. >> i am harry fawcett reporting from the emptying porian dam.eople are worked about not just the short-term drought but a long-term problem. >>> the u.s. is considering escalating it's military campaign in iraq and syria. u.s. defense secretary ashton carter said a proposed new policy will bel mean additional airstrikes and direct action on the ground. al jazeera rosalind jordan has more on the strategy shift which still needs approval from the president. >> reporter: the u.s. military is rolling out a new version of its countser isil strategy. they are calling it the three rs: syrian rebels retaking raqqa, iraqi troops sweeping in on ramad e and u.s. forces getting more involved. >> the third and final r is raids, signalling that we won't hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against is isil. >> carter's statement comes after last week's raid where u.s. special forces jumped in to help kurdish fighters. in so, that would be a major policy change for the u.s. president barack obama had promised no ground troops to f

let's go to seoul, al jazeera am harry fawcett is there. harry, those heartbreak shots of families meeting for first time, at least those meetings were able to go ahead. >> reporter: bittersweet bargain they were entered into. separated since the korean war in 1953, all those decades desperate to see those from whom they were separated. but understanding that its would only last a few hours. they had some meetings in private as well and now thursday has come and the realization has hit that this is all over, as can you see on your screenasyou, these terrible decency on the buses with people waving and reaching out to each other. some were telling each other don't worry we will meet again. others saying. we'll meet when our country's reunited. this is the realization that perhaps this is the last time they will see each other and it's been so fleeting. >> the meeting going ahead, i understand the south koreans traveled north to meet their relatives. what distance was this? >> came after a sincere bout of tension, resolved in a deal at the end

neighboring south korea is harry fawcett our correspondent and rain heavy rain may have delayed the start of this extravaganza but it doesn't seem to have dampened spirits harry. >> reporter: that's right. they waited until the afternoon, we understood it was to get underway mid morning. those blue skies have come and just around 3:00 p.m. local time here in seoul things started to get underway up there in pyongyang and the highlights have been twofold, really, kim jong-un giving a speech in front of ranks of army fell and indeed invited guests. some of the things he said, that this was a very meaningful revolutionary holiday, giving the highest honor and glory to the founding father of the party, that founding father being his grandfather, kim ilsunil-sung and the victory thd been achieved on the land of north korea was because of its people and indeed its party and he also paid tribute to the foreign guests who had come and the key foreign guest is the 5th he most senior man in chinese communist party, yo yun set, sen. he seems to be a guest of honor relations between beijing and pyongy

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >> reports we get at al jazeera of a missing aircraft. egyptian air traffic control has lost contact with a civilian airline that has been carrying over 200 people. an aircraft is missing. it's believed the passenger plane was mainly carrying russian tour ifortists home from asharmal sheik. we'll let you know what's happened to that aircraft. >>> boosting education among tribal communities but in many areas, getting proper funding has been a challenged. divya gopalan reports. >> reporter: like all schools across the country, a prayer starts the day but a closer look at the picturesque setting among tree tops and formal classrooms will tell you this is not an ordinary school. tribal school opened three months ago and already its existence is in question. >> the government say it is technicality but we can't pay our bills. still we try to carry out daily activity as usual. >> it was a tough go from the start. the building had been empty for almost ten years. most of the furniture and supplies have been donated and only recently connected to

. >>> northeast nations relations have been icy thanks oterritorial disputes, harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> every week they gather outside the japanese embassy in seoul. supporters of south korea's so-called comfort women, last survivors, have been an issue of heart of strained relations between seoul and tokyo, as shinzo abe operators to meet south korea's president for talks. >> for 25 years we have been shouting for japan to compensate. if he last answers he can come to south korea otherwise he cannot. >> while abe made his statement, he upset seoul, without reiterating them for a personal standpoint. for all this symbolism of japan summit in the last three years, what so divides them? >> sincere statement from prime minister abe. probably south korean government will be most of the part satisfied. >> reporter: and certainly the hope from the u.s. side, it has tens of thousands of troops stationed in japan and south korea, and is desperate for its allies to be bound closer together. south korea's president park geun-hye. in this week in an apparent coincidence, a new statu

harry fawcett has more. >> reporter: after decades of waiting sunlt everything is a rough. in these 15 years that the stop-start reunions have been happening, they break the routine but far from normal. the expectations are everywhere as are extraordinary personal stories. this one, when her husband left for military training 65 years ago, she was three months pregnant. we met her in initial registration. >> back then, we were just married, hadn't even called each other darling, not even once. >> their son 63 years old, wanting to experience his first close embrace. >> it was now i have a father, it was pride. >> 60,000 applicants still waiting on the southern side alone the system exists for this all to hatch more regularly. it all depends on the political climate are between the koreas. >> 65,000, 35,000 identified willing to meet each other. we certainly tried our best to make it a regular ongoing ren day viewongoingrendezvous. reunion. >> they'll meet them six times two hours each time, and on thursday, they'll all come home, most certainly forever. harry fawcett, on th

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >> an american dentist who killed a famous lion in zimbabwe will note charged by the authorities. walter palmer shot cecil the lion, an online petition to indict palmer that went all the way to the white house. palmer will not be charged because he had obtained legal authority to conduct the hunt. >>> well, it's a topical issue. two years ago, botswana banned big game hunting to try apromote conservation. since then some animals have thrived but some want the big game hunters back. being famida miller reports. >> used to earn $300,000 a year from government sanctioned big game hunting. but hunting was banned two years ago. >> since the ban we have seen more lions and elephants coming into the village. we don't know whether it's because during hunting lions were kept busy by the carcasses, of animals athat were shot at that time. >> she loss all but one of her goats to a late nigh lion attack. >> we rely on livestock for income for my family. i have place been waiting to be. the process has been delayed. >> the problem is, we stopped hunting before we m

as al jazeera's harry fawcett reports for us, it is only the second such reunion in five years. >> reporter: this is the hotel lobby where nearly 500,000 have been contacted by the northern side that their relatives have been seeking this reunion have been registering for that reunion. incredible individual stories, personalized changed forever by the personal forces of history. the story of 84-year-old, she had been married for just seven months, three months pregnant when her husband went missing. he was part of the south korean military. he went off on what was thought to be military training but in the confusion of the korean war he simply never came home. she assumed he died. she paid tribute to him every year since, she looked after his parents, she raised the son who was still unborn at the time of his disappearance. now she says she's kept with her all that time a pair of his old shoes saying that essentially her whole life was contained in those shoes. the absence of that man, she has brought with her her now 64-year-old son. he's talking about being able to embrace both of his par

harry fawcett is live in the south korean capital seoul. harry get us up to date on how the reunions have been playing out so far. >> this is as you say the final day. we saw those amazing pictures on the first day, tuesday, when the families here from south korea arrived, wednesday was a reportedly more relaxed and warm and comfortable day after those initial meetings. they had some private meetings as well. they felt like they were getting to know each other a bit better according to those reports and then of course comes what would be a moments of resadness for many of thesreal sadness.they wg good-bye. a final fair well afte farewell. the military demar case line in a couple of hours time from now and this will be the last almost certainly they will ever see of these family members. about five these families have very close familial bonds. husbands and wives, parents and children, also siblings, but the the vast majority is between uncles and nephews, satellite more distance bass s because sof these have already died. north korea will ru

let's go to harry fawcett, at the border between north and south korea. this is not just a case of family reunions, give us what the political back story is for this, for north korea to allow the reunions to take place today? >> they are rare. the last travelled to february. they depend on the sit of the relationship. in august it was terrible. it was the worst set of tensions we had seen for a couple of years, after a handmine blast that injured south korean soldiers, and tensions escalated in an exchange of artillery. that brought them to the table. august 25th, a deal was signed of which this is an important constituent element. event since 2014. there were fears it may be jeopardized by celebrations planned for the 70th anniversary. fears that a long-range rocket launcher may have put this on ice. in the end none of that happened. there's a fair amount invested in trying to keep the relationships going. for the people at the heart of all this, the families, 400 south koreans have gone along the road behind me up the east coast a couple of hours ago. t

harry fawcett, al jazeera. >> they thought perhaps in zimbabwe they had ended the reign of the poachers that had been killing elephants, but that may not be the case. >> more than 40 years old, some how she got separated from her herd and joined this group of buffaloes. because of her size she appears to be in charge. but elephants are not safe from poachers. poachers have been putting cyanide in watt, sat licks and fruit eaten by elephants. it's a devastating blow by people on the front line trying to protect wildlife. but they say they're not giving up. >> you got to be optimistic if you're in this game. if you're down and out and you're not optimistic, you shouldn't be in the industry. it's not a great picture out there, but we remain positive that we keep fighting and protecting. it doesn't matter what it takes. i'm not prepared to give up. we've gone, we've been on a very hard, long, tough journey so far, and there is no way that we're going to start. >> some poachers are caught or killed fighting park rangers, but wildlife officials say it's hard to stay one step ahead of the poac

harry fawcett is our correspondent monitoring today's celebration from south korea. from the capital there, seoul. so after the speeches, and the displays, now we are getting down to the real stuff. we can see the military hardware that is being paraded for all to inspect. >> that's right. we are seeing a good deal of that coming through right now. we have seen multilaunch rocket systems, artillery pieces, the south korean media reporting what is happening, reporting a 300mm field gun was on display, and larger rockets. we have not seen the mobile intercontinental missile unveiled in 2012. and a lot of people are watching - just as i speak - a transporter erector launcher - seems to be a large one. that could be one of those. military analysts will be pouring over the pictures to see what north korea has on display for this 70th anniversary of the workers party. >> significant, too, that a senior member of the chinese communist party is there in attendance. >> that's right. the number 5 ranking member in china's ruling communist party. the most senior man to visit no

harry fawcett is monitoring the events. north korea undermining military might with the hardware it has been putting on show today. >> that's right. that's what a lot of people are looking out for. kim jong un said he wanted the biggest ever parade to take place on this day, october 10th. marking the ruling party's foundation, and it was a huge parade. we saw some new things. analyst say not as much new hardware. there was a 300 meter artillery gun, way was displayed. the mobile, the kn 08 seen 300 years ago. there was what some are calling a different nose shape on it, but similar dimensions. that is what they saw in terms of hardware. there were other things to look at in terms of speech, in which he talked about responding to military threat and spoke a great deal to and about his people, about the way that the workers party was only as strong as the people of north korea, and the way that each of them and the party in concert achieved so much for their nation. >> it was interesting there was a delegation from china ther

harry fawcett reports from the worst-effected area. >> reporter: the reservoir is emptying by the day's water supplies nearly half a million people in this area. it's a slow motion crisis that has been coming for years, but accelerated this summer with rainfall just two-fifths of normal levels. the man from the water company briefs women's group members who want to spread the word about water use reduction. >> you i see how the problem is, we get the idea how serious it is. >> reporter: in a normal year, think reservoir should be 60% full, but standings at less than 20%. this drought is making worse the problems of previous dry years. in any normal year this area would be well underwater, but even if between now and next spring there were to be normal average rainfall it wouldn't make up the shortfall in precipitation. people here increasingly aren't just worried about a one-off drought, rather a long-term problem. >> translator: usually south korea sees more than 70% of its annual precipitation in summer. the lack of rain is bound to lead to a draut. we have had autumn droughts for t

harry fawcett reports from the worst effected area. >> the reservoir is emptying by the day. the water supplies half a million in this area and agriculture and industry. it's a slow motion crisis coming for years, but accelerated this summer with rainfall two fifth of normal levels. on the dam a man briefs women about the security measures. local governments urge a 20% reduction in household usage, a campaign making little difference. >> translation: now i see the problem, we have an idea how serious it is by looking at the water shortage. >> reporter: in a normal year it should be 60% full. it stands at less than 20%. the drought linked to el nino is making worse the problems of previous dry years. in a normal year it will be understand water. if between now and next string there were to be normal rain fall is would not make up the shortfall in precipitation. people are not just worried about a one-off draught, rather a long-term problem. >> usually it is more than 70% of annual use in summer. the lack of rain is bound to lead to a drought. we have had autumn droughts for th

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harry fawcett, al jazeera, sole. >>> ups are feared death after a landslide.cuers do not think they'll find anybody else. they found the bodies of 131 131 people the area was identified in a report last year as high-risk. >>> the southern united states has been hit by record rainfall. south carolina's governor is calling it a one in a thousand year event. hundreds have had to be rescued from the flood waters as john hendon explains. >> reporter: the eye of joaquin skirted the u.s. main land but its rains pounded the coast from south carolina to the northeast. storms ripped town power lines, wash out roads and wrecked homes. >> i heard this round boom. it was loud. i knew it was a tree. >> reporter: high winds and rain dismantling this home in new jersey and floated it down the bay. thousands heeded government warning to his evacuate. others took their chances and were trapped. >> well, it's all of the hardwood floors done popped up and everything is floating and the water is up above the show as. it's three feet deep pretty much in the whole house. >> reporter

harry fawcett there. our correspondent monitoring events in pyongyang, from seoul >>> hundreds of protesters took to the streets of janko tipsarevic, opposing a -- tripoli, opposing a u.n. plan. demonstrators chanted anti-u.n. slogans, holding up the red card, a pointed message to the u.n. envoy who brokered the deal before the deal is finalised rival parliament will have though approve it. victoria gatenby explained. >> violence and rivalries split people in libya. the country has fallen into chaos since the uprising. the tripoli based government is one of two rival administrations. the other is the u.n. recognised government based in the eastern city of tobruk. each is supported by armed groups engaged in daily fighting. the chaos is made worse by groups claiming allegiance to i.s.i.l., stepping into an already crowded battle ground. now there's hope that a unity government may bring the fighting to an end. >> i hope that the unity government succeeds quickly, because it has been too long. people are su

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >>> still to come on the show.diate syrians in turkey waiting to brave the dangerous sea journey to europe. and it all comes out in the wash. how a humble car wash in brazil help today uncover the country's biggest corruption are corruption scanned think. scandal. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et >>> welcome back. let's recap the headlines here on al jazeera now. doctors in the afghan stew of kunduz are refuse to go operate the main government hospital for fear of air strikes. the medical charity doctors without borders wants an independent investigation after one of its hospitals was hit on saturday killing at least 22 people. >>> a palestinian teenager has been shot dead by israeli soldiers during violent clashes in the occupied west bank. israeli security forces conducted raids in the area after

. >> reporter: i am harry fawcett reporting from south korea's rapidly emptying damn.reasingly people are worried about not just a short-term drought but a long-term problem. >>> in the coming hours nasa's space craft will make its closest trip to saturn's moon. ♪ ♪ >>> held going, the top stories on al jazeera 11 other iranian soldiers are report to have had been killed in syria. u.s. condemns iranian involvement but says it's not open to talks with the government. >>> a 23-year-old somali woman whose alleged rain led to an outcry over australia's refugees policy has been flown back to the country. it comes as the former prime minister tony abbott calls for our up to close its boarders to refugees. >>> ire are you's incumbent has won a landslide victory in sunday's presidential pole. he got nearly 84% of the vote. >>> the u.s. the fbi is investigating a policeman who slammed a student to the ground in the classroom the video has gone rile. but the officer's boss says the video doesn't show the full story as patty kill lane reports from washington. >> reporter: it's ha

al jazeera's harry fawcett has the story of one man who has waited decades to meet his relatives. >> he has taken up a hobby in what is now south korea, he says it helps stave off loneliness. he traveled south during a major retreat and never saw them again. eight years ago, he signed up for family reunion process. his chance has now come but the news has brought he says a mixture of happiness and disappointment. >> there were seven of us brothers and sisters. my youngest sister is the only one that remains alive. i'm told others passed away. so it's disappointing. all those i remember clearly have died. i barely remember my sister's face so it will probably be a bit awkward. >> he is one 66,000 on the waiting list in south korea. they are nearly all in the age he is, in his 80s. thousands have died while waiting for a reunion. the last was held in february of last year. at a rawness of the emotions on display, despite because of the many years they have lasted. upcoming reunions is a result of the agreements between south and north korea which ended the most serious cross-border rel

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >>> a big gamble in the bahamas. high end resort backed by the chinese has stalled and isn't paying off for the islands. >> activists or plotters? imprisonment in angola, challenging the concept of democratic freedoms. >> another chemical plant has exploded in choirn this on chinn jejang province. there are no reports anyone was killed. a major explosion at a different chemical plant killed 173 people. >>> three people were killed after a tornado tore through china's southern province on saturday. the storm knocked out power lines leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without electricity. >> tonight's incontext segment concerns china's economy and its global expansion. china's biggest investment so far has been in subsaharan africa where it has amassed holdings of $97 billion in the mast decade. other numbers made mite surprise you. in south america, china has invested $116 billion. and in the u.s., china's investment total $93 billion. in some ways, the smaller the country the bigger china's foot print. melissa cha

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> today's lesson is on the growing influence of foreign powers in the 19th century. on the desks are copies of one of eight authorized textbooks that schools are permitsed to choose from. the government will be bringing in its own single text to be called the correct history textbook. >> translator: it is an inevitable decision by the government to put an end to social disputes caused by ideologic bias in history textbooks. >> critics say it is a direct result of the pressure from the president it will park geun-hye. more than 50,000 people have signed a petition against the move. the protests led by teachers and academics. >> it would mean the contents would be used in respect to the regime's tastes. >> already the enslavement of the korean so-called comfort women features strongly on the school's syllabus. that subject also facing standardization. the government is introducing a new set of teaching materials specifically about the comfort women issue, designed to present a accurate understanding of japanese sexual slavery and a correct display of

. >> i am harry fawcett reporting from the emptying porian dam. people are worked about not jus

military force and indeed national fervor. >> harry fawcett reporting from seoul. joining us for our in context segment on north korea's military might, is andre lankoff, professor very did to have you with us. kim jong-un held the largest parade ever a couple of months ago. now he's outdoing that, why? >> because he obviously wants to emphasize the importance of the party. because according to the official, every north korean is expected to believe and nearly alt of them believe 70 years ago the grandfather of kim jong-un foundered the korean workers party. historians know it's not case, dait is wrong, name of party is wrong, grand father had nothing to do with that but this is not a common knowledge in north korea. and kim jong-un is sending a message that is he a son and grandson of a person who essentially created the modern north korean state. so it's a way to emphasize his legitimacy. of course he just likes guns and tanks and military parades. >> you know a top u.s. military official said this week that north korea may have the capability to launch missiles

for more we are joined by harry fawcett, live at the border between the two countries. y what finally brought this about? >> well, not unimhonly o uncomme korean peninsula, it was brought about by the worst tension between the north and south, a land mine blast followed by propaganda blasting and exchange of artillery fire, that was brought to an end by an agreement in august and the reunion was the first step that that agreement instigated. inst. relative quiet on the nuclear program as well, this event is going ahead what we have seen in the last hour or so are members of the south korean side of the event, about 390 of them. we're here at the border checkpoint. they're currently going through the immigration procedures in a station niche, and going through to a scenic mountain resort in north korea and there they will have six separate meetings with their separated family members, each lasting about two hours. there will be north korean, south korean officials monitoring this event over the next three days. and when that is over, the south korean side will meet their

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >>> women could be the key to world peace. a new u.n.how to end wars and the role women should be playing in the process. ♪ ♪ >>> think about this for a second, if you want peace to last, make sure to include women in the peace talks. according to a u.n. study released today, women could be the key to ending wars. roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: tony the report calls on countries to get women more involved in bringing about peace and protect them better in times of war. the report comes as leaders prepare to meet at the u.n. to talk about women's rights. it warns that as extremism worsens around the world, a lot of violence is being aimed specifically at women. in northern iraq, isil fighters have killed men and raped and enslaved women. and in northern nigeria, more than 200 girls remain missing a year and a half after they were kidnapped by the rebel group, boko haram. >> they are children that we need to be -- we need to be protected. they are vulnerable children. >> reporter: in 2000 the u.n. security council acknowledged the wo

harry fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >> two years ago, botswana banned big game hunting to try opromote scefntion. try to promote conservation. >> big game hunting has been banned two years ago. >> since the ban we have seen more lions and elephants coming into the village. we don't know whether it's base during hunting, lions were kept busy. >> nighttime lion attack. >> there are no jobs in the village and we rely on livestock for income to our community. i applied to the government for compensation for my lost animals i'm still waiting to be paid. >> keeping dangerous animals as well as poachers out. development projects including the installation of modern plumbing has been stopped. >> the problem is we stopped hunting before we immediate thee photographic structures in place. that's where the problem was. so we migrated to zero. >> the village is surrounded by wildlife including elephant buffalo and hippos, people say hunting kept the animals away. they want the ban on hunting lifted. the government argued that the ban on hunting is the best way to promote conservation. over 40 elep

harry fawcett reports from the worst effected area. water supplies the area but with rainfall just two-fifths of its normal levels. they want to spread the word about water conservation. governments are ordering a 20% reduction in household usage, a campaign that so far has made little difference. >> now when i see what the problem is, we got the idea how serious it is by looking at the water shortage. this drought linked to the weather system is making worse the problems of previous dry years. in any normal year this area would be well underwater. but even now between now and next spring there were to be normal average rainfall it would not make up the shot fall precipitation. people are not worried about an one-off drought but rather a long-term problem. >> usually they see more than 70%. the lack of rain then is bound to lead to a drought. we've had droughts for the last ten years and last winter and spring rainfall was only 50% of average, so it's getting worse. >> the shortage has hit hardest on coastal rice paddies reclaimed from

. >>> harry fawcett in seoul has the story of the korean families. >> entering into what was a birtbittersweet bargain. that reunion would be so short and this day, thursday, was the day that that really hit home, after the really joyful tears that we saw on tuesday at the arrivals and the initial meeting of these people, now came the farewells and most realizing these were final fare wells. farewells. these are very old people, many of them in their 80s and older and they will know i think in their hearts that they probably will never seize each other again. that is why when the buses started to leave, we saw people grasping people, trying to get that little bit of contact before this all was over. between saturday to monday, that's when south korean applicants get to go north and meet the north koreans that have been traced. both north and south have talked about being committed to all forms of dialogue, there is talk about trying to get more regularized family reunions going from now forward. put that all depends on the political climate between north and south and that's hard to predict. >

. >> i'm harry fawcett reporting from south korea's emptying dam. increasingly people are worried about not just a short-term drought, but a long-term problem >>> in sport, the longest opening game history as baseball's world series gets off to a dramatic start. >>> first, the philippines saying it cannot permanently settle refugees that australia sends its way, australia refuses to accept asylum seekers who try to reach its shores by boat. in the past it pays countries to take people that sought refuge. president aquino says they cannot afford to keep the refugees. >>> a refugee reportedly raped on the island of nauru has been flown to australia. she's been asking for an abortion. she was flown to australia for the procedure buts taken back to the island before it happened. australia former prime minister tony abbott urging europe to shut the door on the refugees, using tough policies to deter asylum seekers arriving by beat. tony abbott says european leaders should follow australia example. andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: as australia prime mi

harry fawcett, al jazeera, south korea. >>> there's much more ahead on the al jazeera news hour.s are growing in australia over the deportation of pregnant refugee who says she was rape while being held in detention. >> reporter: and toronto come back from their series against kansas city. >> where we are standing right now will be the panama canal. >> this will be flooded. >> we have upgraded for bigger ships. >> now we go for weeks without water. >> techknow's team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >> can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome! >> techknow - where technology meets humanity. >>> welcome back. a reminder of our top stories. israeli forces have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse palestinians protesters in the occupied west bank. two palestinian men have been shot dead in separate incidents. >>> the syrian observatory for human rights says at least 45 people, including a number of civilians have been killed by russian air strikes in western syria. it happened in latak

. >> harry fawcett speaking to us from seoul. >> lost parliamentary majority. he's ready to talk to other parties on free abling and light in the wake of the global economic crisis. >> translator: we did not manage to achieve a major of the government, the which it was for irfully describe the beings. >> still to come on al jazeera. >> a car wash is in the milgd of fest the ambiguousest corruption scheme hell ever. scheme held ever. are >> you're watching al jazeera.a. the medical organization, doctors without borders is demanding a formal vision of the attack in kunduz. >>> at least one palestinian has been killed in violent clashes in the occupied west bank. israeli forces are carrying out raids after two strikes on israelis in the last two days. >>> north korea says it will release and detain south korean steuntstudent who crossed the br earlier this year, said to have done so illegally. >>> ongoing season since in burundi, since president nukds nupped. nkwasreelected. >> an administration, official confirmed there were bodies on the ground. >> yesterday's s

harry fawcett sent this report from seoul. >> families were all too aware of the bittersweet shortness of the visit. this is day that reality sets in, final meetings and indeed final farewells. these farewells will be the last time they get osee husbands and wives, it is children, somewhat more distant familial relationships, uncles and cuz i cousins. death of one or another of the feamefamilies involved. those who have been able to be traced in north korea and on monday that will be it, the entire event will wrap up. the question of course is whether a more regularized process of such event can now take place. because there are tens of thousands of people in south korea who are on the list of applicants for family reunions. that depends on the political relationship between north and south. talking about their joyful nature claiming a good deal of credit for the fact that they've come about at all and also looking towards a commitment between interpersonal relations, south korea said they're open to any kind of dialogue. it's hard to tell how this will go in the next few months. the h

harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> reporter: every week they gather outside the japanese embassy in seoul. supporters of the comfort women, the last survivors, coercing and tricking tens of thousands of young women into sexual servitude. it's an issue between japan and tokyo was japanese prime minister shinzo abe prepares to peat south korea's prime minister for the first face to face talks. >> translation: for 25 years we have been calling for an apology. if shinzo abe has a solution, he can come to south korea, otherwise he can not. >> when the president made a statement, he upset seoul and beijing by upholding previous apologies, but without reiterating them from a personal standpoint. so for all the symbolism of the. japan-south korean summit. what chance of issues. >> there'll be a sincere statement from prime minister shinzo abe. probably south korean government will be most satisfied. >> that is the hope from the u.s. side. it has tens of thousands of troops in japan and south korea, and is desperate for the two north asian allies. to be bound together. the idea is to act as

harry fawcett was there for the moving event. >> reporter: in a hotel north of cthe border, deepest emotions locked up for decades, rushed forward. the prevailing one is love. brother for sister, parents and child and wife. this women was pregnant when her husband disappeared. she has brought their son. at 64, meeting his father for the first time. he says he recognised him immediately. >> reporter: we met mother and son preparing for a journey south of the border. >> back then we were only just married. we hadn't called each other darling, not once. >> reporter: they joined 400 others on the journey north. 66,000 south koreans are on the list of applicants, 63,000 died waiting. the system exists for all of this to happen more regularly, depending on the political climate between the koreans. climate between the koreans.c >> 66,000 remained. 30,000 identified. willing to meet each other. we tried our best to make the regular ongoing reunion. soon the buses were snaking their way up the coast to the resort. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine the e mogs al meetings came after they did. six such

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harry fawcett has the story from the border city. >> 400 screaj family members who have been contacted by the north korean side that their relatives have been registering for this reunion. personal lives changed forever by the huge impersonal force he of history.s of history. a story of 84-year-old, she had been married for just seven months, three months pregnant when her husband went off to the military. he simply never came home. she assumed he died. she paid tribute to him every year since. she looked after his parents, raised the son still unborn at the time of his disappearance, now she said she has kept with her a pair of his old shoes, a part of his life was carried had those shoes. she has brought with her her now 64-year-old son. he is talking about being able to embrace both of his parents for first time. the sense of pride finally finding out he had a father. an old man and almost a young boy, you get a sense of an emotionally power at this moment. this all gets set in motion, meeting each other six times over the space of two hours each, that will be it. >> you can find mo

more from harry fawcett in seoul. >> reporter: all the participates in the event new they were entering a bittersweet bargain, that they would be able to see each other amp so many decades apart, but that would be short. this day, thursday, was the day it hit home. after the really joyful tears we saw on tuesday at the arrivals in the initial meetings of these people, now came the farewells, and most, i think, realising final farewells. there was a good deal of talk, people saying don't worry, we'll see each other when the countries are unified. these are old people, many in their '80s, and older and they know in their hearts they'll probably see each other again. that's why when the buses started to leave. we saw people grasping each other rubbing their hands across each other's faces trying to get the last human contact before this was over. there'll be another round saturday to monday, when seen applicants get to go north and meet the north korean family members that are traced. by monday, that'll be over. that's it for the 20th round. north and south have been talking about being co

harry fawcett has more from the border city. >> their relatives who have been seeking that reunion. there has been a rear view mirror full o-- >> this woman's husband went missing. he went on what they thought was going to be military training. but in the confusion of the koreanen war he simply never came home. she assumes that he died. she paid tribute to him every year since she looked after his parent. she raised the son who was still unborn at the time of his disappearance. now she said she kept with her all that time a pair of his old shoes, saying her whole life was contained in those shoes, the absence that have man. she brought with her, her now 64-year-old son, he's talking about the ability to embracing both of his parents at the same time, and the sense of pride of finding out he had a father. when you hear a young boy you get a sense of the emotional power that takes place at the moment. they will meet together and then they'll come back to south korea. >> now to kashmir where separatists have called for a complete shut down of the kashmir valley. this is to protest the

harry fawcett followed the day's event from south korea. >> ordering the biggest parade pyongyang had ever seen. what the supreme leader wants he usually gets. even down to the weather. the huge event delayed from a rainy morning to a blue sky in the afternoon. much of the speech was to praising the people and the party. no mention of nuclear weapons. only the briefest weapons to reunify the peninsula and a message of defiance to the united states. >> we proudly declare with our armed power we're ready to respond to any imperialists and can defend the blue skies of the father land. >> to emphasize those words, the military analysts were watching for anything non-traditional in the hardware that followed spotting new artillery launches and missiles which analysts believe to be a modification from ones they view in another parade three years ago. >>> as far as north korean watchers were saying, what they would say about the relationship between north korea and china. >> china had sent it's fifth more senior party official bearing a warm letter from president xi jinping. he was given the

harry fawcett is there >>> we are here a few kilometers short of the dmz. this is a routine training section that controlled inside the demilitarized zone. it came under attack. we are told that this is routine training and is something they do every day before they come in. at the moment, two months since a double land mine blast, which the south koreans are blaming on the north korean side, injure aring to soldiers, all of this is being taken. the area where the accident happened is not far away from here. as the enemy is nearby, we are being more cautious. all units in the area are in a state of readiness. this represents the southern side of the demilitarized zone. this is the self-defencive position. the situation here changed a great deal. there was a bout of heightened tensions surrounding that, coming to an end, with a deal between the north and south towards the end of august, and since then we have seen a major military parade. no major prove cakes, and the prospects of a family reunion event between separated families from the north and south. th

harry fawcett reports from seoul. >> reporter: the monday afternoon history class in a seoul secondary today's lesson is on the growing economic influence of foreign powers in the 19th centuries. on the desk are one of eight authorized textbooks that schools can choose from. but the government has announced it will be bringing in its own single text to be called the correct history book. >> translator: it's an inevitable decision on the guard of the government to correct facts and put annen to bias. >> reporter: critics say it's the result of direct pressure of the president, determined to improve the reputation of her father and second what conservatives see as left-leaning teaching of north korea's history. more than 50,000 people have signed the petition against the move. the protests lead by teachers and academics. >> translator: it will mean the context of the textbook can be changed to meet the state's taste. the contents can be changed and distorted. >>> all right the enslavement of comfort women by japanese soldiers features strongly on the school syllabus. so as well as a sing

. >> harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: at the age of 89 this man has taken up a hobby. when he was young he was separated from his family, travelled south and they are saw them again. eight years ago he signed up for the family reunion process. the chance came, but brought a mixture of happiness and disappointment. >> translation: there were seven of us - brothers and sisters. my youngest sister is the only one still alive. i'm told others passed away. it's disappointing. all those i remember clearly have died. i barely remember my sister's face. it will probably be a bit awkward. >> he is one of 66,000 on a waiting list in south korea. more than half of them are like him, in their 80s, or older. each time a rare event comes around the red cross holds a lottery of names. 66 people died. 63,000 people died waiting for a reunion. the last event held in february. as ever, the rawness of emotions serve as a reminder of how strongly felt they are. this upcoming round is a result of an agreement in august between north and south korea ending a serious bout of cross-border ten

harry fawcett is there. >> reporter: we're here just a few kilometers short of the southern side.is a routine training session going on. they are simulating coming under attack by north korean fire and repelling that fire. we're told this is routine training. it's something they do every day before they would go in. but at the moment, just over two months since the double land mine blast on the southern side, which the south koreans are blaming on the north korean side, all of this is being taken more seriously. >> translator: the area where the accident happened isn't far away from here as the enemy is nearby on the border, we're being more cautious. all units are in a state of increased readiness. >> reporter: this represents the southern side of the demilitarized zone. the situation here has changed a great deal since those land mine blasts just over two months ago. there was a real bout of very heightened tensions surrounding that, which came to an end at least temp tearily. since then we have seen a major military parade in the north, but no rocket launches, and also the pros

and as harry fawcett reports from the capital seoul, balancing the relationship between the u.s. and china is a delicate task. >> south korea's president began a postponed visit by paying tribute to veterans of the korean war. an alliance between the nations. an alliance showing strains. last month the president was in beijing, an honoured guest as china commemorated 70 years, with a huge display of power. park's efforts to improve the political relationship with china, to match the vital interests there risk unsettling her country's main ally. >> on the one hand china has enormous economic ties with the south koreans. we concluded a successful f.d.a. and we realise that china could grow during the prospects. it's critical to understand that there's a biggest leverage. >> reporter: one of the issues is a high altitude defense anti-air miss ail system. china is pressuring seoul to push back on the plan, saying that it would be targetting north korea's capability and china's own. >> despite the fact that president park is taking her defence minister on the trip. the issue would not

. >> that's harry fawcett reporting from south korea. even though they were separated for six decades those families will get two hours to interact with each other. they're little but they're causing a huge problem. why cities in florida are now doing everything they can to get rid of the lyon fish. >> i've been asked to keep my voice down caus >> president obama will east a special guest at the white house. the texas high school student arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school. some of his teachers were concerned that the device might be a bomb. >>> now to an ecological cries unfolding in the state of florida. the lyon fish, that threatened tens of thousands of jobs. "america tonight" reports. >> it's hard to believe that a fish this beautiful, this fragile looking could be a menace. but the lyon fish is just that. >> they don't fear anything. >> allie has made hundreds of dives over the florida coast. he has seen firsthand how the lyon fish has overtaken local reeves. >> why are they such a problem? >> they're such a problem be

harry fawcett reports. >> he had reportedly ordered the biggest military parade his it kuventsz treeeen. what he wants, he usually gets even down to the weather. the start of his huge event delayed from a gray rainy morning to a blue sky afternoon. much of kim's speech was devoted to praising the people and party, the achievements, he said, they secured together. no mention of nuclear weapons, only the briefest reference to reunifying the peninsula and a message of defiance to the united states. >> our party can proudly declare with our revolutionary armed power we are ready to respond. >> reporter: the traditional goose stepping by million strong armed forces from abaud, military analysts watching for anything non-traditional in the hardware that followed spotting new 300 millimeter artillery launches and an inter continental bal ittic missile, one that debuted in a prayed three years ago. the other keenly observed element as far as north korea kia watchers say is what it would say between pynang and china. he was very much publisidelined. on saturday, the story was very different.