but china is a major trade partner to myanmar, also myanmar's neighbor.ow would you manage the relations with china? >> translator: as you know, myanmar lies between two economic powers, china and india. we need to maintain friendly relationships with them as they are developing. myanmar's democracy is in progress. we believe that china will accept our policy of having diplomatic relations with various countries. as we have democratized, investment from china has increased. >> and what is the role for japan? what form of cooperation or investment for myanmar does -- would you expect from japan? >> translator: the areas where we want investment from japan in particular are roads, bridges, power, industrial zones, gas, and other infrastructure projects. we also want japan to build plants to provide job opportunities for our workers. >>> members of an opposition party in japan have come up with a counterproposal to government-sponsored security bills. leaders in tokyo want to expand the role of the country in self-defense forces and allow japan to claim its

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myanmar, for example myanmar is also a tear two watch list. we were expecting myanmar to be down graded this year. that did not happen, which we also suspect some political thinking went into that. but forced labor has been an enormous problem in myanmar and very little is being done to stop it in two key parts of the country in the west are row hinn rohingya muslims have been forced to work for the army and in the north myanmar where people have been forced to work for the myanmar army. >> you say these countries have been moved up purely because the u.s. wants to do business with them, and if they're tier three countries then the laws in the states say they can't do business with them? >> it's a mis-step. you know, secretary kerry is right to suggest that the optimum move is to give countries an incentive. but to reward countries that have not demonstrate what had they need to demonstrate in order to be with regarded in this area. malaysia in 2014 process 2014 prosecuted three human traffickers, we're talking about the situation of trafficki

he said he has been successfully guiding myanmar towards democracy. he said the country is in transition to become a market economy. he acknowledged it suffers from a low level of economic development. >> translator: i hope japan will invest actively to improve infrastructure and create jobs in our country. >> myanmar is expected to hold a general election as early as november. the president indicated he will seek re-election. we'll present the full interview with the president of myanmar in our "newsroom tokyo" later on friday japan time. >>> and checking the markets, tokyo stocks had a bumpy ride taking a dip before closing out the day. up 0.08% at 20,539. early on investors responded to weaker than expected u.s. jobs data by selling stocks. but some traders started buying back shares as the dollar regained ground against the yen. in china the shanghai composite closed down almost 5.8% a three-month low. margin trading restrictions have been hammering the index. they stripped 30% from stocks since mid-june. australia fell about 1% at 5,538. this cam

illegal locking is a huge concern and problem in myanmar. the international organization the environmental investigation agency statements that it's worth $6 billion a year and there's a 47" illegal logging rate across the country and said in its report thast leer that it is endemic and a crime that is only allowed to happen because of institutional corruption on a tuj scale. >> online chat rooms are a booming business and millions are willing to pay for the occupation. scott heidler explains what is behind their success. >> like millions of chinese, this man moved from the countryside to a city. he owns the working class restaurant. with long hours of a small business owner he became lonely, that was until me met a performer in a video chatroom. they'd been chatting for three years. >> we talk about each other's lives, even about unhappy time, she tells me about her live, it's a way to let out emotions. 9158.com is it. -- the largest video chatroom in china. it has 50 million users. >> this is a full-time performer. she makes $40,000 a year

problem with illegal drug smuggling and methamphetamine is smuggled across the border from western myanmarpolice seize millions of pills every year and think 90% of the trade is getting through. >> for the 400 border guards on duty here it's a tough act. this 53 kilometer stretch of the river is one of the busyist smuggling zones in the area and the guards assist they can smell methamphetamine on him and they search his boat for evidence and take him in for questioning. >> translator: it's not possible for us to guard every inoften of this border every single second. the smugglers are people on both shores keeping an eye out for our patrols and always communicating by mobile phone. >> reporter: most traffickers here look like regular fisherman, this one spoke to us on condition of animimity is on the water as a storm approaches because the lure of money is too strong. >> we are middlemen and pay us $200 to carry 100,000 pills across the border. >> reporter: as the government focuses its attention on catching the traffickers the amount of pills being confiscated is rising fast and rehab cen

relations with myanmar and cuba have been revolutionized. this deal, the iran deal is bigger in scope and scale than those previous efforts. it's simply the most ambitious, most aggressive and most risky of rahm's policies in pursuit of that campaign promise. so whereas the down sides of failing with north korea 0 or cuba or myanmar would have little blow back for u.s. security and position the region the down side if this deal collapses, would be huge, not just for the president's legacy by also foreign policy. >> critics of the iran deal could point to myanmar, couldn't. they it all looked positive to start. and it is still positive in many ways according to a lot of analysts. at the same time it has been back pedaling since and regressing. you could use it as a criticism of how this overall strategy perhaps isn't as perfect as it seems. >> sure the obama administration has been clear this week in not promising that the iran deal with cause a revolution in iran's internal politics or its approach to the region of the world. they are holdin

across myanmar bangladesh and one of of india. a few showers into the eastern side of the arabian peninsula even in this neck of the woods we've seen showers. you can see where the heaviest downpours have been. into myanmar, we have seen 186 millimeters of rain here in only 24 hours. we've seen plenty of rain into bangladesh. you take a look at the last three days, over 600 millimeters of rain, well over half a meter of rainfall into bangladesh in only three days and well over a month's worth that have, too. northwest india seeing heavy rain recently into what is seen as heavy rain. up into pakistan, we've seen 92 millimeters of rain. lots of cloud still showing up on the satellite picture. this particular feature into the northwest of india that's going to continue bringing really heavy downpours into southern parts of pakistan, not just through monday. wet and very windy weather over the next few days. as you can see more heavy showers for myanmar. >> fast food workers in new york are closer to winning a pay raise. other workers

we see this in play at high speed in myanmar. into operation and we arty have 10 million customers. -- we already have 10 million customers. it is incredible. 55 percent of users are already intimate users, meaning the local impact of these investments that we carry out with long-term ambitions to produce a paid in the development of the country has paid off. manus: we understand that that is the success story. one of the questions is what is the story in india in terms of your discussions for the potential of a merger. where are we on the timing? do you have any comments to make? is that a deal that should be done? mr. baksaas: india in general is something that people are looking into from different for spec this. -- from different perspectives. for me to comment is not applicable. we need to think over our own position in india, particularly when it comes to data services in the long run. right now, we are ok and comfortable. manus: talk to me about europe. this is the geography of the world, which is different from the united

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anger and beijing after myanmar hands out long sentences to more than 150 citizens for illegal logging. >> i'm andrew simmonds at the home of barack obama's grandmother, and she's been telling me about his first presidential visit to kenya >>> first, u.s. defense secretary ash carter made an unannounced trip to iraq, meeting u.s. commanders and the prime minister. m imran khan has more from baghdad. >> it's been a bloody week. i.s.i.l. taking responsibility for several car bomb attacks. the defense secretary will beet with haider al-abadi and senior generals, but not leaders of the popular mobilization forces and shia militias. one of the things they'll discuss with the prime minister and senior generals is the delivery of the f-16 aircraft that the iraqis are using to great effect. i have four of the f-16s making a total consign. . of 36. it may be a schedule for the rest of these to be discussed, looking at regional powers. the one thing that will not be discussed is syria, there's a lot of people that have begun to criticise the u.s.-led iraq first strategy. saying that iraq has bee

. >>> now in myanmar, 10 people have died during floods triggered by torrential monsoon rains. states have been affected as well as the regions, up to 12,000 houses have been damaged. more on the flooding. we talk to ever tonne, he has more on that for us. >> it's one of those situations where we have a surge in the monsoon rains. we talk about something of a lull. looking at the satellite. a huge massive cloud from myanmar, across bangladesh and a good part of northern india and we talked about the flooding in pakistan. look at the numbers we have across the region. we see the massive cloud. look at some of the numbers we see here. 186mm of rain in 24 hours. that's always going to cause problems. 235 over the large three days, over 600mm here. staggering amounts. come across into india, and we see 141mm of rain and back up into pakistan and punjab. we had 92mm of rain and there is more where it came from. it will last for the next few days. there may be plenty more thafr that. heavily rain in pakistan. right down the west. more heavy showers gaps in the wet weather, set to con

i'm worried about my family i left behind in myanmar. >> reporter: the people of aceh helped the migrants. here is a camp of rohingya in aceh province. as you can see, there are many local people preparing foods for rohingya. this 30-year-old is one of the cooks. she tries to prepare dishes the rohingya people will like. she has four children of her own to care for. her monthly income is $70. she cuts her family's own budget to support the migrants. the people of aceh are no stranger to hardship. the province went through a separatist conflict that lasted 30 years until 2005. her husband was a bus driver. he was killed by the indonesian military 12 years ago. like others in aceh, she empathizes with the rohingyas. >> translator: we were driven out of our land and had to take shelter elsewhere. we want the rohingyas to live peacefully. until that happens, we'll continue to help them. >> reporter: a group collects signatures of support. they say an international effort is needed. >> translator: please, give us your signatures. >> translator: we were able to end the aceh conflict when the in

. >> reporter: abe greeted the leaders of laos myanmar, and vietnam. they meet every year to strengthen economic ties and discuss ways to develop infrastructure in the mekong region. abe promised them fresh aid worth more than $6 billion over the next three years. he was looking for political support. the leaders expressed concern about the situation in the south china sea where china has been reclaiming land. >> translator: japan will continue contributing to the peace and stability of the mekong region under the policy of proactive contribution to peace. >> reporter: the mekong countries are members of the association of southeast asian nations. hundreds of people from japanese companies are here to find out what the president and prime ministers of the countries plan to do to boost their economies. leaders attending the summit say they need japanese investment to develop their economies. the region has huge business potential. >> translator: the mekong region countries have an advantage in geographical location in southeast asia. a market of more th

now, several people were killed due to flooding because of the storm system in myanmar. so more rain is definitely not good news. and then we have another tropical low in the north of india. and that has been causing rainfall over this area as well as north of pakistan. take a look at this footage coming out of the north. the nationwide death toll from this month's flash floods in pakistan rose to at least 86 on wednesday. floodwater inundated hundreds of villages leaving tens of thousands of people homeless. the floods have affected more than 500,000 people in the past couple of weeks in and around this region. motorboat services and medical camps were launched in the affected areas. and more rain is expected so flooding is going to be a continued story, and this system also caused heavy rainfall over karachi last week. that's the amount that they received during 2013 and 2014 combined. so flooding occurred in the south as well. and across japan, looking quite dry for many parts of the country. and yesterday the rainy season ended finally in the north of kyushu. scorchi

let's go to some video out of myanmar. this is one of the other things. it is some stormy conditions, too. winds are kicking up. many villages have been inundated. there have been casualties reported with this. as far as the forecast is concerned, it's not improving. let's look at the 72 hour rain totals. some areas additional 200, 250 millimeters of precipitation on top of what you've already seen. the grounds are waterlogged. we're seeing the flooding. this is an ongoing story. really feel for everybody out here because flooding is definitely going to continue as long as this stays in place and it really doesn't look like it's going anywhere any time soon. back towards the north also seeing heavy rainfall in the southwestern china. separate area of low pressure but still across the indochina peninsula you'll continue to see that threat of flooding. now all this is in the tropics with southwest monsoon. i want to take you to another area way off here towards the east, that's soudelor and tracking towards the west. actually expected to cross just north of

tanks no your time. >>> myanmar's president says he has not yet decided whether to seek a second termce, elections are four months away but preparations have already begun, it's the first open vote since decades of military rule ended in 2011. florence lou a reports. >> reporter: opposition parties are going door to door to verify the voter list. the election is four months away and there is a sense of urgency. >> translator: there is little difference between the former military regime and today's government. >> reporter: from the national league for democracy or n.l.d. which is predicted to win big in the november polls. it says an error free voter list is one of its main concerns now. just recently, two n.l.d. members were charged with trespass while carrying out a verification exercise. they used the charges as a warning not to consider the exercise. the last time the n.l.d. won as election was in 19 nineties led by the opposition leader. burr the military rulers prevented the party from taking power. the coming election will be the first under a semi civilian government which too

. >> reporting from tecna where increasing amount of methamphetamine are being smuggled from myanmarbangladesh. >>> and mexico claimed their 7th gold cup title but not everyone is celebrating and we will tell you why later in sport. ♪ barack obama is meeting ethiopia's prime minister to discuss how to boost security and business ties. and this is the second stop of the u.s. president's tour of east africa after his three-day visit to kenya. obama is due to become the first u.s. president in office to address the african union, that is happening on tuesday. mohamed has more now. >> cut flowers for export in the suburbs of ethiopian capitol. growing flowers is a new business in ethiopia. within a few years it has become the world's fourth largest flower exported. >> the flower in general is contributing a significant amount of foreign currency for the local economy. it was really like hundreds thousands of dollars really for flower. today we are talking about nearly $300 million of exports. >> reporter: this is all part of a government policy to transform the economy through agricultur

myanmar. -- refugees that escaped myanmar. a rare appearance this fall for russian president vladimir putin. he will address the 70th annual united nations general assembly in september. the u.s. issued its first draft list of biggers for what could be the largest gathering of world leaders. lso is the chinese and iranian leaders. it set the stage for the landlord nuclear deal, announced earlier this month. third teenager u.s. corporations are investigating $140 billion to reduce their carbon footprints. today at the white house they will lead to cut emissions and water use. they will also to finance environmentally focused companies. mark: president obama is focusing on human rights today in their historic trip to ethiopia. second mostfrica's populous country. militant group al-shabaab is an even bigger threat. >> infield hit faces serious threats, and with contribution to the african union has reduced hearing under else control. but the prime minister noted, yesterday the holding in , offer

at the one end singapore and at aos,other end you have l myanmar, cambodia. this huge desire of people in the poor states to get to the wealthy states. this region needs to take action in terms of its ability to manage the movement of the people and to manage its labor markets. until that takes place you will have kill -- criminal markets looking to capitalize on this opportunity and movement of people. the systems in the states are not in place to deal with the criminal networks that are there. rishaad: broadly, what would you say is the agency's recommended counter the human trafficking? really have toes start working together on this which means their law enforcement agencies have to start looking at each other as though they should be natural partners on this issue. workingd to start together to investigate the criminal networks across the region. if you would have seen this crisis coming into indonesia you would have seen the movement of people across several states at one time. the networks facilitating that movement are operating in several countries.

myanmar has released thousands of prisoners under a presidential pardon, among those freed were 150 chinesers. there is no official list of prisoners, but they include social activists as well as journalists. up next, from the bbc, to amazon, plans for a new tv series. in the social media reaction might after this. ♪ ♪ welcome back to "trending business." a chinese video streaming service is planning to raise half $1 billion to expand into sports. they said they could use additional funds to buy the broadcast rights to italian soccer. the chief executive says that fundraising would evaluate at $3 billion. and store they will market confidence, the company plans to pledge up to $1 billion worth of funds. -- plunge and stocks leasing reaching almost 20%. forecasts failed to meet estimates. toyota has shunned apple and goodle and chosen a lesser-known company for the navigation. market value more than 1500 times smaller than google. on toyota seen first 2016 tacoma pickup truck. the automotive theme continues, with something trending on social media. david is here. these presenters, your favor

methamphetamine is smuggled from western myanmar. police seize millions of pills each year, but think that 90% have all trade is getting through. >> for the 400 border guards on duty here, it's a as you have ask. this 54-kilometer stretch of the river is one of the busiest smuggling zones in the world. a suspect the guards insist they can smell the methamphetamine on him. they search his bolt for evidence and take him in for questioning. >> it's not possible for us to guard every inch of this border every single second. the smugglers have people on both shores keeping on eye out for our patrols and communicate by mobile phone. >> most traffickers look like regular fisherman. this one spoke to us on condition of anonymity is out on the water even as a storm approaches. the lure of meth money is too strong. >> we are just the middle man really. they pay us around 250 to $300 to carry 100,000 pills across the border. >> as the government focuses attention on catching the traffickers, the amount of pills confiscated is rising fast. rehab

. >> myanmar's opposition leader says her party will contest elections in november. the national league for democracy boycotted the vote in 2010 held under military rule. this year's poll is build as myanmar's first election in 25 years and crucial for reform. military rulers ignored the results. >> to the new proposals by athens, very similar to those rejected in a vote last week. pensioners will loot payment of october. tourism is targeted, restaurants would pay a 23% sales tax. that is a big hike. some discounts are worth as much as 30% so businesses could be hit pretty hard. >> an associate professor of law and economics at the university of athens joins us. we appreciate that. the issues seem not to change, the tucks go on and on and on. are the issues still in the very much the same? >> actually, this negotiation is not only very -- it's also very dangerous. i think today is the judgment day. i think that today there should be an agreement otherwise the situation for the greek banks and stability of the greek government is going to be quite dangerous and precar

talks in are holding the margaret problem in southeast asia but did not discuss the refugees fleeing myanmarthe meeting was a continuation of talks in beijing. a trust fund will be formed to help migrants but they say they will not become involved in domestic issues of individual countries. washington has formally requested the extradition of seven officials in switzerland. they will be arrested in zurich. they are accused of corruption ocation of world cups and broadcast rights. say that thes accused siphon off at least $150 million over two decades. japan still intends to raise the sales tax again despite the economy's continuing weakness. the finance minister says that unless japan is hit by an exceptional economic crash the rate will be lifted in april of 2017. joining us is kathy, the vice-chairman of goldman sachs japan. what do you make of the announcement? y: well, like you stated, it would certainly be deemed inappropriate for japan to further tighten fiscal policy by raising consumption tax at that point is the economy was suffering. but if you look at what has happened to japan in

. >> you name it, northwestern india, parts of pakistan, northeastern india bangladesh, myanmar, and also nepal all have got problems with monsoon rain. it happens with monsoon index slightly below average. it picked up in some places well in excess of average. >> it was tropical cyclone downgrade. rain was the main feature vast amountles of rain coming down day after day after day. should having up to a meter's worth of rain. >> these particular shots come from west bengal. you see the disruption it causes to people's lives. that particular system is weakening. in northwestern india specifically with these shots another area of low pressure gave an awful lot of flooding. it is the worst hit areas. we have problems moving into pakistan, as well. they are having monsoon rain pushing across nepal expected following the earthquake, and causing landslides. that flow coming into the bay of bengal will push heavy rain into myanmar over the next days, so the flooding situation is going to get much worse before it gets better. >> nigeria struggles to stop the illegal import of frozen chicken

. >> 153 citizens were given long jail sentences for illegal logging in myanmar.hey were arrested in january in the state which borders china. the loggers were sentenced to life in prison. china gained access to myanmar's raw materials during the later years of the countries military rule. >> on line chat rooms have become a booming business with millions have users willing to pay for conversation from the eastern city. scott heidler explains what's behind their success. >> like millions, he moved to the city looking for better opportunities. out of his rural elements and with the long hours of a small business owner he quickly became lonely. that was until he met honk shipping. they've been chatting for three years. >> we talk about each other's lives. even about unhappy things. she tells me about her life, too, it's a way to let out emotions. >> little the largest vote chad room site in china. the 24-year-old is a full time performer. she makes $30,000 a year. >> in real life, not too many people would pay attention to me but on line, i have so many friends. i r

this will cause more rain over myanmar and northeast of india an pakistan is being hit with heavy rainfall. across the americas frost is causing more rain flooding across the peninsula, more rain is expected for the rest of the workweek. a serve weather makeer is moving towards the forth, dropping rainfall hail and thunderstorms and tornadoes. we have three reports of tornadoes over the northern areas and more tornadoes are expected the next couple of days. temperatures ahead of the system quite high this time of year. we have heat warnings if place. watch out for heat strokes happening over california and areas, highs in sacramento could be over 40 degrees on both tuesday wednesday as well as thursday him across europe we have dropping rain and causing flooding over the northern areas and this is dropping temperatures over the northern u.k. temperatures in the north of the u.k. will be in the mixed teens. london in the teens for you, but in the south, very hot conditions are still continuing. your highs will be 36 degrees and 34 degrees on monday. all right. here's your extended forecast

after checking out brad cooper in the elephant man and his wife took their son to a refugee camp in myanmar. she is an ambassador for the united nations and still a big star and look at the man taking a selfie with her. >>> the former mary tyler moore star valerie harper battling terminal brain cancer suffered a medical emergency while prepa preparing to take the stage at play house in maine. we spoke to our news anchor from our affiliate in dallas who was in the audience. >> this is the northside of the play house here. it's at this back door where the ambulance had come to transport valerie harper. >> i spoke to the local fire chief in maine who tells me they received a call at 8:56 about an unconscious 75-year-old female backstage of the play house. although there are reports valerie has been discharged from the hospital, a source tells me she was actually transported via medevac to a larger hospital in another state. a source tells "e.t." it doesn't look good. >> this is the last photo of valerie taken two days ago. a source close to the family y says she is now in a coma. we were unabl

. >> in western myanmar the number of people killed by flooding triggered by monsoon rains is risen to 14. damaged roads and bridges including 100-year-old bridge in the northern state. >>> el salvador's morgues say they're overridden. this is the second of three-part special on gang violence. just a warning that you may find some of the images upsetting. >> a steady stream of bodies last month alone someone was murdered nearly every hour in this poor country. bullets lodged in the chest sometimes the head people shoot to kill in el salvador. >> they catalog the dead. some have no name. it's been another busy night in this morgue. doctors say that these two men arrived in the middle of the night. both killed in shootings. they say 90% of all the bodies died that way bearing all the marks of gang violence. >> another mother at the scene of her son's murder. she and others turn to prayer. there is no government counseling or support. god is called on often here. "n" the country named "the savior." his father tells us that it must have been god's will. what else could it be? a message boa

neighboring myanmar is in a slightly better position but as we report from the capitol it still has ay to go. >> reporter: being on a tier two watch list is the second worse to occupy and the u.s. recognizes that human tracking is rampant her but efforts to comply with the law. in the report the u.s. says there are sustained efforts to combat human trafficking and something human rights won't disagree with and for years they told the u.s. to down grade myanmar for robust action to fight human trafficking and activists point in particular to the government's persecution of the minority known as rohinga and deny citizenship and freedom of movement and they say these policies actually drive tens of thousands of them to see the country and into the hands of human traffickers. this went to the boat people and refugee crisis in southeast where people were left marooned on boats and drift on the sea and the straits when the trafficker traffickers abandon them and this is the second time it has been on the tier two list and they will be downgrade next year if there is no improvement. once it

. >>> myanmar's government resumed talks with representatives of ethnic minority groups to put an end to a civil war that has lasted for more than 60 years. a nationwide cease-fire has been the ultimate goal of the president's administration. on the first day of the three-day talks on wednesday, government officials stressed the need to make a deal as soon as possible before the general election, which is scheduled for november. >> translator: there is a time limit for the government as preparations for the upcoming government will start in early september. so if we can't come to a concrete agreement within this period or before that time, the completion of a nationwide cease-fire accord will depend on the next government. >> translator: recently there have been some unfortunate incident caused by the government's military offensive. these have left the people in the region suffering from physical and mental damage. as well as famine. so to find a political and military solution we ask the president and the army to be big hearted and magnanimous. >> in march, the two sides signed a dr

. >> migrant workers from neighboring myanmar, if found guilty, could face the death penalty. short boat ride away is a place where they once served tourists. there is a small shrine near where the hotties were found. one note next to david miller talks about treasuring 24 years of memories. his body and 23-year-old heather led to a much criticized police investigation. these were the bizarre scenes. a reconstruction of the murder was held after the burmese men confessed. later, the confessions were retracted amid claims that they had been tortured. or in sick evidence and the quality of the thai police investigation -- forensic evidence and the quality of the type police admit -- police investigation will be central. people are still asking if these 2 poor migrant workers have been made scapegoats for crime the authorities were under intense pressure to solve. they want to see justice done. a small group of the backpackers' relatives have come. they have released statements calling for a fair process and for david and hannah's dignity to be respected. thailand, bbc news. ♪ ka

. >>> myanmar says it will release many prisoners.jing filed a diplomatic protest after the verdict was announced. >>> a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall killed at least 15 people in nepal. two villages in and around the area were buried under the landslide. 13 people were injured. >>> a sim bop wayian judge has granted a [ inaudible ] of the killer. the american a minnesota dentist who paid $50,000 to kill the lion said he believed the hunt was legal and the necessary permits have been issued. he apologized to his parents in the incident. he says i don't often talk about hunting with my patients. i understand not everyone shares the same views on hunting. >>> experts are gathering for a conference in beijing to talk about the humble potato. how important is the potato as a food source? well it's the world third most important food crop after rice and wheat. it can help guard against illnesses. more than a billion people eat potatoes worldwide. 50% comes from so-called developing countries. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: this

we've seen this in the past with how the president approached cuba cuba cuba cuba myanmar. it was extended several times. he said he was willing to walk away with a deal. he always believed one was possible. if they didn't john kerry said we're not negotiating for the sake of negotiating. as senior advisors here are quick to point out, it's not immediately transformative. one put it to me, we're years from judging its success, moving iran from destabilizing activity in the middle east. the president will have to start working the phones. they've got a plan in place for dealing with congress that has 60 days from the time they get a copy of it to review this dock document document. one of the holdups because we thought we may have late last night -- most were here at white house in the evening hours. they have to put it in writing many english and persian. they want to make sure there are none of the problems they had when they had the draft deal. they don't want any question about the interpretation of the wording on what is obviously some very technical language here. i th

. >> the head of myanmar's election commission admitted up to 8% of voter lifts in upcoming elections is wrong of the the country will hold a vote in november, the first since military rule. beam will chos members of parliament who will vote on a new president. errors will distort the result. >> we have news coming in - the airport in yemen's port city of aden reopened with a saudi-led coalition plane landing. it's the first flight arrival in four months when the war began. last week local faces and forces loyal to the government in exile retook the airport from houthi rebels. the airport in aden has reopened. >> now, to mexico. while the government is hunting down the world's most wanted drug lord sog in his home state see him more as a hero than a criminal. joaquin guzman known as melissa chan escaped from a high security prison 12 days ago. >>> sinaloa is fame house for outlaws, and the bands that sing their praises. this latest is only about joaquin guzman, el chapo, after he broke out of gaol last saturday [ singing ] >>> the world's most wanted drug lord would be welcomed back t

rohingya muslims are a minority in myanmar.cent months, thousands of them have taken to boats to flee the country. the bodies of a number of people believed to be rohingya were found buried in the jungles of thailand and malaysia. concern is rising that many rohingyas have become victims of smuggling groups. a thai senior military officer and a mayor were recently arrested on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking. >>> diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba are thawing, but cuba's long isolation hasn't stopped people in the caribbean nation from practicing japanese mshl arts. one discipline that has a big following is based on the ways of the ninja, the traditional stealth fighters of japan. >> reporter: cuban martial artists face off at this outdoor event held in april in havana. about 100 enthusiasts have gathered from around the country. cuba has many karate practitioners. and kendo's board fighting is enjoying a boom. but there's one group that stands out. ninjas practitioners of nin jit su. darmar has been a

. >> myanmar's opposition leader says their party will contest general elections in november. the national league for democracy boycotted the vote in 2010 which is held under military rule. this year's poll is billed as the first legitimate election in 25 years and critical for reform. there was an election in 1990, but military leaders ignored the results. >> >> fidel castro has made his second appearance in a week but hadn't spoken publicly about the restoration of diplomatic relations with the united states. >> haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. they and the dominican republic share the dominican island. last year's national income was estimated to be $9 billion compared to $64 billion in the dominican republic. >> the pope is celebrating a mass in one hour. we are live in paraguay. it's the pope's last mass. what do people want to hear from him? >> it is taking place right now. there are i would say at least a million people. in that place is absolutely packed with pilgrims who have come from all over paraguay. in fact, even from neighboring argentina,

. >>> myanmar's opposition party says a party will contest general lesions in november. national league for democracy boycotted a vote held under military rule. this is being billed as the first legitimate election in 25 years and will be crucial for political reforms. the nld won looeningsz in 1990 but military rulers at the time ignored the result. >> thailand has returned 109 uighur people on their way to join armed fighting groups. it is said 13 have fled china after being implicindicated in attacks. though india is one of the world's largest milk producers, it has a poor yield per animal. it's hoping to change that by using the mora buffalo. the animals can produce up to 32 liters of milk a day, more than any other cow s or buffalos. faz jamil reports. >> this is uvarach, the proud father of thousands of calves weighing in at 1500 kilograms, this breed of buffalo called mora is becoming highly prized for longevity and toughness. for some farmers, the big money comes from breeding. >> he has made a lot of difference. i make more than $2,000 selling one of his calves

administration, it's also been put in the perspective of america's dealing with cuba or america dealing with myanmaraning you put so much pressure and sanctions, but at the end of the day you try to build on those sanctions some sort of process of sort. so in so many ways the deal is historic. in so many ways it is a game changer for the middle east region. >> what about in the middle east, there is mixed reaction from the area in terms of what it might mean in terms of iran's power base. >> for iran's neighbors, they think an emboldened iran is going to encroach more on their national sovereignties, interfere more and dominate more in countries like iraq put -- or throw it's weight in a place like syria, lebanon, and even yemen, the gulf region and other places. so they are quite anxious in the sense that iran will be able to do more of the same and in a chaotic region an important organized country like iran it will be able to flex its muscles. as for israel it's a different story. because israel is already a nuclear power. it reported has 100 to 200 nuclear war heads, and it occupies its neighbor

. >>> meanwhile western myanmar people killed by monsoon rains has risen to 14 and heavy rains effectingparts of the country damaged roads and bridges including a 100--year-old bridge in the northern state. guards in bangladesh trying to combat illegal drug smallingly and methamphetamine and yaba as it's locally known comes from the north and police seize millions of pills every year but think 90% of the trade is getting through. >> reporter: 400 border guards on duty her it's a tough ask. this 54 kilometer stretch of the river is one of the busiest in the world. a suspect, the guards insist they can smell the methamphetamine on him. they search his boat for evidence and take him in for questioning questioning. >> translator: it's not possible for us to search every inch of this border every single second and the small ler smugglers are on both shores and always communicating by mobile phone. >> reporter: most look like regular fishermen and this one spoken condition of animimity is on the water even as the storm approaches and the lure of meth money is too strong. >> translator: we are

they want to find out if it belongs to the flight mh370 that disregard in march last year >>> myanmarit will release almost 7,000 prisoners on presidential pardons, including 150 chinese citizens gaoled last week for illegal logging. most of them were given life sentences. beijing filed a diplomatic protest after the verdict was announced >>> a man convicted for financing india's deadliest bomb attack has been hanged. he was executed hours after his final mercy plea was rejected by the indian supreme court. a series of blasts in mumbai in 1993 killed 257 people, and injured more than 700 others. we have this report from new delhi. >> this is the first person to be executed in connection with the 1993 serial blast in mumbai. we should keep in mind in terms of the main people associated with this attack he's not one of them. he and others still remain at large. the big issue, the reason why this is a big issue is india is because of the 11th hour pleas and petitions that went before his executions. as far as 5:00a.m. his lawyers up until the 11th petitioning the supreme court to stay th

so lots of heavy rain is on the menu for bangladesh, northeast india as well as myanmar and across the continent we'll see lots of heavy rainfall over northwestern portions of india as well. lingering low is dropping heavy rainfall over the south of china once again and heavy rain is also affecting the north of vietnam. severe weather is happening over the beijing area and more rain is expected for the rest of the workweek. temperatures are quite hot across the northern areas, and that will continue into the rest of the workweek. here's your extended forecast. >>> don't forget to tune in to "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour. for all of us here on "newsline," thanks for watching. q?q?q?q?q?q?q? he first ever u.s. resident to address the african union. a discussion with the u.s. about the possibility of reviewing that of removing islamic state fighters from the syrian territory along the turkish border, effectively setting up a safe haven. a libyan court passes death sentence on muammar gaddafi pass most prominent son, site eval islam