the liberal democratic party counterpart says that all of those issues will result in 165 so what we say a major. goal that has emerged in one in the 2 opinions of the 2 leaders president moon argues that that treaty they signed in 1965 did not not look a the rights of victims because it didn't have include of the victims and he also argues that the separation of powers seen in south korea obliges game to abide by the ruling so i think you have a 2 latest positions on the postcolonial sentiment settlement of diametrically of quest david laney how do you say based legacy he was instrumental in bringing the olympics to japan how much of a blow to him personally would it be not to be the man in charge when and they have to postpone games actually take place. i think it will be heartbreaking for him personally although i think it's probably secondary among his concerns at the moment and obviously like most people i wish him good health i do think that probably when we think back upon his legacy it's probably going to be about the way in which he likely reshaped the decision making struct

the conservative politician rose through the ranks of his liberal democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was small biased political experience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. i've been amazed at what became known as our economics was a series of a business reforms aimed at boosting japan's struggling economy his vision of a well the stronger japan came with a lifelong ambition to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self-defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now and it is a year that japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia

the liberal democratic party's policy sheet told reporters hehe'll confirm the facts later. the leader of the coalition party said to nhk abe told him hehe would step down. yamaguchchi added he was very surprised because it was so sudden. constitutional democratic party also told reporters he was very surprised. he went on to say abe may have been in a worse condition than previously thought. he also said the impact of the resignation is i'm measurable and it would change the political situation in japan completely. >>> moving to reactions to reactions from neighboring countries to abe's resignation. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the government is closely watching the situation surrounding abe's resignation. >> translator: even though we're monitoring media reports, i will refrain from commenting on japan's internal affairs. japan is a neighboring country, so we will stay focused on imprproving andevelopingg the bilateral relationship. >>> china has been placing more importance on tie's with japan as tensions between beijijing a washington ratchet up. a state v

, mostly from the liberal democratic party, m ostly fro m from the liberal democratic party, mostlys not only a place where the souls of class a war criminals are enshrined, but also has an extraordinarily nationalist museum has an extraordinarily nationalist mu5eum attached to it which gives a distorted account of the pacific war, but it's important to listen to the words of the emperor this morning. he has expressed not only a desire to avoid all war, but a sense of deep remorse forjapan's activities and behaviour during that period. i think it's important to listen closely to his words. i think you reflect5 widespread 5entiment5 injapan. you reflect5 widespread 5entiment5 in japan. sir david, thank you so much forjoining u5. let's join proceedings now at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshie and my colleague sophie raworth. now we await the arrival of the royal highne55e5, the prince of wale5 royal highne55e5, the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall. prince charle5'5 great uncle lord loui5 mountbatten wa5 5upreme allied commander in southeast asia, and he played

welcome back as alex talked to former liberal democrat party leader 3rd vince cable . fence cable it's nice to teach it difficult to the liberal democrats have the key of styles or as. the labor party at the fairway a lot of the center ground of politics which decreases the the openings that the liberal democrats would have if the labor party were positioned much further to the left is that a key strategic difficulty or the how should either of the leadership candidates seek to tackle that but i see it as an opportunity rather than as defeat as i explained earlier i think one of the. reasons a lot about future support has backed off was because of fear of a hard last labor government and i think if you have a labor leadership which if you left it well you know it cares down there i think said nick. as internet cafe break. there are parts of the of the country parks senate of england and of states in scotland whap. you know people will bow to the lib dems and want to and what labor are not serious competitors is ram thinking of my own seats you know right now big down je

your welcome back as alex talks to form a liberal democrat party leader 3rd vince cable. spence cable is this to teach it difficult to the liberal democrats have the keir starmer as they did paddling the labor party the feel they are not the bytes of the center ground the politics which decreases the the openings that the liberal democrats would have if the labor party were positioned much farther to the left is that a key strategic difficulty or the how should either of the leadership candidates seek to tackle that but i see it as an opportunity rather than as a defeat and seeing as i as i explained earlier i think one of the reasons a lot of our putative supporters backed off was because of fear of a hard left labor government and i think if you have a labor leadership which is electable look you know i care stan there i think certainly comes into africa agree that there are parts of the of the country park service of england and of states in scotland where. you know people will go to the lib dems and want to go and where labor are not serious competitors around thinking

welcome back alex talk to former liberal democrat party leader 3rd vince cable. fence cable it's nice to teach it difficult to the liberal democrats have the styles morris says detailing the labor party and the family a lot of the center ground of politics which decreases they they don't things that the liberal democrats would have the labor party were positioned much farther to the left is that a key strategic difficulty or the how should either of the leadership candidates seek to tackle that but i see it as an opportunity rather than as a defeat as i explained earlier i think one of the. reasons i got to talk to you to support this backtalk was because. of our hard last labor government and i think if you have a labor leadership which is your left as well you know it tears down there i think certainly comes if you have captured great. that there are parts of the of the country parks senate of england and of states in scotland where. you know people will go to the lib dems and want to go and whether labor not serious competitive round thinking of my own seat you

before the press conference we were starting to getting the news from top leaders of the liberal democratic party the ruling party in japan about. a phone call that they made to mayor many of the leaders in the by nice party and telling them that he is. the he's going to announce his resignation and indeed in the press conference. he announced that he's leaving his office because of medical issues and because he needs to go to the hospital and get the treatment. ok thank you for that. live for us in tokyo. well jeff kingston is a professor of asian studies at temple university also in tokyo he joins us on skype from man economy and japan thank you for your time. stanley what do you think legacy is both good and that. well i think that it's a rather limited legacy you know he will be remembered as the longest serving prime minister but having been in power for so long with a super majority in the house of that he hasn't really achieved all that much and so you know maybe he has given stability in japan has been governed reasonably well but in terms of the ambitious agenda of a nomics he really has

but night for the liberal democrats alex is joined by the former party leader serpent's capel. to assess horsley's for the liberal democrat leadership better than former party leader since cable who joins me from his home in twickenham events welcome to the 08 some i'm sure. davy both of them do you when you're a liberal democrat little you know them particularly well i would just say the contrasting so. styles in the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates well i think that both strong and you know will be well served whichever the whens i mean out at davy obviously has they experienced a member of the cabinet looked after environment heavily into prime and change negotiations things about kind knows a lot of economics mcgann are good good economic background layer is is different she came in after at a coalition a completely new generation very fresh approach and interesting right cosmopolitan background and i have mother who is palestinian she's in a result you know quite a lot of not you know out with looking international way of looking at the well and she's buildout in

record low abbie's resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability. al-jazeera a suspect has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of $39.00 vietnamese immigrants were found in the back of a refrigerated truck near london last year over an irish run and hughes also admitted to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration 10 of the victims were teenagers they were all from a poor region of central vietnam tops the results showed they died from a lack of oxygen and overheating. the wearing of masks in paris is now mandatory after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the french capital the estimated rate of infection in france has quadrupled in the past month face coverings were already compulsory outdoors everywhere in some of the cities places like must say toulouse and nice francaise told recorded nearly 300000 cases of the virus and at least 30000. scuse me opposition groups in india have staged protests against the government's refusal to delay university entrance

done with leaving the country in a shock but in other the way he's also trying to help his liberal democratic party his body to stay in power thank you so much for that. live for us in tokyo. still to come here on al-jazeera. anger in argentina over a government plan to reform the judicial system. in the u.s. states of the reason that texas assess the damage to hurricane or a pulse is. still some pretty good weather across southern areas of europe warm and also some nice sunshine but all the mix we had across to the north and also the southeast are seeing some pretty strong storms in the last few hours but a very nice sense that the across the lake in hungary not quite as nice across the southeast of poland and this is where we're seeing some fairly fresh storms in the last 24 hours now where the conditions there are generally not too bad you can see as a cad rain working away across the towards poland it will also should be fine and friday the rain is have you across into the south so very heavy rain in the southeast of france right there cross the northern areas of italy but meanwhile we're watch

resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal democratic party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability. dizzier now california texas new york and several other states won't be following new advice from the u.s. centers for disease control to reduce coronavirus testing for those exposed to it as states will continue testing asymptomatic people have come into contact with covert 19 as part of their plan to stop the virus spreading the c.d.c. has this week changed its coronavirus testing guidance shocking health officials and many politicians york's governor andrew cuomo challenge the assertion that politics played no role in the change but officials from the department of health and human services deny any pressure from president trump of the testing policies or one virus expert whose voiced concern over these guidelines is dr anthony felt she director of the u.s. national institute of allergy and infectious diseases is also a leading member of the white house coronavirus task force he told our jazeera he is

the conservative politician rose through the ranks of us liberal democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. up in the midst of what became known as abby don't mix was a series of a vicious reforms aimed at boosting japan struggling economy his vision of a well here stronger japan came with a lifelong mission to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self-defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now it is a year that japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia and g

the liberal democratic party is useless, they shout.an committed many crimes during world war ii. but by far the worst was the managing massacre. -- nanjing massacre. >> first of all, it does not exist. the civilian population was fine. where did all of their bodies go? there is no evidence. it is all alive. reporter: china is not the only country these groups claim have wronged japan. today, their target is russia. this is another piece of highly contested history. up here is the russian embassy. they believe russia stole a big chunk of territory from japan. now they are here to demand it back. 75 years on, the wounds inflicted by world war ii remain open and festering. anchor is strongest in south korea, where japan's prime minister is a figure of hate and ridicule. this symbolizes the begging for forgiveness that japan has yet to do for the crimes they committed. >> the united states was the occupying power. they wanted every buddy to move forward. you had millions, tens of millions, of victims. in china and korea. they were saying w

and his father foreign minister the conservative politician rose through the ranks of us liberal democratic party and became japan's youngest prime minister since world war 2 in 2006 but that's didn't ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. album is that what became known as the nomics was a series of the bishop's reforms aimed at boosting japan strong economy his vision of a well the stronger japan came with a lifelong ambition to amend the country's pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self-defense many japanese opposes constitutional changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that he's won 6 national elections and basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now it is in his year that japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan

we start here in japan, where the race to lead the main ruling liberal democratic party is taking shapethe eventual winner will take over from prime minister abe shinzo when he resigns to deal with health issues and is virtually assured to lead the country. a win in the diet is nearly a fo foregone conclusion, since it is controlled by an ldp-led coalition. chief cabinet secretaryry suga yoshihide is the first to gain support of large party factcti. he's known as the government's top spokesperson, supporting abe through that role for nearly eight years. suga is expected to announcee hs candidacy when the party officially decides when and how it'll elect a new leader. former foreign minister fumio also long supported abe in the cabinet and as an ldp executive. >> translator: i've made it clear that i am resolved to r r for the party leadership in the next election. i will firmly maintain my motivation and determination and prepare for the moment of truth with unwavering resolve. >> the former secretary general of the ldp also has shown interest in the post, s saying members of his facact

abe made the remarks tuesday after he received the proposal from senior officials on the liberal democratic party. they close on the government to finalize the position and how to boost national security capabilities within the framework of the more renouncing constitution. the proposal calls for passing of the country's deterrence capabilities, including blocking ballistic missiles before they levator toir. the ldp also maintains the government maintain its position in the role sharing between japan and the u.s. as well as the policy of not possessing offensive weapons. >> translator: the government's mission is to prorotect the people's lives and peace of the country. based on the proposal, we will hold a national security council meeting to deepen the discussion. >> the administration aims to outline the basic direction of the strategy by the end of september. >>> august 6th marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. survivors, or hibaksha, have shared their first-time experiences to prevent such a tragedy from happening again. but age is making it difficult for them to con

. >> the liberal democratic party is useless, you are idts. >> with more troops landing, pushing towardspan committed many crimes but the worst was an engine massacre. after the city fell, tens of thousands of chinese soldiers and civilianwere slaughtered. but not according to talk euro is already. >> the massacre does not exist. the civilian population of the city was evacuated. if there was a massacre, where did dead bodies go? there is no evidence. it is all a lie. reporter: china is not the only country these groups claim has long to. today, their target is russia. this is another piece of contested history for japan's nationalists. up the street is the russian embassy and they believe at the end of world war ii, russia stole a chunk of territory from japan. they are here to demand it back. 75 years on, the wounds inflicted by world war ii remain open and festering. anger is strongest in south korea where japan's prime minister is a figure of hate and ridicule. last month, a korean artist unveiled this statute of him prostrating himself before a korean woman. it symbolizes the beggin

own nuclear deterrent goes well beyond the far—right fringe, even into parts of the ruling liberal democratic partynd growing threats from north korea, and from an increasingly aggressive and well—armed china. and since president trump's election, america's commitment to protect japan under its nuclear umbrella is increasingly shaky. for the first time in postwar history, there is now a president in the white house who has openly and repeatedly said, "it's time for japan to defend itself." i think that is the biggest change. and sort of the biggest cause for concern. and ifjapan is moving in a direction of relying more on its own capabilities, i believe that's primarily because of a loss of credibility in us security guarantees. for the 75 years since hiroshima, japan has lived under american protection. now it is beginning to wonder what would happen if the americans really went home. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. neil young is suing donald trump's re—election campaign for repeatedly using his music without his permission. the rock star says the us president breached copyright laws b

a chronic illness had got worse, setting the stage for a leadership election within his liberal democratic party the pandemic, compared to the rest of the uk. the study, which was led by the university of stirling, also shows that care home residents have accounted for 40% of all coronavirus deaths in the uk. professor david bell led the research, he says more information needs to be collected to avoid the impact of a potential second wave on the care sector. there are, for example, many more care homes than there are hospitals and there is a lot that goes on around care at home that we don't really know about. but i think the past few months have been a wake—up call, that some more effort has to be put into this area, because without the data and evidence, we cannot know whether the policies we are putting in place are working. well, since classrooms here in the uk first closed in march, thousands of children have been home—schooled by their parents. whilst some parents have found its not for them, others have liked home—schooling so much that they are going to continue when schools reopen in t

"the liberal democratic party is useless," they shout. "you're idiots!"mitted many crimes during world war ii, but by far the worst was the nanjing massacre. after the city fell, tens of thousands of chinese soldiers and civilians were slaughtered. but not according to takahiro ozaki. translation: first of all, the nanjing massacre does not exist. the civilian population of the city was evacuated. if there was a massacre, where did all the dead bodies go? there is no evidence, it's all a lie. china is not the only country these groups claim, has wronged japan. today, their target is russia. so this is another piece of highly contested history for japan's nationalists. up the streetjust here is the russian embassy, and they believe that at the end of world war ii, russia stole a big chunk of territory from japan, and today, they‘ re here to demand it back. 75 years on, the wounds inflicted by world war ii remain open and festering. anger is strongest in south korea, where japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, is a figure of hate and ridicule. last month, a k

a worsening of a chronic illness, setting the stage for a leadership election within his liberal democratic partyng urged to scrap plans for face—to—face teaching until christmas in order to prevent a second wave of coronavirus. we can talk now tojo grady, head of the university and college union. thank you for being with us. you are saying universities could become like the care home sector in terms of the deadly spread of coronavirus. that is pretty extreme language, pretty extreme comparison. young students, we know they are far less susceptible to serious symptoms from coronavirus. it is a fairly extreme example, but we think at the moment encouraging a million people to must migrate around the uk to set up new homes with other young people is irresponsible. we also think that if you take into account that young people can often be asymptomatic, they are notjust moving into the halls of residence, they are moving into a new city, for instance, manchester will be welcoming 100,000 students, no track and trace, knowing uk mandatory testing for when students arrive, i think the potential here fo

own nuclear deterrent goes well beyond the far—right fringe even into parts of the ruling liberal democratic partyeats from north korea, and from an increasingly aggressive and well—armed china. and since president trump's election, america's commitment to protect japan under its nuclear umbrella is increasingly shaky. for the first time in post—war history, there is now a president in the white house who has openly and repeatedly said, "it's time for japan to defend itself." i think that is the biggest change. and sort of the biggest cause toi’ concern. and ifjapan is moving in a direction of relying more on its own capabilities, i believe that's primarily because of a loss of credibility in us security guarantees. for the 75 years since hiroshima, japan has lived under american protection. now it is beginning to wonder what would happen if the americans really went home. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. to something very different. researchers have found new breeding sites for the emperor penguin in antarctica. the discovery increases the known number of the species by between 5—10%.

a chronic illness had got worse, setting the stage for a leadership election within his liberal democratic partyber will be too dangerous without a coronavirus testing programme. thousands of anti—government demonstrators are gathering in minsk to protest at what they believe is the rigged re—election of the belarus prime minister. european countries are urged to offer "a place of safety" to hundreds of migrants — rescued by ships in the mediterranean — including one paid for by the street artist banksy. norfolk police are at the scene of an illegal rave in thetford forest on the border of norfolk and suffolk. officers were called to an isolated area of the forest at about ii.20pm last night. more than 500 people were there, along with 100 vehicles. paramedics are also there after reports a man had become unwell. police say they are working to close the event down in a safe and controlled manner. it‘s a really big week for millions of children in england, wales and northern ireland — as they say goodbye to homeschooling and head back into the classsroom in the next few days. whilst teachers try

their own forms of justice took quite a long time the conservative party and the ruling liberal democratic party has been pursuing mullally way in it's the fence and security policy a lot of officials believe that that peace constitution is quite outdated because it was signed in the context that it was kind of enforced the punjab and by the occupying u.s. forces and. it was done sort of enact it in the context of the immediate post-war when the u.s. was to demille it tries to plan but now that. almost immediately after that the cold war broke out and the u.s. and japan signed an alliance so almost even by that stage the peace constitution was sort of keeping at it kind of expire a day and certainly prime minister abbott has made it his new i guess he's primary objective is to change that piece constitution and you haven't managed to change it it's very difficult process that i think he has political legacy will be that he has changed the status quo of japan security policy by finding ways to work around . india has seen another record in delhi corona virus infections confirmed more than 65000 c

kind of classic mccarthyism and it contains factual errors for example it refers to the liberal democratic party which is an opposition party in russia a right wing party refers to them as representing the russian government refers to a network of private radio stations in in russia as being a state media but also claims that a small marxist group in the united states the workers world party was started by the k.g.b. which is a pretty outrageous allegations especially when they had a history of criticizing the soviet union and supporting now in china so the whole thing report is just full of errors and strange inaccuracy and oh apparently in an effort to increase funding as we explained at the beginning of this killing always great to have you on man i really appreciate you taking time to take us through this and sharing your insight with us appreciate it sure thing there is a breaking news story that's coming into us now from southern india air india express plane with $191.00 passengers on board apparently a permit overshot the runway and according to some of the reports we're getting in fact

of the city's resistance the former businessman served as a legislative for a decade the liberal democrat party in september 2800 he won an unexpected victory when he defeated the main kremlin party united russia to become the city's governor but the kremlin's response was swift 3 months later it changed the far eastern federal capital from capital of ska to plot of course talk. in 2900 focus county again beat the united russia party in legislative elections authorities then raided a firm previously linked to fergal during his business days a full partner testified against him for food murders between 20042005 charges which he firmly denies that protesters call it politically motivated and the anger has shifted from his arrest to vladimir putin and the like he had it up to here corruption lawlessness deception this propaganda people are just fed up the movement has started spreading all over russia i'm telling you syria. just won't stop. reading i am frugal. people here say they will continue to make a stand against the crime until further returns from most of the rebels money out to sea or. th

enough about what a difference this would make for the japanese political world and the liberal democratic partyis held power for most of the postwar period. if you want to hold power, you have to be family. he is one of the few self-made men in that party, hailing from the rugged north. for the party to be rallying behind someone like that might mean some change could be a foot in what seems like a static political scene. yousef: in terms of the domestic picture, what are some of the other challenges that abe's successor will have to deal with? sophie: whoever it is will obviously inherit an economic crisis. the abe administration's response to covid-19 has been less popular domestically. the prime minister, whoever it is, will have to prepare for election of japan's lower half, the more powerful house of representatives. that will happen no later than october of next year. cabinet secretary, he has proven himself that he can push through domestic policy, negotiate domestic policy. but we are winning to see is how diplomatically he will handle the relationship with the u.s., with the incoming a

a worsening of a chronic illness, setting the stage for a leadership election within his liberal democratic party across the world for the actor chadwick boseman, who has died from colon cancer at the age of a3. the star of the superhero film black panther didn't publicise his diagnosis four years ago and continued to work throughout his treatment. the bbc‘s entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back on his life. over the last four years, throughout his appearances in black panther, avengers: infinity war and avengers: endgame... yibambe! ..chadwick boseman chose to keep private that he'd been diagnosed with bowel cancer... hey, mike. i want to be a great king, baba. like you. ..and that in between and during the making of the emotionally and physically demanding films, he'd also been undergoing surgical operations and chemotherapy. one, two, three, four. one, two, three... get up! boseman first came to prominence playing some of history's most influential black figures, including the legendary soul singer james brown in the biopic get on up. woo! let's go! it was perhaps inevitable that

the third contender would be shigeru ishiba who is currently the secretary—general of the liberal democratic party2, he was the main rival in that election and so it depends a bit on what's going on within internal party politics and the sort of negotiation and compromises that will be made in terms of who of those three come out on top. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon reiterated the travel advice issued by the scottish government last night. scots returning from the czech republic and jamaica will have to quarantine for two weeks, if they arrive back into scotland from saturday. she also announced new financial support for the culture and heritage sectors. let me highlight and under line an announcement made by the scottish government last night. we have added two additional countries to the list of countries subject to quarantine restrictions. these countries are the cheque republic and jamaica. if you're travelling to scotland from these places from tomorrow, and that includes people returning, you must self—isolate for 1h days on your return. —— czech republic. everyone arriving fro