the south state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission overseen by leader kim jong un sister kim yo jong who is in charge of relations with the south warned of possible military action recent tensions had seen an end to all of fishel dialogue in a joint lies an office was blown up south korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and it's paying close attention said it would keep working to stop provocative acts including sending propaganda over the border from young i said.

south the north state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party central military commission chaired by. the leader's sister kim jong who's in charge of relations with the south had warned of possible military action the joint an office was blown up last week and all official talks ended. south korea says it believes the meeting was very on the usual and is paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil those include sending propaganda leaflets over the border which gong young says is behind recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are

the south state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission overseen by leader kim jong un sister kim yo jong who is in charge of relations with the south warned of possible military action recent tensions had seen an end to all of fishel dialogue in a joint lies an office was blown up south korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and it's paying close attention said it would keep working to stop provocative acts including sending propaganda over the border from young i said. that is behind recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government's stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the south and north and threatens the safety of people in the border area. that speak to rob mcbride now he joins us live from seoul so rob this is a bit of a sudden the escalation turn arou

south the north state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party central military commission chaired by. the leader's sister kim jong who's in charge of relations with the south had warned of possible military action the joint an office was blown up last week and all official talks ended. south korea says it believes the meeting was very on the usual and is paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil those include sending propaganda leaflets over the border which gong young says is behind recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the south and north and threatens the safety of people in the border area raman pride is covering this for us from seoul . we know that there does tend to be a patent to these kinds of things

against south korea state media says kim made the decision your meeting of the ruling party central military commission tensions rose up to activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border brian has the latest from seoul this is a surprising move which has been generally warmly received here in the south in the defense ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the unification ministry which handles into korean affairs there a little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation closely it's thought that the military measures that north korea will now not to go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d.m.z. which they had said that they were looking at in recent days as the relations between north and south had been souring and deteriorating so it is generally welcome to specially as north and south seem to be getting locked further into a propaganda battle with the launching of propaganda balloons from defectors here in south korea which are always in rages the north the north threatening to launch balloons of its own with

the army said t the plans will presented to t rulg party's central military commission.ensions between thewowo sid have been runni h highor weeks. north korean defectors in the southavave bnn flying balloons carrying ananti-rime leaflets across the border. pyongyang slammed the government for not doing enougugh to stop e campaign. >>> > south korea has reopened complaint with the world trade organization over japanese controls on technology exports to its neighbor. south korea is asking a wto panel to examine its claim that japan has broken international trade rules. last july, japan tightened restrictions on exports of three high-tech materials to south korea, citing sesecurity c conc. in november,r, south kororea suspended an initial complaint to the wto in the hope of negotiating with tokyo. but president moon jae-in's administration is now approaching the wto again, frustrated by what it sees as a lack of progress on the issue in the last six months. tokyo says the restrictions are necessary for national security and do not violate wto rules. >>> june 25th marks 70 y

the notes state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission chaired by the leader kim jong il and remember his sister kim yours young who is in charge of relations with the south had warned of possible military action this joint liaison office was blown up last week and all official talks came to an end well south korea says it believes this meeting was quote very unusual and it's paying close attention and said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil including sending propaganda leaflets over the border which pyongyang said is behind its reasons that recent actions come in. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to actions such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the south and north and threatens the safety of people in the border area more on the story with our correspon

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the north state media says a decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commissiond by kim jong-un. the leader's sister, in charge of relations with the south, warned of a possible attack. ofturbing video has emerged cruelty to elephants in thailand. wildlife shows are a major tourist attraction, but they have been closed because of the pandemic. areal welfare experts saying they should ban the clip -- the shows permanently. reporter: this has become a familiar yet painful routine for her, the fourth time she has had one of her calves taken from her. the latest 18 month old is tethered to another adult and taken away. tied to a tree, she is clearly distressed. is this one, chains, crying out for her mother. >> it is traumatic for those elephants. in the wild, especially the female calves, would stay with their mother almost their entire lives, in an intact social heard. -- herd. reporter: in the video, some of which is too disturbing to show, we shot north of bangkok. the techniques and punishments, such as being beaten or prodded with metal hooks while being forced

the notes state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission chaired by the leader kim jong il and remember his sister kim yours young who is in charge of relations with the south had warned of possible military action this joint liaison office was blown up.

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the north's state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party central military commission chaired by kim jong il and the leaders sister kim yo jong who's in charge of relations with the south but warned of possible attack. well south korea says it believes the meeting was very unusual and that it's paying close attention it said that it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil those include sending propaganda leaflets over the border which pyongyang a said is behind its recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government stance remains that the 2 koreas should add here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stress again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the south and north and threatens the safety of people in the border area thursday is the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war it was seen as the 1st major conflict in what was called the cold war between east and west commem

the north's state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission chaired by kim jong on the leader a sister kim jong il who is in charge of relations with the south had warned of a possible attack and a few days ago the north blew up the jointly as an office. police have used tear gas so disperse crowds of protesters in the capital of them across it republic of congo hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic outside the parliament thinking shasta there angry a new judicial reforms proposed by former president joseph kabila party which has a majority in the national assembly members of parliament were shuttled to vote on the changes president kennedy supporters organized the demonstration in an effort to stop the vote fixture a day celebrations have been held in cities across russia moscow hosted the annual military parade and they are show commemorating the surrender of nazi germany in 1905 the parades are usually held in may but were delayed because of the coronavirus and came instead the day before voting starts in a crucial referendum so i go ha

south korea same media says kim made the decision jury a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission tensions rose of to activists in the south through propaganda leaflets across the border robert bright is joining us now live from seoul i understand that there has been some sort of reaction from south korea what have they been saying. that's right it is a surprising move that is generally being warmly received here in south korea the defense ministry has held regular press conference saying that it very much welcomes this announcement of this move from the unification ministry that's the government department that handles into korean affairs there little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation i think people here are trying to work out exactly what military plans we are referring to in this what is a very short statement from north korea we have to assume that it's the various measures that they've announced in the past week or so when we've seen this deterioration in relations things that were announced such as the redeployment of military units close to the d.m.z. se

the north state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission chaired by kim jong il the leader sister kim jong who's in charge of relations with the south had warned of a possible attack disturbing video has emerged of cruelty to elephants in thailand wildlife shows are a major tourist attraction but they've been claw closed because of the pandemic animal welfare experts are urging the thai government to ban the show's permanently when hey reports from bangkok. this has become a familiar yet still painful routine for. it's the 4th time she's had one of her calves taken from her the latest 18 month old shoe is to the to another adult and taken away her are tied to a tree in tyler is clearly distressed the as is buju very. far away chained up crying out for her mother it's really traumatic for us elephants and a while especially male stay with their mother. most entire life they would stay back social hurt with their mother. assists on the videos some of which is too disturbing to show we shot secretly at an elephant training school in a province

south korea state media say kim made the decision during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission tensions rosato activists in the south flew propaganda leaflets across the border or rather more brides joining us now live from seoul rob what more do we know about this latest decision by the north korean leader. it is interesting we only have this one short statement so people here in south korea are trying to decipher the wider implications of this the 1st thing that people have noted of course that this in the current spat this seems to be the 1st time that the north korean leader kim jong un has become directly involved which is revealing itself when it comes to these military plans that are now apparently being reconsidered we have to assume that these are they various measures that were announced over the past week or so as relations have soured things like the deployment of military units in areas near the demilitarized zone which had been pulled back the reestablishment possibly of guard posts inside the d.m.z. that would have been an escalation and also the holding of milit

south korea state media say kemah made the decision joining a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission tensions rose after activists in the south propaganda leaflets across the border north korea says their actions violate an agreement aimed at preventing military confrontation. abu dhabi is providing support to syrian intelligence and helping president bashar al assad rebuild infrastructure that's according to the french magazine our own $21.00 it's quoted a report by a non-governmental organization called justice and liberty for all this says the u.a.e. has financed the construction of buildings and found all power stations in damascus while providing training to senior military officials you easy relationship with damascus has warmed since they are minorities reopened the embassy in 2018 last week the u.s. warned abu dhabi about this approach mall after the caesar act came into effect this u.s. law threatening sanctions against anyone caught doing business with is associates and the government joel rubin is a former u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state and president of the washi

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north state media says that the sit in was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission chaired by kim jong il the leader sister came jong who's in charge of relations with the south had warned of a possible attack and the few days ago the north blew up the joint liaison office. police have used tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters in the capital of democratic republic of congo hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic outside the parliament thinking chasa there angry a new judicial reforms proposed by former president joseph kabila sparty which m.p.'s would use a vote on president of felix if she could skate the supporters organize the demonstration in an effort to stop the vote. still ahead this news hour we'll hear from the american racing driver who says he is being unfairly challenged . now here is that the but the sport. thank you so much probable liverpool are in such a distance of the 1st english league title win since 1990 they've beaten crystal palace 4 nil so moved 23 points clear at the top of the table goals from trent alexander on mohamed salah have be

the north's state media said the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central military commission chaired by the leader kim jong il and it was his sister kim your jong who's in charge of relations with the south and had warned of possible military action. south korea says it believes the meeting was quote very unusual and so was paying close attention it said it would keep working to stop provocative acts from its soil including the sending of propaganda leaflets over the border which is something pyongyang said was behind the recent actions. we saw the report from the north and we are reviewing it in a close serious way we will monitor the situation our government stance remains the 2 koreas should edge here to the bilateral agreement apart from this we stressed again and will continue to sternly respond to acts such as sending anti north leaflets which creates tensions between the south and north and threatens the safety of people in the border area and we heard from c. one cool a little bit earlier who's publisher of the magazine korea exposé he gave us some more context behind

it suspending plans for military action against the south the north sea state media says the decision was made during a meeting of the ruling party's central but a tree commission chaired by kim jong il leaders sister kim your jong who's in charge of relations with the south had warned of a possible attack. thursday is the 70th anniversary of the start of the korean war which was seen as the 1st major conflict in what was called the cold war between east and west tributes will be held in the many countries that were passed and on the korean peninsula itself al-jazeera is rob a bride reports now from the south korean capital seoul. events to remember those killed 70 years ago and the veterans who have died since have a particular poignancy this anniversary. the war began on the 25th of june 1950 with a surprise attack by troops across the border that separated north and south korea . around noon people started flooding into town carrying kids on their backs telling us the north had invaded in artillery shells began falling down town . some of these veterans were still at high school at the time but were quickly recruited into the army as the south reeled from th