Security forces taliban themselves is completely intolerable that tells me that if we have some political progress it may surprise people at how how quickly it develops so i dont want to name i dont want to name a survey year year after one year to year three years four years that were going to say afghanistan is broadly at peace but i would say that that rapid progress is actually possible even over the next year neal was. Michael mentioning a Record Number of civilians killed in twenty sixteen three thousand four hundred ninety eight lives and so far this year up until july one thousand six hundred civilians what is the mood of feeling about this long long war in afghanistan what do ordinary people there say about. I think i mean its sad its going to increase and support from the taliban so not from the Afghan Government i mean taliban have been known that i mean paul does a dozen cities where he does a lot of civilians than the. Soldiers. On the government set who operating and the
And a surprising statement. President elect donald trump says the United States is not necessarily bound by the one china policy. Theres been more developments ahead of the key summit between the members of the leaders of japan and russia this week. Holding vice minserial talks beforehand as they try to move ahead with discussions on a longstanding territorial issue. If the Deputy Foreign ministers meet a key topic is Economic Cooperation on russiancontrolled islands. In japan theyre known as the northern territories. Japan claims them. Its government maintain an ininherent part of its territor and says they were illegally occupied after world war ii. The two countries didnt sign a peace treaty after the war because of the dispute. Russian officials have been urging japan to take part in joint Economic Activities on the island, but japanese officials want to make sure that would not lead to recognizing russian sovereignty. A former Russian Ambassador to japan said he had a solution to
Decision on tuesday afternoon when she met with senior party officials. Last week the party floated a plan for park to step down so an election could be held in june. The hope was the plan would appease alienated Party Members who want her out of office while allowing park to save face. Translator President Park said she has been thinking she should dually accept what is decided by the party. Boosted by strong public support, the opposition is still pursuing an impeachment motion. Its likely itll pass on friday with support from the antipark faction. If impeached, shell be suspended from her duties until the Constitutional Court rules. Park told lawmakers shell calmly await for the ruling. Shinzo abe will soon become the first sitting president to visit pearl harbor. Later this month, abe and president barack obama will pay their respects to the victims of the attack. Nhk world has the reaction to the planned trip. Translator i want to reaffirm with president obama what we have done ov
Hanjin seeking to stop vessels from being stranded. Let us know what you think of our top stories. Straight to the markets. Hong kong getting underway in half an hour. Goinglumpur just getting on tuesday morning. Labor day currently in new york. David when you look at the basically next. This is what asia is looking like. Lets talk about europe. Flat fat slightly lower. Just above water there. Ftse 100 down. Asiapacific, what we have seen has been a kickoff when it comes to japan. Have a look at new zealand and south korea. Volumes are flat. Of korea just comes down to the turnover because of the surge in trade in hanjin shipping. Korean air and all the related companies in that trade. Taiwan out with Inflation Numbers, missing expectations. Just over half of 1 for august. It is much higher. No clear direction for asian markets. Have a look at currencies. The dollar is up a little bit at the moment. Europe butsession in a bit quiet when asia started. He dollar to yen, backup as you can
And schools in zimbabwe are reviving traditional instruments like this. U. S. President , barack obama, has set out his plan for the final closure of the Guantanamo Bay. The plan calls for the transfer of the remaining detainees to the u. S. And so in one of my first acts as president , i took action to begin closing it. And because we had bipartisan support, i wanted to make sure that we did it right. I indicated that we would need to take our time to do it in a systematic way, and that we had examined all of the options. And unfortunately, during that period, where we were putting the pieces in place to close it, what had previously been bipartisan support, suddenly became a partisan issue. Suddenly, many who previously had said it should be closed backed off, because they were worried about the politics. Rosiland jordan joins us live now from washington, d. C. Hi, ros. Now obama in his speech said that guantanamo was a stain on the u. S. s record, but what else did he have to say in