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welcome to. join us north korea has fired 2 short range ballistic missiles into the sea around japan these are its 1st ballistic missile launches in a year in violation of u.n. resolutions and also the 1st since joe biden became u.s. president. regime come just a week after the u.s. visits to japan and south korea where the allies committed to the complete deed. of the korean peninsula naturally there have been stunned words from the region. second in the senate the new the missile launch which is the 1st time in nearly a year since march 29th poses a threat to peace and safety in japan and the region will be at

a similar done. and i am determined to protect the lives of our people and ensure that they have a peaceful life by working closely with relevant countries such as the u.s. and south korea it were not good i still don't wish it all morning you can see that . and for more on this i'm joined from so by jungmann kim she's a correspondent at n.p.r. news a news website reporting on north korea germany welcome i think it was a question of when and not if north korea would test ballistic missiles now that it's has what is the message it is sending with these launchers and to who. there i think many experts right now are wondering that they're not this is a message to washington and i think it's not just for washington but also for internal reasons that's why our there was a very big political event and the early days of 2000 when it went and the other

party congress and they in the size a lot unlock the base capabilities and it seems through these tests they are just doing what they already set out to do and the internal message here would be that even now they are going through a lot of economic difficulties right now because of that closed order because it could be 19 and all-star back to back to times to be nice and natural catastrophe last year and capability and not you imagine this is not important so they are just testing these missiles in terms of keeping up with their readiness posture inside north korea or what about the message to washington i mean so far north korea has rebuffed any attempts by the u.s. to establish contact with or it does not could i think it is pointless talking to the united states. it seems that they don't think there is much to go at the biden administration and also drink and party congress though

they mention a lot about it and keep abilities that make this very long list of mission a stance when it could not mean they also hint at what they are just not really interested in the politically the united states and more are seeing not only was it not children's. rights you. were president dull child when was meant as a president it seemed because i didn't like a more peaceful traditional politician and he has mentioned a move on public grief human rights couple of times it seems a bit in my day didn't have much hope any breakthroughs nathan deal crustacean ago she said with biting in the truth that they are so that they will think of as a sanctuary the last rejoinder also saw a high profile visit to the region usar could have said antony blinken defense

secretary lloyd austin visiting south korea and japan and all the allies appeared to commit to the complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula given what we're seeing with the with these tests how's this going to be achieved. it's a difficult question i think. and countries japan south korea united states and or create they have all very different use and what do you know there's a ship isn't what they are the new there is i think graceland. so it really depends on how they will negotiate and will going on a very hot topic in the past few weeks was whether or not it's utilization creepiness laurie is it still your position or north korea it seems that the japanese side and the u.s. i think think more of the nuclear issue north north korea sort of definition or as the north korea is the reality threat why our troops are korean side they are

seeing korean peninsula you know condition of korean peninsula as was going to korea but what is the role of china in all of this given that she jinping and kim jong warm exchanged messages of support with each other on monday. i think trans 2 roles on 1st will be about sanctions and the 2nd will be about the red lines on visa weapons tests that have yet made here in the past probably most part years station and it's not clear what biden's decision is regarding their own if i did. decide that they will primarily miss their pressure policy china will have to cooperate from us what if you china will have to cooperate listening sessions because most of the north korean strait go through china and economic pressure will only work if china is really how helpful in the back door for china

regarding the red line i think transplant list. whether or not they will ok certainly been stressed when you asked if you remember. trying to honor a group which a little bit because. of sanctions after the 6 year protests throughout the city we're trying to stand on this right thanks very much for the german can speak to us from seoul thank you our focus on north korea's nuclear weapons program sometimes comes at the cost of the grave human rights violations its citizens have to face but some are able to break free like this form $1.00 jake bark a north korean all fled a labor camp in our country to make it to the u.k. where she's now standing for local elections. in the town of berry in the u.k. and unusual candidate is seeking to win local elections in may need a g one park

a north korean defector who arrived here 60 years ago the 52 year old wants to give back to town that welcomed her with open arms. people very nicely to orr's so they give a toss a lot out here so that's why today my family lives in here so i want to be back at this authentic forgive the to my residence how life used to be so different park fled north korea with her brother in 1998 the start of a chapter full of hardship. she lost contact to her brother and became a slave in china but the birth of her son give you some comfort when my son bursts and i hold in to hear and i cried and or is the heart because i have family around . it didn't last long chinese authorities deported her back to north korea she ended up at a labor camp separated from her child but park didn't give up she fled to china

again to find her son together the flat for a time they stayed in the mongolian desert where she met her now husband i fish at the to here yes that is my post. on this list now is that my hose were. eventually the family got help from the un to relocate to the u.k. park is now a fully integrated citizen and hopes to get enough votes to join the local council . she stand as a conservative despite the party's tough stance on refugees she likes their take on family values and individual freedom i think she'll do well i just i just been talking to i just said i will be voting for the park service her past gives her strength i think it confidently because a lot i already tried to. evil as twice.

and if she succeeds she'll be the one creating a new chapter in the british history bokes. the torch relay for the talk your lympics has resumed after your long delayed 10000 runners are due to carry the torch from focus to talk you're on a 2 hour through all of japan's 47 prefectures but as the olympic flame makes its way to the opening ceremony on july the 23rd organizers still face plenty of problems. the countdown has begun the olympic flame has started its journey through japan and here in focus shima the relay usually marks the moment the public excitement over the games picks up but this time around the situation is different . concerns that the olympics may lead to a rising coronavirus cases in tokyo have seen the events popularity plummet surveys suggest a majority of people would support the games being postponed again or even cancelled

the organizers hope. they will start to trigger emotions and i must say i can say like i was in touch this morning to see the 1st pictures but still 80 percent of the people are against the games and that's result of a recent poll and i think the recent decision just last weekend that's not fans and families from past will be allowed inside the country will like not raise excitement but maybe except for the games at least this. but worries over covert the international olympic committee and its president thomas have always insisted the games will take place this summer the organization makes most of its revenue from broadcast and sponsorship deals related to the summer and winter olympics so a cancellation would be a major hit to the i.o.c. and many sports federations officials in japan have also faced scrutiny most

recently as both the olympic creative director hiroshi society and the president of the organizing committee mori resigned over sexist comments they had made organizers hope that these troubles and now behind them and that the torch relay can reignite japan's support for the tokyo olympics. that's it for today we leave you with a musical but on by a hospital in indonesia medical workers dressed in full p.p. put almost sing along so it's a back over 1000 patients featuring the uncle a traditional indian e.c.m. instrument backed. by.

the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research. information and contact the coronavirus update. on t.w. . trying to explain the budget the queen because i want to see a gemini with her name the last few years have been quite o'brian. and learned to

love her but when it comes to gemma big also with the odds for a chance to have the biggest guns a new hobby of mine i'm going on the record i'd love to be an even better person they're a punk but when you feel them all forgiving they're realising because of the noble way of living are you ready to meet them to have and then voted me right just do it . it typically starts with the snakes. spring in europe always spots a stream of sniffly noses and itchy eyes. this season though scientists are warning of a phenomenon known as the pollen effect they've linked high pollen levels with a rising co that the researchers say many factors can affect infection rates but let's take a closer look at allergies and the coronavirus. well that picture is enough to get me sneezing i always yearn for spring after the long cold

german winter but i don't look forward to all the allergies especially considering all the headlines going around about pollen and covert co exposure to airborne pollen and hats as your susceptibility to breast spread 3 viral infections a study shows that could also be true for. one of the authors about that in a moment firsts this report spring is in the air for many that means time to enjoy the outdoors but for people like benediction it's spring means allergies that's just how it starts turning and i have to be careful not to touch my eyes otherwise they start to watch the new york to early blossoms complain havoc with the news a nice hazelnuts and all the pollen are problematic for many benedicts main issue is with grasp on but during the pandemic he's often asking himself whether his symptoms are to do with his allergy opossum be coronavirus instead. a

lot of good got to eat and i think everyone who experiences such symptoms probably ask themselves the same question you become a kind of happy hypochondriac when my throat start stretching or i feel sleepy typically after i take an analogy tablet i start to worry whether that's michael coronavirus and static or not really my life is a set stuff for life time for a bit of research indeed the symptoms of many allergies are pretty similar to those of covered 1000 so throat coughing sneezing tightness benedick books an appointment with an allergy specialist to ask which symptoms point to a coronavirus infection. is the relatively common as a loss of smile as if that's something you really experience with allergies and certainly not to the extent that you completely lose your sense of smell because that would be a clear indicator that you may have a corona virus infection over it so it would suggest it's not coronavirus or as a fever what else could play for our. exhaustion dry cough that really persists on

all these would suggest something like a cold $1000.00 and faction would think that but experienced allergy sufferers know at what time of the year they tend to get symptoms. benediction it is now confident he doesn't need to be tested for corona virus but what about his allergy symptoms because of the pandemic the doctor recommends medicating early so that sneezing is kept to a minimum course and no sprays for example can help of that this medicine course and handle the cortizone got his own orders and shouldn't be injected or taken in a tablet form to treat allergies except in an absolute emergency because then it can really have side effects. by the time but the thing about cortisone sprays but is that the needles and then only has an effect in the nasal area of battle there are no adverse effects on the rest of the body needs to give us that need as the scope of what. a spring free of sneezes and itchy eyes and others can rest assured

it's now najee and not covered. director of the institute of environmental medicine and was involved in a study into exactly this topic what did you find exactly what do pollen allergies have in common with. ben in this study we bring in new and previously unnoticed aspect into the equation of pandemic fueling it's not just about arrows olds that are key drivers of fire a pandemic but it's rob of the complexity of the arizona so we show in a large study that increased to infections are observed when up on paula and this is the result of a large study with 130 pony touring stations in 31 convert over 5 continents and really the finding is in the last spring there was

a coincidence and a correlation of the ask of 2 infection rates rising and pom pom concentrations and of note the lowest infection rates were observed at sites with a low concentration during the study period why do infection rates rise when there's a lot of pollen in the air. so the finding behind this is that pollen will weaken the antiviral defense of coastal surface is like nose and. you can imagine that it's like a pap aerated sheeted that pollen induce so normally we have a shield against viruses and and paul. making this leaky and this is why during pong season we are more susceptible viral infection spring is already here my eyes have been itching like crazy should i have. this is

very important to know so it's not only about pollen allergy it's beyond pollen energy so this is an unspecific effect this has nothing to do with allergies this is something we are observing in every individual there's been criticism of this study despite it being so broad and global how great a risk is pollen for people with allergies or without allergies. so the criticism that has been there is that people are not citing that we observed a common effect of several environment defectus pollen you miti and temperature and all together was important for a variability off infection rates and important is the following it's about the personal risk that cannot be. concluded from the study so i cannot say that mr miller has this and that probability to get an infection due to plung so this is

something we have now to investigate in further studies we know that pollen impacting on the macos are immunity and this is clear but concerning the personal risks there's nothing to to say from this study what would you say the actual consequences of your study. so inclusion and twats the one hump approach to the variable missing from the pen demick equation is to to really look for the whole environment impacting on in fiction right and this is why we suggest that we should really bring these environmental affect us in moderation in also predicts what is separating in the future and we need to really did the k. to largest state skated by oh my bio monitoring studies on correct to rise to

patients in order to understand the environmental impact on they spend demick you get that support because i'm going to be sneezing and getting itchy eyes for quite some time claudio title health director of the institute of environmental medicine in munich thank you very much for joining us today i thank you bye. for today's viewer question on the carnivorous it's over to alice science correspondent derek williams. i have asked me can i get a cool 1000 vaccine. the centers for disease control still considers as as one of the conditions that might increase the risk of severe outcomes if you come down with copd 19 but day to continues to accumulate that at least for people who have moderate forms of the disease as doesn't pose as big of a risk factor as other chronic conditions like for example diabetes when you start

looking into this topic the recommendation you read over and over again is that no matter what happens if you have asthma it's important to keep it under control by following your action plan since an asthma attack that forces you to go to an emergency room puts you at more danger of exposure to sars coby to the ensor to the question of whether you should get it coated 19 back same is is a resounding yes national asthma associations recommend people who have the auto immune condition get shots as soon as they have the opportunity in trials coated vaccines were given to subjects of many different ages among them people with chronic conditions like asthma and the hundreds of millions of shots given worldwide since have not given rise to any specific back seem related

cause for alarm for people who live with it i did find a recommendation from the british lung foundation saying that although the vaccine is not known to interact with medications if you take monoclonal antibodies for your. asthma then then you should talk to your doctor about how to time when you get your vaccines so take that into consideration but in general all of the experts that i read are saying that you should get the shot as soon as you can. through some of the other coronavirus related stories making news astra zeneca says its coronavirus vaccine is strongly effective following its disputed u.s. study after recalculating the data from that study instead of 79 percent efficacy the follow from concluded that the vaccine is 76 percent effective in preventing

symptomatic tobit nonetheless danish authorities have extended this to spend june of the vaccine pending further studies in correlation with blood clots. the u.s. senate has confirmed rachel levine as the 1st transgender person to hold a senior government position in the united states the president's pick as assistant secretary levine led pennsylvania's response to the corona virus outbreak she will oversee health and human services. the tokyo lympics torch relay is under way under strict conditions to stop the spread of the coronavirus spectators will bod from the departure ceremony because of ongoing fears about the virus which holds the 2020 games to be postponed. the torch is on a 121 day relay across japan before like the other get colder on july 23rd. avenue break up for banksy piece game changes sofa $19400000.00 euros at christie's

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