war ravaged economy switching gears now north korean leader kim jong un has said he is ready to visit russia to meet vladimir putin as soon as possible earlier my colleague daniel farmer discussed the story with a hawk. this came about from my visit by the russian delegation to the russian federation council speaker violence intimate feeing co past the letter. from the russian president inviting him to attend these bilateral talks in moscow we understand of course this will be discussed through diplomatic channels in good time but from what we hear from the russian side mr kim jong il the north korean supremely leader is key not to delay and to visit moscow as soon as time allows the two leaders have of course corresponded before if this visit does go ahead that will be the first time at least in recent history that a north korean leader will visit moscow for bilateral talks now on top of this we know north korea has been in the u.s. south korea to see what what is the state of play between those countries at the moment while very much changeable obviously went from the brink of confl

transferring refined petroleum to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed last month the independent panel of experts on the implementation of north korean sanctions submitted its bi annual report to the sanctions committee the report contains evidence of multiple russian sanction violations we have seen and read this report . but when the panel submitted the report to the security council last week we noticed something deeply troubling. the evidence of russian violations that was detailed in the earlier report was missing. it had been removed from the open section of the report apparently russia threatened to prevent release of the report unless its demands to hide the evidence of its violations was met with regarding the tanker which allegedly violated sanctions the expert group has concluded that it did not secondly the claim that we deleted part of the report containing violations by russian companies is not true however these claims fall in line with the policy of maximum pressure on pyongyang the us is trying to take control of the un security council

film transferring refined petroleum to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed the report contains evidence of multiple russian sanction violations we have seen and read this report but when the panel submitted the report to the security council last week we noticed something deeply troubling. the evidence of russian violations that was detailed in the earlier report was missing. regarding the tanker which allegedly violated sanctions the expert group has concluded that it did not complete the claim that we deleted part of the report containing violations by russian companies is not true however these claims fall in line with the policy of maximum pressure on pyongyang the u.s. is trying to take control of the u.n. security council i have a feeling sometimes that the u.s. confuses the u.n. security council with its own u.s. national security council meanwhile the south korean president has arrived in the north for a summit meeting jai and was greeted to plan going at ports by the north korean leader kim jong il the south korean president spoke with bus

to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed last month the independent panel of experts on the implementation of north korean sanctions submitted its bi annual report to the sanctions committee the report contains evidence of multiple russian sanction violations we have seen and read this report but when the panel submitted the report to the security council last week. we noticed something deeply troubling the evidence of russian violations that was detailed in the earlier report was missing. it had been removed from the open section of the report apparently russia threatened to prevent release of the report unless its demands to hide the evidence of its violations was met with regarding the tanker which allegedly violated sanctions the expert group has concluded that it did not secondly the claim that we deleted part of the report containing violations by russian companies is not true however these claims fall in line with the policy of maximum pressure yang the us is trying to take control of the un security council i have a feeling sometim

civilians is the terrorists that are mr kim jong il the north korean supremely leader is key not to delay and to visit moscow as soon as time allows the two leaders have of course corresponded before if this visit does go ahead that will be the first time at least in recent history that a north korean leader will visit moscow for bilateral talks now on top of this we know north korea has been in touch with the u.s. south korea to see what the what is the state of play between those countries at the moment while very much changeable obviously went from the brink of conflict just about easter time to that summit in singapore with donald trump but she was very keen to advertise as something highly successful something very productive and now things have taken another step back toward some pretty hostile rhetoric the u.s. has accused north korea of cyber warfare of hacking and trying to stifle free speech in the west take a listen the north korean backed conspiracy attempted to crush freedom of speech in the u.s. and the u k. it robbed banks around the world you know we took the step to

the time people who brought this up and said i don't know if i would trust these north koreans we were all shouted down we were shouted down by trump and his supporters and here we are a couple of months later shocker there's been no developments with the north koreans there's been no advancements and this is played out exactly as i would have anticipated it playing out kim jong un you could say a lot of things about kim jong un one thing you have to say about him is he's smart he's a very smart guy he's diabolical he's a murderer those are as bad qualities while he is he's a pretty shrewd guy and he knows how to play donald trump like a fiddle and that's exactly what he has done why do we need to meet with him again when the problem was already solved what do you make of it chris you know it's i am not to go so far to say is everything is a failure it was all a disaster and he should have ever met i think there is value in us having conversations there i do i think you've got to look at the positives the pauses are there have been a nuclear test since the first meeting and when h

opportunity to praise washington's progress with however the north korean foreign minister. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting when i did it and i was really being tough and so was he i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters to him even. during the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the u.s. the u.s. heavily relies on coercive measures that are lethal to trust building without any trust in the u.s. we have no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves or indeed not so long ago washington and pyongyang appeared to be on the brink of war now the u.s. secretary of state claims both countries are at the dawn of a new day a tranquil recount of the past the bend full twelve months. it's only been a year and then boom donald trump's second u.n. general assembly just listen to it i would like to thank chairman kim for his courage and for the steps he has taken a lot of very positive things are ha

petroleum to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed last month the independent panel of experts on the employment taishan of north korean sanctions submitted its by in your report to the sanctions committee the report contained evidence of multiple russian sanction violations we have seen and read this report but when the panel submitted the report to the security council last week we noticed something deeply troubling. the evidence of russian violations that was detailed in the earlier report was missing. it had been removed from the open section of the report. apparently russia threatened to prevent release of the report unless its demands to hide the evidence of its knowledge since was met we then heard a response after these these series of allegations were made by the us representative nikki haley after she spoke and made all kinds of allegations against russia we heard a response from the representative of the russian federation now he proceeded to desex these allegations and claims and before he did that he pointed out that it was interesting

against north korea row data doubting it would be better to support north korean efforts rather than impose further restrictions on both countries erik so it came from the lawyers for demilitarization and peace in korea believes that despite the obvious progress unless there is compromise with the north relations may still stall yet. it's time to step back a little bit and not assume that the north koreans are just going to lay down their weapons out of trust for the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions so it's as the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation which for the first time we have the two sides really dialogue and it will be a chance to build trust through exchanges said but there needs to be a give and take of neither side. with a huge headline in that emotionally charged hearing donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh in the week and the woman who accused him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee to have. on thursday. i

pyongyang however the north korean foreign minister didn't quite match trump's enthusiasm. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting when i did it and i was really being tough and so was i we'll go back and forth and. then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters to me when i'm from. uni the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the us the us heavily relies on coercive measures that are lethal to trust building without any trust in the us we have no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves well indeed not so long ago washington and pyongyang appeared to be on the brink of war now the u.s. secretary of state claims both countries are at the dawn of a new day at a tranquil recaps the past eventful twelve months it's only been a year and then dated adding it would be better to support korean efforts rather than impose further restrictions on the country. from lawyers for daimler tries ation and peace in korea believes that the spik

the north koreans are just going to lay down their weapons out of trust for the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions so it's as the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation in which for the first time we have the two sides really dialogue going and it will be a chance to build trust through exchange of said but there needs to be a give and take a major side of. another huge story in the week in that emotionally charged hearing donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman who accuses him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee on thursday twenty million people tuned in on t.v. and online for it that's almost twice as many of those who watched the game of thrones season finale. i recall saying that the bully who assaulted me could someday be on the u.s. supreme court i denied the allegation immediately categorically and unequivocal i am here today not because they want to be and terrified my family and my name have been totally and

captured on film transferring refined petroleum to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed last month the independent panel of experts on the employment taishan of north korean sanctions submitted its bi annual report to the sanctions committee. the report contains evidence of multiple russian sanction violations we have seen and read this report but when the panel submitted the report to the security council last week we noticed something deeply troubling the evidence of russian violations that was detailed in the earlier report was missing. it had been removed from the open section of the report apparently russia threatened to prevent release of the report unless its demands to hide the evidence of its violations was met we then heard a response after these these series of allegations were made by the us representative nikki haley after she spoke and made all kinds of allegations against russia we heard a response from the representative of the russian federation now he proceeded to desex these allegations and claims and before he did that he pointe

in the north for a summit and was greeted at pyongyang at ports by the north korean needs can join the south korean president is accompanied by a two hundred strong delegation is bringing with him business leaders including the heads of samsung and l.g. is the first time in ten years this is south korean leader has visited pyongyang. are expected to discuss an ongoing peace plan nuclearize ation and they could sign a bilateral trade agreements. as we mentioned visit comes just after the u.s. accused russia of violating sanctions against north korea antiwar activist brian baca believes washington does not want to see peace emerge on the korean peninsula . if you look at the last year all of the good progress has really come from north and south koreans they want to live together they want to have peace they want to end the war they want to have economic integration this frightens the united states because the united states is south korea not as an ally but as an extension of american power and the u.s. fears any kind of reunification in korea or among koreans will diminish american

insulting way look north koreans are starving they have no running water they have no roads and they have to make a decision do they want to come to like a certain sort of you know doing security you really want to continue with your weapons program it is up to them i mean this isn't so dealing with the united nations and with the d.p. r. k. a foreign minister said today is to the extent that there is no forward progress get probably rest in washington and not in pyongyang numerous unilateral measures concessions to the united states and then again virtually nothing in return for the foreign minister said today step by step this recent recall we will not desire unless confidence building measures are taken first by walsh what north korea was claiming was it was the internal power political struggle in the us as being the main reason for the mistrust between the two do you think that's really the root of the mistrust. well you know what they're trying to say which is that donald trump seems to be the only person in the donald trump administration who favors a peace process john bolton

experts on the employment taishan of north korean sanctions submitted its bi annual report to the sanctions committee. the report contained evidence of multiple wrongfully racist why not to don't every identity group have their space i'm sure most have a positive agenda and goal to be approved the way i interpret it is that white people are being victimized by interacting with us from our understanding it's simply a space for white students to get woke and learn to dismantle dangerous social preconceptions they might have these uncomfortable conversations but no sort of social progress the only harm i see is that becoming a white affinity group we put the issue up for debate with perth collectivist and the righteous right and social commentary tater anthony brian logan. i think that i'm not sure why white people would need to feel safe on a college campus person i don't think that they are in any imminent danger and they certainly aren't in any more danger than say muslim students certainly students of color i think that as we heard from some of the students the poor execution you

wednesday night president trump kept talking about how incredibly well he gets along with the north korean leader the one that he keeps calling chairman kim. we have a very good relationship he likes me i like him we get along he wrote me two of the most beautiful letters the question is how does this language by and with what his diplomats are saying most important thing during this u.n. security council session of the korean peninsula crisis here's u.s. secretary of state mike compare. until the final denuclearization of the d.p. or q. is fully verified it is arsenal in collective responsibility to fully implement u.n. security council resolutions were trading to north korea namely battens on oil experts textile imports from north korea and no access to natural gas supplies these are once again u.n. sanctions but there are you know lateral ones to made in the u.s. and it's backed by allies those are the ones that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov called a grave violation of international law and a slap in the un's face and speaking of how long america's willing to apply this tactic aga

refined petroleum to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed last month the independent panel of experts on the employment taishan of north korean sanctions submitted its bi annual report to the sanctions committee. the report contained evidence of multiple russian sanction violations we have seen and read this report but when the panel submitted the report to the security council last week we noticed something deeply troubling. the evidence of russian violations that was detailed in the earlier report was missing. it had been removed from the open section of the report apparently russia threatened to prevent release of the report unless its demands to hide the evidence of its knowledge since was met we then heard a response after these these series of allegations were made by the us representative nikki haley after she spoke and made all kinds of allegations against russia we heard a response from the representative of the russian federation now he proceeded to desex these allegations and claims and before he did that he pointed out that it was interesti

from shetland for the north koreans should mean doyle says cornwall really needs it says to more than anyone leave scotland though this mess.

refined petroleum to a north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed when north korea saturday and south unaided kim jong nam with v.x. a deadly nerve agent the united states moved to strengthen u.n. controls on the flow of chemical and biological weapons technology of north korea russia agreed with us in the security council but turned around and again blocked the sanctions committee from updating its twelve year old saying list step by step sanction by sanction and time and time again russia is working across the board to undermine the same sins regime. kill or more pain joins me on the line live with the latest kerry what was russia's response that. right well we heard the fifteen member body assemble at the u.n. security council chamber to have a meeting regarding north korea now we then heard a response after these these series of allegations were made by the u.s. representative nikki haley after she spoke and made all kinds of allegations against russia we heard a response from the representative of the russian federation now he proceeded to desex the

told you about the north koreans history does not show that the syrian army has caused widespread civilian deaths unlike the situation in mosul and roc-a where the western forces simply did carpet bombing into killed everyone the tensions were to come off to both sides of accused either damascus or terrorists in the country of preparing a chemical attack moscow's warned the extremist groups have already delivered chlorine to the area with the help of the western supported rescue group the white helmets according to the russian military jihadists in the region hoping to provoke western intervention in the region is the theory the u.s. and allies believe it's president assad who's planning though to use toxic substances against militants in italy they say there is evidence to suggest such an intention and washington has promised a strong response if chemical weapons are deployed that's why the united nations has acknowledged that terrorists in syria did chlorine the government of one. and. which is or gave the asian. being deep capability to produce weaponized chlorine a security an

outer limits angela sutherland says watching from shetland for the north koreans should mean dial says cornwall really needs it shares to more than anyone leave scotland though this mess and body cuts says i want to know why scotland has to pay for english only infrastructure yet had to pay for the queen's for the crossing ourselves some union air simon lete says that crean should be upgraded for all the u.k. with high speed lanes emailing us brian edgar looks at the technology aspects and adds for the future program i hope you might be able to include vector by flate real court of california and they are updated version of grinnell's atmospheric we'll we're fairly clear says simply fifty billion in the bill that we must learn what we could do with that now and then meanwhile the wee man is a cool scottish for us and rob campbell says simply putting the human face in this and you're on to something there because as we looked through that c.s. on the chairs to them both the technological arguments and in particular the the arguments about what was happening to people in the way of the c

three d. finally ending the north korean war decades later then we start talking about didn't it clear a zation of the peninsula the whole putting the whole peninsula and then you know this is predictable the trump administration wants to drop this because you know again i saw this is trump's initiative that his own his own neo con administration wasn't behind but what's important going forward is how south korea and moony reaction to this do they madison announced that u.s. military drills will wreak amends on the peninsula is south korea going to play along that's what i want to know. when i. make a split it said that the united states right now at over twenty eight you know and they said was. known from. the vice chairman all of north korea and that there's been a different kind of the u.s. america show us some of the korean media tree exercises every year. right we've kind of thousands of troops with the most sophisticated weapons task that you know weapons that can destroy you on the on the in several minutes this is not but he didn't just to let the problem here but i think

north korean controlled vessel in april of this year that is un listed when north korea saturday and fascinated kim jong nam with v.x. a deadly nerve agent the united states moved to strengthen u.n. controls on the flow of chemical and biological weapons technology of north korea russia agreed with us in the security council but turned around and again blocked the sanctions committee from updating its twelve year old saying list step by step sanction by sanction and time and time again russia is working across the board to undermine the same regime. and other headlines today russia's defense ministry says its identify the missile which brought down flight m.h. seventy four years ago comparisons of registration numbers coupled with audio intercepts point to ukraine's direct involvement according to the ministry it was that of breaks down the latest findings so what the russian defense ministry has done is evade the serial number of the missile published earlier by the official investigation and the joint investigative team say that they took that serial number from a piece of the