official of me and ma he is the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry it's also worth reminding you that who used to be in charge in the foreign ministry because one of the jobs of the state council was the foreign minister and that was a young son suchi so this is someone who used to work very closely with young sung sujit who now is defending the military crackdown and saying the authorities have been exercising most restraint to deal with the violent protests which clearly goes against everything that we've seen on our screen since the coup on the 1st of february and it does beg the question is he speaking totally freely or is he in fear of the current situation is inferior in fear of any sort of reprisals against him. as military has leveled new accusations against deposed leaders and a military spokesman says she accepted illegal payments with $600000.00 plus gold while in government has more from bangkok. protesters in myanmar again lean bullets on the streets of yangon live ammunition used elsewhere to protesters in several other cities and towns are facing a stepped up v

china's foreign ministry spokesperson said this afternoon that opening meeting was the appetizer and we're still waiting on the main course so we're going to be watching closely to see if any progress can be made. meanwhile china's 1st trial of 2 canadians charged with espionage has ended with no verdict businessman michael spot or appeared in court in the southeastern city of dung dong on friday and indian diplomats were denied access to the proceedings or in former diplomat michael kors was arrested 2 years ago it was a move widely seen as retaliation for canada's detention of huawei executive mung ones who upon the requests of the united states in other world news tanzania has its 1st female president some yes who her son has been sorting during a ceremony in dar es salaam it comes 2 days after she announced the death of president john michael fully at the age of 61 catherine sawyer has more from kenya's capital nairobi. well she just given how fast maiden speech and it was a very emotional tribute to her predecessor john paul mcgeough we are she also said that he's going to be bu

or outs the russian foreign ministry added russia will have no choice but to do something it doesn't want to do which is take measures equal restrictions apply equal restrictions to the work and operation of german media in russia which there is plenty of including state funded german media now this is a lot. resort and this is something that russia doesn't want the one to do but it says there has been a patent history of discrimination and hurdles man made rules set up to slow the work of russian media in germany so this is why the russian foreign ministry is cooling than germany again come to its senses. you're watching are the international still ahead seals of dr seuss children's books skyrocket after the publisher drops half a dozen of them over alleged 'd racial stereotypes a story for you on your best sites and that. is you'll media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being led. by. what is true what is faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the dept

however the italian foreign ministry the foreign minister has described it as a very serious hostile hack and clearly the 'd italians can't pretend nothing has happened here it's interesting that in the italian government now we have the far right league which has a soft spot for moscow and one before it was suggested might even accept. political funding from moscow and of course in the past in the cold war italy had the largest communist party in the west and was therefore seen as a weak link in terms of nato military secrets things of the world considerably since then all right philip a well and an author and a journalist in rome thank you so much for that update. once terra tension now to the latest setback in germany's efforts to bring the pandemic to heel germany is halting the use of astra zeneca as corona virus vaccine for people under the age of 60 and despite that there is still the option to decide to take the shot but only after a medical consultation new concerns over unusual blood clots in a small number of patients led to the suspension. more bad news for germany's trou

or routes the russian foreign ministry added russia will have no choice but to do something he doesn't want to do which is take measures equal with strictures apply equal restrictions to the work and operation of german media in russia which there is plenty often clued in state funded german media that this is a last resort and this is something that russia doesn't want the one to do but it says there has been a pattern a history of discrimination and hurdles man made rules set up to slow at the work of russian media in germany so this is why the russian foreign ministry is cooling than germany again come to its senses. still ahead seals of doctors in children's books skyrocket after the publisher drops half a dozen of them over alleged racial stereotypes that story feed just. russia e.u. relations right an impasse the kremlin has made it clear it will no longer tolerate the e.u. lecturing about values and so-called international norms and the russians have ended up with the e.u.'s interference in russia's internal politics refuses to treat russia as an equal partner until this changes

the the russian foreign ministry has commented on the issue and it's called that it's german counterparts and berlin to come to its senses. for them we consider such early hostile treatment of media outlets including russian once foreign partners to be unacceptable they're working strictly within the scope of their legal rights abroad we view the steps aimed at closing bank accounts belonging to russian media a spot of political pressure on journalists and a blatant violation by germany of its commitment to press freedom. or outs or else the foreign ministry says it will have to do something it really doesn't want to do and that is take restrictive steps measures against german media german media which there is plenty of working in russia including state funded german media that this is a last resort the foreign ministry says that it doesn't want to go down this path it doesn't want to set a precedent but this isn't the 1st time that russian journalists have faced hurdles manmade hurdles in the temps in their work in germany so the server there obviously they're obviously calling on the g

it's disappointed iran has ruled out its informal discussions with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too soon to return to the negotiating table to her and wants the u.s. to make the 1st move by lifting its economic sanctions the u.n. nuclear watchdog is holding a meeting in vienna with iran's nuclear activities one of the topics to be discussed here some of what the i.a.e.a. chief rafael grossi has to say a short while ago my appeal to all is to to have constructive discussions and to preserve the work of the agency for me that is more important of course there will always be opinions on what the impact of what is going on at this at this point in time there are many things influencing us you know the if you run issue a consultation is there at the capitals there is this process days d.j. should be or a process of course people will have views on how one thing impacts the other like a collator scope of me is in vienna with more on the conference. has tried to stand on equal distance from all the parties here because it was also intention by 3 of the countries which are mem

or routes the russian foreign ministry added russia will have no choice but to do something it doesn't want to do which is take measures equal restrictions apply equal restrictions to the work and operation of german media in russia which there is plenty of including state funded german media that this is a last resort and this is something that russia doesn't want to want to do but it says there's been a pattern or history of discrimination and hurdles man made rules set up to slow the work of russian media in germany so this is why the russian foreign ministry is calling them germany again come to its senses. amazon has seen a huge spike in sales of the classic talk to sushi children's books and after the publisher decided to discontinue the series for containing what it says a racial stereotypes these books put 3 people in ways that were hurtful and wrong ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and then a broader plan to ensure dr seuss enterprises catalog represents and supports all communities and families the announcement that 6 books will be scrapped was made

or routes the russian foreign ministry added russia will have no choice but to do something he doesn't want to do which is take measures equal was strictures apply equal restrictions to the work and operation of german media in russia which there is plenty often clued in state funded german media that this is a last resort and this is something that russia doesn't want the one to do but it says there has been a pattern a history of discrimination and hurdles man made rules set up to slow as the work of russian media germany so this is why the russian foreign ministry is cooling than germany again come to its senses. cancel culture strikes again sales of dr seuss children's books skyrocket after the publisher drops half a dozen of them over allegedly racial stereotypes that story just ahead. economies to cherry rating rapidly but the government is redefining c.p.i. redefining g.d.p. redefining everything and all the bad tricks so that the chips and the banks and their redefining all these measurements to give a different to give a more favorable picture of something that is deterioratin

or outs the russian foreign ministry added russia will have no choice but to do something it doesn't want to do which is take measures equal restrictions apply equal restrictions to the work and operation of german media in russia which there is plenty of including state funded german media now this is a lot. resort and this is something that russia doesn't want the one to do but it says there's been a pattern a history of discrimination and hurdle of man made rules set up to slow the work of russian media in germany so this is why the russian foreign ministry is calling them germany again come to its senses. president joe biden has used an unusual term a phrase while criticizing the decision of the texas governor to lift covert restrictions. in the last the last thing before i think you know the moves for taking. it still matters of. texas came under fire after its governor announced a full reopening plus an end to obligatory face mask wearing greg abbott noted that hospitalizations were at their lowest since october with a record number of daily vaccinations but texas is not the on

official of myanmar he is the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry but it's also worth reminding you that who used to be in charge in the foreign ministry because one of the jobs of the state counselor was the foreign minister and that was a young son suchi so this is someone who used to work very closely with one song suchi who now is defending the military crackdown and so your thought is of the exercise the most restraint to deal with the violent protests which clearly goes against everything that we've seen on our screens since the coup on the 1st of february and it does beg the question is he speaking totally freely or is he in fear of the current situation is inferior in fear of any sort of reprisals against him. the un has held a special session on the rising threat of hunger especially in yemen and ethiopia's tikrit region where food supplies are running dangerously low the world food program is seeking private donations for an extra 600 $1000.00 to provide aid to yemen for the next 6 months a recent donor conference failed to raise even harder the $4000000000.00 needed t

where president biden agreed when questioned the russian leader vladimir putin is a killer the foreign ministry given this response for us the main thing is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. ties which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to the data and in recent years we are interested in preventing they irreversible degradation if the americans realize the risks associated with that this will be discussed you're in consultations between the russian foreign ministry and other relevant departments and with the russian ambassador to washington. commenting on the situation the u.s. state department said that america will continue working with russia but it will also hold moscow accountable my colleagues under former and earlier talk through the developments. well this isn't a strong this is very serious this doesn't look just like an insult not just like a groundbreaking phrase because in the diplomatic sense really this could potentially be a catastrophe for u.s. russia relations but it's also very important to look at the actual wording to look at how joe biden s

or outs the russian foreign ministry added russia will have no choice but to do something it doesn't want to do which is take measures equal restrictions apply equal restrictions to the work and operation of german media in russia which there is plenty of including state funded german media that this is a lot. resort and this is something that russia doesn't want the one to do but it says there's been a patent history of discrimination and hurdles man made rules set up to slow the work of russian media in germany so this is why the russian foreign ministry is calling them germany again come to its senses. denmark has stripped almost 100 syrian refugees of their residency permits seeing this should return home know that major parts of the country including the capital are considered safe the danish immigration minister insists they had been quote open and honest from the start that this would happen we have made it clear to the syrian refugees that their residence permit distemper it it can be withdrawn that protection is no longer needed well it is a historic move denmark's the 1st e

diplomats the navy captain has been arrested and russia's ambassador has been summoned to italy's foreign ministry the kremlin says it hopes bilateral ties will not be damaged over this affair. now to a woman who has blazed a trail for. people in germany's armed forces understands the a-b. fong was the 1st transgender commander in the german army the buddhists there on this international transgender day of visibility her story shows how much has changed for gay and trans people pursuing a career in the military but it was a long and challenging road to acceptance. putting on make up has become a part of her every day routine anastasio be falling is a lieutenant colonel in the german army and a transgender woman. i am transgender and i decided it for 42 actually leave my male life behind that doesn't mean at 40 i realized that i was a woman it's just that was the point of my life or decided to actually move into that direction was consequently coming out as a transgender woman came after 20 years of military service to anastasio own surprise it wasn't a stumbling block in her career shortly after h

china's foreign ministry spoke this afternoon laying the blame for this tense atmosphere solely at the foot of washington china's foreign ministry spokesperson john lee jen said china was invited and then promptly the us open the meeting by starting with what he described as unfounded attacks on the chinese side he said it was impolite and the chinese officials had no choice but to fire back he also acknowledged the atmosphere in the room and said that it was dramatic and that there was a court smell of gunpowder in the air is what he said now i think the key thing to remember is one of the whole months of chinese president xi jinping has leadership here is really trying to come from a position of strength has made this promise to the chinese people since he's been in power that china will no longer be looked down on by the west and i think this was a very much the point of strength that chinese officials wanted to convey during the opening statement that they made during this alaska encounter just as us were playing to their own audience china was playing to their is the 1400000000 po

election last year the russian foreign ministry had this to say. for us the main thing is to determine ways of improving russian u.s. dos which in a difficult state washington has in fact brought those to a dead end in recent years we are interested in preventing the irreversible degradation if the americans realize the risks associated with that this will be discussed your own consultations between the russian foreign ministry and other relevant departments and with the russian ambassador to washington well in the same interview there that the primacy gloves were clearly off biden laying a very serious allegation as we heard at vladimir putin's door. you know vladimir putin you think he's a killer. i do so what price must he pay the price she's going to pay will you'll see shortly you don't have to be an expert in diplomacy to realize how serious this is we might end up hearing from the kremlin that russia chose not to accept the insult period so what then not even a chance to sort out anything at all between the behemoths of world politics no wai

who this man is chan who is leaving reading the statement he's the permanent secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs he is a veteran diplomat and remember who used to be in charge of the ministry of foreign affairs that was the job the minister there was one of the jobs of the state counselor and son suchi you've just heard one of her right hand men in the past reading out this statement saying no we're where exercising restraint explaining the military's narrative and urging the un to show some understanding to the new rulers of me and my it does beg the question given his heart didn't seem to be in to in that speech whether he was speaking under duress whether he was in fear of reprisals whether he was speaking clearly it is interesting that in the human rights council we heard that it was a video statement from the myanmar foreign ministry contrasting of course with the end of last month where in the un general assembly in person we thought we were going to get a similar speech from the myanmar ambassador and he didn't give a speech like that he gave a speech denouncing the military coup

official of me and ma he is the permanent secretary at the foreign ministry it's also worth reminding you that who used to be in charge in the foreign ministry because one of the jobs of the state counselor was the foreign minister and that was sung suchi so this is someone who used to work very closely with young sung suchi who now is defending the military crackdown and saying the authorities have been exercising most restraint to deal with the violent protests which clearly goes against everything that we've seen on our screens since the coup on the 1st of february and it does beg the question is he speaking totally freely or is he in fear of the current situation is he in fear of fear of any sort of reprisals against him and indeed of course it's interesting that judgment speaking to the human rights commission knowing that it already has issues with its u.n. ambassador who. wonders who really is actually speaking for the country at the u.n. . well there's the bigger issue of international recognition in embassies around the world and who they are loyal to and certainly a big priz

however the italian foreign ministry the foreign minister has described it as a very serious hostile act and clearly the 'd italians can't pretend nothing has happened here it's interesting that in the italian government now we have the far right league which has a soft spot for moscow and no one before it was suggested might even accept. political funding from moscow and of course in the past in the cold war italy had the largest communist party in the west and was therefore seen as a weak link in terms of nato military secrets things of the world considerably since then all right philip a well and an author and a journalist in rome thank you so much for that update. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world of an international conference on aid for syrians facing extreme poverty has missed its target the virtual talks raise 5 and a half 1000000000 euros that's 3000000000 euros short of its goal united nations and says coronavirus is making the situation in syria even worse. the european commission is referring poland to the top courts over concer

been the head of russia today for 15 years since it was founded well last summer the russian foreign ministry the apparent campaign against russian media in the last few at the scribing it riseth 4 b.n. we have spoken to various guests on the program who believe any media restrictions create problems for free speach. it is easy in such an atmosphere to it tech russia russian media bestows new cold war atmosphere we have and the west against russia and and generally the west is limiting freedom of expression. and and those who claim always they are so much in favor of human rights and liberty they do expect the opposite it's not just latvia we just come into an era where freedom of expression and and the choice of to news outlets you're watch is not guaranteed anymore at the stated reasons by the latvians full make doing this action taking this action is clearly wrong they have the best case and i was a totally confused 2 different entities 2 different russian media entities it's quite believe listen it's just like somebody saying well we're going to to ban that the d.c. foreign countries get

is now docked into by benjamin netanyahu wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation and iran's foreign ministry denied the country was involved. efforts to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal between iran and major world powers have stalled the white house says it's disappointed iran ruled out informal discussions with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too soon to return to the negotiating table it wants the u.s. to make the 1st move and lift unilateral sanctions but iran says it will respond accordingly if europe does take any action against this is because there's some reports suggesting the u.k. germany and france are working on a resolution to present to the i.a.e.a. and it would condemn iran for breaching the deal last week to iran stopped voluntary cooperation with the agency ending all surprise inspections and disabling cameras which was set to monitor the nuclear facilities agency chief grossly reached an agreement with iran to continue those inspections for at least 3 months and the agency's board of governors is scheduled to meet later on monday to discuss the nuclear pr

russian relations and we saw a rather sober statement from the spokesperson of the foreign ministry who usually has a bent towards kind of dramatic statements she said that the reason why u.s. relations are in such a bad way is that the u.s. has boxed them into a dead end and she also warned about the fact that worsening relations could be a risk perhaps a hint at the fact that both countries are nuclear power so kind of a sober but also a bit of a threatening statement there you have to imagine that this is a personal insult against putin in a country where putin is kind of letting their putin is kind of considered untouchable on the political landscape even his critics usually just level accusations at the kremlin or at the government but not at pushing himself really when joe biden says that is a killer what exactly is the u.s. president referring to. well during the mir putin's time in power there has been a fairly long list of deaths or assassination attempts of kremlin critics that of course his critics blamed on bloody near putin himself or at least on the system that he created

well the aging foreign ministry has responded to the meeting by saying that the u.s. and japan should seek to affirm regional unity and cooperation and not to target any 3rd party or sabotage their interests it's quite a strong but still muted message from beijing no doubt they do officials are watching and waiting to see how the u.s. acts as it continues its trip in asia ahead of their own resetting with the a u.s. which jigsaw of the national security adviser and anthony lincoln in alaska on those day but last week china's foreign ministry did accuse the u.s. of hyping the china threat in the region and also only seeking to contain china not purely in its own interests but it is true that there have been a number of maritime behaviors in particular which have caused concern not only with the u.s. but with a few of the countries in the region namely we've had increasing military activity by china in the south china sea increasing military exercises and when it comes to japan increasing incursions in the area of the same caucuses japanese control it's with what china

s stand on the human rights of week in ging jang the foreign ministry in beijing went further saying actions imposed on china by the u.k. and other western powers had been outrageous than the interest hack who now. runs on chinese individuals and entities citing so-called human rights issues in changing a based on lies and disinformation it breaches international law and basic norms governing international relations and interferes in china's affairs and undermines bilateral relations among the 9 individuals sanctioned by china is ian duncan smith former leader of britain's conservative party he said the chinese action gave him a badge of honor for speaking out in a tweets u.k. prime minister boris johnson supported those who had been sanctioned writing freedom to speak out in opposition to abuse is fundamental and i stand firmly with them johnson's foreign secretary says the criticism of china will be stopped the ambassador here will be summoned and we will explain in very clear terms the position data in relation to the m.p.'s and the other figures are spoken out but also that we wi

last summer, the russian foreign ministry condemned the parent company and against the russian mediain lafayette, describing it as a result phobia. we spoke to various guests on the program who believe any media restrictions create problems for free speach. it is easy in such an atmosphere to attack russia. russian media bestows new cold war atmosphere. we have and the west against russia, and in generally and the west is limiting freedom of expression. and, and those who claim always they are so much in favor of human rights and liberty. they do expected the opposite. it's not just latvia, we just come into an era where freedom of expression and, and the choice of to news outlets you're watch is not guaranteed anymore at the stated reasons, by the law, the ins for make doing this action taking this action is clearly wrong. they have the best case and i was a totally confused, 2 different entities, 2 different russian media entities. it's quite believe listen, it's just like somebody saying, well, we're going to to ban the b.b.c. . foreign country are going to ban the b.b.c. because

they would stress that it was an appropriate platform to discuss this type of plan russia's foreign ministry in turn has questioned nato's motives. nato doesn't have a common view on north stream too but why does the military organization have to take a common standpoint toller it's a business project between 2 independent states maybe their alliance has plans to invest costing just over $9000000000.00 euros the north stream to project is already more than 95 percent complete it will allow russian gas to flow directly into germany under the baltic sea it could also be used to bypass existing pipelines which take gas through ukraine which would cost valuable transit fees german journalist thomas fassbender says nato may be turning into a geo political toll for washington to dominate europe. well there is general in knowledge meant that pipelines gas oil pipelines are offered geopolitical sheila economical relevance so that explains why the subject is being discussed in the middle to forment since nato has been looking for a new identity and now there is growing concern especially in europe th

situation in the working to resolve it perhaps some cause for optimism nevertheless the russian foreign ministry is already reacting this isn't the 1st time that russian outlets are being targeted and it is said that these tech giants losing touch with reality considering that r.t. has been constantly pressured in western countries with dirty methods are used to compete against a popular t.v. channel i soon that we're seeing here another act of censorship by the american platforms it's become boring to repeat politically correct clichés so i'll say clearly american tech giants have raped freedom of speech there is no way around that r.t. of course all of our news channels all of our shows they have been active on you tube for years now and this isn't the 1st time we've had an issue as you know new for all those years r.t. has been been targeted for what it says look it's knows who secret r.t. will cover things and touch topics that other outlets are the wound or cart and this his own that many let's call them opponents look this happened for years years since 2012 these you tube accounts it's tw

well the russian foreign ministry last summer condemned the apparent campaign against russian media inthe fiesta spokeswoman maria described it us risa phobia we spoke with. m.e.p. from the alternative for germany party he is of the view any media restrictions create problems for free speach. it is easy and such an atmosphere to a tech russia russian media but this is new cold war atmosphere we have and the west against russia and in generally the west is limiting freedom of expression. and those who claim always they are so much in favor of human rights and liberty they do expect the opposite it's not just we just come into an era where freedom of expression and the choice of 2 news outlets you're watch is not guaranteed any more . russian opposition figure alexina valmy has announced he's going on a hunger strike he claims to have been denied urgent medical treatment in prison the center of ali has been behind bars since february after being convicted in beslan and case the sports live now to our teams from on cross referral bit more on this. election of only he's made various allega

perhaps some cause who food for optimism. nevertheless, the russian foreign ministry has already reacted. this isn't the 1st time that russian outlets are being targeted and it is said that these dead giants losing touch with reality, considering that artsy has been constantly pressured in western countries where dirty methods are used to compete against the popular t.v. channel. i soon that we're seeing here and other active censorship by the american platforms has become boring to repeat politically correct cliches. so i'll say clearly american tech giants have raped freedom of speech. there is no way around, that. r.t., of course, all of our news channels, all of our shows. they have been active on you tube for years now. and this isn't the 1st time we've had an issue as a no, no for all the years. he has been been targeted for what it says. look, it's no secret secret. r.t. will cover things and touch topics that other outlets are the wont or cart. and this is that many that school of opponents look does happen for you years since 2012 sees you to pick out its twitter feed, its faceb

russian relations and we saw a rather sober statement from the spokesperson of the foreign ministry who usually has a bent towards kind of dramatic statements she said that the reason why u.s. relations are in such a bad way is that the u.s. has boxed them into a dead end and she also warned about the fact that worsening relations could be a risk perhaps a hint at the fact that both countries are nuclear power so kind of a sober but also a bit of a threatening statement there you have to imagine that this is a personal insult against putin in a country where putin is kind of letting their position is kind of considered untouchable on the political landscape even his critics usually just level accusations at the kremlin or at the government but not at pushing himself really when joe biden says that is a killer what exactly is the u.s. president referring to. well during the near putin's time in power there has been a fairly long list of deaths or assassination attempts of kremlin critics that of course his critics blamed on vladimir putin himself or at least on the system that he created

iran and china have signed a 25 year cooperation pact chinese foreign ministry buying knees in tehran missing iranian fallenness so shut cities and other leaders the deal is said to have political economic and strategic components. egyptian authorities say they're hoping to refloat a cargo vessel in the coming hours which has been blocking the souse canal for 5 days they have a given stranding is disrupted global shipping because the canal is one of the world's busiest waterways. nearly 200 people including foreigners remain trapped in a hotel in northern mozambique as fighting rages for a 4th day and one of the hotel is in palma which has been under attack by isis a link fighters the government's trying to take control of the situation in the coastal town where several people have reportedly been killed the conflict in capital gado province began in 2017 amnesty international says war crimes are being committed its latest report blames several parties including an i saw the filleted on the group and a government backed private military farm for the deaths of hundreds of civilians it

affairs chan a it's not clear he's the permanent secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs for the top civil servant in that ministry not clear to me whether he was in that job before the coup whether he's speaking under duress certainly didn't seem to be a lot of hot in his statement in which he also said myanmar would like to see the understanding from the united nations or the difficult situation the country finds itself and that in such contrast to tom andrews who is the special report to the independent expert the u.n. has hired to look at human rights in myanmar he is saying that the security cooke forces of murdered more than 70 people he said he can't keep track of the number of people being detained and he says that the military are likely engaging in crimes against humanity including murder and forced disappearance persecution torture imprisonment in violation of fundamental rules of international law strong indictment from the special rapporteurs and a remarkable statement from the foreign ministry of representing the myanmar military that they are using up most.

bride reporting live from seoul rob many thanks indeed china's foreign ministry is urging all sides to continue diplomatic efforts to deescalate the situation we were talking about and our. solving the problems we dialogue in consultation serves the common interest of all and is the aspiration of the international community we cool 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 during the past year north korea has been quietly testing its latest missiles and steadily expanding its arsenal in march 20 twentieth's military terms to the new type of multiple rocket launcher can hit targets daily 400 kilometers away with great precision a short range ballistic missile the k n 24 was tested next it's designed to fly low and evade missile defense since north korea's been building a diesel submarine that can launch nuclear missiles while submerged these new submarine launched missiles have been shown off during recent military parades both korea rece

in beijing and the foreign ministry spokesman said when the chinese delegation arrived in anchorage their hearts were chilled by the biting cold and the reception by their american hosts so china the chinese certain in beijing are still saying that this was negative or they had a very negative reaction to what happened here at the start in anchorage the talks are not over they have been continued until quite late last night we watched them leave last night and they'll be back here along this corridor or i think we can show you actually those reporters gathering just to to film some of the arrivals which will happen in the next few minutes we believe it was supposed to start at the top of the are these things never start on time but i'll be going behind closed doors again for a further session of talk. and we are expecting at the end but both delegations will speak to their respective medias to give us an idea of how they see it but again that it you have to remember that some of that is for national consumption in both cases the other interesting thing to note isn't it james that th

have burned in the ashes have been scattered and this was in the works since 2014 specified the foreign ministry said that back then when these sanctions began to be introduced one after another package of sanctions off the package of sanctions that is when the european union struck down counseled a slew of multitude of admirals summits high profile annual summit between various russian european commissions and departments and ministries there were a lot of those and ever since then that was the chasm ever since then there's been a steep slope a decline and here russia says that it's ready it's ready to resume relations to restore rebuild trust if the european union is ready to do so itself and you you know what did you expect russia says that it is ready to work with the european union but it won't bend over backwards to suit european interests it loosely work with europe and things that are beneficial for both sides as equals and here russia says that you know what did you expect when you went down this path this is this is what you make sure what happened in charge is much the same opinion .

is disappointed that iran has ruled out informal discussions with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too soon to return to the negotiating table as it wants the u.s. to make the 1st move and lift economic sanctions israeli prime minister is blaming iran for an attack on a cargo ship israeli owned vessel was damaged by an explosion in the gulf of oman on friday a blast that left holes in the hull of the ship now docked in dubai benjamin netanyahu wouldn't be drawn on direct retaliation iran's foreign ministry denies involvement in the syrian military says its air defense has responded to an israeli strike near damascus state media say the missiles were fired from the occupied golan heights but most were intercepted in the vicinity of the capital and the philippines has begun vaccinating its population against code 19 the 1st batch of the chinese made sign of back vaccine arrived on sunday the philippines is the 2nd worst hit country in southeast asia those are the headlines on al-jazeera up front is next. is there a screw tell us all really keys were supposed to compensate f