Speaker 1 0:00
Welcome to NHK news line. I'm Ramin Mellegard in Tokyo.
WAR IN UKRAINE
TRUMP, ZELENSKYY TALK TOMAHAWK MISSILES
Here's President Donald Trump has hosted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, but warned that providing long range missiles could trigger a bigger escalation. Later, he called on Russia and Ukraine to stop the war immediately. Trump has been considering Zelenskyy's request to acquire the missiles known as tomahawks. The decision has been the focus of much anticipation and debate.
Donald Trump 0:44
Sure, we're going to be talking about that. That's why we're here,
Speaker 1 0:48
But Trump says he wants the conflict to end without thinking about tomahawks. He later posted on social media that he and Zelenskyy had an interesting and cordial meeting, but he didn't say anything about the missiles. Zelenskyy told reporters that he too, would not discuss them.
Zelenskyy 1:06
We decided that we don't speak about it because nobody wants,
you know, I mean, this United States doesn't want escalation.
Speaker 1 1:18
The meeting comes one day after Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone. He says the two will meet in Hungary in the coming weeks. The Russians have warned him against providing tomahawks to Ukraine. Trump later told reporters Russia and Ukraine should stop the war immediately at the battle line, wherever it is. He added, otherwise, it's too complicated.
ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT
GAZA RESIDENTS STRUGGLE TO RECOVER
One week has passed since a cease fire went into effect in the Gaza Strip, and no new fighting has been reported between Hamas and Israeli forces.
An NHK camera person visited Gaza City to see what residents are facing. People been streaming back to their homes from areas in the south where they had taken shelter,
Unknown Speaker 2:19
This is Gaza two years after the fighting.How much I miss the city!
Even though one war is over, the next war is coming... to survive looking for water, electricity and food. I can't even get a tent. I don't know what to do next.
Speaker 1 2:40
international aid has been coming back to the local markets. People are once again able to buy the things they need to survive.
Prices are falling. I hope checkpoints will open and prices drop further.
ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT
HAMAS OFFICIAL: MACHINERY NEEDED TO RECOVER HOSTAGE BODIES
Speaker 1 2:58
A senior political official with Hamas has spoken to NHK Osama Hamdan says the Islamic group is keen to implement a US brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza, but he says a shortage of equipment is making that difficult. The deal requires Hamas to release all 48 hostages, both dead and alive. The group has handled has handed over all 20 surviving captives, but only 10 bodies, prompting anger from Israel.
Osama Hamdan (Hamas senior official) 3:30
Most of the remaining bodies are beneath rubble. Retrieving them will require heavy machinery, but we have not been able to get that due to Israel's obstruction, Hamas is making efforts to maintain the ceasefire.
Speaker 1 3:46
The next phase of the peace plan includes thorny issues such as disarmament of Hamas. Hamdan stressed that the group will not lay down its weapons until Israel ends its occupation.
Osama Hamdan (Hamas senior official) 4:01
Weapons are necessary for establishing a Palestinian state. Once the occupation ends, the disarmament issue will be resolved.
Speaker 1 4:17
The official also suggested the Hamas will discuss the second phase with mediating countries after returning the remaining bodies of dead hostages,
ALLEGED SCAM GROUP LEADER ARRESTED IN JAPAN
Speaker 1 4:34
Police in Tokyo are rounding up members of a multi million dollar fraud ring based in Cambodia. They have arrested three suspects, including a Chinese national thought to be the leader. Officials say the 38 year old is one of two suspects accused of posing as police officers over the phone. They're believed to have swindled about $26,000 in assets from a man and a woman. The other suspect allegedly used the same method to defraud a man out of assets exceeding $200,000. Police believe the Cambodia based group duped about 500 people out of $33 million in the six months through January. They also suspect the involvement of criminal organizations in China and Japan.
INFLUENZA CASES IN JAPAN UP 50% WEEK ON WEEK
Health authorities in Japan are urging people to take precautions against influenza. They say cases nationwide surged by about 50% in a week. The Japan Institute for Health Security and others say there are about 9,000 cases reported by more than 3,000 medical institutions nationwide in the seven days through last Sunday. The average number of patients per institutions was 2.36 up 0.8 from a week earlier, the figure rose in 44 of the country's 47 prefectures. The health ministry is calling on people to take precautions such as washing hands and wearing masks and to consider getting vaccinated.
SPORTS
OHTANI LEADS DODGERS WIN WITH 3 HOMERSSpeaker 1 6:17
In Major League Baseball, Otani Shohei of the LA Dodgers has led his team to the top of the National League Championship Series, both as a pitcher and a hitter. The team now advances to the World Series for the second consecutive year. The Dodgers face the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday in Los Angeles, as the Dodgers. Starting pitcher Otani threw 100 pitches through the middle of the seventh inning. He allowed only two hits and three walks, taking 10 strikeouts and giving up no runs. As a batter, Otani hit a leadoff home run into the right field stands, bringing the first gorgeous team the momentum didn't stop there, with the two way star blasting two more home runs. Now in the ninth inning, another Japanese pitcher, Sasaki Roki, took the mound, closing the game five one. The Dodgers have nine wins and one loss in this year's postseason so far, and have secured the team's 26th National League Championship Otani has been chosen as this year's most valuable player in the National League Championship Series.
And those are the top Stories for this hour.
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♫～ 3-DAY FORECAST ～♫
SAMURAI PARADE HELD AT WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN NIKKO
Speaker 1 8:20
Now, before we go, hundreds of people clad in samurai armor and other traditional attire took part in a parade at a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nikko, north of Tokyo. The parade was held at the Nikko Toshogu shrine in Tochigi Prefecture on Friday. It reenacts the procession that transferred the remains of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan from the 17th to the late 19th century, about 800 people in traditional costumes paraded along a route stretching about one kilometer. A portable shrine weighing more than 800 kilograms was carried by around 50 people. The shrine honors Tokugawa.
Unknown Speaker 9:23
Very, very beautiful, very beautiful.
And I found the children so cute.
Really cute.
I want to pass on local traditional events to future generations.
The parade is held every spring and autumn,
and that's a wrap for this edition of NHK news line. I'm Ramin malagaard, thank you very much for joining us.
Transcribed by https://otter.ai and corrected b owner.
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