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office in japan on tuesday they criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be the top issue in seoul rob mcbride reports from there this is all seen as part of the u.s. returning to traditional values to say look we're back in the region again and so they will sign this new agreement it does actually mean that the south koreans will be contributing quite a lot more to u.s. forces being based here some nearly 14 percent increase which is seen almost as a quid pro quo or a sort of a goodwill gesture by south korea in the hope at least of that they will get some concession from the u.s. when it comes to dealing with north korea there is growing alarm over the increasing number of coronavirus cases in chile despite having one of the world's leading vaccine rollouts 5000000 people have had their 1st but cases arising by an average of 5000 a day the government of nigeria is could do the state says that it won't give in to ransom demands after 3 teachers were kidnapped from a primary school on monday it's the latest in a string of

north korea the u.s. secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of their asia tour and blinken at lloyd austin the bolstering alliances in the region on their 1st foreign trip since taking office in japan on tuesday they criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be top issue in seoul at the influential sister of north korea's leader has warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region let's go live to seoul office of the bride is there rob the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin said the u.s. south korea alliance is more important than ever. absolutely this these meetings get underway north korea will dominate discussions obviously but also it is a chance of for the united states to revive relationships with its traditional allies in this part of the world to reconnect with them as a way of saying this is america we are back on the world stage in these what is an increasingly important part of the world so those meetings are getting underway this wednesday evening continuing through into thursday it's also

with their counterparts to criticize what they called china's coercion and aggression across asia north korea's nuclear ambition is expected to be a key issue in seoul. so those are the headlines the news continues as era after the listening post thank you that's watching. when afghan filmmaker has sand 1st catches the taliban's attention a bounty on his head forces him to flee with his family desperately seeking sanctuary they journey across continents chronicling their multi year saga on their phones. midnight traveling an odyssey of hope was the aliens and ultimately one family's love for each other with nice analogy is the. past 2 weeks of speculation we finally got 3 story what appears to be the print. media often argues that all the attention they get is required to fix lives. and a pretty good to try. to predict what tabloid media. hello i'm richard gere's burden you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news we cover the way the news is covered here are the media stories we're examining this week prince harry and megan marco are up against more than just buckingham palace th

office in japan on tuesday they criticized what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be the top issue in seoul and the influential sister of north korea's leader has warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region let's go live that of seoul a bride is there the u.s. secretary of state rob secretary of defense rather says that the u.s. south korea alliance is more important than ever. absolutely this just as it was in japan is seen as offering a chance to reset if you like to resort to line says with traditional allies in this part of the world and the defense secretary lloyd austin making that point in his opening session with his south korean counterpart saying that the alliance between south korea and united states is as important as ever in facing off and he's put it the unprecedented challenges posed by both north korea and china now is the china part of that that actually poses a bit of a problem here in south korea because of course of the calling out of china as an adversary as they go again they did in japan it is far more

forces with their counterparts to criticize what they call china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambition is expected to be a key issue in seoul right has more from the south korean capital. of course one of the main reasons for this mission to this part of the world is for the new bike that ministration to formulate its strategy towards north korea which we can expect to be some kind of policy of containment what's known as strategic patience the same kind of policy adopted by previous administrations before donald trump came came along but from the south koreans they would expect and they would want to see something far more proactive they want to try to breathe life back into the whole policy of high level dialogue between north south korea possibly leading to a resumption of talks maybe between north korea and the united states once more and libya has moved a step closer towards putting the violence and division of the past decade behind it with a united government taking office in tripoli the head of the outgoing u.n. backed government fire seraj transferred power to

their japanese counterparts to criticize what they call china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be a key issue in seoul ahead of the trip young young warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region mcbride has more from seoul of course one of the main reasons for this mission to this part of the world is for the new bike that ministration to formulate its strategy towards north korea which we can expect to be some kind of policy of containment what's known as strategic patience the same kind of policy adopted by previous administrations before donald trump came came along but from the south koreans they would expect and they would want to see something far more proactive they want to try to breathe life back into the whole policy of high level dialogue between north south korea possibly leading to a resumption of talks maybe between north korea and the united states once more president moon j.n. of south korea he has just over a year left in office and he will be remembered of course is instigating this whole 'd policy of summit diplomacy 3 y

their japanese counterparts to criticize what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions expected to be a key issue in seoul ahead of the trip pyongyang warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region where rob mcbride joins us live now from the south korean capital presumably north korea's nuclear ambitions will be high on the agenda there what south korea be hoping for from this visit that. north korea definitely will dominate discussions in this leg of the mission blinken and austin having one on one talks with their counterparts in seoul on wednesday going through to a joint session on thursday and then a communique in which we can expect north korea to dominate of course one of the main reasons for this mission to this part of the world is for the new bike the ministration to formulate its strategy towards north korea which we can expect to be some kind of policy of containment what's known as strategic patience the same kind of policy adopted by previous administrations before donald trump came came along but from the south koreans they would ex

their japanese counterparts to criticize what they called china's coercion and aggression in asia north korea's nuclear ambitions are expected to be a key issue once once they land in seoul the head of the trip young young warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region where rob mcbride joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so blinken and lloyd austin have just landed in south korea we just saw the pictures there they continue to shore up alliances across the region so what is south korea hoping to get from the americans. this leg of the mission in south korea is likely to be dominated of course by north korea blinken and austin will be having talks with their south korean counterparts in seoul wednesday going through tomorrow into a joint session and then a communique in which north korea is likely to feature obviously very prominently and then press conferences afterwards all of this trip of course is likely to help that by administration formulate its strategy towards north korea we know that that's what they are doing at the moment and waiting to see what kind of policy th

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secretaries of state and defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of the asia tour north korea's nuclear ambitions are high on the agenda pyongyang has warned the u.s. not to cause trouble in the region those are the headlines say where there's an al-jazeera inside story is next. several countries in europe have suspended their use of us back scene they're worried about possible side effects the w.s.j. says it's safe to use but. how will this affect your of vaccination. this is inside story. welcome to the program. growing number of european countries are suspending the oxford. 900 vaccine that concerns the job may have caused some recipients to develop blood clots but health agencies say there's no evidence conditions are linked to the vaccine and they insist the benefits of getting the shots far outweigh any potential risk this comes as europe is a rather short on vaccine supplies and struggling to contain any of the factions some countries outside of the continent have also put their vaccinations came on hold that's raising fears about potential effects on people who were already a re

defense are in south korea on the 2nd stop of their asia tour secretary of state and lincoln open the press seoul to join the u.s. in keeping china's aggression in check and addressing north korea's human rights violations the country's defense minister has also pledged to work together to resolve north korea's nuclear threat in the past hour the north korean news agency reported that the us have tried to make contact several times but any attempts would be ignored until what it called hostile policies such as military drills was dropped. the u.s. or ok alliance which has been stuck for service over 70 years remains poor it is the linchpin of peace security and prosperity we're now with the phrase. a free and open door pacific region and across the world. well the top u.s. and chinese diplomats and you see me in alaska for 2 days of high level talks from thursday is the 1st face to face meeting between officials from the 2 countries since the biden administration took office and it comes in the middle of well we've seen deteriorating diplomatic relations as get more diplomatic at as a change of pace who is in anchorage alaska so u.s. officials hosting this meeting on u.s.

this is news asia coming up today north korea's nuclear weapons program in focus. the u.s. and south korea say they want to resolve north korea's nuclear and ballistic missile issues but with north. korea for answers plus. another comment followed by another high profile resignation the circular because creative chief resigns after making derogatory comments about. he's the 2nd official to resign for making offensive comments towards women. i'm british manager welcome to news asia that you can join us north korea has accused the united states of adopting a new low tech theory towards it with rhetoric about complete denuclearization the country's 1st vice foreign minister we said that was the reason it would ignore any overtures from the u.s. or the negotiations statement comes as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met their opposite numbers in circle and discussed north korea's nuclear weapons program they can also called for china to use its economic leverage to with the country to quote convince north korea to pursue do you need to.

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korea on the second stop of their asia tour. antony blinken opened the press stock to join the u.s. and keeping china's aggression and check in addressing north human rights violations. the country's defense minister's plan to work together for north korea's nuclear threat. in the past hour, the north korean news agency reported that they try to make contact several times, but any attempts would be ignored until military drills were dropped. >> the u.s. r.o.k. allianz, which has been steadfast for over 70 years, remains ironclad. it is security and prosperity for northeast asia. a free and open indo pacific region and across the world. mariana: the top u.s. and chinese diplomats are in alaska with high-level talks from thursday. it's the first face-to-face meeting with officials from the two countries since the biden administration took office. because in the middle of what we have seen deteriorating as diplomatic relations. let's get to our editor in anchorage, alaska. u.s. officials are hosting this on u.s. soil. what is their approach to this encounter with their chinese counterparts? >> the chinese have wanted to speak since the beginning

diplomats recently visiting asia to strengthen alliances and formulate policy on north korea. yeah to try to transcend some pretty weird signals about the u.s. position in asia right i mean he had gone on television and said that he was in love with the north korean dictator news friend he ran down south korea very publicly right when trump was not particularly get into the care of american allies i suppose is the way to put it and i think one of the things or by trying to do in the last few months or receive all these gaps get people back sort of on the same page that is the north korea of course on china which is really the big show i think yeah i'm john we're going to york oh yeah no as i say robot because japan says this latest launch represents a threat to regional peace and stability and it also violates un resolutions how worried are regional players like japan like south korea where you are about north korea's intentions here i think most people assume that north korea doesn't actually want to start a war i mean they had many opportunities to do this in the past i think

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has condemned chinese aggression and the authoritarian regime in north korea secretary of state anthony blinken has been touring the asia pacific region to strengthen u.s. alliances and chinese aggression and the authoritarian regime in north korea secretary of state anthony blinken has been touring the asia pacific region to strengthen u.s. alliances and counter the growing might of beijing the u.s. and south korea have stressed their strategic alliance while talks and so also focused on stalled negotiations over the north's nuclear program all right let's get you more on this correspondent frank smith joins us now from south korea's capital seoul a very good day to you frank now mr blinken and his south korean counterpart reiterated that their countries and i'm quoting are committed to their strategic alliance including their commitment to address and resolve issues with north korea how do they plan on doing that. well i was in front of the defense ministry today well finance ministers met in the answer to that question how to do that it depended on which sort of group of demonstrators you were you were observing one

south korea and other related nations to protect the lives of our people you know and rob the timing is significant isn't it with senior u.s. diplomats recently visiting asia to formulate policy on north korea. that's right we have a change in u.s. administration antony blinken the u.s. secretary of state was in northeast asia meeting with his counterparts in japan south korea just last week as they are formulating what their strategy will be towards north korea now the north koreans confirmed during that visit that they had received overtures from u.s. officials about we starting dialogue which they said they basically ignored and it but it was thought by other statements that they were would wait and see just what the policy was not carry out any kind of provocations while the u.s. comes up with whatever their strategy years it seems by this test that possibly north korea has had a change of heart it sees no point in waiting possibly it has nothing to lose by firing off these kind of missiles at this point and if anything it might add pressure and discomfort on the u.s. administration. in seoul rob thank you and pyongyang is missile launch came hours before the beginning of the olym

north korea comfortable. facilities that provide assistance in a manner that north korea feels comfortable. abigail: thank you so much. we have a question from radio free asia. he asks, secretary of state blinken recently said the u.s. and china have intersecting interest in north korea. where do you see the trajectory of the corporation on north korea going? >> could you repeat the question again? abigail: yes. secretary of state blinken recently said the u.s. and china have intersecting interest in north korea. where do you see the trajectory of u.s.-china cooperation on north korea going? frank: i can jump in, if other people -- i think it depends on the direction of policy. because right now there should be overlap between the united states and china on north korea. they both want to see a stable korean peninsula. they both want to clear his phone north korea. but it depends how you get there. china believes -- they want the u.s. and north korea to resolve these issues bilaterally first. they want to make sure there are no tensions on the peninsula and they certainly want to avoid instability. what if the u.s. approach is to pressure north korea and enl

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administration in the us north korea often chooses moments like this to test out the incoming administration but we just had the secretary of state antony blinken visiting northeast asia to formulate the u.s. strategy towards north korea and there was a feeling that north korea would wait and see to exceed what exactly that strategy looks like before responding wouldn't do anything provocative well this test thursday looks like it could be a change of heart a change of direction and this could well be north korea deciding it has nothing to lose and now is the time to round put pressure on the u.s. and white house correspondent kelly hellcats has the reaction from washington d.c. . senior administration officials are watching this very carefully and what they're saying is that at least with the initial activity that occurred over the weekend this was felt to be within what they called the normal spectrum or menu of provocations by north korea in other words that they believe that when this message was to be sent to the administration u.s. administration that this is the type of activity that can be expected by north korea whether it be a launch of a ballistic missile s

welcome to news asia that you can join us north korea has accused the united states of adopting a new tech theory towards it with rhetoric about complete denuclearization the country's 1st vice foreign minister we said that was the reason it would ignore any overtures from the u.s. or the negotiations statement comes as u.s. secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin met their opposite numbers encircled and discussed north korea's nuclear weapons program they can also called for china to use its economic leverage do with the country to quote convince north korea to pursue do you need to. be speaking to an expert in seoul about the visit but 1st this report. south korea's president meets the u.s. secretary of state and the pentagon chief during that asian tour. the diplomats are the 1st members of the new u.s. administration to make foreign visits this stop and so has a clear focus postering a united front against nuclear armed north korea we are committed to the denuclearization of north korea reducing the broader threat that if you're a peoples of the united

north korea to abandon its nuclear program and the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting leaders in south korea robin wright has more. this mission to north east asia ended as it had begun with the u.s. directly accusing china of aggressive behavior in the region but the u.s. and south korea also confirmed beijing's importance in the denuclearization of north korea but china has a real interest in helping to deal with this house has an obligation under the you want security council resolutions the u.s. and try to open a dialogue with north korea ahead of this trip but without success north korea has officially confirmed it had received those requests but didn't respond it's 1st vice foreign minister. saying there can be no dialogue until the u.s. stops what she called its hostile behavior making it clear pyongyang is waiting to see what the new policy of the biden and ministration to war date will look like this mission is intended to help formulate that strategy it's also aimed at restoring and repairing relations between the u.s. and its traditional allies in northeast asia i mean i'm going to be as the u.s. has repeatedly said the trilateral sec

administration in the us north korea often chooses moments like this to test out the incoming administration but we just had the secretary of state anthony blinken visiting northeast asia to formulate the u.s. strategy towards north korea and there was a feeling that north korea would wait and see to exceed what exactly that strategy looks like before responding wouldn't do anything provocative well this test thursday looks like it could be a change of heart a change of direction and this could well be north korea deciding it has nothing to lose and now is the time to round put pressure on the u.s. . later on thursday european union leaders will meet to discuss curbing vaccine exports to the u.k. britain has received more than 10000000 doses from plants inside the e.u. but has exported no vaccines back to the block other e.u. countries are struggling to find ways to stop the spread before more vaccines arrive this comes after astra zeneca slightly downgraded the efficacy of its coronavirus vaccine to 76 percent of the serious war in chalons has more now from east form in the u k. well i mean the european union is being pretty clear or at least trying to be clear in say

administration in the us north korea often chooses moments like this to test out the incoming administration but we just had the secretary of state and to me blinken visiting northeast asia to formulate the u.s. strategy towards north korea and there was a feeling that north korea would wait and see to exceed what exactly that strategy looks like before responding wouldn't do anything provocative well this test thursday looks like it could be a change of heart a change of direction and this could well be north korea deciding it has nothing to lose and now is the time to round put pressure on the u.s. china's foreign ministry is urging all sides to continue diplomatic efforts to deescalate the situation we were talking in bandar hooking when so when the problem 3 dialogue in consultation serves the common interest of all and is the aspiration of the international community we call on all relevant sides to meet each other half way and continue to maintain the deescalation situation to advance a political settlement and work for lasting peace and security on the peninsula north korea 1st launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017 during tom donald trump's 1st ye

diplomats recently visiting asia to formulate policy on north korea. absolutely we have a change in the u.s. administration and typically north korea will want to test the mettle of that incoming administration but it did it's a time when the by the ministration is developing still its strategy towards north korea antony blinken the u.s. secretary of state was here in south korea and in neighboring japan just last week talking to his counterparts the thinking was that north korea possibly would wait and see just what this strategy would look like that it wouldn't do anything provocative well maybe with this test firing thursday we should think again maybe this is a change of heart that it sees no harm in firing off these missiles now that if anything it may up the pressure on the u.s. turn up the dial a bit to see if it can influence that strategy also in south korea it has been treated with some dismay because of course the south koreans would like to try to revive high level dialogue with north korea diplomatically and was looking towards the summer

counterparts in seoul it's the 2nd leg of their tour of asia to shore up support for the biden administration's efforts to denuclearize north korea and contain the growing power of china. staying in asia to japan now in a big legal victory for l g b t rights activists a court in the city of sapporo has ruled it is unconstitutional for the government not to recognize same sex marriage the ruling represents a major milestone on the path to potentially legalizing marriage for all in japan. they came to watch history unfold marriage for all activists pushing to end discrimination having their day in court they sued for compensation over the fallout from japan's ban on same sex marriages the judge struck out that claim but the court did decide that lesbian and gay couples should be allowed to marry a landmark ruling the 2nd of all you know it all that this is the 1st ruling in japan to make a decision on same sex marriage the court ruled that not recognizing marriage between people of the same sex is unconstitutional in that sense it ushers in a new era. how it today. the verdict is just one step on a long march to equality activists

north korea to abandon its nuclear program here in the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting south korean leaders in seoul president joe biden is pushing to restore america's alliances in asia in the face of growing challenges from north korea and china more than 2000 people are dying from covert 19 every day in brazil where the health system is on the brink of collapse a record 1000 new infections were reported on wednesday yet mars military has charged depots government's un envoy with high treason john moore 2 and was fired a day after speaking at the un general assembly last month way called for help to remove the army from power the u.n. says 149 people have been killed since the coup while the assistance association for political prisoners says the toll is much higher. the us government is said to be preparing a plan to reset relations with palestine which have suffered under donald trump's presidency that's according to a draft document obtained by the voices news agency joe biden has promised to restart hundreds of millions of dollars in economic and humanitarian assistance as well as reopen palestine's diplomatic mission in washington and a state memorial service i

north korea to abandon its nuclear program he and the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting south korean leaders in seoul president joe biden is pushing to restore america's alliances in asia in the face of growing challenges from north korea and china we also discussed trying to we are clear eyed about beijing's consistent failure to ok its commitments and we spoke about how visions aggressive and before china behavior are challenging the stability security prosperity in the pacific region. beijing's actions make forging a common approach among our allies and our port at a time when we're seeing a rollback of democracy and human rights around the world including in burma where the military is attempting to overturn the results of a democratic election by greedy oppressing peaceful protesters it is more important than ever that we are we stand together for the values for the interests that unite us in while the u.s. sends out korea have signed a joint statement saying their alliance has been met has never been more important rob mcbride has details from seoul. as expected it reconfirms the commitments to this alliance between south korea and the united states and alliance

north korea to abandon its nuclear program he and the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting south korean leaders in seoul president joe biden is pushing to restore america's alliances in asia in the face of growing challenges from north korea and china and the u.s. and south korea have signed a joint statement saying their alliance has never been more important robert bright has a detail some soul. as expected it reconfirms the commitments to this alliance between south korea and the united states and alliance which is the statement said it was forged in blood on the battlefield 70 years ago during the years of the korean war there was also emphasis on north korea as we expected both the united states and south korea committing themselves to the denuclearization of north korea but without going into too much details differences do remain between south korea and the u.s. on how exactly that could or should ever be achieved their words emphasis on also on restoring the relations with these 2 traditional allies in northeast asia both south korea and japan all of this mission has been about resetting the very important relationships also doing some repair work on the relations

secretary of state and to me blinken was in northeast asia formulating the policy towards north korea all of the indications from north korea have been that they will wait and see exactly what that policy is before they respond but possibly this might be an indication from the north koreans that they are not prepared to wait and maybe this is sending a message to the united states it is also coming at a fairly significant time because we have said a gay lover of the russian foreign minister in south korea for talks this could be north korea's way of making its presence felt joining those talks right there live from seoul rob thank you. brazil already had the 2nd worst outbreak of covert 19 in the world snow it's barreling out of control after days of rise in cases and deaths the country's total fatality rate has spastic 300000 presidents jr bolsa naro downplayed the threat of the virus is now announced to a committee unknowns and committee rather to tackle this crisis the european union and the u.k. appear to still be on a collision course over vaccine supplies as the bloc faces the 3

north korea to abandon its nuclear program antony blinken and the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting south korean leaders in seoul president biden is pushing to restore america's alliances in asia in the face of growing challenges and from north korea and china and myanmar's military has charged the country's ambassador to the united nations with high treason jomo to him was fired a day after speaking at the u.n. general assembly last month where he called for help to remove the army from power upset with a headlines on al-jazeera have more news for you after inside story stay with us what should americans be thinking and doing right now it should be a bad idea they don't care about their work is all they care about is making money fine is not going to be left out of the calling for the bloated defense budget to be the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies america on the world. several countries in europe have suspended their use of astra zeneca back seen they're worried about possible side effects the w.s.j. says it's safe to use but as new cases surge how will this affect europe's vaccination of all out this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. a growing number

north korea to abandon its nuclear program he and the u.s. defense secretary have been meeting leaders in south korea rob mcbride has more. this mission to north east asia ended as it had begun with the u.s. directly accusing china of aggressive behavior in the region but the u.s. and south korea also confirmed beijing's importance in the denuclearization of north korea but china has a real interest in helping to deal with this house has an obligation under the u.n. security council resolutions the u.s. and try to open a dialogue with north korea ahead of this trip but without success north korea has officially confirmed it had received those requests but didn't respond it's 1st vice foreign minister. saying there can be no dialogue until the u.s. stops what she called its hostile behavior making it clear pyongyang is waiting to see what the new policy of the biden and ministration to war date will look like this mission is intended to help formulate that strategy it's also aimed at restoring and repairing relations between the u.s. and its traditional allies in northeast asia i mean i'm going up are going to be as the u.s. has repeatedly said the trila