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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. we'll bring you more details as they become available. i'm 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 following a mudslide that devastated otami that bring the total saved to 19. otami, the total sav...

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 japan's top coronavirus adviser told the lower house of parliament that it's not normal to host these games during a global pandemic and that holding the olympic...

With tokyo are under a state of emergency, but as far as the tokyo 2020 organizers are concerned, the games will go ahead. cnn's 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 there's nothing that's going to stop these games from happening, tokyo 2020 president made that point when she said that the games will be going ahead and that the event is impossible to postpone a second t...

But of course given how politicized this issue has become on both sides of the pacific it's increasingly unlikely if not outright impossible for the chinese government to agree to do so and for them of course it's not only a sovereignty issue, it's probably a loss of face issue not to mention this is increasingly a domestic issue given the narrative they've been feeding their domestic audience including over the top rhetoric against the u.s. steven jiang, cnn, beijing. a surge of covid cases in japan is forcing the government to consider extending a state of emergency. that's just the latest...

Of respiratory protection do they have? they noted each country should bring their own face masks. i think the approach they're 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 that's just a month before the olympic games are set to begin. >> unbelievable. thanks so much, blake essig in tokyo. european union foreign ministers discuss their next step as they mount a strong response to dell la ruse's forced l...