Japanese teenagers are losing interest in love. It is causing major social problems due to low birth rate. Recently, the Japan Society conducted a survey of more than 12,000 students. It found that 80 percent of 15- to 18-year-olds have yet to be in love. And among girls this rate is 25 percent. This was the lowest since 1974.

Experts believe that school closures and bans on physical contact due to the Covid-19 pandemic have created these barriers.

In 2023, Japan's prime minister said the country's low birth rate had reached a point where it could threaten the country's viability. In addition, some researchers say that the country's population may drop from 12.5 million to 5.3 million by the end of the century.

According to the United Nations, the number of people aged 65 and over in Japan is very high. 10 percent of the country's population is now 80 years old.
The cost of living in Japan is constantly increasing. For this reason, more and more women are joining the workforce. Losing interest in marriage and childbearing. On the other hand, the availability of contraceptives has also led to a decline in the birth rate. As a result, there is increasing concern about Japan's future demographic, social and economic conditions. BBC.

US intelligence has alleged that 'adversary' countries, including Russia, are trying to interfere in the US presidential election. On Tuesday, they said, those countries want to destroy people's confidence in elections. BBC news.

According to US intelligence, adversary countries are conducting various activities to question the election of the United States. Through this, the opposing countries want to create division among the Americans.

The FBI, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency made the claim in a joint statement on Tuesday.

According to the statement, various groups associated with Russia are carrying out various activities to incite violence against election officials. Those campaigns are being run on false claims of vote rigging.

Voting has started from Tuesday morning local time. These three internal intelligence agencies of the country raised such allegations just before the start of voting.

Republican nominee and former US President Donald Trump voted in the US presidential election. By voting, he said, I am very confident about winning.

He voted at the Mandel Recreation Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. Former US First Lady Melania Trump was with him at that time. BBC news.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said, "I am very confident about winning the election." His claim, no one will get even close to his votes.

"I feel very confident," Trump said. I hear we are doing very well everywhere.

He said it was the best of the three campaigns.

Voting has started from Tuesday morning local time. More than 24 million people are voting in this presidential election. The 47th presidential election of the United States is going to be a fierce competition between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris.

Meanwhile, polling stations in eight states, including Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire and Virginia, opened at 6 a.m. local time in the United States presidential election. In addition, polling stations have opened at 6 am in the states of Indiana and Kentucky. Polling is scheduled to begin at 7 am in some central states of the country.

Earlier, voting was completed at midnight at a polling station in Dixville Notch, a small town in the northeastern US state of New Hampshire. Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump got the same number of votes.

The results of the US presidential election are slowly coming in after the polls. US media is announcing state-wise results. According to the latest update of the results, Republican candidate Donald Trump won in Florida and Democrat candidate Kamala Harris won in Massachusetts.

BBC and Voice of America reported this information on Wednesday. As a result, Trump is leading by getting 162 Electoral College votes. And Kamala Harris got 62 Electoral College votes.

Basically the results have been uneventful so far. The results seen in the states of the country were expected to be similar.

There are a total of 538 Electoral College votes in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, and the candidate who receives 270 Electoral College votes will be elected. However, in the light of last year's public opinion polls and past elections, the results of 43 states are fairly certain.

And seven states—Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina—were undecided. These states are called 'swing states' and have a total of 93 electoral votes.

That is, a candidate must win at least four of these seven swing states to win the election.

Kamala Harris gave the last speech of the election campaign on Monday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

At the end of his public address, he said, "This campaign has brought together people from all walks of life in all corners of America."

He further said, “Our purpose is big – we started our journey with energy, optimism and joy. That's exactly how I'm teaching now.

He said to the young and new voters, I am telling you specially, I see your strength and I am proud of you.

America's current vice president knows that to win this year's election, he needs the support of young voters.

At the end of the campaign, singers Katy Perry and Lady Gaga serenaded the crowd before the arrival of Harris, the vice-president of the United States and Democratic presidential candidate.

On the other hand, Michigan had Donald Trump's scheduled speech. Republican supporters gathered for hours to hear his latest campaign speech.

Both candidates ended up in major states of the country. These states can play an important role in determining who will be the president of the country.

Voting has begun in the US elections. The national vote will determine the next president as well as the composition of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump are competing for the post of president in this election.

Polls in the past few weeks have seen a tight battle between the two. Whatever the outcome of the vote, it will determine several policies, including US politics and foreign affairs, for the next four years. Voting began at 5 am local time in Vermont on the US east coast. Voters in Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, New Jersey, New York and Virginia are also reported to have started voting.

Trump or Kamala, whoever sits on the US bill, what will happen to Bangladesh? This is also a big question in the current context of the South Asian country. Moreover, India or how much factor can be here? Or the chief advisor of the Bangladesh government. Muhammad Yunus with US politicians will play a role?

Analysts feel that the US election results are also an important factor for Bangladesh. The discussion has intensified especially around a tweet by Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Chief Advisor to the Government of Bangladesh. Muhammad Yunus has been on good terms with US politicians in the past, especially Democratic leaders.

Democrat administration emphasizes issues like democratic process, human rights around the world. Analysts believe that if Kamala Harris or the Democrats come to power, the business and cooperation areas will be easy for Bangladesh.

According to author Michael Kugelman, an expert on South Asia at the Uelson Center in the US, if Kamala Harris wins, the continuity and harmony of the current relationship will be maintained. But the situation may be different if Trump becomes president.

He thinks that Bangladesh is one of the countries in South Asia where important changes in the relationship between the two countries may come based on the results of the US elections.

"I don't think Donald Trump would support the current structure of the relationship," said Michael Kugelman. Where the United States is providing development, reform and other assistance or support to the country to ensure its stability. Trump and his administration will not be interested in a relationship that emphasizes US aid to Bangladesh.

M. Humayun Kabir, the former ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States, thinks that if Trump becomes president, the place of American humanitarian cooperation may decrease in the world. In that case, the Rohingya issue is also a big issue as a place of uncertainty for Bangladesh. Because most of the aid coming to Rohingyas in Bangladesh through the United Nations is from the United States.

Mehnaz Momen, a professor at Texas & M University in the United States, said that Donald Trump has not been seen as a traditional American president in the history of the United States. There is also uncertainty surrounding how he considers foreign policy positions. Usually, there is no major change in foreign policy even if there is a change of president. Behind this there is a strong role of US organizations or structures.

He added, "We've seen Trump talking about changing the institution in some of the campaigns." That could be a big change. However, there is doubt as to how far this will go or have an impact on the foreign policy space.

Recently, Donald Trump's tweet regarding the persecution of minorities has created a discussion in Bangladesh. But analysts see it as a political strategy to attract American Hindu voters in the elections rather than a future policy. Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary of the interim government's chief adviser, said that they think that some lobby groups may have tried to influence it from the point of internal American politics, and this statement came in that light.

There is also talk that lobby group means Awami League or India.

Although the United States initially took a strong stand on the acceptance of the past elections in Bangladesh, later India's support for the Bangladeshi government became a factor.

Recently, the press secretary of the chief adviser said that the Republicans and Democrats, along with the senior leaders of the two parties. As Muhammad Yunus is well connected and has friends in both camps, the outcome of this election will not affect the relationship between the two countries.

Although it is said that the Bangladesh-US relationship will not be affected by the government, Michael Kugelman believes that the reality may be different if Trump comes to power. He said Yunus had criticized Trump when he was elected in 2016. Their political ideals or ideologies are also different.

While speaking in 2016 at a university named HEC Paris, Dr. Yunus described Trump's victory as a 'solar eclipse' or a dark time, according to Heck's website. In addition, at another event at that time, when asked what he would like to say to Trump, he told NBC News that instead of building a 'wall', he should build a 'bridge' and liberalize his views. Yunus.

Mr. According to Kugelman, Dr. Kamala Harris won. Yunus will be an asset to US-Bangladesh relations. Because, like the Biden administration, Kamala will have a comfort zone. But if Trump wins, that relationship will face challenges.

In this regard, Professor Mehnaz Momen said, Kamala or Trump, whoever the president is, the interim government of Bangladesh must establish a place of reliability. After the change in the political pot, even if the next election will be late, when will it be, how will it be, what will be the steps, i.e. a roadmap should be presented. He felt it was important to ensure the current government's image of legitimacy and grounds for support.

However, Humayun Kabir and Mehnaz Momen also think that in the current situation of the world, there will be an opportunity for America to worry too much about Bangladesh.

There is a place of interest in the relationship between Bangladesh and the United States in various aspects such as trade, strategic, geopolitical. The United States refers to itself as a development partner of Bangladesh. Former Ambassador M. Humayun Kabir said that the United States is increasing its focus on the region, but in the geopolitical context, Bangladesh is a country with a large population who are quite active. Being at the junction of Asia with South East Asia and the Bay of Bengal, it has a geopolitical interest. Recently we are thinking about diversification from the military side as well. In that case, the US would be interested in selling weapons.

He also thinks that the United States has a place of interest in the field of trade considering Bangladesh as an 'emerging market'. M. Humayun Kabir mentions big power plant equipment, Boeing aircraft, gas or LNG as examples.

Besides, many people of Bangladesh live in America and go to study. Human-to-human relationships are also important. From a technical point of view, even if you go to use a credit card or a computer, it somehow benefits the US.

In foreign policy, the balance of interests with other countries of the world or with neighboring countries is generally important. However, for America, in the case of Bangladesh, the new equation is the relationship with Professor Yunus. These various factors will determine the future relationship of Bangladesh with the United States.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the country's Defense Minister Yoav Galant.

Netanyahu said there was a 'crisis of trust' between them.

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In a statement announcing the appointment of Foreign Minister Katz as the new defense minister, Netanyahu said his trust in Gallant had "eroded" recently.

"The security of the State of Israel has been and will remain the goal of my life," Gallant wrote in a post on social media after his dismissal.

Netanyahu and Gallant had long had a strained relationship. The two have reportedly exchanged heated words over Israel's war strategy over the past year.

Gallant wanted to prioritize a hostage release deal with Hamas over continuing the war in Gaza.
Which Netanyahu rejected. Gallant was also unhappy with Israel's plans to exempt ultra-Orthodox citizens from military service.

Protests have already erupted in the streets of Tel Aviv over Gallant's dismissal, and Netanyahu's political opponents have called for larger protests involving the public.

Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the US presidential election, has promised to bring peace to the world. But there is considerable doubt whether he was actually a pacifist. For this reason, the question has been raised whether Trump can restore peace in the war-torn world.

Trump was elected president in 2016. When he first came to power, he threatened to bomb Saudi Arabia and the Emirates as a countermeasure against the Saudi multinational force responsible for the genocide in Yemen. He threatened nuclear war with North Korea several times. The US conflict with Iran was at an extreme. Tensions rose in Venezuela. US military spending was increased in the Balkans and the Israeli-Palestinian war.

Trump has always encouraged war-violence abroad. He celebrated Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Moreover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was fueled to attack Gaza and Lebanon. That Trump announced in an election rally last Friday, "We want peace on earth."
Trump often complains that his opponents are warmongers. He criticized Kamala Harris and said that killings will increase in the world if she becomes president. Even Kamala will lead the world to World War III.

Sarah Hagdusti, executive director of the advocacy group Win Without War, said Trump's presentation of himself as a pacifist candidate is completely absurd. Hagdosti said that when Trump was president, he tore up the nuclear deal with Iran and recklessly killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. This brings the United States to the brink of a devastating war with Iran.

Meanwhile, experts are concerned about the possibility of Trump's second term in power. They think that if Trump comes to power, Russia may extend its aggressive hand towards Europe. World peace will be in extreme danger. News from HuffPost.

Iran's firing of nearly 180 high-speed ballistic missiles at Israel indicates that Tehran intends to inflict serious damage in Tuesday night's attack. In that respect, this attack was different from the drone and missile attack carried out last April.

High speed ballistic missiles were challenging to target. But the fact that no one was killed in the attack in Israel and only one in the West Bank, according to initial reports, also points to a military failure. However, some of the missiles fired by Iran and parts of them hit the ground.

Iran's Imad and Gadar missiles used earlier this year are six times the speed of sound. They take 12 minutes to reach Israel from Iran. This speed is over 4,600 miles per hour. There, Iran said, this time it had deployed a faster hypersonic FATE-2 missile. The maximum speed of which is about 10 thousand miles per hour.

Two and a half years ago, Iran had approximately 3,000 ballistic missiles, as did the United States. This number will be higher now due to related reasons. Tehran wants to keep most of these missiles, in case Israel escalates the crisis and launches an all-out war.

Firing so many missiles in just a few minutes puts additional pressure on Israel's air defenses. This missile system is very advanced. Missiles launched from there to destroy Iranian missiles in the air are very expensive. It is not certain how much stock these missiles have.

Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, the leader of the industrial group Pran-RFL Group, has been concerned about the law and order situation in the industrial area, he said, ‘We are in trouble. Today, my factory is going to be a lot of trouble. I feel like I can come out of my life?’ Thus, if the business If they are afraid to go to their own factory, then they will not be able to conduct business activities in the coming days.’

In the current situation, the government is demanding action against those who are inciting dissatisfaction in the industrial areas, said that the current is the one who is trying to take advantage of the weakening of the law and order situation.‘