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People were killed when a c130 military transport plane crashed in the southern philippines. 40 people have been rescued. flames and smoke are pouring from the crash site. at least 9 people were on board when it crashed. at least 17 killed, 40 rescued in a crash in the philippines air force transport plane. well bring you more details as they become available. im going to bring you new information coming in to cnn in the past few hours, officials in japan say nine more people have been rescued...

Canceled or postponed as a result of health and safety concerns. those concerns yamaguchi says the japanese government and olympic organizers have failed to address and that in general appear to be avoiding having the discussion about. now, currently tokyo and nine other prefectures are under a state of emergency order, expected to expire june 20th, just about a month before the games are scheduled to begin and it is worth noting that japans top coronavirus adviser told the lower house of parlia...

With tokyo are under a state of emergency, but as far as the tokyo 2020 organizers are concerned, the games will go ahead. cnns blake essig is live from tokyo. blake, we heard harsh words from a japanese olympic legend. tell us more about what she said and whether it will make any difference at this point with organizers seemingly barreling ahead here. >> reporter: kim, look, it seems like theres nothing thats going to stop these games from happening, tokyo 2020 president made that point when sh...

But of course given how politicized this issue has become on both sides of the pacific its increasingly unlikely if not outright impossible for the chinese government to agree to do so and for them of course its not only a sovereignty issue, its probably a loss of face issue not to mention this is increasingly a domestic issue given the narrative theyve been feeding their domestic audience including over the top rhetoric against the u.s. steven jiang, cnn, beijing. a surge of covid cases in ja...

Of respiratory protection do they have? they noted each country should bring their own face masks. i think the approach theyre taking right now is virtually a dangerous one. >> reporter: possible extension of the state of emergency order is expected to be announced tomorrow for nine prefectures including tokyo and could last until june 20th. if that does happen thats just a month before the olympic games are set to begin. >> unbelievable. thanks so much, blake essig in tokyo. european union fo...