people in parts of northeastern china are dealing with thunderstorms. mai shoji joins with us the latest. >> yes, katherine, that's exactly right. we're still talking about the thunderstorms across parts of northeastern china. and that includes the beiging and tianjin area where rescue efforts have been persisting. that is actually going to be persisting across similar locations with hailstorm warnings and advisories in place. there's still a risk of flooding and landslides. we have this constant rainfall that's been continuing across the chongqing area. you can actually see some snowfall in the very higher elevations out there. now, let's talk about the temperatures. we are looking at 31 degrees in seoul and 32 in at tokyo. another hot day and muggy for us on our wednesday. central japan looking quite nice, and the korean peninsula growing calm as well. but out towards hokkaido we're looking at thunderstorms that will be flaring up especially in the afternoon hours. we're talking about storms. we are still monitoring the two typhoons. the two systems.

toyota suspending production for two days in northeastern china following last week's explosions. one plant was closed due to advisories in the due to investors in that area more than 50 employees per injured. john deere suspending operations indefinitely. after some workers and buildings damaged. dagen: japan says its economy contracted by 1.6% annual rate in the second quarter, bad weather and soaring growth in china weakening demand. see the market reaction there. makes markets overseas at the nikkei adding half of 1%. in europe, stocks are mixed with ftse down ever so slightly. u.s. stock market futures look like this after last week the dow was down just seven points and oil prices falling yet again today below $42 a barrel down 60 cents a barrel. lauren: busy week ahead it does show you what is on the calendar this week. more data on the housing market to start today. that will be followed by housing starts for july, tomorrow. we'll check inflation at the retail level on wednesday. investors will look over minutes from the fed's last policy meeting for science on how the fed

. ♪ >> that before those stories, we want to bring you more on that las in northeastern china that wead been reporting on. details are still coming in, but some videos posted on youtube gives an indication of the scale of the explosion. initial reports suggest it occurred at a petroleum storage facility in a port city around midnight local time. an unnamed doctor at the local hospital there has told media there that 300 or 400 people have been injured. the cause of the blast is still unclear. we will get you details as soon as we have them. they are coming by the hundreds of thousands, migrants, most of them fleeing political upheaval throughout africa. often, the odyssey begins on foot as refugees begin the journey with only what they can carry. then is the perilous sea passage on rickety and hopelessly overcrowded boats. an estimated 200 have died trying to cross the mediterranean this year. others seek to travel to turkey across the aegean the, which is how they end up on the island ofkos. >> chaos has erected at the sports stadium where the migrants are being held on kos. tensions

the system will likely weaken as a low-pressure system and reach southeastern russia or northeastern china by thursday. so stormy weather is in the forecast for southeastern russia on both wednesday and thursday. here's your extended forecast. >>> send your comments and thoughts to us. log on to the nhk world website and click on contact us in the upper right-hand corner. we look forward to hearing from you soon. i'm james tengan. thanks for watching this edition of "newsline." more to come here on nhk world, so stay with us. to print 24. we are broadcasting live from paris. terrorism, climate change, and the world economy. these are some of the key issues that the president has addressed during a conference to fresh ambassadors -- french ambassadors. the two careers find a diplomatic solution to these military tensions. hasaul, korea

. ♪ >> that before those stories, we want to bring you more on that las in northeastern china that wead been reporting on. details are still coming in, but some videos posted on youtube gives an indication of the scale of the explosion. initial reports suggest it occurred at a petroleum storage facility in a port city around midnight local time. an unnamed doctor at the local hospital there has told media there that 300 or 400 people have been injured. the cause of the blast is still unclear. we will get you details as soon as we have them. they are coming by the hundreds of thousands, migrants, most of them fleeing political upheaval throughout africa. often, the odyssey begins on foot as refugees begin the journey with only what they can carry. then is the perilous sea passage on rickety and hopelessly overcrowded boats. an estimated 200 have died trying to cross the mediterranean this year. others seek to travel to turkey across the aegean the, which is how they end up on the island ofkos. >> chaos has erected at the sports stadium where the migrants are being held on kos. tensions

impact the north typhoon, and alt the worst it could hit southeastern portions of russia or northeastern china. but into tuesday, stormy conditions will likely happen across the western side of japan. in kyushu, oki na wa you will see stormy conditions into tuesday and of course, journal portions of the korean peninsula will receive stormy conditions into tuesday. >> thanks, very much. she will join us later on in the show with more on world weather. you are watching nhk world. >>> officials at a japanese firm are dealing with the aftermath of a major fire at their facility near tokyo. they say flames spread at an ad giant mill where about 600 workers were forced the evacuate. it was caused at a warehouse where it was being dismantled. torts say it broke out none monday time. they say the flames left to an ad giant mill operated by a personal care products firm. they say it took about two hours to get the fire under control, but no one was hurt. company officials say the plant stopped production in june and the warehouse was being taken down. they say a worker reported that a spark spread to t

but most this location, especially northeastern china, suffering a severe drought, so you need the rainn some tragic scenarios. now, back towards the east, we saw the rain bands flowing in across parts of japan today. some showers in northern portions of honshu. and thunder clouds in kyushu of what's seen on your wednesday. you can see this funnel cloud being spotted moving overhead. this is about the fourth one in several weeks that we've seen out here in japan. and very typical when you get tropical systems coming onshore to see tornadoes or funnel clouds or water spouts as well. so not terribly uncommon, but spooked a lot of people. as far as the forecast, the rain bands are going to clear out here as we go ahead through the rest of thursday into friday. but look down here to the southwest, we have another area of low pressure really developing along a frontal area in southern china, bringing showers and the threat of tornadoes. but as it pulls northeast, a messy weekend for most of japan out here. tokyo, high of 26, some showers in your forecast. shanghai at 31 and over towards taip

. >> yes, typhoon koni is now affecting northeastern china as well as southeastern russia. the typhoon has become a low-pressure system. it's not a typhoon anymore, but that doesn't mean it has weakened. it still has lots of energy and winds, enough to cause damage across these areas. in fact, an additional 120 millimeters is likely into the next 24 hours. winds are going to be strong as well. and a front attached to the low-pressure system is affecting many parts of japan. temperatures are much chillier than normal in many parts of japan, including tokyo. the high was only 21 degrees, more like october. now, temperatures will be 27 degrees, so warmer than today on thursday in tokyo. meanwhile, heavy rain is on the menu for many parts of taiwan. taipei at 29 degrees for the high. warmer conditions in beijing. 31 degrees for the high with cloudy conditions. now let's go to hawaii. flash flood watches are widely posted across the hawaiian islands. there is very heavy rainfall that caused flooding in many places. we have video coming out of honolulu. tropical moisture and dayt

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. >>> huge explosion at a container port in northeastern china has killed at least seven people and hurtt least 300 people. state runnemede ya outlets there are reporting on their website that between 300 and 400 people have been admitted to hospitals. the explosion shattered windows and knocked doors off of buildings in the area. it happened at a warehouse for dangerous materials. no word yet on exactly how this happened. >>> south korean man is recovering after setting himself on fire. it it happened japan protest in sewell today. he had 30-degree burns on his upper body and arms but was breathing when he was carried into an emergency vehicle. the al al tracked hundreds of people who demanded justice for south korean women who were forced to work as sex slaves for the japanese military during world war ii. >>> what will tonight hold in ferguson, missouri? as you saw life on fox 29 news at 10:00 last night, protests continued for a fifth straight night. nearly 100 people chanted and held signs expressing their concerns over police relations with black communities although the night was

. >> woodruff: enormous explosions tore through a container port tonight in northeastern china.icials reported at least 13 dead and up to 400 injured. it happened in tianjin, at a warehouse for hazardous materials, shortly before midnight, local time. police said the first blast lit off a much larger one, with the force of 21 tons of t.n.t. it sent a gigantic fireball into the air, and the shock wave sent people flooding into hospitals. >> ifill: former president jimmy carter announced this afternoon he has cancer. in a statement, he said recent surgery showed it's spread from his liver to other parts of his body. he said he'll begin treatment in atlanta. in a recent interview with the newshour, the 39th president noted that both his parents and all three siblings died of cancer. >> they all smoked cigarettes. and i never have smoked a cigarette. so, i think that may be a triggering device to some genetic factor. i don't know what the background is. but the health service of america kind of adopted me as a target. we were the only family in the world for a number of years that w

. >> ifill: the death toll from stunning explosions in northeastern china rose to 50 today, and was expected to go higher. the blasts erupted last night in tianjin, at port facilities packed with petrochemicals. jonathan rugman of independent television news has this report. >> reporter: this was the warehouse district of tianjin, one of china's biggest ports in a country proud of being the manufacturing and export hub of the world. today, tianjin was exporting over 700 injured people to local hospitals. and the fires raging here are feared to be so toxic. that firefighters withdrew this afternoon to let them burn. the first explosion happened just before midnight. one eyewitness said it sounded like the start of a war. the second was several times bigger. seismic monitors registered the detonation as the equivalent of a 2.9 earthquake. this industrial disaster in a city of 15 million people some of them living less than a mile away. china often tries to stifle bad news. but how to stifle this? when it's filmed on a mobile phone and posted online, this just a hundred miles from beijing itsel

now reporting a new death toll, 112 people caught up in the fiery destruction in northeastern china.ws rushing to clear out the chemicals, but that work itself is dangerous. at least 22 firefight others am the dead. people are outraged. they are demanding answers. why were so many chemicals housed so close to home. >>> an army parachutist critically injured in chicago has died. a spokesperson for the army golden knights team saying he suffered a serious head injury when he smacked into a crewman and hit the ground. >> i was thinking he was going to come right by in between the buildings, land on the building. i thought it was part of the show. >> it was scary. everybody stopped talking it was a moment of silence. a true moment of silence. and it was devastating, hoping everything's best for him. >> the other person involved, a member of the leap frog navy team was hospitalized after she crash landed on the beach. >>> hours of fear. and now an investigation. what caused a chemical spill in indiana. it's our top story as we go across america. >> indiana. calls for help began coming in

you saw this deadly blast yesterday in northeastern china. jo ling kent, how bad?alking about? >> we're talking about 50 people currently at the death toll, and then we're looking at 70 to 0 people -- 700 people, which about 50 of them are urgently, critically injured according to the city government. this, actually, was felt far beyond the port city which is right along the water. the u.s. geological survey actually felt the impact all the way in beijing which is about 100 miles away. you can see that the blast was not just in the immediate area, but had repercussions elsewhere. a lot of buildings blown out, thousands of cars were also burned, and the entire area has been evacuated, neil. so we're looking at this video here, you can see the glass was blown out in buildings all across the area. this happened around 11:30 local time at night just as people were going to sleep. so the impact was very, very serious. the issue, the detonation came from a warehouse, actually, and it stores dangerous chemicals like compressed glass, flammable substances. and there is a c

china now. and daylight has revealed new devastation after a series of explosions in the northeastern port city tianjin northeast of beijing. at least 17 people are dead and hundreds are injured. the blast was as powerful as a 2.9 magnitude earthquake. bob woodruff has a closer look at the damage. >> reporter: the mushroom cloud eating up the night sky tonight. hundreds injured, many still missing. the horror beginning just before 11:00 p.m. a fire at a warehouse storing hazardous material in the port city of tianjin. within 15 minutes, firefighters spond, but the worst is yet to come. 11:30 p.m. two explosions. one after the other. miles away, people watched from their windows. seconds later, the force of the blast sweeping them off their feet. scientists say it packed the power of 21 tons of tnt and could be felt more than sixÑi miles away. this man captured on surveillance video moments before the building caves in. in the streets, dazed residents using plankblankets to cover th mouths and clutching their children. hospitals soon flooded with victims. at least 13 people are dead, and reports

manufacturing which show big time slowing in the northeastern part of the country in the headline in "the wall street journal," global recession brewing in chinara: the u.s. bond market is rallying. big reaction. >> easy way to look at this as apple. 60% of the revenue and today if you buy an apple phone in china it will take more of the currency because the dollar is stronger. online revenue could be smaller for apple. sure into apple holding $115. that is down about 20 bucks from its all-time high. come back in again. we've got this reported looking on a self driving car. it will hit 200 at some point, don't you? >> the game is longer about devices. the game under tim cook is very much the ecosphere. the watch is a good place to get started because what apple is looking for is to see how information flows. the car is a laudable extension of what apple is doing, how data works. cars will tell buildings, all of that. apple take him anywhere you turn that want even the apple world. that's the value in the not yet recognized by the marketplace. stuart: tesla stock is a big winner today up about 12 bucks. lori rothman, what's going on with tesla?