he accused officials of fraud. he says he won't accept any results unless there's a full investigation. the officials have admitted that high ranking government officials engaged in vote rigging. they say they'll carry out an investigation and then announce the final results. the two candidates draw their support from different ethnic bases and some fear a disputed result could widen the ethnic rift. >>> israeli commanders have launched air strikes on the gaza strip. their drone attacks killed nine people. leaders of hamas say israelis will pay the price. military officials say they targeted rocket launchers and other facilities belonging to hamas. the victims are all said to be linked to the group. a hamas spokesperson called the air strikes a grave escalation in violence. the military officials say the israeli forces were retaliating for attacks by hamas. they say at least 25 projectiles were fired into israel. there are no reports of casualties. palestinians have been protesting the murder of a teenager. they be

officials have issued evacuation advisories to nearly 700 households. roughly 450 households don't have any electricity. the residents of some towns watched and worried as the rain kept falling hour after hour. all that water caused part of a hillside in the central prefecture of nagano to give way. nhk shows us what happened. >> reporter: you could hear it coming. then this. a torrent of mud rushed down a hillside, scattering uprooted trees and dirt and coating a community. >> translator: the house shook violently. i thought it was an earthquake. i opened the window and saw earth and sound rush into the house, so i held on to a pillar. >> reporter: municipal officials say the mudslide washed away a house. a mother and her three sons were inside. one of the boys died. the officials say debris spilled over the banks of another mountain river in the same town. some homes were damaged. people who took shelter in a local elementary school didn't sleep well. over breakfast, they watched tv to get updates on the impact of the storm. >> translator: we suffered

and any case, officials from japan will go to north korea and meet with relevant officials and visit relevant sites related to the investigation and they will receive reports to the japanese officials can keep tabs and check up. >> i'm from -- you said there were unclear points still remaining. >> that was yoshihide suga. he says north korea says the investigation into the abductions of japanese nationals will begin right away. the north has set up a special committee to carry out the investigation. now north korean leaders will give the special committee the power to launch an effective investigation into any organization in the reclusive nation. in return the japanese government will lift sanctions that include restrictions on travel, port calls by ships and tight regulations on money transfers. now this easing of sanctions will happen once north korea begins a new investigation into the abduction of japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. for those of you just joining us this is our lead story this hour. japan's prime minister has made a diplomatic decision aimed at solving a lon

officials even vetoed another draft resolution in the past. >>> u.n. secretary ban ki-moon is pushing for a diplomat ic solution to the conflict. israeli forces are pressing on with aerial and ground attacks and hamas forces are still firing rockets into israel. nhk world's kral dale has more. >>> ban ki-moon urged benjamin netenyahu to exercise restraint. the secretary-general is calling on both sides to end their attacks and deal with the root causes of the conflict. >> we must address these underlying issues including a mutual recognition, occupation, and denial of dignity. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is also saying israel and hamas must look at their fundamental differences. he met in cairo with egyptian president abdel fattah al-sisi. u.s. president supports a cease-fire like the one supported last week by egyptian officials. that agreement called for both sides to stop attacks immediately and send representatives to cairo to negotiate a long-term truce. israel accepted it, hamas rejected it. hamas leaders are pushing for isr

a dozen officials were dismissed from the party or removed from their posts. but investigators determined the worst accusations were unfounded, saying only that officials had lapsed in their duties, but that there was no evidence of children being seized and sold. "how can the government take away my child and claim it is not a crime? how can the government abuse its rights regardless of the laws? i just want to question them like this. is human trafficking allowed in china? is it legal in china for the people to be bullied? this is what i want to ask." both my parents are journalists. my grandfathers are journalists. it's just something that's in the blood. there are so many stories out there that need to be told. we want to go in to the trenches, we want to go in the corners that are less looked at. everyone at al jazeera america is dedicated to tell the story the best way that it can be told. >> israel's invasion of gaza continues tonight. >> we have been hearing a lot of tank shelling coming from where we are, here. >> every single one of these buildings s

but city officials are seeing a way to raise some money now. they're calling on american executives to invest in tokyo. the officials hosted a seminar in new york for dozens of they said more and more eople. opportunities are popping up in the lead up to the games. they said many international companies have had offices in tokyo and they said it is a safe place to do siness. many people seemed to have got the message. >> we love to, you know, open an office there that would serve the larger asia population as our business grows. >> i think a lot of foreigners feel a lot more comfortable looking at tokyo and a lot of the incentives and the infrastructures being put in place. i think people may consider tokyo a lot more than in the past. >> some people were less enthusiastic. they said it is difficult to access the market in japan and then corporate taxes are too high. >>> let's check on markets now. tokyo stocks remain under some selling pressure. the nikkei is trading in the negative, down by .3%. people who follow the markets say investors are

ministry officials say since then, demand has been stagnant. consumers spent 20% less on furniture and electronic appliances and other durable goods. they also bought fewer cars and ate out less. ministry officials say the decline was smaller than in april and may. they say the same thing happened back in 1989 when the government brought in the consumption tax and they say it happened again in 1997 when the rate went up from 3% to 5%. >>> let's get a check of the markets now. many investors in asia were reluctant to trade actively. they're focusing on the federal reserve's two-day policy meeting which is scheduled to begin later on in the day. here's how major benchmarks finished out the day. marketed like seoul and sydney post multi-year closing highs. other markets did extend their winning streaks. jakarta and mumbai are closed for public holidays. in seoul, the kospi hit 2061. that's a level not seen since august 2011. the government's plan to help local companies increase dividends has encouraged investors to shift their money into the mark

official.thing out including terrorism. but the official stresses it still very early in the investigation. wolf? >> brian todd, thanks very much. we're just getting this in from our state department reporter elise labott. so far, this is so far, so far, there are no american names to confirm aboard that doomed malaysian airliner. a senior state department official say is the manifest of passengers, the state department has the manifest of the passengers, they're going through it. they have in, in fact, elyse is joining us right now. tell viewers precisely what you're learning because a lot of people around the world want to know, were there american passengers on that plane. >> with such a long list of passengers, the state department is combing through the manifest carefully. so far, there are no american names to confirm. that doesn't mean there aren't americans, wolf. some of those times there are common names. a lot of names on the manifest don't have passports that are easily identifiable

the officials have admitted that senior members of the security forces and high-ranking government officials engaged in vote rigging. they say they'll carry out an investigation and then announce the final results. the two candidates draw their support from different ethnic bases and some fear a disputed result could widen the ethnic rift. >>> japan's prime minister is in australia seeking to open a new era in trade and diplomacy. shinzo abe has addressed members of article at, becoming the first japanese leader to do so. he explained japan's new approach to security and he called for closer cooperation with australian leaders. >> japan is now wanting to change its legal basis for security so that we can act jointly with other countries. in as many ways as possible. we want to make japan a country that will work to build an international order that upholds the rule of law. >> members of abe's cabinet decided last week to reinterpret the constitution to enable japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense. they want personnel to be able to defend allies under attack. abe told members

according to ukrainian security officials.y say loss of pressure causd the aircraft to plummet from the sky. investigators say experts have been analyzing the jet's black boxes in the uk after the rebels turn over the devices to malaysian officials last week. meantime, international monitors say they are, quote, sick and tired of not being able to visit the crash site. take a look at the map on our wall. those investigators say gun and artillery fire in a nearby town today forced them to call off a trip to the site for the second day in a row. video shows armed rebels guarding themannerner to -- in e monitors' convoy and civilians running for safety. the united nations released new figures showing more than 1100 people have died since fighting win the ukrainian military and russian separatist began four months ago. the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says the attack on the airplane says may be a war cry. steve harrigan is live in the central -- i'm sorry -- in ukraine's capitol city of kiev. what about security at the

the company officials can get employment permits on the spot. within three months, the company can bring the new workers to south korea and hire them. the government is also working to protect the human rights of foreign workers. for example, they are now guaranteed the right to tell jokes. muhammad is from bangladesh. he came to south korea one year ago to work at the factory that makes parts for home electronics. he was forced to live in a shipping container on the factory ground. he says he was physically abused and sometimes wasn't paid for overtime. >> translator: i was kicked hard. i was in great pain. >> reporter: he visited a support center for foreign workers to get help. he could speak to a counselor in bengali. the government has been increasing concentration services in the native language of workers. the government service helped him move to another company this spring. his living conditions and salary improved. he has been able to double the money he sends to his family in bangladesh. eve ever. >> translator: because the support sy

they're waiting for the official outcome of the presidential election. >>> well, tokyo government officials looking to the u.s. now, and they're seeing a way to raise some money. they're calling on american executives to invest in their city in the lead-up to the 2020 olympics. the officials hosted a seminar in new york for dozens of investors and businesspeople. they said more and more opportunities are popping up in their city in the years leading up to the games. they said many international companies have head offices in tokyo. they said it's a safe place to do business, and many people seem to be getting the message. >> we'd love to, you know, open an office there that would serve the larger asia population as our business grows. >> i think a lot of foreigners feel a lot more comfortable looking at tokyo and a lot of the incentives, the english-speaking infrastructure that's being put in place i think would make people consider tokyo more carefully than in the past. >> some, though were less enthusiastic. they said it's difficult to access the market in japan and they say corporate tax

bank officials check sentiment every three months. managers have revised their investment plans upward from three months ago. the officials say that is true for companies of all sizes. . they say higher corporate earnings are making business people more positive about prospects for growth. major manufacturers plan to invest 12.7% more than what they invested in the previous fiscal non year. leading non-manufacturers plan to increase 5% more. >>> tokyo shares opened higher. japanese stocks are extending a month-long rally. car makers are among the biggest gainers. the nikkei up .5% at this hour. >>> currency traders are buying the dollar and selling the yen on signs the u.s. economy is recovering. the euro is straightly stronger. and let's see where the yuan is trading against the dollar. the dollar has been weaker against the chinese currency but is stronger this year. as for how china's stocks are starting the day. shanghai is trading higher and hong kong is up more than 1%. and over in south korea we are seeing a gain as well. >>> j

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a dozen officials were dismissed from the party or removed from their posts. but investigators determined the worst accusations were unfounded, saying only that officials had lapsed in their duties, but that there was no evidence of children being seized and sold. "how can the government take away my child and claim it is not a crime? how can the government abuse its rights regardless of the laws? i just want to question them like this. is human trafficking allowed in china? is it legal in china for the people to be bullied? this is what i want to ask." >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy let the journalists live. >

the malaysian officials say both devices are in good condition. the separatists said they agreed to a cease-fire in the area surrounding the crash site to allow international inspectors safe access. they have also allowed the transport of the bodies of the victims to the eastern city of car kharkiv four days after the crash. officials from the united states, britain, australia and germany have gathered in the city to inspect the remains. flight mh-17 was carrying 298 people from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. the majority of them were dutch citizens. >>> the separatists have faced international scorn for how they handled things. the crash has also created even deeper divisions between russian leaders and those in the west. nhk world's craig dale has more. >> reporter: leaders from the u.s. and other nations blame the separatists for firing the missile that brought down flight mh-17 and killing all 298 people on board, and they've also been criticizing the rebels for blocking access to the site. when pro-russian separatists stopped investigators from e

officials i think one senior official is relatively caught off guard. i think it's okay for me to say that. that indicates not necessarily that the whole u.s. was caught off guard, but there was a momentum that the u.s. officials believed was happening, and it was not necessarily going to lead to this. once the government, the israeli government decided to go in, that, of course, changes the air of diplomacy. it doesn't end it, but the israelis you n now are in, and they're going to pursue their goals. that means if they pursue their goals to the end, to the point that they are reached diplomacy will have to be put on hold simply because it doesn't take two hours to do what they want to do. that said secretary of state john kerry was on the phone with prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the last hour, and he was on the verge of flying here in order to negotiate or help negotiate a permanent cease-fire which was being discussed this morning. there was the notion that the momentum was positive. that means that there is still diplomacy to be had, there ar

officials say the death toll could rise. officials in israel say the operation is targeting underground tunnels. they say members of the islamist group hamas use them to enter israel to carry out attacks. the troops appear to be concentrated in an area of 500 meters from their border with gaza. they say they've destroyed 20 rocket launchers and 9 t. >> translator: our major objective in the operation is to restore peace and security in israel. >> our reporter in gaza says israeli troops are attacking other areas by air and she from vessels off the coast. electricity has been knocked out in many areas. hamas remains defiant, saying occupiers will pay a heavy price. the palestinian death toll since israel began air strikes last week has passav wounded. israel last launched a ground assault against the palestinian enclave five years ago. that operation and preceding air strikes killed more than 1,300 people. >>> former thai prime minister yingluck shinawatra has denied a rumor that she may flee the country. she made the remark

will do the same with officials in kiev. the point is how much influence the two big powers have and whether the ukrainian government and pro-russian forces can find common ground. i think these discussions will take place behind the scenes. >> ohara says cooperation between the big powers is essential to prevent another such attack from occurring. >>> u.n. security council members will meet face to face on friday for an emergency meeting. secretary-general ban ki-moon is calling for answers about what caused the crash. >> there is a clearer need for a full and transparent international investigation. >> ban says he's closely monitoring the situation along with officials at the international civil aviation organization. >>> israeli soldiers are fi fighting their way through parts of the gaza strip in an operation against the islamic group hamas. their ground invasion into the palestinian territory has already come with a cost. reuters news agency says one israeli soldier and 11 palestinians have died. nhk world's craig dale

officials. do they believe that the pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine knew this was a commercial airliner, a boeing 777 with nearly 300 people on board, 298 to be precise, or did they think they were trying to down some other aircraft? >> u.s. officials have been asked that very question a number of times today. they've balked on answering it saying it's to early to conclude what anybody's intentions were. you'll remember the audio we were playing yesterday which seems to show a pro-russian rebel as the plane was shot down saying initially that he thought it was a russian military plane. but again, this is something, wolf, that would have to come out in a much more thorough investigation. >> i thought it was a ukrainian military plane. is that what you meant? >> that's right, a ukrainian military transport. >> all right. stand by. we're going to get back to you. i want to go to the crash scene. it's a horrific scene. phil black is our correspondent. he's there for us. describe what uyer seei

officials. it is certainly an early assessment from ukrainian officials but for what it's worth, ukrainian officials have no doubt that pro-russian separatists brought this plane down and say these are weapons -- they blame the russians, as well. i was speaking to the deputy foreign minister a short time ago. he said putin is responsible in his words, the world needs to stop putin because russia supports terrorist actions like this which is what the ukrainian president called this, a terrorist action. >> in fact, the former united states ambassador to the russian federation, michael mcfaul earlier today said that a man named igor gerg condition, who is a former member of russian intelligence, military intelligence and a former member of the fsb who is now a pro-russian separatist in ukraine head of the people's militia, that he admitted and bragged about shooting down the plane although his people later said that was a fake account. what do we know about that? >> this is another piece of evidenc

officials that, in fact, u.s.urs picked up the heat signature of ukrainian forces firing short-range ballistic missiles into rebel-held territory. those pro-russian separatists along the southeastern border of ukraine with russia. these are short-range ballistic missiles, ground to ground weapons. they go about 50 miles but they have a 1,000-pound warhead. that makes them the deadliest, heaviest weapons fired on the ground in this conflict to date. why might ukraine be doing this? ukraine has had a number of its aircraft shot down. surface to air missiles, the same thing that brought down mh-17. in order to stay out the kill zone of those surface to air missiles, ukraine now turning to very heavy weapons on the ground. no official response from moscow yet. the ukrainian foreign minister says it didn't happen, but i have to tell you, several u.s. officials telling us they have the intelligence information to back it up. but it is so politically sensitive because of course the u.s. supports the ukrainian government,

israeli officials as well. he is looking for a long term solution to this problem and he says the long term solution requires the capacity of palestinian fighting groups to launch rockets into israel. >> any process to resolve the crisis in gaza in a lasting and meaningful way must lead to the disarmament of hamas and all terrorist groups. and we will work closely with israel. and regional partners. and the international community. in support of this goal. >> reporter: now, that is what kerry is saying but president obama in a call to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was really strong, pushing israel to accept a ceasefire. we have seen language we have not seen strongly urging a ceasefire in israel. and shortly after the u.s. releasing that statement, the u.n. used the exact same language that the white house said obama used on netanyahu. >> both tunnels destroyed civilians destroyed, civilians killed et cetera, the numbers? >> reporter: if we just look at the numbers here they are. some 32 tunnels hav

officials say the crash could be weather related.e get an update from our correspondent on the ground in mali. gaza rockets are fired at israel's airport as the west bank braces for more palestinian protests. demonstrators angry over the ongoing violence. the u.s. says russia has fired artillery across its border with ukraine. the state department says it has evidence of moscow's

malaysian officials and officials from malaysian airlines were being asked questions, many questions,om reporters about this why plane, mh flight 17, was even flying over this conflict zone in east ukraine. >> it is a very question. why should an airline fly over this zone when there's been a dispute? >> at all. >> right. because it's allowed to. most airlines are still flying. some have not. some have chosen to avoid ukraine completely. many others are still flying over crimea. i've got two diagrams in front of me here. i won't mention the airlines at the moment. but there is a flight that goes directly over crimea. there's another flight that goes directly over crimea. they filed a flight plan. it's accepted by euro control. they do the flight. and the reason, john, is because it's a hodgepodge mess. some routes have opened above a level. others are closed. it's an unholy mess of who runs which part. >> it's so interesting, though, richard, as you see on the screen right there, the podium, the press briefing room at the white house, president due to speak any minute. a short time ag

intelligence official in the country furious over a month thing spy scandals involving the n.s.a. . and welcome to r.t. international it's just gone eleven pm this friday night here in the russian capital i mean a welcome our top story the number of palestinians killed by israel's air and naval offensive in gaza is now one hundred three twenty two of the dead are children according to local health workers a mosque is also firing rockets but no deaths have been reported in israel these are the latest pictures from gaza. apparently a shallow exploded in a residential area where ma says of people were on the streets surlier on friday rescue workers were searching a collapsed building for survivors and it's really missing it nearby the house had been hit by a pre-dawn strike which killed five people it belonged to an islamic leader on a seven year old girl was among the dead. was. a little over one hundred forty. israel has had over a thousand targets in gas it's also hard growing troops on standby for several days not honest journalist hari fear reports with a month thing civilian deat

government officials are working on a number of leads.soner swap to get the girl's back but the nigerian president says he will not negotiate. >>> israely soldiers caught on camera beating an american teenager. it's brutal, and we have the video ahead. it comes as several israelis reportedly confessed they did indeed kill the teenager's cousin, set him on fire, as part of a revenge plot. and hamas militants are threatening more violence. there's a lot of the information. the blade runner, oscar pistorius, have you seen this new video that has been leaked? he re-enacted the moment he says he shot and killed his magazine model girlfriend, and now his defense team is furious because somebody leaked the images to the news media. will this mean a mistrial? or will we get a verdict this week? the blade runner and the rest of the day's news from the fox news deck after this. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave people the power of the review. and now angie's list is revolutionizing

>> american intelligence officials and obama administration officials are going to crees on, and thatis the acting prime minister is that the block boxes have not been removed, so at least right now that key bit of data is still intact, and not been taken. the second thing that is so overwhelming this' scott in a scene where 295 human beings honest their lives, early this morning and over the past couple of hours symptom of us up in the newsroom have had an opportunity to see the pictures and video that first came in from the scene. and it is gruesome, and obviously made the decision to picks late the most gruesome stuff, but i think our heart goes out to everybody who is on that mane. but also it is not easy for people to scott and others to at dawn, tomorrow, at daylight, you are going to be right there. and you are going to see some things that are absolutely hear fying and grew some. and again, your heart goes out to the people who lost their lives and you think well, maybe this is the story, maybe these are the images that will get the world's attention on this conflict. and figu

officials say it could be two years before it starts lending. and there's the possibility that other countries such as turkey, mexico, and indonesia could join later. >> we should push forward with our cooperation and establish the contingency reserve arrangement as soon as possible. >> 42% of the world's population live in the bricks nations today making up 20% of the world's gd p it' gdp. it's a major moment. they all have huge economic potential. at the same time bricks nations have unique and varying interests that are often at odds with washington. >> a new player in the global aid scene, what impact will it have and dna issues spurred its creation and where does it put its efforts o on the world stage? here to talk about it from our washington studios our guests. professor, we'll start with you. why are these countries striking out on their own? >> well, for a long time these countries have deserved a greater voice at the imf in the world bank. those institutions claim to give voter rights according to the presence of the size of the econo

. >> japan foreign ministry officials say most of the passengers were taiwanese. their families had to wait to find out what happened to them. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> a typhoon had slammed into taiwan before the crash. the center of the storm had moved on to china but it's the winds were still strong and visibility was limited. >> translator: we apologize for the ac. >> the plane was a model called the atr-72. the twin-engine aircraft can carry up to 70 people. the same type crashed two years ago in siberia. 31 people were killed. two years before that another went down in cuba killing all 68 people on board. >>> people across the netherlands have stopped to listen to the tolling of church bells. government leaders declared wednesday a day of national mourning. two planes carrying bodies from the downed malaysian airlines jet arrived on dutch soil. the planes tuchd down at an airport in the city of -- they were carrying the remains of 40 victims. malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down last week over eastern ukraine. most of the 298 people on board wer

puts russian defense officials showing evidence that ukraine had the capability to shoot down the plane moscow is now saying ukraine did it showing evidence that it had the capability to do it contrary to what kiev is now say that claim is brushed off as propaganda information is now politically charged on all airwaves it seems many journalists have already handed down their verdict in washington i'm going to check on r t the us has released images it's a claims the russian military has been firing rockets a few korean territory these pictures courtesy of the state department claim to show the impact of multiple rocket launchers fired over the border from russia and aimed at ukrainian military units the images have been widely distributed on social networks in the media however no u.s. official has commented on the issue thus far the exact source of the data is not clear let's bring in paul craig roberts columnist on the head of the institute for political economy thank you for speaking to us today now to a non-expert like myself doesn't seem to be much actually going on in these pictur

nick, what are you hearing from ukrainian officials? because in the past several days, they have been saying that russian military advisers, that russian military personnel, are actually now stationed on ukrainian territory fighting alongside these separatists? >> well, clearly, and we've seen ourselves a lot of russian citizens, volunteers, many former military service who are accused of being controlled and run by russian security services have been fighting along these separatists for some time, increasingly open about their russian nationalities. what we have seen, increasing numbers of amateur video that show heavy weaponry and missiles that have come into ukraine from russia, according to ukrainian officials. it really makes sense given how sophisticated these weapons are. you have to wonder where exactly did they come from. and there have been accusations that the recent deaths of -- i think it was nearly 30 ukrainian soldiers were caused by a ground missile system. that's a very heavy device that's mounted on a truck. so the fea

officials have raised the death toll to 298. there are so many questions at this hour, including who is responsible and were any american lives lost? we have been following the developing story in our satellite center. for anine is asking investigation. it is unclear who will get custody of the black box. they could answer a lot of questions including who brought down the plane. the debris field stretches over 10 miles. the passport survived intact. the nearly 300 souls on board did not. now the focus is on the investigation and while there is not yet a smoking gun, the theory for u.s. officials is that the lane was brought down by a surface-to-air missile. >> shot down, not an accident, blown out of the sky. >> who was responsible? blamed ukraine, and ukraine's president pointed the finger at russia and called it an act of terrorism. >> we intercepted phone calls as eacherrorist talking to other about shooting down the planes. i believe russia has clear influence on the terrorists. [indiscernible] >> a retired cia intelligence

more than 1500 officials and volunteers took part. an earthquake siren alerted people to get out of buildings and head to evacuation points. then came a tsunami warning. people followed instructions to get inside buildings and head upstairs. city officials say the area hasn't had an earthquake strong enough to destroy buildings for around 40 years. still, they say the region has an active fault and a powerful quake every 400 to 600 years. >>> heavy rains are having an impact on parts of japan and china. meteorologist robert speta joins me now. robert, so how serious is the situation? >> well, shery, at this time, across parts of central and eastern china, it is actually rather serious out here. we'll talk about flooding and risk of landslides in a few areas. and then heading over to japan, the showers are coming down. we'll talk more on that in a second. first, video out of eastern china where we have been seeing significant flooding. you see right off the bat here, we have showers coming down, flooding on the roads. this all occurred

government officials say the ship was hit by a north korean torpedo. leaders in pyongyang have proposed an easing of tensions on the korean peninsula. for example, they've announced they will send a cheering squad in september to the asian games in south korea. unification ministry officials say the aid is based on a plan president park unveiled in march for unification. and government officials are looking for ways to reopen dialogue. >>> leaders from tokyo and pang -- pyongyang have agreed to try to close an issue that has been in the way since the end of world war ii. they're in discussions of how to handle the remains of japanese who died on the korean peninsula about 70 years ago. and now relatives of the deceased are asking their government to take more responsibility for the issue. the two countries agreed in may to talk about the retu of the remains of some 20,000 japanese still in north korea. this was part of a larger agreement on an investigation into the fate of missing japanese, including those abducted by north korea. a group of bereaved

in the region speaking to officials we've you know political officials giving their comments on what happened even with all that there's always some ambiguity but we're also pooling information from from other knees agencies for example as they are now. claiming via an emergency worker that at least one hundred bodies have been found and they are saying through their reports that all of the people on the flight two hundred ninety people are reported dead is the worst possible scenario work is a scare in the air for the for the flight recorder so it seems that the recovery operation is already underway everybody is desperate to try and get that black box to find out what happened here because at the moment nobody knows whether this was a technical fault whether it was a downed plane so the really crucial information at this point that's all yet to be discovered and the accusations are you know i said earlier these these were going to come it wasn't difficult to predict they are coming already president poroshenko on the ukrainian side is all ready making accusations of this being a te

. >>> an official says that f.b.i. and ntsb officials are headed to ukraine in an advisory role but not sure if they are going to the crash site or elsewhere. we are learning more about 298 people on the plane. not every passenger's nationality has been determined, there is no identification of americans. the majority of the passengers, 173, were from the netherlands. ukraine official says 181 bodies have been elected at the site. malaysian government official gave a news conference a few hours ago and the transport minister answered a lot of questions why the plane was flying over the turbulent area. >> the flight path taken was approve by the international organization aviation and the countries which the route passed through. >> the f.a.a. expaded existing restrictions over this area and adjacent areas. all united states flights are prohibited over eastern ukraine until further notice. official say the working theories of being shot down by a surface-to-air missile are being determined to see who launched it. and fr

levi's stadium officially opened to the public today.t has been four years since voters approved the measure to bring the 49ers to the south bay. nfl commissioner roger goodel was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony you saw there. ktvu's azenith smith was also there and things got emotional today. >> reporter: it did. 49ers ceo admit heed got teary eyed today. this stadium a long time in the making and soon 68,000 fans will fill the seats and experience one of the most high tech stadiums in the country. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: and with that the 49ers opened its $1.2 billion new home at levi's stadium. a historic day. >> this is an exciting time for the region. the best is yet to come. this is a great start. >> the first nfl stadium built in california since 1967. right in the heart of silicon valley. >> you can feel the difference. you know the fans will feel the difference. >> reporter: holding 75,000 fans come super bowl l. 165 luxury seats and two video screens. 49ers ceo admitting it hasn't sunk in yet. >> i think it wil

how concerned are officials? >> the statehouse and white house addressed this yesterday, the top item on the agenda, both condemning the murder and pointing out the prime minister has called for swift justice. the white house spokesman called on israeli and palestinian governments to prevent an atmosphere of revenge and retribution and hope that the situation calls down. >> the israeli prime minister netanyahu has called on authorities to identify the perpetrators and motives behind this heinous act and we hope to swiftly see the parties brought to justice. we call on the government of israel to take necessary steps to prevent an atmosphere of revenge and retribution. >> american officials say there's no u.s. investigation going on. they're waiting to see the results of what's happening on the ground with law enforcement there. josh ernest talked about how all sides are talking with their counterparts. the state department says secretary kerry spoke with prime minister netanyahu yesterday. >> is the u.s. planning

against the the the official lay against the official lead or at least to try to do to. put three more or less objectively the picture of what is happening inside ukraine today so it is it is full fledged attack on the freedom of the media and of freedom of speech when i touch upon the refugee situation as well there is evidence thousands are fleeing the conflict zone and instead here crane by the un asked and this number is one hundred and ten thousand are those numbers accurate well. obviously the it is difficult to count but. this number is closer to the real picture and you know that the russian the respective russian authorities they have estimated that almost half a million people have fled to russia but. leave the initial un figures are much lower than one hundred thousand the u.n. presence is in the eastern ukraine and obviously is not significant. they don't have many more knitters and so they have i i do think that they figure so obviously and all that they are they are much much. the state department says that there is no evidence to back the un take it is wri

now israeli officials say that option is off the table. as for a potential ground assault could be hours or days before we get an answer to that. >> john, thank you very much. >>> the crisis on our own bored -- border here in the united states. president obama heading back to washington after a trip to texas lawmakers talk about fixing the problem by spending million billions of dollars. what to do with the tens of thousands of children caught in the middle of this. that's coming up. you know that dream... on my count. ...the one where you step up and save the day? make it happen. with verizon xlte. (crowd) oh no... we've doubled our 4g lte bandwidth... hey guys, i got it right here! in cities coast to coast. so take on more. with xlte on the largest, most reliable network. get 50% off smartphones like the new lg g3. >>> the president heading out of austin, texas, and back to washington the ten minutes now, after discussing the immigration crisis with officials there in texas, including the republican governor, rick perry. republicans and

officials say the crash could be weather related. we get an update from our correspondent on the ground in mali. gaza rockets are fired at israel's airport as the west bank braces for more palestinian protests. demonstrators angry over the ongoing violence. the u.s. says russia has fired artillery across its border with ukraine. the state department says it has evidence of moscow's direct involvement in the separatist insurgency. also coming up in the program, u.s. president barack obama takes a swipe at tax evasion. fans from around the world gather in san diego for the annual hop culture festival known as comic-con. fresh israeli fire has pushed the palestinian death toll in gaza to over 800 according to emergency officials. israeli aircraft struck 30 houses killing a leader of islamic jihad, now a group of hamas. hamas continues to launch rockets into israel. two were intercepted by the defense system as they headed to the airport in tel aviv. following the young combination -- u.n. condemnation of the hundredsf a shelter, of disp

>> nothing is official, and israeli officials wouldn't say that. what the u.s. officials are saying is that they understand that in the nest 24-48 hours, israel would be willing to agree to humanitarian ceasefire. it's about the tunnels. the tunnels lead from gaza into israel. according to an israeli official there's 50 or 60 tonne es in total. they got 25 or 30. somewhere around 50%. that has taken them six days. they are getting better at it, they'll get quicker. it takes a couple of extra days. there's nothing that anybody is saying officially that says okay, israel needs 36 more hours or 32 more hours, and then they'd be willing for a humanitarian ceasefire. there seems to be an understanding that israel will be willing to go for a humanitarian ceasefire in that time because the military operation will be further ahead than it is now. >> can we talk about israel's military strategy. we know about the tunnel aspect of this. in terms of trat gi, it seems you can make an argument that what the israeli military is doing, is moving palestinians into central gaza,

officials point fingers of blame at the pro-russian rebels. they ask who happened to have a camera rolling at the precise direction and time the plane was blown out of the sky bursting into flames. almost immediately the pro-russian rebels moved in to secure and take control of the crash scene and the debris field that stretches over ten miles. a gruesome landscape littered with pieces of malaysian flight 17. remains and personal belongings of the 295 on board. a tourist guide to bali unscathed. at the scene was john wendell, a freelance reporter for abc news. >> reporter: there's blood splattered everywhere and pieces of remains. >> reporter: tonight the rebels claim they have recovered the plane's critical black box data and voice recorders and will send it to moscow. u.s. officials say there is evidence the plane was shot down. >> shot down, not an accident. blown out of the sky. >> reporter: hours after the crash, the ukrainian government posted what were described as audio intercepts of the rebels, first reporting that a military plane ha

officials in reported tenfold increase in pm-2.5. they're advising children and the erllderly to stay indoors. >>> the ex-general who lost indonesia's presidential election is trying to overturn the result. prabowo subianto has filed a legal challenge. he alleges the poll was riddled with fraud. members of indonesia's election commission said tuesday that prabowo lost by six percentage points. they handed victory to jakarta governor joko widodo. prabowo's team say they submitted evidence of irregularities at over 50,000 polling stations nationwide to the constitutional court. his supporters surrounded the building. joko gained support from voters for his promise to work toward bureaucratic reforms and stamp out corruption. analysts do not expect the court to overturn his victory. still, some say judges could order a revote if the evidence of fraud is strong. court officials say the judges will give their decision by the end of next month. >>> investigators in taiwan are examining the remains of a passenger plane that crashed this wee

statement saying that this seems to be yet another example off the activities that official t. was carrying out an entire campaign directed against those independent international journalists who are not following the a line is that the kiev government is presenting and also r.t. has contacted the foreign office for saying that they're looking into the situation and they are trying to help with the consular assistance in ukraine. irene and thanks very much ridiculous with the latest there. now it's only this month that ukraine was labeled the world's most dangerous country for journalists to walk and its report has looked at conflict nations during the first six months of this year and what was found was torn ukraine tops the list with seven international journalists killed during the fighting in iraq is still also very much a danger with six reporters killed there since the start of this year five have died in syria which has been wracked by years of civil war in pakistan two five journalists have been victims of the unrest in that country while in neighboring afghanistan four

are there malaysian officials and dutch, ukrainian officials. >> reporter: yes, i am not familiar withxactly, but first people and investigators are trying to provide as much dignity as possible after this terrible event of the air crash itself. this is mental anguish, bodies were put on to the plane that brought them here. we understand there they will be here, he will take off and land where a much more substantial sermon awaits for the day of national mourning. i just heard the announcer say that the officials are here. so i know that as well. >> nick paton walsh for us. thanks so much for reporting on that. the world is really watching that those bodies can be returned home. >> well, it gives you the sense of the international scale of this tragedy. representatives from ohm countries on the scene there, to these bodies off. and, remember, it's six days now since this flight bass shot from the sky. and only now are these bodies being given the dignity that they so deserve, that the world requires. >>> meanwhile, vladimir putin is promising to use his influence on the pro-russian reb

kimberton fire officials check it out. it was not harmful. no one was injured there. >>> well, tonight police are searching for three young suspects, wanted for burglarizing a home in king sessing. the surveillance captured the three entering rear of the home in the 6500 block of windsor avenue on tuesday. the the suspect's tripped that home's alarm system and then they ran away. but a few minutes later they came back, they stole a lap top computer, a digital camera, some artwork and closing, all valued about $4,800. >>> to camden county now there are predatory contractors praying on homeowners trying to rebuild after losing their homes in fires. >> before they have assessed damage contractors are already knocking at their door. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter, cleve bryan has details new at 6:00. >> it is terrible. >> reporter: marie says no sooner was fire out at her neighbor's house when a public adjuster showed up at her door. >> they wanted my insurance, my house insurance policy, to put a claim against the the fire across the str

officials on each side are blaming the other for the deadly attack. we have amateur video showing the exact moment that the jet crashed into the ground. watch. we're told that fireball was malaysia airlines boeing 777 flight 17, as it exploded on impact with 295 onboard. all of them dead. there are reports that 23 americans were onboard. though, so far the state department has not confirmed that. it is what the manifest for that flight said. and these are the pictures from the scene. gruesome pictures. bloody body parts strewn across the landscape. in some cases, broken seats, and chunks of the plane's fuselage. according to reporters on the scene, some of the passengers are still strapped into their seats, as major portions of the airliner remain intact on the ground. we're told the debris and bodies stretch for nearly ten miles across eastern ukraine. the jet broke apart in large pieces, many with no evidence of any fire, as you can see here. suggesting it likely did not explode until impact with the ground. ukraine's president says his forces had n