This meeting it was a working level but it was a very small working level meeting just 2 south korean officials met with 2 counterparts from the Japanese Trade Ministry so picture says it all its a very small meeting and they explained to south korea that the country is now out of what so called white countries least this allows japan to export its high Tech Technologies to countries on this list without any restrictions and now south korea is on its way to be exempted from this list so from now on Japanese Companies are not allowed to export their eye to products south Korean Companies without certain rules on said certain procedures the weather is next and then. Oysters die and the shrimp are moving out we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins are past you know dying extreme weather and the u. S. Pushes the Mississippi River to record levels taking a heavy toll on wildlife costs. East meets west chinese shalyn mines make an entrance into an american style restaurant very. Hollow to have got more unsettled weather making its way across japan quite a mobile flow in our weather at the moment you see one a cloud moves out of the way slots of clear weather comes in but the next weather system will push through as we go on through the weekend some cloud and rain sliding towards cuba shoe full saturday fabric out there to tokyo humid 28 celsius and sets the afternoon for about 24 on sunday russia showers there through much of the kata home shook you should could all see some showers long spells of rain too across the Korean Peninsula bright skies there for northern parts of china 35 celsius in beijing Southern China southeastern china seeing some really nasty weather you can see this big area cloud here where was saying found the head to save the rain says set to continue we have had flooding concerns maybe 80000 people have had to leave their homes as a result of the extremely heavy rainfall that has been coming through here mudslides as well as a result of that staying disturbance or go on through saturday more heavy rain pushing up towards Shanghai Hong Kong little draw that has been recently but the rain becomes more expansive more widespread as we go on through sunday wet weather all the way down into more than pass the vietnam. Good to have you with us on our top stories turkey says its received the 1st shipment of the russian 400 Missile Defense system the u. S. Has previously warned that it could face sanctions of the deal and that it wont be allowed to buy its f. 35. 00 fighter jets. More than 120. 00 rebel fighters and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 48 hours thats according to the syrian observatory for human rights they were fighting for a village in Hama Province which is now back on the government control and chinas trade to and from the u. S. Has plunged in the past year but an ongoing trade war between the countries the beijing says its trade surplus which triggered the dispute continues to rise. A 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up at a wedding in the killing 5 people and injuring dozens more the attack happened in the Eastern Province of no group has claimed responsibility. Now the captain and chief officer of an Iranian Oil Tanker have been arrested after their ship was seized in waters near gibraltar last week the crew of the grace one were under suspicion of breaking un sanctions by transporting oil to syria Irans Foreign Ministry has demanded the Immediate Release off the oil tanker and following a tally of 3 threats from ted are britons says iranian boats approached one of its oil tankers on thursday prompting a u. K. Warship to intervene iran has denied the encounter well the u. S. 5th fleet says its working closely with the british navy to defend the free flow of commerce and freedom of navigation through the region there in basra has been monitoring reaction in the iranian capital. Diplomatic relations between iran and the United Kingdom have been suffering for many months now and the events of the last 24 hours will not help that situation and the arrest of Senior Officers of the grace of one the oil tanker that was detained last week off the coast of gibraltar by the u. K. Royal marines that is likely to bring the same level of anger from leaders here into iran that the detention of the vessel the seizure of the vessel the oil tanker brought from the senior most levels of government last week irans president and other Senior Leaders calling it a violation of the sanctity of International Waterway something that was creating insecurity many Senior Iranian leaders also called the u. K. Move but that was by all accounts taken at the behest of the United States an act of piracy now iran is very angry about the fact that 2000000 barrels of crude a world were in the cargo vessel at the time of its seizure something that iran will find especially difficult now it is trying to continue to boil in the face of unilateral u. S. Economic sanctions and irans economy is certainly continuing to teeter so this is something that leaders will have taken it very seriously and the arrest of these 2 officers will no doubt escalate tensions even further earlier today iran denied reports that Islamic RevolutionaryGuard Corps Naval vessels tried to capture and seize a british vessel irans government flatly denied any truth to those reports saying that in the past 24 hours there had been no encounter with any foreign vessels irans foreign minister zarif calling the u. K. s version of events again another attempt to escalate tensions with iran. Now the roches news agency is reporting that the United States wont impose sanctions on irans foreign minister last month the u. S. Treasury secretary steve said mamma jobs or if would be blacklisted but sources have told reuters that the decision not to go ahead with that could be a sign that washington wants to keep the door to diplomacy with iran now in the u. S. President donald trump has approved federal resources to louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans is still under water after days of thunder storms and floods residents of putting sandbags outside their properties all leaving town Hurrican Barry is expected to make landfall on saturday now the Mississippi River which runs through new orleans was already at record levels before the nations rains heard engineers have put measures in place to protect communities but as nick clark reports that is having an impact on the environment. The familial Mississippi River a crucial alatri of commerce which drains 41 percent of the entire United States this year its exceeded all records the volume of water down at schools swollen by extreme spring rains and snow melt upstream the mississippi has never been this high for this long it is unprecedented and everyone who lives in new orleans this puts the trust in the levee system which protects the city from flooding while upstream the engineer is well they try and ease the pressure. And theyve done that with a rare opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway built in the 90 thirtys to colossal quantities of water away from the main river in times of high flood of just about 12 times in its history this is actually the 1st year that its been opened twice in the same calendar year so this is really one of the one of the longest floods on record the spillway will remain open until the end of july but theres a problem its upset the ecological balance of the Mississippi Sound diluting the mix of fresh and so water with devastating effect to coastal businesses now were starting to see the repercussions which are you know oysters die in the shrimp or move and we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins of you know dying the turtles are die and we have a lot of salt water species now that are being affected heavily due to the rise of the river west it is a multimillion dollar industry here in St Bernard Parish but its sitting duck landings it down up to 80 percent the fishermen source of income has been all but destroyed and this is a very big impact this is the worst impact that this community has ever seen i mean weve weve been through katrina where weve been completely wiped off the map weve been through b. P. Weve been through a lot in this community watched over the years in my life this Community Come and go but this is the worst that ive ever seen. Now busy. This is a demanding that the federal government step in with emergency funding. For everything is dead and go back out there make no money or show out there. Then they near their help and the fear is with changing weather patterns this could become the new normal you might save the city from flooding but at a cost to a multimillion dollar industry they clog aljazeera new orleans louisiana. And the u. N. Secretary general says the world hasnt done enough to help mozambique after 2 successive cyclons killed hundreds of people and has appealed for more aid 4 months after and kevin devastated much of the region he says its clear that these disasters of course twice Climate Change the storms flattened cities and villages leaving more than a 1000000 people homeless west African Leaders are and i recall to plan the roll out of a single shared currency it would mean 8 former french colonies giving up their use of the c. F. A. From an address reports from ivory coast economic capital. Roasted coffee beans are ready for processing at this plant they ask. The factory is just one west African Business looking to cash in on the regions effort to liberalize trade. The plug says having a single currency would be good for business. There are different currencies in the region transactions among mean the countries is difficult right now but having a single currency makes trading a loss easier. Regional leaders have been pushing to integrate their cubbies they believe they are no closer to having a single currency than at any time. But there are all stickles. Different the level of Economic Development differs from one country to another for example the economies of nigeria ghana i call it the why are so smaller countries will simply drag the more advanced economies just like europe we all produce Raw Materials and import most of our needs there is little imports among member nations the c. F. A. Is one of west africas major caresses its a legal tender in 8 of the 15 countries in the region and if regional leaders have their way it will be replaced by a new currency for the whole of west africa negotiations for the single currency board after the euro have been underway for 30 years but the implementation of the i call west africa single currency was delayed several times but a recent agreement of an african free trade area is symbolise someones incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. While businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the economic bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year by degrees. Now mediators from the African Union say a political transition agreement between saddams military hunter the prodemocracy coalition is expected to be signed by saturday the agreement sets up a joint council that will govern for about 3 years until elections are held brazilian president is being accused of nepotism part of nominating one of his sons to be to the post of u. S. Ambassador eduardo says hes prepared to resign from his position in congress if the nomination is approved but a federal judge says this would be a violation of the constitution. Now the american journalist Glenn Greenwald says hes facing Death Threats and calls for his deportation from brazil after publishing and criminate in Text Messages from the Justice Minister when he was working as a federal judge going what was questioned over the leaks this week by a Congressional Committee he says they show that says you have more improperly advised prosecutors and the corruption trial that jailed former president who is in asio alluded to sell over one of his question their authenticity and says they were obtained by criminal means theres been a very concerted relatively sophisticated and well funded campaign to disseminate information designed to create a Public Perception that im actually a criminal i think in anticipation of the possibility of taking some action against me that will then at least a degree of popular public support. Now a professional Sports Company in china is trying to combine traditional martial arts with american style prowrestling oriental wrestling entertainment has trained shall the monks to perform in the ring but as katrina new reports from shanghai not everyone is convinced by the east meets west experiment. This is not what the op than expected to do. After almost 2 decades of strict training. But hes not complaining the 30 year old is the budding star of oriental wrestling entertainment. Chinas answer to american Pro Wrestling to chinese audiences this rule. Is wolves away from the familiar silence of the shaolin temple. 2 years after its introduction here the sport is starting to win over fans. You know the young men like this nowadays theyre so it isnt yet so powerful i like their strong physics not everyone however is convinced. I dont think this kind of why i think that in china we chinese prefer to watch. Well its not the only fighting style used by the wrestlers. Is central to the sport. Many of those taking part trained as shallow monks who are from martial arts schools in ancient china is doing strained in martial arts protect their communities from bandits and other running these days of a hobby but these men say professional wrestling has given them a new way to turn that person into a career. As an actor as well as a wrestler he says his goal is to become the eastern equivalent of progress threatened Hollywood Star doing the rock johnson. Was there you should be very big in the fall of power we are smaller but have the vantage of who we are also fresh flexible conjunct hard. Critics say oriental wrestling entertainment strays too far from chinas comfy culture but organizers say it puts a contemporary spin on the tradition and brings it to a wider audience says. We need to nurture educate and train the audience is a complex mission even if we dont succeed we die trying. To hopes guest wrestlers from the United States and japan will boost the groups popularity and international profile. But the other person leaks popping up around the country. To have a fight and. Shanghai. Hello again im elizabeth problem in doha with the headlines on aljazeera russian cargo planes have begun delivering a controversial Missile System to turkey the 1st shipment of the s 400 a Defense System has been flown into a military airfield in ankara turkey is expecting delivery of more parts over the next few days the u. S. Had warned it would cancel an f. 35. 00 fighter jet deal if turkey took delivery off the missiles more than one 120. 00 rebels and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 28 hours according to the syrian observatory for human rights they were fighting for a village in Hama Province which is now in the government control they know whether has more from beirut. Was under the governments control the rebels launched an offensive took control of the area and the government recaptured the village this has been happening for 11 weeks now a war of attrition the front lines have been changed there is the stalemate the opposition is making it extremely difficult and costly for the Syrian Government and its allies to advance late april the truce collapsed and the government went on this offensive they havent taken much ground theyve taken a number of towns but thats it. Now chinas trade to and from the u. S. Has plunged in the past year amid an ongoing trade war between the countries but beijing says its trade surplus which triggered the dispute continues to rise japan and south korea have held talks to resolve a worsening trade dispute tokyo has restricted the export of the 2 year olds used in manufacturing smartphones and memory chips to seoul japanese officials said the restrictions of because south korea is failing to control the export of sensitive materials to north korea someone has denied that demanding evidence and a un investigation the valves art by a colonial era disputes. West African Leaders of an ivory coast to plan the rolling out of a single shared currency to move would mean 8 former french colonies given up their use of a decades old currency which is backed by france well those are the headlines on aljazeera do stay with us inside stories coming up next thank you for watching. Testing the special relationship the u. 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