for growing hostility on the korean peninsula, while speaking at the yuan general assembly in new york city. this speech runs just under 20 minutes. >> mr. president, mr. secretary-general, distinguished delegates, let me begin by congratulating mr. -- on your election as the president of the 77th you in general assembly. i also expect a debate as soon a meaningful occasion for all member states to find a common solution for exchanges of root -- useful experiences through existing challenges and crises and building a sustainable world for ourselves as well as future coming generations. essentially the pandemic, 6.50 3 million people. it still poses a threat to humankind. humankind with the emergence of the subvariant. to make matters worse, the global health crisis is compounded by infectious diseases such as monkeypox. this year there has been material losses in all regions of the world, including south asia, western europe and north america due to the effects of disaster prone whether resulting from climate change. this has created another problem to the international community. we a

planning even at this moment to conduct joint military exercises in the surroundings of the korean peninsula. obviously this is an extremely dangerous act which could drive us to the brink of war. we have found another answer to defend against the military threats of the united states and to ensure peace and security on the korean peninsula and in the region. at the recent session, low on the policy of the nation's nuclear forces has been adopted with the unanimous approval. -- the united states should clearly understand that their heinous and hostile policy over 30 years has just brought about the reality of the prolonged situation for the future. comrade kim jong-un said that present international situations show that the contradiction between justice and injustice with the power structure around the peninsula has become obvious with a change as advocated by the united states that is being accelerated significantly. the most fundamental danger is the high handedness of the united states and its followers that is destroying the foundation of international stability to maintain hegemonic war

. ♪ >> next, former director of national intelligence james clapper shares his pots on the korean peninsuland u.s. national security. the institute for korean studies hosts this 90 minute conversation. >> good evening, welcome to -- 2020 two. i am the president and chair, i would like to thank everyone for joining our program. everyone for joining today. it is my pleasure to introduce the honorable james r klapper who will address the issues and challenges that emerged in the korean peninsula and national security. mr. klapper is the fourth and the longest tenured u.s. director of national intelligence from august 2010 to january, 2017. in this, -- led the u.s. intelligence committee and served as the principal intelligence advisor to president barack obama and retired in 1995 after a career in the u.s. armed forces. it began in 1961 when jim enlisted in the u.s. marine corps reserves. it culminated as lieutenant general and the u.s. air force as the 11th director of the defense intelligence agency. following his retirement, jim worked in industry with superlative distinctions. he returned

i think ultimately, korean peninsula will somehow reunify. in the issue is, will it be done by force or some other way? and i am suggesting, by changing approach is a way of -- is a catalyst, or starting what i think would be a long-term process to reunify. now a complication here that we have not mentioned much is china. china views, i think, my opinion, china views north korea as an imperative as a strategic offer. and the last time the chinese asserted themselves in relation to korea was 1951 when they were concerned that they were going to lose their strategic -- buffer in the form of north korea. so, there is a real art form here to promoting moving towards reunification which i agree needs to be the ultimate thing. the korean people, north and south, i saw evidence of this when i was there -- there was still tremendous emotional magnitude between the north and south even though their languages are different and all of that. so, just to respect the emotional, spiritual aspects here, of the korean people, as a people, so, the artform of h

and preface for the book and tawhy am i talking about the korean peninsula at all? i first served in the mid- eighties i was the director of intelligence for us forces and the deputy for c2 for the combined forces command an arrangement that still exist today. so from 1985 through 1987, developing a deep interest in the peninsula. and have read a lot of books about the war. urto enjoy the tour i thought the air force to the korean peninsula that position of gq was the air force position and that they came to their senses and change the name it shouldn't be air force as the army intelligence but i did that for two years. so in my next assignment it was for the pacific command so to sustain my interest of course and there after for any other jobs in the military so try to stay current on the developments of the peninsula. so d and i in 2010 and they were aware of my career on the korean peninsula and in 2014 we had to citizens who were incarcerated under hard labor conditions and for some reason the white house decided to send me these two citizens writing a new york

the typhoon has now moved off into the seas that separate the korean peninsula from japan, but because because of its extensive size, we know that it's already cause disruptions in south korea to some flights to train schedules. a schools have been canceled for the day. it's also impacting other places in particular, japan, we know that in the southern island, the q u. there has been some power outages there dates, going to bring a lot of rain to a japan as it moves up the seas that separate the korean peninsula from japan. and also north korea is bracing for it's impacted. it says it is ready expecting to say storm damage and this door will in fact, get as far as russia before it finally peters out. well, mcbride, without updates in the sense. thank you. custodial authorities say they're struggling to stop the country's largest lake bursting its banks off. the unprecedented flooding. officials also announced the death of another 24 people. more than 1000. 300 people have been killed after reco monsoon rains and melting glasses with access to clean water is a key issue for people tryin

the korean peninsula. hopes of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, have all but evaporated with leader kim jong and recently enshrining in law. it's status as a nuclear armed power and south korean intelligence officials believe the north has now completed preparations for another nuclear test. it would be the 1st such test in 5 years and comes as a u. s. naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier. ronald reagan conducts joint drills and korean waters. again, another 1st in 5 years, she leaves the peninsula with the deepening tensions increasingly reminiscent of previous times. robert bride al jazeera pudgy, south korea. he him as to pies later and son soon. she has been sentenced to 3 years in jail, along with her former economic adviser, australian, shown to now if he had pleaded not guilty to violating the official secrets, act sentencing took place in a closed course. it's the latest in a series of convictions soon she has faced since being asked in a military cou, i can february 2021. 20 chang has more from bangkok in neighboring thailand. we have seen charge upon charg

the korean peninsula. hopes of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, have all but evaporated with leader kim jong and recently enshrining in law. it's status as a nuclear armed power and south korean intelligence officials believe the north has now completed preparations for another nuclear test. it would be the 1st such test in 5 years and comes as a u. s. naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier. ronald reagan conducts joint drills and korean waters. again, another 1st in 5 years, she leaves the peninsula with the deepening tensions increasingly reminiscent of previous times. robert bride al jazeera padget, south korea. india's top court has widened abortion rights for unmarried women, bringing them on par with married women. a termination will now be allowed up to 24 weeks into a pregnancy, regardless of myrtle status. previously women had to be married widowed maintenance or sexual assault survivors to be eligible for abortion. the ruling followed a petition by 25 year old unmarried women needing a termination. a 24 hour nationwide strike has begun in france, demonstrato

and boy will a korean peninsula copy type of the next couple of days. tuesday morning, eliezer tuesday morning. that system joins up. typhoon runs its way across south korea, really heavy rain. the only good news i can offer is that at least it will move through quickly. so by the end of tuesday, it should be dry things quieting down by that state and you go on into wednesday. miss a thing of the past by that state, but there will be flooding to watch out for some avi showers to could cause a little bit of fly frauding localized flooding there into parts of japan for time . take care with a top temperature a sticky. 32 degrees celsius you to washer was across southeast asia that all typhoon has been drawing some very heavy rain across. sir indo china into the philippines could scattering a shout across malaysia, one or 2 showers too. for many parts of indonesia, cats are airways official airline of the journey. ah, al jazeera, with oh, feeling vietnamese children, walk into slavery in one to one east. investigate how the traffic is. are they doing justi

uh, the south korean armed forces have practically taken over the entire korean peninsula. h korean troops and the americans, they frantically clung only to. well here's the last one so to speak, for somewhere coastal territories and only landing. here are the americans in south korean obvincheon when they landed in winchiko. they entered the rear of the north korean army. he turned the tide of hostilities to the northerners, they had to retreat after a consolidation of efforts, and above all thanks to the help of the united states and its allies, but managed to repel the offensive of the north and completely, changing the strategic picture by september october, the fiftieth year. already south. he had every opportunity to capture the north and achieve the unification of korea on his own terms. is that when the north was thrown back almost to the very chinese border, where you entered the chinese. here is a huge expeditionary force to liberate the people on the army of china crossed the korean border and hit the americans, and the chinese must be given their due. magnificent

and boy will a korean peninsula copy type of the next couple of days. tuesday morning, early as a tuesday morning that system joins up. typhoon runs its way across south korea, really heavy rain. the only good news i can offer is that at least it will move through quickly. so by the end of tuesday, it should be dry. think squatting down by that state and you go on into wednesday is a thing of the past by that stage, but there will be flooding to watch out for some avi showers to could cause a little bit of fly frauding localized flooding there in to parts of japan for time tokyo, but the top temperature a sticky, 32 degrees celsius you to washer was across se, asia that all typhoon has been drawing some very heavy rain across indo china into the philippines. good scattering a shower across malaysia, one or 2 showers to for many parts of indonesia. ah, control of the narrative shapes the landscape, the salient went to the pole. keep those images front of mind was very much bring forth out in the media as well as on the battle for your listening page. dis

we begin on the korean peninsula. tensions are drawing once again. the vice president of the united states has capped off a visit to the region with a tour of the demilitarized zone. the united states is watching the anger grow for weeks. now kamala harris has viewed the north's territory up close. when this visit was announced, they sent two short ranged ballistic missiles flying towards the sea of japan. hours later, harris was sitting down with south korea's president. >> translator: we want to develop the u.s.-south korea alliance as a strong support system to protect the freedom, security, and prosperity of the south korean people. >> for seven decades the alliance between the united states and the republic of korea has been a lifrnl pin of security and prosperity. on the korean peninsula and in the endough pacific and throughout the globe. >> the white house says harris told them the u.s. condemns north korea's latest missile launch as a threat to peace and security in the endough pacific. >> the jap maritime self-defense force says it is prepa

they're fighting across mountains, rocky terrain of the korean peninsula, an insular. you showed courage, resilience. and in addition to those who were killed, are commemorated on this wall. thousands were held in captivity and thousands remain unaccounted for. even today, we must never forget that many more service members return home with the wounds of war, both visible and invisible. our veterans, they continue to face these challenges today. that's why the biden-harris administration is committed to fully accounting for all prisoners of war and those missing in action. we're also committed to fulfilling our sacred obligation to care for our veterans, their families, their caregivers and survivors, and making sure they receive all the benefits and services that they have rightfully earned. we're going to do that. i i've been privileged to witness this strong alliance between. our countries firsthand. first last year i was there when president biden awarded the first medal of honor of his president to colonel ralph puckett jr, a veteran of the korean war and standing

tensions are high on the korean peninsula at the moment, with pyongyang firing a missile in responsenaval exercises jointly held this week by the us and south korea, which resumed for the first time in five years. duyeon kim is a senior fellow at the centre for a new american security in seoul and gave me her assessment of what the trip is all about. i think vice president harris�*s trip is intended to send a message to south and north korea. south korea to demonstrate and show its commitment security and defence and a message to north korea that the united states again is committed to the south korean defence and it will not tolerate and accept north korean provocations. but we are already seeing this provocations in it doesn't look like pyongyang is backing down. it doesn't and that will be a challenge and homework so to speak for both the united states and south korea and evenjapan on how to deal with north korea. how to stop, prevent them from future complications and the biggest challenge has been notjust stopping weapons tests but trying to bring north korea back to the dialogu

remain ready to start consultations with pyongyang for the purpose of nuclearization of the korean peninsulaives such an answer to north korea's statement that the country, on the day of the 74th anniversary of its formation, consolidates its nuclear status at the legislative level. this means that pyongyang can use nuclear weapons if it feels an existential threat. north korea passed the law, officially declaring itself a nuclear power. according to the gori central state media, the law allows the country to launch a preventive nuclear strike, attacking country, the new law will make it impossible to make concessions on nuclear weapons. kim also emphasizes that this new law makes the status of a nuclear power irreversible negotiations denuclearization will not be the leader of north korea, warned the world community that he would never give up nuclear weapons. he announced this on thursday during his speech at the parliament's supreme people's assembly, according to the korean central news agency. on friday. kim accused the us of trying to undermine north korea's defenses in order to overth

stay off shore. bringing him one or 2 showers into central parts, self japan for wednesday, korean peninsula, on the other hand, fine and dry. lot of dry weather to across much of china. still pretty hot down towards the south. they're coiling. getting around 5 or 6 celsius above the seasonal average on those temperatures. so good deal of heat around one or 2 showers for eastern parts of china for thursday. dry wants to get into the korean peninsula and hopefully few a shower there to southern parts of japan as we go on through thursday. it will warm up for friday, touching 30 degrees celsius in tokyo for the south, where we have got a typhoon making its way across the south. china say this is the neuro it'll punch its way across south eastern parts of vietnam. quickly moving into well louse eating across into northern parts of thailand. eating, which was myanmar, as you go on through the next couple of days, with the likelihood of widespread fighting. nearly a 1000000 people have been evacuated from the homes across central parts of vietnam . meanwhile, some very heavy showers to its easter

in fact, yesterday afternoon, our wednesday evening here in the korean peninsula, we saw the launch of 2 more ballistic missiles from the north. and there is every expectation here that at the north koreans are preparing for the resumption of nuclear testing the 1st nuclear tests since 2017 for a moment. rob, thanks very much for that. robert bry reporting to us there from south korea near the demilitarized i still ahead on as you see it as a landmark court case in a guinea, as the country's former military ruler goes on trial, over the mask of 150 people in 2000. and 9 ah ah, hello there right off the bat. here's an update on hurricane in as it continues to cut through florida on thursday we go in for a closer look here. one of the big impacts is storm surge, but look at the rain that it's now spreading toward the southeast of georgia and coastal sections of the carolinas. so this storm is expensive and intense. now as we work our way up the atlantic around the great lakes, we've got low temperatures here. there's winds out of the north, some cloud cover, but new york looking good in

hello, the weather snotty set for for china and the korean peninsula have a different story for japan. we have got some cloud and rain pushing through here. at the moment system just off shore in the north west pacific that should stay out to see, but we all got to see some rather wet weather coming to southern and western parts of japan. as we go through tuesday, push on into wednesday, a scattering a showers. what a stiff northly wind, just around our tropical system. and we are going to see a brightening up as we go on through the latter part of the day. but sadly, a case of sunshine and some lively showers coming through while she dry. there was a sad across the korean peninsula. much of china, still some walk down towards the south wheeling, getting up to about $35.00 celsius hong kong, around 30 degrees. but we will see some wet weather, just clipping the far south of china over the next couple of days. as said, typhoon norie makes its way across the south china sea. at the moment, winds of around a 100, a 65 kilometers per hour, it will strengthen somewhat over the next 24 hour

united states, which, according to kim jong-un, created such a policy, the military situation in korean peninsula. washington has declared a state of emergency due to the influx of migrants, it will allow the authorities to create an office for the refugee department and direct funds to solve the current situation, according to the customs service, the influx of refugees detained at the us border in just 10 months amounted to almost 2 million people, well , the federal government, in fact, until then ignored the problem of the authorities of the border states of texas and arizona in despair. decided to reach out to the white house the question in its own way since april, over 9,000 people have been transported to the capital with illegals. most left the city, leaving other regions of the country. however, the remaining ones were enough to start a migration crisis in the capital. cubic meters of soil tons of iron beams and concrete floors at a depth of 20 m. large-scale construction of the second section of the green line of the minsk metro continues . the parties are now actively arranging the pl

but because it was out at sea, in these warm water separating the korean peninsula from japan, it was once more a seems being replenished, gathering the amount of moisture that it was dumping back on the coastline. so even though it was moving north, this part of the coast line and po, hanged, or something like 400 millimeters of water during the typhoon. this one district of this city, it's called the nam district with recorded 100 millimeters in just one hour. so that's what led to the inundation of rad roads of buildings. here, there is a marine corps unit here based in po, hang. you can see them out. had been taking part in the clean up operation. they were actually deployed where that had the height of the storm with amphibious vehicles to rescue people from the street. it's also because of the amount of water here rising so quickly where we've seen sadly the most of the fatalities, including among a group of people, it seems that we're caught in an underground car park trying to retrieve their vehicles and simply got caught out by the speed of these rising waters, there is a lot

if we talk about the communist movement of the labor party of korea in general on the korean peninsula got rid of all these people. who did he kill? who was driven out by the columnist to the retirement of the ambassador, he was helped by a special i would say such sympathy that joseph stalin had for him and he had judo, and in fact it was relying on their support that he began, they can do it immediately and did not notice, to create a regime of absolute monarchical power, which in principle is based on very ancient medieval traditions of korean statehood when there was a medieval monarch, few could imagine that it is possible to create a medieval monarchy under the red flag , how was it possible to do it on the territory separately part of the korean peninsula, because it is the only communist country in which power is transferred by succession. well, there fidel castro also transferred power to his brother raul, but first of all, they were both members of the communist party , what was the role of each, that is, they were both his from the first day in power, it is not that there is

tensions are high on the korean peninsula at the moment, with pyongyang firing a missile in responsejointly held this week by the us and south korea, which resumed on monday for the first in five years. let's get a sense of some of this trip�*s key priorities with duyeon kim. she's a senior fellow at the centre for a new american security and shejoins me now from seoul. great to get you back on the programme. this is the latest visit to east asia in a series of very high profile trips from us officials. clearly this is a region of top priority for washington now, but what's kamala harris looking to get out of this trip to south korea particularly? i think vice president harris�*s trip is intended to send a message to south and north korea. south korea to demonstrate and show its commitment security and defence in a message to north korea that the united states again is committed to the south defence and it will not tolerate and accept north korean provocations. but tolerate and accept north korean provocations-_ provocations. but we are already seeinu provocations. but we are already

still some very heavy right across the korean peninsula. and then these to join up bringing flooding, rain into south korea. big concern there. so we don't have to keep close eye on the system. thankfully it does sweep through. it does gather pace. so the heavy rain shouldn't last too long, but it is still there through tuesday, going on in to where to stay clear whether grassy coming back in behind places i've got some clearer weather in pakistan. lodge he try and find here over the next few days. northern parts could catch one or 2 showers, central and northern parts of india, also seeing some lavish hours longer spells of bray pushing into bangladesh with showers for the western gas. cats are airway official airline of the journey. ah ah, you're watching al jazeera reminder of our top stories. the solid russians have been paying their respects to the last leader of the soviet union. the calico, which often will be laid to rest in the coming hours in moscow. the kremlin says president vladimir putin will not attend. at least 10 buildings

that the dprk refuses any negotiations, and even more so action on the implementation of the korean peninsula called conditions under which a country has the right to use nuclear weapons primarily as a retaliatory strike, and not only for a nuclear attack, but also for a conventional one, if the dprk leadership considers that the country is threatened with the destruction of all decisions on the use of nuclear weapons for kim jong in addition, north korea reserves the right to launch preemptive nuclear strikes in the event of an imminent threat. 1000 days 10 or 100 years we will not give up our right to life and the right to defend our country, on which the future and security of our people , no matter what extreme situation we face. we will never be able to give up our nuclear weapons in the face of the political and military conditions created by the us on the korean peninsula, especially since the us is a nuclear adversary. nuclear research in north korea began as early as the mid-fifties and at first had an exclusively peaceful character. naturally, the soviet union provided assistance a

where's the weather towards the korean peninsula. she go on a through where sas day come, sunday, and the pulse of wet weather making his way across north career. and he could see how these 2 systems line up sunday i typhoon has not made his way too much further north, but it is driving further north was and will eventually push his way up towards south korea till southern part of japan over the next kept it i certainly want to watch it will bring flooding in across the region. place to say there's no sign of any further rain for flight affected parts of pakistan at the moment. it is largely dry. there we have got some wet or whether there is a northern parts of india, western parts of india, still seeing some lively showers and longest spells afraid a long, wistful anchor at wear. by the further north that makes its way towards bangladesh and myanmar cast away official airline of the john a. how do you bring the feel of the stadium into your home? by cheering on your team. hearing the rule, the crowd watching it with friends, marvel

so we will see an improvement in those conditions across the korean peninsula. let's talk about that heat rate now along the yangtze river valleys, suns out. so that's allowing those temperatures to build. for example, in shanghai and a dome of heat around gray lin at $38.00 and look at it. it's more rounds of rain to go for taiwan. which of course, we don't need after the typhoon meandered in that area. the monsoon rains also pepin up across southern sections of indo china right across into the philippines is ball. and when this weather report with an update on those monsoon rains in pakistan, just a few hit him is showers. here we're in a law likely until about the middle of september. see, later, i saw a special airline of the journey on counting the calls back as don is suffering from destructive floods. what will it cost be already struggling economy? the all think region is rich in natural resources, but how was global warming impacting economic potential innovation hub opens and cap counseling costs on al jazeera. we understand the differences and similar

the korean peninsula. hopes of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, have all but evaporated with leader kim jong and recently enshrining in law. it's status as a nuclear armed power and south korean intelligence officials believe the north has now completed preparations for another nuclear test. it would be the 1st such test in 5 years and comes as a u. s. naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier. ronald reagan conducts joint drills and korean waters. again, another 1st in 5 years, she leaves the peninsula with the deepening tensions increasingly reminiscent of previous times. robert bride al jazeera paget, south korea, in mars to pose later and san said she has been sentenced to 3 years in jail. along with her former economic adviser, australian shantora, now the para pleaded not guilty to violating the official secrets act sentencing took place in a closed court. it's the latest in a series of convictions to she has faith since being ousted in a military. q. in february 2021. tony chang has more from bangkok and neighboring thailand. we have seen charge upon charge, laid

still bringing some big samples across the korean peninsula and boy will a korean peninsula copy type of the next couple of days. tuesday morning, holly as a tuesday morning that system joins up. typhoon runs its way across south korea, really heavy rain. the only good news i can offer is that at least it will move through quickly. so by the end of tuesday, it should be dry things quieting down by that state and you go on into wednesday. miss a thing of the past by that state, but there will be flooding to watch out for some ivy showers to could cause a little bit of fly frauding localized flooding there in to parts of japan for time t ok, but the top temperature a sticky, 32 degrees celsius you to washer was across se, asia that all typhoon has been drawing some very heavy rain across sir indo china into the philippines. good scattering a shout, cross malaysia, one or 2 showers too. for many parts of indonesia, editor, many thanks. we're approaching the midway point on that he is hostile to come on the program, panic, buying inch, undo as china, and forces another lockdown to try to

it's important that we interact on the situation on the korean peninsula in the telephony of complexolitical and diplomatic regulation. strengthening regional security and stability venezuela, our strategic partner and reliable ally of latin america and the world as a whole, maintains an intensive dialogue with president maduro, the positions of russia and venezuela on the main issues of the international agenda are close or completely coincide, we mean to further increase bilateral cooperation in all areas. first of all, in energy. industry infrastructure transport and pharmacists support the efforts of the venezuelan government aimed at stabilizing the internal situation, protecting national sovereignty and condemn the introduced against. republics are not legitimate sanctions themselves ladies and gentlemen, i literally touched upon russia's relations with the states you represent, hoping that with your active participation these relations will develop dynamically and be filled with new ones.

writer, and co founder of the platform, career exposure that reports and stories of from the korean peninsula, cyril, the brother's home scandal, isn't at all, or something one associates with the modern image of south korea that we at least all have how well known is this in south korea itself know the fact that it's not so well. no, no, so. so korea is unfortunate because it has been an extremely well known story inside the country ever since the case surfaced in 1087. and i'm sure you know the details of the horrific abuse. so hurt by those who had to stay in this facility. not to mention any people died and as a result on there was a great deal of media publicity in the eighty's, anybody here in the ninety's and was made the story even more shocking. so here is the fact that the perpetrators of this crime, well i really very lightly on and the founder of the facility and even when on to continue doing so called charity work after he was released from prison. and the family continues to maintain substantial fortune. due right from this there's so many aspects to this, but as you are going

so kill, she's also scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone that divides the korean peninsula. supporters of iraq's influential cleric, mac tada outsider, have stormed to part of my dad's heavily fortified government area. protestors breached barriers in the capital's green zone, demanding to parliament dissolve and hold. you and actions iraq has been unable to form a government since october, when outsider ordered his party to withdraw from negotiations. at least 13 people have been killed and dozens injured. after a ran launched a series of drones strikes into the kurdish region of northern iraq. iranian authorities accused armed kurdish groups of stoking and rest in around. the u. s. has condemned the strikes as an attack on iraq sovereignty will iran's national football team created a social media storm and a match in austria this week, by covering up their jerseys during their national anthem, the gesture appears to be a show of support for the women's rights protests in iran, they were triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody who was arrested for not wearing a heads

united states and the republic of korea has been a lynch pen as security and prosperity on the korean peninsula and in the, in the pacific and throughout the globe. i am here to reinforce the strength of our alliance and strengthen our work together. working together was also the theme in washington where the u. s. is hosting leaders and representatives from 14 pacific island states in a 1st ever summit of this size. the region has traditionally been an area of influence of the united states, but in recent years, china has been making inroads that has left washington and its allies uncomfortable . so it wasn't surprising that the u. s. in these states agreed to a so called a declaration of partnership between them. secretary of state antony blink and said, this would cover cooperation and climate change health emergencies. a free and open into pacific and economic opportunities. the washington post reported and announcement of more than $860000000.00 in investment was also on the cards change of space and seem now, and we're in thailand for professionals set up wrestling. that's essentially wre

they commitment to the, the nuclear rise ation of the korean peninsula. harris arrived and sold a day of the film gang conducted more ballistic missile. iran's president ibrahim, right, he has condemned the chaos. shocked by the death of a woman in police custody in a telephone interview, he said those taking part in anti regime protests will be dealt with decisively. the morality police arrested must i am a need for violating around strict dress code. she died in detention. so the european union is planning to bring more sanctions against russia over at circle referendums in occupied parts of ukraine. more russian goods could be banned and technology exports stopped if you states agree on the steps. moscow claims up to 99 percent of residents in parts of ukraine voted yes to add exception. now, many residents of backing their bags and leaving before roger can claim possession of the regions. these people are fleeing russian. occupied easton ukraine, about a 1000 people arrive at this check point in supper reject every day. the number of those leaving has

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international order to fully undertake responsibilities and goals in ensuring peace and stability on the korean peninsula. thank you. assembly. he talks about china's role in the global community and reunification with taiwan. >> to build a community? china's answer is firm and clear. first, we must uphold peace. president she's in notes that he, like air and sunshine, is hardly noted when we are benefited from it, but none of us cannot live without it. peace is crucial for our future. war can only open a pandora's box. he who instigates a proxy war can easily get himself earned. pursuing one's absolute acuity can only undermine global strategic stability. we must address differences and resolve disputes. second, we must pursue development and eliminate poverty. development resolving difficult issues, we should place development at the center of the international agenda, build international consensus of promoting development, and holding all countries' legitimate right to development, forge a development partnership, and see that everyone in every country benefits more from the fruits of development in a

to normal. >> reporter: these live fire drills had not been seen for some time, here on the korean peninsulauth korean attack -- around 30 kilometers, 1800 miles south of the demilitarized zone. it is not hard to imagine who the enemy might be. >> the greater the threat, the greater the alliance, the greater the training. i think that threat, we are all here for a reason. >> he goes in, he goes up. this is the safety handle. >> both militaries want to point out that these are defensive in nature. that's not the way that north korea sees them. they believe that these are a dress rehearsal for an invasion. kim jong-un's sister has been calling them anti-north war exercises. we haven't seen this for some time. there were many simulated exercises during that time, but not these large live fire drills. back in 2018, donald trump put these drills on hold. saying that he wanted to give diplomacy a chance, calling them wargames. saying, they simply did not have a place while he was talking. >> with new leadership in the u.s. and south korea, came a decision to expand the exercises. in the face of mi

ensuring peace and stability on the korean peninsula. thank you. >> up next, china's foreign minister makes remarks at the general assembly in new york. he talks about china's role in the world community and reunification with taiwan. >> peace and development remains the underlying trend of our time. people's call for progress and cooperation is getting louder. how should we respond to the call of our times to build a community with a shared future for mankind? china's answer is firm and clear. first, we must uphold peace and up oppose war. president xi jinping notes piece is hardly noticed when we are benefited from it but none of us can live without it. peace is crucial for our future and underpins the security of all countries. turbulence and war can only open pandora's box. he who instigates a proxy war could easily get himself burned. it can only undermine global strategic stability. we must addressed differences in peaceful means and resolve disputes through dialogue and consultation. second, we must pursue development and eliminat

s. vice president, pamela harris, visited the demilitarized, sir that divides the korean peninsula, where she said, washington will use its full range of military capabilities to defend south korea harris arrived. and so a day after pyongyang conducted more ballistic missile tests, provocations, she said, were meant to destabilize the region. uganda as president, has ruled out ordering a lockdown to contain an ebola outbreak. saying his country cans control the spread without one president, you worried mus 70 said there have been 5 confirmed deaths with another 19 fatalities likely caused by the disease. there is no vaccine for the strain of the, of all the virus circulating in gun european union is planning to bring more sanctions against russia, their brit so called referendums and occupy parts of ukraine. more russian goods could be banned and technology exports stopped. if you states agree on the steps, while sco claims up to 99 percent of residents in parts of ukraine voted yes to annexation. now many residents are packing their bags and leaving, before russia can claim possession of