i'm joined now by reuters senior correspondent josh smith, who is in so good to see. josh, thanks for joining us to m t w. so if it's not military, what is the goal of the south korean space program? well, south korea has a whole range of goals that it hopes to accomplish with this program, everything from potentially 6 g networks to launching its own satellite navigation systems. similar to keep yes, as well as even potentially placing a lunar pro on the moon at some point. at the same time, there are also some military elements. it helps to launch the constellation of spy satellites, better to keep an eye on, on its neighbor in north korea. for now, it's pretty much, almost entirely reliant on the united states for that kind of information. and it hopes to become much more independent. there is also, of course, a major commercial element to this. it hopes to give a lot of the technology to his private sector and potentially launch things for other clients and expand some of his exports that way. briefly, if you could, and how important is this for south korea to join

and gentlemen offer more from soul is reuters senior correspondent, josh smith. josh joined us in south korean beside launches in response to north korea. does this somehow symbolized the new south korean policy towards its northern neighbor? it is certainly a return in some ways to a new old policy. one that we last saw insignificant levels back in 2017, during the day the, the fire and security threats between can go in and former us president donald trump. this is not the 1st time they've done the joint drills this year. they also rolled out joint missile drill late last month when north korea tested an icbm day after us has been joe by left the region after his 1st talks in the region. but as you mentioned, the south korean president unit, so q has promised to make this more of a regular occurrence in response to, to north korean missile launches. and given that north korea appears, intent on increasing the number of missiles that it has. i think it's a fair bet to say that we'll see more of these from the united states in south korea as well. talk to us a bit

when you get there, josh smith and so thank you. thank you to east africa now where the death toll from a massacre and ethiopia aroma region has risen to at least 260 official said rebels targeted ethnic m hire a villagers. it's the latest atrocity in ethiopia as nearly 2 year old civil war that began in the northern te grey region. government forces are trying to oust the t gray people's liberation front, from its stronghold there. but the war has spilled over into other parts of the country, leaving thousands dead and millions displaced. dw correspondent mario miller visited one town on the border of the t dry region, shattered by ethnic violence, deserted and destroyed in december last year to great fighters, loyal to the t gray people's liberation front or t p. f. attack the buddha town a father. and they left their mark a ballet used to have a mixed population of ethnic to grants and afar in the days leading up to the tip, a laugh. attack witnesses tell us. fighting had already broken out along ethnic lines between afar residen

all right, when they get there, josh smith and sell, thank you. thank you. let's take a quick look at some other stories making headlines. this. our british rail workers are staging their biggest national strike in 30 years. networks were largely brought to a standstill on tuesday, thursday and saturday this week. so $40000.00 staff of walked off the job, demanding higher pay in england, scotland and wales. nearly half a 1000000 people have been evacuated in southern china as the heaviest rains and decades recovered at red alert, red alert warnings were issued on tuesday with forecasters predicting more heavy to enforce. last summer, catastrophic flooding in central china killed almost 400 people shall anchor. how should schools and non essential state services for 2 weeks in an effort to save fuel? the nation is in the grips of its worst ever. economic crisis calls for the president to resign are growing louder as people face severe shortages of essential goods. the members of israel's coalition, governments say they will dissolve parliament triggering a 5t

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