the inter-korean liaison office. open to fanfare in 2018, a sign that tensions were easing between the countries. now reportedly rubble. it was located near the demilitarized zone

the front line area claims that the south of bad behavior unjustified destroying and into korean liaison office on tuesday so also it will no longer accept young eggs on reasonable behavior communicable tricky. tours only mean when we express strong regret towards the north korean general staff of the korean people's army announcement that it will deploy military to k. song and diamond mountain who's hurt your north korea's announcement as an act that turns the clock back to before the june 15th 2000 declination in violation of south korean people's property rights north korea will have to take responsibility and stop any acts that can worsen the situation of a bride has more from pa drew on the south korean side of the border. this is it's about as close as you can get in south korea to the d.m.z. it's another few kilometers further on from here but it is also one of the crossing points for the main rail links between north and south that gives you an idea of the legacy of the conflict and also hopes of future coexistence hopes that until recently it at least had been very much alive and well

seoul just recapping that breaking news now seoul says that north korea has blown up an into korean liaison office on the border of the 2 countries it happened in the town of case all is just on the north korean side of the demilitarized zone to happen it just before 3 pm on tuesday north korea has been increasingly angry of a soul sending propaganda leaflets over the border there's been a real ratcheting up of tensions in recent months we have not had any comment yet from north korea we will bring you more on this breaking story as it comes to hand but still ahead here on al-jazeera. from protest to police reform but will demands for justice be next in the u.s. . its 1st. operation. we look at the uncertainty facing people released from immigration centers in the u.k. since the pandemic. howlers a summer thunderstorms that emanate from this circulation here is still moving slowly through east and well more central europe that progress has been slow which means in any one place you've got flooding from in hungary was the latest recipient but anywhere really from germany across to remain here and t

was the reason this inter— korean liaison office was set up korean liaison office was set up and comingth a number of strong statements and have said that it is any military action by the north it is the north that will pay the price. laura, what is your best guess here, what are your contacts telling you, are these gestures, is it posturing, some kind of negotiating tactic, or is there serious aggressive intent here? i think it's difficult to say. i think north korea is certainly trying to manufacture a crisis, for what reason? it could be for domestic reasons, it could be to give a quote battered, and probably state, especially with rumours of covid—19 spread throughout the country, still under international sanctions, remember that was the key thing that kim jong—un was looking to lift under all of these negotiations with donald trump and with seoul. so i think in that case north korea might feel it has nothing to lose. it has to push somewhere and it is pushing seoul, perhaps trying to get the attention of the united states. but what pyongyang does next is what we are all wondering.

north korean border town of god so it's suspected early days this but suspected that the into korean liaison office is being destroyed there that had been some threats the north korean leadership had earlier threatened the facility calling it useless for failing to prevent propaganda from defectors in the south pacific those balloons that are often sent over the border keep you posted on what the reaction is going to be over the coming hours. next year and more than $9000.00 american troops stationed in germany are to be pulled out the president made the order after accusing berlin of being delinquent in its payments to the nato security alliance suggesting it ought to spend more on defense. but the only countries that hasn't agreed to pay what they're supposed to pay is germany so i said until they pay we're removing our soldiers a number of our soldiers by about half the trumpet not happy with germany when it comes to well as far as he sees that not paying its way when it comes to nato the u.s. president saying he's ready to remove half of the u.s. troops that are currently stationed in germany n

korean side of the border. making its message clear and unequivocal the destruction of the joint liaison office has been widely broadcast by north korean state run media accompanied by warnings that it will increase its military presence along the border separating the 2 koreas. guard posts that had been removed to deescalate tensions will now be restored while military exercises on the northern side of the border will be resumed bringing this unusually strong response from the south. such moves thought to the efforts and achievements made by the 2 koreas to maintain peace and the north will surely pay if these measures are put into action the north has blamed the south for allowing defectors to release propaganda balloons into its territory but north korean leader kim jong un is also frustrated at his failure to get more concessions in summits with the south korean president moon j.n. and with u.s. president donald trump the north seeming to conclude the current path of diplomacy has run its course trump just doesn't is not that interested anymore money is very constrained by sanctions i mean that's why this t

north korea has demolished the inter-korean liaison office. government had previously threatened to abolish the office located in kaesong. joining us with the latest, tell for warning that we had apparently from kim jong-un's sister and now the confirmed destruction of the office. >> what we know so far besides the demolishing of the office is this was very much warned. these warnings were not only just this morning but also days and days of hateful rhetoric toward south korea, including kim jong-un's sister who is 30 years old, she has recently risen to a place of power and withs leading the affairs south korea and has recently called south korea the "enemy." this is wording that echoed the diplomatic efforts when kim trump. sat with donald basically what today's action showed is what they had warned and basically undoing all diplomatic efforts that have been made since 2018. anna: i guess part of the reason what the leaders sister says is when the leader himself was on well, there was talk of who could take over from him and his sister was m

south korea says the north has blown off into korean liaison office it was located in the border north korea has made several threats against south korea in recent days including threatening to destroy the office which was set up and 2018 let's bring in robert bride from south korea's capital seoul well what more can you tell us. this is a very serious the development is not completely out of the blue they have been making threats for some time from the north against deteriorating relations of course all of this comes against the background of stalled denuclearization talks between north korea and the united states which him as impacted into korean relations with north korea accusing the south of making matters worse and so on so there have been increasingly. threatening noises from north korea and especially in the past week or so they have been angered by the planned release by by by groups here in south korea of defectors who had planned to release balloons with propaganda messages into the north this is always angered the north koreans they have objected making threats the south ko

the north has destroyed and inter-korean liaison office -- an inter-korean liaison office last week.m karina mitchell. this is bloomberg. president trump's first campaign rally drew far fewer supporters than his team had promised, failing to shake off the turmoil overshadowing his reelection bid. .> you are warriors we had some bad people outside. we had some very bad people outside doing bad things. i stand before you today to declare the silent majority is stronger than ever before. shery: ros krasny is on the line. that rally was not the big campaign reset president was hoping for. ros: it really was not. the crowd was smaller than campaign that trump's promised an overflow crowd and tens of thousands waiting out the. they canceled a second speech trump was going to give to the overflow crowd. there was no attempt by the president to offer conciliation, to reflect on things happening in the country in the last three months, the coronavirus epidemic, racial protests. more of his usual grievances about the media and democrats. he stood for almost two hours, kind of rambling. campaig

exercises along frontline areas claims the south of bad behavior justified destroying it into korean liaison office on tuesday. turkey says it sent troops to fight kurdish separatists in northern iraq launched a new operation against the p.k. k. on sunday and also carrying out air strikes new u.s. sanctions on syria have come into a fix the caesar act is a raft of financial sanctions and travel bans on individuals institutions and companies that do business with the government of president bashar al assad human rights groups accuse the syrian government of torture extrajudicial killing during the civil war and in prisons the us congress passed the legislation last december and caesar was the pseudonym of a defector from syria who leaked 50000 abuse photos nearly a decade of violence has left syria with a collapsing economy the sanctions are expected to derail president bashar assad's post-war recovery plans somewhat of reports from beirut and a warning viewers may find some images disturbing. they're known as caesar's photographs named after a military defector who documented torture and killings i

escalated sharply today after the north destroyed and in a korean liaison office near the demilitarizedea's leader is threatening the upcoming u.s. presidential election. >> reporter: tensions with north korea has been on the rise. the north blowing his main in a korean liaison office. of retaliation for south korea and effector groups sending leafless and to the north. a provocative move after harsh words from kim jong-un's sister who has taken more of a leadership road. >> north korea's abusive language and instruction of the liaison office have shock not only koreans but the whole world . >> reporter: it didn't come as a complete surprise. the military says there were indications some demolition were being prepared. they use satellite surveillance to watch it. japan and the u.s. are working with soul for a response. >> we will firmly and to deal with the situation. >> reporter: korea threatening to interfere with the u.s. election. >> experts say with months to prepare they are capable of targeting the election. >> we know that north korea has advanced capabilities and it would be su

they are confirming the disruption of the inter-korean liaison office and after unification message saying north korea blue up the office this afternoon. we are talking about the inter-korean office and this is the city where the join industrial complex is located. this just comes after north korea cut off all the communication lines with the south. this comes on the news of the border area. kca did sort of flag this according to the comments or warning saying it is ready for action north korea trying to escalate sanctions with south korea and taking action following up with an action. that's really the part where the market is reacting to. sure, it's an angry response over leaflets but it is really about the failed diplomacy this is something of a consensus among north korean watchers. giving a push while north korea is waiting for the november presidential election in the united states. >> thank you for your reporting. steve? >>> thank you, coming up on this show, long cues mark the return on high street in england after a three-month lockdown more on this after the break on "street sign

along frontline areas and blames the south for bad behavior and justify blowing up an enter korean liaison office on tuesday more than half of flights in and out of beijing have been cancelled as coronavirus restrictions are tightened their level was raised after more than 100 locally transmitted cases were recorded in the past week all schools have been closed and officials have shut down some residential compounds and markets brazil has reported its highest daily job in new coronavirus cases almost $35000.00 the increase came on the same day an official in charge of the pandemic response said the situation is under control brazil has a 2nd highest number of infections after the united states and israel and the prime minister has put the military in charge of border quarantine operations after a breach of protocol brought kovan 1000 back into the country 2 women with the virus were allowed out of quarantine early to visit a dying relative the prime minister said it was an unacceptable failure of the system so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera or news to come in the meantime al-jazeera wor

unification here has confirmed at 2:49 local time, an explosion was heard and seen at the inter-korean liaison officee border town of -- and the border town of the national security council has been convened. military comedown -- de comm have been sent to their posts. this was an empty building. it was also a threat north korea had made over the last fewat days.thet came from kim jong-un's sister. saturday, she said the building would be collapsed. it seems that is the case. the building has been destroyed. katty: we have spent a fair amount of time on thisve program ng the anger i america following the death of george floyd. much of that fury aimed at president trump himself. but outside of america's major cities and a fym talk of police reforms and politics,th e's another conversation. one that could determine whether the president wins another four years in the white house. our correspondent sophie long has that from montana. reporter: in big sky country, high.he president is and thi is the relatively liberal city of bozeman. >> happy birthday, president trump. loveou. >> i love him and he deserve

this comes one day after the north blew up an inter-korean liaison office in kaesong. north kokorea's state run mea a aired video o of the explolosio wednesday. it c came with a wararning to t south saysing the destruction is only the first step. and the next step will be decided based on how seoul responds. state media also says that the north military plans to mobilize near the border. the units will be deployed to two areas where interkorean joint projects are located. the tourist area and the kaesong industrial area. the north unveililed plans for exercises that will l be conducd near the m military y demarcati line. one of south korean's top military officials is expressing deep concern over pyongyang's announcement he's warning against further provocations. >> translator: the north will be sure to pay if these measures are put in place. >> meanwhile, south korean's unification minister has offered to resign over the worsening relationship. seoul had proposed dispatching its director of national security as a special envoy, but it said leader kim jong-un's younger

it says it wildedemolish the inter-korean liaison office and is threatening to take military action againstthe south. the two koreas have held joint ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary in the past, but this year the south did so alone. senior officials at the ceremony expressed deep regret about the current situation. more touough rhetoric from the north korean army tutuesday mornining. it said it will study action plans including advancing into areas which are demilitarized under an agreement with the south. the army added it will transform its border area into a fortress. the comment comes days after leader kim jong un's younger sister announced the commanders of the army will think of the next step against the south. >>> turning to the philippines where one of the country's most well-known journalists have been found guilty of libel and facings up to six years of prison. maria ressa, chief executive editor of online news site rappler has been critical of president duterte. she was named one of "time" magazine's persons of the year in 2018. ressa was charged with cyber libel over a

along frontline areas but claims the south of bad behavior justified destroying it into a korean liaison office on tuesday it's all says it will no longer accept aggression u.s. president donald trump has signed an executive order to reform the basic following massive protests after the death of george floyd in custody to stop bad offices being able to move jobs and to restrict the use of phonecalls china's capital city is stepping up coronavirus restrictions canceling more than half the flights in and out of the city level in beijing was raised after more than 100 locally transmitted cases in the past week. news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story go away as protests rage over police brutality and coronavirus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. elections on a just. the internet is something so many of us take for granted but africa still lags behind other regions in terms of online connectivity now some of

diplomatic talks with south korea and cut all communication lines between them to the inter korean liaison office is it cold is in the town of case had acted as the defacto embassy the north korean leadership threatened the facility at the weekend calling it useless for failing to prevent propaganda from defectors in the south. i gave an instruction to the arms of the department in charge of their fierce was enemy decisively carry out the next action our army will rapidly end sourly implement any decisions and orders of the party and government it's a sign of the 2 countries rapidly worsening relations than north korea's been complaining in recent weeks that propaganda leaflets have been flowing from the south claiming it's in violation of agreements reached when that liaison office was established less than 2 years ago some defector groups have been sending flowers and balloons across the heavily fortified border much to the ire of the north the government in the south has taken police action against the groups now saying their activities were helping efforts to achieve peace and prosperity of t

there used for diplomatic talks with south korea so he set up a couple years ago the into korean liaison office in the town of kai's song had acted as the defacto embassy the north korean leadership had earlier threatened to that facility just over the last weekend calling it useless for failing to prevent propaganda from defectors in the south it's a sign of the 2 countries rapidly worsening relations than north korea has been complaining in recent weeks more and more about the propaganda. leaflets have been flowing from the south claiming it's a violation with agreements reached when there is an office was established back in 2018 some defect or groups have been sending flyers by balloon across the heavily fortified border much to the ire of the north the government in the south has taken police action against the groups saying their activities weren't helping efforts to achieve peace and prosperity in the korean peninsula hence seeing what we're seeing this morning this gets before someone is going to go maybe from asia especially as partner i want joining us live hi good morning so what is

north korea has blown up an inter-korean liaison office. smoke and explosions were seen rising from an area near the industrial park which is jointly established with south korea. it had been shuttered amid tensions between the rivals. it comes after kim jong-un's regime threatened to move its military back into the demilitarized zone. global news 24 hours a day on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. the fed will begin buying individual corporate bonds under it secondary market corporate credit. the emergency lending program purchased only etf's. in the statement, the fed said it will base its buying strategy on a broad index. issuers won't need to certify their eligibility. the administration is considering a proposal which would say almost $1 trillion being spent on infrastructure. joining us is chief investment officer at rathbone's. you don't fight the fed i keep being told. what is this mean going forward? -- what does this mean going forwa

the month of april and of course we had seen the very high profile explosion at the in the korean liaison officein castle which was really a symbol of improving relations between the 2 koreas and now it brings us to this mormon but which north korea claims it is displeased by their propaganda leaflets being thrown across the d.m.z. by that this sector groups but in reality many people believe that this is just a pretext what we're seeing is fundamental displeasure on the part of the north korean leadership at their level progress in that the nuclearization process which for them really implies lifting up sanctions in improving or economic conditions so ultimately what's going on here is a show of deferred dissatisfaction not just or maybe not even with south korea is it more about the north korean the u.s. track. it's about the u.s. and its loss of us south korea because south korea was very much for player in bringing about this process in the 1st place following the election of president mundine in 2070 and south korea certainly has made many promises that things would get better for north kor

grownng-un's regime has that blown up an entry korean liaison office on the side of its border. in recent weeks north korea has issued an escalating series of threats against the south. he is unhappy that south korea backs the u.s. led sanctions campaign. fed chairman jerome powell is expected to give another downbeat view of the u.s. economy today. he begins two days of hearings on capitol hill with an appearance before the senate banking committee, at 10:00 a.m. new york time last week rates were held near zero. and they will stay there until 2022. the u.k. at european union believe they are a step closer to a brexit deal. they say a video call between boris johnson and the e.u. leadership has injected momentum into deadlocked negotiations. the you inferred johnson is willing to soften his position. european officials said they are willing to do the same. global news 24 hours a day, on air and at quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in i amthan 120 countries, ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. francine? tom? tom: thank you so much. we are go

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we saw that this inter-korean joint liaison office was blown up yesterday.rustration. south korea's unification ministry says it was a senseless act. at the same time, not unexpected given the level of threats coming out of pyongyang. seeing a are now prominent role being played by kim jong moons sister. -- kim jong-un's sister. what do we know about her? stephen: she's the one who responded to the speech and the comments coming from the south. she said moons speech is irresponsible. she was the one that rejected a request to send an envoy to smooth over the latest flareup intentions. it was on saturday that the sister issued an unusual statement, saying it was high time to break ties with soul. she was the one who warned on the weekend that the next action from pyongyang against the enemy would come from the army. clearly, she is kim jong-un's most trusted confidant. highersimply in the echelon due to the bloodline. does it mean she has earned more trump --? trust? ? is kim jong-un somehow incapacitated? she has taken a more leading role because of that. sh

the north the weapon inter-korean liaison office, nuclear talks between the us and north korea have been stalled. todd: bill cosby's casey back to court, agreeing to hear the disgraced comedian's appeal to his sexual assault conviction, the report will reveal whether 5 other accuses should have been allowed when cosby was only tried for one week of allegations. he was sentenced to 3 to 10 years behind bars, serve two of those years so far. jillian: nights of columbus with a federal lawsuit, in delaware, with religious holiday in 2018, the knights of columbus claiming religious dissemination because the city allows the christmas tree and holiday lights. there have been no complaints about their displays the 1930s. jillian: john bolton defending his decision to write a tell-all about his time working for the trump administration, the national security adviser slamming donald trump in an interview with bret baer. >> there's a lot of reprehensible conduct not all of which is impeachable. the democrats were pursuing a strategy going into a ditch. they had opportunities to correct the course.

in a literal explosive rebuke to thel, north korea blew up inter-korean liaison office.s this some sort of declaration of war? with us now is bill faries. we be aboutd should this particular explosion? it is the latest sign that north korea and south korea relations are in a tailspin. also just how bad things are between north korea and the u.s.. there have not been constructive talks in a long time. north korea has essentially cut off all talks from south korea. this specific destruction of the liaison office is a highly dramatic and symbolic act. i don't think we are expecting any armed conflict to take place, though. tois kim jong-un's signal the world that people should be paying more attention to his regime, the situation with north korea. but i don't think we are talking about military actions coming on soon. vonnie: how should we read the emergence on the scene of kim jong-un's sister? is this the beginning of a succession plan? bill: everything with north korea is reading the tea leaves, but we have seen her with a much higher profile in the last few years, going

north korea today, the explosion and plume of smoke visible from the south, dubbed the inter-korean liaison offices in the town of kaesong just a few miles away from the dmz. state media confirmed. >> >> translator: de liaison office was ruined by a terrific explosion. >> opened in 2018 with south korean funding as diplomacy was warming, it was aimed at facilitating ties between the countries. closed since january due to covid-19, nobody was apparently inside. >> translator: we strongly condemn and expose our graduates the destruction of the office which was senseless. >> the move was publicly previewed by kim jong un's increasingly powerful sister over the weekend. she has been taking the lead on pyongyang's deteriorating relations with seoul, south korea. saying that the south has not delivered on business deals. >> if they are is trying to get moon jae-in to give the north koreans more what they want. >> doesn't help the trump administration's efforts to rein in the missile and nuclear program. planning to move more troops closer to the dmz and said it would bolster its nuclear deterrent as ner

kim jong-un's regime has blown up an inter-korean liaison office on its side of the border , according to south korea's unification ministry. in recent weeks, north korea has issued an escalating series of threats against the south, unhappy that south korea backs the u.s. led sanctions campaign. the u.k. and european union believe they are a step closer to a brexit deal. they believe a video call between leadership has injected momentum into negotiations. they suggest that johnson is willing to soften his position, and european officials said they are willing to do the same. it may take a couple of years for global oil demand to recover, according to the international energy agency. theiea says fuel use around world will remain 2.5 percent lower next year than in 2019, largely because of what the agency calls a dire situation of the aviation sector. they also predict that output cuts and shutdowns should put the oil market into deficit next year. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countri

they called it the inter-korean liaison office to facilitate ties.d since january due to covid-19 concerns and nobody was apparently inside at the time. it happened tuesday afternoon, korea time. the move publicly previewed, very interesting, over the weekend by north korean leader kim jong-un's sister. she has been taking the lead on pyongyang's relations with seoul and taking a bit of a leadership role in other areas as well. the actions according to experts i have been speaking with, mostly due to north korea being upset with south korea not delivering on deals and aid as their economy hit hard not just by sanctions but, in fact, by covid. none of this, of course, helps the trump administration's efforts to rein in kim's new missile program. also announced today, the north is moving or planning to move some elements of its military down more aggressively closer to the dmz and recently, they said they would bolster their own efforts to strengthen their nuclear deterrence against countries like, yes, the united states and neil, south korea pretty co

north korea destroys an inter-korean liaison office raising tensions between the communist regime and south korea. this is just released video that we have of the explosion. the office is located in north korea near the demilitarized zone. it was opened two years ago to facilitate communication between the two countries. north korea is now threatening to move back into the dmz. we're following this breaking story and of course will bring you updates as soon as we get them. >>> police in albuquerque, new mexico, are investigating a shooting that happened during a chaotic rally yesterday. protesters were demanding the removal of a statue that sits outside the albuquerque museum. police now have arrested members of an armed vigilante group. no update yet on the man who was shot. >>> this nationwide call for police reform, president trump is signing a new executive order today. this as congress debates change and cities across america take action of their own. tracie potts is live in washington to explain the president's order and his reaction. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hi, good

friday, north korea threatened to destroy an inter-korean liaison office in the north and take unspecifiedilitary steps against south korea. japan's defense ministry is stopping unpopular plans to deploy two costly land-based u.s. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country's capability against threats from north korea. the defense chief says he made the call after the safety of one of the two planned host communities could not be insured without a hardware redesign. that would be too time-consuming and too costly. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. so as you head back out on the road, we'll be doing what we do best. providing some calm in your day. with virtual, real-time tours of our vehicles as well as remote purchasing. for a little help, on and off the road. now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, we'll make up to 3 payments on your behalf. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i need all the breaks, that i can get. ♪ at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need

it's called the inter-korean liaison office. been used much and in recent months, and fact it's been closed since january due to covid-19 concerns. nobody was apparently inside. it was publicly previewed and very interesting, the leader's sister was there. she's been taking the lead on the aggressive relations with soul, and assuming a bit more power lately. experts tell us that there are tough actions mostly do to the disappointment that south korea is not delivering on business deals desperately needed by the north to help a struggling economy. none of this helps the trump's administration to rain on the missile program. they also announced today the north is planning on moving more military towards the dnc. they recently said it would bolster its efforts to strengthen its nuclear deterrence. the state department weighing in today saying it supports south korea's efforts and urges north korea to "refrain from her stomach further counter productive activity." that is counter productive activity >> neil: i'm not sure i get that.

korean side of the border. making its message clear and unequivocal the destruction of the joint liaison office has been widely broadcast by north korean state run media accompanied by warnings that it will increase its military presence along the border separating the 2 koreas. guard posts that had been removed to deescalate tensions will now be restored while military exercises on the northern side of the border will be resumed bringing this unusually strong response from the south. such moves thought to the efforts and achievements made by the 2 koreas to maintain peace and the north will surely pay if these measures are put into action the north has blamed the south for allowing defectors to release propaganda balloons into its territory but north korean leader kim jong un is also frustrated at his failure to get more concessions in summits with the south korean president moon j.n. and with u.s. president donald trump the north seeming to conclude the current path of diplomacy has run. it's course trump just doesn't is not that interested anymore money is very constrained by sanctions i mean that's why this

tensions, we are moments away from hearing south korea's presidential office briefing on the north korean situation after that liaison office was bombed yesterday. we are seeing a little bit of reaction with korean assets. not a whole lot when it comes to the stoxx, although you are seeing -- to the stocks, although defense stocks are up today. the won taking it on the chin. weaker by 6/10 of 1%. vol spiked up just slightly. haslinda: geopolitics adding to marketweaker by 6/10 concerns. china has ordered all schools in beijing to close as it struggles to hold a new coronavirus outbreak which has already spread to neighboring provinces. let's head to the capital and our china correspondent selina wang. how serious is it? selina: beijing has lifted its emergency response level to the second highest and said people will have to be tested for the virus before being allowed to leave the city. that on top of the decision to close schools signals the severity of the growing crisis and the stakes to contain the spread are very high in beijing. an aggressive lockdown would risk undoing much of the economic reopening in recent

the month of april and of course we have seen the very high profile explosion at the into korean liaison officein case law which was really a symbol of improving relations between the 2 koreas and now it brings us to this moment in which north korea claims it is displeased by the problem in the leaflets being thrown across the d.m.z. by the defector groups but in reality many people believe that this is just a pretext that what we're seeing is fundamental displeasure on the part of the north korean leadership at the lack of progress in that unit rises from a process which for them really implies lifting up sanctions and improving economic conditions. india's announced it is expelling haas of the staff from pakistan's high commission in new delhi because of spying quickly rejected the allegations as baseless and then demanded india respond by having its diplomatic staff in islam about all of this the latest ons of strained diplomatic relations between the 2 nuclear rivals camel haida has more now from islam but. as far as focused on is going to deny the indian highly gaijin on the other hand up

a south korean news agency is reporting nonorth korea pepearso have blown up an inter-korean liaison officenorth korea had threatened to destroy the office, among other threats to south korea, in recent days. north korea's warned today it is ready to enter the demilitarized zone between the two koreas, reportededly partly in responsno defectors in south korea sending propaganda material to the north. a group of investigative reporters found that nearly half of all nigigerian asasylum seeks who arrived in the netherlands last year effectively disappearered. they say most of the nearly 1000 unaccounted for refugees were likely forced into sex or drug trafficking. the reporters say the pattern is widely seen across other european natioions and also affects refugees from other african countries. the international organization for migration says that up to 80% of nigerian women who migrate to europe are potential victims of trafficking. anand the european human r righs court has s ruled in favor of a group of a activists w who were convicteted by french courts for their support ofof the "boycott

this inter-korean liaison office was set up in 2018 amid much fanfare. it was a symbol of peace now it's been reduced to rubble. there is the north korean, the threat to do this was made by kim jong-un's sister. and i think it's a sign of the tension inside north korea. for example, coronavirus, they've had to close their borders. that will have had real impact economic impacts. they're angry about balloons being sent across the border from the south with news from south korea and dollar bills in them. but i think more broadly there is deep frustration in north korea in pyongyang about the stalemate with president trump and with president moon of south korea. i think you have to remember how much kim jong-un invested in that relationship and in those talks and there hasn't been progress now for some time. so, you know, i think in the months to come, what's being threatened is the classic escalation by north korea to get attention. willie. >> we should point out there was nobody in the building, it was closed at the time of the explosion. been closed beca

it said the demolition of an interkorean liaison office in kaesong was just a first step. the paper also had a photo of north koreansaising their fists. it said the liaison office was useless, and its destruction was a deserved penalty. the peoples' korean army has deployed plants. the army said t the plans will presented to t rulg party's central military commission. tensions between thewowo sid have been runni h highor weeks. north korean defectors in the southavave bnn flying balloons carrying ananti-rime leaflets across the border. pyongyang slammed the government for not doing enougugh to stop e campaign. >>> > south korea has reopened complaint with the world trade organization over japanese controls on technology exports to its neighbor. south korea is asking a wto panel to examine its claim that japan has broken international trade rules. last july, japan tightened restrictions on exports of three high-tech materials to south korea, citing sesecurity c conc. in november,r, south kororea suspended an initial complaint to the wto in the hope of negotiating with tokyo. but president moon jae-in's administration

south korean officials say north korea has blown up itsjoint liaison office with the south near the borderesong. the move comes just hours after the north renewed threats of military action at the korean border. and new zealand has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus, ending a 24—day streak of no new infections in the country. both women had travelled to new zealand from here in the uk. let's talk to our business correspondent, ben thompson. let's talk about those who have dropped off the payroll, it is pretty bleak? you are right, and this is starting to give us a sense of what the coronavirus crisis means forjobs in the uk. it still seems a little too early to get the full picture, because the headline rate of unemployment has not changed a huge amount, 600,000 fewer on company payrolls but we get an indication of what coronavirus could mean forjobs in some other statistics, so if you look at the number of ballads worked, that has fallen by almost 9%, a record low, suggesting more people are being furloughed, not in their normal jobs, working as they would. if you look at the number o

and it's called the inter-korean liaison office and is aimed at facilitating ties.en close since january as indications that nobody was apparently inside at the time. this move was publicly announced over the weekend interestingly enough by north korean leader kim jong un's sister. she's been assuming more power lately. experts say the north tough actions to the south are due in part to disappointments with seoul, korea, that they aren't delivering. there are efforts to rein in his nuke and missile program. that's a more aggressive stance, and recently just in the past few days, they are strengthening their overall north korean nuclear deterrence. their security officials have been given high alert in the meetings all day and he just got a news alert. >> ed: we will stay on top of it. >> sandra: president trump taking shots from the media after speculations about his health after an appearance at health west point. it is the media criticism of that fair? john bolton, what he says is confidential information, which is next. >> they have to give a clearance process be

the inter-korean liaison office.pen to fanfare in 2018, a sign that tensions were easing between the countries. now reportedly rubble. it was located near the demilitarized zone where u.s. forces helped police the border the move coming off weeks of threats from the north korean leader kim jong-un's sister even saying she's instructed the army to prepare to enter part of the demilitarized areas. she has taken an increasingly high profile in recent years appearing at the 2018 winter olympics and summits with president trump. but talks with america have stalled and the white house has insisted on maintaining sanctions. it was almost a year ago that president trump met with kim jong-un at the dmz, crossing over into the north korean border >> stepping across that line was a great honor. a lot of progress has been made. >> reporter: now the north is kplang of what it views as propaganda like 1 dollar bills loaded with news flowing into the country by balloons fromrea rally that is meant to pressure the u.s. and south kor

. >>> thank you very much, breaking news this morning, north korea destroys an inter-korean will liaison offic. this just released video is of the explosion. the office is located in north korea near the demilitarized zone. it was opened two years ago to facilitate communication between the two countries. north korea is also now threatening to move troops back into the dmz. we're following this breaking story and we'll bring you updates as they come in. >>> we're also following a situation in albuquerque, new mexico, where police are investigating a shooting that happened during a rather chaotic rally. protesters were demanding the removal of a statue that sits outside the museum. police arrested members of an armed vigilante group. there's no update yet on the man shot. and amid nationwide calls for police reform president trump today is signing a new executive order as congress debates change and cities across america take action on their own. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live to explain the president's reaction. >> reporter: good morning. the president is planning on signing that or

office. ♪ south korean officials have described the north korean description of a joint liaison office as aless and unprecedented act. they admitted ey blew up the building. here is our correspondent in, laura bicker. laura: the minister here had confirmed that 2:49 local time, an explosion was heard and seen at the liaison office at the border town. the niol council has been convened. military commanders along the border have been sent to their post now, this is in essence a bit o theate this was an empty building. thovnoalso a threatrtt t t few days. the latest came from kim jong-un's sister, kim il jeong. on saturday, she said the building would be collapsed. here we are a few days later, and it seems that is the case. state media in north korea hav t also confirmt the building has been destroyed. ♪ ros: i am ros atkins with "outside source." a cheap and widely available drug has been shown to cut the ri from dying of covid-19 to severely ale patients. the u.k. governnt has announced a major change in how it provides aid money around the world. for years, it has been distribud by the dep

only tangible achievement of the trump approach to north korea was the building of a liaison office in the north korean liaison office with south korea. and now north korea has demolished it, reduced it to rubble. now that symbol of diplomacy is literally just a pile of rubble. this evening north korea announced it will redeploy troops to sites near the border with south korea. joining us now is ambassador wendy sherman. she is the former undersecretary of state in the obama administration. she's now an msnbc global affairs contributor. ambassador sherman, your reaction to the developments in north korea. >> well, i think we've seen this movie before, lawrence. north korea always wants to get attention. ostensibly this was about defectors in south korea sending through balloons literature that was anti-kim and usbs and other things like that.but i think it the u.s. attention through south korea. it's also to deal with the economic problems that north korea is facing by saying there's an enemy out there. and finally, i think this is the entrance, the next entrance of kim yo-jong, the younger sister of k

. >>> breaking overnight, south korean officials say that north korea has blown up -- that is, literally blown up the liaison officed with them. it is the latest sign of sharply rising tensions on the korean peninsula, and of course, the apparent failure of three years of u.s. diplomacy with north korea. president trump and chairman kim. cnn's will ripley is live in hong kong. first, will, tell us the significance of this truly alarming step, blowing up the office meant to allow for diplomacy between the two countries. >> reporter: north korea's certainly trying to send a message, jim, and sending it pretty strongly, blowing up their liaison office, which isn't that far from where president trump and kim jong-un shook hands along the demilitarized zone, when president trump made that impromptu visit at a time that there was still hope that diplomacy could be salvaged. north korea now very strongly saying that diplomacy has all but ended. and in fact, they believe it has ended so much that they decided to blow up the building that they shared up until january with south korean government officials. the liaison offic