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

what do we know about this strike group being moved into the waters between japan and the korean peninsula>> reporter: well, christine, the information we are getting at this point is coming from the joint chiefs of staff here in south korea. they say that the u.s.s. ronald regan is back in korean waters and has been carrying out naval drills with the south korean and japanese destroyer this afternoon, this thursday. now it was just last week when there were naval drills which angered pyongyang and they are now back in the waters just up the east coast of korea in response to those missile launches by north korea. what they're saying these particular drills are for is to detect, track and intercept missiles so that they're practicing sharing target information when they get information about a potential launch. now we have also had a response from north korea this thursday. we haven't heard from them for some time not admitting to the missile launches to its own people still. they did say from the foreign ministry through the state-run media, the dprk, the official name for north korea, is

it's a good barometer of the current mood on the korean peninsula. when we visited 3 years ago, border guards and tourists were clearly visible on the north korean side to day, no one as the north has virtually cut itself off from the outside world. since the start of the pandemic, even more recently they were, i've not even seen them come out of the building with the demarcation line that leaders stepped across a midsummer diplomacy hoax 3 years ago. now weeds grow on the northern side of it and in 2019 the military dispensed with their weapons and helmets. in a further sign of improving relations with the hopes, soldiers from both sides of the line would be able to mingle freely to day. that still hasn't happened where they were never able to come to an agreement on that. so that did not one of developing all the only signs of life on the northern side farm workers in distant fields. but on the southern side with restrictions because of the pandemic and the fear of swine flu being lifted, this border area is accessible once more, as one of the world

navy now moving an aircraft carrier strike group into the waters off the korean peninsula. ies of north korean missile launches over the past two weeks. the most recent two short range ballistic missiles launched last night just hours after this warning from secretary of state

escalating tensions on the korean peninsula as pyongyang fires off a new round of missiles and an aircraft carrier strike group to the region. >>> how a former trooper being investigated over her response to the school massacre landed a new job protecting some of the very same children who survived the shooting. plus, one thing the vast majority of americans can agree upon -- the nation is facing a mental health crisis. so what can we done about it? we will get some answers. >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. >> her to have you with us. >>> we begin with growing tensions around the korean peninsula. right now, a u.s. navy aircraft carrier is reportedly moving into waters off the korean peninsula after north korea fired two more missiles thursday. seale says pyongyang conducted two missile tests in less than two weeks. the latest came after the un security council held a meeting on pyongyang's weapons program, and the beijing indirectly accused russia and china of enabling north korea. for more on these developments, we turn to -- who joins us live from sout

firing of these 4 missiles from south korea is east coast out into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan were told that 2 a 5 by us forces 2 by south korean forces they are said to have been surface to surface missiles which hit their targets out at sea. there was also tuesday, a joint ad drill by us and south korean forces. the flying drills over on the other side of the korean peninsula in the yellow sea columbia, as government says, it will restart talks of the left as rebel group next month. talks between the l. n . and former president, even to k government broke down in 2019. it's the largest remaining rebel group in the country. and the peace deal signed with fog rebels in 2016. the world's richest person has decided to go ahead with his original plan to buy twitter for $44000000000.00 in on mosque agreed to pay the price he offered months ago for trying to back out of the deal. twitter was set to seek a court order, forcing him to complete the buyout. paris will not broadcast will cut matches on screens in public fund zones because of concerns about the treatment of mi

firing of these 4 missiles from south korea is east coast out into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan. withhold that 2 a 5 by us forces 2 by south korean forces they are said to have been surface to surface missiles which hit their targets out at sea. there was also tuesday, a joint ad drill by us and south korean forces. the flying drills over on the other side of the korean peninsula in the yellow sea that separates the korean peninsula from china, apparently a south korean f 15 fight, a jet dropped to guided bombs on a bombing range out. and in an island in the yellow sea, at the 1st we knew about the launch of the missiles came from residence in the gang of the city on the east coast, reporting on social media hearing these launches happen also reporting a large explosion, undefinable with images, have been released on social media repairing to show this explosion within the confines of a military base. and it does appear as though a missile exploded on launch or just after launch, the south korean military says it is looking into it, but it is highly embarrassing for t

of the east and west sea are serious provocations that undermine peace and stability on the korean peninsula. as well as the international community got our military warns north korea against continuing provocation, causing military detention on the korean peninsula and strongly urges it to stop them. immediately. nato says spain will become the latest member state to send air defense systems to ukraine. earlier germany said it was dispatching and missile defense system. it follows a 2 day meeting of nato defense ministers in brussels. iraq parliament finally elected a new president, appointment of 78 year old kurdish politician, abdullatif rashid, and months of political deadlock and heightened instability. there is the headline news continues here now to 0 after witness stage events of watching. bipolar the chinese communist party holds it. 20th congress, delegates for me to discuss constitutional change, economic challenges, and phone policy with president gene pain likely to secure at that time. will he be given even more power to pursue his vision for the future? well, as a story on how

the 2nd one flew 800 kilometers landing in the seas that separate the korean peninsula from japan. now it's been condemned by south korea as a serious provocation units to kill the south. korean president has said that he has vowed to protect the south. could people of a south korea with this flurry of increased activity and increase tensions here on the korean peninsula? and it comes, of course, as the ronald reagan strike group is returning to korean waters. now this was an aircraft carrier, was deployed on exercise for the 1st time in 5 years. it had finished those exercises and was sailing away when this latest escalation happened with tuesday. launch of this intermediate range missile going over the top of japan and it has been told, told to turn around and come back again. so it is redeploying to waters here. interestingly, there's been no mention of tuesday law which, which is seen as a major escalation, having this missile fly over japan and land in the pacific ocean. no mention of this miss. our lord, you totally north korean media, which is unusual because normally when yo

, the firing of a, another short range, ballistic missile landing in the sea, separating the korean peninsula from japan. that brought condemnation from the japanese defense minister. and then we saw also north korean artillery in the early hours of friday, firing off from both the east and west coast. according to south career, a total of a $170.00 around sir of artillery being fired. now, according to the north koreans, that was in response to what they claim was the provocative action thursday, when the south koreans carried out an artillery firing. drill. and then we saw north careers there war planes flying around 10 of them to close to the dmc, where it was close enough for the south koreans then to scramble their jets, including its f. a 30 fives and rob. we've seen this unprecedented period of missile activity from the north. what's been the response in the south them yeah, i mean, both said the military and intelligence officials were up very early in meetings this friday morning. we've heard from the national security council, they have condemned this action also from the joint chie

of the east and west sea are serious provocations that undermined peace and stability on the korean peninsula. as well as the international community. the pillow on north korea as it carried out the drill in response to a south korean artillery exercise on thursday, accusing it of provocation. south korea has also imposed unilateral sanctions against people and organizations involved in the north weapons programs. it's largely symbolic, but it's the 1st time it's taken such action in 5 years. an indication of our relations have soured. on monday, the north announced this unprecedented period of missile testing is aimed at developing its ability to launch a tactical nuclear attack on the south. with friday's actions, the week ends as it began with both sides, seemingly locked in escalating tensions. rob mcbride al jazeera sol, 100, the millions of children all over the world live on the streets. that experience has been shared by the young footballers from pakistan who are among the teams taking part in the st. sheil world cup right here and of some of the binge of aid has their story in ordin

aircraft carrier was deployed to waters east of the korean peninsula.he north issued a statement before the launch condemning south korea and the u.s. it blamed the u.s. for posing what it called a serious threat to the stability of the korean peninsula. >>> they spoke to reporters afterward. >> translator: in just during the short time starting from the end of september, a total of six ballistic missiles were fired. this poses a grave challenge to japan and this region and to the international community's peace and security. with this recognition, we agree that japan and south korea strongly condemn such acts together. also, along with the deterence and response capable of the japan-u.s. alliance and japan-south korean alliance, we confirmed the importance of try lateral security cooperation among japan, the united states, and south >> russia's government asked to take control of the power plant. the facility is located in the moscow claims to have annexed. putin signed a decree on wednesday. they will establish a new state run company to manage safety

so, the map there is of the korean peninsula. tigers are very important to korean people in their culture and in their history and tradition. and for centuries, koreans have seen their peninsula in the shape of a tiger. so that's why i've got that map up there rather than a boring political map. here's the more boring political map of the korean peninsula. i have these here to show you what the climate is like in korea. again, we're taking the war from an environmental history perspective and so it's very important for us to know what are the types of weather patterns and temperatures and the kinds of conditions that u.s. forces face when they get over to korea. on the left there is the average low temperatures in the heart of winter. and they range from, at the very tip there, let's see if i can get that, right there, about -4 degrees on average in that part of north korea. and down here in the southern areas, it's more about 36. so just hovering around right freezing on average from december through february. the summer tempera

with live fire drills a day later, and the pentagon repositioned an aircraft carrier off the korean peninsulagyang reacted by launching two more missiles on thursday, sending fighter jets near its border with south korea. in a phone call, the japanese and south korean leaders condemned the escalation. the pentagon says the latest tests pose a serious threat to the region's stability. >> clearly north korea is testing its missile program. it is looking to adapt. the issue is these actions are provocative, they are dangerous, and as you know, north korea has not committed to any type of constructive or strategic dialogue. >> at the un security council, the u.s. accused china and russia of enabling kim jong-un by blocking further sanctions. but beijing said it is washington that is provoking pyongyang. >> on the nuclear issue, the u.s. is playing by a double standard. it is engaged in political maneuvering, poisoning the security environment. against this backdrop, the heightened attention on the peninsula should not come as a surprise. laura: the missile tests have increased fears that north ko

and the pentagon, reposition to the aircraft carrier of the korean peninsula. john young reacted by launching 2 more missiles on thursday and sending fighter jets nearest border with south korea. in a phone call, the japanese and south korean leaders condemns the military escalation. the pentagon says the latest tests posed a serious threat to the region. stability thoroughly north korea is testing its missile program. ah, it's looking to adapt. and the issue here though is that these actions are provocative. they're dangerous. and as you all know, north korea has not committed to any type of constructive or strategic dialogue on these issues. i'll at the un security council, the u. s. accused china and russia of enabling north graves leader kim jong, earn my blocking further sanctions, but be jane fed. it is washington, that provoking pyongyang is on full as usual on the nuclear issue. the u. s. is playing by a double standard, it is engaged in political maneuvering, poisoning the security environmental's. against this backdrop, the height and tension on the pe

us and south korea are holding very large—scale military exercises in the waters around the korean peninsula that these exercises antagonise the north korean leader, and he has said that all of his missiles are in response to this us and south korean activity but a backdrop to this is that negotiations between north korea and the united states about denuclearisation have been stalled for years, and the north has continued developing its weapons programme, so how the us and this new government here and south korea have chosen to deal with that is to build up their defence around the peninsular, so what you have at the moment is a situation where there is a military tit for tat, each side upping the anti or responding to each other in this escalation but the worry is that north korea could use this period of tension, period of increasing tension to potentially do something more serious, but if not, when you have tensions high in a region thatis have tensions high in a region that is so volatile, increases the chance of having a mistake or miscalculation. now to the war in ukraine, and the chie

. >>> following growing tension right now on the korean peninsula. north korea flying warplanes near the border with south korea and launching yet another missile as the dictator kim jong-un talks up his regime's nuclear threat. barbara star is working the story. what are u.s. officials warning and worried about tonight? >> reporter: what they are worried about so much is those rising tensions could lead to even further trouble, m miscalculation between both sides. north korea over thursday and friday has flown aircraft within just about seven miles of what's called the limit line, the line throughout the dmz that essentially separates the countries. they came within seven miles of that. in return, south korea flying its most capable aircraft in that region, including it's f-35s. north korea again launching missiles, now the 27th missile launch of this year. south korea launching hours of live fire artillery drills. so this is very concerning. both sides going tit-for-tat, responding, ramping up the tensions. and what concerns the u.s. is what could,

the start of this year it landed in the sea separating the korean peninsula from japan. noise out over the intentions are not korea's repeated, ballistic missile launches are absolutely impermissible. and we cannot overlook it . substantial advancement of missile technology. a north korean air drill involving around 10 military craft flying towards the dmc. prompted the south to scramble its jets and north korean artillery, fired an estimated $170.00 shells from its east and west coasts. violating according to south korea, a 2018 agreement, not to carry out such exercises close to the border. even once we are north korea is a tillery fall and short range ballistic missile launch. and the buffer zone of the east and west see serious provocation that undermined peace and debility on the korean peninsula as well as the international community on north korea. as it carried out, the drill in response to a south korean artillery exercise on thursday, accusing it of provocation. south korea has also imposed unilateral sanctions against people and organisation involved in the north weapons pro

firing of these 4 missiles from south korea is east coast out into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from japan. withhold that 2 a 5 by us forces 2 by south korean forces they are said to have been surface to surface missiles which hit that targets out at sea. there was also tuesday, a joint ad drill by us and south korean air force is the flying drills over on the other side of the korean peninsula in the yellow sea, columbia government says it'll restart talks with a leftist rebel group. next month talks between the l n and the former president, even duke, a government broke down in 2019 as the largest group in the country after a peace deal was signed with fog rebels in 2016 protest. as in bettina fasfa called on the west african echoes blocked, to stop meddling, delegates from echo, as met the new military leader abraham trail re just days after the 2nd cooling, 8 months. many demonstrators holding on russia, the house and the world's richest person has decided to go ahead with his original plan to buy twitter for $44000000000.00. must agree to pay the price he offered months ago

create a favourable atmosphere for mutual trust among all parties, and resume dialogue on the korean peninsula issue, the un security councils deliberations should contribute to dialogue rather than fueling escalation. and while russia and china insists that the joint us south korea drills in this office, civic per boca north korea, the us ambassador to the un rejected the remark, saying, there is, quote, no equivalency between these 2 activities. earlier, north korea also accused washington and its allies of threatening it with joint journals in the military. build up. independent journalist eric sohmer believes that north korea sees it's nuclear and missile programs as a necessary deterrent against perceived aggression. i should say on behalf of china, because i'm a permanent resident of china, that chinese position all along has been that there should be no nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. china is close to further nuclear proliferation. and so as russia differences, they understand why north korea is resorting to this extreme measure because it took re united states as military for

a new escalation in the korean peninsula pyongyang and seoul exchanged warning fire at the maritime bordera north korean ship crossed the maritime demarcation line in the yellow sea and the south korean military opened a warning fire pyongyang, in turn, accused the south korean border guards that it was their convoy ship that violated the border. hmm, the demarcation agency, as reported by north korea, fired 10 shots from a multiple launch rocket system in response to the shelling of its territory. restore the destroyed infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity and heating. this is the main task that is now facing the authorities in the liberated territories with the help of specialists from other russian regions. they schools and kindergartens are being repaired and built from scratch. hospitals are what they used to be a target for ukrainian radicals from the lugansk people's republic pavel prokopenko's report loaf is a symbol of russian hospitality a woman with bread meets everyone who visits the village of luhanska who occupied this settlement used it as a training t

let's begin this hour with rising tensions offer the korean peninsula. we're following all of the developments from seoul, south korea. >> we have seen a lot happen here around the korean peninsula in just the last 24 hours. north korea started the day with those two short-range ballistic moi missiles and then we saw the usa ronald reagan off the east coast and carrying out another naval drill. now we've also heard just this evening from the joints chiefs of staff here in south korea that north korea carried out its own drill this afternoon. now this was with 12 north korean aircraft and they flew south of what is called the special surveillance line. this is a line within north korea but if south korea detects any aircraft south of that line then they mobilize their own aircraft. they did that. 30 south korean aircraft were also mobilized. so we're really getting the sense of this tit-for-tat action increasing and escalating at there point, erica. >> and raising concerns on that. paula. thank you. well in response the u.s. navy moving resources into the

. >>> dangerous new developments on the korean peninsula. i'm john berman. great to see you here. >> busy morning. >> it is a busy morning on the korean peninsula, to be sure. north korea test firing two more ballistic missiles overnight. north korea has conducted now 24 missile tests so far this year and the pace does seem to be accelerating. >> the u.s. as expected moving quickly moving a navy aircraft carrier into the waters. south korea is calling the north's recent launches a quote serious provocation that threatens peace and security on the korean peninsula and the international community. according to u.s. intelligence the missile tests do not pose an immediate threat to the united states. >> let's go to seoul and bring in paula hancock. give us the latest. >> reporter: john we're hearing here from the south korean side that the u.s.s. ronald reagan is off the east coast, carrying off navy drills as north korea fires yet more missiles. as north korea continues to break its own missile launch record. south korea says trilateral naval exercises are back

create a favourable atmosphere for mutual trust among all parties, and resume dialog on the korean peninsula issue, the un security councils deliberations should contribute to dialogue rather than fueling escalation. russia and china have insisted that they joined us. south korean drills have provoked north korea. but the us on this is the u. s. rejected those remark saying there was no equivalency between these 2 activities. earlier, north korea also accused washington and its allies of threats and then get with a military build up international journalist, eric some, i believe the new career seat is nuclear and missile programs is a necessary deterrence against perceive aggression. i should say on behalf of china, because i'm a permanent resident of china, that chinese position all along has been that there should be no nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. china, is it close to further nuclear proliferation? and so is russia. indifference is they understand why north korea is resorting to this extreme measure because it took re united states military forces stationed in south korea, ad

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korea says pyongyang has fall tillery shelves into a buffer zone, as tension escalades on the korean peninsula. the u. s. and south korea, holding annual military exercises in the city of ya, you pro mcbride has more on attribute 3 of the hon river, south korean engineers in their us counterparts carefully float sections of upon to bridge into position ready for a river crossing a vital skill they say in time of war, what's on him, i know, and i'm considering the number of brewers on the korean peninsula, it's crucial to have this capability. it could, the said success or failure of a war time operation meter large joint exercises have been scaled back in recent years to help attempts at dialogue with north korea over d nuclear zation. with those talks failed, it seems a different type of bridge building now takes precedence. our main matters that we're trying to sanders just to show that we are stronger together and that we will continue to work to strengthen our alliance and our capabilities the allies deny these exercises are provocative. the resumption of large scale exercises between us a

has ronald reagan near the korean peninsula. and the north korean's call this, their statements are typically have the sort of awkward phrasing. they called it a considerably huge negative splash and regional security. and they said that they were defending themselves with missile tests, which they have been doing since the beginning of the year. and, again increasing frequency. they told us a righteous reaction to these intimidating military drills. so you know, this really has seen this year a big increase in the pace and in the tone of these missile tests. and again, in the tit-for-tat sort of answers by the united states missile korean. in exercises around the korean peninsula. so this is really threatening to a lot of people who observe northeast asia and korean peninsula. it does look a lot like 2017. there is a lot that is different, back in 2017 president donald trump was deliberately instigating north korean, kim jong-un. at the time it looked as if president biden to push him towards war. that change later when presiden

as well as some heavy range the korean peninsula essential areas of china. and of course japan once again. now one thursday, that rain clings on to eastern areas of hon shoe, it's going to touch into toko as well. we will see the temperature dipped sound. we'll also see temperature come down for the likes will hand as well as shanghai, as that band of rain continues to sweep its way farther south just smattering of showers for now stretching down to hong kong. now as we move to south asia, it's been largely drive a clear sky is, of course, much of pakistan, good north west of india and that west coast. but the rain isn't very far away. we're going to see some very heavy falls across new port as well as northern areas of india, warnings out for wood. cons, as well as top pradesh, that rain set to intensify and push its way further. north west was gonna see it intensify across that eastern coast. touching into carola sri lanka, seeing the worst of that on thursday that she weather update to with sponsored by catch all day with frank assessments, different unit

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tensions around the korean peninsula.the escalating tensions around the korean peninsula. on this occasion there appear to have been two short—range ballistic missiles fired from north korea towards the east coast in the direction ofjapan. towards the east coast in the direction of japan. those missiles fell short of japan but it is still an extremely provocative move. you will remember we spoke about on tuesday and what was considered to be a seriously provocative move when north korea launched an intermediate range missile overjapan. that is the first time they have done something like that in five years and in just the last two weeks, the last 12 days they have had six missile launchers by north korea. they say this is in retaliation to military drills involving the us in the region as well as the presence of the aircraft carrier. regardless of the justification there has been outrage. the japanese prime minister says it was outrageous behaviour that was simply not be tolerated. so we have international _ simply not be