unesco's committee began deliberations in istanbul on sunday. the panel plans to discuss 29 submissions for cultural and natural world heritage status. the list includes 17 le corbusier buildings in seven countries. an advisory panel selected the buildings for consideration in may this year. if listed, the museum in tokyo would become the 20th world heritage site in japan. >>> the songwriter who penned the lyrics for the international hit song "sukiyaki" yesterday. he was 83. the number reached the top of the billboard charts in 1963. he began his career as a television and radio scriptwriter. he was also a popular radio and tv host known for his witty and straightforward style of talking. [ speaking japanese ] >>> he remained active as a radio personality after he revealed he was suffering from parkinson's disease and prostate cancer in 2010. >>> turning now to business. tokyo stocks rallied following the victory of prime minister abe's governing coalition. gene otani joins us for that and other business headlines. >> nikkei gained more than 60

. >>> unesco's world heritage committee decided earlier this month to add two properties in china to its list of world heritage sites. with the additions, china now has 50 such sites, the second most in the world. chinese leaders are seizing the opportunity to attract tourists and revitalize regional economies, but that's causing some sites the lose their appeal. nhk world's daisuke azuma reports. >> reporter: the rock paintings in guangxi southern china are one of two latest additions to the unesco world heritage list. >> translator: i was really moved. they've survived several thousand years. >> reporter: the paintings depict the ancient festivals. they were done more than 2,000 years ago by ancestors of ethnic minority group living in the area. local residents look forward to the economic impact of the designation. >> translator: i expect more tourists so i'd like to buy two bigger boats. >> reporter: but winning recognition doesn't only bring positives. the old town of luoye was added to the world heritage list in 1997. the culture is a unique mix of those of ethnic minorities in

. >> climbing season at the unesco world heritage site ends on september 10th. >>> and there's more toome here on nhk "newsline," but first, here's the three-day outlook on the world's weather. >>> and recapping our main story this hour, gunmen are still holding hostages after storming a restaurant in the bangladeshi capital dhaka. militants have attacked the restaurant but local police are giving no details on the assailants. local media say the group of gunmen on friday evening raided the restaurant in the city's gulshan district described as being popular with diplomats and middle class families. other unconfirmed reports say at least 20 civilians including foreigners have been taken hostage. police say some officers were wounded. police and security forces have sealed auflt area. the violence comes in the muslim holy month of ramadan. >>> and that's all for now on this edition of nhk "newsline." i'm raja pradhan in tokyo. we'll be back with the latest at the top of the hour so please do stay with us. >> this week global 3000 heads to the nile delta, home to some delightful and noct

the mountain is the tallest and is on unesco's heritage list. hikers will be able to enjoy wifi at 49 locations including all lodging facilities en route to the peak and at the summit. the service will provide information on safety and evacuation in the event of a disaster including volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. an older limited service was available but required an i.d. and password. the free internet access is available now until early september while the mountain lodges are open. >>> time now for the world weather update. flooding continues to plague those living along the rain-drenched areas of eastern china. our meteorologist robert speta has more. >> you can't get much of a break out here. around the yangtze river basin just off to the south and north as well. you take a look at the past week and the satellite picture. just have that rainy season really just continuing to dominate. it is still bringing more rain showers and especially back here towards the west. i want to show you some video out of hunan. dramatic footage here. this

. >> during the second quarter netflix only added 160,000 subscribers here in the unesco units and onetions also they are spending a fortune here in original shows and movies. that figure was just over $10 million a lot of concern that user growth is fading and they're spending more money. thank you very much. melissa: the delegate revolts began as donald trump tries to reunite the republican party. they were trying to challenge it again. thanks so much for joining us. first of all let me ask you about the tone of the convention so far. when he was talking about the romney convention i think it was the most boring thing he's ever seen in his life. it is going to be a lot more exciting. is this a better strategy in your mind. you want people to watch. donald trump open the presidency. of course it is good. you want there to be entertainment. you want voters engaged. more than any candidate. that is the imagination. a lot of storylines are also the people that are not there. the last two republican national presidents. they are making the narrative that the traditional party is in suppor

a unesco world heritage site.re there's a classic little sinkhole. there's loads of these. this is what this area is. i mean, the cradle, this is called the cradle, it's in our world heritage site 'cause 60% of all the evidence for human evolution comes out of this valley. it's from caves like this that keep the record. the geology just conspires to preserve fossils. they're very, very rare things, hominid fossils, but they've found more here in the last ten years than they're sort of found anywhere. so you're home. this is where you started. >> anthony: this is my ancestral homeland? >> dion: this is your ancestral homeland. >> anthony: oh, that sound makes me happy. what does that sound remind you of, guys? what does that evoke for you, that sound? primeval? you know, happy childhoods at the beach. meat sizzling over the fire, you know, parental love, your enemy's genitals frying in hot oil? nothing? no? downright precambrian. fire and fresh-killed eland. i get to work on the heart, something i strongly suspect

iraq's southern wetlands, thought by some to be the biblical garden of eden, have been named a unescoorld heritage site. saddam hussein dammed and drained the marshes in the 1990's to flush out rebels hiding in the reeds. after the u.s.-led invasion in 2003, locals destroyed dams to let water back in, restoring the marsh ecosystem within a few years. many of the marshes' inhabitants are subsistence fishermen, and the area is an important stop for r migratory birds. the marshes are,e, however, once more threatened by new dams as well as by climate change. right now come in washington, livesmembers of black matter are content to shut down offices -- activists have locked themselves to the steps of the fraternal order of police with chains, while others have blocked intersections surrounding the headquarters. the activists are the manning police officers stopped paying dues to the private unions they accuse of defending police use of brutality. fraternalzer says the order of police acts like a college fraternity and is responsible for maintaining the harmful, we feel, and unaccountable c