real political change because it has supported a political class that has been unable to resolve the serious conditions haitians face every day. port au prince china's ministry of foreign affairs has defended its decision to bar the head of human rights watch from entering hong kong beijing accuses the international rights group of instigating unrest in the city as mass protests there and to the 7th month ken roth was planning to launch the human rights watch his latest report on china it accuses the chinese government of an intensifying assault on human rights person this statement on twitter soon after he was blocked from getting in. i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the chinese government is. deliberately undermine international human rights not simply suppress the rights of people at home but also undermines the ability of anybody else to try to hold china to human rights standards sadly as i arrived here the chinese government decided it didn't want to le

mudgee the of the look of us for work for oman's foreign ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to international affairs well. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in amman's institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way. thousands have been demonstrating guinea against president alpha condo's attempt to extend his time in power among them a survivors of a stadium massacre back in 2009 when security forces killed 156 people during an opposition rally those who lost loved ones say the still waiting for justice nicholas hike reports now from the council cannot create a warning some viewers may find the following images disturbing. there are moments in silence he says life that continues to haunt her what happened in this stad

of. august on the foreign 'd ministry day and reacting strongly saying that the afghan president should not interfere and internal affairs of the state so indeed there has been some support for christine on the social media most of the pakistani mainstream media has not been focusing on this particular story the frustration is growing among stronger refugees in cox's bazar of the restrictions placed on them by bangladeshis. rallies and protests in refugee camps and new fences are being built some say the situation reminds them of conditions they fled in meanwhile something reports no. more than 2 years after 700000 rohingya fled a military crackdown in myanmar they're still can go home and continue to live in what is the world's largest refugee camp but cox's bazar in bangladesh far from being a refuge for growing up from death and destruction they experienced in myanmar is now to many nothing more than a prison camp graphic a big one was tortured and abused by me and more security forces she still has nightmares about the violence she suffered but as a member of woman's advocacy group now helps others at the camp howeve

china's ministry of foreign affairs has defended its decision to bar the head of human rights watch from entering hong kong beijing accuses the international rights group of instigating unrest in the city as mass protests into the 7th month i don't it's. plenty of facts and evidence show that the relevant and geo has through various means supported anti china radicals encourage them to engage in extremist violence and criminal activity and incited hong kong independence separatist activities they bear major responsibility for the current chaos in hong kong he's organization should be punished and should pay the proper price. well kind of rough was planning to launch the human rights watch is the latest report on china it accuses the chinese government of an end intensifying assault on human rights wroth posted this statement on twitter soon after he was barred from entering hong kong i'm standing here in hong kong international airport i had flown in from new york with the hope of holding a press conference on wednesday to release human rights watch is the annual growth report and the focus of the report this year was going to be how the c

ministry implementing club uses a gentle approach to international affairs well for me last week about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's a new approach grained in amman's institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way. the old a 0 moscow badminton as well number one has been injured in a car crash just hours after winning the malaysian masters tournament cantar momotaro is heading to malaysia's administrative capital when his van rammed into a 30 ton truck the driver was killed but the japanese athlete is in stable condition the head of malaysia's badminton association denied claims that motor had fractured his bones in that crash now a german company siemens has announced it will not be backing out of a deal to provide infrastructure for a controversial coal mine in a stray leah that's despite growing pressure from environmental groups to link carbon emis

ministry implementing a gentle approach to international affairs well. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in amman's institutions and unlikely to change under new leadership so. the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way then basra the old a 0 mosque on taiwan's president has her election as a sign that the self-governing islands won't bow to intimidation from china pro independence incumbent sighing when won with 57 percent of the vote scott had lower reports from taipei. the day after taiwan's historic election reelecting pro independence president signed when the people of this island of 24000000 enjoyed their winter sunday. i hope that those thailand and china well china stop its military threats toward taiwan i believe she is the right leader to deal with china. i do not think she would try to be confrontational after last night we voted to still remain part

ministry implementing gentle approach to international affairs. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in a man's institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way zain basra al-jazeera moscow and not haitians have been paying tribute to victims of the earthquake disaster 10 years ago which killed at least $300000.00 people president juvenile moyes attended the official memorial service at the site of a mass grave he left after a small group of protesters arrived the decade after the quake rebuilding has been frustratingly slow a problem he most blame on government corruption turns about he joins us live now from haiti's capital of port au prince and. and pretend years on an important commemoration. well that's correct nick i mean it's been an emotional day here in port au prince and all around the count

ministry implementing cup looses gentle approach to international affairs well. he cared about his people and he prioritized having people's respect and he applied the same principle when dealing with the rest of the world. it's an approach ingrained in amman's institutions and unlikely to change under a new leadership. was the quintessential elder statesman a rare voice of reason who throughout his public life held the middle ground in an increasingly polarized middle east and omani seem confident their new sultan is the right choice to keep it that way. in the eastern mediterranean there's a scramble for natural resources under the waves cyprus wants to become a regional gas player but the island's divided status is complicating matters plans to drill for newly discovered reserves of anger at the republic of northern cyprus while it's back at turkey is increasingly asserting itself in the region as well or a challenge reports on the south coast of cyprus an oil terminal waits expectantly out in the eastern mediterranean there's gas early last year exxon mobil found a big reserves in cypriot waters if they're pumped the t.t. ies energy hub here could get a big gas boost cyprus certainly will

affairs ministry within iraq is summoning is u.s. ambassador to release a statement on behalf of the iraqi government about disappointment for the operation that was carried out on thursday night outside of baghdad's internationale nuclear agreement. before we get to that, though, the threats as you mentioned do continue. overnight president trump tweeting out that he would be willing to hit up to 52 iranian-linked sites around the region if the iranians make good on their promise to target americans. i do want you to listen to what the nuclear adviser had to a say from the iranian regime, making new threats about continuous violations of the 2015 nuclear agreement that the regime in tehran says they will now make as a result of the death. take a listen. >> translator: as far as i'm aware, in light of the current developments, if i'm not mistaken, an important meeting will be held tonight to discuss the fifth step. and i think this meeting will, to some extent, overshadow the previously-designed steps considering the new developments. >> reporter: a top adviser to iran's supreme leader said that iran will hit 300 targets if the u.s. ultimately responds to the iranian response. so we're getting a lot of rhetoric