saturday in pyongyang, north korea. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> and let's begin with the breaking news with the stock market plummeting once again here in the united states. today you can see what the dow is doing. down triple digits once again. yesterday the plunge was nearly 400 points. let's go to, no, our business correspondent, the host of "quest means business," richard quest, is standing by. richard, what are the latest numbers? what's going on? >> the latest numbers are grim, they are red and they show the dow, as you see, off some 2%, more than 350 points. and if this holds for the rest of the session for the next three hours then it will be the second day in a row that the dow has lost more than 350 points. the reason can be put very neatly into two categories -- firstly, what is going on with china, how bad is the economic situation there? is there economy under control and secondly how this is spilling into the rest of the world. the question of global

south korea will strongly retaliate if there is additional provocation from north korea and south korea is expecting there will be. north korea is very, very angry that south korea has restarted the campaign of psychological warfare, using the propaganda speakers along the border. north korea, as we know, likes to tightly control the message it gives citizens and with south korea broadcasting its own messages. north korea threatening to blow up the speakers. it's culminated the tensions that seem to be getting worse as the deadline approaches and, of course, as we know, this is happening as the united states and south korea hold joint military exercises, something else that makes them extremely angry. >> thank you so much for that. the u.s., as kathy mentioned is monitoring the conflict between the nations. let's get to barbara starr who has the latest for us in washington. barbara, good morning. >> good morning, michaela. the pentagon is going to continue the exercises with south korea in a number of nations in the region. the exercises designed to send a message north that the u.s. an

that beijing thought korea with sign on -- korea would sign on in the first place. i think that the korean bitrnment has been a little in cautious about allowing park's good relationship with xi jinping, which is a good thing, but i think they have been a little bit incautious about letting china creating a rigid order region, the natural of the future will be a continental system that korea is moving towards. i don't believe that's true and i don't believe that his korea's position, but i know a lot of people who do. i think it would be disastrous for president park to go to the parade and i don't think she will. of the reasons evans very eloquently explained. i think it's risky for her to go. i think it's better to go after than before because then you know what happened in the parade and you can put it in -- context . if she does ity in a trilateral. , it is a positive thing to have a summit in china around then and participate in the commemoration of the end of the war. it is axially risky for him because the foreign ministry -- it's extremely risky for him beca

north korea threatening war. exchanging fire with south korea. ordering troops to be ready. >>> jeb bush launching attacks against donald trump. >>> president obama laying out his case for the nuclear deal in the op-ed this morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's begin now with the breaking news this morning. g kim jong-un is opening up a war time state after the exchange of fire with south korea over the demilitarized zone. kathy novak has the latest for us. tensions running high here. >> reporter: absolutely, christine. strong rhetoric. the couple try ntry is edging c the brink of war. kim jong-un ordered the army to be ready to launch attacks. this as the united states and south korea is in training missions here. what is happening is this is coming with the combination of the fact that south korea for the first team in more than a decade relaunched the program of psychological warfare. it has been broadcasting messages along the border. on the weekend, pyongyang was threatening to blow up th

, germany is gone and why does north korea exists and it's a poorer version of south korea right thereno reason not to be unit if ied and they need to gin up the crisis and driven by north korea provocation and 2010 when they sank the ship for example and all this is necessary for north korea to justify to itself and the people and why the people are more poorer than the fellow koreans that live the south and they need these things and why they come up every couple of years. >> do these provocations then from the north simply show up their weaknesses rather than their strengths, do you think? >> i'm not sure. north korea is actually fairly strong. they would lose the war of course but north korea has a very large military, the north largest man power in the world and would actually put up a fight. i think the issue more is regime justification, they need to explain to their people why their ideology never finishes. why korea is never unified despite seven years of talking like this and why are they living a third world lifestyle and they have known for 20 years that south korea is much

korea and south korea got together and said okay, we will not send propaganda to north korea said okay we won't blow you up. satellite. >> -- [inaudible] >> so i don't, i don't know if north korea has specifically mentioned napci. they have responded, not well. they have called for a number of quite vile things. i won't repeat it since we are on c-span. but i think the suffice to say like you said, the last few days here in the agreement with progress, yes, and the right to kind of snickered because that's the love of progress between the two koreas right now, that you just admit that it's bad that someone got their legs blown off, and in return we will turn off our loudspeakers. the level of cooperation between the two is very low. it was little under the previous administration, too. [inaudible] >> and if you is states hands off i'm sure they will get together spent i personally am not convinced of that. north korea is the way they are because of their leadership. in my opinion. yes, the u.s. had a role in the way the peninsula was divided and set up by the north korean leadership ma

north korea fired a rocket into south korea.hey have nuclear weapons now in north korea, and this is another very concerning reality. and so we're waiting to see what the north koreans do next in this standoff. >> and the kim jong-un, the leader of north korea, the young leader, is very unpredictable. his father was at least a little bit more predictable in these kinds of situations. when you say north korea has dug tunnels under the dmz that go into south korea and they would move troops that way, is that what you're saying? >> right, they can move troops through those tunnels. i also had the opportunity some years ago with the south korean delegation to go into there, and when you look at the way on the north korean side, from all of the artillery pieces and the tanks and the missiles, the katyusha rockets, they have that so militarized up there, that they can unleash quite a sea, as they call it, a sea of fire onto the south. you pointed out that the south korean capital of seoul is close to the border. so our hope is that th

kcna was referring to north korea for many many years, the republican of north korea. they said today, never to be pardoned are the south korea puppet group of traitors busy with igniting a war of aggression while swimming against unanimous desire of -- >> we see this buildup again at the lines and hear how long they've been negotiating. what do we know could be the issues on the table? >> reporter: what we were told yesterday was very brief from the south korean side and the briefing they gave journalists. i talked about the importance of the people who are in that room, including this man who is very close to kim jong un. but the other people who are there are the unification minister from south korea. these are people who talk broadly on the problems that are always plaguing this peninsula and the relationship between north and south korea. not just the line mines, not just the propaganda speaks, but big issues such as family reunions, such as the sanctions against north korea that makes pyongyang very angry. now that all of these people are finally in a room talkin

reports is korea firing artillery rounds into into north korea towards the source of an incoming project file near the north korean border. we will have the latest on this breaking news story for you. breaking this morning after falling for six year lows yesterday come the crude oil prices under pressure again this morning heading closer to the $40 a barrel mark. checking in on crude futures, right now they are lower and are lower in asia we are watching stock trading to the downside. china stocks suffered more losses at the shanghai composite only 3.5%. in europe community trading revealing stuff races are also under pressure. all lower at 5:00 a.m. eastern. u.s. stock futures headed the opening bow. dow futures continuously telling us we work our way to the opening battle. dow futures updating endpoints, s&p down time. breaking overnight ,-com,-com,-comma police and st. louis fired tear gas and arrested nine people as protest turned violent over the shootings of amendment or mean. we will have the latest details on that. donald trump and jay bush take off the gloves at the doing town h

half of the hut is technically within north korea and half within south korea.tly where the talks will be taking place, but both sides have come in from -- they both have doors into the huts and come and sit dun at a table in the middle and talk. both sides are going to have things they are asking for. the north is going to want the loud speakers off and the south is going to want accountability for the land mine explosions that almost killed two of their soldiers. if they are willing to come up with a compromise, the situation could diffuse. if not, itescalate. >> we'll continue to monitor the situation there. we'll have a live report from the dmz a little later as the talks between north and south korea continue as they are set to begin. that's coming up in less than half an hour right here on cnn. >>> you're watching "cnn newsroom." we're tracking two major typhoons in the pacific ocean. we'll tell you where they are headed. >>> plus rose pe talls and a horse drawn carriage. why this funeral sparked outrage. shopping online... ...is as easy as it gets. wouldn

. >>> south korea's red cross asked north korea to consider talks on family reunions.they want them to take place ata week before a national holiday. the issue was discussed last week during talks to deescalate tensions between the two countries. hundreds of families have been separated since the end of the korean war. the last reunion happened in north korea in 2014. meanwhile, south korea and the u.s. wrapped up its biggest joint military drill. robert kelley is a professor of political science. joins me via skype. good to have you with us. talk us through these drills between south korea and the u.s.? what's the aim? >> every year the united states and south korea cooperate on a series of drills designed to ensure the interop meraabilityty should there be some kind of war contingency. the north koreans argue they are a practice for invasion. the north koreans protest them routinely. >> is center any truth behind north korea's claims? is there some sort of invasion plan? >> there have been discussions for a long time about what to do if north korea collapses. that wo

all eyes on north korea. but trying to figure out what the difference is between the rhetoric, the political theater, if you will, and the reality on the ground. >> thank you. >>> the missouri man shot and killed by police this week died from a single gunshot in the back. this according to the st. louis post dispatch. two officers fired at mansur ball-bey after he pointed a hang g handgun at them. >> reporter: we know officers fired four shots, one of them hitting the 18-year-old in the back. we saw just a few nights ago the fact that people took to the streets with violent protests at one point, setting things on fire. in fact, they set a building on fire. they set a car on fire. everyone wants to know what's going to happen next, especially after bricks and water bottles were thrown toward police officers. there was a gun involved and he was running and pointing it toward the officers and they opened fire. the police chief spoke about that a few days ago. >> police work is difficult. split second decisions

it did not fire, south korea returning fire with 30 rounds. and north korea's 50 of its submarines, that does suggest along with this 48 hour deadline, in easing tensions as they regularly crop up but does suggest a serious situation. it is somewhat different than what happened in the first part of 2015, the kind of rhetoric that was going back and forth was even more heightened. flea talk about nuclear strikes and about the whole nation being put on a war footing which didn't happen at this time. the joint industrial complex just inside north korean territory, that continued on operation pretty much unprecedented. there were various things on the positive side of the ledger, perhaps the most importantly once, these talks went on for hours, the last going on for more than 33 hours. it did suggest that both sides were determined not to engage in any further military conflict. >> harry fawcett, thank you. >>> migrants are proceeding on by foot before jumping on buses or trains. calling a humanitarian disaster, let's take you through main develop

and south korea.hese are, of course, an ongoing point of tension. north korea believes those are provocations of war. do you think it was wise to suspend them on thursday and then to resume? >> well, i do, victor. they were only suspended a short time, a few hours. i think it was a prudent measure by the admiral and this is why. when these exercises are held, there is always some sort of reaction and usually provocation by the north. it comes in many forms. it always happens every year. what was interesting this year was it was combined with an attack, a literal artillery attack on the south and i think the general made it prudent we need to suspend this. it's one thing when the military is exercising and another thing when you have potential civilian injuries because of erratic actions by the north and that could have happened very easily. as you know, seoul is a very large city and bumps up against the border and urban sprawl has carried it even closer to the border with the north the last decade or

south korea fired artillery shells across the border into north korea.pears to be a calculated response to a rocket attack to pyongyang >>> british police will be deployed to the french port of calga to strengthen security. it's -- calais to strengthen security. it's part of an agreement between britain and france. home secretary teresa may is visiting the mort where thousands of refugees live in makeshift camps. >>> wildfires rage across western states, killing three firefighters, blazes scorched more than 400,000 hectares stretching from montreal, idaho and oregon >>> in yemen, four people have been killed following a bomb attack on the governor's temporary headquarters in the southern city of aden, the first attack since pro-government forces took control of the city from houthi rebels last month. well al jazeera correspondent has reported from yemen extensi extensively. >> this underscores that although they have regained control of aden, it's not safe here. >> it is not safe. and the biggest problem is after the coalition managed to push forces loya

south korea's military remains on high alert. north korea is amassing its troops.t's doubled the number of artillery forces along the front lines and has also reported to have 70% of its submarine capability away from base, and the other thing george is, you'll recall, little signs of hope even coming out of the communication of the state news agency kcna where for the first time it referred to south korea to its official name, the republic of korea. it's gone back to its old way. it's referring to it's the puppet war amongers and references the utilizes as the united states is planning a surprise attack under the guise of a joint military exercises that are going on here between the u.s. and south korean forces. a lot of things at play here, george. >> as far as talking those things at play on the negotiating table, as we understand, south korea kbern the land mine incident and north korea about the speakers. is that the scope or is it broader from what you are able to determine? >> well, we're told what was discussed yesterday was an attempt to defuse the recent

>> you're all welcome to korea, to see the reality of korea.ich will be different for you from what you've heard. by the way, have you found people that have horns, and red face? >> (laughs) no, we haven't. we were given one chance to sit down and ask questions with party members. our guides insisted it wasn't an interview, just a conversation >> in the western world, especially in the united states, there is a lot of criticism of this country about what happens to those who oppose the government, so we wanted to know his opinion about what other countries say about human rights here in this country. >> in december, the un general assembly voted to refer north korea to the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity. the question is now on the permanent agenda of the security council. kim il sung square was filled with thousands of people in a government rally against the united states and the united nations. >> andrei lankov is a historian who has studied north korea for decades. >> north korea is a notorious human rights

he is an expert in north korea. is here is he will give us a level set on the historical case study, if you will, where we have used sanctions and done negotiations to try to stop proliferation with another country in the world, north korea. bruce has spent a lot of time in the government he was an analyst for both the central intelligence agency and the defense intelligence agency. he is kind of a celebrity in south korea. he goes over there and gets treated like a dick schaap -- a bigshot. and recognize his knowledge experience is expensive and relevant. he will go first. we'll give them 10 to 12 minutes each, moving from bruce to manual to elon, and we will start the queue and give you more instructions at that time. we will start, bruce p or you can begin. glad you said i'm sitting correctly. wonder why atay an event on the iran nuclear deal, you have someone with no expertise in iran and no expertise, there are a lot of similarities as well as negotiationsetween . they thought it might be of some utility to hav

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south korea retaliated i resuming propaganda to allows koreas -- speakers north views as offense. mostituation is one of the serious since kim jong-un took power. a south korean military officials said north korea dispatched more than two thirds of submarines and doubled the frontline artillery forces. in australia tensions are running high in the mining hit the as commodities business. falling 88% in 12 months ending in june. the minor was hit right plunging prices and iron ore. 317income came in at million. ore production from the company it self. combined with us going in chinese steel out that. they are at ask your lows. metals derives almost all of its revenue from china. goldman sachs say prices may slump on supply hikes. another minor pop for year earnings rose helped i aluminum operations. underlying earnings came up at $575 million. it is the world's biggest manganese producer. a cost-cutting program boost earnings and has record out put in south africa. the ceo says the company will week to reduce controllable at cost of $350 million a year for the next three years. back

in south korea, you have to consider what happened between the koreas.he rhetoric continued into early this morning. for south korea, the finance ministry said, without going into details, they will be acting preemptively. i would imagine to support the market. they are monitoring it closely. friday, 900 million u.s. dollars in outflow. the etf in the u.s. got absolutely hammered. biggest one-week outflow. can we get the defense stocks? that is one to watch today because these guys are usually in the backdrop when tensions increase. angie: absolutely. david: overbought, but something to watch. angie: absolutely. geopolitical machinations at work. taiwan, what is happening? there are trying to play defense as well. david: they are taking their cue from chinese regulators and banning shortselling. for borrowed shares if the price is lower than the close. you are still allowed to short sell for hedging purposes, but that is effective today. my pen fell. angie: just losing everything this morning. let's hope that does not extend to the market. david, thank y

these annual exercises between north and south korea -- or the south korea and u.s. fact that the u.s. has suspended them shows how concerned they are. >> jim sciutto, thank you very much. i want to talk about the escalating tensions with cnn's tom foreman who is in our virtual room. tom, i want to start with you. as jim was saying, the u.s. is watching the situation pretty closely.160 miles long and divides the peninsula. seoul is about 80 miles north of it. and there are very strong military forces on both sides. have been for about 60 years now. always ready for a possible invasion from the other side. how big are those forces? they have about 1 million active forces in the north, 600,000 in the south. they've always been ready. this is the area right up here where there's been this shelling across the border. if there is to be more, in all likelihood, the north would target these speakers blasting into the south, in the mountains along the border here. we know there are 11 of these units, and we know there are well within the range of northern artillery and missi

korea remains divided by the republic of korea remains a staunch ally.the northern territories remain in russian hands and continue to be an impediment to full japan-russian relations. but finally, the united states remains the dominant power in the pacific. although there are signs that that might be changing. thank you. [applause] [speaking latin] so, i can understand why there are no questions. yes, sir? >> if you don't mind -- are you arguing that truman felt or was briefed that conventional bombing was rent is as it was -- wouldrendous as it was swiftly save lives, and that therefore the jews in - -the decision to use the nukes was only about the sovs? richard: it was about ending the war quickly before the russians could be fully prepared to exercise their interests. >> use of the nukes in truman's mind was to end the war quickly and save lives. richard: i agree with that but it was also -- [laughter] >> the soviet thing was important but secondary. the primary was to stop this war now. what was the objection from marshall and the others? did they

we know south korea demanded an apology from north korea.hey were able to find this middle ground in this key phrase of expressing regret. it is significant that north korea would express regret. it doesn't apologize over anything. certainly here in south korea, it is being spun by the government as an apology. we heard the key negotiator saying the north has apologized for the injuries for the two south korean soldiers in the land mine attack. for north korea, it used the language and not actually accept responsibility for planting those land mines. it seems that both sides can go back to their respective camps and say they got what they wanted and crucially they have been able to diffuse the tensions we know north korea and south korea and united states were taking seriously. >> kathy novak in seoul, thank you. >>> isis accelerating destruction of priceless antiquities in syria. in the last week, the terrorists razed a temperature the in palmyra. it is a loss to future and heritage learning. and another possible chemical attack in northern

korea' sos border with the north. south korea says there's significant military activity north of the border. >> that's right, there's obviously a briefing by the south african government, background briefing. 50 of north korea's 70 or something submarines are not being detected by south korea's equipment, they have upgraded their detection equipment. and the number of artillery pieces on the north side of the border have doubled since these talks got underway. whether the north koreans are showing a show of force, or something else might be afoot we don't know but certainly the south koreans are saying they're seeing increased military activity north of the border. >> good sign that more talks are taking place but any word on those talks making any progress? >> still no details from the talks beyond the fact that we've now been -- had it confirmed to us that at 3:30 was the time the second rounds of talks got underway, half an hour later than was scheduled. the first round of talks took nearly ten hours, around 4:15

north korea will wont south korea to end the propaganda forecast. and it has been threatening to strike militarily. south korea said it will do that if it was behind a mining blast. >> there are things that they can talk about, such as restarting family reunions, but without north korea admitting responsibility, it's hard to see how south korea can back down over the broadcast. and south korea will not admit responsibility, saying it's a plot to incriminate north korea. >> as far as the situation at the border itself, what is apping here? >> the deadline -- happening here. >> the deadline passed. it was unclear whether north korea met south korean time. both of the deadlines - there has been no report of any military action on either side. earlier in the day there were reports that the south korean military detected movements of the guns, appearing to target the round speakers. there was a show of force by the jets flying over the territory. now we have talks under way, we are not clear as to when we find out what transpired at the talks. and that t

korea to stop its provocations. tension has increased following an exchange of fire on thursday. >>> all right. more now on the refugee crisis in europe. an ally sum researcher and lawyer with the european counsel on refugees, and joins us live via skype. what kind of legal architecture exists at the moment in terming of dealing with mass migration as we're seeing at the moment. >> hi, martine, and thank you very much for calling. so the situation that currently prevails in macedonia is that international obligations remain binding as in most countries that -- that have signed and ratified the convention -- >> sorry, what was the refugee convention oblige government's to do? >> in practical terms it means that claims launched on the country must be examined by that country. so people who enter macedonia in search of protection should be able to access a procedure, have access to adequate accommodations, and receive a final outcome under the claim. >> a problem that seems to be the case right now is that so many of t

korea.t more are you hearing and seeing there? >> well, south korea's military is on high alert. that was the order given by the president yesterday as well to strongly take action against any further provocation from north korea. we are hearing out of north korea state news conference that kim jong-un called and told them to be fully battle ready, ready to launch surprise operations from anytime in the next few hours. that after it issued an ultimatum yesterday. this followed the exchange of artillery fire at the border, not far from where i am right now. what happened is south korea reported two shells being fired in its direction along the demilitarized zone, known as the dmz. pyongyang said that south korea must stop broadcasting propaganda messages across the border by tomorrow at 5:00 p.m., or it will take military action. if i can set the scene of what led up to this. tensions have been rising over the past couple of weeks. it started when two south korean soldiers were badly injured

korea. that's been to really downplay and doubt the sincerity of an offer made by north korea at the same time it imposed this deadline for talks. because it hasn't accepted responsibility for the land mine blast and the initial firing by the north on thursday, it's hard to see any kind of talks to be taken seriously. what south korea is saying is if there is a strike on these loud speakers as north korea is promising, then they will be strong counterattack measures taken by south korea. its approach has been very much to respond in even greater number than any attack or provocation that comes from the north usually by a multiple of three or five times. if there is any kind of military action, we can expect a swept response froswiftresponse from . >>> running dry, we explain how a drought in south africa is threatening food supplies across the region. tough economic times, while some middle brazilians are struggling to make ends meet. more on that. stay with us. the only way to get better is

north and south korea are flex ing the muscles. pyongyang are sending more troops to the south, and some of their submarine units have left their bases, and the south is calling back six of their fighter jets for military drills ahead of schedule. so at this moment, we know that the high level officials are e negotiate manage the at toemt preve prevent an all-out war after the two sides traded fire on thursday. cnn military analysts lieutenant mark hertling joining us, and what are you seeing along the dmz there, general? >> that is the typical doctrine of how they are prepared to the fight. they can launch multiple raids into the south, but i don't believe it is going to happen. the south koreans have all of the military points in provocation, and what bothers me more is the deployment of the submarines. north korea has a 700-ship navy, and it is not modernized, but it is in the submarine ship classes they have a total of 70 submarines and 20 of them is what would consider when you consider what look like a submarine, but the rest

as i say from north korea. buttists interesting in the korean language it is possible to express regret without actually giving sort of ownership to that regret. saying it is regrettable. given the fact that park geun-hye made this public demand from north korea. we wait to find out. >> the lines that you refer to these leaks harry where this is taking place, then the south koreans have agreed at least implicitly, saying enough is enough. we've gone far enough and both sides are happy to back down. >> i'm not sure the south would admit to having gone too far in public but we are about to hear from kim qoon gin himself. i'm not sure if you guys have any translation from your part, but our translator will tell us exactly what is being said. it would seem these leaks coming out as they have been in such free flowing fashion will happen in just a few minutes. would suggest that south korea has got enough from the north to make some sort of announcement right now. >> harry, we'll let you guys listen in and coming co

that is because north korea set a deadline to south korea. it said south korea must stop broadcasting propaganda messages using loud speakers on the dmz by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. north korea will launch military action. >> kathy, thank you. keep us posted as tensions rise on the border. >>> jeb bush switching tactics this morning aiming his fire directly at donald trump who has been slamming him for weeks. both men on the campaign trail today. tens of thousands of people set to hear trump at the football stadium in alabama. bush speaking in ohio this afternoon. will he keep to his new line of attack blasting trump as more democrat than republican? with the latest on the more aggressive jeb bush, cnn's athena jones. >> reporter: good morning, christine, up to the last couple days, bush has seemed hesitant to engage trump. now the gloves are finally coming off. take a listen to how he tried to draw contrast with trump at a town hall in new hampshire. >> you have to win. you don't win when you campaign like this. you don't win when you're

activists and south korea returned fire into north korea territory the difference is that time tensions ramp down quickly afterwards, this time with the 48 hour deadline being imposed they have been ratcheted up. harry faucet, al jazeera, seoul. >>> brazil enduring the worst recession in decades and struggling to keep workers in their jobs and fighting cancer, former u.s. president jimmy carter opens up about his health. ♪ ♪ top stories on al jazeera, the greek prime minister has resigned and called a general election as soon as possible and says his mandate to lead has expired with new polls and macedonia declared a state of emergency and called out the army to try to control the influx of refugees and migrants and left people stranded in no man's land between the southern countries bordering with greece. tensions rising in the korea peninsula after the south fired artillery shells across the border into north korea in response to a rocket attack from the north. and thai police have now cleared two men suspected initially of having helped the monday's bomb attack in bangkok after one w

south korea broadcast is part of a deal to diffuse tension with north korea. ♪ celebrations in sierrane as the last known ebola patient is discharged from hospital. ♪ france and germany have called for a coordinated european response to the refugee crisis. german chancellor angela merkel wants to see a unified system for right to asylum and the set up of reception centers in greece and italy and a summit of balkin leaders on thursday which merkel will be attending. seeing chaotic scenes at the borders with some 7,000 refugees crossing into serbia as they continue their journey north and we report from southern serbia. >> reporter: in just two days nearly 10,000 people entered serbia through here, this is a village near the border with macedonia. just weeks ago it was another tranquil village in serbia and now it's an important entry for refugees trying to get to the european union and everyday thousands of hungry, thirsty and exhausted people arrive here. >> i'm expect iing that i just want to cross, to continue my journey, just want to cross. >> the woman here is allergic from the su

we urge north korea to stop its hasty acts. >> this is the closest civilian area to where south korea says the first north korean projectile was fired on thursday. hundreds were told to leave the homes near the border. only here is the advisory in place. >> north korea's provocation is likely to continue. we are advising residents to stay in shelters, some went out, mostly to carry out their daily business. we will advise them to come back to the shelter this evening. >> inside it's mainly the elderly and the young who stayed behind. >> living in this area, i have seen many drills and herd explosions. in time the sound was louder. there was an announcement asking us to evacuate compared to the past. seeking refuge is an uncomfortable attitude. they have been firing at propaganda balloons. >> this time a deadline ticking down to 5:30 sticking down >>> joining us from washington d.c. keith, good to have you with us. >> we have seen the games of chicken. kim jong un, talking about a quazi state of war, seems heated this time. >> there has been a certain time in office. they respond firml

military in south korea, wolf.ecause they began to see evidence indeed that the north korean military began a partial mobilization over the last few days. there was intelligence is, satellite imagery indicating several things were happening on the north side of the dmz. that pyongyang was deploying artillery. that's always a concern because that kind of long range artillery can readily hit seoul, south korea. that they were activating their air defense radar which is could, theoretically, if they were working properly in the north, detect incoming aircraft that they were getting ready for scud missile launch possibly and evidence that dozens of north korean warships and submarines had put out to sea. so as the u.s. was watching all of this all weekend, we are now learning the top u.s. military commanders also ordered a review of the u.s. war plan to defend south korea. they took a look at it, made sure everything was in order. it's an indication of how concerning it was over the week end that this was spiraling out

north korea has expressed regret over recent developments.outh korea says it will stop broadcasting on loudspeakers. >>> the united nations says at least 7,000 refugees have moved into serbia from macedonia since saturday. after a meet with the german chancellor angela merkel, francois hollande has called on all european union countries to take in their fair share of refugees. >> we must put in place a unified system for the right to asylum. it is a condition that there can not be a situation where some countries take in others according to their population. >> you may remember that we've reported that macedonia's now opened its border with greece. but guards are only letting small people through to prevent as they say a rush. jonah hull is on the greek border where more people are arriving every day. here is what he saw. >> reporter: on the greek side, it is busy but there is a system that seems to be working. new arrivals are coming all the time. food, water, medical attention, if they need it, sit down and have a rest before continuing the

on thursday seoul said north korea sent in live fire. south's military fired back with dozens of rounds of artillery around the same time as it received a message from north korea threatening further military action if the speakers weren't taken down been 48 hours. >> translator: our military immediately raised an alert status to the highest level. we're also maintaining our military readiness to respond if there is any further provocation. rrm south korea's president was briefed at a meeting of the national security council. she instructed troops to maintain readiness, and responded sternly to north korean provocation. the late estst -- us ka lags has roots in this moment. two south korean soldiers lost limbs in what seoul said was a north korean attack. south korea has restarting propaganda broadcasts was just phase one of the retaliation. >> translator: the resumption of the broadcasting is a direction of declaring war. >> reporter: there had been some hope that this year could have provided an opportunity for a warming of relations.

also, south korea stops propaganda broadcasts in a deal with north korea. and celebrations in sierra leone as the last known ebola patient is discharged from hospital. it has been another day of big swings and heavy losses on china's stock market. one analyst says the recent turmoil left the most hardened trader gasping for air. the economy has been one of the pillars of global growth. we are joined live from beijing. how is it looking? >> reporter: the markets opened on tuesday quite hesitantly after the large drops in the market that you have been talking about. the china shanghai composite closed 8.5%. dealers and traders opened those trading computers on tuesday morning with baited breath wondering how that would transpire on tuesday. now, while the percentages across asia pacific and the market did drop, what we saw was a slight recovery. and through the day we saw, for example, the shanghai composite increase or improve from that 8.5% loss. started off at 6.5. it got to 4%. as the day grew and we have come to the close or near to the close, the actual

what we are hearing from south korea's president is she wants an apology from north korea. north korea to apologize for setting land mines in the demilitarized zone. these land mines went off and hurt two soldiers. she said without it, she will not remove what is a major insult by north korea. the giant speakers that south korea set up on the southern side which is blasting pop music. north korea views this music and news as propaganda and insults. what the south is detecting in the north is troop movements. these troop movements are doubling of artillery forces on the frontline. the south is saying they are seeing 70% of the north submarines leaving bases. the assumption is they are called into service. christine, the olive branch with the north apparent south is belies reality on the ground. >> a dangerous situation still. thank you for that. >>> 38 minutes past the hour. time for an early start on your money. asian stocks plunging. shanghai's benchmark down 8.5% just today. european stocks are diving. u.s. stock futures are pointing to a very, very ugly open for u.s. inv

south korea says it will respond to any north korea provocation. north korea says it's the south that's doing the provoking. it denies doing any rocket fire. they have to end loud speaker propaganda broadcasts by 5:00 p.m. or there will be military action. >> we have an adjunct professor in seoul. he says north korea's war footing is quite unusual despite years of tit for tat attacks. >> we have had this before. we had occasional exchange of fires. in my recollection, however, the north korean leader raising the level of alertness for their military up to this, right next to the war declaration level is a little unusual to me. the exchange has been there before, but this kind of stated level of alert itself is quite unusual. some people here in the south korea believes we should offer a gesture of reconciliation a little bit. not necessarily backing down on the military side of it. i don't know whether that kind of solution would be realistic or not. there is a conservative view that we have to do all we can and be tough on north korea provocation.

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aborter between north and south korea, north korea denied responsibility.s incident occurred and south korea is taking that as an apology and that seems good enough to stop the broadcasts that were so angering the north korean regime. >> and both countries agreed to work toward the resumption of reunions of families separated by the korean war in the early '50s. this is significant if the north and south are able to achieve this. >> reporter: absolutely. and it's all this picture of mending fences or having some kind of a bettering of relations between north and south korea which have not been good to say the least recently. the crux of this meeting was to get over the recent tensions the brink of war situation. but as we say, they were in there talking for so long that much more must have been on the table. it was this rare opportunity to bring together these high-level people to talk about the things that have been plaguing this peninsula. we had discussed the possibility that perhaps economic sanctions were brought up. we know that's something that north

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south korea says if a military strike follows it will counter attack strongly.harry in terms of how this might play out from here on we have heard south korean government told the north to tone it down so it will be interesting to see over the next few hours how the regime in the north reacts to this. >> indeed, there has been no sign of backing down. south korea is saying it will continue broadcasting propaganda messages until the north starts to take note of the political and military considerations and the north obviously doubling down on the deadline threat and other things that it has been saying in resent days. obviously as everyone here says especially officials north korea is extremely unpredictable and could well be it won't carry through on its threat or do something entirely different and there has been a report in the local media the news agency quoting an unknown government source saying it has detected some sort of missile maneuvering and some sort of missile test could be in the offering in the coming days so we have to wait and see what happens.

discussions lasted for ten hours. >> reporter: north korea and south korea do talk, they last a long time. it proved overnight saturday into sunday, nearly so hours worth of talks between very senior members of both governments. the head of the general political bureau of the korean people's army from north korea, the second most senior military figure talking with his opposite member from south korea, the national security adviser to the president, they have direct linches to the most senior leaders. also represented with the heads of the two departments of government that deal with relations. the fact they were talking for long, is different from the situation we had in the run up to the talks which is a deadline ticking down that north korea imposed for the ending of propaganda broadcasts after they said they would attack the loud speakers. the difficulty remains that both sides remain opposed in the positions they had been taking up until this point. it will continue the broadcasts, has been doing so even while the talks are going on until north korea accepts responsibility and a

is urging north korea to stop its provocations.eaders of both countries met their military chiefs within the last 24 hours. tension has increased, following an exchange of fire on thursday. 25 members from greece's ruling party have announced they are forming a new party. the split comes hours after alexis tsipras de -- resigned as prime minister. >>> let's return to our top story, the case of thousands and thousands of refugees who are trying to leave greece, trying to get into macedonia, most times in order to push further north and get to wealthier european countries, and as we have been hearing, police in macedonia have fired stun grenades to try to disperse these people. we can speak to the spokesman for macedonia's ministry of interior. he joins us on the line from the macedonian capitol. this is not a very humane way to be treating people, is it? who are seeking sanctuary and relief, many of whom are traumatized. it's not a very humane way to be firing stun grenades at them. >> i don't know if you know the situation here, bu

korea. hello. welcome to al jazeera. also on the program, stepping down, greek prime minister resigns and calls early elections. prosecutors in brazil charge a former president and speaker of the lower house in the country's largest ever corruption scandal. back bending and mind bending. we look at a circus with a difference. japan is urging north korea to show self-restraint after the leader order its border units to be ready for war. troops should prepare. seoul fired artillery shells. it said it was responding to attacks. that is something that the north denies. but they are angry over loud speakers that are playing propaganda messages. it's calling them provocation and given seoul 48 hours to dismantle those speakers. >> reporter: on thursday, general staff sent an ultimatum that it would launch a strong military action unless south korea dismantles its spokers. >> we have this update near the border between north and south korea. >> reporter: here we are about five kilometers away from

at the same time, north korea ended its war status, south korea is starting to wind down some of the troop deployments. they did carry on the loud speaker broadcasts up until the noon deadline and it will maintain those loud speakers, it won't dismantle them. in the text of the agreement, it does say it will make these broadcasts unless there is a situation. they can restart. as for the talks going forward. both south and north say they want to have talks as soon as possible. also, they say they will work towards getting family reunions up and running again. chances for people to meet who have been separated since the end of the fighting in the korean war. the first they hope to get up and running to coincide with the festivals. south korea is treating this as a vindication, they got the apology they wanted. the text of the agreement talks about north korean regret rather than apology and taking responsibility for that blast. there is an opportunity for more talks going forward. both sides could have something to gain from those. potentially the lifting of seemses, restarting tourism