kim jong-un wants to prove that his impoverished state is willing to endure actions and endless hardshipsder to continue building weapons. donald trump and kim jong-un met three times, but no deal was reached. it is not yet clear what plans the biden administration will have. as the parade continued, it is clear that propaganda is aimed at north koreans, too they are told whatever the suffering, the show of strength will go on. laura becker, bbc news, soul -- seoul. laura: if you need distract from the troubles of the world, here is an idea. it is one of the oldest tricks in the book. sawing someone in half. it marks 100 years since a magician perform the illusion. reporter: here we go. michael j fitch who is, this weekend, one of many magicians taking part in a global online celebration of a magical moment. >> whenever anyone says you are a magician, the first line we hear every day is, can you saw my wife and half or can you saw my husband and half -- in half? that illusion has stuck in everyone's mind. ladies and gentlemen, my wife. reporter: this is the man that created the illusion.

state media described it as "the world's most powerful w e apon" the north korean leader kim jong—unhead. 0ur seoul correspondent, laura bickerjoins me now. laura, good to see you. do we know about this missile? help? know about this missile? new ear and know about this missile? new year and new _ know about this missile? new year and new missiles - know about this missile? ii? year and new missiles for north korea. this parade came at the end of a rare party conference, first that has been held in five it has gone on for a days. we knew the parade was on the way and we could see it are some of the rehearsals indeed from satellite images and indeedin from satellite images and indeed in the last 2a hours north korea has held this parade and showing off new military hardware. what do we know? 0nly military hardware. what do we know? only from this still images over and speaking to analysts, they are saying not only do they have new submarine launched listing missiles, they appear to have new short—range ballistic missiles and why is this important? it appears the technology is changing

context here this is a very high neutral statement from the leader of north korea what's pushed kim jong un to do it. well so in fact kim jong un has been relatively forthcoming about the problems in the economy over the past 2 years he's frequently criticized officials for 4 months and apologized several times for people suffering so it's not that unusual really but i mean what is the situation or 3 is there now it's extremely dire ways as your report mentioned both sanctions and to the border closure by the north korean authorities due to cover 19 so they are in a very very tight spot for sure and there's very little that kim jong un can do but really admit that that's really the key question is it's like it's not so much this is a situation that they're not apologising is one thing but doing something about it is quite another but is there anything that on the government can actually do given the structure of the country give it covert 19 whatever the impact it's having inside north korea because really we don't know. now and it's very very hard to say i mean in the short run what the go

the kim jong silk silk spending male named after kim jong un's grandmother a model factory $1600.00 workers are employed here most of them women they sought process and boil the cocoons of the silkworms to obtain the precious young. this open arms come from a province south of pyongyang about 200 tons of silk are produced here every year. a luxury product expensive and labor intensive the factories entire production is intended for export abroad but the supervisors are unwilling to disclose who the foreign customers are. i'm not sure anymore who suffers under the sanctions. it's a hassle i'm sure for those koreans but i do find ways around that one of the problems is that neither thai the nor russia. is helping in forcing the sanctions romans or underscores that it's and. i don't see that here once you're not on and on the. ground when jet hit them he saw you during the day one totally doesn't believe she waited until my and the very moment. we've all madonna is going to get him for missing mom with him number more you don't moment you mumble cause you really. gave her head so i could come.

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kim jong—un taringa congress has also made it clear that he has vowed to continue to build nuclear weaponsng—un had said in the congress. that is kind of scene in the peninsula is throwing the gauntlet to new us presidentjoe biden to say, look, this is what we are prepared to do. perhaps try and stop us? prepared to do. perhaps try and sto us? . . prepared to do. perhaps try and sto us? ., ., �* stop us? laura bicker insole, thank you — stop us? laura bicker insole, thank you very _ stop us? laura bicker insole, thank you very much. - it is emerged that huawei has patented a system to pick out we got minorities from other pedestrians. meanwhile, britain and canada accused china of human rights violations and "barbarism" against its uighur minority — and announced new rules to ban imports of goods suspected of being made using forced labour. 0ur correspondent in beijing, john sudworth, explains. it is already being met with a furious response from china, one official describing it as baseless. and it may well become to be seen here as the moment when the so—called golden era, launched just

glad you could join us north korean dictator kim jong un has given himself the title of general secretary of the country's ruling party now we are not much for titles but in north korea they mean quite a lot for kim taking on a title last used by his father kim jong il is a way to consolidate his authority in the one party state this at a time when the economy is suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic and continuing u.s. led sanctions sanctions that the country. would want to see the back of but not at the cost of its nuclear weapons and australia's kim jong un has pledged to expand white again taking aim at the united states during an ongoing party conference this is what he have to say what. i caught our foreign political activities should be focused and redirected on subduing the us our biggest enemy and main obstacle to our innovated development on court and for more on what this means i'm joined by a german came correspondent at n.p.r. news incirlik south korea and can use a website focus only on reporting and lazing news from north korea germany welcome north korean antagonism to

kim jong un takes on a new position with his wife goes off to put sticks to his guns when it comes to the united states he calls it not. korea's biggest enemy so what do his words mean for tensions on the korean peninsula plus. meet india's 14 year old inventor determined to find simple solutions to pressing environmental problems. using their phones to find new meaning in life for the pandemic. i'm british welcome to. glad you could join us north korean dictator kim jong un has given himself the title of general secretary of the country's ruling workers' party now we are not much for titles but in north korea they mean quite a lot for kim taking on a title last used by his father kim jong il is a way to consolidate his authority in the one party state this at a time when the economy is suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic and continuing u.s. led sanctions sanctions that the country would want to see the back off but not at the cost of its nuclear weapons and. has pledged to expand again taking aim at the united states during an ongoing party conference this is what he had to say

but we'll have the weather out for you next and then kim jong un says the u.s. remains his country's biggest enemy after joe biden called north korea's leader a thug. in the presidential election in central african republic last month was supposed to bring stability instead it's triggered mass displacements we'll tell you why. it's time for the perfect. sponsored player qatar airways. as an end in sight the persistent snow is still going to be falling on sunday but the wind is easing if you look at the temperature regime and its way up against not quite as really cold is it was so represents a change slows or it is going from minus 2 to 0 the average is 2 so we get to watch it snow may well fall needing a sunday but then it looks fine the sun is out by tuesday but that cold house gone further south and in hong kong we're not going to quickly see a change you get to 15 by cheese day but it's windy by that time the wind is not particularly warm 19 is your average so we're well below average this is for hong kong for the whole or china it's really cold and it shoul

kim jong-un said president trump established the new u.s. north korea relations. em and this is big, perhaps kim jong-un wants any new relations with president-elect biden on his own very tough terms. back to you. >> bill: thanks, greg. want to bring in gordon change, author. good day to you. let's start with north korea. the world's most powerful weapon. what do we know about it? >> it's a submarine ballistic missile. north korea's first of those types of missiles, august 6, 2016, looks liked china's jl-1 missile. something that has been observed around the world. the question is, how did north korea develop the chinese looking missile? the least likely explanation is they did it on their own. these guys happen help, had help from china. >> you remember four years ago when. trump came in to office and chairman kim was tending icbms. that went or for some time. now how will he tell joe biden? >> i have a bad track record trying to predict what kim jong-un does. i think he probably will launch a missile or two this year. but you know, the political calculations in p

north korean leader kim jong un says the united states is his country's biggest enemy and expand his nuclear arsenal can said the u.s. must withdraw its hostile policy toward north korea if it wants to stablish new relations of a broader ports from some. north korean leader kim jong un's extensive reports in the opening days of this ruling party congress has mostly concentrated on his country's claimed achievements in the 5 years since the last congress. but he referred again to the economic failings he admitted at the beginning of this gathering the result of isolation from international sanctions and the global pandemic. as always because the situation is bad and warranted and. so denying would be. meaningless as a counter to such negative views kim was able to highlight big advances in his nuclear arsenal he referred to new missile development such as in submarine launched weapon technology and a new long range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering multiple warheads with greater accuracy kim jong un also spoke about the need for the testing of new weapons openin

and a rare admission from the north korean leader kim jong un the knowledge is his economic policies have failed and says the country has learned painful lessons those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went on sponsored point qatar airways this wintry weather is significantly dangerous strong winds and snow developing over the sea of japan the sea hitting home shoe and hawk down a metre to snow like the art of what's already there the avalanche risk will be high and anyway most people get to be snowed in to be honest if you're facing the coast is getting progressively colder in tokyo it's pretty cold elsewhere stowe has caught the western edge of south korea it might do the same again if you insult your high temperatures minus 10 for both thursday and friday it's subzero in shanghai and is dropping down to a hari of 13 in hong kong it's a really cold or significant weather likely to be in japan snow's been the story up in kashmir as well and this disturbance in the atmosphere is given a bit more moisture which is not good news low level weather in russi

and kim jong un says the u.s. is his country's biggest enemy and should drop its hostile policy is to improve relations. donald trump's personal twitter account has been permanently suspended comes after his supporters stormed the u.s. capitol on wednesday leaving 5 people dead the u.s. president used his account to express his personal views often controversially as well as to announce major policy decisions well a social media platform is citing the risk of further incitement of violence by the president related to the upcoming inauguration it also gave examples of times trump's post that sparked an incendiary response by his supporters meanwhile a group of democrats as drafted formal charges of misconduct to be presented next week it could mean trump becomes the 1st ever u.s. president to be impeached twice president elect joe biden has refused to say with a he'd support any move to impeach donald trump. he is not fit to serve he is not fit to serve is one of the most incompetent presidents in the history of th

kim jong un says the u.s. remains his country's biggest enemy after joe biden called north korea's leader the thug. and coping through creativity after years of civil war and now a pandemic libyan artists are finding a way to heal. it has permanently expanded u.s. president donald trump's account citing a risk of fueling further violence this is trying faces the possibility of a 2nd impeachment all prompted by that attack on capitol hill by a mob of the president's supporters elizondo reports from washington d.c. . there will be no more tweets from donald trump twitter on friday night suspending his account permanently saying the decision was taken due to the risk of further incitement of violence trump had 88000000 followers and said he used his account to go around the mainstream media to get his message out but he was increasingly tweeting or re tweeting misleading or false information sometimes even disproven conspiracy theories this is a very big deal i will say it's had a sense of inevitability remember

rare admission north korean leader kim jong un speaks of policy failures while addressing his ruling party for the 1st time in 5 years. or. so hong kong police have reportedly arrested at least 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists and it is because crackdown against the opposition since china imposed a national security law in the city last year this video shows a former democratic party politician being taken from his home by offices of the group or accused of subversion for taking part in an official election primaries in july china declared the polls illegal and warned the 600000 people who cast ballots that they had broken the law for more on this let's cross live today jim brown in hong kong adrian how significant are these arrests potentially. well nick i think it's pretty significant i think to many people it will raise concerns that hong kong is taking an increasingly or thorough tarion turn now we don't know why these arrests of happened now the timing for these arrests but they include former legislators as well as political activists there their crime seems to have b

glad you could join us north korean dictator kim jong un has given himself the thoughtful general secretary of the country's ruling party now not much for titles but in north korea they mean quite a lot for kim taking on a title last used by his father kim jong il is a way to consolidate his authority in the one party state this at a time when the economy is suffering due to the cut on a lot of spam demick and continuing u.s. led sanctions sanctions that the country would want. to see the back of but not at the cost of its nuclear weapons and australia's kim jong un has pledged to expand wide again taking aim at the united states during an ongoing party conference this is what he had to say well. i caught our foreign political activities should be focused and redirect on subduing the us our biggest enemy and made obstacle to our innovated development on court. and for more on what this means i'm joined by a german came correspondent at n.p.r. news and sir on the south korea and can use is a website focus only on reporting and lazing news from north korea germany welcome north korean antagon

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north korean leader kim jong un has been named general secretary of the willing workers party the title was held by both his father and grandfather it's being seen as a symbolic step meant to boost kim's authority as the isolated country faces new economic problems. kurdistan's former interim president assad. has won a landslide victory at the central asian country's presidential election official results show that he wanted most 80 percent of the vote it comes free months after supporters released him from prison during violent protest that saw his predecessor resign. several 1000 people have rallied against coronavirus restrictions in the czech capital prague they say that the closure of restaurants hotels and other businesses has weighed on the economy and triggered a rise in unemployment and poverty the demonstrators are largely did not wear face masks or abide by social distancing roles. an estimated 6600000 syrian refugees are living outside of their country's borders after years of civil war many facing a grim winter and makeshift accommodation around the middle east and europe t

state media described it as "the world's most powerful the north korean leader kim jong—un watched thejoins me now. mr kim has been busy, pledging to expand the military potential, quite a show of strength in 2021. is this a sign of more to come? i think anal sts sign of more to come? i think analysts are _ sign of more to come? i think analysts are wondering - sign of more to come? i think| analysts are wondering exactly what else he has in store 2021. a new year and new weapons already on display after this rare party conference, where as you said kimjong—un rare party conference, where as you said kim jong—un vowed and pledged that his country would build more nuclear weapons and expand their nuclear capabilities. this does seem to be interesting timing indeed. just one week before a new us president, joe biden, will take office and many analysts believe both the party congress timing and this parade timing may be aimed at kind of sending a message to the united states. first of all, sanctions will not kowtow us, we will not be bowed by strict international sanctions. and second, we

military parade in pyongyang the display of follows the ruling congress party where the leader kim jong un vowed to expand his country's nuclear arsenal he also described the u.s. as north korea's biggest enemy robert bride is in seoul with more on the message behind his new military display. this does seem to be a departure by north korea for the past few years there's been very little evidence of north korea's developing nuclear arsenal while we've had this period of summit diplomacy but this does seem to be north korea saying by the way we have nuclear weapons or did you forget we saw in a big parade back in october again of the display of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile according to the north koreans which he hadn't seen before and also an s.l.b.m. one of these submarine launched ballistic missiles now in this latest parade this is according to the north koreans an updated version on that new s.l.b.m. so this is of a concern to united states and its allies because it does add a completely new dimension to the nuclear threat from north korea in s.l.b.m. means that you k

get attention from washington to restart negotiations with the united states in recent speeches kim jong un has made it clear he intends to push ahead. for the development of his nuclear arsenal that doesn't necessarily put him on a collision course with the u.s. i will return to the acrimonious relations of the past but it does confirm the compilation we needed but the recent period of face to face summit miles is officially over almost cried out there so. the u.s. says it has met its goal of reducing its number of troops in afghanistan to 2500 by this month despite an all bearing it congress passed new measures measures 2 weeks ago prohibiting the move that was promised by donald trump now with uncertainty over peace talks and an increase in violence some fear the drawback could further destabilize afghanistan feel contra for the reports from kabul. it's america's longest war longer even than vietnam but it could now be approaching an end for afghanistan however it could just be the beginning of even more uncertain times the pullout of u.s. troops has raised fears that without a peace dea

it has been a big week for kim jong—un.fying his place in power, he also vowed to build new nuclear weapons. his army stands ready, their shouts of hurray rising into the frigid air. 0n command, they march in perfect unison. mistakes are not tolerated here. unit by unit, they parade past their leader. ensuring they show their adoration. and it appears kim jong—un wanted to send a message of his own. he has a new missile. this is thought to be a ballistic missile capable of being launched from a submarine. there were also new, smaller, tactical weapons on show, just a week beforejoe biden becomes the new us president. it's clearly a challenge. kim jong—un wants to prove that his impoverished state is willing to endure strict sanctions and endless hardships in order to continue building weapons. donald trump and kimjong—un met three times, but no deal was reached on north korea's nuclear arsenal. it is not yet clear what plans the biden administration will have for pyongyang. as the parade continued and necks craned to the sk

leaders made a rare admission of failure speaking during the country's largest political event kim jong un said its economic plan had failed significantly and acknowledged painful lessons have been learned but macbride reports from seoul in south korea. a rarely held event it is normally the propaganda set piece for the ruling workers' party of korea to trumpet its achievements but in his opening address north korea's leader kim jong un admitted his country has failed economically going through what he called the worst of the worst organ injury entry in the country's 5 year economic development plan finished last year and we fell short of our goal significantly in almost every sector already facing international sanctions the country has virtually sealed itself off from the outside world during the global pandemic it suffered further during typhoons and flooding over the summer that damaged infrastructure and crops. and the end of the trumpet ministration means the end of the road for the unprecedented period of summit diplomacy with the united states in october north korea put on an impre

north korean leader kim jong un says the united states is his country's biggest enemy and is threatening to expand his nuclear arsenal and that the comments of the ruling party congress can set the u.s. off the drawer its hostile policy toward north korea if it wants to establish new relations from a private following this for us from salt. there has been an awful lot of talk about the developing nuclear program of course the last few years with all of this summit diplomacy that's been going on between north korea south korea and the united states we have played down from north korea any talk of the development of nuclear weapons well latin it now seems to be in the past because we've had very detailed sections about where the nuclear strategy is up to in north korea and the takeaway seems to be from kim jong un that nuclear weapons remain as far as north korea is concerned they key to its survival its development of nuclear weapons is very much into linked with developments in its relationship with with washington and it does seem to indicate possibly a return to the old ways the old ac

that we have heard about the achievements of north korea but in an incredible opening address by kim jong un he has made admissions that in nearly every aspect of economic policy the 5 current 5 year plan basically has fallen short has basically failed saying that north korea has been through the worst of the worst which is a pretty incredible admission and it does illustrate just of the economic dire economic. position that north korea finds itself in at the moment you've had this the normal sanctions that it faces from the international community compounded by the whole pandemic of the past year where basically north korea has pretty much sealed itself off from the outside world which is seen devastating impact on its economy and then of course over the past summer you have had these devastating storms 2 typhoons back to back to rancho rains with the impacted agriculture and also infrastructure so it has been admission of just the the problems that north korea faces at the moment what we're also waiting to see is this as this party gathering proceeds over the next few days is the policy th

missiles at a military parade in pyongyang the display follows the ruling party congress leader kim jong un described the u.s. as the country's biggest enemy now the parade and party meeting are being seen as a show of strength aimed at the incoming biden administration bride has been monitoring events force from seoul in south korea let's just begin with what's been on show besides a show of strength. that's right this does seem to be a departure by north korea for the past few years there's been very little evidence of new north korea's developing nuclear arsenal while we've had this period of summit diplomacy but this does seem to be north korea saying by the way we have nuclear weapons or did you forget we saw in a big parade back in october again the display of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile according to the north koreans which he hadn't seen before and also in s.l.b.m. one of these submarine launched ballistic missiles now in this latest paraded this is according to the north koreans an updated version on that new s.l.b.m. so this is of a concern to the united states

also a rare admission north korean leader kim jong un acknowledges that his economic policies failed and says the country has learned painful lessons also. that is where this was in its new parliament which seized control of the national assembly returned to the ruling party and leads the opposition out in the cold. into the program we begin with breaking news coming out of the us where democrats are close to winning full control of the federal government in a closely fought runoff race in georgia democrat raphael warnock has won a senate seat beating the incumbent senator kelly last he's making history by becoming the 1st black senator from the state. senate to work for all of georgia. no matter who you care sure go for in this election in this moment in american history. washington has a choice to make in fact all of us have a choice to make. will we continue to devour that. distract and this other one another or will we love our neighbors as we love ourselves and then the other and all friends democrat jon all salt holds a slim lead over david perdue but it's still too close to ca

and in a rare admission north korean leader kim jong un acknowledges that his economic policies have failed and says the country has learned in full lessons also. but is weightless words in its new parliament which seize control of the national assembly return to the ruling party and leaves the opposition out in the cold. to the program we start in the united states where democrats are close to taking control of the entire federal government and one of the senate runoff said the state of georgia democrats raphael warnock has beaten republican incumbent kelly loffler and in the other race the democratic challenger has a slim lead elevation has more from atlanta. the results so close the stakes so high but for the democrats raphael warnock claiming a far speck 3 defeating kelly loeffler so i come before you tonight as a man who knows that the improbable journey that led me to this place in this historic moment in america. could only happen here. we were told that we couldn't when the selection. but tonight we proved that with hope hard work. and the people by our side. in the thing. is

let's turn our attention to other world news now and north korea's leader kim jong un says the united states is his country's biggest enemy and as threaten to expand his nuclear arsenal he made the comments at a meeting of the ruling party congress kim said the u.s. must withdraw its hostile policy towards north korea if it wants to establish new relations let's bring in rob mcbride who is in seoul for is so north korea talked about its achievements and new goals for its nuclear weapons during this speech tell us more about this. that's right this is kim jong un delivering a very detailed report going over a number of days that this congress has been meeting in pyongyang a lot of it is being concerned with domestic issues the handling of the economy economic policies some of the achievements of the workers' party of korea but also some of the shortfalls of economic policy and some lessons to be learned of course north korea as we know is facing myriad problems from ongoing sanctions in impacted also by 19 but for many north korea watchers it's more the strategic issues to achieve goal

also a rare admission north korean leader kim jong un and knowledge is that his economic policies have failed and says the country has learned painful lessons also. venezuela swears in the new parliament which seize control of the national assembly returned to the ruling party and leaves the opposition out in the cold. welcome to the program police in hong kong have arrested at least 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists an early morning raids it's the biggest crackdown under the controversial national security law which china imposed last year now this video shows a former democratic party politician being taken from his home those detained are accused aabs of version for taking part in unofficial election primaries in july china declared the polls illegal and warned that the 600000 people who voted broke the law let's get more on this war correspondent adrian brown who's live for us in hong kong and adrian just talk us through the events of wednesday morning. well this police sweep began early on wednesday morning raids were carried out of more than 50 addresses across hong kong

the regime has made there is very very little to do and i will be very interesting to see what kim jong un will propose or what he'll announce because they are scheduled to announce a new 5 year plan and given the current situation the they're going to be very creative create anything as often as them through the. headlines on al-jazeera donald trump supporters are gathering right now in washington d.c. the demonstrators back the president's unproven claims the november poll was fraudulent trump has praised the protests and promised to appear later at the so-called march to save america meanwhile a joint session of congress is meeting in the coming hours to formally certify joe biden as the next u.s. president dozens of republicans have.

north korean leader kim jong un says the united states is his country's biggest enemy he's threatening now to expand his nuclear arsenal kim said the u.s. must withdraw its hostile policy if it wants to establish new relations problem by reports from seoul. north korean leader kim jong un's extensive reports in the opening days of this ruling party congress has mostly concentrated on his country's claimed achievements in the 5 years since the last congress. but he referred again to the economic failings he admitted at the beginning of this gathering the result of isolation from international sanctions and the global pandemic not say as always because the situation is bad and. so denying probably means as a counter to such negative views kim was able to highlight big advances in his nuclear arsenal he referred to new missile development such as in submarine launched weapon technology and a new longer range intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering multiple warheads with greater accuracy kim jong un also spoke about the need for the testing of new weapons opening up the po

defectors say that bureau 39 is directly controlled by kim jong un and manages the leadership secret accounts the so-called palace economy. but where in pyongyang is bureau 39 locate it. and how many millions flowed into its coffers. when we asked the north korean official he and his translator pretend not to know. this is the day we hear his reasons. those years. since the theme of the. bureau 39 is one of the best kept secrets of the kim regime only north koreans who've escaped can talk about it openly. at a secret location we meet a man who used to work for bureau 39 he was based in china his task smuggling foreign currency. then he escaped. his position was so important that today the north korean regime threatens to kill him this is why he had plastic surgery to alter his face even so he only wants to be filmed from behind zip car journeys home 'd. orders or it is a senior albeit there's a war or the world war on the ground 0 and here's a. look there's a corny iran or dorian is a popular history dr. gronow was you know will weed out war. hero just write your own little. awards y

i feel like xi jinping doesn't control kim jong-un. the pressure campaign that h.r. and his staff designed put a lot, a lot of incentives to put more pressure on cam but i think it was like pulling teeth. it's not something they wanted to do but in and of itself after so many years of the source of talks what we realized is china and our interest actually don't really a line. we would like them to. the only time that i live is when china sees the alternative which is immense pressure from the united states on china as something much worse than living with the status quo. that's a very hard policy to sustain. >> h.r.? >> i think we have a north korea strategy and china has a your strategy. they do at how they can use the north korea problem set to push us out of northeast asia as the first step in isolating their main regional rival, japan. they see the nuclear and missile programs primarily through that lens. we did at some initial success with reframing it with chinese counterparts and trying to convince them this is not in china's interest from both great that the

and labor mission from the north korean leader kim jong un and the knowledge of his economic policies failed and says the country has learned painful lessons. one day after gulf leaders announced an end to the cartel blockade many questions remain. the sports at the cleveland browns playoff hopes suffered blown up to reaching the postseason for the 1st time in 18 years finally the team including the head coach test positive for can't get 19. but he's an on call have arrested more than 50 pro-democracy politicians and activists in early morning raids it's the biggest crackdown so far under the controversial national security law which china imposed last year beijing declared the polls illegal under war and that the 600000 people who voted broke the law we begin our coverage with adrian brown in hong kong. form a legislator lam choking didn't seem surprised when police came knocking at his front door early on wednesday morning they tell him he's suspected of violating the new national security law a scene played out of more than 50 other addresses in hong kong the drama was recorded by

. >> trace: north korean leader kim jong un the secretary of the union's party taking the title from dent xi being congratulated the dictator on his election. he serves as the largest trade partner and one of the closest allies. >> sandra: already testing incoming biden administration threatening to expand the nuclear weapons program and warning that future relations between the two nations and from without the u.s. dials back its hostile policy. the retired four costar general and the institute of study of war, and strategic analyst peer general, thank you for being here. i will put the wall street general headline, kim jong un said the u.s. biggest enemy lengthy remarks pyongyang did not mention president-elect biden by name, but he said this, kim jong un whoever takes office in the u.s. basic nature and hostile policy will never change. what does that tell you about how kim jong un will apply strategy with the biden administration? >> certainly he looks at this as an opportunity with a new administration coming in. and this rhetoric is delivered certainly with president biden elect

. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un says his country is building new nuke ler weapons and the searchor a nuclear powered submarine is now complete. he calls the united states his nation's greatest enemy and says pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons to deter the u.s. will be pushed forward without interruption. paula hancocks is standing by with more on this. hi. what can you tell us about this? >> we had an insight into the foreign policy, the military goals of north korea coming forward. and in this very important party congress for them, we did hear from kim jong-un talking about the u.s. as the biggest enemy. also pointing out that whoever is in the white house, not mentioning biden by name, we still haven't heard him mention president-elect biden by name since he won the election, but saying whoever is in the white house, they will be anti-north korea as far as he's concerned saying that they have to change their hostile policy. what we did hear a lot about is the military goals that north korea has at this point. we heard about the nuclear powered submarine that they have