sticking points has been north korea asking for sanctions relief. in order for the kim regime to survive and thrive, it needs to generate hard currency, and develop its economy, and sanctions have impeded these goals. the trump administration has stated consistently that it will not provide sanctions relief until north korea denuclearize denuclearizes or take significant steps toward denuclearization. how do we offer sanctions relief to incentivize diplomacy and denuclearization, but at the same time not minimize our leverage to quickly? quickly? we have assembled this fantastic panel of speakers. one of them is running a few minutes late, so we will have him join when he arrives. i have asked them as a group to help explain the scope of the sanctions regime against north korea, including multilateral and u.s. sanctions, the process for providing partial and complete sanctions relief, some potential practical paths for providing relief, taking into account the constraints in opportunities, and any lessons from sanctions regimes on other countries that can be applied to the north korean c

exploration. >>> now more about economic and financial sanctions against north korea. this took place after president trump's recent meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. foreign policy experts look at conditions for removal of sanctions. the united states institute of peace hosted this event. it's about an hour 50 minutes. >>> all right. so woe're going to go ahead and get started. thanks for joining us despite the rain. i know it's difficult for many of you. for those of you who are not familiar with usip, we're a nonpartisan independent institute that is dedicated to proposition that peace is possible. we're funded by congress and focused on preventing, mitigating, or resolving conflict. one of the global hotspots that has eluded peace for many years is the korean peninsula, and as you know, recently, president trump and chairman kim met at the border between north and south korea, which has rekindled the prospects for returning back to negotiations and breaking the current diplomatic stalemate. and, in fact, the two leaders agreed to resume working-level negotiations in th

point has been north korea asking for sanctions relief in order for the kim regime to survive and thrive it conomy andevelop the e sanctions impeded these goals. ion stated dministrat provide ll not sanctions relief ml north korea akes steps towards denuclearization. how do we offer sanctions relieve to incentivize diplomacy? the same time, not minimize uickly.erage too q so we've assembled this town of speakers. one is running late so we'll have him join when he arrives ut i've asked them as a group to help explain the scope of the cess ions regime and pro relief, some potential practical elief, r providing r taking into account the pportunities nd o o d that could be applied t north korea case. so, let me introduce the anelists in order they'll be speaking. first, again, dan is not here so peak have him probably s second or third. he's a program manager at national committee on north korea. research and publications and is the lead h searcher and editor for nort korea and the world, an nteractive website exploring diplomaticonomic and relations. up next is including the north or

. after making some history today in north korea. while many of you were pror probably sleeping, i am ed henry, a live hour, we recap the president's interaction with north korea dictator kim jong-un, the first sitting u.s. president to step on north korean soil, stakes are high because two leaders met for over an hour, and agrees tory start talks for -- we start talks for a possible deal to denuclearize north korea. he used twitter and other public statements toa. up the rhetoric, as president labeled kim, little rocket man, and warned of american fire and fury raining down on pyongyang if it continued. opposite has happened, the president's approach deescalating tensions in first summit, june 2018 in singapore, kim pledged to denuclearize then iin february the president walkd away from what was seen as a bad deal, this time president used twitter for kim to meet him in demilitarize zone while president was in south korea for walks with president moon. they met in south korea. there should be a lot of skepticism, dictator has a human right record, the tragic case and death of otto wa

public support generally, doesn't it? i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: north korea launches multiple projectiles off its east coast, but it is not yet clear what sort of missiles were fired. more clashes in hong kong after police charge 44 pro—democracy protestors with rioting, meaning they could face up to ten years injail. i'm samantha simmonds in london. also in the programme: democratic presidential hopefuls get ready for the second big debate on the road to the white house. and we will reveal why this tiny village in the alps has become a must—see attraction for tens of thousands of tourists from asia. good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london. we start with breaking news from south korea, where the military in seoul say that north korea has launched a series of unidentified projectiles from the hodo peninsula. last week, the north fired two short—range ballistic missiles from the same area. live now to our correspondent laura bicker in seoul. we know these come after last week's provocations. what do we know about these latest launches? we're st

. >>> in other news, president trump is basking in the after glow of the stunning visit to north korea, a historic meeting with kim jong-un. let's go to our senior white house correspondent pamela brown. did that photo op come with a price? >> reporter: that remains to be seen, wolf. but certainly president trump is back at the white house tonight. he is boasting about the surprise meeting he showed with kim jong-un, the north korean leader and the success of the g-20. but, wolf, even as president trump revels in the history-making trip he faces new challenges tonight relating to iran. tonight president trump back at the white house. tweeting there wasn't a thing missing or a mistake that was made. perfect. on the heels of the g-20 and his monumental surprise visit to north korea. where he had an impromptu meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> i didn't expect to meet you at this place. the first u.s. president to cross this line. >> reporter: trump taking 20 step news north korea, making him the first sitting american president to set foot in the hermit kingdom. he was greeted

has become the 1st sitting u.s. president to set foot in north korea he stepped over the border during his 3rd meeting with kim jong un in an impromptu one apparently arranged after trump proposed at 5 twitter on saturday the 2 sides agreed to resume the nuclear talks which stalled after their last summit broke down in february and trump said he has a great friendship with a north korean leader there is diplomatic editor james phase reports from pageant near the demilitarized zone in south korea. this went just the way president donald trump wanted pictures that will make history and potentially reinvigorate peace efforts waiting for him the other side of the line separating north korea and south korea kim jong on a handshake in the 3rd meeting and then. became the 1st ever sitting u.s. president to step on to north korean soil. the 2 then walked back into the south and address trip and it's a step bigger course that was agreed on a lot of practices a lot of friendships and that is to secure a great project so i just thank you very quickly notice that i want to thank you. i beli

conference in seoul. questions focused on relations with north korea, specifically what president trump helped to get out of a meeting with chairman kim, the possibility of a third summit with the leader and sanction relief if north korea denuclearize. this is about half hour. >> opening remarks will first be given by the president of south korea. theill now hear from president from the republic of south korea. >> i extend my welcome to president trump and to the republic of korea. today, the korean peninsula together with president trump notedcome the land most on earth. since the declaration of , the united states and north korea will be meeting for the first time in history, the leaders of the united states of north korea will be standing face-to-face in the symbol of division and make handshakes for peace. if we continue to communicate and engage with each other in dialogue, we can move towards the best situation. this is something we will be able to see for ourselves today. south and north will be able to become confident about peace and the world will provide their support and che

welcome to bbc news, i'm mike embley. our top stories: north korea fires two short range ballistic missiles from its east coast — the south korean military says they landed in the sea ofjapan. the democratic party's 2020 presidential hopefuls are starting a second round of debates on the road to the white house. russia launches criminal proceedings into saturday's free election protests in moscow. anyone found guilty could face up to 15 years injail. and why this tiny village in the alps has become a must—see attraction for tens of thousands of tourists from asia. north korea has fired two short—range ballistic missiles early on wednesday morning. this from reports on the yonhap news agency, citing thejoint chiefs of staff of the south korean military. it's reported the missiles were fired from the hodo peninsula in south hamgyong province, on north korea's east coast. it's the second missile launch in a week. neighbouring south korea and japan, of course, monitoring all this very closely in case there are more to come. let's speak to the bbc‘s laura bicker in seoul. laura,

u.s. president to step foot in north korea. trump met north korean leader kim jong-un at the military demarcation line at the korean demilitarized zone sunday, and then took 20 steps beyond the line, which has divided north and south korea since 1953. we will go to seoul south korea, and to hawaii, for the latest. in over 4 million people filled the streets of new york to celebrate world pride and mark the 50th anniversary of the stonewall uprising that launched the modern-day lgbtq movement. we will hear voices from the que er liberation march. >> first, we're honoring our ancestors in the fight for liberation, who started this all 50 or's ago at the stonewall bar. amy: all that and morere, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in a a historic first for a sitting u.s. president, donald trump crossed through the demilitarized zone and set foot in north korea sunday, walking side-by-side with north korean leader kim jong-un after kim greeted him at the demarcation line. they agreed to resume do new causation talks come althou

side of peace. process talking north korea i'm joined by my guest rima govern in raleigh he is a former cia analyst and co-founder of veterans intelligence professionals for sanity in jerusalem we have from inbar he is president of the drucilla institute for strategy and security and in plymouth we cross to patrick henningsen he is the executive editor of the news website 21st century wire dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to ray 1st in raleigh i just want to comment i know that you're growing your beard to give attention to the maltreatment. is being is experiencing right now so good for you my brother a man for your protest but let's go to the affairs at hand here north korea. you're an old hand of international politics trump made an unprecedented bold move he's been slammed left and right and center for it i think is brilliant he's thinking outside the box because with the policy towards north korea's over and over again the same policies are attempted and they fail now we have a

talks with north korea. president trump is back at the white house after his historic meeting with kim jong-un where he became the first sitting u.s. president to step foot inside north korea. it is a picture the president rely i shoulish relished. what about the substance? this morning "new york times" says trump administration might be headed towards passively accepting north korea as a nuclear power, allowing him to keep his weapons in exchange for a freeze on new weapons. that is a position the administration previously said it would not strapped for. >> we have breaking 2020 news. south bend mayor pete buttigieg joining the big leagues official live. his campaign just announced huge fundraising hall in the third quarter, just shy of $25 million. that certainly cements his top tier status. joining us to talk about all this susan glasser staff writer at the new yorker and analyst, white house coordinator for "washington post" and lopez, national political reporter at "politico." first let's start with what happened in increasnorth korea, over the weekend. let's start with kim jo

agreement from north korea to take steps to denuclearize. >> i'm glad president trump is exploring it. >> i personally don't believe the north koreans have any long-term decision. >> the tweet of donald jr. was a coward. >> the campaign is where things get deep down in the mud. >> these are the same racist attacks that daddy tried on barack obama. they're not going to work now. >> kamala harris, she's got game. she'll be a force to be reckoned with. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "new day" this morning. new reporting of a possible major concession in nuclear negotiations with north korea. president trump is back at the white house after this historic meeting with kim jong-un at the dmz. mr. trump becoming the first sitting u.s. president to set foot in north korea. this morning "the new york times" reports that the trump administration might be headed towards accepting north korea as a nuclear power and allowing kim jong-un to keep his nuclear weapons in exchange for a freeze of new weapons. now, that is a position the adm

. president to cross into north korea. the president says that they agreed to restart nuclear talks. >> it was a great success because we maintained our relationship. so we are going to have teams that made over the next few weeks and start up process. we will see what happens. >> both north korea and the united states had previously designated negotiation teams but had made very little progress toward actually getting north korea to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program. >> sandra: what is the latest on the south three of us? >> yeah, it happened just a few hours after appear that scrambling of drugs, apparently because of unidentified objects flying between the border of north and south korea. well, it turned out to be a flock of birds, though it highlights the tension in that region that has existed for 70 years. the south korean government has been a strong supporter of improved relations and has push the negotiations with kim jong un's regime and the united states. they say about that quote, since it is expected that the nuclear negotiations between washington and

the first sitting president to set foot in north korea, what comes next for president trump's policy and the goal of denuclearization? and a push for development has put the amazon at risk, with deforestation taking a devastating toll. ning all overp the amazon to create new farmland, and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. nada: for those watching on pbs and around the world, welcomto "world news america." tense scenes have beennfolding in hong kong after protesters smashed their way into the b parliamelding, spraying graffiti on the walls and tearing down portraits of the city's leaders. hours later they were driven out by pice firing tear gas. the protests coincided with the 22nd anniversary of e handover of power from the u.k. to china, but are a continuation of the unrest sparked by a controversial extradition l. a brief time ago, hong kong's efief executive carrie lam held a press conferenceding the police's action and condemning the violent protest. from hon kong, rupert wingfield-hayes has the latest. rupert: exactly 22 years after china to

this is the briefing. i'm maryam moshiri. our top story: north korea fires two short—range ballistic missiles. the south korean military says they landed in the sea of japan. the democratic party's 2020 presidential hopefuls have gone head to head in a second round of debates on the road to the white house. a climate change warning — the latest uk figures reveal the ten hottest days on record, have all taken place since 2002. the us federal reserve is expected to cut its main interest rate for the first time in more than a decade. then, the us was in recession. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation as a new report shows most children want to live in a city, even though the countryside is healthier, we want to know, where did you grow up? how much of an impact does where u grow up as a child have how much of an impact does where you grow up as a child on you as an adult? tell us what you think — just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. south korea says that north korea

whether it's president xi president putin or his surprise visit to north korea to meet with chairman kim he you know as he always does creates a little bit of a of fury before he goes there mentioning india in terms of japan in terms of trade imbalances. look at the end of the day you know perfectly with regard to north korea any time you talk to an adversary is a good thing the larger question though is what did the united states get return and so that with all trumps international visits there's a lot of turmoil there's a lot of show some interesting photo ops but what actually tangibly got out of that i still think is unclear he seems to really praise the the authoritarian adversary do you think he does that to stir up the left to anger people to just get press i mean what's is what's is objective in doing that or does he just genuinely admire these people do you think ito it is hard to understand. you know. maybe it's a realistic understanding that when you're trying to conduct diplomatic relations with other countries you take those countries as you see them so you know

his firstness. first president to take his daughter to north korea on a work trip. first president to say out loud he has no yrd what the term western liberalism means by dissing the west coast cities of the united states in response to a reporter's question about it. first president to pass along his pension for birtherism smear campaigns to his son, and, yes, first president to meet with a brutal north korean dictator on that bruin north korea's dictator's home turf and then lavage him with praise. >> it's just an honor to be with you, and an honor you asked me to step over the line and i was proud to step over the line. we heard the power of that voice. nobody's heard that voice before. >> the voice. and what a face, that look on donald trump's case fonding over a dictator could be ripped from one of his realfy showity shows. but now president trump leaving the world to and woder are we less safe today than we were before trump decided to play nuclear negotiator? "the new york times" reports on the substance of u.s./north korea negotiations that trump may become the first american

north korea after getting warm and fuzzy with vladimir putin and other strong men at the g-20. tonight, critics are demanding to know why mr. trump keeps treating brutal dictators with kid gloves. >>> first diplomat? ivanka trump's expanding presence on the international stage is under fresh scrutiny after she seems to butt into a conversation of world leaders. is she taking her role as an unpaid adviser to her father too far? >>> and star pitch erp der dies. we're getting new details on the sudden death of a player on the los angeles angels. the team is in mourning tonight as their game has been postponed. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room". >>> we're following breaking news on significant tightening in the democratic presidential race. cnn's just-released poll shows joe biden's lead is now down to five percentage points. his support shrinking after his less-than-strong showing in the first round of debates. kamala harris and elizabeth warren, they have made steep gains with harris moving into s

the by the 31st. of south korea says north korea has fired 2 projectiles into the ocean off the north east coast they were shot into the sea off one san south korea says they were fired just before 6 am local time the flight distance suggests they were likely missiles it is the 1st military action from pyongyang since u.s. president donald trump met kim jong un at korea's demilitarized zone nearly a month ago rob a bride is live for us in seoul so rob what more do we know about this and what can we read into the timing of it as well. yes as it was they're waiting to see exactly what these projectiles were but officials here in south korea say it's very similar to a launch that took place in may which was the launch again from the east coast from the same location of 2 short range missiles into the sea separating the korean peninsula from japan flying about 400 kilometers so it could be we could be talking about short range missiles again here and interestingly that launch that took place in may was the 1st by north korea since 2017 and was seen as i think this launch to will be

talks in motion, mr. trump's historic meeting with kim jong-un in north korea. of leadership, the courage and judgment to do. to meet with kim jong-un on kim's side of the korean dmz . and the national left wing media cohorts refuse to give the president credit for not only becomings first sitting president to enter north korea, but with a tweet, he invited kim to meet him in his own country, restarting the trump-kim denuclearization talks. while president trump was saving preworld, meeting with -- the free world, meeting with kim and xi, putin, erdogan, abe, merkel and others, human right protesters flooded into streets of hong kong, and smashed their way to city government headquarters creating greatest challenge to rule of president xi and the chinese communist party ever. the tens of thousands of protesters, the half million demonstrators, taking on the communist regime on the very anniversary of the former british colony' colony's returno chinese rule. worsening demonstrations like you saw in hong continental, edward lawrence, live at the white house with a the very latest. r

good to have your company coming up in the next 60 minutes south korea says north korea has fired 2 ballistic missiles into the sea of the country's east coast this just days after a similar launch last week. sudan's military general orders all schools to be shut down end after deadly after crowds of students protest against the killings of 5 pupils at a rally on monday. and setting the stage for a presidential race u.s. democratic candidates begin a 2nd round of debates we will be live in downtown detroit for that. and a call for investigation u.n. security council members demand an inquiry into the bombing of hospitals in syria's adlib province. south korea says north korea has launched 2 ballistic missiles off its east coast it's the 2nd such tests in a week now the missiles flew 250 kilometers into the japan see the south korean military joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation and case if additional launches and tests come at the united states struggles to reach a diplomatic agreement with north korea over its nuclear weapons program or we can get more on thi

history. could president trump's groundbreaking visit unlock further progress in the us—north korea talks? at least seven people are killed in sudan after tens of thousands return to the streets to demand civilian rule. and sir david attenborough joins kylie and the cure on the final day of the glastonbury festival. hello and welcome. senior politicians in hong kong have been celebrating the moment the city returned to chinese rule 22 years ago. led by chief executive carrie lam and joined by officials from china, they attended a reception a few hours ago. outside, a flag raising ceremony was held at the harbour front. in her toast, carrie lam wished success to the motherland and to the stability and prosperity of hong kong. away from this, though, the mood is quiet different. this is the scene live as crowds of activists have been gathering from early this morning. they're now in a peaceful stand—off with police. there were a few skirmishes and clashes reported earlier, but we believe this is protesters just outside the entrance of the hong kong convention centre where that ceremony to

we're seeing new video of the president's historic visit inside north korea. also, friends of mackenzie lueck talk to fox news as her university plans a tribute to the murdered college student. >> she would always say the right thing at the right time. the kind of best soul you'll meet. >> remembering a hero of 9-11 that fought for his fellow responders until the very end. >> i'm nobody special. i did what all the other guys did. now we're paying the price for it. >> ahead, what luis alvarez's family told him in his final moment and what his close friend, john feal, is telling us today. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. there's word that president trump could be softening his strategy to dictator kim jong-un's nuclear arsenal after he took historic steps on north korean soil. "the new york times" says president trump might accept a nuclear freeze instead of total denuclearization. that means pyongyang would have to stop developing nuclear capabilities but not dismantle any existing weapons. john bolton is pushing back strongly against this report. yesterday president t

our adversaries whether it's president xi president putin or his surprise visit to north korea to meet with chairman kim he you know as he always does creates a little bit of a fury before he goes there mentioning india in terms of and japan in terms of trade imbalances. look at the end of the day you know particularly with regard to north korea any time you talk to an adversary is a good thing the larger question though is what did the united states get in return so that with all trumps international visits there's a lot of turmoil there's a. show some interesting photo ops but what actually tangibly got out of that i still think is unclear he seems to really praise the the authoritarian adversary do you think he does that to stir up the left to anger people to just get press i mean what's says what's his objective in doing that or does he just genuinely admire these people do you think ito it is hard to understand. you know. maybe it's a realistic understanding that when you're trying to conduct diplomatic relations with other countries you take those countries as you see them s

fire, this as he cozies up to north korea. does he have a coherent strategy. >>> and is taxpayer funded security being misused for secretary of state mike pompeo and his family? let's go outfront. >>> good evening everyone. i'm in for erin burnett. biden takes a hit. cnn just out with a poll, the first one conducted after the debate and revealing a big crack in the front runner's facade. biden still in the lead and kamala harris is up there in second. dig in a little deeper and you will see biden's lead has narrowed to just five points. the 22% is down ten points for may. harris who took on biden at the democratic debate is surging up nine points from may. while harris is making significant strides with democratic voters, she is behind biden among one key segment of democratic voters right now, african-american voters trailing him by 12 points in this poll when it comes to support there. and this is despite harris being seen as the top candidate to handle race relations right now. biden is leading on issues like economy and the environment. like our new survey also shows, it's st

because the policy towards north korea is over and over again the same policies are attempted and they fail now we have a new start i don't know if it's going to go anywhere but it's bold and it's worth paying attention to rape in raleigh it's hard to know for sure where it's going anywhere because trying to get rid of bolton and and pump a 0 if he wants to achieve any success or at least remind them who's president he's got other obstacles in the main one is what i call the mickey met in the military you got a pencil here yeah yeah military industrial congressional intelligence media . academe think tank complex micky matt now why do i say media because that's a scene acorn and that's the thing that makes it possible for to derail everything that. wants to accomplish in terms of reducing tension because you know the media is owned by the same corporations the profits here in these situations are in war so holo. figured out so the media has deceived most of the american people into thinking that the leader of north korea is just a beast and it's going to take a while for trump and his

and his steps into north korea as the 1st sitting u.s. president to do so a gift to north korea because the u.s. scott really nothing in return while north korea was bestowed with a certain legitimacy well this statement from north korea's u.n. mission is essentially saying it's not going to say thank you for this shift its statement is accusing the u.s. essentially of talking out of both sides of its mouth while president trump was initiating these peace talks with the north north korean leader members of his ministration at the urging of the u.s. state department was leading an effort at the u.n. to try to get member countries to send north korean foreign workers home this was in response to u.s. allegations that north korea is violating saying sions against oil imports and in this statement from north korea notes that the u.s. sent a letter to member countries along with the u.k. france and germany that was delivered on june 29th urging for this retaliation against breaking the same sions and that on that same day trump had tweeted his impromptu invitation to meet kim jong un at the

reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera sanctions on north korea to be having a devastating effect with the economy declining for the 2nd year running south korea's central bank estimates the north's g.d.p. fell by 4 point one percent and 2018 the worst drop since 1997. does not disclose any figures on its economy. the u.n. says as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants may have drowned off the coast of libya around $301.00 board 2 boats and that the town of homs east of the capital tripoli. and the head of tennessee is parliament ahmed and been sworn in as interim president following the death of 92 year old ben. and assumed would leave the country until presidential elections are held on september 15th. just turn to our top story on north korea's economy its g.d.p. is estimated to have fallen by 4 point one percent last year benjamin silberstein is that is a north korean economy what she joins us via skype from seoul benjamin north korea's economy is decline now for the 2nd year running i mean clearly international sanctions are taking that toll how bad of the numbers do you think

south korea says north korea has far too ballistic missiles into the sea off the country's east coast just days after a similar launch last week. and you're watching out there live from doha also coming up. sudan's military gentle orders all schools to be shut down indefinitely the crowds of students protest against the killing of 5 pupils at a rally on monday. a call for investigation u.n. security council members demanded inquiry into the bombing of hospitals in serious adlib province. and setting the stage for a presidential race u.s. democratic candidates begin a 2nd round of debates will be live in downtown detroit. south korea says pyongyang has far too ballastic missiles off its east coast this comes 6 days after north korean leader kim jong un oversaw the testing of 2 new short range ballistic missiles that south korean militaries joint chiefs of staff say they are monitoring the situation in case of additional launches we can go straight to so our rob mcbride is standing by for us or rob what more can you tell us about this. that's right these launches happened just aft

desire in life and also coming up just days after donald trump crossed into north korea young attic use the u.s. being hell bent on hostility. saddam's military genter an opposition are back on the negotiating table under african union and he appealed to me. and will be joining this grandmother in what she calls a toxic tour of hell as she pushes the u.s. energy producers to clean up their industry. the u.n. security council has failed to agree on a course of action in libya following emergency talks on the bombing of the migrants and the that killed 44 people now earlier the un's mission in libya said the attack would constitute a war crime while the un chief through a spokesman demanded a full independent investigation he condemns this horrendous incident in the strongest terms and he expresses his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wishes are equipped recovery to those injured the secretary general calls for an independent investigation of the circumstances of this incident to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to justice it is important to note that the uni

down as a one issue prime minister getting back to al-jazeera. on north korea appears to have conducted its 1st missile test since u.s. president met kim jong un nearly a month ago south korea says 2 projectiles was shot into the sea off one sun japan's government believes they were short range ballistic missiles earlier this month north korea warned military drills in south korea could derail nuclear talks with washington robin pride is live for us say in seoul so rob what more do we know about this and what can we read into the timing of it. and we're still waiting to get confirmation from south korean officials here about exactly what these projectiles were but they do say it's very similar to launches that took place from north korea in may which were determined in the end to be short range missiles they flew a similar distance around 400 kilometers traveling east into the sea separating the korean peninsula and japan the launches in may those were the 1st of those type of launches since 2017 and those launches as this one will be seen as a sign i think of north korea's fr

. territory. north korea fires missiles into the sea just weeks after going to restart nuclear talks with the u.s. . addresses parliament for the 1st time as britain's new prime minister these are live pictures. breaking news out of tennessee a 92 year old president. has died he was taken to a military hospital on wednesday is 2nd to health crisis in a month he had been in power since 2014 and was the country's 1st democratically elected leader in recent times imran khan reports. came to power in december 2014 after winning the 1st free presidential election his career began 40 years earlier and took him through various posts in defense security and foreign affairs he briefly served as interim prime minister in 2011. 0 was the 1st to experience a wave of protests that became known as the arab spring in 2010 the following year they led to the ousting of longtime president zain aberdeen ben ali and 3 and in the 1st 3 elections 3 years later at the head of a newly created party won a runoff that polarized voters he was often accused of giving in to many of the demands of the islamist opposition

, the photo op presidency went to north korea on sunday. the president of the united states who can never be believed is trying to convince you that it was just a spur of the moment decision made by the president on the road headed for south korea and thought maybe i should be the first person to set foot into north korea. that is not how it happened. the hill is reporting that a week before the president stepped into north korea, he told them in an off the record portion of the hill's interview that he might meet with the murderous dictator on his trip to south korea. the hill now revealed that off the record portion of the interview in an exclusive interview with the hill last monday. trump said he would be visiting the dmz and he might meet with kim. the hill delayed publishing news of the trip earlier in the week at the request of the white house which cited security concerns about publicizing the president's plans that far in advance. the "wall street journal" said on wednesday president moon of south korea told foreign journalists that the u.s. and north korea engaged in behin

of attacks. >> let's turn, congressman, to the president's historic steps into north korea. the first american president to do so. you say the president should be applauded for his latest meeting with kim jong-un. what does president trump have to show for all of this? >> well, he has to show that we at least aren't having an escalation of threats. you remember when we were having the bloody nose theory. largely of his own making, at least that has calmed down. but i think there are two things that we could have happen moving forward, first let's have a peace agreement and move past the 1953 armistice and then insist on denuclearization. and i think if we have the first, the north koreans would be willing to do the second. >> you think the north koreans would be willing to give up their stockpile of what 20 or 50 or 60 nuclear bombs, give up that nuclear capability that they currently have? >> -- was in my office, a senior adviser to president moon of south korea and he believes that at this moment if we were to sign a nonaggression pact and have a peace agreement that kim jong-

as that at the john hopkins university good to speak. thank you. in other news north korea is accusing the u.s. of being hell bent on hostility towards it and of being obsessed with sanctions are responding to allegations that it breached a cap on petroleum imports north korea's mission to the u.n. issued this statement the united states is practically more and more hell bent on hostile acts against the d.p. r. k. that acronym refers to the country's official name and then goes on to say it's quite ridiculous for the us to continue its pressure campaign considering sanctions as a pin a shia for all problems it's a sharp turn of events from these scenes just days ago when donald trump became the 1st sitting u.s. president to visit north korea he met kim jong un at the demilitarized zone between north and south korea and they agreed to kickstart denuclearization talks. and now heidi jo castro joins us live from washington d.c. as we said there heidi a very quick turn of events what more the north korea have to see in this u.n. statement. well this press statement from the the u.