we can speak now to josh smith. he's a senior correspondent with the reuters news agency and sol. josh. thank you for joining us, sir. south korea, japan, as we just heard there. and the us have been quick to voice their concern. are they right to be concert? well, analysts and officials that we've spoken to here have underscored that these advances by north korea, as well as the tests of older mrs. like watson well represent real military progress and real military capabilities. so of course, that could all become a real threat in the event of a war, which they say is all the more reason to ensure that a war never breaks out. but what they do say is that the test do not appear to be simple. propaganda moves by north korea, obviously it has messages for the international community as well as domestic audiences. but these are vo missiles with real military capabilities. and this was the biggest missile, the north korea tested since 2017 comes after months of smaller tests. and yet we haven't seen as much propaganda from pyongyang this time around. why do you think that as well, they

for maura, i'm joined by a josh smith is a senior, corresponded with the reuters news agency in sol. josh, we keep hearing about these tests and south korea and japan and the u. s. have been quick to voice their concern. do we need to be concerned? so all of these missiles have been smaller than the really large intercontinental ballistic missiles that got a lot of attention back in 2017 when dark retested them. those are the ones that could reach as far as the united states. but one thing the analysts have increasingly pointed out in the officials here and sold in japan, as you mentioned, have said, is that these missiles that north korea has developed lately are increasingly capable. and they are the types that could be potentially used in the case of war ever breaks out. and so for people that are down here, potentially in a firing line, made all of these tensions, it is something that is very concerning. and military analysts and officials like say that not prayers making real progress in increasing the capabilities they're not for show show. they're not purely a propaganda tool.

w put their question to josh smith is the senior correspondent with reuters in sole south korea. north korea appears to be kind of testing the limits of what it can get away with at this point. it's heavily sanctioned already and it looks around the world as you say, most of the major players are distracted elsewhere. the beijing olympics are coming up. and of course, washington is looking elsewhere. so they may see this as a time to make more progress on these weapons, perhaps with less repercussions than they may have had in the past. were taiwan was initially praised during the early days of the pandemic for its tight border controls. but now the countries 0 covey strategy is taking a toll. there are strict rules on entry on to the island with mandatory quarantines and testing for some that has meant long time away from loved ones. elsa child spends most of her time alone with her new born because her husband is a pilot. he must quarantine for 5 days in a hotel and 9 days at home. every time he lands, despite being fully vaccinated, all household responsibilities fall on alice

taking advantage of why the tensions in the international community on the w put that question to josh smith, who is a senior correspondent with the reuters news agency in so north korea appears to be testing the limits of what can get away with at this point, it's heavily sanctioned already and it looks around the world as you say, most of the major players are distracted elsewhere. the beijing olympics are coming up. and of course, washington is looking elsewhere. so they may see this as a time to make more progress on these weapons, perhaps with less repercussions and they may have had more than a 1000 african refugees living in albania as a wait for the us to approve their asylum applications. washington has promised them thesis and permanent homes once the process has been completed. but after months of waiting in the eastern european country, many afghans in albania and i growing concerned that there might be stuck there. dw correspondent to funding for shar reports from the town of shang june. another day of the andreotti coast of albany, i. d number 140 for alias nav, and dish. the 2

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just smith, they're in a so for us, thank you josh. the on security council miss you to meet for the 1st time over rush us military, build up along the borders with you crime. if it goes ahead. the meeting would c, rush us un bassett, a square off in public against those of the us, britain and other states over the possibility of russia invading ukraine. the u. s . is also considering imposing further sanctions on russia and that's as russian trains civilians in the use of weapons and how to fight authorities say a 100000 people have received training and recent years to act in case there's a russian invasion of their country. now let's get a round up of some of the other stories making headlines around the world. at least 18 people have been killed in brazil after heavy rains. the state of south polo, so landslides and flooding. authorities say around 500 families have been left homeless. the states government has authorized emergency aid money for the affected areas. brazil has experience to rent, rain and flooding of the possible po

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