katie mac is in los angeles with all the latest from the oscar. thank you. katie. thank you. and here are some other stories making headlines around the world president she's been paying, has called on china to strengthen its own national security. speaking at the closing of the annual parliament session, he said that china must modernize its military forces to make it quote, a great wall of steel. he also repeated beijing's aims to unite the self governing democracy of taiwan with china shook. north korea says that it has launched several missiles from a submarine in the sea of japan. the missiles flew for about 1500 kilometers. the test took place a day after pyongyang warned of a powerful response to the joint us south korea military drills this week. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says more than 1100 russian soldiers have been killed in recent days. near bock mood, a focus of fighting in eastern ukraine. russia's paramilitary wagner group is reportedly still launching ground attacks. chief says that defending bach mood is necessary to quote, by time for a counter o