Welcome to NHK Newsline. I'm Ramin Malagard in Tokyo.
US media say the Secret Service has questioned former FBI director James Comedy about a photo he posted on social media. Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump claim it was an assassination threat against the president. Comedy posted a photo on Thursday of seashells on a beach forming the numbers 8647. The number 86 is set to be a slang term, meaning to dismiss or remove.
Trump is the 47th President of the United States. Now, Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem said the matter was being investigated. The media reported on Friday that the Secret Service interviewed Comedy. Comey has removed the photo, saying he did not realize some people would associate those numbers with violence. He said he opposes violence of any kind, so he took the post down.
Trump commented on Fox News Channel's Special Report with Bret Baier.
Exactly what that meant. A child knows what that meant. If you're the FBI director and you don't know what that meant, that meant assassination. And It says it loud and clear. Now, he wasn't very competent, but he was competent enough to know what that meant.
And he did it for a reason.
Komi was fired from the post of FBI director during Trump's first administration.
Iran signed a deal with world powers in 2015 to curb its nuclear program in return for sanctions relief. But the United States withdrew from the agreement during President Trump's first term, and Iran accelerated its nuclear development. the US and Iran have held several high-level meetings over the nuclear issue since Trump returned to the White House.
Britain, France and Germany are signatories to the original deal. They indicated last December that they may trigger a mechanism known as a snapback, which would allow the reinstatement of United Nations sanctions if Iran violates its agreement.
Friday's talks appear to be part of Tehran's attempts to stop that from happening.
And Israeli forces are escalating their ground and air attacks in northern Gaza, and casualties are growing. They have announced that they are further expanding the operations.
IDF commanders say their goal is to dismantle infrastructure used by those they call terrorists and to eliminate the terrorists themselves. These strikes hit homes and tents that had been set up as emergency housing, trapping residents under the rubble. Health authorities say at least 93 people were killed on Friday alone.
Every day they say the situation will be resolved, the situation of the war will be resolved, and we're just sitting around. Everyday martyrs, everyday martyrs, everyday martyrs.
There is no safe place in Gaza, but we are still heading to the shelter areas that they tell us are safe.
US President Trump was in the region this week but has left to go back home.
Local media has reported that Israeli leaders were planning to expand military operations if there was no ceasefire deal before Trump's departure.
Senior officials from Russia and Ukraine have held direct talks for the first time in more than three years. They were unable to agree on a ceasefire deal, but they did come to terms on an exchange of thousands of prisoners, and both sides are expected to continue discussions.
The delegations met for about two hours of direct talks. The Russian team was headed by Vladimir Medinsky, a senior aide to President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rostom Umarov represented Kyiv. Attending as a mediator was Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. The chief negotiators later spoke to. Borders.
we are satisfied with the outcome and are ready to continue contacts. I think the next step would be that the leaders level meeting should be organized and that would be. our next step.
Now, European leaders have gathered in Albania and confirmed they'll step up sanctions on Russia and continue to support Ukraine. More than 40 leaders, including Zelenskyy, participated in a summit of the European Political Community on Friday. The platform was set up by EU members and their neighbors after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Zelenskyy called for more pressure on Russia if Moscow does not accept a complete and unconditional ceasefire.
Pressure must continue to rise until real progress is made.
Denmark will host the next EPC summit in October. The country's Prime Minister expressed her expectations for contributions by the United States. Mete Frederiksen says US President Trump appears to be ready to put more sanctions on Russia if Moscow won't make a deal.
Police in the southern US state of Louisiana are searching for eight inmates after they escaped from a jail. Two other of the escapees have been captured, recaptured, I should say.
Authorities say staff noticed the inmates were missing during a head count on Friday morning. The men apparently removed a toilet and sink before fleeing through an opening in the wall. After getting out of the building, they're believed to have climbed over a fence. A photo released shows messages scrawled on the toilet wall, with one reading, Too easy, LOL.
And another, Catch us when you can.
The authorities suspect that the opening in the wall had already been made before the escape.
We do acknowledge there is no way people can get out of this facility without there being some type of lapse in security. There's no way. It's almost impossible, not completely, but almost impossible for anybody to get out of this facility without help from the outside.
It is thought the prison had defective security cameras and faulty locks. It was about two hours before the jailbreak was discovered by the authorities. Officials say they detained two of the men, including one who was found hiding beneath a car in the city of New Orleans. The officials have released photos of the escapees and are warning residents to be on the alert. The inmates include men jailed for murder and robbery.
Tower of the Sun has been impressing visitors ever since the World Expo in 1970.
The monument was designed by artists Okamoto Taro. An expert panel at the Agency for Cultural Affairs says it served as the centerpiece of the expo, which has come to symbolize Japan's post-war economic boom. Japan's also updating its list of national treasures. The experts recommended a canal running from Lake Biwa to the city of Kyoto. They singled out several facilities, including tunnels and a railway for transporting boats up and down a slope. They were constructed in the late 19th century, when Japan adopted engineering and construction technologies from the West.
And those were the top stories for this hour.
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And that's a wrap for this edition of NHK Newsline. I'm Ramin Malagard. Thank you very much for joining us.
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