north and south korea have restored a hotline that was cut off by pyongyang more than °ff by pyongyangg its borders in response to the pandemic. kim jong—un admitted last month the situation was becoming tense. pyongyang said the hotline represents a big stride towards restoring mutual trust. stay with us on bbc news. horror and heroism, passes by rescue a child trapped under a car. crowd cheers. the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot — drudgery and danger are now no more, after almost four decades. if one is on one's own in in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say, "you're "doing something wrong". six rare white lion cubs on the prowl at worcester park and already they've been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely, yeah, really sweet. yeah, they�* re cute. this is bbc news — the latest headlines: day four at the olympics,

the hotline was cut off by pyongyang more than a year ago.f food, since closing its borders in response to the pandemic. its leader, kimjong—un, admitted last month that the situation was becoming tense. pyongyang said the hotline represents a big stride towards restoring mutual trust. our correspondent, laura bicker, joins us from seoul. laura, in an era where we have e—mail, whatsapp, even video calling, what is the significance this hotline?— calling, what is the significance this hotline? , ., , this hotline? these hotlines were set u - , this hotline? these hotlines were set op. there _ this hotline? these hotlines were set up, there are _ this hotline? these hotlines were set up, there are actually - this hotline? these hotlines were set up, there are actually 48 - this hotline? these hotlines were set up, there are actually 48 of i set up, there are actually 48 of them. they were set up back in 1971. north and south korea make calls each day, they make a call at nine o'clock and five o'clock. there are several lines between the militar

pyongyang has not confirmed any covid-19 cases. lgbtq campaigners have been forced to cancel georgia's first gay pride march. organizers called off the parade after protesters attacked journalists and activists. opposition politicians are blaming the government for encouraging violence and failing to protect lgbtq people. >> what was meant to be a march for dignity instead turned into a march of violence. when ultranationalist far-right protesters took to the streets in an anti-lgbt rally. a mob ransacked the offices of the local pride organization and attacked activists and journalists. politicians in georgia are blaming the government for encouraging violence. maybe there are many responsible people, but when the violence is ultimately -- openly announced, the ultimate responsibility is the government. the interior ministry was not prepared enough to prevent this violence. the green light to this violence was given by the prime minister's shameful and unlawful statement made in the morning. these are the words that many considere

now it's important to note, this is not coming from pyongyang themselves.re here in this think tank which is created with the intelligence agency of south korea saying on friday that north korea have not received any vaccines at this point. also said that north korea is rejecting the astrazeneca vaccine, fearing side effects. now, according to this report from the inss also saying that north korea is hesitant to import the chinese vaccine due to mistrust. and also would like to be offered the russian vaccine at no cost. again, this can't be corroborated. and we know since march, any citizens within china and russia have been receiving vaccines themselves from their host countries, but there have been, at this point, no plans to import them. now, north korea have been planning to receive the vaccination from covax. it was expected to be under way. we heard from the intelligence agency earlier this week as well telling lawmakers that appeared to have been delayed. and saying it was due to negotiation issues. but not elaborating on that at all. now, we know th

you'll see our recapture of the city of seoul, the fall of the north korean capital of pyongyang, an a air drop by the combat team, and you'll see the missouri in action giving support to our ground troops. and with us again will be a combat veteran who saw as it happened apart from the big picture. this is captain carl zimmerman inviting you to be with us then. ♪♪ ♪ ♪ >> from korea to germany. from alaska to puerto rico. all over the world the united states army is on the alert to defend our country, you the american people, against aggression. this is the big picture. an official television report to the nation from the united states army. now to show you part of the big picture, here is sergeant stuart queen. >> today on the big picture, the d. of the army presents a documented report of the crimes and atrocities committed against americans and other united nations prisoners of war by their communist captors. you will hear the facts from repatriated prisoners of war, from major general william f. dean and from the former supreme commander of the united nations forces in the far ea

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she also says pyongyang may be getting up domtic political narrative to allow the acceptance of foreigns. the north korea expert dr. edward howe. >> it is quite clear that the narrative north korea has disseminated for the past year, that it is the land of covid free, is rapidly disintegrating. the state has not been specific in terms of the nature of the covid fight. but, it is highly likely that we are starting to see signs of covid infiltrating into north korea. >> north korea claims to be free of the virus. but, bear in mind, the authorities are a poor source of information, and, they may not have a clear picture. north korea's testing capacity is thought to be low. we do know it has taken measures. last year it created a buffer zone along the border with china. issuing a shoot to kill order to stop unauthorized crossing. we also know south korea intelligence says the north executed an official for violating a trade ban imposed 25 virus. last july, a man from south korea defected to the north and north korea declad a national emergency for fear he may have brought the virus. we know

one of the people i paint in here is henry kissinger and he gave me a people called capernaum's in pyongyang when i was president. it's about a guy who escapes the north korean prison camp and i became focused on north korea, the human rights abuses as well as those who escapes, have the courage to escape and one of whom was joseph. i'm joseph because we provide college scholarships out of the bush institute on the smu campus. joseph kemp was one of our recipients. we were so impressed we gave him a job after hegraduated . this was a kid who is dad died of starvation. his mother was starving, took his daughter. his sister, her daughter to china and sold her. she comes back, gets captured by the regime, dies in prison camp and joseph is alone and starving. he tells the story in the book. about his decision to get to china. and so it's hard to envision a tiny scrawny teenage boy having the courage to go to china but he does and he ends up being taken in by an underground church. and from there he ends up in, there's a program out of yale that helps north korean refugees and they got him to the

he gave me a book called aquariums in pyongyang when i was president.is about a guy who escapes a prison camp and i became focused on north korea, the human rights abuses and those who escaped, encouraged to escape and one was joseph kim. i meant joseph, we provides college scholarships, joseph kim was one of our recipients. we were so impressed by him we gave him a job after he graduated from college. this is a kid whose dad died of starvation, his mother was starving, took his daughter, his sister, her daughter to china and sold her to have money to eat. she comes back, gets captured by the regime, dies in prison camp and joseph as a young teenager is alone and starving. he told the story in the book about his decision to get to china. hard to envision a tiny scrawny teenage boy having the courage to go to china but he does and he ends up being taken in by an underground church and from there he ends up, there's a program out of yale that helps north korean refugees and they got him to the us consulate and from there he goes to new york city and succe

came to the us deputy secretary of state met south korean leaders, including president, one j in pyongyang has so far, refused to resume talks in protest against what it calls us. hostility south korea has reported a record 18 hundreds. you go with 19 cases in one day, the war contagious delta, very interest, feeling the search. the latest numbers include 270 sailors who were flown home from an i to piracy mission abroad. authorities are now considering expanding restrictions in so and it's neighboring regions. mcbride has more on the covert 19 break in south korea. that crew has now had to be flown back at 2 south career out of 301 crew members. 271 have now tested positive. that's a staggering 90 percent. but even if you strip out that number, this is still a very significant rise. we've been seeing for the best part of 2 weeks more than 1000 new cases per day as this 4th wave has really taken a hold here with some predictions that will soon be thing well over 2000 new cases . the day before the authorities get on top of it, we are already in the capital area around sol, the highest leve

it comes and it's sold attempt by the us to engage with north korea over pyongyang, nuclear weapons program. rob mcbride's is in sol. connected again after more than a year of silence and with into korean relations at a standstill. north korea cut the line last june in protest against defective launching propaganda balloons from south korea. relations hit such a low, the north destroyed the liaison office which had been set up with the south but its been confirmed the leaders of north and south of state in touch throughout exchanging multiple letters, none the young tenant. the 2 ladies also agreed to work to regain mutual trust and foster progress on relations again. when jed also south korean president, moon j n, has made restoring relations with the north, a cornerstone of his administration. and with less than a year left in office, he's determined to get dialogue back on track a sentiment. the south korean shared with the north. in this 1st phone call, since the inter korean communication liaison lines where restore today, i hope we can continue to deliver good news to the rest of the

as books from the mainland to pyongyang fell more than 80% in the first half of this yet — significant highly dependent on china for basics like food and fuel. space is big business. this week marks the anniversary of two memorable chapters in the history of space exploration. july 20, 1969, apollo 11 landed on the moon. the spacecraft was close to running out of fuel, and the space industry followed the means to the missions. ten years ago this week, the space shuttle atlantis landed, becoming the last shuttle ever to be used. all the royal albert hall will open at full capacity dear dave for the first time since march last year. the reopening event is a concert to celebrate the 150th anniversary. since closing, the hall has lost £60 million in income, and £10 million in income, and £10 million and refunded tickets. it now owes the government a further £20 million, but has managed to fund a major ventilation project thanks to audiences and donors, which has been completed ahead of the reopening. how is the royal albert hall preparing for today's reopening at full capacity? craig hassa

let's get back to pyongyang here.we got this news, we got a little bit of a push yaup for the so-called peace dogs there. what were they? >> we saw stone hitting its daily limmed limit of 30%. hyundai elevator rose the most in a year. but the fact of the matter is though it has effects after the summit taking place, it is not really longer lasting. an analyst -- these stocks are like game stocks. fueled by retail investors buying. manus: thank you so much. in hong kong with the latest on north korea and south korea. coming up, it is a big week for big -- kicking off the earnings report for the energy majors. we dig into the numbers. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: day break europe with me, manus cranny and rishaad salamat. to the oil market. above $70 a barrel and taking some of the pressure off the largest energy companies as we go into earnings week. it kicks off with shell on thursday. morgan stanley global strategist, head of european energy. the backdrop this earnings season is frankly colossal. the net income is exp

. >> tucker: we were on the north korean state media website today, the pyongyang charlie press factory looked around to different places of the factory including process and bus assembly workshops. to acquaint with the solids the production. he expressed great satisfaction with the fact the factory established an integrated manufacturing system properly. a manufactured modern equipment by itself, and supplemented itself with new equipment. if the story went on like this for several paragraphs, you would not be surprised to learn, it was not hard hitting piece. on the other hand, it wasn't vogue. it didn't go that far. when it comes to authentic state media cult of personality hero worship, the commuommunist party news agency book on in awe at the reporters of "vogue" magazine in new york. the vogue guys to stalinism the old-fashioned way, they are all in. they barely use verbs, it's all smoldering hot superlatives. consider the new vogue profile of dr. joe biden, the scholar, scientist, states person, civil rights icon, healer, mother of a nation, the first lady of our hearts, we could

with north korea under the previous administration, in line with international laws sanctioning pyongyanglitary exercises in the waters off of taiwan after a second u.s. military aircraft landed in taiwan in the last two months. the paper said the drills should be seen as a warning and deterrent to the u.s. and taiwan. it is reported more complex exercises will be staged in the future. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am yvonne man. this is bloomberg. kathleen: president biden and global leaders across the pacific held a virtual meeting to discuss how the world can best emerge from the pandemic even as nations grapple with a deadly resurgence of virus cases. one leader was notably absent. president xi jinping. joining us is our editor. xi sent a prerecorded message. tell us about it. tony: there was some expectation that there would be a face-off between biden and xi at this meeting. that did not happen, that it gave biden his chance to lay out the u.s. position. in terms that sou

. >> he have ten folks in pyongyang are watching this and saying it's going too far.here to add except more speech is better than less speech and no government entity or political organization should have any control over what we say and think. >> harris: it's already happening in china i think. we don't want it here according to what people are saying. no way can you read my text messages. former u.n. ambassador and south carolina governor nikki haley ripping critical race theory saying every governor should ban the movement. >> a 5-year-old starting kindergarten and don't know anything about color. if she is white you are telling her she is bad. if she is brown or black we're telling her she is always a victim. every governor in the country needs to ban funding for critical race theory. governors can decide this. >> it resonated with a lot of people. meanwhile joe you warn in a new column that crt could cost democrats heavily at the polls. here is what you wrote dpr a political perspective. democrats should be horrified. it will be a top issue for the foreseeable fu

north and south korea restored a hotline restored a year after pyongyang cut off the link. two koreas will start holding regular conversations every day. the u.s. goverent has suspended some of its cooperation with guatemala's attorney general's office in response to the abrupt ousting last week of juan -- last week of top anticorruption prosecutor juan francisco sandoval, the . sandoval fled the country hours after being fired, fearing for his life. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets, angered by sandoval's ousting and they are calling for the resignation of right wing president alejandro giammattei. in olympic news, u.s. gymnastics super star simone biles will not defend her title. she withdrew from her team finals for mental health reasons. >> i say put mental health first because if you don't, then you are not going to enjoy your sport or succeed as much as you want to. it's ok sometimes to set up the big competition to focus on yourself, because it shows hostrong of competitor and person you are, rather than just battle through it. amy: at the end of the

and having turned its back on the south, this happened after the relationship between pyongyang and remembert between the two countries. now, we understand that since april, there have been a number of letters between seoul's president moon and the north korean leader, kim jong—un. we understand those letters have been about things like covid response but also about reestablishing this communication lines. so today, a short conversation was had between the person who mans the south korean line and the person who mans the north korean line, and we hear that the person on the south korean side set, "it's good to be talking to the north once again." officials in bangladesh say that six rohingya refugee children have been killed in cox's bazar as torrential rains flooded most of the camps. a government aid official says that five children died in a landslide while another drowned in flood waters. bangladesh has been suffering heavy monsoon rain over the past few days. ethirajan anbarasan reports from delhi. bangladesh has been witnessing heavy rains as part of the monsoon season for the past few

north and south korea have restored a communications hotline between them which was cut off by pyongyangrs in response to the pandemic. its leader, kimjong—un, admitted last month that the situation was becoming tense. pyongyang hailed the reopening of the hotline, saying it represented a big stride towards restoring mutual trust. emergency services are responding to an explosion at an industrial site housing the headquarters of the pharmaceutical company, bayer, in north—western germany. footgage on social media shows a thick cloud of black smoke billowing above the city of leverkusen. the police have closed the nearby autobahns. the german government's civil protection agency warned residents in the area of "extreme danger" and urged people to keep doors and windows closed. a woman who was seriously injured after being hit by a car at a music festival in north wales says her two—year—old daughter was saved by her husband throwing her out of the way. jenna o'neill was airlifted to hospital from the conscious tribal gathering festival in denbighshire on saturday. she praised her husband

ties with north korea under the previous administration in line with international laws sanctioning pyongyang highest number of new coronavirus cases in 11 months. infections are emerging from karaoke you lounges as well as clusters from a hotel fish market. health officials say 88 locally transmitted infections were reported. stricter measures to dining in being reinforced days after they were relaxed. in thailand, riot police shot tear gas and fired water cannons at pro-democracy activists. thousands march to protest the government's handling of the nation's worst coronavirus outbreak fueled by the highly contagious delta variant. the protest came despite restrictions of public gatherings of more than five people. cumulative cases have exceeded 400,000. facebook is pushing back on president biden's comments that social media networks enabled the spread of misinformation about covid vaccines. the social media's president of integrity posted a blog saying vaccine acceptance among vexing users in the u.s. has increased. biden said on friday social media networks are killing people by allowing

and having turned its back on the south, this happened after the relationship between pyongyang and rememberorth korean leader, kim jong—un. we understand those letters have been about things like covid response but also about reestablishing this communication lines. so, today, a short conversation was had between the person who mans the south korean line and the person who mans the north korean line, and we hear that the person on the south korean side said, "it's good to be talking to the north once again." you might see what's... the british museum says it will restore eight ancient glass artefacts that were smashed in last year's devastating explosion in the lebanese capital, beirut. the objects were among roman, byzantine and islamic—era glass vessels in a museum near the port, which was at the centre of the blast. the artefacts are said to hold huge historic, artistic and cultural significance. it's hoped their restoration will be a symbol of healing following the disaster. earlier, i spoke with jamie fraser, curator of the british museum, and asked him how its involvement came about.