the pence team that the united states with use this as an opportunity to convey a face to face to kim jong sr the quote maximum pressure kind of policy that the united states plans to continue exerting on north korea unless it denuclearize is bear in mind north korea likely cancel about meeting because it was upset that earlier that week pence had said that the toughest round of economic sanctions sanctions were coming to north korea said that he wouldn't allow the north korean propaganda to whitewash their murderous regime and he met with north korean defectors still ahead on al-jazeera. we have to do more to protect our children and they wake up for the florida school shooting us president response of the proposal on gun control. has families torn apart venezuelans make desperate choices for order to survive a deepening economic crisis. by the sky knowing the range and harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello there we've seen some heavy rain over parts of the middle east recently the latest system is edging its way eastwards now taking away that wet weather with it we've also s

north korean leader kim jong un called on his military to be on the ready to repel quote invasive forces much further celt yang is trying to put its best foot forward sending kim jong sr of the north korean leader as part of their olympic delegation shall be the first member of the north's ruling family to cross the demilitarized zone. the u.s. is response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north. and he promised korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. the people of south korea and the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until the time comes when they finally sent permanently. an irreversible abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions to. the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. our joining me now is eight and foster carter korea expert at leeds university in the

vice president mike pence and the north korean delegation with kim jong un sr were here for the opening ceremony that this time during the closing ceremony the south koreans are going to make attempts to avoid any kind of encounters or awkwardness you mention the general that's leading this eight member north korean delegation he is generating a lot of controversy and martine it's part of a bigger wave of public discontent that we have been seeing and hearing since president moon began pushing an engagement policy with north korea at the beginning of the year this general is a hard liner and as you mentioned he's believed to have been responsible for attacks against south koreans most notably the sinking of a warship in twenty ten forty six sailors were killed so now the victims' families and many conservatives are pushing back asking why the general would be here during this moment the moon camp is saying that this man is the perfect person to come at this point in time it oversees relations with south korea it is this man does have a say in north korea's nuclear program and it's askin

the sports committee and the re-unification committee there are people who are facing sanction kim jong un sr is facing un sanctions for human rights violations connected to censorship and that sports committee chairman was actually facing a un travel ban due to u.n. sanctions imposed last year after north korea's bola sic missile tests now at the request of the south korean government that man was given an exemption and allowed to travel to south korea the president moon j. in is very keen to seize this political opportunity moon is the son of refugee parents he has always been pro engagement and is very much hoping to advance the relationship between the two koreas during this a lympics. he will be meeting with the delegation on saturday it's unclear if they'll be any major diplomatic breakthroughs but of course the south korean media is a frenzy with speculation there is hope that perhaps kim jong sr will be carrying a letter from him inviting president moon to north korea for discussions but for now the spotlight is on the pyongyang winter olympics and the delegations arrival the first st

the last minute the state department says penn seen here sitting in front of north korean leader kim jong sr was willing to see her and other officials from pyongyang they were in south korea for the opening ceremony of the pyung chang games the tests are going to aim as more from seoul. this aborted meeting was two weeks in the making the cia learned that the north koreans wanted to meet with u.s. vice president mike pence while he was attending the opening ceremony of the pyung chang olympics it was slated to take place in seoul the following day at the presidential blue house the south koreans would act as an intermediary but only the united states and north koreans would be present two hours before that scheduled meeting the north koreans backed out they were apparently angry because earlier that week pence had said that the toughest round of economic sanctions has yet to come and that the united states would continue exerting maximum pressure on north korea to denuclearize he also said that he wouldn't allow quote north korean propaganda to conceal its human rights abuses north korea wa

so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not surprising so it's very big step in any case and one of. the plans behind this i mean yesterday he shows his new care potential and today we hear about his invitation how is it all facing together. well it's hard to say what kim jong un's motives are but certainly what is happening now is driving a wedge between south korea and the united states i mean we saw just last night at the opening ceremony vice president mike pence pretty much gave the cold shoulder to the north korean delegation. now with the pitot with the potential that president moon might be meeting with president trump's archenemy in pyongyang that certainly would make relations between seoul and washington would make them rocky. i mean how likely is it that south korean president and win accept the an invitation then. well according to his press secretary president moon did say that north's and south korea need to work out some conditions in the future to make that all happened so it was kind of vague but what came out

jong kim jong un sr with the world watching the olympics she will put a young telegenic face on the regime there is no denying the significance of her presence at the games given that kim jong is the first member of north korea's ruling family to ever visit the south but before falling under her spell western news outlets might have done some homework and considered her day job propaganda is what kim jong guts. as the head of north korea's department of propaganda and as a taishan. she does run a very important department that department make sure that north koreans have few if any real access to outside information that they remain in that dog and that department also does its best to restrict the flow of information out of north korea none of that was broached in reporting on. only the fact that she exuded a softer image that she smiled for the cameras that she looked modest and sincere. may be seen as a more propaganda show to make create more pitiful war loving images of north korea but from the viewpoint. that this is a very important political breakthrough given that she was the firs

so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not

pence team that the united states would use this as an opportunity to convey a face to face to kim jong sr the quote maximum pressure kind of policy that the united states plans to continue exerting on north korea unless it denuclearize is trump apparently took it very seriously that kim jong sr was in south korea it was historic as you might recall rob this was the first time a member of the ruling kim family had stepped foot on south korean soil the interesting thing of course this comes against the backdrop natasha of the the south korea's president has been invited to the north and yet to the north has pulled out of this meeting with the u.s. is there any indication from the about where the dynamics of the relationships in the region are going as a result of the. well this is you know is a very tricky geopolitical situation you have president moon who is pushing for engagement and is has said that any kind of dialogue with north korea going forward must also involve the united states bear in mind north korea likely cancel that meeting because it was upset that earlier that week pence h

and north korean leader kim jong un sr has arrived in south korea head of the winter olympics opening ceremony kim jong il is the first member of the north's ruling kim dynasty to ever visit the south and it's a diplomatic overture from the nuclear arms regime that's been met with mixed international reactions. you're watching g.w. news coming to you live from berlin we have more news for you at the top the hour and of course you can get all the latest news information around the clock on our web site at t w dot com thanks for watching. chico. take football personally. when. i see you don't know you champagne i love story in amsterdam he went from both leagues and try to make field at the same time maybe one day even though he reveals his future career in an exclusive interview. with. good morning. international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week after germany's longest political deadlock in post-war history a new governing coalition is finally taking shape can it deliver on its promises and how weak is chancellor merkel that's our topic this week on quadriga join

chang the two koreas march together and south korea's president shared a historic handshake with kim jong un sr amid a spirit of unity in fact kim sr is the first member of the north swilling dynasty to venture south since the korean war but is this rapid improvement in korean ties the beginning of a new era in relations or merely smoke and mirrors we will ask an expert in just a moment first this report. demonstrators outside the olympic stadium gave the north koreans a hostile reception they clashed with riot police and made their feelings towards the north known. reality. show you know what. we are we want to hold our own. north korea's olympic delegation mocked and historic first it included kim jong the youngest sister of leader kim jong un she's the first member of north korea's ruling dynasty to cross the border since the korean war south korean president moon j.n. well come to by extending the hunter friendship a sign of his high diplomatic ambitions for the games but not everyone was convinced that greeting the delegation with an open hand was the right approach. to be sure you. the pe

making it one of the largest ever border crossings between the two countries north korean leader kim jong sr is expected to attend the games on the north and south have agreed to march together under one flag at the opening ceremony seen as a sign of improving relations but while the north is on a charm offensive u.s. vice president mike pence who is also going to the games has had a very different message i'm announcing today that the united states of america will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on north korea ever we will continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign until north korea takes concrete steps toward complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. a disturbing video has surfaced online wine showing young children in libya staging a mock execution. let them. know that. oh oh oh. oh oh. oh oh oh. oh oh. now the boys in that clip are reportedly under the age of nine they're believed to be mimicking a real life mass execution of prisoners which happened in benghazi in january the gruesome footage of that incident has been circul

the north korean leader kim jong sr arrived in south korea on friday to attend the opening ceremony top south korean officials greeted her at the airport where she arrived on her brother's private jet in north korea kim jong is responsible for propaganda she's the first member of north korea's meeting formally to. the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. . when we watch south korea's president shook hands with north korea's ceremonial head of state after reception before the opening ceremony where the two koreas marched together under a single flag that decision was reached early last month a breakthrough talks initiated by the north well earlier a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches against a ban preventing them from competing failed the court of arbitration for sport secretary general announced the ruling with just hours to go before the games got underway the athletes lawyers have branded the decision sanctions in disguise just arbitrators of concert that the process. to establish an invitation list of russian athletes to compete. from russia woul

first meeting between korea's leaders in more than a decade now the invitation was delivered by kim jong sr was attending the winter olympics in south korea she is the first member of that north korea's ruling family to visit the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. she met with president moon for a three hour talks and the opening ceremony of the winter games also hinted at thawing ties between the two states with both teams marching together. and while media attention focused on the v.i.p. section at the opening ceremony it was revealed that not everyone was too happy about the unified korean team u.s. vice president mike pence made headlines after not standing up as the korean team marched to during the ceremony reports say he was one of only a few who remain seated and did not applaud pence later explained that he came to playing chang to cheer u.s. athletes but still the recent friendlier relations between the two koreas are widely seen as a breakthrough that's after the countries held their first talks in two years hong kong city universities chief joseph chang a political scienc

first meeting between the country's leaders in more than a decade the invitation was handed to by kim jong sr she's the first member of north korea's ruling family to visit the south since the one nine hundred fifty s. . russian hopes were dashed just hours before events got underway in south korea a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches against a doping related ban failed their lawyers branded the decision sanctions in disguise well this was the official announcement made by a sports highest court. just arbitrators of concert at the process created by the i.o.c. to establish an invitation list of russian athletes to compete. at least from russia could not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision so there you have it according to the court of arbitration for sport ridding the russian athletes of their olympic invitations isn't equal to punishment and cas is perfectly happy with the criteria that the i.o.c. initially shows for these invitations the president of the world anti-doping agency is pleased he says that the timing is great and tha

north korean leader kim jong un called on his military to be on the ready to repel quote invasive forces. much further south is trying to put its best foot forward sending kim jong sr of the north korean leader as part of their olympic delegation she'll be the first member of the north's ruling family to cross the demilitarized zone. the u.s. is response is also a mixed bag american vice president pence is meeting regional leaders ahead of the games he's already warned the u.s. is preparing more aggressive sanctions on the north and he promised korea's president that the u.s. wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. then allow me to do assure you. the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently. reverse of late abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. the world may be coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. oh i'm joined now by one is muslim with the graduate school of east asian studies at t

warming relations between the divided koreas north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korea's president to meet in pyongyang kim sr deliver the invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics if it comes off it would be the first meeting between leaders of the two countries in more than a decade. the two koreas united on the ice the combined korean women's hockey team marks of bust and then pick history. it follows another historic moment off the odds it's amazing and so kim jong un only see younger sister kim jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader the south korean president in to visit pyongyang she's visiting for the winter olympics the star player and the diplomatic gangs taking place alongside the sporting events. moon responded positively his spokesman said yeah no one in reply president moon expressed his will to make it happen by creating the right conditions in the future purchasers. it's not clear what those conditions are but south korea will have to navigate the tensions between its know the neighbor and its ally the u.s. which are at loggerheads over north korea's nuc

strong making it reportedly one of the largest border crossings between the two countries leader kim jong sr is also expected to attend to the games in the north and south have agreed to march together under one flag at the opening ceremony seems a sign of bowling relations but while the north is on a charm offensive u.s. vice president mike pence who's also going to the games has a very different message. i am announcing today that the united states of america will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on north korea ever we will continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign until north korea takes concrete steps toward complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. and new and safer exit policy is about speed don't just in the u.k. and is finding its first support across the channel french and pays belonging to a manual nick wrongs on last amazement not only back the idea but has reportedly been giving advice to the parties found this on t.v. so that the event scale has the data if this is would mean a brand new political party that's about

and kim jong sr invites the south korean president to visit north korea and the latest sign of him from relations between the two countries.

making it one of the largest ever border crossings between the two countries north korean leader kim jong sr is expected to attend the games on the north and south have agreed to launch together under one flag at the opening ceremony seen as a sign of improving relations but while the north is on the charm of offensive u.s. vice president mike pence who is also going to the games has a very different message. i'm announcing today that the united states of america will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on north korea ever we will continue to intensify our our maximum pressure campaign until north korea takes concrete steps toward complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. a disturbing video has surfaced online showing young children in libya staging a mock execution. was no. no. no. no one. was no no oh. well the boys in the clip our report today under the age of nine they appear to be mimicking a real life mass execution which happened in benghazi in january in that video which were unable to show you a gunman is seen shooting blindfolded pr

the south ahead of the winter olympics in q one chang leading the delegation is expected to be kim jong un sr and one of the largest peacetime crossings of the korean border a group of two hundred eighty north koreans travelled to the south on wednesday kim jong un says that kim jong il is expected to arrive empty on chinese soon but the real concern is over a north korean official listed in the u.n. travel ban more now from a diplomatic editor james bays who's at the united nations in new york. there's been a great deal of attention on the fact that kim jong un's sister is leading north korea's delegation to the winter olympics but the u.n. security council is actually more concerned about another name on the delegation list and that's choi who is a senior north korean party official and chair of the national sports guidance committee but the security council is concerned about him because he appears in one of their resolutions through june last year and he is under sanctions in that resolution for his role as the voice director of the propaganda and agitation department of north korea he's

the attention lovers dog kim jong un sr over the past twenty four hours and lied how little is known about north korea's most powerful woman kim jo jo is widely thought to be her brother's close just confidant off to the perry alongside him public events though she has a meteoric rise through the ranks of the ruling party and is a deputy director of his propaganda and agitation department it's thought she's played a central role in shaping our brother's public image but despite her influence as a woman she can never become a leader herself under the patriarchal traditions that underpin the north korean society very powerful is the director of the bread show craft center of international security i was a former national security council official under president george w. bush and barack obama joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us on the program sir. how much of a domestic success so far has president. overtures to north korea been in the light of the sort of joint team and the sister of the north korean leader arriving for the olympics. well i think this strengthen

particular north korean delegation is not getting quite the same reception as the one that had kim jong sr during the opening ceremonies south koreans were quote quite wild by her the reason is the man leading this delegation general kim used to be in charge of military intelligence and is believed to have waged numerous attacks against south korea most notably the sinking of a warship in twenty ten that killed forty six sailors and although he did not respond to questions from reporters asking him how he felt about that sinking north korea has denied involvement president moon jay in has asked koreans to look at the bigger picture look toward the future and understand that this man is likely the right man for this moment he is now in charge of south korean affairs he apparently has a say in the country's nuclear program and this is part of what president moon hopes will be an ongoing attempt toward peace on the peninsula and the rebooting of intercourse and relations also on that delegation martine is a senior diplomat in charge of united states affairs the u.s. and north korean delegatio

turn back to throughout the games how important do you think this diplomatic overture is to have kim jong un sr at the opening ceremonies. certainly there's some hope that kim jong il is bringing with her a message from her big brother. but of course not everything is worked out perhaps as president moon as hoped there had that he had arranged a dinner between some world leaders including kim jong un the rest of the north korean delegation as well as the american delegation led by vice president mike pence but according to reports here pence only stayed a very brief time at this reception it's unclear if he had any interaction at all with the north koreans so i think that someone pulled the rug out and to pull the carpet out from under president plans here but with so much attention being given to the north korean delegation are the hosts of the games concerned that the athletic competition is going to be overshadowed. unfortunately in almost any olympiad politics tend to overshadow the actual events and with north korea in the equation. as you mentioned these are two countries that are still a

pence team that the united states would use this as an opportunity to convey a face to face to kim jong un sr the quote maximum pressure kind of policy that the united states plans to continue exerting on north korea unless it denuclearize is bear in mind north korea likely cancel about meeting because it was upset that earlier that week pence had said that the toughest round of economic sanctions sanctions were coming to north korea said that he wouldn't allow the north korean propaganda to whitewash their murderous regime and he met with north korean defectors. well u.s. president donald trump has called for a ban on bomb stocks that's a device that allows a semiautomatic rifle to fire at the rate of a machine god. florida school shootings sparked renewed debate on gun control like and safety advocates say it's only the bare minimum of what the government should do to prevent mattia things i did to castro has more. the bomb stocks of deadly threat was witnessed in october when a gunman used them to rain down bullets on a crowd in las vegas killing fifty eight people the call to bamba stocks

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olympics the state department says pence seen here sitting in front of the north korean leader kim jong un sr was willing to see her and other officials from pyongyang the meeting would have been the first between senior officials from the two countries those are the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after the stream. news has never been more available but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife the listening post provides a critical counterpoint trying to bring mainstream when you do narrative at this time on al-jazeera. having ok and your in the stream today we're looking at the situation. the country facing economic collapse so we have a new austerity budget political tensions and many citizens are happy right now we are live on you tube you can send us your questions or comments and be part of the show too and imo they could be a lot of street protests in sudan have mostly been quiet and there's been a virtual.

century ago a member of north korea's ruling family is welcomed in the south the arrival of leader kim jong sr is fascinating many south koreans jiang has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean president moon j. in greeted her at the opening ceremony before she sat near u.s. vice president mike pence the two didn't appear to exchange greetings then the moment many had been waiting for north and south korean athletes marched under a unified flag as a celebration of ethnic nationalism it's the first time they've done that at an international sporting event in eleven years moon said the chain winter olympics offer a meaningful opportunity for a world divided by conflicts to unite critics say the north korean charm offensive is only intended to advance its agenda. decided to look nice for a vial of this option if you would use chance chances that president krom be authorizing me to take their ration bought as a program to ease that main fundamentals have not changed and i determined to have end of i.c.b.m. intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of delivering a n

kim jong un sr has invited south korea's president to a summit in the north korean capital. in suggests he'd be willing to go if conditions are right it would be the third meeting ever of the two koreas leader and. that's the latest from d.w. news will be back again at the top of the hour for an update in the meantime you can always get the latest information on our website that's had details leave dot com on there in every city and thanks for watching. what does a football loving country need to reach its goals. we'll tell you our german soccer made it back to the top. you know what special. dot com. football made in germany.

relations between the divided koreas northern korean leader kim jong un has invited south korea's president to meet in pyongyang kim jong un sr delivered the invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics the diplomatic thought comes despite an acceleration in the north's weapons programs last year and pressure from sols allies and washington. excited fans wait to greet the combined korean women's hockey team a first down and pick history and the coming together on the ice symbolizing hopes of woman relations between the south and its belligerent nor the neighbor was either. win or lose the result doesn't matter i hope they play their best and try their hardest in a show of unity the fans. so much this is a god given chance that we seventy million korean people can be of one mind to support the team from. cuba. those heights feasted by another historic moment off the ice meeting in seoul kim jong un's youngest sister kim jong delivered an invitation from the north korean leader for south korean president moon j. in to visit pyongyang it raises the prospect of the first meeting between both korean leaders for

gives north korea a wide berth at the winter olympics but there's a historic handshake between kim jong un sr and the president of south korea. tell them jim you want to know this is al jazeera live from london also coming up. we wish you well trump defends a former white house aide accused of domestic violence egypt launches a massive military operation that it says is targeting terrorists in sinai. and the space six rockets ahead of fears in russia that their legacy could be under threat . the u.s. vice president mike pence turned a cold shoulder to the sister of the north korean leader as the winter olympics got on the way chang but as nuclear tensions simmered side korea's leader did break the diplomatic ice shaking hands with kim jong il tasha game reports now from south korea. a step towards reconciliation for the first time since the korean war more than half a century ago a member of north korea's ruling family is welcomed in the south the arrival of leader kim jong un sr is fascinating many south koreans jiang has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean

century ago a member of north korea's ruling family is welcomed in the south the arrival of leader kim jong sr is fascinating many south koreans kim jiang has quickly become a power broker in another historic moment south korean president mungy in greeted her at the opening ceremony before she sat near u.s. vice president mike pence the two didn't appear to exchange greetings then the moment many had been waiting for the. north and south korean athletes marched under a unified flag as a celebration of ethnic nationalism it's the first time they've done that at an international sporting event in eleven years moon said the pyong chang winter olympics offer a meaningful opportunity for a world divided by conflicts to unite critics say the north korean charm offensive is only intended to advance its agenda and norsk any us decided to look nice for a vial of this option if you would use chance chances is that president krom view authorizing me to take a ration bot as a program of ease that made fundamentals have not changed. a deterrent to half of miss i.c.b.m. intercontinental ballistic missiles c

kim jong un sr has invited south korea's president to a summit in the north korean capital in suggests he'd be willing to go is the conditions are right it would be the third meeting ever of the two koreas either. you're up to date now on news we back again at the top of the hour in the meantime you can always have find the latest news and information on our web site that's at w dot com american evans dean.