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i'm melissa chana thank you for joining the program great to have you with us tensions between india and pakistan over disputed kashmir are escalating quickly that's after indian fighter jets launched air strikes on pakistani territory for the first time in decades new delhi claims it reacted to a militant bomb attack on its troops earlier this month. now islam abad has responded as it said it would stand says it shot down two indian fighter jets which cost into its airspace another indian aircraft crashed in indian controlled kashmir as you can see the situation is developing fast pakistani combat jets have also been accused of entering indian airspace and ground forces have been exchanging fire across the so-called line of control both india and pakistan claim they do not

want war but the situation is the most tense it has been in decades. the wreckage of an indian air force helicopter draws a crowd the circumstances surrounding the downing of this aircraft are unclear but all is not well between the juggernaut neighbors india and pakistan the kashmir region has been central to the dispute between the two countries for decades. it is the world's most militarized zone a powder keg waiting to explode the latest escalation began two weeks ago when forty indian paramilitary police were killed by a suicide bombing. according to the indian government it's warplanes retaliated this week by striking a training camp near the pakistani town of balakot killing quote a large number of militants. he says it launched the airstrikes against the group mohammed after it got hold of intelligence that the group was planning further attacks.

and this information that. either sparked the. tensions rose further with pakistan's claim and had shot down two indian warplanes and now pakistani prime minister imran khan is calling for talks with india. meanwhile. runs out from around the world a growing concern at the first air strikes by the nuclear rivals on each other's territory in decades. joining me now is shadow shams from the asia desk who has reported extensively on the kashmir dispute now when was the last time the situation was this tense things feel like they're moving very quickly. so i think the situation is extremely of autism and it could escalate into a full blown war between india and pakistan i think both sides are trying to just to fire their military actions there is an environment of jingoism prevalent on

both sides of the border so much depends on how the two countries move from this point and if new delhi chooses to act militarily and after pakistan's just shooting claimed today things good began really out of control in my opinion what are the incentives for delhi to ratchet up tensions and what are the incentives for pakistan to also respond with force i think both countries in the rulers the government the prime minister khan's government in pakistan and indian prime mr modi are also looking at the domestic audience we know that the elections in india or in may. prime minister modi does not do appear as a weak leader. after india's strike on pakistani soil on tuesday it is very difficult for prime mr han to not do anything so both countries both their leaders are actually trying to weigh to their people in their respective

countries that they are not greek and dot is the danger here because this could really escalate into a full blown gone flecked now what are some ways they can deescalate this conflict . i think it is really important that the international community acts now the u.n. should in to wean washington and beaching the beijing has. immense clout or worse line about the e.u. should also play a role here it is very important that the international community now act before it becomes a full blown conflict and pakistan and india need to understand that there is no military way out of the situation and then must give diplomacy a chance after this dangerous dangerous escalation channel shams thank you. as the threat of war looms in kashmir two the leaders are meeting in vietnam to

talk peace u.s. president donald trump and north korean dictator kim jong un are holding a second historic summit from threats of nuclear annihilation to exchanging love letters their change in posture has been dramatic here's a walk down memory lane on how the two leaders went from foes to friends. that. last night. zero. nine. i. think you. know it's a friendship but it was born out of conflict. the tough north korean missile tests in twenty seventeen cents shock waves around the world reverberating inside the white house. they will be met with fire

and fury. like the world has never see the insults flew on confrontation seemed imminent. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the north koreans didn't pull their punches either trump we're about all you interviews with. with the foreign minister calling truck a mentally deranged gangster. then soon after seemingly out of nowhere pyongyang picked up the phone to better southern enemy south korea a conversation that kicked off a high level diplomatic dance involving both koreas and washington the results north and south korean athletes marching under one flag at the winter olympics. and trump hosting

a north korean delegation at the white house and then as i prepared to meet next week with kim jong un from fire and fury to the summit of the century. the han shape in singapore the ever between leaders of their two countries. historians made this take from the us president himself. i was really being tough and so was saying i will go back and forth and then we fell in love ok. what a difference a year makes. joining me now is professor andre lang cause of koopman university in seoul andres knowledge of north korea runs deep he studied and pyongyang as a university student in the eighty's and he is this apparent report between the two men going to produce any results. well as a responsible people especially king john then who cares not so much about emotions

but about the interests of his state as a vice he's. dynasty would not survive so i would not or is to made a measure of simplicity huge an a deal still cry to play ball no trump using personal relations if necessary to achieve his strategic goals now you've observed three generations of kims three generations of this cult of personality but tell us a little bit more about the kin ego as he needs the trump ego. i'm not sure it was a he has such a great ego he is probably is a morals but give elian is the best educated as the morse to racial or falsity of all this from the cool thing he wants to survive. and he wants to have a come on the girls second but survival is more in forth and in this is it isn't

the way he will never surrender his nuclear weapons. isn't so much about ego he is a remarkably racial marker so remarkably oration and so what do you think he's going to try to get out of this summit than from the americans. if you just of all . time i don't have trouble select a president who can say authorize a preemptive strike against north korea north koreans will probably be tele buys track again saul bad dog trump you have to doesn't care much about it and it's more of what last thirty of once it's not what sells guilty of worms it is the want to view time and if necessary to wait donald trump up is a basic goal ideal in a deal achievement will be some kind of compromise. to keep some in ukraine over and to get tested acceptance as a defacto nuclear power in exchange of economic aid only partial or

full of sanctions and some diplomatic or concessions including partial or complete negotiation by the united states. under a lank off thank you very much displeasure. so much is riding on these two larger than life decision makers just as in singapore the trump kim combo inevitably attracts a lot of attention but while negotiations will be serious the residents of annoy are less worried about nuclear weapons gripped with summit fever they are just excited everyone is coming to town on the streets of the capital they have some tips for what trump and kim should check out while they are here. i would be proud if they think about it and about vietnam.

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here what's coming up for the book loosely showing more troops and to. me there's. plenty to talk i want to go this much take a look at what all that means for the title of course. i'm going to sleep every weekend here w. . what's talks between the u.s. and north korea on the way we take a look at the office unity of the business community c.e.o.'s in a successful outcome to those negotiations. also coming up with breck said one months away bank selfie in london force a fellow pastures to find out where they head and.

welcome to do the new business asia i want to get jones and glenn good to have you with us and all eyes are on the hog noire where the second kim summit is on the way investors are hoping for concrete results and u.s. president on a strong got straight down to business already with a big aviation deal see ok. in mcallister and his counterparts to get the jets when t. formed towel signs of the agreement to buy more than one hundred new airline us investors are hoping that's a sign donald trump might also be able to reach an agreement with north korean leader kim jong un to solve the korean nuclear crisis trump is pushing pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic development. and north korea's economy could to do with some support sanctions are weighing heavily on trade with a large scale propaganda campaigns kim jong on his.