Hello. A very warm welcome to NHK Newsline. I’m Yamamoto Micki in Tokyo.
We start in New York where world leaders are getting set to address the 79th United Nations General Assembly. The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine will be high on the agenda along with calls to reform the global body.
U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak Tuesday, marking his last address before leaving August, and on Thursday the assembly will hear from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mehmood Abbas. The global community has been calling on the leaders to end the fighting in Gaza. More than 40,000 deaths have been reported in the conflict so far. The U.N. Security Council plans to hold summit talks on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to take part. Leaders are expected to discuss reforms to the organization. The U.N. has been criticized for failing to stop the wars with some members using veto power to block Security Council actions.
The Israeli military says it suspected Hezbollah fighters across the border were set to attack so it launched airstrikes at hundreds of targets to degrade the militants’ capabilities and infrastructure. Immediate raw reported they killed at least 492 people and wounded more than 1,600. The two sides have been exchanging fire across the border for months, but the Associated Press reports this is the deadliest barrage since they last fought a war in 2006. The fighting has forced people who live near the border to flee.
Translator: There were strikes there so we got into the car and came here, and we don’t know what’s left behind. I swear we don’t know what is happening.
Israeli forces say they struck about 800 targets including sites used by Hezbollah to hide rockets and drones, and they warned residents who live near such places to leave immediately.
For too long Hezbollah has been using you as human shields. It places rockets in your living rooms and missiles in your garages. Those rockets and missiles are aimed directly at our cities, directly at our citizens.
Hezbollah commanders say they responded by firing rockets at military complexes in an air base in northern Israel. Israeli media report that in all, the fighters fired about 180. The reports say air defenses managed to intercept some while the rest struck open areas without causing injuries. The U.S. Defense Department press secretary has said the hostilities in Lebanon clearly escalated this week and there’s the potential for a wider regional war. Pat Ryder told reporters on Monday that the United States will continue to call for diplomatic means to be used to resolve the conflict. He added that the U.S. is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East to augment its forces there. A spokesperson for U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed concern on Monday about Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon.
The Secretary General is indeed alarmed by the escalating situation along the Blue Line. He is very concerned about the large number of civilian casualties being reported.
He calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and for all parties to restore stability in accordance with the Security Council resolution. He also said the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon is currently in Israel to discuss the latest developments. He said emergency funds are needed to prepare food and shelter supplies for the people in Lebanon for the next four weeks.
Russia says dozens of civilians have been killed in cross-border attacks by Ukraine, a claim Kyiv has reportedly dismissed. A Russian Foreign Ministry official said on Monday at least 56 civilians have been killed and 266 injured in the western Russian region of Kursk since August. The official also said 131,000 people have fled their homes while as many as 120 were forcibly detained by Ukrainian forces. Children were reportedly among those detained. Reuters news agency cited a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson as saying Ukraine abides by international humanitarian law and does not target civilians. The Ukrainian cross-border incursion began August 6th. Ukraine said its troops have seized about 1,300 square kilometers of the Kursk region and taken control of 100 settlements as of late August.
Plaintiffs in western Japan say they plan to continue fighting to be officially recognized as hibakusha, also known as atomic-bomb survivors. They filed an appeal on Tuesday over a recent court ruling. Nagasaki District Court this month ordered that two defendants, the Nagasaki city and prefectural government, to recognize 15 of the 66 plaintiffs as hibakusha. The plaintiffs were outside the government-designated zone of radiation exposure from the 1945 bombing in Nagasaki, but the court determined that some were in areas where black rain containing radioactive substances fell. The plaintiffs say the ruling is inconsistent with precedence. Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio last week announced a plan to expand medical support for unrecognized atomic-bomb survivors. He also said he told the prefecture and city of Nagasaki that the central government has no choice but to appeal. He described the ruling as inconsistent with past court decisions. Nagasaki city and prefecture say work is underway to appeal the ruling.
The atomic bombing of Japan is the subject of many books. A new one will be a picture book produced by an American student. The testimony of a survivor inspired the student to come to Japan, meet another survivor and illustrate what she learned. NHK World reports.
It really was just horrible. Reporter: Nagasaki made a lasting impression on Rachel Bonner, and now she is creating her own impressions.
I’m painting the part in Mr. Misa’s story where he sees the bodies at his school being cremated. Reporter: She is illustrating what she heard from Misa, a bombing survivor. She hopes her picture book will show American children what happened.
The orange is – kids will be able to read this and be able to learn a bit about Mr. Misa’s experience, but we don’t want to be too scary with it.
Reporter: Bonner decided to study in Japan while encouraged in the U.S. She heard a hibakusha speak there. On the trip to Hiroshima she came face-to-face with evidence of the effects of the bombing.
It was really heartbreaking, seeing just how tiny that child would have been, that they all died. I felt an immense guilt because this was my country who did this. It was towns of innocent people who were just trying to survive and they had no way of defending themselves. So I do not think it was justified at all, so I felt very guilty.
Reporter: In Nagasaki Bonner had Misa review her work.
We would like to show you some of the paintings that I’ve made.
Reporter: Bonner painted Misa’s experience. He was 10 when the bomb dropped.
Translator: In school we were taught that in an air raid we should not sit up but rather lie down. I hoped to see a drawing of us getting down on the ground.
Reporter: Misa’s school became a first aid station after the bombing.
What did you feel when you went back to school and saw that it had been turned into a hospital for the injured people? Translator: Many, many people were brought to the school. I could see victims lying on the floor, moaning. There was no medicine to treat their injuries. They were screaming, begging to die and be relieved from their suffering. All I can say is it was an indescribable hell.
I would like to communicate that this tragedy shouldn’t happen again. I think by recognizing that, people can start to realize that no matter what conflict nuclear weaponry should not be involved.
Reporter: Bonner will complete the book, each page a plea for peace.
Japanese leaders were caught by surprise when they saw a Russian military plane fly into their airspace. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has demanded it never happen again. Translator: We have launched a very strong protest through diplomatic channels and urged the Russian government to prevent a recurrence. We are determined to defend our land, sea and air and make sure to keep our eyes on the situation.
Defense Ministry officials say the plane flew near the island around 1:00 in the afternoon. They say each violation lasted between 30 and 60 seconds. Air Force Self-Defense Force jets were launched. The Japanese crews fired off flares. They became the first to do that since the introduction of measures designed to respond to such intrusions.
Let’s check out the world weather with our meteorologist Jonathan Oh. Jonathan, cooler autumn weather is finally here in Tokyo. For now, I guess? How are things looking for Wednesday?
Hello. We did see that taste of fall now finally in place, and it looks like at least for Tokyo we are going to see the pattern continue for a few more days. Areas to the west, however, are looking a little more intense in heat. Part of the reason is we had a tropical depression that’s down towards the south, helping to bring in some of the southerly flow. That’s pushing temperatures up in the western portions of Japan, but towards the east, high pressure is bringing in that cool flow from the north and it looks like we will be seeing another cool day. A relatively cool day, it is actually more normal for this time of year as we go into Wednesday.
Now, keeping an eye on what is happening across the Sea of Japan side of the country here, we may be talking about some clouds, maybe a few spotty showers near the Noto Peninsula. Osaka, 31. 26 with partly cloudy skies in Tokyo as we go through Wednesday.
Meanwhile, as we look at what is happening over toward Mexico, we do have a system named John that made landfall and is continuing to impact the southern portion of the country. That will continue to be the story, at least for the next 24 hours. We have another system south of Cuba that’s trying to gather itself together. If it does, it will become a tropical storm. We have a tropical storm warning in portions of Cuba, into portions of the Yucatan Peninsula and it is likely to intensify into a hurricane going into the next week. Those in Florida, keep an eye on it as the system tries to gather itself moving to the north.
In the eastern portion of the United States, we have a cold front with thunderstorms firing off near the Ohio River Valley, and it may bring strong thunderstorms at times going throughout the day on Tuesday. Be on the lookout for that. Thunderstorms are possible into Toronto with highs topping off around 20.
That’s a look at the forecast. Hope you have a good day wherever you are.
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And that is all for this edition of NHK “Newsline.” From Tokyo, thank you for joining us.
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