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APEC SUMMIT ENDS WITH JOINT DECLARATION
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in South Korea has ended with leaders adopting a joint declaration.
It addresses what it calls the significant challenges being faced by the global trading system.
The leaders wrapped up their two-day summit Saturday in the city of Gyeongju.
Many of the member economies have been affected by US President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies.
The US is part of the group, though Trump skipped the summit.
The declaration says their goal is to realize an open, dynamic, resilient and peaceful Asia-Pacific community.
South Korean President and Chair Lee Jae-myung says they adopted two more documents.
One is an initiative to enhance the benefits of artificial intelligence.
The other is a framework to address demographic challenges, including declining birth rates and aging populations.
00:01:10 話者 2
We agreed that, because it would be difficult for members to individually address this issue, it is necessary for us to come together at the APEC level, share best practices, and explore ways to jointly address the issue.
00:01:24 話者 1
Prior to the summit, President Trump met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
They reached agreements to ease their trade conflict over issues including tariffs and rare earths.
But many of the agreements are just temporary.
Next year's APEC forum is scheduled to be held in China.
N. KOREA REJECTS DENUCLEARIZATION AHEAD OF CHINA-S. KOREA TALKS
North Korea has slammed South Korea for putting denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on the agenda of the summit between Beijing and Seoul.
In a statement, North Korea's vice foreign minister called the move a pipe dream.
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung was meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday afternoon.
Earlier, the South Korean presidential office said he is expected to discuss denuclearization and peace on the peninsula.
State-run Korean Central News Agency said on Saturday that North Korea's vice foreign minister criticized Seoul for seeking to raise the issue of denuclearization whenever an opportunity arises.
He said the South is struggling to deny North Korea's status as a nuclear weapons power.
He referred to Seoul's idea of denuclearization as a daydream.
JAPAN-LED UN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT RESOLUTION ADOPTED AGAIN
A United Nations Committee has adopted a Japan-led draft resolution calling for steps to achieve a world without nuclear weapons for the 32nd straight year.
The UN General Assembly's first committee adopted the document on Friday.
This year's resolution includes a new proposal taking note of the new START nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia that expires next February.
The resolution calls for trilateral talks among the US, Russia and China to build a framework to prevent nuclear proliferation.
The resolution was supported by 145 countries in a vote.
Five nations, including China, Russia, and North Korea, voted against it. The US abstained.
President Trump has expressed willingness to start nuclear disarmament talks with Beijing and Moscow.
But China has repeatedly said the US and Russia, which it says have more nuclear weapons, should disarm first.
Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said in a statement, the adoption of the draft resolution was significant given what he called the increasingly severe security environment.
He pledged Japan will do its utmost to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.
US GOVT. SHUTDOWN THREATENS CRITICAL FOOD AID
US lawmakers remain deadlocked over a spending bill, and Saturday marks one month since the start of the government shutdown.
The impasse has stalled a range of federal services and could soon stop vital food assistance.
The shutdown is the second longest in US history.
The longest was 35 days during President Donald Trump's first term.
National parks and museums are closed, and the Trump administration has been using the shutdown to reduce the federal workforce.
Officials have sent layoff notices to more than 4,000 government employees.
The US Congressional Budget Office says around 650,000 have been placed on unpaid leave.
Organizers of food banks rallied at the Department of Agriculture.
They're demanding food assistance be continued.
Department officials have warned that the well has run dry and no benefits will be issued from November 1.
They say last fiscal year, more than 40 million Americans relied on the program each month.
That's about one-eighth of the population.
One organizer says they can't keep up without government support.
00:05:03 話者 3
Even though we're doing a lot here today to raise food and funds for local community food banks, there's no way that the community can fill in the gaps.
00:05:13 話者 1
More than 20 states, including Massachusetts and California, as well as the District of Columbia, sued the department.
They argued that suspending the benefits is unlawful.
Federal judges in two similar cases ruled on Friday that the administration must continue providing food aid using contingency funds during the shutdown.
They ordered the Department of Agriculture to notify them by Monday how they will proceed.
ASTRONAUTS BLAST OFF FOR CHINA'S SPACE STATION
A changing of the guard is underway on China's Tiangong Space Station.
Three astronauts have blasted off from Earth to replace those on board.
A space hit launched on Friday in northwestern China.
The space station was completed in 2022.
The new crew members are scheduled to stay for about six months, conducting a spacewalk and a zero-gravity MICE experiment.
00:06:24 話者 4
The carrier rocket has sent the Shenzhou 21 manned spacecraft into the predetermined orbit. I hereby declare the launch mission a complete success.
00:06:42 話者 1
China wants to establish itself as a major space power.
The country has been conducting crewed space flights biannually in recent years, and plans to send astronauts to the moon by 2030.
WOMAN ARRESTED OVER 1999 MURDER IN CENTRAL JAPAN
Japanese police have arrested a 69-year-old woman in connection with a murder committed 26 years ago in Nagoya, central Japan.
Yasufuku Kumiko was arrested on Friday after turning herself into a police station the previous day.
She confessed to killing a 32-year-old woman, Takaba Namiko, in November 1999 by stabbing her multiple times.
Yasufuku and the victim's husband are said to have attended high school together in the same grade and belonged to the tennis club.
00:07:29 話者 5
I met her again at a high school reunion 24 years after graduation.
The incident took place a year later.
I don't understand how it happened.
00:07:39 話者 1
The police say DNA extracted from blood left at the murder scene matches that of the suspect.
Investigators plan to question Yasufuk about details of the killing and her motives.
JAPAN POLICE CONSIDERING USE OF RIFLES ON DANGEROUS BEARS
Now, attacks by wild bears in Japan have reached a crisis point.
The National Police Agency is mulling the use of rifles to protect people's lives.
NPA Commissioner General Kusunoki Yoshinobu announced the proposal at a meeting in Tokyo on Friday between prefectural police chiefs and the NPA.
Kusunoki told the participants to do what's necessary to deal with bears swiftly and appropriately, based on local needs.
He said police forces need to collaborate with relevant organizations and put top priority on ensuring residents' safety.
00:08:30 話者 6
Regarding the use of rifles by police officers in dealing with bears, we're currently conducting the required deliberations and preparations.
We want regional police officers to closely coordinate with the NPA.
00:08:43 話者 1
Now earlier the same day, the head of the National Public Safety Commission said national police will travel as early as next week to prefectures that are seeing multiple threats from bears.
The safety chief said the aim is to get local input, including on the police use of rifles.
And those are the top stories for this hour.
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And that is a wrap for this edition of NHK Newsline.
I'm Ramin Mellegard.
Thank you very much for joining us.
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