along. with what. the. korean media claims that kim jong il. crease their efforts to develop nuclear weapons washington says pyongyang is quote begging for war. syrian army breaks islamic states three year blockade of the city. marking a turning point in the war against terror in the country. i. would germany's election looming chancellor merkel is not a pretty tough week she's been on the campaign trail and even had a tomato thrown it's.

a good evening to you my name is neil harvey and you're watching the weekly here. first this hour the north korean leader has ordered this country scientists to their efforts to further develop nuclear weapons this is according to the country state media earlier this week washington's envoy to the u.n. said that he is begging for war or the previous warnings from the white house failed to dissuade the north from conducting its recent nuclear test. enough is enough i think enough is enough the stakes could not be higher the urgency is now time is short action is required our country's patience is not unlimited the policy of strategic patience is over or is never something the united states wants the united states does not think conflict only the strongest sanctions will enable

us to resolve this problem through diplomacy all of our counterparts need to impose dissensions we will defend our allies and our territory the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies moscow and beijing proposed what is being called a double freeze initiative under that plan north korea would stop its nuclear ballistic missile test in return america and south korea would stop their joint military exercises but the u.s. has dismissed the proposal calling it insulting that washington seems to see the further militarization of the korean peninsula as being the best solution it says it will deploy troops of weapons there in addition to the existing american air and naval bases aircraft carrier strike group to be sol ships and fighter jets and helicopters will all be sent to south korea and the artes correspondent jacqueline verger explains now war mongering could be turning into a lucrative business for the trump of ministration. the north korean threat is something we hear on a daily basis from u.s.

officials with the statements warning bremer and and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. they will be met with fire fury the stakes could not be higher the urgency is now this may not get away with what he's doing believe and the urgency is so strong the u.s. is rolling out a range of american made weapons to save the day on offer for remaining rocket launchers for the u.s. missile defense system for south korea also increase amounts of highly sophisticated military equipment which trump this kindly allowing both south korea and japan to purchase and the infamously troubled after the five fighter jets also be added to that package i think of bonus but not free of course but look forget that north korea is by no means the only threat to global security and america for decades iran has fueled the fire of sectarian conflict and threatening the region and causing so much of by a lintz all nations of kinds most worked together to isolate her and all of those

attacks are music to the ears of saudi arabia an american ally and fellow detractor of iran so of course riyadh was all too ready to sign a one hundred ten billion dollar defense deal with from neighboring qatar also agreed to buy over twenty one billion dollars worth of american military hardware now trying to approach the conflict is definitely pragmatic make a quick buck if you can right and clearly this guy can sell anything even managed to find a way to spin continuing america's sixteen year long war in afghanistan as the prime minister of afghanistan has promised we are going to participate in economic development to help defray the cost of this war to us if you can't solve the problem see if you can at least turn a healthy profit instead of i'm a businessman that's what i'm supposed to do the sort i'm supposed to do. i think a lot of people project on the behavior of the united states maybe of other

countries that it's all about business it's all about making money for the arms manufacturers and the plane manufacturers and so forth the people who make missiles the militarization of the policy of using military threats and military force as the only item in our tool kit his son how become so ingrained in their mentality they really don't consider other alternatives you have people who believe that the united states is and must be the global head of bone that every solution must be solved by a depart from washington and whatever force and threats are necessary to achieve that end will be employed. syrian army has secured a key victory in the fight against islamic state this is after it broke a three year long blockade of the city of dare is your local journalist john the merchant has the details. see an army unit regained full control over

a panorama square you are in in throes of their l's over city and the international highway of their results now this sit cheeseman to come just after a few days of. lifting full siege of the in the city of their resort and just a few hours after they broke the siege of gaza militants on the military airport in their resort. this achievements also show you the determination of syrian and drash and governments to to kate's extremism on the syrian soil some analysts and observers believe that this is would be an main turning point in the war against isis goal is to liberate all that is the initial areas that are just a few of those areas then szell areas and districts in the hands of the extremist civilians live is going to be much easier from now on and their suffering will end . the syrian army has been advancing rapidly in recent months take

a look at our map here this was the situation in june islamic state controlled about a quarter of the country at that point forward three months around half the territory that they held has been lost during the army's advance on their result was getting around eight kilometers a day use that the advancing troops had finally linked up with the remaining syrian forces inside the city well that came as welcome relief both to the soldiers around the civilians. but i was.

only the breaking of the siege of extremely significant militarily and psychologically tremendous boost for the mirage of the government and the government forces and we must be a bit cautious not clear whether it will take days or or weeks to clear i flew out of the the the main fifty four and then the four through can look forward to consolidating the control of the government in some pocket jihad these will. hold sway so it going at beth beth it's going to take a number of months before the syrian government really control over the whole of syria. german chancellor angela merkel has had a tough few days both in and out of parliament with just two weeks to go until the

country's general election she's been out on the campaign trail although it's not been going or her way i chancellor was jeered and booed by demonstrators during a rally on thursday two days earlier a protester threw tomatoes at it during a similar event michel criticize those behind such disruptions but this week it wasn't just because you got in the way of her speeches on addressing parliament she was interrupted by her main rival from the social democrats for taking credit he said for their work but she didn't hesitate to remind those present who's the boss . that's with you but i think talent only been in the finance humans. for. the eating of has. if this is the. group you know say they are. being maimed

and that when you went back to one point in parliament east. that was here with well with just two weeks until the country votes the latest polls show angela merkel's ruling christian democrats way ahead of their main social democrat rivals their twin party did linker is in third with the free democrats just behind them as is alternative for germany that's a euro skeptic party is expected to gain its first seats in parliament on cease course one of peter over takes a closer look now at who the main contenders will be. with most pundits already calling this german election a win for. schultz there isn't a great deal of intrigue that. has been the battle for third place and who will perhaps become the kingmaker in the next coalition government.

documents or ph. guns. were to. come out of. the president to. bring some scandal and controversy to the relatively calm seas of the political scene it's all to germany it looks like they will enter a pall of it for the first time following this election and they run all they called line message against refugee policy even drafted in one of the out agencies that helped promote trump in his campaign.

good alternative for germany is not going to be called to any coalition with. likely to be part of a coalition with the mrs merkel all the free democratic. liberal pro-business they film charisma and photogenic media has appeared front and center however he does appear to have lifted so of his migration policy right out of the alternative think jodi playbook if these prevails refugees must. such human right place in the womb. i'm not being harsh this is realism speaking aping b.s. day it may prove to be a wise move as he looks to shore up his own party's position basically this is just political maneuver to get more voters from this from this side of the spectrum f.t.p. is at the moment constantly collecting in all kind of fields voters for example

with all these digital subjects and now with this new statement about refugees they try to pick of course also people from the if the from the right wing side the little has already ruled out forming a coalition with the left party the greens this time outs at the lagging way behind in the polls even the possibility that we could see you know the grand coalition with the social democrats and that's when it comes to coalition possibilities there are even some that would see him do a little not be the next chancellor of germany however the most realistic options are that the free democrats will not only return to the fold to start calling september the twenty olds post but that they will also be part of the ruling coalition peter all of our people in. russia u.s. ties threat to the new low after searches of moscow's diplomatic compounds will be the full story after this break.

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wraps. and they save lives. welcome by moscow responded angrily this week to the searching of russian diplomatic compounds which had been ordered to be closed by washington videos of men searching on the roof and even ripping up flooring at one of the sites was posted on the russian foreign ministry facebook page f.b.i. agents check basements and attics drawers even cupboards with every operation made no sense and washington's unexpected sparked outrage in the russian capital top officials described it as the seizing the property and slammed it as a gross violation of international law which they said openly demonstrated

hostility towards russia and that it would inevitably lead to a worsening of u.s. russia relations meanwhile the u.s. state department spokesperson face that of russia related questions after she referred to the searches as a simple tour of the facilities. oh i'm sorry sir what's your name let's move on move on to something else if you still consider that sovereign russian property or were those property searched because there was a concern that they were being used for intelligence purposes which would be like a different issue and it's not going to get into that let it lead in this let's move on to something else here in russia or any other country u.s. missions that. would have been searched by the host. governments you know what i don't know if you are working for today or what but i think. in the latest development in their ongoing diplomatic spat the u.s. ordered russia to close three diplomatic premises with just forty eight hours notice immediately after the eviction us officers searched the some francisco

consulate and the trade missions in new york and washington in response russian president vladimir putin us the country's foreign minister to take legal action. against our american counterparts didn't let russia use its property it's a violation of our property rights i will tell the foreign ministry to go to court we'll see how well the highly praised the dish or system in the u.s. works whether washington says that it wants to end the diplomatic crisis two days after putin's remark on legal action the u.s. state department had this to say. we would like that relationship to improve we don't want to continue this kind of diplomatic tit for tat people in the united states need to get over this anti russia hysteria and that's what it is that's being ginned up. by the media here and americans need to call for more friendly and constructive relations with russia it's my firm opinion that russia. all along has

wanted friendly relations has wanted the u.s. as a partner and there's no reason that we should reject that all of branch that i think russia has been holding out for some time on us entering that property was a violation of the vienna conventions. and i don't know where it's going to and i do get the sense from russia that they do not want to escalate. ok let's head to florida now live pictures coming from the state because behind me that you can see this is where the water levels are rising on the coasts there with hurricane about to hit the u.s. mainland it's expected to pick up strength as it's moving away from cuba hurricanes aya started to move slowly away from the florida keys heading north to winds ruling at one hundred thirty mph three us casualties have been reported so far not the weather service is that the wind gusts of wind on a high rise construction crane in the state's biggest city of miami twenty five victims of also being confirmed on devastated islands in the caribbean or.

the florida state governor urges people to leave donald trump unease cabinets about that for the victims of the natural disaster.

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