japan wants to make it impact in africa prime minister shinzo abbay told dozens of african leaders of the tokyo international conference on african development. but i thought from i pledge to you that the government of japan will make every possible effort so the power of japanese private investments of $20000000000.00 in 3 years should in the years to come be surpassed in you from one day to the next the focus on innovation infrastructure and climate change was welcomed by un secretary general antonio tara's lack of sufficient investment in education science technology engineering and mathematics can hold back africa's gross and the private use of opportunity the conference started over 25 years ago to provide aid to africa is development and japan's government has pulled out all the stops but firms have sometimes been reluctant to invest in africa and there been mixed results on meeting earlier pledges. things have taken on a fresh urgency because tokyo is competing with the growing clout of its regional rival china china is the largest asian and global presence in africa japan aims

an atomic bomb on a modern world war 2 that left an estimated 140000 people dead prime minister shinzo abbay attending along with russia america consuming much suing they renew japan's calls for abolishing nuclear weapons. colombia has announced it will grant citizenship to more than 24000 children of the venezuelan parents or us territory who had no legal status or access to health care and education some one and a half 1000000 venezuelan refugees are now living in. a. british police have charged a 17 year old with attempted murder after a child was thrown from the 10th floor viewing platform of the tate modern art museum in london the 6 year old victim was found on the 5th floor or roof and is in stable but critical condition. beijing has issued a stern warning to protesters in hong kong saying that punishment is only a matter of time for those involved this warning comes after a rare press conference from anti-government protesters they called for democracy and condemned the city's pro beijing leaders w. has been monitoring the ongoing protests trollops also bill sent this report from las

japan's prime minister shinzo abbay says south korea's decision to stop sharing military intelligence will damage trust between the 2 countries south korea made the move after japan downgraded its trade status it's been embroiled in an increasingly bitter dispute over wartime. ports now from seoul south korea says it had been hoping until the last minute to avoid pulling out of the pact blaming japan for what's now become the most serious deterioration in relations in decades young japan created a green change in bilateral security cooperation we have determined it would not serve our national interest to maintain an agreement to exchange sensitive military information the intelligence sharing agreement was set up 3 years ago to counter the nuclear and missile threats from north korea its breakdown comes at a time of increased missile testing by pyongyang what anymore called the south korean decision completely misjudges the current regional security environment it's nothing but a disappointment and i find it extremely regrettable disappointment to from the u.s. secretary of state mik

reporters he hadn't discussed it with trump made the comment as a meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo abbay japan has recently reached out to iran with through the u.s. from the iran nuclear court last year here's what trump had to say about approaches to iran well we'll do our rules but you know we can't stop people from talking to they want to talk they can talk. are you now do matters joins us from the summit in berets now the g 7 have mandated mccaughan to send a message to iran but really doesn't seem own borders. exactly oh we've seen that before that kind of communication strategy of donald trump if you want to call it is a strategy at all really is that on the one hand you have diplomats saying that everyone is on one page all the 7 have agreed that my call should start sending a message to iran and then while you're still working what i did with her can number of colleagues on what exactly that message is what the french president prepared very well for the topic of iran meeting before hand with the foreign minister making a phone call with the iranian president and so we expected

reporters he hadn't discussed it with trump made the comment as a meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo abbay japan has recently reached out to iran with through the us from the iran nuclear court last year here's what trump had to say about approaches to iran well we'll do our rules but you know we can't stop people from talking to they want to talk they can talk. are you now do matters joins us from the summit in berets now the g 7 have mandated mccaughan to send a message to iran but really doesn't seem own borders. exactly oh we've seen that before that kind of communication strategy of donald trump if you want to call it is a strategy at all it really is that on the one hand you have diplomats saying that everyone is on one page all the 7 have agreed that my call should start sending a message to iran and then while you're still working what i did with her can number of colleagues on what exactly that message is what the french president prepared very well for the topic of iran meeting before hand with the foreign minister making a phone call with the iranian president and so we expected

japanese prime minister shinzo abbay has confirmed that north korea fired more projectiles into the sea friday but he said the move would not impact his country's security earlier pyongyang rejected a valve by south korean president moon j n to pursue reunification talks thank criticize joint u.s. south korean military drills. climate scientists say that july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth heat waves across asia europe and north america were part of a broader trend the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration says temperatures last month were almost a full degree celsius warmer worldwide than the 20th century average. estate up in east africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the shops closed for business in south africa have been under bandaging the chinese but township police will kill its own by foreign nationals the government says it's concerned and has urged communities to refrain from the criminal activity. and the most vulnerable of the victims of monday's conflict will hear from the children haunted by nightmares off the fighting. ban is kenya on track

sanctions the japanese prime minister shinzo abbay has confirmed that north korea fired more projectiles into the sea friday but he said the move would not impact his country's security earlier pyongyang rejected a valve by south korean president moon j.n. to pursue reunification talks and criticize joint us south korean military drills. climate scientists say that july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth heat waves across asia europe and north america were part of a broader trend the u.s. national oceanic and atmospheric administration says temperatures last month were almost a full degree celsius warmer worldwide than the 2. 20th century average. drama on the high seas all over this ship right here the grace one that's an iranian vessel suspected of violating it you saying sions against syria seized in the mediterranean last month shortly after that iran hit back to ratchet up the tensions by seizing a british flag vessel answer the americans in a courts in gibraltar today washington tried to have the iranian vessel turned over to them but it failed so the tanker is now free t