Veteran broadcaster Mike Enriquez dies at 71;
British foreign secretary to visit Beijing with reset of failing relations in mind;
Japan hits back at China, urges Beijing to lower temperature on Fukushima wastewater release issue
British foreign secretary to visit Beijing with reset of failing relations in mind;
Japan hits back at China, urges Beijing to lower temperature on Fukushima wastewater release issue
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00:11 Good evening, I'm Naomi Tiburcio and this is PTV News Now.
00:15 This just in, Jamey confirms in a statement veteran broadcaster Mike Enriquez passes away.
00:21 A graduate of LaSalle or De La Salle University, Manila, he started his journalism career at the Manila Broadcasting Company in 1969.
00:30 In 2018, he revealed he was battling a couple of ailments for which he went on medical leave.
00:36 And on December 2021, he took another medical leave of absence for kidney transplant surgery.
00:48 Meanwhile, fresh from a just-ended visit from the U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo,
00:53 Beijing is all set to receive and welcome United Kingdom Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who is slated to arrive tomorrow.
01:00 Cleverly is set to sit down and hash over with counterpart Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
01:07 the status of UK-China relations and international and regional issues of shared concern, as per Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin.
01:16 The visit was originally set for July but had to be pushed back or put off on account of the mysterious disappearance of then Foreign Minister Chen Gang.
01:26 Cleverly's visit comes after five years of rather frosty relations between the two powerful Security Council nations,
01:34 accusations on human rights abuses and violations on the Chinese government treatment and crackdown of the Uyghurs.
01:42 While the British have been blamed for giving sanctuary and aid to Hong Kong freedom fighters declared enemies of the state by Beijing,
01:50 and though hawkish personalities from both sides have called for tougher and more aggressive stance against the other,
01:57 Cleverly's adopting a more practical and friendlier approach of building bridges where they may and not burning the ones already there.
02:10 The backlash or fallout from the Fukushima wastewater release from Thursday last week is slowly getting out of hand, and Japan is crying foul.
02:19 Tokyo demanded a couple hours ago, or hours ago, China protect the welfare and well-being of Japanese citizens staying or visiting parts of China
02:30 after reports came in of a brick being thrown at its embassy in Beijing that prompted Tokyo's summon of the Chinese ambassador earlier today.
02:39 This apparently in response or reaction to the highly controversial release of wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear plant that passed IAEA muster.
02:50 Last week, for starters, China put out a ban on all seafood imports from Japan as a wave of online harassment and attacks on Japanese also kicked in.
03:00 A number of observers, though, were quick to point out the hypocrisy behind the backlash from China, and other nations citing many countries including China
03:10 also dumped their wastewater in the sea with way up higher radioactivity.
03:15 Let's turn to Eddie Carto with a breaking event in Cordillera.
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06:01 Thank you Eddie Carto. And this is Naomi Tiburcio saying for be aware, get ahead, be of use and get the news right here.
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