i'm also going to distinguish between pennsylvania officials and continental officials. this is a very important distinction. continental officials are the centralized authorities who directed the american enter colonial resistance against great britain, typically from philadelphia. following the americans declaration of independence in 1776, these officials would become in effect the national authorities. our story tonight begins not in pennsylvania, but far to the north, during the americans canadian campaign of late 1775 where rebel forces captured a number of british forts and several hundred british prisoners near montrÉal. you would imagine that this was great news for the americans and innocence, it was. to capture these large british garrisons also posed a serious problem for the americans knew continental congress. having just recently commenced hostilities with britain, wigs lacked both an established prisoner policy and the necessary institutions to hold hundreds of enemy captives. fortunately for continental authorities, 18th-century europe and military conve

officials say anyone in those areas should listen to local authorities and disaster management officialsor information and instructions. officials at iwate hanamaki airport say they have not found any irregularities. more on this as details come in to us. >>> in other news egyptian government leaders are calling on u.s.-led forces to expand their offensive against the islamic state militants. they want coalition members to broaden the scope of their operations to include libya. foreign ministry officials said in a statement that the international community must take immediate and effective action against the militants. the egyptian military on monday carried out airstrikes in eastern libya. analysts say they were retaliating for the apparent killing of 21 christian egyptian captives. military officials say they destroyed militants' targets including training camps and arms depots. the country's state-run media quoted a libyan military commander as saying the attack killed 64 extremists. many people in egypt say they're concerned the militants' threat is spreading. >> translator: i'm very

the officials say all of the three crew members are unconscious.e'll have more on this story as details come in to us. >>> in other news members of the united nations security council are trying to choke off terrorist financing. they're targeting sources of funding for the group islamic state. and they've unanimously adopted a resolution calling for global cooperation. russia drafted the first outline. the resolution was jointly proposed by more than 30 nations, including japan. it threatened sanctions on anyone buying oil from territory under islamic state control. it bans all trade in antiquities from syria and iraq and calls on countries to stop kidnap ransom payments. >> translator: the resolution marks an important step toward cutting the flow of funds to terrorists. >> the loss of people like muaf kenji, haruna, and kayla deepens our resolve to eradicate the violent group that cuts their lives short. >> western nations and russia have been sharply divided over the syrian crisis. but they have cooperated over responses to islamic state militan

now, officials also announced the jobless rate.that figure was up a bit in january from a year earlier to 3.6%. however, the year on-year figures show an improvement. the number of people with jobs rose by 470,000 from the same month in 2014. and that totaled about 63 million. the number of jobless was down by about 70,000 to about 2.3 million. labor ministry officials say the ratio of job offers to people looking for work was unchanged from december at 1.14, and that means that there were 114 positions available for every 100 people seeking employment. >>> and another key piece of data released is that industrial output. economy ministry officials say the economy rose in january for a second straight month as plant managers are seeing more activity on their factory floors. the officials say production was up 4% from december. that beat analysts' forecasts. the ministry officials say output is showing signs of growing at a moderate pace. the output increased in all but two out of 15 sectors. they do expect overall production to ris

something officials in moscow deny. german chancellor angela merkel and french president francois hollande guided difficult discussions this week to get a new cease-fire. they worked through the night with the presidents of ukraine and russia. no one was 100% happy, but they walked away with an agreement, nonetheless. one that resembles a previous deal. among the terms, ukrainian forces and the separatists will begin a cease-fire as of the start of february 15th. they'll begin withdrawing heavy weapons and troops to create a buffer zone. foreign fighters will leave ukraine but there's no deadline and both sides will release hostages and other detainees. by the end of the year ukraine is supposed to regain control of its border with russia. and the parties will work on constitutional reform to give eastern regions more autonomy. rebel leaders have called the agreement a victory. but some of their supporters are being cautious. we will see whether there will be a cease-fire or not, says this woman. they've seen the devast

officials now describe the economy as improving. they cite the 1.5 point increase in the coincident index to 110.7, compared to november. the index is based on a range of data from factory output to personal spending. the officials attribute the improvement to higher output of car parts and electrical products. the index projecting the health of the economy a few months down the road also rose by 1.5. government linked insurance agency in japan will expand coverage against terrorism. natural disasters and other risks abroad. the agency says it wants to support smaller japanese companies operating overseas. officials at nippon export and investment insurance have been explaining the new insurance system to 56 regional banks across the country. the officials say their trade insurance covers losses incurred on exports or overseas investments caused by terrorism, natural disasters, and other mass happens. they say they will also lower the hurdle for covering regional banks exposed to potential foreign risks. the change means the banks w

officials say the find was made near caesarea. the divers found 2,000 coins by chance earlier this month. they first thought they had discovered toys but experts have confirmed the gold is in fact real. the officials say the coins were minted by the fatimid dynasty that ruled egypt and other parts of north africa from the 10th to the 12th centuries. fatimid kalives controlled the port city of caesarea and stationed troops there. the coins are believed to have been intended to pay soldiers salaries or taxes to the government. >> probably belonged to a shipwreck that broke the hold from caesarea that was on the way and sunk in the harbor. >> the officials say the coins are in excellent condition and are priceless. expectations are high for more finds in the area. >>> some japanese experts are lending a helping hand in egypt as the country carries out one of its greatest cultural projects. they're teaching people better ways to collect and restore ancient artifacts. nhk world explains. >> reporter: in the city of giza another histori

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." >> start with one issue. add guests from all sides of the debate and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights at 11:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> abducted. imprisoned. tortured. we talked to a cia insider... >> what is our definition of torture, and what are we allowed to do? >> and a former prisoner who was never charged. >> he was beaten, he was denied sleep. >> find out what really happens in a cia black site. >> yo

officials did not discuss where their air strikes took place.edia reports say they happened in the northern syrian city of raqaa, a major syrian stronghold. people joined in amman to commemorate the pilot. they expressed their anger against his killers and demanded retaliation. >> translator: we are not afraid of islamic state militants. we will win, absolutely. >> translator: jordan should go all out against islamic state. >> a u.s. state department spokesperson welcomed jordan's move. >> jordan, which suffered this horrible loss themselves, is not only clearly comfortable continuing to fly mission, which really shows the strength of the coalition, but has intensified their efforts and doubled down on their commitment to defeat isil. >>> two key european leaders are pushing a new peace plan for ukraine. chancellor angela merkel are taking their proposal to moscow for a meeting with president putin. still, western goths are working on other strategies should the conflict continue to get worse. more from nhk's craig dale. >> reporter: the leaders

officials say the coins date back more than 1,000 years.icials of the israel antiquities authority announced on tuesday that amateur divers destroyed the gold coins near caesarea. the divers found the coins by chance on the sea bed at a depth of 12 meters earlier this month. at first they thought the coins were toys but experts have confirmed that they are in fact the real thing. officials say the coins were minted by the fatimid dynasty that ruled egypt and other parts of north africa from the 10th to the 12th centuries. fatimid caliphs controlled the port city of caesarea and stationed troops will. the coins had been intended to pay soldiers' salaries or taxes to the fatimid government. >> probably belonged to a shipwreck but brought the horde from caesarea to cairo but was on the way and sunk in the area of caesarea harbor. >> the officials say the coins are in excellent condition and are priceless. expectations are high for more finds in the area. >>> it is time now to get a check of the weather. people in many areas of turkey are seein

trade officials from japan and the u.s. have resumed their part of tpp talks on farm products in washington. they're discussing reducing japanese tariffs on u.s. beef, pork, and rice. the japanese side is seeking a safeguard measure for the meat allowing them to raise tariffs temporarily if imports surge. now they also talked about u.s. demands to expand its rice exports to japan. japan's minister in charge of the tpp talks says he wants to accelerate the bilateral negotiations. akira amari said talks among all 12 participating countries cannot move ahead until japan and the u.s. resolve their differences. >> translator: i think we should hold another round of ministerial level talks as early as next month. >> u.s. trade representative michael froman has stressed that negotiators involved in the tpp talks are making good progress. >> the final tpp agreement coming in to focus, and strong expressions of bipartisan support for increasing made in america exports is looking like some of that excitement will be in the area of tr

tepco explained the problem to the group of experts and local government officials. an underground drainage channel is believed to be the root through which tainted water flowed into the ocean. the company officials say they plan to introduce pumps in march to prevent contaminated water from being released. the experts urged the operator to investigate whether the rooftops of other reactor buildings are also sources of tainted water. and they requested increased monitoring of drainage channels and waste water. >>> fishermen working near the nuclear plant have reacted angrily. they say tepco executives betrayed trust by failing to reveal the leaks immediately. leaders of iwaki city's fishery association held a closed door meeting. they decided they would delay a decision on tepco's latest plan to reduce the volume of waste water at the plant. >> translator: participants could only show anger. the discussion was all about mistrust and has made no progress. >> tepco officials want the fisheries in iwaki and the nearby city of soma to support a lan to pump up tainted gro

chinese government officials have expressed concern over the decision.e officials are expected to explain their stance on contributing to international peace and stability. they're also likely to ask china to make its defense spending more transparntent and explain the reasons behind its military expansion. the talks are also expected to focus on fostering mutual trust on maritime security. japanese officials are expected to launch a protest against chinese government boats entering territorial waters in the east china sea around the senkaku islands. japan controls the islands. the japanese government maintains the islands are an inherent part of the country's territory. china and taiwan claim them. >>> an organization trying to outlaw nuclear weapons testing has chosen japan and kazakhstan to lead the next round of efforts to bring that into force. members of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization made the decision in vienna. the u.n. general assembly adopted the treaty in 1996, but it has not been ratified by eight countries including t

officials in jordan called the claim propaganda and those in the u.s. say they have no evidence the 26-year-old is dead. the militants kidnapped her in august 2013 in syria. family and friends in her hometown are struggling to stay hopeful. >> the strain of not knowing where their daughter is at and whether or not she's alive or not, is something that is starting to wear on them. >> reporter: it's yet another reason why government leaders say the fight against islamic state must go on. >> it is affecting the region. it is affecting the whole world at the moment. >> reporter: but many agree dealing with that threat requires more than just air strikes and support for iraqi and kurdish forces. >> the key question is who finances the conflict and who benefits from it. >> reporter: government officials have found it harder to cut off islamic state connections with its supporters. the group relies on weapons and funding from abroad along with revenue from black market oil sales. and it's attracted more than 15,000 fighters from 80-plus countries. still, the m

officials say it was a twin engine turboprop atr-72. they say 31 people died in the crash and 15 have been rescued, but 12 others are still unaccounted for. firefighters and military troops on wednesday night were able to lift the fuselage from the river. media reports say pilots made an emergency call to ground controllers, reporting a malfunction with the engines before losing contact. taiwan's aviation authority say skies over the area were overcast, but conditions were fair enough for the plane to fly. >>> a south korean government official says north korean leader kim jong-un has removed two of their aids from their post. he dismissed a director at the national defense commission for not obeying instructions. he was in charge for the construction of a ski resort planned directly by kim. he said another director was also purged after expressing views different from kim's. the leader's sister may have gotten married and may be pregnant. regarding kim's aunt the official denied some media reports of her death. he said he confirmed she

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government officials see further challenges ahead. they have trimmed half a point from export growth in 2015. for the overall economy, they are sticking to their original forecast. >> translator: we do see signs of economic recovery. we can expect gdp to grow 3.5 to 4.5% for this year. >> to shed more light on where thailand's economy is headed, we have an economist with may bank. great to have you back on our program again. let's start with exports because it accounts for about two-thirds of thailand's economic output. exports posted positive growth for the first time in four quarters. do you think this positive momentum will continue? or do you see any challenges ahead if for thai's export industries? >> okay, yes, i think exports pick up more in the first half this year, both. agricultural and industrial product exports. and yes, we see changes. weaker external damage, especially china, 10% of total exports and also with electronics related products accounting 20% of total exports now losing competitiveness to meet the growing glob

officials released gdp results on thursday. data shows the economy grew at a respe respectable pace last year. the problem is what lies ahead. malaysia's economy grew faster than expected. the central bank said gross domestic product rose 5.8% in the last three months of 2014. stand i standing by spending supported that growth. private consumption grew 8% while investment rose more than 10%. a breakdown by sectors shows mining and construction are both expanding at a brisk pace. the economy grew by 6%. despite that result, the chaos in the oil market is throwing a dark shadow over 2015. the government last month revised its growth forecast. it's trimmed half a point from earlier projection of around 6%. falling oil prices is painted a slippery slope. when oil prices drop, government revenues fall putting fiscal budg budgets under stress. at the same time, a widened fiscal budget deficit puts pressure on the currency. it fell close to a six-year low this week. what it all means for ordinary malaysians. >> reporter: cueing up to

officials say they need $1.5 billion for this year alone. its part japan has pledged more than $45 million to this fight. that includes about half a million dollars in recent funding for a project to send early diagnosis equipment to 11 african nations. craig dale, nhk world. >>> toyota is gearing up to mass produce its future car. and ron madison is here with the latest on this story. ron? >> yep that's right. the future is here for toyota. its car aptly named. it does mean future in english, gene. toyota has launched full-scale production now of the world's first mass market car powered by fuel cells. it is rolling out of the carmaker's factory in central japan. fuel cell vehicles run on electricity produced by the chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. they emit no carbon dioxide while running. mirai has been available since last december. toyota received 1500 orders in just one sales month. public offices, corporations, and private individuals signed up. now the automaker plans to begin selling the mirai in the u.s. and europe this ye

the officials should consider options. he urged them to come up with a plan to control the nuclear waste. the iea plans to publish the final report by the end of march. government officials say they'll use it as a road map for the decommissioning project. officials are looking at options for how to store nuclear waste long term. they've been trying to secure house sites for the past 13 years, they've now revised their basic policy with a panel of experts. the officials plan to bury radioactive waste from commercial plants at least 300 meters under ground. no municipality has stepped forward to host the site over safety concerns. the new policy has unveiled an attempt to brace the impasse. government officials will choose candidate sites based on quality of ground and ease of transportation. the laws will be able to recover the waste if policies change or technical problems arise. scientists are stressing the importance of responding to public concern ss. >> we need to present the public with a plan on the waste disposal. f

membership around the time the p cia was trying to have contact with hamas despite an official band andpy cables we have our exclusive report. >> reporter: the spy cables show us just how the u.s. israel and palestinian authority play political games with each other. >> the general conference has voted to admit palestine as member of unesco. >> unesco gave the state full membership in 2011 and abbas sought recognition since and they talk how they fight the policy to the highest levels and one 2012 cable reveals a secret call from the white white house to the leader and president obama threatened president abbas if he went ahead with the u.n. bid and just as the u.s. was pressuring palestinian authority it now emerges they were seeking contact with hamas, a group it considers a terrorist organization. a secret cable reveals a cia operative in east jerusalem to ask a south african counterpart to put them in touch and says the cia is desperate to make in roads in gaza and recommends they help and doing so they will benefit from the interaction and have requirements of the cia so in other w

officials are projecting their first group net loss in 10 years. officials say the firm posted a group net loss of more than $480 million from april to december last year. the main factor behind this is the posting of an oil inventory appraisal loss of nearly $595 million stemming from falling oil prices since last summer. the officials also say they now expect a group net loss of about $833 million for the current business year ending in march. other japanese wholesalers have also downgraded their earnings forecast. japanese government officials have offered to help ukraine improve its cold fueled thermal power generation. a seminar was held in the capital kiev focusing on japan's technology. the event brought together about 90 people from both governments as well as people from ukrainian power companies. a senior official from the japanese industry ministry said ukraine needs to upgrade its aging coal fire thermal power plants. >> we are ready to help ukraine improve the efficiency of coal fueled power plants. which is the highest level in the wo

officials were deployed here.ee them traveling by foot to deliver daily needs, medicine and livestock. also into austria many roads were -- well really created some traffic chaos on the roads out here due to heavy snowfall. resulted in a massive car pileup involving over 60 vehicles and several people were injured. trying to move his car out of the way. 1,300 workers have been deployed to clear the snow off the roads in that specific case as well. and what we are seeing at least clearing conditions as i mentioned. but back toward the east where the storm system is headed not so much the case moving across italy and now over toward the balkan peninsula has been bringing some rough weather out here already. in western turkey you actually did see one report of a tornado. even back here toward the west in athens you've been seeing on and off rain and snow mix and still some snow in your forecast. still could see upwards of about 20 centimeters across parts of sturky and even the winds gusting as high as 80 kilometers

russian officials submitted the draft resolution. it focuses on major sources of revenue for islamic state and other extremist groups including oil, ransoms, and the antiquity trade. it threatens sanctions for countries that violate certain rules. security council members have already adopted several resolutions to contain islamic state. observers say this one is likely to pass as officials from western nations have raised no objections. >>> the head of the international organization overseeing chemical weapons warns that islamic state militants may have already come into possession of chemical arms. the head of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says there are reports that the group has already used chlorine gas in iraq. >> clearly, this would be a very dangerous move if they were able to produce or to get those kind of substances toxic chemicals, from different sources. so we hope that this will not happen. >> uzumcu says the reports have not yet been verified. he called for increased global efforts to halt th

now officials in a city near tokyo are helping them extend their child bearing years. >> reporter: officials want to offer women some options for future pregnancies. they are ready to launch an initiative allowing them to freeze and store their legs. the plan could go ahead as early as april if the city assembly approves the necessary budget. >> i probably won't be able to start a family until i'm in my 30s because i will be working. i don't think it's wrong to harvest eggs at a young age. >> i wonder what i will do. it won't be an easy decision. >> in the past only married couples end up going for fertility treatments were allowed to freeze eggs. two years ago the procedure was extended to healthy and married women it's the first japanese city to back such a scheme. the plan targets women age 20 to about 35 who live in the city. local authorities will team up with the university hospital to run the program. they will have their eggs harvested and frozen at the hospital. the city will have the cost of preserving the eggs as well as the procedure. the women will only pay about 30% of the tota

>> that's right, we spoke with the senior official with the plo.to her the contents of these leaked spy cables and asked her specifically that question about these direct contacts made by the cia to hamas in 2009. now, she said that it didn't surprise her and that the palestinian leadership has known for some time there were ties between hamas and various security agencies including the cia. she went on to say that what this also tells them is that the u.s. in their own way recognizes or accepts hamas as part of the political process. however, she did go on to say or rather question why the u.s. continues to keep hamas designated as a terrorist organization and went on to say she also questions why the u.s. follows israel's precedent in this matter. now, in saying that we did follow-up that question with if the cia and indeed the u.s. is trying to have direct ties with hamas, what does that mean for the leadership here in the west bank more specifically for fata and does that diminish their power or relationship with the u.s., she replied that she

now the officials do admit a recovery is not as fast as they expected. and say the outlook is uncertain. >>> managers at small and midsize japanese companies are scrambling now to hire new graduates. those firms face tough competition from big companies whose recruiting efforts are becoming more aggressive. officials at the tokyo labor bureau on wednesday will host an annual job fair. it's mainly aimed at college seniors who are graduating in march, and who don't have jobs lined up. the officials say 340 smaller firms applied to take part in the event. but they have room for only half that number. the officials say 120 smaller businesses wanted to participate in a job fair aimed at high school seniors. only 20 or so firms usually take part. labor bureau officials say they want students to take a closer look at smaller companies. the officials say many of those firms want to hire and train younger workers. >>> well weak manufacturing numbers from china are casting a bit of a shadow today over investor sentiment in europe. market players are concerned abou

how kredably are white house officials administration officials considering this claim?> you mean on the -- look not a lot of credibility actually because it's coming from isis number one. and it's the way isis is trying to portray things that it's -- you know that it was somehow a jordanian fighter jet that did this. so which is obviously the propaganda version of the story that isis would love for it to be true. that's why i think there is a lot more skepticism and always hesitance and skepticism but it feels more than normal when isis -- unfortunately as we know, this is all too common when they announce the death of another hostage. >> of course jordan has been reacting to the death of a jordanian hostage so brutally in recent days. we saw marches in the streets and the queen joining the people in recent hours and paying tribute. is this a propaganda move meant in part to drive a wedge between the u.s. and jordan one of the closest military allies in the region? >> i think that was -- that may have been isis' attempt but it seems in the case of jordan that it truly b

was trying to establish contact with hamas despite an official ban. as one of our series of spy cables, we have an exclusive report. >> the spy cable show us just how the u.s., israel and the palestinian authority play political games with each other. >> the general conference has thus voted to admit palestine as member of unesco. >> the state of palestinian was given full membership in 2011 and its president abbas has sought wider u.n. recognition since. the cables illustrate how the americans and israelis fight that policy to the highest levels. one cable reveals a secret phone call from the white house to the palestinian authority leader. president obama threatened president abbas if he went ahead to the u.n. bid. just as the u.s. was pressuring the palestinian authority it now emerging they were seeking to establish contact with hamas a group it consider as terrorist organization. a secret cable reveals a c.i.a. operative in east jerusalem asked his south african counterpart to put them in touch. the south african writes that the c.i.a. seems desp

management officials appear re reluctant reluctant. they will take a comprehensive approach that could include bonuses. not all workers in the electronics business can expect hefty raise this is year. sharp's union will likely pull out from the industry wide wage negotiations as the company is expected to book a net loss this business year. >>> fewer new condominiums were put on sale last year across japan. the number fell for the first time in five years. that was partly due to lower demand following a surge before the consumption tax hike last april. analysts at real estate economic institute say that 83,205 units were put on the market last year. that's down 21% from 2013. declines were seen in most areas of the country. a decline of just over 20% was seen in the greater tokyo area. and hokkaido in northern japan showed the steepest decline of almost 42%. the average condo unit price rose just over 3% in yen terms from the previous year to about $362,000. that's an increase for a second year in a row. the analysts at the institute e

officials shifted the celebration to friday. ktvu's david stevenson is live now in the city where why it has to do with the specific cultural community. david? >> reporter: with the chinese lunar new year falling on thursday this week officials said it made sense to move the president's day holiday celebration. >> reporter: many families spent theidate at fisherman -- spent the day at fisherman's wharf but for san francisco public schools students it was business as usual. >> it was unfair. >> the school district shifts the holiday to friday to follow thursday's lunar new year holiday. >> this decision is very much a reflection of the community that we sever which is asian and we know that thursday is a important day for them. >> the lunar new year school holiday has been celebrated since 2006. the plan to shift the holiday has been in the works since 2013. officials say while it may inconvenience some it makes sense to give students a four day weekend. >> we knew they had off monday and again on thursday but not on friday. we w

as for the agreements western officials as well as ukrainian open officials accusing russia of violenting agreement. now yesterday, we saw the withdraw of ukrainian troops in debaltseve. russian officials were saying debaltseve was never subject to the cease-fire in the first place because the separatists had the city surrounded prior to the agreement being made. they are accusing of using debaltseve as a pre-text for further sanctions. today, the separatists are in control of the city and hope really being that now the fighting will finally stop. that cease-fire will finally take hold. john. >> thanks erin mclaughlin in moscow. >>> officials at ucla medical center scrambling to contain a drug resistant and possibly deadly superbug. two patients have reportedly died and seven for exposed to the bacteria. ucla is notifying 100 other patients who may have been exposed. it is believed it was transmitted during endoscope procedures. >>> all right. overnight, actress allison williams was defending her father. nbc news anchor brian williams was suspended. allison was appearing in new york with

>> i am -- it means i never allowed prison officials in laredo to cowl me.to a dispute with the lieutenant who had a reputation as being a bully and provocateur. he shouted at me one day, you need to start acting more like an inmate. i said, and what is that supposed to mean? should i get a tattoo on my face? should i still food from the cafeteria result of people? does it mean going like this and saying yes, sir, no, sir sorry, sir? that is never going to happen. never. i said respect is two ways. you get respect when you give respect. and i don't respect you. and that is the attitude i maintained throughout my two years in prison. >> what most surprised to there, john? >> i was really surprised how prisoners are treated as -- not treated as human beings. they are treated as somehow subhuman, people not to be respected, people about whose health we should not be concerned, people who don't deserve a fair hearing. it is warehousing and it is warehousing being overseen by flunkies and dropouts from the local police academy or people who could not cut it in th

tse officials plan to establish rules for the new market. they hope to begin listing the funds by the end of this year. >>> leading japanese restaurants and fast food chains suffered lower sales again through january. a food safety scandal surrounding mcdonald's japan was a major factor behind the slump. officials at the japan food service association say last month's sales were down 5% from a year before. that's a year-on-year drop for the second straight month. mcdonald's japan reported a fall of nearly 40%. this followed the discovery of various foreign objects in some of the chain's meals. the plunge drove down total sales at fast food chains by double digits more than 11%, in fact. the rest of the food industry performed a bit better with four out of six sectors showing larger increases than in december. family-style restaurants posted a rise of 3%. coffee shop chains saw sale goes up 2.4%. analysts at the negotiation say sales have been rising steadily in every sector since the start of this month. they're hoping the increase suggests

official said it helped to sharpen the understanding. and the question of international sanctions on iran was discussed. with five weeks left before a political deal the official told reporters talks were challenging and productive, and they were trying to negotiate in good faith. >> in tehran deputy foreign minister said the iranians wanted a deal that represented a win/win for them in the u.s. the iranians wouldn't be bullied into concessions undermining national security. that was in reaction to secretary of state john kerry's statement on saturday that the u.s. is not willing to negotiate forever. i'm confident that president obama is fully prepared to stop the talks if thee feels they are not met with the kind of productive decision making necessary to prove that a programme is in fact peace. . >> more talks are likely in the weeks before the march 31st deadline, and so too, the public declarations from both sides, about what they are not willing to concede. >> that march 31st deadline is not firm. officials hope to have a framework

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." >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> from coast to coast. >> people selling fresh water for fracking. >> stories that have impact. >> we lost lives. >> that make a difference. >> senator, we were hoping that we could ask you some questions about your legal problems. >> that open your world. >> it could be very dangerous. >> i hear gunshots. >> a bullet came right there through the window. >> it absolutely is a crisis. >> real reporting. >> this is what we do. >> america tonight.

government officials are proposing two legislations. one is a permanent law that would allow the sdf to react to situations more quickly. the government has sought special laws to send sdf units to deal with specific situations in previous cases. officials want to provide logistical support to multi-national forces acting on a u.n. resolution, and foreign troops fighting terrorist threats or trying to restore security. sdf personnel could provide transportation, medicine and help in search and rescue missions. officials are proposing revising a law that allows the personnel to support u.s. forces responding to situations that directly affect japan's security. >>> officials from the main ruling liberal democratic party say there should be no geographic limitations to where the sdf can operate. the sdf should provide assistance to foreign troops in addition to the u.s. forces. >> translator: the government maintains that the scope of the law in question is not bound by the notion of geography. i suppose the government's aim is to make the