hutson: so you've got the lra rebels, you'veve got armed forcs from sudan, from south sudan, and from uganda all competing with fardc, the congolese forces to poach the last wild elephants that remain in the park. narrator: these units come armed with satellite phones, night vision goggles, and ak-47s. elephants are also shot from helicopters, as was the case with 22 elephants killed in garamba in march 2012. hutson: we do know for certain that the elephanants were killed from a helicopter used as a shoototing platform. they shot the elephants throughh ththe top of the head. they f first herded them, and elephants inststinctively group into a a circle,e, with the babs and juveniles in the center anand the adadults facing outwtd for r protection. and that's how their bodies were found. narrator: more than 90% of elephants in garamba park have already been killed as a result of massive and continuous assaults. ruggiero: it's wewell understood ththat elephants have a sense of mortality. they understand that a carcass of, say, one of their family memembers has had its trunk cut off and it

may god bless the armed forces, and may god bless the united states of america. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. congratulations! thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> press secretary sarah sanders and u.n. ambassador nikki haley briefed reporters at the white house. topics included the upcoming you and general assembly meeting in new york city, north korea's latest missile test, and the president tweet about the london terror attack. this is 35 minutes. >> good afternoon. at the top, i would like to read a statement about the recent attacks on the u.k. and france. the noted states strongly condemns the cowardly terror attack in london that targeted civilians on their commute. we are grateful nobody was killed and our thoughts and prayers are with those injured and we wish them a speedy and full recovery.

may god bless the armed forces, and may god bless the united states of america. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. congratulations! thank you. [applause] >> next, live, your calls and comments on washington journal. then a discussion about the government response to hurricane irma. and then, a discussion of the reliability of the elect grid. -- atn us this weekend as the c-span's city tour takes book tv to concord, new hampshire as we highlight history, politics, and the literary life of the granite state's literary life. we take a look at how new hampshire became the first in the nation primary state. we still see ourselves as a place where a candidate can rise up from being a virtual, national unknown to becoming a contender for the nomination. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv, we will tour the new hampshire statehouse taking a look at the history of the building and the state legislature. >> the house of representatives continuously used legislative chambers in america. here is the room with the largest state legislation in the

may god bless the armed forces, and may god bless the united states of america.nk you very much, everybody. thank you. congratulations! thank you. [applause] ♪ >> here is a look at our prime time schedule on the c-span networks. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, c-span's interview with housing and urban development secretary ben carson. on c-span 2, a discussion about japan's military defenses and the north korean nuclear threat. on c-span 3, foreign diplomats and state department officials look at hurricane irma response efforts in the united states and the caribbean. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day from news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, capitol hill bureau chief for the military times will discuss key issues facing the u.s. military as congress debates defense funding. and norm leafy talks about the future of the affordable care act and competing healthcare proposals announced on capitol hill this week. and we'll feature "national geographic" with the september cover story science of addiction, learning how addicti

we can still pull our armed forces.ut being part of the eu. we give more in these areas and have always given more to the eu than we ever received from them and there's no reason why we shouldn't carry on doing that. i'm in favour of full collaboration but we shouldn't be subordinate to the eu. the majority should be in nato. this move, creating effectively an eu army will undermine nato, alienate the united states, who aren't going to like this one bit and it will damage our relationship with america as well. to be clear, accusing ministers of betraying our armed forces, that's a very strong thing to say, isn't it? i think it's a betrayal of the armed forces because it demonstrates how little regard they hold the armed forces in. we've seen how deeply they have cut back the armed forces, eroding and undermining the standard of living and the quality of life for our troops and now we see how little significance is given to them, when they want to give away control of they want to give away control of the armed forces fo

th ndaa is a legislation that will deliver our armed forces resources, equipment and training they need to meet the increasingly complex challenges of today's world. and will begin the process of rebuilding our military after years of devastating defense cuts now, let me point out what happens as a result of these mindless defense cuts, whichsc every military leader has described as devastating to our ability to defend this nation. let me just remind you a hard truths. the of her military is eroding. we saw disturbing evidence of this round over the summer as 42 servicemembers tragically perished in accidents during routine, i emphasize routine, training operations.7, on june 17, seven sailors were killed when the u.s. as fitzgerald collided with a container ship off the coast of japan. on july 10, a marine kc 130 crash in mississippi, killed all 16 troops on board. on august 21, ten sailors perished when the uss mccain collided with a tanker nearust singapore. on august 25, an army black hawk helicopter went missing during l training mission off the coast of yemen and one soldier died.

myanmar‘s government rejects accusations that its armed forces are targeting rohingya muslims, as thousandsontinue to flee the violence. you can see what a dangerous voyage it has been for them. the boat is listing dangerously on its side. i'm alpa patel in london. also in the programme. we'll be putting memory master ya njaa wintersoul‘s powers of recollection to the test. and a daring bid forfreedom from the backseat of a police car. how this alleged shoplifter made her great escape. live from our studios in singapore and london, you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in the eastern caribbean, where several islands are reeling from the effects of one of the most powerful atlantic storms on record. hurricane irma, a force five storm system, brings with it gusts of up to 320 kilometres per hour, that's 200 miles per hour. the hurricane has already battered several of the leeward islands. the prime minister of antigua and barbyuda, said 90% of buildings on barbyuda have been demolished after the centre of irma smashed in

the pope to visit but it was only after mr santos signed a deal last year with the revolutionary armed forcesending more than 50 years of conflict, that the vatican decided this was the time to come. translation: we trust your visit will open the hearts and minds of colombians for the peace that comes from god and that lives in the soul of men. that piece we are now constructing. we want to reconcile oui’ constructing. we want to reconcile our differences and accept one another not as a burden but as a gift, a gift of life. thousands of colombians waited patiently to see the pope in this deeply catholic country, the first papal visit in more than 30 years has been a long time coming. in the city's main square, pope francis appealed to the youth to help colombia. translation: our youth makes them capable of doing something that is very difficult to do in life, forgive. forgive those who have hurt us. it's remarkable to see how you don't allow yourself to become entranced by old stories. you are taken aback when adults keep mentioning events of division simply for us to hold grudges. colombia n

may god bless the armed forces, and may god bless the united states of america.nk you very much, everybody. thank you. congratulations. thank you. ♪ >> our profile series of trump administration officials continues tonight with then carson, housing and urban development secretary. he talks about his childhood, how he met his wife, his career as a doctor, his run for president, in his interaction with president trump. here's a preview. secretary carter -- secretary carson: we were both from detroit, but we had to go to new haven to meet each other. we were both poor so we wanted to come back home for thanksgiving. they would pay you home if they would recruit for them. we were repeating in the detroit public high schools and some of suburban schools, and we discovered we liked each other, but nothing formal until we were on our way back to new haven. we were going to drive all night to get there. fell asleep at the wheel. going off the highway at 90 miles an hour. and awakened by the vibration of the car as it was going off. and i just grabbed the wheel, turned us

the this picture that you painted of iraqi kurdistan with armed forces even there let me tell you one thing if the viewers don't know all of these forces are now on the front a land grab the fighting isis with the iraqi army alongside the iraqi army they are together fighting isis the issues of land that you are talking about these are areas that were evacuated by the iraqi army when ice is attacked they were jointly controlled by the kurdish peshmerga forces and the iraqi army during the government of your friend mr maliki when isis came and took over three divisions of the iraqi army through their clothes and prime ministers morale advising back to to their areas so no no i'm talking about maliki i'm talking about when isis attacked when maliki was was and we're talking. now and haven't divisions of the iraqi army when they left the area today mr led by these a very wise man if the if he is looking for a solution i can tell you that but there are people who are upping the ante they are trying to corner him into a position of war and they are serious attempts to undermine him by his

myanmar rejects accusations its armed forces are targeting rohingya muslims, as thousands continue tolee the violence. you can see what a dangerous voyage it has been for them, the boat is listing dangerously on its side. did russia use facebook to interfere with last year's us presidential election? new evidence emerges. and lights, catwalk, curves — the nigerian fashion show celebrating the african woman's body. it's one of the most powerful atlantic storms on record. hurricane irma, a category five storm, is bringing with it gusts up to 320 kilometres an hour — that's 200 miles an hour. the hurricane has already battered several of the leeward islands. the prime minister of antigua and barbuda says 90% of buildings on barbuda have been demolished — barbuda now is literally rubble, he said. the centre of irma smashed into the island, which was home to about 1600 people. six people are reported dead on saint martin and the neighbouring french territory of st barts. the eye of the hurricane has passed over the british virgin islands. president trump has declared a state of emergency o

overseas as members of the armed forces, and here at home, like alonso gillan. a daca recipient who died last week trying to save others from the unprecedented flood waters in texas. so make no mistake, dreamers contribute greatly to our country. to our businesses. to our economy. a recent study by the center for american progress found that 91% of daca recipients are employed. they this -- paying taxes, paying into social security. the same study found that ending daca would drain $433 billion from our national g.d.p. over 10 years. and even the libertarian cato institute estimated that ending daca would cost employers nearly $2 billion over two years. it's no wonder that 500 business leaders of america are up in arms over the president's decision. now, i'm glad that some republicans in congress have voiced their opposition to the president's decision. because we're going to need them to right the ship. congress has an ability and obligation to act. which is why we today are calling on speaker ryan and leader mcconnell to immediately put the dream act on the fl

he said i'm always on your wing, showing his admiration and support for all our armed forces but in particular this time for aviators and talking about how no one is better or tougher anywhere in the world and giving them a glowing review. dave: he has used the air force more than a lot of people thought he would knew he would particularly when it comes to combat missions in the middle east. he has used various military assets from the air force to accomplish our goals, he has genuine respect, he wasn't in the military but he was in military school and that had a big impression on him. melissa: i am melissa francis. this is "after the bell". let's get to blake berman at the white house with more on this. >> reporter: remarkable chest pounding from the commander in chief especially given the events of the day all around the globe. it started this morning in london with another terrorist attack and a public transportation system and before the sun even rose in london it was north korea who fired another missile come a test fire that ended up flying at one point over japan. those events the presi

south korea is marking sixty nine years of its armed forces day with a show of military might in the city of. some of its strategic weapons have been put on display including its ballistic missiles tensions have been high on the peninsula for months as north korea ramps up tests of its nuclear program. hugh heffner the founder of playboy magazine has died at the age of ninety one the men's magazine was founded more than sixty years ago he quickly rose to fame after his first as he was published in december of one nine hundred fifty three featuring a naked marilyn monroe family member say he passed away at the famous playboy mansion you are right up to speed with all our top stories up next it's inside story i'll see in twenty five minutes but it's not just phones contributing to sound phones bumper profits if we look at the u.s. economy the moment it does seem to be in pretty good shape up until around two thousand and five greek debt levels were basically stable we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on ounces zero. wom

and south korea showcases its firepower as a mark sixty nine years of its armed forces. from the clear blue sky of the dome home. to the fresh autumn breeze in the city of london. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now across europe many dominated by an air of high pressure temperatures here really struggling southern parts of this trough of low pressure can be some severe storms across the only n.c. and the northwestern areas a whole series of it weather fronts trying to push in against the high one such system is going to push in across aren't you in the course of thursday elsewhere some showers fine conditions across the iberian peninsula and still those showers across the far south temperatures across much of russia through into ukraine struggling nothing special for this time of the year and then those storms push further into wards of athens some thunderstorms are possible here on the other side of the mediterranean we've had the showers pushing through the gulf of region but generally they are fading away a little bit so we should see relatively d

has denounced the vote and says the turkish army stands ready for the good it does a lot of our armed forces are on the borders with iraq to do whatever it takes iran is will will do whatever it takes our air force stands ready we will never allow anything to go from turkey to iraq this week we will adopt so many other measures will close the borders nothing go across the border. well strafford joins us live from the tobacco displacement camp and northern iraq and charles what is the feeling there from people who are voting about this. well this area is in one of the disputed regions that's one of the areas that of the kurdish peshmerga forces and the iraqi army and coalition forces expelled from these areas kurdish peshmerga have taken control of these areas are hugely controversial in this referendum this is one of three camps here understand about three thousand voters people that have been displaced in that fight against time so that will be voting here today we've been speaking to many of them by and large they're very happy with this referendum most of them are saying that they are goi

members othe cabinet, memrs of the armed forces. families and to the survivors. it's ahonor to join you on this very, very solemn locatn. this is an occasion that is extraordinary and 'll always be extraordinary. before we begin, i'd like to send our nation's prayers to everyone in the patof hurricane's irma and to everyone suffering tough the vastation of hurricane harvey. these are storms of catastrophic severity and we're marshaling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans in florida alabama, georgia texas and louisiana and tennessee and all those wonderful places and states in harm'say. when americans are in nd, americans pull together and we are one country. and when we face hardship, we emerge closer and stronger and more determined tn ever. we're gathered here today to remember a morning that started very much li this one. parents dropped off their childr at school, travelers stood line at airports in getting ready tooard flights. here at the pentagon and offices all ross the country people be

>> can i say to my right honorable friend, our admiration for the role our armed forces play in ensuring northern ireland's future would only be decided by democracy and overwhelming majority served with great distinction and we owe them a great debt of gratitude that part of our work to implement the agreement we will ensure new legacy bodies, legal obligation to be fair, balanced and proportionate, that will make sure they are not unfairly treated or disproportionately investigated and reflect the fact that 90% of deaths were caused by terrorists and not the armed forces, but of course as he will appreciate, investigations are a matter for them. >> mister speaker, the prime minister will be aware that my constituent can briggs, on an illegal, fixed wheeled bike with no front brake. does the prime minister agree with me that the law on dangerous driving should be extended to include offenses by cyclists? and also agree with me that the 1861 offense which the prosecution has to rely upon in this case is hopelessly outdated and inadequate? >> prime minister. >> can i first of all extend s

with brexit comes a greater need to possess full spectrum forces, law enforcement forces and armed forces including our overseas territories. we need to be able to secure our territories. we need to be able to secure our borders on land, at sea and in the air. successive cuts and cuts are a deliberate act, ladies and gentlemen, you don't do it not knowing that you're doing it. successive cuts and the privatisation of functions such as the recruitment have crippled our military. currently, 13 of the navy 's military. currently, 13 of the navy 's 19 military. currently, 13 of the navy 's 19 strong fleet of type 23 and type 45 destroyers are unable to go to see due to a lack of manpower, fuel and supplies. and listen to this, we have fewer main battle tanks than neutral switzerland. the government praises our service tanks than neutral switzerland. the government praises our service men and women while stabbing them in the back. and about three weeks ago the prime minister said she was prepared to subordinate elements of foreign policy and foreign aid to the european union. now that was pret

president, senators of both parties owe it to the men and women of our armed forces to debate in public the merits of continued conflict against isis, al qaeda, and the taliban in places like afghanistan, iraq, and syria, where the brave men and women who serve us and keep us safe are currently engaged in service to our nation and security. i am very sympathetic to my colleagues' concerns about the potential consequences of repealing the 2001 and 2002 bill. i tonight want to see our enemies emboldened. i, however, chose to support the paul amendment but my commitment to our troops and my commitment to with defeating our enemies is at strong as ever. this body can and must immediately get to work to craft a legal authorization relevant to our current conflicts. that's why i supported the paul amendment which would have provided a six-month window to allow congress to demonstrate oversight, vigorous review of the status of our military operations of -- around the world and to pass a new authorization relevant to our current national security threats. in other words, mr. president, it woul

men and women of your armed forces, america, having signed a blank check to the protection of the americane and to the defense of our constitution, a check payable with their very lives, your military stand ready and confident to defend this country, this experiment in democracy. we will continue doing so using all means necessary and as long as necessary. so today, we remember the loss of so many in new york city, in a somber field in pennsylvania and here in this very building behind me and many battles since and some of those battles are still raging. as former secretary of defense rumsfeld observed on 9/11 every year we again are mindful and resolute that their deaths, like their lives, shall have meaning and that is in how we carry forward our responsibility to protect america. to the families of those who perished, the loss you have endured drives us in our mission today and everyday. and it is in that spirit, ladies and gentlemen, that it is my honor to introduce our commander in chief, the president of the united states, donald trump. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much, la

sensis going to be the withdrawal of the armed forces for the first time in history highlands they're all needy in fife and the other aspect of course is the economic impact to puna local areas but cutting the u.k.'s usable military capability is seen as a price worth paying by the so-called deep state in britain who would have thought this man would now to factor support britain's arguably depending on washington's approval capability to destroy the world the clip is courtesy of a newspaper that used it to damage jeremy corbyn in its campaign to unseat him as leader of the british labor party israel security. pelletier besides a. health care. social security jobs.

he completed the desegregation of the armed forces, and is included base housing and schools. isappointed desegregation federal judges. the first civil rights bills since. reconstruction served as the basis for the 1965 voting rights bill, according to bill moyers of the johnson administration. those bills established the department of justice civil rights division and formalized his ad hoc president's committee on civil rights with the u.s. commission on civil rights. he said federal troops to little rock to enforce a federal court order to integrate schools. he appointed the first african-americans to executive positions in the white house, e frederick mauro. he had the first african-american secretary, and welcome the first african-american to a cabinet meeting, jay ernest wilkins as assistant secretary of labor. i would note any president prior to ike could have done any number of these things by executive order or personal decision. they did not. eisenhower did not get the credit he deserved dental records released to the eisenhower presidential library enabled scholars l

and more than five million americans have stepped forward to serve in the armed forces of the unitedtes of america ince september 11. these men and women turned what was a day of tragedy into a triumph of freedom. as our nation rallied together and charged forward to meet the enemy on our terms, on their soil. and we will always cherish the memory of the nearly ,000 americans who have given their lives on the field of battle. since that day 16 years ago today. like the heroes of flight 93, we will never forget their service, their sacrifice, or the families they left behind. but we must remind ourselveses on this solemn day of remembrance that the threat remains and even now, the me nass of global terrorism brings violence across the wider world to places like london and paris and barcelona. in iraq and sir ark the barbarians known as isis continue to plot attacks against america, against our allies and owl who cherish freedom but under the leadership of president donald trump as our command for the chief, our armed forces have isis on the run in iraq and syria and we will not rest o

when the president announced his vision on transgender individuals serving in the armed forces, he didmited contact playing out in the pentagon and how that would happen. so i think general mattis is trying to reassure there's a stability here. keep in mind, this is a policy decision. it's been criticized even by members of the president's own party, senator john mccain who has the senate armed services panel comes to mind. the reality here is to make sure everyone stays on the same page while there's a vast scenario figured out how to move forward. >> juana, i think you for the transition. a.b., i was going to bring up the co-sponsor of the bill that would block transgender men and women sebbing in the armed forces is this a symbol? simply a statement, or there's enough bipartisan support in congress to override a planned veto to this ban? >> well, we don't know. but i'm sure the proponent of the bill are looking for. and i think there's a sense among lawmakers on the armed services committee, obviously, general mattis, the secretary of defense, is very uncomfortable with this decisio

all move towards completing its clear and missile programs the commander in chief in myanmar's armed forces is blaming the right henchmen for the violence that sparked the refugee crisis men on playing says his forces are only targeting armed groups but the u.n. says the military is ethnically cleansing muslim or henchmen civilians. by the end of this week on glimmer cole could become chairman chancellor for a fourth term and the country's uncertain about the direction of the u.s. under president trump are increasingly looking to germany to provide stable global leadership but germans remain wary of backing up their economic and political power with military spending lawrence lee reports. deep in the forest west of berlin nato is wargaming again one of its members has been attacked there are casualties and all the other states have joined in to help tend to the wounded the exercise is called vigorous warrior which hardly invokes the sort of fire and fury rhetoric of donald trump we are a host nation we are the nation for this exercise and of course we want to do it perfect we want to be a v

russian armed forces has considerably intensified and i think there is no question that russia has the weaponry which was more precise. combat's that it has all the knowledge on international humanitarian law and it needs contain was discussion always on how to ponder military necessity and protection of civilians and this is certainly a dialogue which has been evolving in the right direction even though not perfect with the russian military's we have at several occasions complained the fact. we do have certain dialogues with syria on the importance of respecting international humanitarian law in the conduct of hostilities we have never really managed to have direct sustained and regular and structured contact with the syrian armed forces in order to feed back to them when we had big concerns and i think disease a lack of willingness which we have seen from all sides while mr maher we have to take a short break now but we'll be back in just a few moments stay tuned. america seems to think that you don't need to spend money to make money they just want to be structuring extracting money

question by the states or thora sees one muslim community has been clashing with police and the armed forces to protect its ethnicity from violent methods of persecution myanmar's leader has been held as a political hero in the majority buddhist country by his son but there's been plenty of criticism as well as an ado or two to reports what attributes do you think of when you envisage the ideal leader maybe a symbol of groundbreaking political revolution obviously a person who holds the interests of the people or do you visualize an individual hailed by the media as a hero she was an inspiration during the country's revolution in the eighty's and even won the nobel peace prize as well as a u.s. congress tional gold medal the leader of the southeast asian state of myanmar on sun tsu cheek this is. witness to history. three to six. leaders talk. doesn't this sound like democratic perfection but sadly reality is far from perfect while the leader revels in glory the country is home to what the u.n. calls the most persecuted minority in the world the ranger a muslim community of more than a milli

myanmar‘s government rejects accusations that its armed forces are targeting rohingya muslims.nd this video is trending on bbc.com the social media site, facebook, says it has discovered a russian—funded campaign to promote divisive social and political messages during last year's us presidential election campaign. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. there is a special breed of business leaders who acquire a public profile far beyond their core business. think trump, branson, and a host of others. but is a flamboyant style and diversification into sports or media necessarily good for the bottom line? my guest today is one of asia's best—known businessmen, tony fernandes, boss of airasia, football club owner, one—time formula 1 investor, and a dabbler in reality tv. is it easy to lose sight of what matters most to business success? tony fernandes, welcome to hardtalk. thanks very much. thanks for having me. you have been in business for, what, three decades now. is the tony fernandes

one of my first acts as president was to direct the rebuilding of our armed forces. and rebuilding we are. [applause] congress took an important step this year by heeding my call for a $20 billion increase in defense spending and we're going to be doing even much more than that. but the service men and women who defend our nation with their lives deserve the predictable and consistent funding that will help them win quickly and win decisively. [applause] i will tell you the new equipment that we're ordering by the billions, by the absolute billions and billions, it's equipment like you have never even thought of before. there's nobody in the world that will have anything even close to us and what we're doing. that's my great honor, believe me. i said it early on and i say it again. there's nobody even close. [cheers & applause] our armed forces have endured continuous combat for the past 26 years. yet despite this, the number of airmen on active duty has dropped by a third since the 1990s and we've cut more than half of our fighter squadrons. terrible. that is why i'

it is hosted by the intelligence and national security alliance, and the armed forces communications and electronics association. see tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. right after that, texas congressman michael mccaul discusses terrorism and its revolution since 9/11. he serves as the chairman of the house homeland security committee, and looked at the challenges the intelligence community currently faces. he spoke in front of the bipartisan policy center, and will show you his comments 50 --t at 950:00 -- mina 9:50 p.m. >> c-span's washington journal, live everyay with news and policy issues that impact you. on sunday morning, cns news editor and chief will join us to discuss. mick troiano, executive director of the project will be on, he will talk about the group's efforts to support centrist candidates in 2018. be sure to watch live at seven eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. a, adamight on q and and gst, founder and ceo of open the book talked about tax dolls spent and transparency. >> veterans affairs, we audit the checkbook for the last four years. during a. where u

i cannot thank enough the men and women who served or who serve in our armed forces and what they have done to aid texans in this very challenging time, whether it's army, navy, air force, marines or coast guard, they've stepped up and come to our aid and have worked seamlessly as we have worked every single day to keep our state and our citizens safe. i'm proud that we have with us today the leader of this effort, general robinson, who is the commander of north com and i would like to ask her to come up and say a few words. >> sir, thank you very much. >> sure. >> thank you very much. governor, i can't tell you how excited i am to be here and how proud and honored that you would have me be here with you. you know, on behalf of secretary mattis, chairman dun ford and all the men and women in our active duty armed forces, i would like to offer our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to all of those who have been affected by hurricane harvey. >> thank you so much. >> yes, sir. yes, sir. and it is my role as the commander of north com to be responsible -- okay. to be responsible to deploy acti

ballistic missiles and other weapons have been shown off on armed forces day in south korea the display of military might was in the city appealing teac tensions are high on the peninsula following missile launches and nuclear bomb tests across the border in north korea. the indonesian island of bali remains on high alert because of fears of all kaino might erupt at any moment mt agong has been spurting smoke and ash for the past six days and its tremors are intensifying more than seventy five thousand people have been moved from the area the volcano last erupted in one thousand nine hundred sixty three killing more than a thousand people and on the pacific island of oahu are two villages who fled an active volcano there are facing food and water shortages about seven thousand people left their homes after the menorah volcano started raining rock and ash declared a state of emergency on tuesday and the fifteen official evacuation camps of quickly become overcrowded. anticorruption campaigners are exposing money laundering by foreigners in the u.k. neve barker has seen the latest focus o

zerah and these are the top stories the commander in chief of me on mars armed forces is blaming the hanjour for the violence that sparked the refugee crisis then on whing says only row hendra armed groups are being targeted yes ambassador to the un nikki haley has warned north korea will be destroyed if it continues what she calls its reckless behavior and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says a military response may be needed to contain north korea after another missile was fired over japan on friday if our diplomatic efforts fail though our military option well the only one left so all of this is backed up by a very strong and resolute military option but be clear we shake a peaceful solution to the. military chiefs of staff from twenty nine countries are meeting in the south korean capital seoul a former united nations general ban ki-moon told them no one wants war but necessary measures including military options may be required. the wife of pakistan's ousted prime minister nawaz sharif has won his parliamentary seat in the election in the city of lahore. hyder reports the b

forces show off korean fighting skills in a take quando display as the country celebrates its armed forces past and present the commander in chief president moon j. inspected the troops then addressed them saying the military's top priority is countering the north korean nuclear and missile threats and protecting peace come out of the korean government determination to safeguard peace and courage and strong national defense capabilities reckless rotations will be tough for an instrument on display the range of military hardware that south korea has at its disposal to take on what it sees as the threat from north korea including strategic ballistic missiles revealed for the first time to the public in another first the commemorations were held at the shitty trickly important second fleet naval base key in the defense of waters off the west coast the site of previous confrontations with north korea all part of the central message directed to the government across the border. my administration and our military will never show any hesitancy in safeguarding the people and homeland our armed for

our armed forces are on the borders with iraq to do whatever it takes iran as well will do whatever it takes our air force stands ready we will never allow anyone or anything to go from turkey to iraq this week we will adopt so many other measures will close the borders nothing will go across the border. joins us live from. scenes of jubilation that was the saving night. point to try to hold on i mean this is going to they. want all you know the biggest in these regions history certainly since the fall of saddam hussein i mean you can say see behind me that. traffic is completely. in both directions. along the streets there small runs down you can see thoughts towards the citadel i mean it's difficult to describe just how do the people all. of that according to the referendum committee around seventy four percent of the five point two million baby will that and is able to take halts cos their ballots we've been speaking to people days you heard they're going to space we were actually based in some of the disputed areas speaking to voters there. a lot of them very concerned about family

and let me just say, i support beginning to move toward final passage which provides our armed forces the resources that they need. by the way, again, i want to emphasize on the armed services committee we have had dozens of hearings on topics like the global threat environment, cuts in military readiness and modernization. those hearings informed the work of the committee as we moved towards the legislation. so i know that all of us from time to time like to take credit for accomplishments that maybe we're not as responsible for as we would advertise, but i want to say that i'm in the just proud of john mccain and jack reed, i am proud of the 27 members of the armed services committee who -- and the debate was spirited. there is not -- there is not -- it's not the bobsy twins. we fight in a spirited fashion. we defend what we believe in. but once the committee has decided, then we move on. so my colleagues have been embraced the spirit of that process and we've introduced more than 500 amendments for consideration this week and the senator from rhode island and i negotiated a number