u.s. pyongyang's foreign minister tells the un an attack on the u.s. mainland is not inevitable this after u.s. bombers and fighter jets flying in north korea in an unprecedented show of force against the isolated state also coming up. with germany's election just hours away chancellor angela merkel makes a last minute push for votes she has a strong lead in the polls but with a main challenger martin schultz a distant second all eyes are on which party will come for that. and you ran says it launched a new missile a new ballistic missile that can carry multiple warheads over two thousand kilometers it's a sign of defiance against the u.s. . welcome to the program the u.s. has flown almost close to north korea's east coast in what the pentagon called a demonstration of its military options in the face. threats the u.s. said the fight flight went to the furthest north of the dividing line between the two koreas but any u.s. fighter jet has flown this century the show of force comes amid heightened tensions between the two countries over pyongyang's nucl

u.s. pyongyang's foreign minister tells the un an attack on the u.s.mainland is not inevitable this after a u.s. bomb as a fighter jets flying in north korea in an unprecedented show.

u.s. pyongyang confirms it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the russian foreign ministry slams u.s. searches of russian diplomatic sites is being in the legal. in san francisco and washington was shut down in the state department has. been all refused the week islamic state leaves behind a booby trapped ghost town after it's driven out of. the we bring you an exclusive report. i said joining us my name is neil harvey watching the weekly here on. tensions on the north korean peninsula ratcheting up and washington looks in no mood to calm the situation with the u.s. defense secretary jim mantis promising a massive military response on north korea should it threaten america. we have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them any threat to the united states or territories including. or allies will be met with a massive military response the response both objective and overwhelming the u.s. defense secretary made the statement of the president met with his military officials to discuss the situation over the korean peninsula it all comes after north

u.s. pyongyang's foreign minister tells the un an attack on the us mainland is now inevitable the.

u.s. in pyongyang tensions have been rising around the korean peninsula ever since north korea carried out its six nuclear test earlier this month prompting a new round of u.n. sanctions addressing the u.n. general assembly north korea's foreign minister said trump was on a suicide mission. u.s. president donald trump has said iran's test firing of a new missile calls into question its nuclear deal with world powers his comments came after iran's announcement that it had test fired a medium range ballistic missile the test was carried out just days after trump criticized the iranian government at the u.n. calling on it to end its pursuit of quote death and destruction. demonstrators have filled the streets of paris in protest at president emanuel macro's labor reforms tens of thousands of people took part in protest was organized by macros far left rivals calling for resistance to the labor reforms saying job protection signed the reforms into law on friday in a bid to boost growth and create jobs. the measures using executive orders rather than parliament saturday's protest was the third

u.s. and pyongyang has already reacted to the move. in case the u.s. eventually does the illegal unlawful resolution on harsher sanctions the d.p. r. k. shall make absolutely sure that the us based you price. all these kind of up on now looking at what it would take for washington to fulfill its economic thrones a lot of the loud and angry noises are coming from washington directed against their longtime foes in pyongyang u.s. leaders are now even discussing an oil embargo economically punishing those who do business with north korea the united states will look at every country that does business with north korea as a country that is giving aid to their reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions and it's not just bombast the trumpet ministration is actively planning to block all trade with d p r k i have been executive order prepared it's ready to go to the president it will authorize me to stop doing trade and put sanctions and then dust trade with north korea the president will consider that at the appropriate time once he gives the u.n. time to act s

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u.s. to pyongyang confirms it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the russian foreign ministry slams u.s. searches of russian diplomatic science and illegal diabolical circus premises in san francisco and washington was shot down on the state department's orders.

of the loud and angry noises are coming from washington directed against their longtime foes in pyongyang u.s. leaders are now even discussing an oil embargo economically punishing those who do business with north korea the united states will look at every country that does business with north korea as a country that is giving aid to their reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions and it's not just bombast the trumpet ministration is actively planning to block all trade with d p r k i have been executive order prepared it's ready to go to the president it will authorize me to stop doing trade and put sanctions and then he does trade with north korea the president will consider that at the appropriate time once he gives the u.n. time to act so what country does trump have in mind well it's no secret that ninety percent of north korea's trade is with china so is the u.s. a ready to target beijing that's a little bit easier said than done at this point there's huge business interests that are at play and over two trillion dollars in u.s. debt that's held by china the usa is currently pressuring

in pyongyang. and top u.s. defense officials are responding to north korea's biggest nuclear tests yet with a blunt warning. defense secretary mattis warning any threat by pyongyang against the u.s. or its allies would draw what he called a massive military response. mattis' warning coming after a meet with the president, vice president, and top national security advisers. mattis said, "our commitments among the allies are ironclad." >> any threat to the united states or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military response. a response effective and overwhelming. we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea. as i said, we have many options to do so. >> the warning after north korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb on sunday. a test that was overseen by leader kim jong-un. pyongyang claimed the weapon was designed to be carried by an intercontinental ballistic missile, the kind that north korea has also been testing recently. president tru

u.s. to pyongyang confirms it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the russian foreign ministry slants u.s. searches of russian diplomatic science as an illegal a diabolical circus privacies in san francisco and washington were shut down on the state department's orders. and in our review of the week islamic state leaves behind a booby trapped ghost town office driven out of talent fall by the iraqi army we have an exclusive report. live from moscow it's the weekly here on r.t. international i'm rosana lockwood thank you for joining us. tensions on the north korean peninsula are rock shooting up and washington looks in no mood to calm the situation with the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis promising a massive military response towards north korea should it threaten america. we have many military options and the president wanted to be briefed on each one of them any threat to the united states or territories including. or allies will be met with a massive military response the response both objective and overwhelming the u.s. defense secretary made th

defense secretary mattis advising any threat by pyongyang against the u.s. or its allies could draw what he called a massive military response. mattis' warning came after a meeting with the president, vice president, and top national security advisers. mattis said, "our commitments among allies are ironclad." >> any threat to the united states or its territories, including guam or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming. we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely north korea. as i said, we have many options to do so. >> the new warning comes after north korea's claim it tested a hydrogen bomb on sunday. a test overseen by leader kim jong-un. pyongyang claimed the weapon was designed to be carried by an intercontinental ballistic missile, the kind it has also been testing. president trump was asked about the nuclear test sunday as he left a church service. >> mr. president, will you attack north korea? >> we'll see. >> our coverage begins with barbara starr at the pentagon. >>

u.s. threatens to block all trade with countries that do business with pyongyang. and outrage in sacramento after the city's decision to pay gang members to be well behaved it's in a bid to stop gun violence. you want. to do with me in a day or two you welcome to the program over a thousand wives and children all suspected eisel fighters are waiting for their fate to be determined at a refugee camp in iraq following a series of defeats suffered by the terror group r.t. is among the first news networks to access the facility the location though we won't disclose for security reasons our correspondent sent us the following report which contains the first video interviews with people at the camp. the more it. gets is china. because it's because it is such a dumb was a victim but also to the earlier this year this woman's husband was killed in mosul he wasn't one of the good guys he was in a slum extent fighter i simply had no it was important i guess for that visit. with the fall of. they had nowhere left to run the wives and children of presumed isis fighters finally

u.s. to pyongyang confirms it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the russian foreign ministry slants u.s. searches of russian diplomatic science as an illegal a diabolical circus privacies in san francisco and washington was shut down on the state department's orders. and in our review of the week islam.

u.s. and north korea pyongyang's top diplomat ri young who slammed the u.s. president as a mentally deranged megalomaniac. president trump himself is the one on a suicide mission. in the case that innocent u.s. lives are lost because of this suicide attack. will be held totally responsible. just hours earlier u.s. air force b. one b. bombers flew further north along the korean coast than ever before this century the pentagon described the flight in international airspace as a show of resolve and the military options at hand. for north korea all the more reason to pursue its nuclear program at the un foreign minister read defended it as the necessary answer to us aggression. the only response to violence is violence we will oppose the nuclear weapons of terror any with a nuclear weapons of justice. president trump took to twitter in response to reserve dress writing that really a north korean leader kim jong un whom trump calls little rocket man won't be around much longer trump didn't spell out the substance of this threat at the u.n. really also had harsh wo

will spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force in another show of force against pyongyang u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea and japan. when you send half an hour next it's in search of putin's russia. i'm andrea cross of a filmmaker and journalist and i've spent the past year traveling my country trying to understand. the soviet union was almost as large as the russian empire which spanned three continents in the nineteenth century. today's russia has lost many of the territories the towers conquered and the soviets regained but some are still part of russia. this is an old swedish finnish town of baber a soviet union invaded in one thousand thirty nine and finally and next this part of them in nineteen forty four. russia remains the largest country on earth even they only the ten most populous. it's still extremely diverse with about one hundred languages spoken by some hundred fifty catholicity. the former soviet republics are now independent states. yet russia still holds sway economically and culturally in some parts of

u.s. threatens to block all trade with countries that do business with pyongyang. and nationwide strikes are expected in france tomorrow amid major concerns in the country over the president's plans for a sweeping labor reforms that come into effect next week. watching r.t. international live from moscow studio with me. welcome to the program more than a thousand wives and children of suspected deisel fighters are awaiting their fate in a refugee camp in iraq after the terror group suffered a major defeat on t is among the first news networks to access the facility our correspondent sent us the following report which contains the first on screen interviews with people at the camp. the more it. gets is china. because it's because it is such a dumb was a victim but also to the earlier this year this woman's husband was killed in mosul he wasn't one of the good guys he was in a slum extent fighting until you know it was important i guess for that visit. with the food left. they had nowhere left to run the wives and children of presumed isis fighters finally surrendere

u.s. threatens to block all trade with countries that do business with pyongyang. and pro independence protesters started gathering on the streets of path alone. just three weeks ahead of a session referendum and by madrid. they want you all to international live from moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program more than a thousand wives and children of suspected eisel fighters are awaiting their fate in a refugee camp in iraq after the terror group suffered major defeats r.t. is among the first news networks to access the facility our correspondent. has the following report which contains the first on screen interviews with people at the camp. bamma as much of the morning. it says china. because it's because it is such a dumb was it is never. really a this is this woman's husband was killed in mosul he wasn't one of the good guys he was in a slum extent fighting until you know it's not important i guess for that visit. with the full of that they had nowhere left to run the wives and children of presumed isis fighters finally surrounded the bigg

u.s. to pyongyang confirms it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. the russian foreign ministry slams us searches of russian diplomatic sites as an illegal diabolical circus premises in san francisco and washington was shut down on the state department's order. and in our view of the weak islamics.

u.s. government is trying to do. ok let's go back to our top story this hour after pyongyang announced that it conducted a successful test on a tram hinted that a u.s. strike on the north is possible let's discuss the latest escalation of tensions in the region with some unique from the council of korean american choice on the line . the approach from donald trump it has been consistent in that it's been aggressive it's been one of persistent threats it doesn't seem to be deterring kim jung un who's kim jong un is just carrying on with the test is that the right approach from the u.s. . not at all this is a full scale diplomatic crisis and i think our president has not really framed this issue as such i think this is in some ways a war of words we know he's very fond of twitter and saying provocative things you could argue that some of these missile tests and bomb tests are our provocations with the same sort of rhetorical value but. our president and our government is not devoting the resources the political will that are needed to find a solution to this problem and you know this is not an issue that you can ignore

how important china's role is in developing channels of communication between washington and pyongyang. if u.s. and north korea are in some kind of direct contact and presumably that's a diplomatic process that's going ahead without china's direct involvement and whether or not that you site sit down to talk will depend on a variety of factors particularly the preconditions that they place on any kind of talks north korea has historically resisted talks that were predicated upon its taking steps towards the nuclear as they should that being said china is of course very important to any sort of approach north korea given the amount of economic power that they have on north korea and i think some u.s. policy makers and analysts have in the past assumed that china has this sort of magic ability to affect north korea's behavior but history shows that that isn't always the case now as you mentioned china is obviously an important actor in this situation and they've also adopted u.n. sanctions against north korea and seem increasingly willing to cut those ties of over its nuclear weapons program but

u.s. and south korean militaries saying that its proposal is to have a freeze for freeze that is to stop the military drills in exchange for pyongyangfreezing its nuclear and missile program as it is now that has been rejected by the u.s. and the south koreans china also is upset about the fatted missile defense system wants that rolled back and president moon himself was against the system coming into office but because of the rising tensions he has done a bit of a u. turn on that and allowed the third missile defense system to be installed he says temporarily so i don't see that south korea will be wanting to roll back any of its defenses or its military drills any time soon too many fans can think of there with the perspective in so let's cross across now to new york where rosalynn jordan joins us live from the united nations i understand the security meeting security council meeting now finished rowland's a lot of pressure being still poor on russia and china what sort of mood are you hearing that there in. well certainly that security council emergency meeting is over sue and there was a reading of a very brief press statement

u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley further echoed donald trump's words that washington was considering cutting trade ties with countries that deal with pyongyang the u.s. will look at every country that does business with north korea as a country that is giving aid to their reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions. reporter: that is directed at a reclusive country's biggest ally china, which slammed the threat as unacceptable. >> what we absolutely cannot accept is that on the one hand, we are making efforts to peacefully resolve the north korean nuclear issue, and on the other hand, our interests are being harmed. this is both not objective and not fair. reporter: north korea shocked the world on sunday when it claimed it had detonated a hydrogen bomb, calling the test a perfect success. pyongyang has its adversaries scrambling to respond. its southern neighbor is predicting further applications. >> we put -- further complications. >> we predict north korea could fire an icbm to show they have obtained the means of delivering a nuclear bomb to united states. reporter: south korea simulated an attack on pyongyang's main testing site but so fa

u.s. has direct lines of communication to pyongyang. this as the u.s.g down extensions in the region over north korea's continued missile tests. tillerson's advice to both sides in the conflict next. want a snack? sure! alright, looks like we've got chips, popcorn, pretzels? pretzels! plain, sourdough, spicy, sesame, honey mustard, chocolate covered, peanut butter filled, this one's in german, it says, "reindfleisch?" plain. great. so what are we gonna watch? oh! show me fall tv. check out the best of the best hand-picked fall shows on xfinity x1, online, and the xfinity stream app. thirsty? >>> we're following breaking news on north korea and its nuclear threat. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the most immediate need is to calm the situation down and for the north to stop firing off missiles. he also said the u.s. has direct channels to pyongyang and is talking directly with north korean officials. tillerson who is now headed back home ready the remarks following a meeting with china's president. matt rivers is in beijing. the back channels

u.s. president in an exclusive interview chancellor merkel tells the w. that diplomacy is the only way forward with pyongyang. also coming up hope and heroism in mexico was efforts continue to find survivors in the rubble of tuesday's powerful earthquake and hurricane maria paralyzes puerto rico leaving much of the u.s. territory without power or communications it is the worst storm to hit the island in eighty years. i'm simply someone's got to thank you for joining us germany's chancellor spoken out on the north korea crisis. she disagrees with u.s. president donald trump's military all to made him to north korea on tuesday trump told the u.n. that america would destroy north korea if it continued to threaten the united states or its allies michael told the w in an exclusive interview that germany would be willing to assist in a group and negotiating a diplomatic solution to the soaring tensions. promise is the only way to solve the north korea conflict according to the german chancellor in an exclusive interview with g w hunger merkel spoke out in favor of multilateral negotiations involving international

will spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear goal in another show of force against pyongyang u.s. bombers and fighter jets are taking part in joint military drills with south korea and japan general motors says it's recalling more than two and a half million vehicles in china because of concerns about faulty airbags they were made by the japanese to carter and have the potential to inflate with too much force foreign shrapnel at the driver and passengers the defect has been linked to several deaths and injuries. and those were his headlines here on al-jazeera are back with more for you in about twenty five minutes time do stay with us though counting the cost is next of i. am has i'm sick of this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. we'll look at how apple's i phone economics made it the most profitable company in the world. also this week me and mark how the jade trade land grabs and vested interests are playing a part in what the u.n. calls ethnic cleansing.

u.s. versus pyongyang issue. and as a threat from the u.s. to take down north korea to justify their reactions. and to also get china and south korea out of the picture to make it one-on-one. and get that kind of respect. so doesn't the president's taunts against kim jong-un just feed in to that strategy, that tactic from the north? >> no, andrea. you're completely right. it is baffling why the president wants tons continue escalating his rhetoric when all it's done be made a situation where we have no diplomatic ties with north korea right now. he's turned it into a war of words and really angered a lot of our key allies in the process. starting from this summer with his far and fury rhetoric which upped the a florida te and last week to his presentation at the u.n. that really brought on another outburst from kim jong-un, this president has shown he actually is reveling quite a bit in upping the ante and making things more unstable when it comes to an already precarious situation. >> this sunday in plains, georgia, was jimmy carter's sunday

spare it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force in another show of force against pyongyang u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea and japan and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera join me for the news hour that's in about twenty five minutes time in the meantime stay with us inside stories coming next by. well leaders are at the united nations this week on the agenda north korea syria and the range of crisis but as they champion peace and security across the globe what can they actually achieve is the u.n. still a relevant organization this is inside story.

u.s. but in pyongyang where tens of thousands protested u.s. saying the u.s. sanctions won't deter their resolve to build nuclear weapons. >> and they said u.s. threat to detonate a hydrogen bomb over the pacific would be a shocking display of irresponsibility. something that the u.s. and world would regard as a real step change in this crisis. nbc news, london. >>> happening today, protesters are about to gather at u.k. berkeley for another rally following intense day yesterday. an hour from now, at noon, organizers plan to protest white supremacy groups. by cancel free. yiannopoulos still was on campus and tensions quickly escalated. berkeley says they made 11 arrests at yesterday's event. >>> wiener, just a few time ago, they said he was in prison. also has to pay $10,000 fine register as a sex owe fen dper and take part in a treatment program. >>> a gorgeous start to the week around the bay area. let's take a live look outside. downtown san francisco where the skies are clear, temperatures considered mild. vianey arana is on for kari this morning. >>> good

pyongyang slamming the u.s. via state media, bragging it will use its "nuclear strategic weapons to eradicate the land of the u.s. with no trace left on earth." >> all this as south korea says it has spotted continuous signs the north is preparing another icbm test. ian lee joins us from south korea, where that country has been conducting exercises off the east coast of the korean peninsula. looks like they're flexing their muscles. you think north korea's getting the message, though? >> reporter: it doesn't look like it. they've been continuing to flex their muscle since that nuclear test. we've seen missile tests. we've seen aircraft testing. their air-to-surface missiles. and now the navy practicing these live-fire exercises. it doesn't seem to be getting through to the north. in fact, we're hearing another development coming out of north korea. this is coming from south korea's national intelligence service telling lawmakers that they have seen a projectile that they believe to be an icbm. we've heard from r

will spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear force in another show of force against pyongyang u.s. bombers and fighter jets have taken part in joint military drills with south korea and japan and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera join me for the news hour that's in about twenty five minutes time in the meantime stay with us inside stories coming next by. world leaders are at the united nations this week on the agenda north korea syria and the range of crisis but as they champion peace and security across the globe what can they actually achieve is the u.n. still a relevant organization this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program with me today peter not once again the international community is getting together to discuss combating global conflicts and humanitarian crises in places like me and mom but as the seventy second united nations general assembly gets underway in new york this week some question the goals of the one hundred ninety three member states and if the u.n. is still a force for global good well that's our guest in a moment but first let's

will spur it to move faster towards completing its nuclear goal in another show of force against pyongyang u.s. bombers and fighter jets are taking part in joint military drills with south korea and japan general motors says it's recalling more than two and a half million vehicles in china because of concerns about faulty airbags they were made by the japanese to carter and have the potential to inflate with too much force firing shrapnel at the driver and passengers defect has been linked to several deaths and numerous injuries. and those are the latest headlines here on al-jazeera are back with more for you in about twenty five minutes time do stay with us though counting the cost is next of i. with with. with. hello i'm has i'm sick of this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week i phone. will look at how apple's i phone economics made it the most profitable company in the world. also this week me and ma how the jade trade land grabs and vested interests are playing a part in what the u.n. calls ethnic cleansing. and a showdown mo

pyongyang slamming the u.s. bragging it will use strategic weapons to eradicate the land of the u.s. with no trace left on earth. >> all of this as south korea says it has spotted continuous signs the north is preparing yet another icbm test. ian lee joins us live from south korea where that country is conducting exercises off the east coast of the korean peninsula. ian, good morning to you. >> good morning, dave. some disturbing news coming out of north korea this morning. we're just getting report that korea's national intelligence service told lawmakers in a closed door session that the north is believed to be moving a projectile that is suspected being an intercontinental ballistic missile. they don't know where it's going or what is going to happen. but we have heard reports that the north is preparing for another ballistic missile test on september 9th. they are going to be celebrating the foundation of the north korean government. it could be around that time, but we know it could be hours or even days aw

really now of course this is already gone past just of the war of words between washington and pyongyang the u.s. has of course already it bolstered its military presence in the region and continues to conduct drills with south korea in the area much to the displeasure of north korea and trump received a lot of backlash for these comments these aggressive comments he's been making recently both abroad and at home but on his side the u.s. state department did say that the way that trumps talks is just the only way to communicate with north korea. exacerbating the president spoke to him to kim jong un in a language that secretary tillerson has said and said this morning in the kind of language that kim jong un will understand. but clearly america's tactics have done nothing to quell tensions in the region in fact they seem to have escalated them if anything but it doesn't seem that america has any plans on the horizon to change their strategy with north korea leaving the rest of the world in fear and that we could begin getting pushed closer and closer to the brink of war. let's discuss the latest