This statement contains a lot of flesh. I reflect what i believe is a very important understanding, a very important agreement that allows us to continue our inspection work as it should be. Grossii reached the agreemen in the first meeting in the country since taking on the role. Hehe met with irans c chief an president hasan rosan rouhani. Rouhani told grossi, he wants to build. No dates have been revealaled, t grossi told reporters it will be very, very soon. Iran had agreed to allow inspections as part of the landmark a teenager has been arrested after two people were shot dead during protests over the Police Shooting of a black man in n th u. S. State of wisconsnsin. Protests have taken place since jacob blake was critically injured after being shot several times in the back in kenosha city. Many protests have been peaceful, but many have turned violent over night with protesters throwing stones at police who have responded with tear gas. Police say the suspect opened fire during protests on tuesday night. Two people were killed and one person wounded. 17yearold kiyle rittenhouse ws arrested on suspicion o of firs degree intentional homicide. The suspect, descrcribed as a white teenager, allegedly clashed with protesters before opening fire. The shooting may be connected to a group that pushed him to adeputize people to assist people. I had a person call me and say why dont you deputize citizens who have guns to come out and patrol the city of kenosha. And im like, oh, hell no. And what happened last night and i think the chief is going to talk about it was probay wouldnt. Reason why i President Donald Trump said on twittern wednesday that he will send federal Law Enforcement officials to kenosha to, quote, restore law and order. Looting, arson, violence, and r lawlessness on american streets. He also said Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had agreed to accept federal assistance. Meanwhile, the u. S. National Basketball Association has postponedd playoff games scheduled for wednesday. The milwaukee bucs boycotted their game in protest of the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Police in hong kong have arrested 16 people in connection with last years antigovernment protests. Among them are twowo prodemocra lawmakerers. They were taken into custody on wednesday. Theyre suspected of rioting and taking part in illegal gatherings. Lams charges relate to an incident in july last year. Dozens of men in white tshirts attacked him and other demonstrators with sticks. Lam live streamed the class on his smartphone, and police claim that fuelled it. The incident sparked criticism of the police, with some saying Law Enforcement didnt respond quickly enough. These latest arrests come weeks afafter a new National Security law for hong kong took effect. Several other pro democracy activists have been taken into custody in connection with the protests that rocked the territory last year. The head of the territory lam and wi belonged to denounced their arrest. Translator the government is using the police to suppress differering views in society. Its totally unacceptable. Lam was injured in the attack and has spoken out about it recently, claiming a figure linked to a Crime Syndicate was behind it. Japan is still in the middle of a heat wave, but Health Officials are looking ahead to winter, with both covid19 and seasonal flu. They want the elderly to bebe vaccinated for the flu before anyone else. The Health Ministry expects a rush on flu vaccines with people also worried about the coronavirus. There will be enough to cover half the population, and they dont want to run out before those at risk of becoming seriously ill are eprotected. Officials and experts say people 65 and older should get top prpriority. With plans to vaccinate that group in early october. Later that month, medical workers, people with preexisting health conditions, pregnant woman a and infants wi be encouraged to get the vaccine. Since covid19 and influenza have similar symptoms, officials expect higher testing demands, so they plan to increase capacity before flu season begins. On wednesday, officials in tokyo confirmed 236 coronavirus case. Nearly 20,000 people have tested positive in the city of about 14 million. Across japan, more than 65,000 cases have been reported. Over 1,200 people have died. Record numbers of International Cargo flights have been taking off and landing at narita airport near tokyo. Officials at the airport operator say the figure rose 29 to about 15,200 from january to the end of june. Thats the highest number ever marked for that period since the airport opened in 1978. They believe the surging numbers were due to airlines converting their planes from hauling passengers to cargo so they could transport medical and other goods during the coronavirus pandemic. The number of International Passenger flights using narita has plunged. About 44,400 airliners arrived and departed during the sixmonth period. Officials say thats half the number of the same time last year, citing the pandemic as the main reason. Large number of passenger flights have been cancelled or scaled back. About 30 of japans total population live in the greater tokyo area, the capital and surrounding prefectures. But since the on set of the coronavirus pandemic, a growing number of people have been switching to remote work from the peace and quiet of their hometowns out on the countryside. Our next story looks at one man who made that move three years ago. Sa to yoshihisa is a consultant for an i. T. Company in tokyo, but he lives in yamagata prefecture about 330 kilometers away. Hes heading to his Office Inside his parents house just five minutes walk from his home. Sato develops i. T. Systems for companies. In 2017, he decided to leave tokyo and return to his hometown. Now, hee does all his work remotely. As a rule, all his meetings with colleagues and clients are done online. They a also like to chat online during breaks in their work. Translator we always used to chat in the office while we were working. Im glad weve kept that same culture. Translator were all spread out now, so its important to keep in touch individually with each of our junior workers. Reporter as soon as his work is finished, sato heads home. Whenen he was working in tokyo,e rarely had a chance to have dinner with his family on weekdays. After dinner, he gives his baby a bath. Onon his days off, sato helps h father with his farm work. Traranslator its great to here in the place i like best. Its an opportunity to get to know my hometown better. Well, i probably could go back, but i dont want to. Reporter more than a few people in tokyo tend to prioritize their work, but a growing number are following satos example and moving back to their hometowns, far from the city but close to their families. Now, turning to World Weather with your meteorologist tsietsi mow tear. Hello tsietsi. Hello. Looking at the u. S. , hurricane laura is getting stronger. Yes. And its bringing deadly conditions. Yes. So, whats the Major Concerns there. The biggest concern came out of the National Hurricane center saying there could be storm surgeses that are unsusurvive a. We hardly use terms like that but this time it has been deemed so because the storm has gotten stronger and stronger. It has spent a lot of time in open waters and warm weathers so it has gained a lot of momentum. The storm has smoothed out and the pressure in the eye of the center is getting lower and lower meaning it is bringing more intense weather conditions towards places like louisiana and texas across the gulf. People are urged to take precautions and a lot have been evacuated. Lets take a look at this video where preparations are underway. More than 420 texas residents and another 200,000 people in louisiana were under mandatory evacuation orders. Officials say the catastrophic storm surge could penetrate up to 48 kilometers inland from the coastline and could raise water levels as high as six meters. Just imagine that, six meters of water going as far as 40 or 48 kilometers inland. S that going to be disastrous. And theyre expecting vermont and houston as well as the storm reaching the part of texas and is going to move all the way in towards the northeastern direction by friday. So, please do take care at all costs. Turbulent weather is expected across much of thee southeast going all the way into more inland regions as you move towards the east coast. Towards asia, another one here. This is typhoon bevy bringing places along north and south korea and japan and kyushu. Storm surge also a big issue here. Strong winds are expected. If you can evacuate, please do so as soon as possible. Temperaturewise going to be quite warm for shanghai, taiwan, as well as into tokyo which might reach 33 degrees. Thats all for weather. Take care. So, sweltering heat has been baking japan, but an iconic serves as a lord of a castle is trying to fulfill his duty of greeting tourists. The lord of the castle is usually active but recently has been spending uch many of his time resting in the shade. Still, he dutifully greets people when they come. Temperatures there have topped 35 degrees celsius for 18 days in a row. Translator im happy i could finally meet him. It was tough though walking up here in the heat. Translator i would like to make our castle a place that will make people happy. Well all do our best together with our lord. The lords staff have set up a hut with bamboo vines for sanjuto. They also try to keep him out of the sun when they take him for a walk. And that concludes this edition of nhk newsline. Thank you very much for staying with us. Hello there and welcome to newsline in depth. Im catherine kobayayashi in ne york. Today were s shifting our perspective to look at whats happening here in the United States in a time few could have imagined. For centuries, scientists have honored a standard in solving the words problems. They observe, they question, they test. They call their standard the Scientific Method. Today well look at how some are testing its limits in the age of the coronavirus. Researchers across the globe are racing against each other and against time to develop a vaccine. Theyre attracting billions of dollars in support, but some fear their work may leave million of people unprotected. Nhk worlds agnes goldrich reports. Reporter scientists a producing mehan 160 pontial coronavirus vcines. Devepment kwn ashase thr testing. Inhe , aollaboration between oxfdd university and fo pharmaceutical giant as tra zane astrazeneca is showing promise and the vaccine entered phase three in july. Scientists with the National Institutes of health in the u. S. Are partnering with Biotech Company moderna. Their vaccine has also entered phase three trials. And researchers in other countries, including china, are in the final stages of clinical testing. Government leaders are throwing their support behind the efforts. Its objective is to finish developing and then to manufacturer, distribute, a proven Coronavirus Vaccine as fast as possible. The u. S. Paid astrazeneca 1. 2 billion to develop 300 million doses of a vaccine. And officials agreed to give drug maker pfizer nearly 2 billion for 100 million doses. The British Government is stepping up, paying astrazeneca more than 65 Million Pounds to distribute 100 million doses. Officials in france, germany, the netherlands and italy have formed an alliance. Theyve agreed to pay astrazeneca for up to 400 million doses. The countries will split the costs. Japanese leaders are feeling a sense of urgency. Theyre negotiating with foreign drug makers to secure a vaccine supply. Officials at the World Health Organization are concerned. They think richer nations may snap up all the vaccines, so theyve come up with a plan to give access to people in developiping countries. Forty nations have already sign on. It is a difficult suituation because leaders have an objective to help the people within their own country. So, to say give less vaccine to our country so we can give it to other countries becomes a difficult thing politically. Reporter as researchers close in on a Coronavirus Vaccine, the next challenge may be making sure that everyone who nee needs a dose can get it. Agnes goldrich, nhk world. The Scientific Method takes something researchers dont have a lot of these days, time. Some are pushing the body to make its own vaccine, but theres a risk it could make patients even sicker. Nhk world explains. Reporter a global race is on to develop an effective vaccine for covid19. Scientists have already tested some human volunteers and hope to have them in place by the end of the year. Vaccines can sometimes take more than a decade to develop. But researchers are using new technology to speed up the process. Traditional vaccines are made from inactivated or weakened viruses. The bodys immune system reacts to them and produces antibodies. But developing these vaccines is time consuming. Scientists are hopeful about new technology called genebased vaccines. It uses genetic code taken from viruses. The code helps human cells produce specific proteins that increase antibodies. Scientists say the method will allow them to develop drugs more quickly. Researchers at the u. S. Company called moderna therapeutics are pursuing this type of vaccine. They use the genetic material called messenger rna to help cells produce the antibodies that fight the virus. Scientists at another u. S. Company are developing a genebased vaccine of their own. Expressing the protein and look for expression of the actual vaccine component. Reporter they say they are making Good Progress and are getting ready to conduct phase two of the three required Clinical Trials. They claim the drug can be easily mass produced and stored at Room Temperature instead of refrigerated. Ive worked in immunization for almost 40 years now, and ive not seen anything like this with any other agent. Reporter one key issue in developing a vaccine is making sure that its safe. Experts note that vaccines can strengthen infection rather than suppress it. This was seen in Clinical Trials for vaccines for sars and mers. The issue really is in the past the reason you have to do all these studies and phases of studies is what looks very promising early on doesnt turn out to be. Scientists also face challenge provi proving its effective. Clinic trials require a large number of subjects to determine whether eye vaccine will work. But in many countries, the nu number of covid19 cases is declining. So, researchers at Oxford University and drug Maker Astrazeneca are conducting Clinical Trial of their vaccines in brazil, where infections are on the rise. Scientists and researchers are hopeful that genebased vaccine will be a decisive factor in this right. Seo, nhk world, new york. Doctors find themselves in a race every day. Many are exhausted. Many have become sick. And now many are suffering through other afflictions. Heres nhks world david mcclure. Were going to sit in here. Reporter Steven Palmer has been on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak in the u. S. He coordinates Vaccine Research at Columbia UniversityMedical Center in new york. His job puts him in frequent contact with covid19 patients. And reporter the work is grueling and dangerous and has taken an emotional toll. Im not the same person i was before this happened. It really was a mixture of terror, grief and loneliness. Reporter new york was an early epicenter of the pandemic. And Many Health Care providers were among those who died. In march, the first patients were rushed to the Columbia University hospital. We were scared to death, you know . When you first walked into the hospital when covid was happening, it was as if it was in the air blowing at you. I washed my hands i would say up to 50 times a day. I put my hand in again and wash like crazy. Reporter by midmarch, the hospital was inundated. 25 of the patients in palmers vaccine trials died, and his psychological turmoil continued to grow. A number of people called my group and certainly other Health Care Workers heroes. Thank you thank you is a hero somebody who finds out that a patient has died and feels sad about it but theres some sort of relief that youre not going to have to, you know, deal with that one extra case . I wasnt going to be strong enough, that i was losing confidence. Reporter most painful were the feelings of loneliness and isolation. To keep his family safe, he began living apart from them. But that removed yet another system of support. He shows us a journal entry he wrote at the time. We just start out march 13th, coronavirus. It was just all i could think about. It was just it was just coronavirus, coronavirus. And just you know, it was endless. Thats what i did. Reporter now, hes worried about the psychological toll of the potential second wave of the virus. Im not sure how it could be a surge like that again. And i dont know how it could be an emotional surge like that again. I cant imagine we would not be happy. Nobody would be happy. It would be awful. Reporter hospitals had begun to recognize the psychological risks that confront their staff. Theyre Offering Counseling services to help manage the stress and uncertainty. Morning everybody, and welcome to the columbia reporter psychologists at Columbia University started a program for