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 that guy. 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 pressure on its ally and neighbor we need china to do more president called chinese president xi thi

defector remains in a south korean hospital with gunshot wounds after the incident last week is kathy novak. extraordinary video of a soldier risking his life to escape from north korea at around three in the afternoon he's seen driving a truck past a checkpoint on the north korean side of the demilitarized zone or d.m.z. on the heavily fortified border fellow soldiers are shown running after the truck which becomes stuck the defector then gets out and runs towards the border known as the military do you mark ation line or n.t.l. just meters away soldiers from the k.p.a. or north korean people's army open fire hitting the defector it's thought five times one even chases him over the border before returning to the north korean side . the key findings of the special investigation team are that the k.p.a. violated the armistice agreement by one firing weapons across the m.t.l. and two by actually crossing the temporarily the defectors body is seen a line motionless on the south korean side of the border then soldiers from the joint u.s. and south korean security battalion are seen crawling tow

he'll live to see the day when the koreas become one country and he can return to his hometown kathy novak al-jazeera camp grieves near the d.m.z. . twitter is ending is one hundred forty character limits and getting twice as much space for your tweets the social media site decided change after analyzing how much space different languages used to say the same thing the increase to two hundred eighty characters is currently an experiment but it is likely to be rolled out to all twitter users soon. cooper is pulling out of the canadian province of quebec who will stop operations next month because of new regulations the new rules require drivers to undergo thirty five hours of training and to have criminal background checks validated by the police and get back instead of third parties is calling complex government to reconsider but the promises transport minister says the new rules are not up for negotiation. fans of one of america's most famous authors can look forward to a new book one hundred seven years after mark twain died the creator of huckleberry finn and tom sawyer also wrote notes

have been conducting military drills designed to enhance combat readiness in freezing conditions kathy novak reports from czech. at first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponent's hats rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. but there is a very serious side to these games protecting against the increasing threat from north korea even in temperatures that can dip below minus twenty degrees celsius. both the u.s. marines and the rock marines have covered over the snow ability reconnaissance skills as well as critical contest skills in a cold weather mountainous environment two hundred twenty marines from the republic of korea or rock the preferred military term and two hundred twenty okinawa based u.s. marines have been conducting these drills over three weeks a chance to brush up on lesser used marine skills such as downhill skiing in. north korea often responds angrily when the u.s. and south korea stage any war games there's been speculat

president donald trump of declaring war after days of escalating tension kathy novak reports from seoul. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister read young ho addressed reporters. last weekend trump claimed that leadership wouldn't be around much longer and hence at last he declared a war no country order given the fact this comes from someone who is currently holding the seat of the united states presidency this is clearly a declaration of war his latest comments go further than his address to the u.n. general assembly just two days earlier and he was clearly responding to president trump's tweet after that speech in which he referred to little rocket men and warned they may not be around much longer but the white house dismissed his suggestion it was a declaration of war. we've not declared war on north korea and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd real also referred to a u.s. show of force which took place just before he spoke on saturday u.s. fighter jets and b. one bombers flying close to north korea's eastern coast but still over internatio

then it's enjoyed an incredible recovery and is touted as a success story among asian economies kathy novak has more now on the challenges facing the economy today. for those who lived it this was an unforgettable display of sacrifice and patriotism hit hard by the asian financial crisis south korea's government asked the i.m.f. for a fifty eight billion dollar bailout and the country wasted no time getting to work on paying it back millions donated precious family heirlooms to be melted into gold bars parchin he was one of them. i didn't hesitate to donate gold rings i got for my children's first birthdays and gold bands i got for my wedding i was ready to give those up if it was going to help my country overcome the crisis. as a financial crisis swept the region it became clear south korea had built up crippling foreign debt imports exceeded exports by more than twenty billion dollars it was a shock for a population that had been enjoying a booming economy just the year before news people who were fired had been fired and lot of expression in the financial area number of small you know ba

weapons development it will likely take much more than this summit to find agreement on that kathy novak al jazeera sole. u.k. prime minister to resign may have suffered a major blow to her authority after m.p.'s halted in favor of the banks it measures she strongly opposed a doesn't a dozen government m.p. sided with the opposition to require the economy enter a vote on the u.k.'s final breaths it deal with the european union may have promised parliament what she called a meaningful vote on frank said but oppose moves to make that vote finding the amendment passed by four votes and is likely to complicate may's efforts to negotiate britain's departure from the e.u. our u.k. correspondent bobby philips took the road east out of london to gauge the mood in what could be a pivotal week for the back seat negotiations. winter on the essex riviera east of london this is brics it country so do they feel everything is stuck or flowing smoothly in the right direction like many fisherman jack smith wanted breck's it so that he would be allowed to catch more of a bigger quota of feel as if it coul

might be willing to work toward well we have two reporters following this story will speak to kathy novak in seoul south korea in just a moment but first let's go to our state department correspondent was in jordan in washington d.c. ross tell us more farce about what the secretary of state said what does this signal as a softening of the u.s. position on north korea. well fawley it is not a softening of the u.s. position it's simply an idea a way of changing tactics because the u.s. has been toughing talking excuse me very tough towards north korea because of its operates to build a nuclear weapons program and so what rex tillerson was outlining on tuesday afternoon here in washington was simply trying a different tactic of course it is worth pointing out that the u.s. president donald trump says in a statement that was released late on tuesday that his view of north korea as an existential threat has not changed that it is a threat not just to the u.s. but to china to russia and indeed to the entire world so it's already seeming that even just trying to change tactics the secretary of s

kathy novak joining us live from seoul we're going to get more on this now we're joined by scott snyder director of the program on u.s. korea policy at the council on foreign relations and the all for of south korea at the crossroads and he's joining us live from washington d.c. mr snider great to have you with us on al-jazeera a plenty to talk about let's start with some of the strongest statements that we've heard this is even him coming from the u.s. ambassador in the key haley that all countries should cut off diplomatic relations with north korea still want to trade how realistic is that you know especially given pyongyang's relationship with two members of the security council china and russia who we've also heard from in the session. well the united states is clearly pushing for a broader international oil in bargo strongest pressure possible in terms of economic relations with north korea but north korea is dependent on china as the main source of economic supply so it does require china's cooperation that statement by the chinese ambassador really i think exposed some of the ga

any time the government here also says the north could be preparing for another missile launch kathy novak al jazeera. we've also got under thomas reporting from seoul at the moment he's been getting a sense of how people there in the south korean capital feel about the threat from the north. the drama of the united nations in new york here on the streets of something like carries on as usual in a big move and six and see all the commuters making their way back when people here feel that the u.n. resolution was necessary but i don't expect it to be particularly if they expect another test either a nuclear test or missile test by the north in coming days or weeks what has changed and what these some consider to some extent is don't trump and he's unpredictable and people that know you that they have been threats of destruction by the north for many decades now but it hasn't happened but it would be a little trump to watch someone preemptive attack on north korea because he is concerned of course about a nuclear strike on us and say i'm not going to provide an attack with conventional weapon

kathy novak has more from so this was the result the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. wanted even though nikki haley had to weaken the resolution to get it a unanimous vote to punish north korea for its latest nuclear bomb test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. at a u.n. sponsored conference on disarmament in geneva north korea's ambassador said his country also known as the d.p. r. k. condemned the sanctions in the strongest terms the d.p. r. k. is ready to use any form of alchemy to me. the forthcoming measures by d.p. r. k. will make the us suffered the greatest pain is never experienced in its history before the vote in new york celebrations in pyongyang for the scientists developing the north's nuclear bomb and missile technology you wanted to see among the recent hydrogen bomb test which we conducted was the beacon of our great might demonstrating death to the u.s. and confidence a victory to the north koreans. the u.s. and it

the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al jazeera beijing and i speak to kathy novak in cell now kathy what's on the present moment agenda today. well he's continuing this four day visit today with the meeting with the chinese prime minister and also its parliamentary leader all part of this continuing effort to d. for aust this relationship as we heard there there was no joint statement after the meeting between the two presidents but according to president moon's office the two leaders did agree to four general principles on north korea that there must be no more war on the korean peninsula that the korean peninsula must be nuclear free that there must be improved in her career and relations and that china and south korea must work together to pressure pyongyang to negotiate to resolve this crisis but in a sign that the relationship is still quite frosty we're told by officials who are in the meeting that president xi jinping iterated china's position on the missile defense system sad saying that he hopes south korea takes the situation seriously and we're told that

hanna al-jazeera united nations let's go live to the south korean capital now correspondent kathleen novak is and so also while the security council discusses how to respond cathy how people their way you are feeling about the advances the north has been making. well i think we often have this conversation elizabeth when we see missile launches a nuclear test coming out of north korea when it comes to the south korean general public and generally people are used to this kind of behavior coming out of north korea i think there is an understanding that it is concerning that north korea seems to be displaying advances in its technology we heard president moon confirming that to the president trump when they spoke on the phone yesterday that south korea's assessment is that north korea seems to have made an advance in intercontinental ballistic missile technology and one of the things that you hear from people here is that the factor that has changed is president himself the fact that he tends to use fiery language strong rhetoric when discussing north korea addressing the north korean leader

is pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war during ok kathy novak thank you. well on sunday this year's nobel peace prize will be handed to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons or icann in the days leading up to the ceremony in oslo we're looking at the nuclear status of a number of countries so the us is the only country to have used the nuclear bomb in war america dropped nuclear weapons on hiroshima and nagasaki in japan killing millions of people in one thousand nine hundred five but history's first victims of a nuclear bomb were u.s. citizens caught in the radiation field of a test in new mexico castro reports. father had oral cancer he had prostate cancer my brother gilbert her thyroid cancer the list of names and cancers goes on and on my aunt had breast cancer another aunt had lymphoma and lung cancer twenty three people from one family alone my daughter eugenia had thyroid cancer and a tumor in her ovary. a repeated history of sickness in the new mexican desert where on july sixteenth one thousand nine hundred forty five the u.s. gove

mainland kathy novak has the latest from seoul. thanks for showing 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 economy. 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 is shifted from being regional to global. and from the u.s. ambassador a direct plea to china to exert greater economic pressure on its ally and neighbor we need china to do more president tropp called chinese president xi this morni

have been punished elizabeth very interesting kathy thank you very much for that for now that's kathy novak with the latest from seoul thank you . let's move on to other news now tens of thousands of haitian immigrants are facing deportation from the united states' most for an hour then after the two thousand and ten earthquake which destroyed much of haiti but their status was only temporary the trumpet ministration says conditions on the island have improved enough for them to go home assess the special status well and in two thousand and nineteen and gallagher reports now from little haiti in miami. when haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in two thousand and ten thousands live for the u.s. and were offered temporary protected status over the decades the programs helped almost half a million people from nations ravaged by natural disasters and war for years it's been extended by presidential decree and has allowed recipients to legally live and work in the united states to deport them toward lives where you know they will not be free in the case of haiti i didn't make it marlene ba

bombers north korea has accused donald trump of declaring war which washington rejects kathy novak reports from seoul. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister read young ho addressed reporters. last weekend trump claims that at leadership wouldn't be around much longer and ends at last he declared a war no country or do you guys the more that given the fact this comes from someone who is currently holding the seat of the united states presidency this is clearly a declaration of his latest comments go further than his address to the u.n. general assembly just two days earlier and he was clearly responding to president trump's tweet after that speech in which he referred to little rocket men and warned they may not be around much longer but the white house dismissed his suggestion it was a declaration of war. we've not declared war on north korea and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd real also referred to a u.s. show of force which took place just before he spoke on saturday u.s. fighter jets and b. one bombers flying close to north korea's eastern

peaceful resolution to the tense situation but are prepared to respond militarily if they have to kathy novak al-jazeera chung's south korea the japanese government has approved the use of a u.s. made a land based missile interceptor system it's in response to north korean threats and follows pyongyang's launch of two rockets over japan this year in november north korea test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in japanese waters the government says the new weapon system will take years to become operational at least forty three people have died after tropical storm tack back to the philippines more bodies are still being retrieved from areas devastated by heavy flooding and landslides however. reports from the town of navarre the government is struggling to respond. fernando calio says his life is no longer worth living his wife was killed in a landslide that stepha stated this region he buried her the day before now he has to look for the bodies of his daughter and two grandchildren they were trapped with floodwaters came rushing from the hills he says everything happened

and south korean marines have been taking part in joint drills to enhance combat readiness kathy novak reports. at first glance portions of this training drill appear to be just a lot of grown men playing in the snow the objective of this challenge to steal their opponents that's rendering the other side even more exposed to the elements than they already were. but there is a very serious side to these games protecting against the increasing threat from north korea even in temperatures that can dip below minus twenty degrees celsius. both the u.s. marines and the rockeries have covered over the snow ability reconnaissance skills as well as critical contest skills in a cold weather mountainous environment two hundred twenty marines from the republic of korea or rock the preferred military term and two hundred twenty okinawa based u.s. marines have been conducting these drills over three weeks a chance to brush up on lesser used marine skills such as downhill skiing in. north korea often responds angrily when the u.s. and south korea stage any war games there's been speculation the allie

in a moment but first let's go to kathy novak she's joining us live from seoul what do we know about the launch so far kathy. well this launch have been in the middle of the night here it was about quarter past three south korea time when south korea detected this missile launch which we understand now based on the trajectory and the numbers that are coming out it is said to be an intercontinental ballistic missile the third time but north korea has launched an i.c.b.m. this year south korea responded quickly in just over five minutes the south korean armed forces launched live fire drills involving the army the navy and the air force the armed forces launched three messiah was that hit a simulated target simultaneously the message there from south korea to north korea is that it is watching what is happening in the north detects these missile launches immediately and while the missile was still in the air is launching these drills of its own which is a simulation of the kind of retaliation that could happen if these missiles were to threaten any territory of this particular one as y

less than thirty percent said they would donate gold today if their country faced another crisis kathy novak al jazeera. his job is football absolutely so how yet with five years to go until the start of the twenty twenty world cup in qatar the man in charge insists he has no regrets about bringing the tournament to the middle east for the first time has an awful lot he says despite the ongoing blockade by some neighboring countries the event has the power to unify the entire arab world and the richest set records. in exactly five years time the twenty twenty two world cup will be kicking off in cats are a first for the middle east and a first for this time of year despite a political dispute which is seeing for nearby countries impose an sea and land blockade on qatar officials insist their preparations remain on track and that the event still has the potential to pull the region closer together and recognize that powerful what it means for people going to syria people is like a dog when i say our people is the arab world the middle east and will always be worse and will always continue bei

president trump would like to see beijing cut off all supplies to north korea kathy novak has more from seoul. south korea's unification ministry says south korea and the united states are on the same page when it comes to finding a peaceful resolution to the north korean nuclear situation and that south korea believes if dialogue will help towards reaching that common goal then this country would like to see talks going ahead as soon as possible south korea's broad position is that it would like to see more dialogue and engagement with north korea under the right circumstances now the u.s. special envoy on north korea joseph ewen recently suggested that north korea's stopping its missile and nuclear weapons tests would be a good first step towards talks the south korean news agency yonhap is reporting that joseph and north korean officials are expected to attend a security conference in thailand raising the possibility that they are may be a venue for talks there also on thursday south korea's president. is meeting with the chinese leader xi jinping in beijing and north korea will no d

doesn't seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera. in other news and in fact in just the last half hour of them that is in response to a tweet from donald trump telling her to focus on quote destructive radical islamic terrorism the back and forth began when may condemned trump for his anti islam retreat also with the british interior minister amber rudd and said she hopes the u.k.'s condemnation of trump will be taken seriously i think. that we have been very clear president donald trump was wrong to retreat videos posted by the far group christian first we have said so clearly in this house and the prime minister has said so clearly online we will continue to speak freely and frankly when it takes place the head of the roman catholic church has arrived in bangladesh pope francis met president of the homemade at the start of his three day visit the pontiff was criticized for not publicly mentioning the range of crisis during the me and this trip but is expected to discuss it in bangladesh and medical sources say at least

it could face the greatest pain it's ever experienced kathy novak has more from seoul this was the result the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. wanted even though nikki haley had to weaken the resolution to get it a unanimous vote to punish north korea for its latest nuclear bomb test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. at a u.n. sponsored conference on disarmament in geneva north korea's ambassador said his country also known as the d.p. r. k. condemned the sanctions in the strongest terms the t p r k is ready to use any form of ultimatum means the forthcoming measures by d.p. r. k. will make of the us so for the creates pain is never experienced in its history. before the vote in new york celebrations in pyongyang for the scientists developing the north's nuclear bomb and missile technology you wanted to ring risottos your moon the research hydrogen bomb test which we conducted was. hello there we've had some rather serious flooding across parts of your rece

insight into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera sole. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has called the range of crisis ethnic cleansing following his visit to me and last week he said those responsible for the atrocities in rakhine state should be held accountable. and jordan has more from washington d.c. the u.s. announcement on wednesday that it believes ethnic cleansing is happening in iraq and state in me and maher is remarkable the announcement from the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson comes barely three months after the military started a crackdown on an armed were hanging a group which the military says was responsible for carrying out terrorist attacks . washington has long said that david l. has the right to ensure national security but that this crackdown has gone too far more than six hundred thousand ethnic were being a men women and children have fled from iraq state into the neighboring country of triggering a massive refugee crisis the u.s. believes that it is now up to the authorities in name of

promising to take all necessary steps towards achieving denuclearization on the korean peninsula kathy novak has more from pyong china. in the written statement the national security strategy warned that north korea is developing nuclear weapons that threaten hundreds of millions of americans it also says the country is pursuing chemical and biological weapons that can be delivered by missile the united states says the north korean government is starving its own people while spending hundreds of millions of dollars on weapons and separately in an op ed in the wall street journal the national security advisor thomas bosshard says north korea was behind the want to cry it cyber attack that affected more than two hundred thousand computers in oh about one hundred fifty countries earlier this year that attack used a virus that used ransomware that demanded money so that victims could access their own computers so now you have the united states saying that north korea is developing nuclear chemical biological and cyber warfare but when it comes to donald trump's remarks there was little new in te

start of the last best hope for a diplomatic breakthrough adrian brown al-jazeera beijing look at the novak has more from seoul. president moon j.n. is continuing his four day state visit to china with a meeting with the chinese prime minister and parliamentary leader it's all part of an effort to improve relations that were strained over a dispute over the u.s. missile defense system known as that being installed here in south korea there was no joint statement or news conference after the meeting between presidents moon and she but we're told by president moon's office that the two leaders agreed to four general principles on north korea that there should be no more war on the korean peninsula that the korean peninsula must be nuclear free that into a korean relations must be improved and that china and south korea must work together to pressure pyongyang to come to negotiations but in a sign that the relationship still remains quite frosty we're told that chinese president xi jinping reiterated his position on the third missile defense system saying that he hopes south korea takes the si

kathy novak in seoul of course is still more to come here on there will continue to follow the same birmingham alabama where the democrats nobody there doug jones has one of the senate race who becomes a senator first time but the state has seen a democrat to win that state since ninety to ninety two we will continue to follow events in alabama and get reaction from the u.s. here. al jazeera to stay with us. through tranquil a rave in canyons. and in on can free will to use and if emission gone dylan. hello again the weather has all turned quite quiet across the middle east at the moment we do have this little area of travelers just drifting its way southwards but all it's really doing is bringing some slightly fresh air as so back who will see the temperatures no higher than eleven on wednesday on thursday no high than around ten towards the west will have a little bit more cloud that we working its way across parts of turkey so ankara will see eleven degrees as a maximum and it will be quite a gray and damp day a bit further towards the south of the winds finally left us here in doha so twen

thousand six hundred fifty nine kilometers away from north korea is also now reachable by missile kathy novak reports from south korea's capital seoul . it's being celebrated as a priceless victory in north korea state media says the country has completed its rocket system development with the successful test launch of a new long range missile and you're going to get the i.c.b.m. what song fifteen weapon system is it into continental ballistic rocket took to the super large heavy warhead which is capable of striking the whole mainland of the u.s. it's the third i.c.b.m. test this year north korea says this one is more advanced than the hawse on fourteen's in july traveling for around fifteen minutes to an altitude of about four and a half thousand kilometers before landing in waters off japan the intended target according to pyongyang's media from the u.s. president who has threatened fire in fury in the past this response or we tell you that we will take care of it we have general mattis in the room with us and we had a long discussion about it. it is a situation that we will handle it went

doesn't seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera soul francis is demanding the international community takes decisive measures to resolve the cause of the mass exodus of range of muslims from manama arriving in bangladesh from myanmar pope francis broke his silence over what the u.n. has called a textbook case of ethnic cleansing was also he also called on world governments to immediately provide assistance to help bangladesh cope with the crisis. nemeth he's quoted. in recent months the spirit of generosity and sort of heresy which is a distinguishing mohawk actually so it has been seen most vividly in its humanitarian work into a massive influx of refugees from morocco and states providing them with temporary shelter and the basic necessities of life this is been done no to sacrifice it has also been done before they always have the whole world. but while the words of pope francis for sharply still don't identify the ranjit by name only referring to them as refugees from morocco and state charles trafford has more from

administration is once again relying on sanctions and harsh rhetoric she abberton see washington kathy novak has more from the south korean capital seoul. this move allows the united states to impose more sanctions against north korea but there is already a sweeping sanctions program in place and it is largely a symbolic move nevertheless the south korean government has welcomed it saying along with international sanctions and pressure it will contribute to a peaceful resolution of the north korean nuclear issue japan's prime minister shinzo ave have all has also welcomed the move saying it will put more pressure on the government in north korea now this move is part of the us is larger program of trying to exert maximum pressure on north korea and force it back to the negotiating table it was lifted the state sanctions of terrorism designation was lifted back in two thousand and eight when there were hopes of salvaging within six party talks which north korea ultimately walked away from and now by designating it again there are some hopes that it may put pressure on others to take more acti

kathy novak al jazeera soul this is africa now where the un is warning of more than four hundred thousand children or five in the democratic republic of congo could die within months without an emergency intervention and eighteen months of violence on the displacement of one point four billion people in the cosign region has led to severe food shortages the u.n. says three quarters of a million children there are acutely malnourished and it's urging the international community to get behind the methods response to the crisis or risk a human catastrophe in twenty eight eighteen. thirty thousand refugees from the english speaking region of cameroon are fleeing to nigeria to escape fighting between separatist groups and francophone dominated government forces intense fighting over the last year has led to dozens of deaths over there this has more from nigeria as cross river state next to the camera rudi and border. cameroonian refugees who had to flee their homes because of ongoing military activity in soudan and in one particular camp there are more than ten thousand refugees like this as w

as kathy novak has more from outside south korea's airbase in pyongyang take. i'm outside the u.s. also on air base and we have seen a number of fighter jets flying in and out it's all part of the biggest ever joint u.s. south korean air drills they're part training and part show of force against north korea which of course just on wednesday launched its most advanced ever intercontinental ballistic missile now these drills were planned before that launch took place they take place every year and they always anger north korea which calls them i refer saw for invasion and indeed before these drills went ahead the north korean foreign minister said that the u.s. was begging for nuclear war by staging an extremely dangerous nuclear gamble on the korean peninsula now these adrenals involve f. twenty two stealth fighter jets f. thirty five and also all together about two hundred thirty warplanes from the u.s. and south korea and also about twelve thousand personnel are taking part former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik says he's still considering a presidential bid although he says

and get china now the threat from north korea will spin high on the agenda as the world trade kathy novak is live for us in seoul obviously cathy you know we've heard that this trip is all about repairing the relationship but also very important how to work together when dealing with north korea. well precisely these two leaders have met before on the sidelines of international summits but this is the first time the president minging and is making an official visit to china and he will be meeting with xi jinping will be a state dinner he's there for four days and as you say it's all part of repairing this strained relationship very important so the two can work together on north korea and also because of trade china is crucial to south korea's economy and to give you an idea just how crucial the biggest delegation of business leaders to ever travel with a south korean president on an overseas trip is traveling with on this visit. it's a decades old relationship that hit a bumpy patch and says his first visit to china as president will be an opportunity to mend fences reasons to the bigges

kathy novak has more from seoul. so this our launch happened in the middle of the night at about quarter past three a.m. seoul time president moon j. in chaired an emergency meeting of the national security council he condemned the launch and said that it escalates tensions here on the korean peninsula also threatens the peace and safety of the international community now south korean armed forces responded almost immediately just over five minutes after the missile launch was detected there was a life fire drill taking place between the army the navy and the air force three missiles were launched at a simulated target simultaneously the message from south korea there to north korea that it is watching moves in north korea and that it has the capacity to retaliate if necessary as it happens with this missile launch it did not immediately threaten any territory instead it was launched at a lofted trajectory reaching we're told by the south korean joint chiefs of staff an altitude of about four and a half thousand kilo

insight into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera sole. there are fears the forty four crew members on board are missing in time submarine are close to running out of their hopes were raised in a u.s. aircraft searching for the substitute white flares over the southern atlantic but the argentinean navy says it's unlikely to come from the vessel which disappeared a week ago more than a dozen international vessels taking part in the search rough seas and strong winds of hampered rescue efforts so far. rushes up as a parliament has approved a bill which places restrictions on some foreign media now the bill forces overseas doggedness ations to brown then use the work of foreign agents the u.s. imposed similar rules on russian state broadcaster after allegations of russian influence in the us presidential election president vladimir putin's signature to become law. u.s. president donald trump has broken with leading republicans and voiced support for the alabama senate candidate. roy moore he's been accused of sexual misconduc

defense system and good china the threat from north korea will be high on the agenda as will trade novak has the latest. south korean president says this trip is very much about rebuilding trust between china and south korea there was a dispute over the u.s. missile defense system known as that south korea says it was installed on south korean soil to protect against the threat from north korea but china had concerns over its strong radars posing potential security risks it says against china but in october the two countries agreed to move past this dispute and it's hoped that this meeting between the presidents will allow the two countries to focus more on other issues including the threat from north korea both countries have a border with north korea and want to prevent war on the korean peninsula at all costs particularly when the united states at times has reminded north korea that the military option remains on the table u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson said that china is putting preparations in place for the potential influx of refugees from north korea so when president moon

military drills involving about two hundred thirty fighter jets and twelve hundred personnel kathy novak has more from chung tack. i'm outside the u.s. also on air base and we have seen a number of fighter jets flying in and out it's all part of the biggest ever joint u.s. south korean air drills they're part training and part show of force against north korea which of course just on wednesday launched its most advanced ever intercontinental ballistic missile now these drills were planned before that launch took place they take place every year and they always anger north korea which calls them i refer seoul for invasion and indeed before these drills went ahead the north korean foreign minister said that the u.s. was begging for nuclear war by staging an extremely dangerous nuclear gamble on the korean peninsula now these a drills involve f. twenty two stealth fighter jets f. thirty five and also all together about two hundred thirty warplanes from the u.s. and south korea and also about twelve thousand personnel are taking part. on sunday this is nobel peace prize will be handed to the

were to happen so yes as you say divided opinions on what should be done about north korea now cassie novak in seoul thank you very much will a great deal going on in washington d.c. can we help it joins us live now from the white house and that we are seeing. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and national security adviser mostow joining forces project a more robust position on north korea. certainly we're seeing that rhetoric that has been stepped up in recent days nothing in comparison to the fire and fury that my colleague mentioned just a while ago with regard to the president and his comments from july but certainly what we're seeing here and this happened in a briefing that occurred just a few moments ago wrapping up the national security advisor h.r. mcmaster as well as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley in fact saying that right now it is the view of the united states that there is still an avenue for the diplomatic option in terms of these economic sanctions nikki haley pointing out that already there have been two rounds of sanctions in just the last month by the unit

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promising to take all necessary steps towards achieving denuclearization on the korean peninsula kathy novak has more from pyong chat. in the written statement the national security strategy warned that north korea is developing nuclear weapons that threaten hundreds of millions of americans it also says the country is pursuing chemical and biological weapons that can be delivered by missile the united states says the north korean government is starving its own people while spending hundreds of millions of dollars on weapons and separately in an op ed in the wall street journal the national security advisor thomas bosshard says north korea was behind the want to cry its cyber attack that affected more than two hundred thousand computers in oh about one hundred fifty countries earlier this year that attack used a virus that used ransomware that demanded money so that victims could access their own computers so now you have the united states saying that north korea is developing nuclear chemical biological and cyber warfare but when it comes to donald trump's remarks there was little new in te

allies would take all necessary steps towards achieving the nuclearization on the korean peninsula kathy novak is live for us now from pyong chang in south korea that's where the winter games will take place in february and as such the area is the focus of many security concerns kathy have you had a chance there to gauge reaction in your region to what mr trump's been talking about. well there's been no direct reaction from the south korean government yet trumps for remarks in general as kimberly reference there they were quite vague when it comes to north korea in the written statement about the national security strategy the u.s. administration warned that north korea is developing nuclear weapons that could threaten hundreds of millions of americans also warned that is it is pursuing chemical and biological weapons that can be delivered by a missile that had harsh words when it comes to threat claims that the north korean government is starving its people while spending hundreds of millions of dollars on weapons and a separately to that in an op ed in the wall street journal the national se

peaceful resolution to the tense situation but are prepared to respond militarily if they have to kathy novak al-jazeera chung's south korea. a british man has been arrested after driving through a military checkpoint at a base used by the u.s. air force he got close to an aircraft to draw air force mode in the whole base in suffolk american service members fired shots on the base was temporarily put on lockdown police are treating. incident as trespass a texas court has ordered the release of a german journalist who's accused of publishing anti government propaganda sultana was arrested in april while working for a turkish news agency she and five others have been released on bail pending the outcome of their trial. dozens of journalists have been killed and hundreds more have been thrown in prison the latest annual report from reporters without borders explores their experiences especially in war zones syria and mexico among the most dangerous places for journalists to work. in london the annual round up by reporters without borders paints a bleak picture of media safety and freedom around