in 25 years. traveling to 25 different countries, south korea, japan, china, be an homage and the philippines and addressing a wide for righty of issues. the main ones being north korea with anrnational trade overlay of what many see as a general competition between the united states and china on who will be the region in the future. host: the wall street journal today has the headline "north korea to dominate the agenda for the president's trip." longest andump's most anticipated trip starts on saturday. having stops in many countries. pyongyang is desired to be a global nuclear power and the rest of the developed world attempt to undermine that will be the theme of every bilateral meeting. is north korea moving over this entire trip? guest: absolutely. it will be at the top of the agenda for every meeting, especially the first few meetings in tokyo. we have seen in recent years, north korea conducting more and more nuclear tests, ballistic missile tests and it has accelerated. it has really trust the issue to the top of the agenda. bit about a little that. what are the potential

weapons. our allies, south korea and japan are at risk and that is quickly approaching when north korea will have the ability to hit the united states with a devastating nuclear payload. any conflict on the korean peninsula, nuclear or conventional would entail horrific loss of life. this is one of the most urgent challenges on the global stage, no doubt about it. let's call it the way we see it. administrations in both parties have failed to put a lid on the kim regime's nuclear program over the course of decades but i feel what is happening now, the president and the administration is undermining diplomacy. to lead on the issue. the strategy cabinet officials laid out seems to call for a combination of multilateral, diplomatic and economic pressure. these policies along with shows of military force with boundaries in south korean airspace are in north korea and not sure we have seen evidence of that. from washington to pyongyang. 's rhetoric and the president's rhetoric throwing fuel on the fire and the risk of conflict. let me say as i said before tween 9 months into this admin

and his decision to defect to south korea. he testified on human rights abuses he witnessed firsthand and what the u.s. could do to have a greater influence on the north korean people. this hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. >> is one of the highest ranking officials to ever to defect. as a former deputy pastor to the united kingdom, he wanted his family to be free. it is where we have the opportunity to hear from someone with such unique insight into the most repressive regime into the world and one now threatening us with nuclear weapons. thank you for speaking before this committee today. i wanted to acknowledge that it takes courage for you to do this. i met with you in august and soul along with mr. -- and mr. snyder and barra. your observations and recommendations to the committee will not only help them form u.s. policy, but it's my hope that your message including how we can peacefully denuclearize the korean peninsula will reach the ears of every north korean still suffering. as i know you agree it's crucial we get information to north koreans so they can better understand

. he will be traveling to five different countries. south korea, japan, china, vietnam and the philippines. and addressing a wide variety of different issues. the main ones being north korea and international trade with the broader overly of what many see as a general competition between the u.s. and china on who will be leading the region in the future. host: the wall street journal today as the headline, "north korea to dominate the agenda." president trump's anticipated trip starts on saturday. pyongyang's desire to be considered a global nuclear power. the rest of the developed world attempt to undermine been envisioned will be the theme of every bilateral. meeting -- bilateral meeting. guest: it will be on top of the agenda for every meeting, especially for the first few meetings in tokyo and beijing. the other key actors in this drama. we have seen in recent years north korea conducting more and more nuclear tests, ballistic missile tests, and the pace has accelerated which is pushed this to the top of the agenda. host: talk about that. what are the potential risks of the

share the experience inside the north toean government's decision go to south korea. firsthand as a member of the regime, with the u.s. could it have latest influence. a hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. and >> one of the highest-ranking north korean officials ever -- ng ever to defect. we will be told, he wanted his family to be free. it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from someone with such unique insights into the most repressive regime in the world and one that is now threatening us with nuclear weapons. you thank youy to for speaking before this committee today. to say that ited takes courage for you to do this. i met with you in august in seoul, along with a member of this committee and others. your observations and your recommendations to the committee informill not only help u.s. policy, but it is my hope that your message, including how we could peacefully denuclearize the korean peninsula, will reach of every north korean still suffering under kim jong-un's brutal role. that we getal information to north koreans so they can better understand the corruption

berlin president donald trump visits south korea the second stop on his asian tour trump says the u.s. and its allies are making good progress in dealing with north korea's nuclear threat is looking to present a united front was sold against pyongyang also coming up this glacier in alaska has raised the alarm over climate change experts and activists meeting in germany for the u.n. climate summit hope to halt its rapid melt rates but there are some who don't want them to succeed. and no end in sight more than ten thousand killed as the conflict in eastern ukraine simmers on three years after russia annexed crimea is there any hope for a political solution. hello and welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump is in south korea the second stop of his first official tour of asia the visit is being seen as an attempt to present a united front against north korea but south korea has offered a lukewarm response to trump's ideas of how to rein in pyongyang missile and nuclear threat. lunch with the troops president trump arrived in south korea today going f

south korea the second stop of his asian tour trump says the u.s. and its allies are making good progress in dealing with north korea's nuclear threat he's hinted at the possibility of talks with pyongyang but does he really mean it also coming up russia's military chooses to celebrate a world war two battle not the communist revolution one hundred years ago today our moscow correspondent tells us why the kremlin wants tight control over lennon's legacy. and in what is the u.s. soccer is technology more of a hindrance than a help the debate over a controversial video assistant system just won't go away the project leader has been dismissed and club bosses are far from happy. hello and welcome i'm terry martin good to have you with us. u.s. president donald trump is in south korea the second stop of his first official tour of asia the visit is being seen as an attempt to present a united front against north korea but south korea has offered a lukewarm welcome to trump is on how to rein in pyongyang military threat. president trump landed in south korea today with a clear message o

. we've been following president trump's trip in south korea as he continues on his 12-day asian trip. we'll get back to the trip in a moment. we're learning more about sunday's massacre that killed 26 people, injuring 20 more. the gunman may have been targeting his mother-in-law but wasn't at the service when he opened fire sunday morning. we're hearing from an eyewitness who saw the attack unfold from her store across the street. here she is speaking with lester holt. >> she was shooting toward the church, and he ran around the church, shooting until he came to this other side and we were trying to get the people to safety, trying to get them down, the customers and get them in the store, and letting the people that were pulling up that there was a shooter, and the gentleman came around and then there was silence. we didn't hear anymore shots for a couple of seconds, and then we heard a massive load of shots. i believe that's when he was in the church. and we couldn't do anything, because we didn't know if there was more of them, and all of a sudden we see one of the victims running

blessings of liberty and the prosperity that you have achieved right here in south korea i also want to congratulate president moon and the south korean people on hosting the winter olympics this upcoming february it will be a truly spectacular event. is the president i want to thank you first lady can and i mean it was just so special today the ceremony was so beautiful we very much thank you for it together our two nations will handle threats to peace and security stand up to those who would threaten our freedom and boldly seize the incredible opportunities for a better brighter and more prosperous tomorrow. in good times and bad in moments of great hardship and great success our two nations can always count on the close bonds and deep friendship we share as free proud and independent people mr president i look forward to the rest of our visit together and i send the wonderful citizens of south korea the best wishes from the people of the united states of america thank you very much. thank god thank you thank you thank you i'm going to go into super thought it was the words from the p

for mass surveillance digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. south korea's president welcomes donald trump to seoul the nuclear standoff with north korea top of their agenda. and i'm adrian from again this is ours here on live from doha also coming up saudi arabia says that the lebanese government will be dealt with as one declaring war against riyadh. she was just a child children increasingly become collateral damage and president rodrigo to taze war on drugs in the philippines and. i'm just feeling i'm saving nine lives right. yes i think anybody should think about it and pass and just take stray dogs from mexico to new homes four thousand kilometers away. u.s. president donald trump is on the korean peninsula as tension with north korea escalates right now trump is meeting with his south korean counterpart jay and in seoul the two leaders are expected to hold a joint news conference any time now we'll take that live when it happens. president trump is working to rally international pressure against north korea and its nuclear and missile programs. you'll be meeting with va

response to north korea's nuclear ambitions but on his visit to south korea also strikes a new tone urging the rogue nation to come to the negotiating table. thank you very much for your company else stood cattle and leader carlos pushing one test appeared publicly in brussels for the very first time since fleeing spain after his bid for independence misfired well put you want was cheered on by around two hundred mayors from cadillac communities we had brought their call for independence to the door of the european union well outside the e.u. offices in the belgian capital they intensified their calls for the blocs leaders to intervene in their standoff with madrid up would you want fled to brussels as you might recall when the spanish government files addition charges against him for declaring independence from spain. and we can take you now to downtown brussels where did you correspond get marcus is covering that catalan mayors a meeting a good evening georg i understand that the ousted callen leader is expected to address the crowd talk to us a little bit about what's been unfolding beh

live pictures from soul, south korea where we're moments away from an arrival ceremony for president trump. we saw the president enter his motorcade ahead to the blue house which is the official home and official workplace for the south korean president. you can see people on the streets there in soul flags waving as they prepare for the president's motorcade to come through. they arrived in south korea a couple of hours ago meeting with the u.s. and south korean troops and now he is scheduled to speak one-on-one. north korea of course is expected to top the agenda. now before arriving in south korea president trump in a tweet called president moon a fine again the man. and said that the two would figure it all out. mr. trump is working to rally. 7 on monday the president struck a hard line against north korea's nuclear weapon's program and urged japan to do the same thing. president trump said, "the era of strategic patience is over. some say my rhetoric is very strong but look at what has happened with rhetoric for the last 25 years. now we have joining us on the phone for more ins

. while in asia, the president will be visiting japan, south korea, china, vietnam, and the philippines. for more on the trip, years a portion of today's washington journal. us now is abraham denmark, is the director of the asia program at the wilson center. he is here to discuss the goals and significance of president trump's trip to asia. they do for joining us. briefly explain to our viewers what it is. >> the wilson center is a think tank.l we were created in the 1960's as a memorial to president wilson. we are a public institution focused on research on international affairs. the asia pacific, which goes all the way from afghanistan to hawaii. >> big region. significanceis the of this trip to asia for president trump? very significant trip. the stakes are very high. he's going to be addressing a lot of it. it's also going to be a long trip. the white house is saying it's the longest trip by a president to asia in 25 years. he is traveling to five different countries, south korea, japan, china, vietnam, and the philippines. he is addressing a wide variety of different is

>> president trump heads to asia friday with stops in japan, south korea, china, vietnam and the philippines. in south korea, he will visit with troops and address the national assembly. attend an economic cooperation meeting in vietnam, and in the philippines. on his way to japan, he will make a stop in hawaii to visit pearl harbor and the uss arizona memorial. a former official of the north korean embassy in london testified about his experience inside north korea's central government before he defected last year. he discussed current tensions with north korea over its nuclear program and his decision to defect to south korea. committeefor affairs -- he testified before the house foreign affairs committee. >> we will come to order. all members, if you will have your seats. mr. thae, one of the highest ranking officials ever to defect. as he will tell us, he wanted his family to be free. it is rare that we have the opportunity to hear from someone with such unique insight into the most repressive regime in the world, and one that is now threatening us with nuclear weapons. i wan

calls for war wide action in response to north korea's nuclear ambitions but on his visit to south korea also strikes a new tone urging the world nations to come to the negotiating table and. phasing out coal candidates from almost two hundred nations making convincing case to kick the core habit what's considered the cheapest easiest means of shipping and power. thanks so much for your company i'm leyla iraq we want to begin the in brussels where two hundred cal and politicians have taken their call for independence to the door of the european union. mayors from caroline community staged a protest outside the offices in brussels which chance of freedom they have intensified their calls for european union leaders to intervene and the politics and the political standoff with madrid well catalonia is former president carlos fled to the belgian capital when the spanish government filed charges of sedition against him for declaring independence from spain and. respond to set witness to that rally here tell us more about what took place i just came back from outside the commission which

trip by a president to asia in 25 years. he will be traveling to five different countries. south korea, japan, china, vietnam and the philippines. and addressing a wide variety of different issues. the main ones being north korea and international trade with the broader overly of what many see as a general competition between the u.s. and china on who will be leading the region in the future. host: the wall street journal today as the headline, "north korea to dominate the agenda." president trump's anticipated trip starts on saturday. pyongyang's desire to be considered a global nuclear power. the rest of the developed world attempt to undermine been envisioned will be the theme of every bilateral. meeting -- bilateral meeting. guest: it will be on top of the agenda for every meeting, especially for the first few meetings in tokyo and beijing. the other key actors in this drama. we have seen in recent years north korea conducting more and more nuclear tests, ballistic missile tests, and the pace has accelerated which is pushed this to the top of the agenda. host: talk about that. what are th

ballistic missiles and demonstrations of its nuclear program are direct threats to south korea. so relying on the united states and a new president in president trump, trying to show a greater sort of threat of military option toward the north. that's part of what will play out here. no one is saying that there is any distance between the united states and south korea when it comes to strategy, but we'll be looking for that as these two leaders come to the microphones and take questions from not only the american press but the south korean press as well. president trump and president moon entering the room, so we'll watch this play out. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i would like to thank you for all the participating attending press members and welcome to the republic of korea, and i hope that you enjoy the beautiful autumn. and i'll be very grateful if you return confirming the economic growth of korea. now we begin the joint press briefing with president trump and president moon, and the order would be president moon will speak first followed by president trump, president

joint news conference with the leader of south korea. this portion is about 25 minutes. >> allow me to invite the president to the stadium. >> i extend my heartfelt welcome to the visit by your excellency, president donald trump, and first lady to korea. his visit marks the first state visit by the u.s. president of korea in 25 years, and president trump is also the first guest for myself and my government. the special bond forged between president trump and my, i myself i find a very personal. president trump and i met and communicated with each other numerous times building deep trust and consolidating our friendship. today, we had handed discussions about steadfastness of rok use light. moreover,, we agreed to work towards resolving north korean nuclear issue in a peaceful manner. and bringing permanent peace to nuclear peninsula. again, escalating nuclear and missile threats from north korea we reaffirm our principles that we must maintain strong stance towards nuclear threats. based on superiority of power, president trump as reaffirmed his ironclad commitment and president trump

when he visits japan or south korea because he doesn't have to. >> let's remind the world girls play too. >> we stand behind these people. >> most of the family has fallen beyond repair. a few of us that are left behind tragically. >> if you want to use a tragedy to take a law-abiding citizen at second amendment rights that is different altogether. >> this is not about tax cuts for rich people but the middle-class. >> the central theme is middle income americans, supporting them. ♪ ♪ >> good morning. you are watching "fox and friends" first. and beating america have show of force in asia, our commander-in-chief repping a joint press conference with the country's president before the state dinner, new details on the united front against north korea. >> reporter: very united front in japan, south korea. this is a physically grueling trip for the president. the time difference is extraordinary and we are dealing not only with the nuclear threat, 38 miles from the border, history, different cultures, egos, delicate balances of power and conflicting ideas how to deal with the north ko

this is deja vu news live from berlin president donald trump visit south korea the second stop on his asian tour trump is looking to present a united front with seoul against north korea's nuclear threat but south korea's president has signaled he differs with trump's hardline approach we'll go live to seoul also coming up this glacier in alaska has raised the alarm over climate change experts and activists meeting in germany for the u.n. climate summit hope to hold its rapid melt rate but there are some you don't want them to succeed. and one hundred years ago today communists seized power in russia but why does the kremlin want to keep a lid on that revolutionary spirit did of you go to moscow to find out. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us that u.s. president donald trump has begun a visit to south korea that's dominated by tensions over north korea's nuclear program trump is holding talks with the south korean president mungy in that are expected to touch on trade as well as how to rein in pyongyang's nuclear ambitions the visit is being seen as an attempt to p

south korea as he continues his tour of asia. yesterday, he talked tough on trade, but can we expect more of the same today? and on the markets: the price of oil still holding above $61; per barrel. it has dropped a tiny bit, but still very much on the up after the so—called crackdown in saudi arabia by king salman. we also have the australian all ordinaries. there are new revelations from millions of leaked documents known as the paradise papers. the technology giant apple has been managing most of its untaxed cash reserves offshore, on the channel island ofjersey. it moved the money tojersey after a tax loophole in ireland was closed. although the company has done nothing illegal, its tax arrangements have been criticised by eu and us officials. our business editor simonjack reports. a rapturous reception for the latest iphone. it's the most popular and profitable consumer product of all time. it's generated hundreds of billions in profits for apple since it was introduced ten years ago. what these papers show is just how determined apple has been to keep the tax bill on those pr

work out. >>> president trump just minutes away from taking questions in south korea. overnight he praised the tremendous spirit and seoul from a new threat in south korea. >> it did not relay a court-martial conviction, now the pentagon is investigatoring this failure. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. an "early start." >> i'm dave briggs. it's 3:00 a.m. in the east and 2:00 a.m. in sutherland springs. we'll have the latest on the shooting shortly. but it's 5:00 p.m. in south korea and that's where we begin. moments from now, president trump is set to hold a news conference with president moon jae-in. they sat down with north korea at the top of the agenda. >> north korea answered the e set of sanctions with a fresh provocation. they said as long as the u.s. and its allies continue their hostile acts, they will treasurer their nuclear sort of justice. let's turn to senior white house corresponde correspondent. jeff zeleny in seoul. >> as you said in a few minutes time here, the two leaders will be holding the joint news conference, president trump an

securityst or ambassador to south korea and i worry what may happen if the president travels to asia. there is a lot of work to be done, and glad the committee is still focusing on this issue of on the path for word.. in to take place over the next few weeks in conjunction with of president's trip we're fortunate to have you with us today mr. thae yong-ho and i yield back. >> this morning we are pleased to be joined by thae yong-ho former deputy chief of the denver credit for public the people's republic of korea in the united kingdom. as saying an official he provided some unique insight so the statement is part of the record to submit statements or questions with any of extraneous material and if you could summarize your remarks the floor is yours. >> chairman end drinking member and the members of the house thank you for with the opportunity to be here today first-ever blake teetoo express my sincere gratitude who kept his promise who gave me this opportunity to testify so as you are all aware live diplomacy in 2016 the story is other different from other defectors may have experienced i

power it is there it's not going to go anywhere and it is it has a defense treaty with south korea it's not going to go anywhere and that's why china still needs north korea and i think china is walking a very very tight rope because it cannot do so much what the united states. it's once without. throwing that country into total chaos and thereby creating the very chaos that it is trying to avoid and that's what's going to put that that is what would back kim jong un's to into the corner and cause him to lash out but then i think that's what they're trying to avoid that's the that's the north koreans ace up their sleeve because they know that the united states conducts its policy you know in the region with only american interests in mind they do not think seriously about the interests of other i mean look look you know trump saying he's going to destroy north korea and then south korean say hey maybe you should ask us about that first ok i mean it's this extraordinary gentlemen i'm going to go to a short break here after that short break we'll continue our discussion on trump's visit t

the last two days in japan. he's due to arrive in south korea in a few hours. let's cross live to seoul. robin brant joins us. robin, north korea and its nuclear ambitions will be high on president trump's agenda. yes, top of the list. he comes here for a brief visit. it is barely 2a hours before he heads off to china. i think it is probably the most symbolic on this tour of asia. he arrives later on today. he will address us troops stationed here. there are tens of thousands. a state banquet tonight and talks with the president moonjae—in banquet tonight and talks with the president moon jae—in and banquet tonight and talks with the president moonjae—in and then an address to south korea's lawmakers tomorrow before he heads off. what's going to be absolutely crucial at the end of this trip i think for both sides, this is symptomatic of the broader desires for the president on this trip to asia, is a show of unity, a show of strength between the us and its historical allies. that is particularly important for south korea. this country is literally at the frontline of the gro

to asia donald trump gave an update on his trip, the president visited japan, south korea, china, vietnam, the philippines and attended the association of southeast asian nation summit. 's remarks at the white house are 20 minutes. >> thank you very much. last night i returned from a historic 12 day trip to asia. this journey took us to five nations to meet with dozens of foreign leaders, participate in three formal state visits and attend three key regional summits. it was the longest visit to the region by an american president in more than a quarter of a century. everywhere we went our foreign hosts greeted the american delegation, myself included with incredible warmth, hospitality and most importantly respect. this great respect showed very well our country is further evidence that america's renewed confidence and standing in the world has never been stronger than it is right now. when we are confident in ourselves, our strength from our flag, our history, our values, other nations are confident in us and when we treat our citizens with respect they deserve other countries t

united states. right now it is tomorrow. it is 11:00 a.m. on wednesday in south korea. so president trump is in south korea. he's about to address the south korean parl lnlt. this is the first time a u.s. president has addressed the parliament since the earlier '90s when bill clinton was there. it's certainly the first time any u.s. president has spoken anywhere in the korean peninsula since this president threatened that he would totally destroy north korea. it's the first time any american president has traveled to the korean peninsula since president trump threatened north korea with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> that was august. that was president trump's red line promising what he would do if north korea made any more threats to the united states. north korea responded immediately to that red line by threatening to bomb guam. then they shot missiles over japan, then they tested a hydrogen bomb. while the president prepares to a

trade. is making it happen. this is deja vu news live from berlin president trump visit south korea the second stop on his asian tour trump says the u.s. and its allies are making good progress in dealing with north korea's nuclear threat he's looking to present a united front with seoul against pyongyang also coming up a gun battle in the afghan capital police say three people including a suicide bomber have attacked a television station we'll go live to couple. this glacier in alaska has raised the alarm over climate change experts and activists meeting in germany for the u.n. climate summit hope to hold it's a rapid melt break but there are some who don't want them to succeed. i'm sumi so much down there good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump is in south korea the second stop of his inaugural tour of asia a visit is being seen as an attempt to present a united front against north korea trump and south korean president and i've just held a news conference where the u.s. president spoke of good progress being made with pyongyang he also called on the international communi

states donald trump won. welcome to "hannity," president trump is in south korea. 30 miles from the border with north korea. he will be delivering a major speech on countering pyongyang's nuclear aggression. we will bring you their life when the president starts speaking, and my monologue coming up little little later because of the president, he will be speaking in a moment. joining us now, former deputy assistant, the president sebastian gorka, former -- john bolton. john, let's just go to when the president was in japan this week, he says talking to the prime minister, he will shoot them out of the sky when he completes the purchase of lots of additional military equipment from the united states, meaning if, in fact, kim jong un tries again to fire a missile over japan, it will be shot down. i expect these remarks tonight will be pretty powerful. >> the president has several audiences to address here as he does in virtually everything he says on this trip, china being the most important. he has a very difficult task before him tonight. he has a square or circle in effect, he has

welcome to the president and first lady to south korea. please enjoy the beautiful autumn weather and find deep friendship between our two countries as well as are two leaders. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. that was an opening. statement that will be followed by president donald trump. >> thank you very much, president moon. thank you for honoring us with today,itation to be here and for the incredibly warm welcome and magnificence ceremony you have given us during our first trip to the very beautiful city of seoul. thank you very much. columbia and i had a wonderful elania and i had a beautiful time with you and your first lady. visit and see -- now we get to visit and see firsthand. discuss.uch to today, the president and i had an opportunity to talk about a range of vital economic and security matters, including our trade relationship and our joint efforts to solve north korea's threat to south world.nd, indeed, the this is a worldwide problem. the republic of korea than a long-standing ally of the united dates. we are partners and -- united states. we are partners and

korea. to the left of me, we have hundreds of south korean right police. they were sitting down on the grass. over here, we have the anti-trump protesters. they have been shouting for the better part of the last few hours. over here on the other side, we have some video that i believe supporters.am probably, a thousand. are elderly. i saw some metals hanging off. perhaps they are veterans of that conflict. many saying they support the u.s. and south korean partnership that is a deterrent the north. war with there is a palpable buzz here at waitational assembly as we donald trump speech to south korean lawmakers. >> thank you for that. clarify, i did cindy democrat, phil murphy -- murphy has won that race. >> that said, that is always have right now. thank you for joining us today. let's start with what you would for donald trump to be doing and saying in beijing? isit will depend on what he saying to the national assembly and what type of agreements and understandings he's been able to achieve. situation willn be dominating. yes, they will make a lot of announcements of sales of u.

. bret baier is next from seoul, south korea. how are you? >> bret: great, thanks. good morning from seoul, south korea. president trump will begin the second leg of his asia tour shortly. north korea dominates the talks here. big economic moves are big. texas is not far from the president's mind this. is special report. >> bret: good evening i'm bret baier. coming to you from seoul, south korea. we're covering the president's trip here. we have two big stories for you tonight from, here and back at home. investigators are piecing to getter what led a man to kill more than two dozen people in a small texas church this. is as we begin to put the faces to the lives cut short, including small children in the church. president trump weighed in on the shooting from japan, before leaving to land here in seoul, a few hours after spending time with prime minister abe in japan. he talked about the allies discussing a host of issues. north korea topping that list. i spoke h exclusively with the prime minister of japan. we will air that in a few moments. first beginning in seoul we begin with w

. next stop — south korea. we'll be live in seoul. back then it was known as new holland. one of the world's rarest maps — lost for three centuries — goes on display in australia. good morning. it's 9am in singapore. 1am in london and five in the afternoon in california where bosses at apple — the world's most profitable company — are watching a new tax controversy unravel. leaked documents show the tech giant actively sought out tax havens after an irish low—tax loophole it used was closed. the company then moved massive amounts of cash offshore to the island ofjersey in a move that would've saved it billions of dollars. although the company has done nothing illegal, it is again under fire from the eu and us over its tax arrangements. it came to light after millions of financial documents — the paradise papers — were obtained by the german newspaper, sud—deutsche zeitung and shared with journalists around the world including a team at the bbc. simonjack reports. a rapturous reception for the latest iphone. it's the most popular and profitable consumer product of all

end of world war two is to keep. japan from rearming number one and south korea and japan from developing nuclear weapons when i was at the pentagon we worked very hard to keep south korea from developing its own nuclear weapons program as well as japan they threatened to do that on numerous occasions if something wasn't done about north korea so for that pledge for the united states to maintain its security umbrella over those countries they agreed that they would not pursuit now with trump band there he has agreed. to to extend to allow for the extension of their ballistic missiles in south korea that that never would have happened five to ten years ago and frankly japan and south korea rely very heavily on military hardware for their defense you have agent they have our ages that they have our military planes pay a lot of money they play enormous amount of money for yeah i mean you just said the conditions let me go to daniel why don't the japanese the south well you know one other thing one other thing their defense interests are instead of washington doing it that's the pr

inevitably pull in south korea as ever right in the middle so now the white house is today urging all nations to cut ties with north korea we'll get to our panel in just a moment but first kathy novak reports from seoul. following the latest in a series of ballistic missile launches north korea says its rocket weaponry system development is complete and it's finally a nuclear state the day after firing what the north says is its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile yet state t.v. showed leader kim jong un overseeing the night time test the u.s. president again called kim little rocket men and added a new unflattering description. little rocket man rocket fuel for the american because. he is a sick puppy for the ninth time this year the united nations security council discussed yet another crisis centered on north korea this test is another confirmation that the north korean threat has changed dramatically in a few months both in scope and scale the threat us shifted from being regional to global. and from the u.s. ambassador a direct plea to china to exert greater economic

today. we want to take you live to south korea where the president is touching down. we are getting information that he's touched down. because of technical difficulties, and this is live television, we lost the shot. we'll get back to the president of business we can. want to see the live pictures and experience his asia trip with him. in the meantime, just like senator cruz, president trump declared the mass shooting in sutherland springs an act of evil. he was visiting tokyo earlier today arguing the issue isn't about guns. it's about mental health. the president is on the move was next up. john roberts reports to us from south korea. hi, john. >> good morning to you, shannon. not sure why we lost the shot of camp humphreys. everything was looking great but it went away. here we are back with you in seoul. the president landed at an airbase south of seoul a short time ago and flew from there to camp humphreys. he's going to meet in the dining facility there with some of the men and women, some of the 37,500 u.s. forces in south korea. one of the topics is going to be north korea.

human rights record and yet praised south korea's economic achievements and dropping up his visit to south korea with that address the emphasized the role of the u.s. military in the region as a means of ensuring peace and stability to live pictures there coming from the south korean national assembly the president and the first lady leaving with the south korean president in shaking hands of the m.p.'s they're leaving the hall after that speech particularly focusing not surprisingly on north korea let's join al-jazeera tony berkeley who's been watching the speech from the south korean capital seoul some forceful words there from president trump tony warning that north korea's leader acquiring these nuclear weapons weren't making him safe or putting him in more danger. yes a very very strong words he's getting a standing ovation from the lawmakers in the assembly this is the kind of words they wanted to hear a very lengthy speech very strong speech and as you say criticizing the human rights record but also looking at the strengths of south korea he was very clear in his language and

action in response to north korea's nuclear ambitions but honest message to south korea also strikes a new tone urging the world nations to come to the negotiating table. unless it's a pleasure to have you with us war torn syria has announced it intends to sign up to the paris climate accord leaving the united states as the only u.n. member not to do so while the decision comes as experts and activists me to bolster the two thousand and fifteen agreement at the u.n. climate conference in the german city of bottled a surprise move by war ravaged syria comes after nicole rogerson also signaled its intention to join the pact to cut carbon emissions. are you want to take you now to body of use of correspondence and dean who is joining us from there is covering the climate talks assign a war torn syria intending to sign onto the paris agreement that they see this coming. it was absolutely unexpected and what we understand syria has not signed anything yet but we were able to speak to a source who was present at the ad hoc working group meeting where apparently a representative of the syrian

falling. switching to south korea ahead of president moon sitdown with president xi jinping, keep an eye on korean companies that have been caught in the middle of seoul's year-long spat with china over thaad deployment. thatline in purple is kapok factory. -- the k-pop factory. hyundai motors have been looking good. sales have improved considerably in the years since september, after a pretty sluggish first half. yvonne: thank you. let's get to our top story. a dramatic change in tone as the trump tour of asia rolls along. the president has toned down his rhetoric on north korea, and calling for direct engagement on kim jong-un's nuclear program. we saw a headline, the president has scrapped plans for a surprise visit to the dmz. let's get to our north asia correspondent in seoul this morning. not going to the dmz. perhaps a welcoming sign. steve: can you scrap a surprise visit? [laughter] he wasn't supposed to go to the dmz. he might okay, maybe go this morning in a surprise visit. record. off the now we have an on the record. now we have an on the record statement saying he was sc

the south korean capital, seoul. north korea and its nuclear ambitions will be high on the agenda. and this story is trending on bbc.com — it's of a woman who's a climb above the rest. 31—year—old angela eiter has become the first woman to conquer one of the world's toughest climbing routes — la planta de shiva in spain. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: priti patel, the international development secretary, has apologised for breaking ministerial rules, after she held undisclosed meetings with the israeli prime minister and other figures while on holiday. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. new revelations about apple's taxes from the paradise papers. we will hear the response from the company. and home ownership is becoming an elusive dream for many people as property prices in asia continued to soar. good morning, asia, hello, world. this is tuesday, glad you could join us for another exciting addition of asia business report. we start off with apple. the attack but he must has responded to cla

back onto the plane and south korea as you know, we made a speech. i believe seldom has there been the opportunity to speak for somebody from the outside world in that -- and coming to the philippines was terrific. and coming to vietnam was terrific. vietnam treated us incredibly, as did the philippines, we could not have been treated nicer. >> he got to speak in the jedi

to the table and make a deal to end the nuclear standoff. speaking in south korea on his tour of asia the president struck a very different tone to his previous fiery rhetoric. but he warned he "hoped to god" he did not have to use the us military against pyongyang. our correspondent, mark lowen report from seoul. backing the man they say can stop north korea's march to war. supporters of donald trump out in seoul today, defending his hardline approach to the north's weapons tests. it's a kind of a warning to kimjong—un and his regime. if you do wrong things, you're going to be destroyed. but across the road, the other side, fearing mr trump's bombastic talk over north korea. passions and divisions accompanying him on this trip. threatening north korea, it's not the answer. we have to make them talk around the table, and we have to talk about it. these people say that, when donald trump fires off a tweet—storm or a tirade against kim jong—un from the other side of the world, it is seoul, 30 miles from the north korean border, that is made to feel vulnerable. they have lived

com africa homo. this is deja vu news live from berlin president donald trump visit south korea the second stop on his asian tour trump is looking to present a united front with seoul against north korea's nuclear threat but south korea's president has signaled he differs with trump's hardline approach we'll go to seoul for more also coming up investigators say the met domestic dispute appear to be the motive for a gunman who killed twenty six worshipers in a texas church and the military air allowed him to purchase a firearm. and these glaciers in alaska have become a hot topic in the u.s. states debate over climate change scientists have raised the obama over their rapid melting but some pro-business residents say that's a good thing. and one hundred years ago today both of the revolutionaries seized power in russia but their dream of a classless society turned into a totalitarian state so why did today's russian officials want to keep a lid on that revolutionary spirit goes to moscow to find out. i'm sorry so much going to thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has

stocks at a decades high as trump lands. the president holds a press conference with south korea's moon within the next hour of a half, coming things flexible at this point in time. my question is why is the market ignoring the geopolitical risk? we are talking about north korea. the oil market holds yesterday, big gains in the treasury market has the bloody catch-up. matt miller has an exclusive interview. live in frank for that event. cash trading let's take a look at what the bloomberg has only consolation this morning. we follow a positive session, not a great upswing gains continue to be made. up by .3%. this spanish market looks like it will be up around .5%. let's see what is happening out there. this is the picture on the gmm. there is an oil story there, it is rising very sharp with this morning into trade, up 1.5%. the yen is lower, part of that factor, we have seen the australian market through x thousand, close above 6000 this morning. something to pay attention to. continues toarket provide a turbo boost for the emerging markets. let's talk about what else is happening arou

you from the washington bureau. we are expected to see bret baier life from seoul, south korea. a short time ago we heard his report from the dnc. the president is expected to address the threat from north korea before leaving for china which will be the next leg on his asia tour. he's going to be hitting that topic at the forefront of his trip. we will give you a behind-the-scenes tour of the demilitarized zone between the two countries that puts this dangerous stand out and center. bret will speak to the head of u.s. pacific command about how ready the u.s. is to face nuclear threat and we will have the days' news here. we begin with the president's trip. john roberts is also following him around in seoul and joins us live. good evening. >> good evening. going into this trip, there were questions as to whether or not the president would moderate his strident language on north korea, and it appears he has. very diplomatic terms last night saying it makes sense for north korea to come to the table and make a deal. after months of apocalyptic stance against north korea, president t