General and Diet Committee affairs person. He also intends to name sa sato tsutomu as chairperson. And yamaguchi taimei as Election Strategy chairperson. Means that the key post will be filled by members from the five interparty factions that backed him in the election. Suga is preparing for the laufr launch of his new cabinet. Observers say deputy Prime Minister aso taro will likely hold a new post in the cabinet. Attention is also focused on who willll succeed suga as chief cabinet secretary. Suga is in the Selection Process centering on his deputies under the administration of Prime Minister abe shinzo. Nhk has learned british pharmaceutical giant, astrazeneca, plans to resume trials of a Coronavirus Vaccine soon, following their resumption in britain. This week, at the earliest, in multiple locations in japan, with about 250 people aged 18 or older taking part. Astrazeneca is working with Oxford University to develop the vaccine. Trials in britain and brazil are in their final phas
Alameda county d a saying use of deadly force was unreasonable. Thank you for joining us everybody, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the charges coming amid heightened tensions nationwide. Over violent and Deadly Police encounters, san leandro officer Jason Fletcher is now charged with voluntary manslaughter. The da saying deadly force was not reasonable because Steven Taylor did not pose an immediate threat to the officer or anyone else in the store. Heres a look at how the situation unfold. Taylor was shot just minutes after that encounter fletcher had been responding to a call. About an alleged shoplifter with a baseball bat when he arrived. Apparently he did not wait for backup instead tried to grab the bat from taylor before firing his taser and then his gun this all happened in less than 40 seconds the Alameda County d a explains her reasoning. At the time of the shooting was not reasonable to conclude. Mister Steven Taylor pose an imminent threat of death, a Great Bodily Inj
Sources Say Committee officials have more than 400 proposals for antivirus steps. Theyre using saitama super arena, the basketball venue, as a model. The measures for athletes cover transportation by bus, media interviews, and doping tests. In locker rooms, athletes will be asked to refrain from eating or shouting. During media interviews, athletes and interviewers are to remain at least 1. 5 meters apart with a transparent partition placed between them. Spectators will be asked not to shout and will be required or asked to wear face masks. The proposals also include mandatory use of cashless Payment Systems at shops. The committee will assess the feasibility of the proposals. It will then look into measurer for all 43 venues for the games by year end. Latest figures show the global coronavirus pandemic has continued to pick up steam. Data from Johns Hopkins University Puts confirmed cases worldwide at over 15 million. The global death toll tops 617,000. Infections hit t the 5 million
Hes glad to have an extra year to prepare for tokyo. Translator i want to push ahead so ill be in good shapes for the olympics next year if they happen. Jude doak coonosho won gold. Hes the ace on the japanese team. But his training is restricted because athletes have to practice social distancing. Translator to be honest, i havent been able to think about the Tokyo Olympics yet. Nonot being able t to t train he me enjoy judo more. The postponement of the tokyo games is expected to cost several b billion dollars. Organizers are considering ways to reduce spending in over 200 areas. Those include cutting the number of spectators. They plan on focusing on savings in around 50 areas. Theyre planning to announce the overall increase in costs in the next few months. Meanwhile nhk learned the organizing committee of the world event is studying measures to prevent infections. Sources Say Committee officials have more than 400 proposals for antivirus steps. Theyre using the basketball venue at
Its 1300 hours james a little after 9 am in new york where the United Nations Security Council is about to hold its open session on the Israeli Palestinian conflict the issue though is the land specifically israels plans to an excess palestinian territory in the occupied west Bank Something the United Nations is urging israel to a band so we got special coverage on this news and analysis of course of the Security Council meeting with correspondents in west jerusalem and the Jordan Valley as well as of course the United Nations in new york a diplomatic editor james bays is there for us james take us through whats expected today. Well it will start we think in the next few minutes what we know is that this meeting is the regular monthly meeting of the u. N. Security council on the israeli and palestinian issue however its been upgraded this month because of the issue of an exception so ministers can take part and we know that ministers from a number of the Security Council countries will