saturday marks a year since the death of shinzo abe — japan's longest serving prime minister — with aan awaiting trial for murder. one of the issues which emerged from the investigation is an allegation that the suspect attacked mr abe because of links to the religious group unification church. it's since been confirmed that his mother is a member, and had donated large sums to the organisation. and the question of how closely the ruling liberal democratic party — or ldp — is linked to the group, is still being debated. let's bring in our tokyo correspondent. talk us through what exactly the japanese government has done and whether or not they have managed to sever ties. fist or not they have managed to sever ties-— or not they have managed to sever ties-— sever ties. at the time you remember _ sever ties. at the time you remember when _ sever ties. at the time you remember when these - sever ties. at the time you - remember when these allegations came out about the unification church and the fact that shinzo abe's killer had said that because of his mother's huge donations to the cont

is disastrous and there will always be copycats but it is debatable the man who did assassinate shinzo abented. i don't think the church is being truly held accountable for what it has done. so he might actually be disappointed as he is sitting in a jail cell right now. he is sitting in a “ail cell right now. ., ~' he is sitting in a “ail cell right now. . ~ , ., he is sitting in a “ail cell right now. . ~ ., he is sitting in a “ail cell right now. . ., ., , he is sitting in a “ail cell right now. ., ., ., now. thank you for “oining us on the programme. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's take a moment to bring you some of the tennis headlines from wimbledon now — here's chetan pathak... trying to win back to back titles, the defending champion, elena rybakina, looked nervous at times on thursday. alize cornet causing her problems despite injury, but elena rybakina in the end safely through to the third round in straight sets. no such joy for casper ruud, a man who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals. he's still figuring it out on grass, and the b

japan has been marking the first anniversary of the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abeh. mourners came to pay their respects at a buddhist temple in tokyo where an altar had been set up. more than two billion people around the world eat insects every day and many rave about them as a source of vitamins and protein. sofia bettiza has been to an insect farm in north italy that produces pasta made from ground crickets. would you eat cricket pasta? eating insects is nothing new in parts of the world like asia. but is there a shift happening in europe? this farm in northern italy terms 1 million crickets into food every day. first, the crickets, still alive, are frozen. boiled. dried, and then pulverised. this is the final result, a cricket—based flour that can be added to food, like pasta, bread or pancakes. and it is good for the planet. insects require a fraction of the land and water that is used to produce meat. translation: what we do here is very sustainable. i to produce one kilogram of cricket powder we only use about 12 litres of water. whereas producing the same a

saturday marks a year since the death of shinzo abe — japan's longest serving prime minister — with aan allegation that the suspect attacked mr abe because of links to the religious group unification church. it's since been confirmed that his mother is a member, and had donated large sums to the organisation. and the question of how closely the ruling liberal democratic party — or ldp — is linked to the group, is still being debated. jeffrey hall is a lecturer injapanese studies from the kanda university of international studies, and he explained what the japanese government has done about the unification church over the past year. well, over the past year, the ldp has conducted a self—investigation at an individual level, asking members to self report any ties to the church and cut them. not a very strict investigation. they've also passed a law that will provide relief to people who, after the law was passed, are perhaps scammed by the church and other religious organisations. and the government is currently conducting an investigation of the church that may result in it losing its

japan has been marking the first anniversary of the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abeects at a buddhist temple in tokyo where an altar had been set up. police in the indian state of west bengal say at least ten people have been killed in violence related to local polls. the ruling bjp and the trinamool congress party are competing for over 70,000 5eat5. this election is a crucial test for the parties' future in west bengal and upcoming parliamentary elections. more than 2 billion people around the world eat insects every day and many rave about them as a source of vitamins and protein. sofia bettiza has been to an insect farm in north italy that produces pasta made from ground crickets. would you eat cricket pa5ta? eating insects is nothing new in parts of the world like asia. but is there a shift happening in europe? this farm in northern italy term51 million crickets into food every day. first, the crickets, still alive, are frozen. boiled. dried, and then pulveri5ed. this is the final result, a cricket—based flower that can be added to food, like pa5ta, bread or pan

saturday will mark one year since the assassination of abe shinzo, japan's former and longest serving prime minister. abe was fatally shot in broad daylight while campaigning in the city of nara in western japan. his death sent shock waves through japan, and the incident continues to shape the country's politics. 42-year-old yamagama was arrested immediately after opening fire on july 8, 2022. he was arrested and indicted on other charges in january this year. the case against him has yet to be heard in court. he told authorities he did it because he believed abe had close ties with a religious group formerly known the reunification church. he said his mother donated large sums of money to the group which left his family in financial ruin. his trial is expected to be held next year at the earliest. the japanese government is carefully scrutinizing the group to seek a rare court order for restricting its status as a corporate entity. meanwhile since the shooting japanese police have been tightening security measures for high level officials. in april an explosive device was flown towar