peninsula last year. it also allegedly sank a south korean naval vessel. their talks on friday are seen as a step forward in diplomatic efforts to resume negotiations that could lead to the resumption of six-party talks on the nuclear issue. meanwhile u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met with her chinese counterpart ahead of saturday's asean regional forum. the u.s. is actively trying to increase its presence in the region where there are simmering disputes not only on the korean peninsula but also in the south china sea. >> i want to commend china and asean for working so closely together to include implementation guidelines for the declaration of conduct in the south china sea, and, of course, we will discuss our mutual desire for peace and stability on the korean peninsula. and i look forward to addressing these and other important issues. >> reporter: ministerial-level talks of the asean regional forum are scheduled for saturday as well as asean members and the united states chief delegates from china and north and south korea will also be prese

now, we had torrential amount of rain in the korean peninsula as well.ut floos a band of very heavy rain in central china and all the way up to the north. now this one around beijing will be bringing lots of heavy rain again to the korean peninsula. no more rain is welcome there, but unfortunately into your weekend, the korean peninsula will be seeing another heavy downpour again. tokyo, we're looking at 26 degrees. another -- again, the heat wave is afecting chongqing, 37. shanghai, 37. southeast china, please be careful of heat strokes if you are in those vicinities. heading over to north america, let's first of all talk about tropical storm don. this is steadily moving towards the southeastern coast of texas. we have a tropical storm warning just here in the pink line. it's going to be bringing damaging winds, high waves and swells of the ocean. so please do stay away from the coastal sides, if possible. another place we're looking at severe weather is just around the new england, northeast, damaging winds, large hail, maybe even tornadoes may not be

from the ongoing tension every time there is the situation of escalated military tension on the korean peninsula i think year. of my family and korean war exercises that have led to incidents like china and young girl last year are deadly and they've already cost us lives we should also know that u.s. soldiers are not saying in this situation i there are more and more soldiers are coming forward and talking about exposure to agent orange joining theirs in korea and lastly more gains and maintaining troops and basis at a state of readiness for war are costing billions of dollars in taxpayer money for our countries and. i do want to ask you very briefly do you think that north korea is ever likely to give up its atomic ambitions after everything is said and done. well there is one thing that distinguish north korea from other nuclear weapon states in the world and that is that it is the only country that has said that it's willing to give them up in exchange for a guarantee that the u.s. will not attack it and north korea has been very consistent it has said that everything is on the table as long

military provocations by showing that a high-performance submarine has been deployed around the korean peninsula. >>> the death toll in the sinking of a tour boat in central russia has risen to about 50. the cruise ship volga capsized on sunday with about 200 passengers and crew members aboard. officials of russia's emergency situation ministry said that 79 people have been rescued but about 50 have been confirmed dead so far. nearly 70 are still unaccounted for. they're believed to be inside the boat which is lying on the bottom of the river about 20 meters below. it was on its way from volga to the regional capital kazam. it sank within minutes. the vessel was built 56 years ago and was carrying far more passengers than its capacity. >>> a small passenger plane has crashed while attempting an emergency landing on a river in western siberia. russian officials say at least five people were killed. turbo prompt was carrying 39 passengers and members when it crashed on monday morning. a russian news agency says fire from one of the plane's two engines forced the pilot to attempt to land. the crash

torrential downpours impacting the korean peninsula.oding risk going to be extremely high out here. the rain eases slightly during the day, but it will start to intensify again by night. also. >>> more showers to come for the northeastern corner of china here. the ground here already quite saturated so flooding cannot be ruled out here either. also for inland areas, looking at steady rain to develop again for chongqing as well as sichuan. the southern half of china does stay dry. meanwhile, looking very unsettled across japan. lots of chorms popping up here. best of sunshine to be found in the north for hokkaido. also down towards the okinawa island. tokyo cloudy at 30 degrees. 33 in beijing. very warm here. and it stays extremely hot down in the south. 37 in nanchang. now let's get an update on the tropical storm nock-ten. it has already triggered deadly landslides as well as flooding. it will continue to move in a northwesterly direction fairly slowly before heading out to the south china sea. it is on a strengthening track over the n

korean peninsula is going to be seeing lots of that rain again. land is already very saturated and froen prone to flooding. it will only up the risk for flooding. more heavy rain to come to you in south china and also a southwest monsoon will be enhancing heavy rain. so laos and vietnam and northwestern indo-china peninsula will be looking at heavy rain. looking pretty dry on into northern china and central china. the temperatures are very light in ulan bator. averaging at 31. tokyo, looking at 33. another hot and very humid day for your saturday high. heading over to north america, well, we have a low pressure system just sort of stationed in the northern plains. well, this is going to be bringing severe storms, thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds, and even tornadic activity will be seen in montana, dakotas, all the way down into northern colorado for your friday. we do want to watch out for that. and also scattered thunderstorms and showers will be seen, especially in the gulf states in the southeast. well, a bit north is this area where a

right below that we have the seasonal rain front today bringing rain towards the korean peninsula andnto southeast china looking at the band forming here. looking wetter in parts of the korean peninsula and towards japan, heavier rain it is heading into northern sections of the country over the course of today. and down to the south, too, more rain coming up as well. that is pretty unsettled across the board here. as for temperatures on friday, 34 in beijing. 33 in hong kong. looking quite warm still. seoul, 27 for you. getting up to 33 in tokyo. it is going to be getting hot again today. over towards the americas, meanwhile, looking at the bright white cluster of clouds starting to develop, getting organized in the pacific, it is a tropical depression and a tropical storm in the making as well. within the next 24 hours or so, we could see this strengthen further into a tropical storm. luckily or hopefully we will continue to see that head out to sea. outer rain bands have been impacting much of the southwest coast of mexico. up towards the americas, we're looking at this long frontal

chaplain annually on the korean peninsula usually a joint military will solve three american going through drills that will have always been a major issue the major concern for most of the really you've seen the state of constant. war seems to be eighty years ago. and the recently particularly last year these deals with will be disputed area of waste and seed and we know there were a couple of very considered the. ship was destroyed and the. other was a character and shelf. for human life regional tensions also expanded china really concerned so russia demonstrated a very strong position on such actions and called upon all parties to demonstrate restraint we know that he is on the brink of war already for almost six decades now and something has to be done about that and i think that. from one side or another more south koreans is not going to help resolve this situation. the participation of all the parties like he wears which we choose the main security of the republic of korea and china which is a secure. you know one or more of you can go if you people are probably. all from makes thes

withdrawing our foreign troops establishing a peace mechanism and then finally leaving the fate of the korean peninsula up to the korean people just kind of having said that though has south korea and the u.s. are planning joint military drills in disputed seas next month which as we've seen in the past north korea always finds provocative was so why do you think the south of the u.s. keep the. well the u.s. military needs justifications that maintain its troops in the northeast in that region so that it can pursue its real interest which is to contain china as expansion of power in the region and also to continue to sell its weapons and demonizing north korea as an axis of evil country and we need provides that kind of just. the u.s. has been trying to strengthen its alliances with south korea and japan increasing military exercises in the region building missiles at defense systems and inextricably inextricably linked in south korea and japan and systems words. but the reality is north korea does not provide a threat to south korea or the u.s. and the reality are so is that the u.s. and south korea a

it's been very rainy across the korean peninsula, all that moisture coming off the yellow sea.o see more of that rain working in. again, if that wasn't enough, we're also watching an area of potential development in the caribbean sea, located about 120 kilometers to the east of cancun. that has a clans of becoming a tropical cyclone, a 72% chance. very active out there. manisha enjoy your beautiful and quiet weather across hong kong. nice treat. >> seems incredible given the kind of systems we've got whirling around this region. thank you very much, jennifer. people out there, please, please check on your weather reports before you venture out. nina? >> coming up next on "world business today," whether it's cold beer or vino, being a sesful salesman is a big part of being "the boss." that's next on "world business today." [pig oinking] [hissing] [oink] [oinking] [ding] announcer: cook foods to the right temperature using a food thermometer. 3,000 americans will die from food poisoning this year. keep your family safer. check your steps at foodsafety.gov. [oinking] >>> hello aga

of beijing but moves into the northeastern corner of china also the western sections of the korean peninsula. watch out for heavy showers as well as strong thunderstorms. down towards the south in around chongqing, we're looking for heavy rain to develop mere. the southern sections do stay dry. but much of indochina peninsula dealing with that monsoon. now for the philippines, lots of showers developing. we do have a tropical depression just to the east. it is showing signs of intensifying further as it makes its way across luzon over the next day. bringing additional rain in the next 24 hours. so flooding is going to be a big concern here as well as strong winds anhigh waves along the east coast. in terms of temperatures, it stays hot in china. shanghai reaches 37 degrees. very hot indeed. for the americas looking unsettled down in the southeastern corner here. watch out for the drenching thunderstorms picking up the energy from the gulf of mexico. couple of severe areas to watch out across the northern in the northeastern corner of the u.s. and canada. then behind the tail end of this fron

japan looking wet and stormy out again we've got flooding warnings, landslides warnings and the korean peninsula continues to deal with significant rainfall this morning. fortunately that system is finally losing steam in the afternoon but any additional rainfall is not good news after a devastating rain event. meanwhile china is starting to see significant rain from inland areas. this is spreading northeast and then moving into the beijing area, today bringing a rainstorm and eventually arriving in the northeast corner ease well. that increases the flooding risk in the area as well. the southern coast of china starting to feel the effect of the storm, heavy rain, strong winds impacting the area since last night tp. tropical storm is due it make land fall sometime between this after nan, this evening. and further strengthening is quite possible before making land fall here. of that it is then expected to move into northern vietnam. now, the island will get the brunt of the storm and heavy rains will occur the next 24 hours. more than 150 millimeters is possible so looking at extremely high flood

force realignment and to the normalization on the korean peninsula. this committee needs a better understanding of this major undertaking. the cost of which are significant and growing. but ultimately what must guide the u.s. defense policy, vis-a-vis the republic of korea is the obligation to insure the mutual security and success. admiral mcraven, what you achieved in york career is all pretty extraordinary before may 2nd, 2011, but on that day by leading the mission that killed osama bin laden, you and your men won an enduring place in the american military history. so to say that i am confident in your ability to lead the u.s. special operations command is an understatement the admiral wilson has done an exceptional job and i'm confident you will build on this great work. if confirmed. the leader of al qaeda is dead but a new one is taken its place. your mission will be to help ensure that he meets the same end. at the same time, a series of deadly franchisees especially al qaeda and the arabian peninsula continues to threaten security of homeland

north korean officials have begun talks inside a possible easing of military tensions on the korean peninsulait is a sign that they are serious about resolving negotiations on the nuclear weapons program. i asked if there had been any progress in the bilateral talks. >> it is difficult to say because the officials have not been telling us very much. they have basically been throwing out diplomatic cliches. i think the north koreans said they were constructive and interesting, so make what you will of that. americans publicly have been very cautious. they have had their fingers burned before, as you know. the north koreans have agreed to dismantle their weapons program in 2005, and since then, have tested two nuclear bombs, and have started a uranium enrichment program. the americans have said this is just an exploratory meeting, to see if north korea is serious about taking steps toward denuclearization. >> in china, the public is facing -- the government is facing public backlash over the way it handled a high-speed train crash that killed 39 people. there are allegations of corruption and c

now for the korean peninsula looking cloudy and showery. today for northeast and china a lot of showers developing across much of central and southern china. nothing to severe but it is fairly widespread. southwest monsoon remains active across indio china again particularly in thailand as well as northeast and i india and bangladesh. reaching 33 in beijing. 35 in shanghai. tokyo is much o warmer than yesterday. should rise to 28 degrees. now for americas, hurricane dora still a major hurricane. from now on, gradual weakening is expected. we have tropical for the tip of the baja, could be dangerous surf conditions starting tonight and stro strong winds could impact the area from friday night as well. rain shouldn't be a problem but still quite a lot of moisture coming in from the system. so the northern end of mexico looking at showers, pockets of heavy showers as well. >>> as for north america, we have this long frontal system shifting from plain states up to eastern canada looking across from the plain states aep and up in eastern canada

heavy rain once again targeting the korean peninsula. actually south korea will be seeing maybe another additional 100 millimeters of rain into the next 24 hours. you add it to the 100 millimeters they just received and there will be a high risk of flooding and landslides. northeastern china with ongoing showers and thunderstorms moving through and northern japan will be seeing showers. we have the front line moving through. the rest of japan, mostly clear and dry. very, very hot though. we may see thunderstorms popping up in the heat of the day, especially in central locations. let's go down to just east of taiwan. we have a tropical depression that's now a low forecast to become a tropical depression in the next 12 hours. so this is what we see in the forecast. it looks like it will be headed up just north of taiwann toward it is coast of eastern china. really intensifying the downpours in both locations as well as the northern philippines. that's pulling in all of the humid monsoon winds across the west coast. i think you can actually

force realignment and to the normalization on the korean peninsula. this committee needs a better understanding of this major undertaking. the cost of which are significant and growing. but ultimately what must guide the u.s. deense policy, vis-a-vis the republic of korea is the obligation to insure the mutual security and success. admiral mcraven, what you achieved n york career is all pretty extraordinary before may 2nd, 2011, but on that day by leading the mission that killed osama bin laden, you and your men won an enduring place in the american military history. so to say that i am confident in your ability to lead the u.s. special operations command is an understatement the admiral lson has done an exceptional job and i'm confident you will build on this great work. if confirmed. the leader of al qaeda is dead but a new one is taken its place. your mission will be to help ensure that he meets the same end. athe same time, a series of deadly franchisees especially al qaeda and the arabian peninsula continues to threaten security of homeland commo

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weather for northeastern china, and then we've got this very long seasonal rain band affecting the korean peninsula. could get quite intense for you again, north korea as well as jiangsu and an hui, as much as 100 millimeters. flooding is going to be a big, big concern as it has been raining for days. then down towards the southern end of china it remains fairly unsettled. in and around guanxie, hainan island, plenty of showers to be had across indo china as well. 25 degrees in chongqing today. seoul 25, another rapy day. and tokyo is going to be hot and steamy at 32. now we head into north america. very long frontal system impacting north america. today we've got lots of showers developing here across the lower midwest, the plains states up towards the northern rockies. particularly severe near this low pressure system from montana and across illinois as well. significant rain to be found from nebraska as well as parts of the four corners. the flooding is also going to be a concern here. looking quite showery across the southern coast of the u.s. as well. 37 degrees in wichita today. 38 in houston

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to be a positive step to possible future negotiations on the issue of nuclear weapons in the korean peninsula. korea quit the original back in two thousand and seven. nato has carried out fresh bombing runs on the libyan capital on saturday i think colonel gadhafi is headquarters where abouts of incumbent leading remain unknown on friday a crowd rallied in tripoli in support of the color of libya has been ravaged by civil war since february when they tell the coalition to get in strikes march. contributor says there's a credibility gap in the advance over the intervention. there is been a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faith to regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on the technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a tune and a half wars

the korean peninsula has bn dealing with excessive rainfall the past couple of days.ring reports of deadly landslides across south korea and also in seoul serious flooding situation going on here as well. this frontal system will stay with us, picking up that moisture from the east china sea. so it doesn't look like that rain is going to be weakening off anytime soon. on your thursday, we'll continue to see heavy rain occur here. more than 100 millimeters is possible, especially along the border here but in isolated areas we could see as much as 250 millimeters occur. so we're looking at heightened risks of landslides as well as flooding in the area. for japan as well, central and northern areas, looking quite stormy. due to that same system, heavy rain is expected as well today. and that could certainly bring some landslide problems here as well. now for china, the rain starts to ease off finally up in the northeastern corner. but for inland areas, it looks like we'll continue to see that heavy rain develop. it's actually been enhanced by the southerly flow coming in

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stalled six party negotiations on the north's nuclear program tensions are escalating on the korean peninsula since the sinking of a south korean navy vessel by the north in march last year. hundreds of demonstrators surrounded japan's embassy in seoul angry at the japanese government banned on its officials from flying with korean air the decision follows the south koreans airlines test flight of a new air boss jet over the disputed land called rocks a few weeks ago protesters but japanese flags posters it seems it's. ok that's the news for now it's business all the way next whatever. hello and welcome to the business news here on our t.v. well in four days the u.s. government will run out of money the democrats and republicans are still arguing over how to cut the deficit and stalling on raising the debt ceiling while the markets believe washington will act in time to avert disaster but there's always a risk well joining me now to discuss just what might go wrong is louise cooper markets analyst at the g.c. partners good to have you with us on the program let's say we come to work on monday

reviving stalled six policy negotiations on the nuclear program so just how but escalation on the korean peninsula since the sinking of a south korean navy vessel by the north of last year. hundreds of demonstrators surrounded japan's embassy in seoul angry at a japanese government ban on its officials for flying with korean air the decision follows the south korean airlines test flight of a new airbus jet over the disputed leon call rocks a few weeks ago protesters japanese flags and protos posters rubber. ok let's check out all the latest business news now which has. a little there and welcome to business here on r.t. . now oil prices continue to ride high despite ongoing fierce of defaults in europe and the us and according to europe's biggest oil company royal dutch shell the time of low cost oil and gas is at an end finding resources will be more complex and will require more money and investment well to discuss this in more detail i'm joined by jorge and want to pick up plots in london thank you very much for being with us on the program now how much are the debt concerns in the u.s. and eur

stalled six party negotiations of the north make up for ground tension of the escalating of the korean peninsula that is the sinking of a south korean navy vessel by the north a much. the ousted egyptian president is to be brought to cairo for trial which is he just started a week hosni mubarak faces charges of corruption and ordering the killings that were tested during the uprising that ousted him in february. faltering health and raised concerns that his trial could be postponed or held in the so in a result that hasan to go where he's undergoing treatment but egyptian officials can see that their ex-president is fit to attend court. a double boarding house hate and of rocky by policemen were collecting paychecks in the northern town of to create two of people have been killed and dozens injured in that time but it remains unclear how many offices were among them between blast marks the fourth major attack on iraq security forces this year no one has yet have made it their salt. and we do police have ended their search for the borders of those killed in the massacre on a toilet island sixty e

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is a positive step for a possible future negotiations on the issue of nuclear weapons in the korean peninsula north korea quits the regional groups and back in two thousand and seven . nato has carried out fresh bombing runs on the libyan capital on saturday and think his headquarters whereabouts. on friday a crowd relevant tripoli in support of the current libya has been ravaged by simple horse and bring into that provision in here strikes a much parties a military contributor says there's a growing credibility gap in the alliance and the intervention. there is going to a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or a delicate faith or a guiding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in lead is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a turn a half wars for the united states

meanwhile, the korean peninsula rain finally tapers off across the region but for the northern end ofhina we start to see more showers developing here, becoming more widespread and intense as we head toward your saturday. down in the southeastern corner, things drying up quite nicely for you, but more rain to comfort southwestern corner here and run into pockets of heavier showers affecting indochina, particularly for thailand as well as all the way up into bangladesh. the philippines, too, will contend with some more showers, especially if central southern portions of the country. so look out for those heavy downpours. 32 degrees in manila today, 35 in taipei. stays hot in eastern and central china, 37 degrees in chongqing and turkey coming in at 30 degrees today to. now, for the americas, tropical storm arlene still with us. it continues to bring heavy rain in the area here t is expected to downgrade to a tropical depression by this evening, so the next few hours this will happen. still looking quite stormy along the the east coast of mexico here and windy as well, back behind this

also the western sections of the korean peninsula. watch out for heavy showers as well as strong thunderstorms. now down towards the south in and around chongqing, heavy rain to develop here as well. the southern sections of china does stay dry but much of indochina peninsula deal with the southwest monsoon, particularly for thailand. we have reports of heavy downpours here. for the philippines, too, lots of showers developing. we have a tropical depression just to the east of versailless. it's showing signs of intensifying as it makes its way across luzon over the next day or so. bringing additional heavy rain of more than 100 millimeters in the next 24 hours. so flooding is going to be a big concern here, as well as strong winds and high waves along the east coast. in terms of temperatures, it stays hot in southern china. 38 degrees in nanchang today. and shanghai reaches 37 degrees as well. it's very, very hot indeed. now for the americas, looking very unsettled down in the southeastern corner here. watch out for those drenching th

the korean peninsula is also looking pretty wet today, and as will japan.an has been seeing some very heavy rains this whole week. it's once again today across the country showers are developing, and he wiwe may see heavier rai the north. quake affected areas you might want to watch out for potential flooding as well as landslides. as for temperatures, 29 in tokyo so, a little bit cooler today thanks to all the clouds keeping the sun away. 24 in seoul. 33 degrees in beijing. chongqing coming in at 28. so considerably cooler than the past few days. finally, that rain moving in and making things a little bit cooter. but still over toward the southeast coastline much hotter for areas like shanghai, coming in at 37 degrees. over toward the americas and lots of activity to be found in and around the caribbean. you can see a lot of bright white clouds here. showers and thunderstorms are widespread in the area, all the way through central america and up along the west coast of mexico as well. also moisture continues to move up toward the southwest of the united st

korean war told r.t. that the u.s. interested in tension on the peninsula. the u.s. military needs justification to maintain its troops in the northeast asia region so that it can pursue its real interest which is to contain china's expansion of power in the region and also to continue to sell its weapons systems and demonizing north korea as an axis of evil country and the new provides that kind of justification the u.s. has been trying to strengthen its alliances with south korea and japan increasing military exercises in the region building missiles at defense systems and extra inexplicably linking the south korean japan weapons systems with its own. but the reality is north korea does not provide a threat to south korea or the u.s. and the reality also is that the u.s. and south korea are facing an economic crisis where their tax dollars can be better spent on rebuilding their domestic economy and provocative war games that have already cost us lives on the korean peninsula last year there is one thing that distinguishes north korea from other nuclear weapons sta

korea korean peninsula this is very important for nonproliferation regime and this will help us avoid other conflicts and we also talked about libyan situation in other eastern and african countries about the situation in afghanistan we have been operating cooperating very closely in various. areas and in the light of what it's meeting yesterday in washington which was very useful. and it helped experts to prepare specific documents that we have also discussed of the topic of conventional arms in europe we have very much interested in finding mutually accepted framework to reach an agreement on new control of conventional arms in this very important treaty and. which is crucial for russia in the united states and i would like to note that we had a very useful. we also talked about our cooperation in arctics and antarctic which is also very important. also we identified that there is a possibility to bring our positions closer in the issues where we still have some . misunderstandings like bilateral cooperation and international edge and and in comparison to previous years we see these

it's going to be bringing some wet weather towards the southern end of korean peninsula as well as in towards japan. southern japan first off today will see heavy rain possible, an then this heavy rain moves up more towards the central sections of the course of the day. it has been unsettled the past couple of days in japan. heavy downpours have been popping up across the country. there have been some strong gust. looks like the weather is going to be pretty unsettled again today. you do want to watch out for the possibility of some flash flooding risks here. wednesday's highs 32 in tokyo. so hot, 27 in seoul. 34 degrees in beijing. so very, very warm conditions for you here. and really eastern china, again looking at some very high temperatures. shanghai gets up to 36 degrees. 37 and 37 in chongqing. warnings have been issued so you want to take precautions if you're outside. over towards the americas, and a line of thundershowers continue to develop along the west coast of mexico that same moisture is heading right up in towards the southwest corner of the united states as well. so