osaka looking at 27.1. in okinawa, we have clouds and rain.e expecting heavy rain from the stationary front that rolls through. you could be dealing with issues of visibility with that much rain. eventually spreading north and east, places may be dealing with rain coming up on sunday. tokyo highs near 20 degrees. you are going from the midteens to single digits on sunday. you may need a coat there if it is ousthe chilly side. going to europe, we are seeing a slight cooling trend coming up. seeing a cold front moving to the south. we go from the 20s on thursday to the midteens in europe as we go through friday. that's a look at your forecast. hope you have a good day wherever you are. ♪ >>> that's all for this he had de edition of nhk "newsline." i'm yoshi ogasawara. stay with us for more soon. ♪ >>> this is "newsline biz" i'm gene otani. a closely watched sentiment shows japan's manufacturers have recovered to pre-pandemic levels. but will take longer to return for several hotels and restaurants. improvement from the previous report released i

selina wang is live for us this osaka, japan. >> reporter: that's right.ely concerning, they are three months away from the tokyo olympics and the situation here continues to get worse. japan is struggling to contain the fourth wave of covid cases which is largely driven by more contagious covid variants. you have the prime minister imminently expected to announce a state of emergency that would cover host city tokyo, osaka, two other prefectures as well. this is not a hard lockdown but it is going to require likely large establishments like shopping malls to temporarily close, but the big question is is this even going to work? tokyo, osaka and many parts of japan have been under a quasi state of emergency that requires restaurants and bars to close early. japan recently revised its laws to allow penalties for rule violators but so far none of that has worked. covid fatigue has clearly set in, you can see that walking through the streets of japan, still major crowds on streets and trains and meantime you have less than 1% of the population fully vaccinate

actually, many prefectures in japan including tokyo and osaka has had these quasi state of emergencyestrictions in place and so far it hasn't worked. covid cases here have been continuing to rise topping 5,000 cases a day. i'm here in osaka which you said is the current epicenter of this fourth wave, it's been hardest hit. the governor here has said that the medical system is on the brink of collapse. a staggering statistic as well from the government panel of experts who say that about 80% of the covid cases here in osaka are coming from those more contagious covid variants. under the state of emergency the government is expected to ask large commercial venues such as shopping malls and department stores to temporarily close and there will be penalties if some people violate those covid restrictions. japan's government recently changed the law to allow that type of legal enforcement. still the question is how effective is this going to be? behind me there's been a steady stream of people, i had to walk through a busy shopping area to get here, still a lot of foot traffic. it is clea

the japanese city of osaka has formally asked for its leg of the torch relay to be canceled because of a spike in coronavirus cases $10000.00 runners take part in their relay and it's seen as a 1st major test of tokyo's ability to hold the games under strict rules the torch was due to reach osaka in mid april. so again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a us police chief has testified against one of his former offices who is accused of murdering george floyd on day 6 of the trial my diary our own don't do it told the jury in minneapolis that derek show vein broke rules on respecting the sanctity of life and acted in in a way that was against police training it is my firm belief that the one singular incident we will be judged forever on will be our use of force and so while it is absolutely imperative their officers go home at the end of the ship we want to make sure and ensure that our community members go home to and so same to tears life is absolutely vital that that is the pillar for use of force we are oftentimes going to be the 1st ones to respond to someone wh

next week and the government has declared a medical emergency in osaka because of the surge there., when you talk about this fourth wave that seems to be coming across japan, it's really twofold, you know, it's the more transmissible variants that the government believes are causing this increase, but also the lifting of the state of emergency about two weeks ago, cherry blossoms blooming, more people outside and since then 39 out of the 47 prefectures across the country have seen an increase in cases. when you talk about this most recent potential fourth wave and you think about the fact that the olympics are set to take police in less than four months, test events have been canceled, olympic qualifiers postponed and canceled, this torch relay event next week canceled. all of these things because of the coronavirus and it's not slowing down. so what the olympic games will look like, if they actually do happen, will be interesting to see in about four months' time. >> i'm sure olympic organizers are nervous and that says nothing of course of the health professionals right now in ja

the result brought an end to osaka's 23—match winning streak.anwhile, in the men's singles, jannik sinner is through to the semi—finals after a straight sets victory over alexander bublik from kazakhstan. the number 21 seed from italy won 7—6, 6—4 to reach the last four of a masters series for the first time in his career. all of the business stories are up all of the business stories are up next. see you in a moment. hello there. despite there being more cloud around across southern britain on wednesday, we still manage to make highs of 2a celsius in the sunny spells across the far south—east. for today, though, it is cooler and fresher for most areas, that is away from the south—west and south wales. here we have the warmth just holding on for one more day, but this area of high pressure with its chillier air starts to topple in from the north—west. that breeze will be noticeable across the north sea coast, feeding in quite a bit of cloud here. elsewhere, though, we should see the clouds breaking up probably the best of the sunshine, again, wi

the japanese city of osaka has formally asked for its leg of the torch relay to be canceled because of a spike in corona virus cases $10000.00 runners take part of their relay and it's seen as a 1st major test of tokyo's ability to hold the games under strict rules the torch was due to reach osaka in mid april. clear again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera a us police chief has testified against one of his former offices who is accused of murdering george floyd on day 6 of the trial of daria our own don't don't told the jury in minneapolis that derek show vein broke rules on respecting.

well i would inform mr coates that today we have 4000 new cases in japan the highest since january osaka no went over 1100 its highest ever a new cases the head of the tokyo medical association today said it would be difficult to hold the games if these viruses continue to spread like this even with no spectators so i think mr coates of course is putting on a strong face that's his job to represent the i.o.c. to be confident but there's still a lot of doubts this virus is not going away in japan well what do you think it would take then to call it off. well you know and having said what i just said it's difficult to imagine the games would be called off and there's a reason for that at the i.o.c. earn 75 percent of its income from television rights they cannot afford to have these games cancelled japan has invested $15000000000.00 officially perhaps twice that much in terms of saving face japan absolutely has to have the games to go forward and prime minister sugo who perhaps is premier ship his prime ministership depends on them going forward they have to succeed so it's almost impossib

recently seen a big surge of corona virus infections the relay is she will to come through osaka in 12 days time. pope francis has begun celebrating the christian holy week of easter by leading a mass insipidus cathedral in bronze but the pontiff skipped the traditional service commemorating jesus' last supper other events over the weekend will be restricted. holy thursday service has also been held in the trade kit they drove in paris it's the 1st since the building was badly damaged in a 52 years ago scaled down certain money involved a foot bossing ritual symbolizes jesus' willingness to say. well more than 30000000 people in britain have received if this coronavirus shot but not everyone is keen to roll up their sleeve vaccine skepticism is especially prevalent among minorities even though they've been hard hit by the virus the deadly is london correspondent bigot mass reports now on efforts to persuade those who might be reluctant to get vaccinated. the district of brant in north london is one of the poorest in the u.k. and it's one of the areas most affected by covert 19 here

the torch relay through osaka today and not run on public roads. surge triggered a state of emergency in the region. the osaka prefecture is 10th of 47 in that torch relay that it will run through in terms of cities and regions. he's hoping for more hardware and swimmer nathan adrian hoping to qualify for the fourth olympics in tokyo and got eight medals from previous olympics. eight medals including five fold. the cal alum got married, overcame testicular cancer and has a new baby. >> nice to see you. congratulations! >> thank you. >> a baby, how's that going? how's fatherhood? >> amazing. the best thing ever. >> are you getting any sleep? >> well yes. we are. we are now. parker, she is -- will be nine weeks on tuesday but she is actually pretty good. goes down at 8:00. does a little dream feed. hallie tries to keep her asleep at 10:00 and then sleep until 6:00 or 7:00 and wake up around 3:00 or 4:00 and put a pacifier in her mouth talking a little bit but yeah. we are getting decent sleep. it was rough at the beginning. >> you guys got it down, a

tokyo and osaka, asking the japanese government to declare a state of emergency to contain another surge in the coronavirus, just three months before the start of the delayed olympics. a lot of talks that they may have to cancel those games. these declines are broad-based. aia contributing most of the decline. sports also, 52 of the 55 shares headed lower. shanghai comp, .6% lower, outperformer as it were. let's look at other asset classes in play. quickly checking in on that oil price. stockpiles and concerns about demand which have sent oil lower. the u.s. dollar index pretty much unchanged. one thing we know is copper futures getting a break after the dollar's decline. certainly it's a situation we are seeing here. commodities waxing and waning in light of what is going on with the dollar index. dollar index unchanged, but we have had a significant increase in u.s. treasury yields. seeing the hold curb to the downside. more on the markets now. haslinda: quite a selloff in the equity market. let's get more analysis with mark cranfield. japanese stocks just cannot catch a break. we are

japan is set to begin a state of emergency sunday in tokyo, osaka, and three other prefectures.irus infections hit daily records this month in osaka. deutsche bank will allow its u.s. interns to decide if they want to work from home or be in the office this summer. they will be able to choose whether they participate in the program purely virtually or come into the office three days a week. deutsche bank says they will get the same quality of training whichever method they select. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> covid caused everybody to step back from capacity and buildout in the supply chain of the industry, and it produced a radical increase in demand, so you have supply chains scaling back a bit, demand scaling up radically. now we are in a position that there is a meaningful shortage, and it's going to be a couple of years until that's fully resolved. jonathan: wow is the right word. that is the intel ceo on the situation

i might add tokyo has 355 new infections and 594 in osaka.and south korea, 543 new infections. kathleen: numbers nobody wants to see, but there they are. chief north asian correspondent, stephen engle. be sure to tune in to bloomberg radio now broadcasting live from the studio in hong kong. you can listen via the app radio plus, or bloombergradio.com. stay with us. kathleen: time for morning calls ahead of the asia trading day with sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. what is on your radar screen now ? sophie: citigroup saying they might see further to go in the dollar strength and that would be a hurdle for global equities. the rebound could take the edge off the stronger dollar. stocks are seen underperforming. this is msci gauge under pressure. we have seen developing nation currencies and bonds on the back foot, pushing the first quarterly declined in a year. morgan stanley said -- staying bearish. vaccines also a pressure point. kathleen: thank you. now for a quick check of business flash headlines. credit suisse is discussing replacing the c

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this would only be in tokyo and osaka, and it's unclear if it's even going to make a dent in this vaccination addressing the myriad of concerns, which include a shortage of venues and a shortage of staff to vaccinate these people. robyn. >> just 1% of the population. it's amazing. selena wang in tokyo, thank you for that. >>> coming up, the virgin hyper loop aims to change the way we think of future travel as well as sustainability. we talk to one of the first people to take a test ride. that's next. ts that your acne left behind. differin dark spot correcting serum has the maximum-strength dark spot-fading power you can get without a prescription. do things differin. you can get without a prescription. germ proof your car with armor all disinfectant. kills 99.9% of bacteria and viruses. (vo) conventional thinking doesn't disrupt the status quo. which is why t-mobile for business uses unconventional thinking to help your business realize new possibilities. only one 5g partner offers unmatched network, support, and value-without any trade offs. ♪ tex-mex. tex-mex. ♪ termites. go back up! hang

japan has declared its third state of emergency in tokyo, osaka, and two other prefectures. and to make matters worse, less than 1% of its population is fully vaccinated. joining me now from tokyo is selena wang. selena, what's the situation where you are right now? >> well, robyn, as you say, it is just staggering that less than 1% of the population has been fully vaccinated. and we are just months away from the olympics, yet another state of emergency has just been put in place. this is not a hard lockdown, but it does ask large commercial facilities and shopping malls that serve alcohol to shut down. the big question, is this even going to work? covid fatigue has set in here. while violators can be fined, it largely still relies on voluntary compliance. i can certainly say that walking through the streets of tokyo, many areas are still quite crowded. and now months away, a growing number of experts are saying they're concerned that this could turn into a super spreader event, that these olympic games would not only enable the spread of variants throughout japan, but also

we're live in osaka, japan with more on this. selena?ity here is that we are just three months away from the olympics and japan is struggling to contain this fourth wave of covid cases driven by these more contagious covid variants, you have the prime minister declaring a state of emergency, now this is not a hard lockdown, but it will require large commercial spaces like shopping malls as well as places that serve alcohol to shutdown. i'm here in osaka right now which is the epicenter of this current wave. the governor said its medical system is on the brink of collapse. you have less than 1% of japan's population fully vaccinated. the majority of the health care workers here have not received a single dose of the vaccine. japan may be known as one of the most technologically advanced country but it struggled with the vaccine rollout. one of the reasons is the slow approval process for vaccines in japan. the country has only approved the pfizer vaccine and even that came late because japan requires additional domestic clinical trials of

still, vaccination in tokyo, osaka, now on this monday, fed chair jay powell flagging the biggest risk to the economy as a resurgent spread of this section. we are waiting as well, you have the s&p ahead after benchmarks capped a three-piece rally on friday. the dollar is trading flat. we see a curve to the 10-year note -- 10 year yield, adding about five basis points. the rpi is expected a jump to record high. taking a picture of this monday, stock across asia, pulling up a chart on the terminal, we are seeing asian stocks lagging in the u.s. and europe. the investors reconsider to market leadership. asset management, they have been priced in in asia. from overweight primarily due to the less bullish gains on chinese stocks. from the central bank, authorities address financial risk. speaking of a chart on the terminal, we are watching for updates and any rating from alibaba. there are currently 29 buys with 12 month price target from analyst far outpacing performance for alibaba and hong kong. haidi: staying with alibaba, they have taken the unusual step of thanking chinese regulators

osaka may see stricter levels.overnor was looking to have bars and restaurants closed or at least to ban alcohol sales, which is the kind of measure we have not seen before in japan. shery: we mentioned the olympics. they are kicking off july 23. what does it mean? isabel: right, well, while no one in the government so far is calling for cancellation, we did see a former minister from the opposition yesterday in the stories we ran yesterday saying cancellations should at least be considered and we have had two senior government officials, including the olympics ministers, saying that things get really bad, cancellation is still an option. japan may be able to reign in cases to some extent with these emergency measures, but obviously, it cannot control the global situation. we have more cases globally than ever before. as has been discussed just now on the program, india and brazil are very far from under control and there's nothing japan can do about that. so would we be in the global position to have athletes come

promised to ensure a safe tokyo olympics this summer after announcing a new state of emergency in tokyo, osakangland is the chef de mission for team gb. it's alarming to hear that it's a state of emergency. in the uk, we call it a lockdown. it is just a different term for broadly measures that we are seeing. the government measures injapan are consistently more relaxed than the government measures in the uk. so, a state of emergency injapan really means that the vast need to shut and the restaurants need to shut by its pm. to shut and the restaurants need to shut by 8pm. so, it is a very different environment. and simon yates has won the tour of the alps after finishing safely in the pack on the fifth and final stage into riva del garda. the stage itself was won by felix grosschartner of bora hansgrohe. yates came home in the green jersey, winning the tour by 58 seconds. the win will no doubt be great preparation for next month's giro d'italia. and that's all the sport for now. hello. wales reached 21 degrees on friday. scotland had its highest temperature of the year so far at 20. and after a

osaka, and await day on tokyo for thursday with -- and a wet day on tokyo with a high of 20. ♪ >> tensousands of food outlets in south korea have been transformed into recycling. i have been reporting on hoyou technology is making this popular. >> in kenya, -- on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >> the top stories from al jazeera, crematorium's are at breaking india. the country struggles with the worst health crisis in modern history. or than half of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide in the past day were in india. president joe biden says people can now socialize outside without a mask if they have been fully vaccinated, but face coverings are still being urge for crowded outdoor thence. at least five people have been killed in chad during protests against new military transition counsel. emmons raters want to return -- demonstrators want to return after they took charge after the president's death. >> palestinians are due to hold different directions -- elections -- their first elections in 15 years. israel says it is not interfering with the ballot. candidates have been struggling to counter

you have to look at the kind of recognition that naomi osaka can command from the world of tennis andbig poster boy for that, and i think for him, it's really a case of how does he cope with all the extra attention. perhaps not the only worry because it is not something that he is particularly unique at ease with, so that's perhaps his biggest challenge, dealing with the amount of attention he's generated for himself. ., , . ~ ., himself. the patrons were back on the fairways. _ himself. the patrons were back on the fairways, the _ himself. the patrons were back on the fairways, the first _ himself. the patrons were back on the fairways, the first golf- himself. the patrons were back on the fairways, the first golf major. the fairways, the first golf major of the year. we just hope more and more fans will get back into it. when you look at that leaderboard, let's look at the runner—up. will zalatoris cut quite a figure. we feel like we will see a lot more of him over the coming months. absolutely, he's pencil slim but showtime because of his looks. he looked at a dustup. we know tradi

anyway, naomi osaka was at the australian open when this happened >> flying around her yeah, there itre's a butterfly on your legs," and naomi osaka's going to take it to safety. >> i saw that, and i was like, what isn't that cute. that butterfly is all of us. we all think naomi's perfect and want to give her a little kiss on the nose. and then, when the butterfly wouldn't leave, naomi gently took it off of her face and set it down. i saw that and was like, what? she is so sweet. because, if a butterfly landed on my face in the middle of a really important thing, i'd have just smashed it, because [ bleep ] a butterfly. then, the funniest thing in the world happened a texas attorney during a trial could not get rid of his zoom filter look >> can you hear me, judge? >> i can hear you. i think it's a filter -- >> it is, and i don't know how to remove it i've got my assistant here she's trying to, but, i'm prepared to go forward with it, if that's -- i'm here live. i'm not a cat. >> i saw that and was like, what are you if you aren't a cat? you sure look like a cat to me "i am not a cat.

but organizers say runners and the torch will be involved in some events in an osaka-city park, next tuesday and wednesday, when the relay was supposed to cross the entire prefecture. the torch relay began, about-two weeks ago. and involves 10,000 runners planning to crisscross the country over the course of four months, ending at the game's opening ceremony in tokyo, on july 23rd. >>> all right. let's turn now to major league baseball. and the orioles hosting the red sox in yesterday's home opener at camden yards. boston starter, eduardo rodriguez, struck out seven batters in his return to the mound after missing all of last season with heart inflammation. leading the red sox to a 7-3 victory. boston has now won four-straight games for the first time since august of 2019. that doesn't really sound like so long ago. red sox and o's now tied for first place. >>> anyway, in queens, new york, a controversial walk-off win for the mets hosting the marlins. tied with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth, a pitch that initially appears good for the strikeout scores the wi

athletes including lebronjames, lewis hamilton, and naomi osaka sharing their thoughts.female athletes living in america, she says the death of the 46—year—old had a profound impact on her. for" months 46—year—old had a profound impact on her. for 11 months he had been asking for a change and for ii asking for a change and for 11 months asking for justice asking for a change and for 11 months asking forjustice and for people around the world. i think the fact that everyone was so nervous and unsure of what the party would be shows how deeply rooted these issues are but nevertheless the fact that the verdict regulate was was such a relief and it really showed that what we have been fighting for and protesting for had some positive change and we are beginning to move in the right direction. sport continues to be a key battleground when it comes to racism. highlighted recently by the racial abuse suffered by black footballers online. today instagram announced controls aimed at tapping the foot —— the problem. fill" controls aimed at tapping the foot -- the problem-— controls

reporter: the torch relay has now reached osaka, the current epicenter of covid infections.omed by weeping crowds, torchbearers were forced to run around an empty park waving to no one. it could be a foretasete of what is to come in july. katty: this week, final voting for the oscars will get underway for what promises to be a more diverse ceremony. among the contenders is riz ahmed, who has made history after becoming the first muslim to be nominated for the best actor award. he spoke to the bbc correspondent. >>'s story about a punk metal drummer who loses his ring has given wide his most high-profile role to late. it has thrust him into the forefront of the oscars race, breaking new ground as the first muslim ever to get nominated in the best actor category. riz: i think it is significant is lots of people can find themselves in living this moment. that is what is good about award shows. it is a way of celebrating work which we can all find ourselves in, so if some people are overjoyed about me being the first person nominated in this category, that is great. reporter: th

in japan authorities in osaka have asked to cancel its leg of the olympic torch relay the city has recently seen a big surge in coronavirus cases the relay is due to come through the through in 12 days 12 days time. pope francis has begun celebrating the christian holy week of easter he's led a mass instant peter's cathedral in rome of the pontiff skipped the traditional service commemorating jesus' last stop and other events over the weekend will be restricted. holy thursday service has also been held at notre dame cathedral in paris it's the 1st since the gothic building was badly damaged in a fire 2 years ago this scale down ceremony in both of football in ritual that symbolizes jesus' willingness to serve. india has expanded its vaccination drive to include everyone over the age of $45.00 health workers given out $64000000.00 doses so far but that covers only a small proportion of the huge population a surge in new infections is raising questions about why india is lagging. explains . run in this electrical supply shop in delhi once took up all of the time. now he spent some of it on th

japan has cancelled a leg of the europe olympic torch relay in osaka this city is seeing a surge in infections the relays making its way across japan observers have been told not to share the tokyo olympics begin in july. the european union is coming under fire over its treatment of migrants for years now thousands of asylum seekers have been living in human conditions in greece 5 islands near the turkish coast are known as hotspots where refugees are housed in overcrowded accommodation most of the children cannot go to school that the e.u. says turkey should make the migrants take the migrants 5 year old agreement but critics say the deal is a human rights disaster sunda reports from the audience of lesbos. a prominent guest at the e.u. says most notorious migration hotspots well here commissioner is a human suntour the mother overly camp in a guarded convoy earlier this week and journalists were given a rare opportunity to visit the nurse or parts of the overcrowded facility scenes of women exercising in the spring sun starkly contrast these pictures from last winter when residents had to ho

japan's government is considering a state of emergency for tokyo, the host site of the olympics, and osakae move would allow local authorities to impose curfews and lockdowns to stop the virus from spreading. >> tokyo continues to be the best prepared olympic city ever. this was underlined by the information that we got from the organizing committee. >> as of right now, the emergency period would be between april 29th to may 9th. the opening ceremony for the olympics is july 23rd. it appears the covid vaccine is safe for pregnant women. that's according to new numbers from the cdc. the results are based on reports from more than 35,000 women who received either the moderna or pfizer shots while pregnant. their rates of miscarriage, premature births and other complications were about the same as women who were studied before the pandemic. researchers say more comprehensive studies and testing is needed. >>> money is on the way for entertainment venues in san francisco that have been closed during the pandemic. beginning today, people who own small venues in the city can apply for grants for

in japan authorities in osaka have asked to cancel its leg of the olympic torch relay the city has recently seen a big surge of corona virus infections. to come through also in 12 days time. ok now to some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the world health organization has criticized europe's vaccine rollout as quote an acceptably slow chile has closed its borders for the month of april despite vets and i think over a 3rd of its population in fiction numbers are still rising and intensive care beds are not the 5 percent capacity and the director of africa's disease control body said india's temporary hold on exporting the astra zeneca vaccine could have a catastrophic impact on the continent india has delayed magic exports to ensure it can meet local demand. well more than 30000000 people in britain have received their 1st coronavirus shot but not everyone is keen to roll up their sleeve vexing skepticism is especially prevalent among minorities even though they've been hard to hit by the virus the double east london correspondent bigot mosse reports now on if it's to p

positivity oh i would inform mr coates that today we had 4000 new cases in japan the highest since january osaka no one over 1100 its highest ever a new cases the head of the tokyo medical association today said it would be difficult to hold the games if these viruses continue to spread like this even with no spectators so i think mr coates of course is putting on a strong face that's his job to represent the i.o.c. to be confident but there are still a lot of doubts this virus is not going away in japan difficult to imagine the days of be called off and there's a reason for that the i.o.c. earn 75 percent of its income for television rights they cannot afford to have these games cancelled japan has invested $15000000000.00 officially perhaps twice that much. in terms of saving face japan absolutely has to have the games to go forward and prime minister sugo who perhaps is premiership his prime ministership depends on them going forward they have to succeed so it's almost impossible to see them being called off but there are some warning signs on the horizon. is down to 0 these are our top stori

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that's after the governor of osaka, the country's third—largest city, submitted a request to call fort least two other cities, including tokyo, is expected to follow suit. us drugmakerjohnson & johnson, not surprisingly, beating expectations for its first quarter earnings. it reported more than $12 billion in revenue, with $100 million coming from sales of its covid—19 vaccine alone, despite concerns of it causing rare blood clots. taiwanese contract electronics manufacturer foxconn will dramatically scale back its planned investment in a wisconsin plant. foxconn is reducing its planned investment from $10 billion to $672 million and cuts the number ofjobs planned from 13,000 to 1,164, governor tony evers said in a statement. the popular chinese video app tiktok is back in the headlines and this time, it's being sued for billions of dollars for allegedly collecting the personal information of millions of children illegally in the uk and europe. mariko 0i is in our asia business hub with the details. i would imagine many parents listening to this now i'm quite concerned. stop what is g

because those are heavy pockets of rain setting up over top of japan wringing out all of that moisture osaka thursday 18 degrees and it's also day for tokyo on thursday with a high of 20. 1 3rd of all the foot produced is wasted with tens of thousands of put out that tower in sus korea has been transformed from what still founder if a global leader in for recycling either reporting on how new technology is making this possible. in kenya i mean the promise and sundays what he thought the livelihoods depend on the wall and a new place a phrase or. amount of the top stories are now to 0 trauma tourism czar breaking point in india as a country struggles with its worst health crisis in modern history when half the new coronavirus cases recorded worldwide in the past day were in india. u.s. president joe biden says people can are socialize outside without a mask if they've been fully vaccinated but face coverings are still being urged for crowded outdoor events. and at least 5 people have been killed in charge during protests against the new military transition council demonstrators want to return

decision's been made to protect its athletes from covert 19 and in another blow to game organizes osaka has formally asks for its leg of the torch relay to be canceled because of a spike in cases $10000.00 runners take on in the relay and it's seen as the 1st major test of tokyo's ability to hold the event in july under streets restoration. to a player again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera a us police chief has testified against one of his former officers who was accused of murdering george floyd on day 6 of the trial may daria are on don't daughter told the jury in minneapolis that dairy show vein broke rules on respecting the sanctity of life and i.

move through thursday we'll watch that band of showers shove into japan so somewhat days ahead for osaka on thursday 18 degrees showers to for taiwan in the forecast on thursday southeast asia we've had those heavy bouts of showers toward thailand malaysia and indonesia particularly for sumatra and borneo will see that continue on wednesday a nice day though for the philippines manila the sun will be out with a high of 31 showers are coming into the western coast of india really this story here is that building heat ahead of monsoon season so really from pakistan great through to west bank all your temperatures are at or above 40 degrees so new delhi goes from 43 to 40 on thursday and we're also tracking building heat into the middle east and cypress your temperatures we're going to dial them up so we take a look at the 3 day forecast for nicosia will be up to 34 degrees by the end of the week. killing the debate down seeing the fiction and amplified your voice you're only human mr merivale the media will miss when true story no topic is off the table why in the world when we humanize an

the torch would normally then be carried to the more western city of osaka, but authorities there arey relay is seen as the first major test of olympic organisers' ability to hold a large event under strict coronavirus curbs. that's it from me, get me any time on social media at lvaughanjones. this is bbc news, goodbye. hello there. it's likely to be a dry day for most of the united kingdom today, but there will be contrasts. where we keep the cloud as we had yesterday, temperatures will be held into high single figures, but in the sunshine, potentially 14—15. now, under the starry skies, that's where we see the frost as we start this saturday morning, but you can see the thicker cloud across northern scotland, central and eastern england, perhaps east wales. and there could also be a little bit of mist and fog where we've kept the clear skies as well. but the day is likely to give us quite a bit of cloud across central and eastern areas. it's likely to lift a little as we go through the day and the skies brighten. similarly so across northern scotland, we keep quite a bit. for the li

decision's been made to protect its athletes from covert 19 and in another blow to game organizes osaka has only asks for its leg of the torch relay to be cancelled because of a spike in cases $10000.00 runners take on in the relay and it's seen as the 1st major test of tokyo's ability to hold the event in july under straights restorations. hello again i'm fully back to deal with the headlines on al-jazeera a u.s. police chief has testified against one of his former officers who was accused of murdering george floyd on day 6 of the trial may daria are on don't doto to the jury in minneapolis that derek show vein broken bones on respecting the sanctity of life and acted in a way that was against a police training once there was no longer any resistance and clearly with mr floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply that level of force to a person prone doubt handcuffed behind their back. that no way shape or form is anything that. is by policy it is not her training it is certainly not part of explorer about. jordan's oil court says printemps have been hussein

. —— after the japanese prime minister has declared a state of emergency in tokyo, osaka and two othern coronavirus cases. it comes three months before the tokyo olympics is set to open. it's set to run from april 25th to may 11th, and will affect a quarter of japan's population. professor seijiro takeshita, from the school of management and information. well, this used to be one of the icons of rejuvenating japan after the decade or two decades of what we call a lost decade ofjapan, where we have been rather stagnating. people are thinking this could be ignition point forjapan, as a new start, and unfortunately i think people are pretty much gutted about the fact that this wave is really simmering that momentum down, to the level where 77% of japanese do not want to have the olympics held, so... i would say this is not only the actual economic impact, but also the psychological impact, which has a very downing effect to the japanese people as a whole. well, considering that 70—80% of the income actually comes from the televised issues, i don't think it will be much of a pain to have,

and in another blow for the game organizes osaka has formally asks for its leg of the torch relay to be canceled because of a spike in covert 1000 cases 10000 want to take part in the relay and it's seen as a 1st major test of tokyo's ability to hold the event in july under tight restrictions. the philippines is struggling to cope with a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases the capital and nearby provinces have been placed under the highest level of restrictions jermain island again has more from manila. dr greece but is the medical director of with the leading public hospitals in manila she says health workers across the country have been overwhelmed by the pandemic but today at least there are some signs of progress it's the 2nd day of public inoculations against 19 and she says this is what gives those working on the front line some hope this. is the solution for this disease so there's no arguing the fight will be 90 in. the solution. at this hospital at least 1300 medical workers are receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine people here tell us they have to line up for hours but it's s

about that drenching rain over japan we're starting to see some of the rainfall amounts come in so osaka 72 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours that's about 3 fourths of what you should get for the entire month of april we look at where the disturbance is right now the bulk of it has pushed off to the pacific still some heavy rains left over though for northern areas of japan but a good helping of rain downpours for shanghai in the forecast on friday take you to india where there is the risk once again for some severe storms to bubble up toward care love province winds will accompany these storms as well and still hanging onto that high heat ahead of monsoon season new delhi 41 the high for you on friday over the middle east we've been dealing with an unusual disturbance that is dropping some pretty incredible rainfall look what it did in mecca a hail storm a severe thunderstorm led to terentia flooding i did say it's unusual because it's producing rain and yemen but this isn't just rain that is centered over the mountains this rain is falling inland also producing some showers as

it is not just tokyo and osaka. it is kyoto.a third of japanese economic activity and l point. -- and output. it is being extended early three months before the olympic start. making that look like it is what is canceling them. this could hurt small businesses. let's look at a terminal chart. people are getting worried about what could happen to first quarter gdp. you can see those first two strong quarters of growth after one bad one. second quarter of last year it down 29%. two gains of 29 -- 23%. this idea that because the u.s. and china are doing better, there will be better exports, stronger japanese economy. that is fading fast. some people are thinking -- are talking about a double dip recession. a research institute says forget a v-shaped recovery. this is what the boj faces. they cannot do much more. they have already done a lot. it certainly makes people wonder today. paul: what does the boj have left in terms of ammunition? what might we expect to hear from them? kathleen: let's member what happened in march. they did

the torch would normally then be carried to the more western city of osaka, but authorities there are121—day relay is seen as the first major test of olympic organisers' ability to hold a large event under strict coronavirus curbs. 10,000 runners carry the torch through 47 prefectures. a quick reminder of our top story now. a police officer has been killed in an attack near the us capitol building in washington after a man drove his car into two offices before getting out of the building and lunging at them with a knife. the man was then shot dead by police. that's it from me, get me online anytime, i am on twitter at lvaughanjones. this is bbc news, goodbye. hello there. it's likely to be a dry day for most of the united kingdom today, but there will be contrasts. where we keep the cloud as we had yesterday, temperatures will be held into high single figures, but in the sunshine, potentially 14—15. now, under the starry skies, that's where we see the frost as we start this saturday morning, but you can see the thicker cloud across northern scotland, central and eastern england, perha

this week, as the olympic torch relay reached osaka, surging covid infections there forced the cancellationno—one. it could be a foretaste of what is to come. rupert wingfield—hayes, tokyo. the scottish green party has launched its manifesto for next month's holyrood elections. the party says it would introduce a windfall tax on large companies that have made extraordinary profits during the pandemic. the greens also want to introduce a levy forfrequent flyers, and roll out an infrastructure programme, worth £7.5 billion, which they say would create 100,000 jobs across scotland. we will invest in scotland — createjobs, revive industry, and build the modern infrastructure the country urgently needs. it is a programme of change because, in the face of the climate emergency and the economic fallout from the pandemic, we need change. but it is a programme that will bring everyone along — no—one left behind. tesco says it has seen "exceptionally strong sales" through the coronavirus pandemic. the supermarket firm says online sales in the uk soared by 77% for the year to february. but business co

the torch relay has now reached osaka, the current epicentre of covid infections.be a foretaste of what is to come injuly. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. members of the royal family — including the queen — have returned to official duties, just days after the death of the duke of edinburgh last friday. their return to work comes as preparations got under way for prince philip's funeral on saturday. our royal correspondent daniela relph has this report. she shared a love of she shared a love of sailing with her father. she shared a love of sailing with herfather. princess and she shared a love of sailing with her father. princess and visited the isle of wight where the duke of edinburgh had once been an admiral. the duke was my —— duke's grandfather shared a tribute on social media. —— granddaughter shared the tribute. supporting the queen is the focus for the royal family. the former lord chamberlain has been at her side for many events over the years as the most senior official in the royal household. yesterday she went ahead with a planned audience w