that is, heightening the tension and the korean peninsula and region. you're telling me, oh, well, maybe you know the party's concern takes up to the problem on the peninsula. take action for a political settlement there and maintain, based on the billing, but also it coming up. one disappointment after another ukraine's counter offensive against russia has not met expectations. and us agent weapons may or may not continue next year. ukraine's haven't given up and won't give up. we know what to do, and you can count on ukraine. and we hope just as much to be able to count on you or tell reviewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with a missile test that may deny everyone, especially the us, any sense of security from north korea. in the past 24 hours north korea's launch to missile tad's, one of them, according to south korea and japan, capable of reaching any target inside the continental united states. now if this is true, washington and its allies in asia will have to recalculate the thr

that the situation on the korean peninsula was complex. sure to attempt to solve the problem through military to terrance and pressure will not work and people finally back fire further intensify and contradictions and intensified tensions. feel young so so cool moves. why? washington? with a reason for it fluids, i mean the growing north korean threats, the us south korea and japan have accelerated military cooperation in recent months . a us new to have had submarine arrived in south korea on sundays. and all that straightening were ready, fractious ties. the smoke cream sauce, letting those last month look to south korea withdrawing from pods of the military pact. ange, it's easing tensions, but north korea withdrew from the agreements, complete the still images appear to show me young bolstering it submitted to your presence at southern border. since now with the latest icbm noise, and that's the one in the side of stability on the career. and then eric blah, blah, here is a career research with the german institute for international i

so we see this new of our dynamics on the korean peninsula. on the other side of costs, we see a close up tri, natural coordination between south korea to pen and for us. so this kind of escalation, dynamic is already in place. and russians closer coordination with north korea is one aspect and we see political effects and benefits for north korea, for sure. as you know, since 2017, we didn't see any new and un security council resolutions against north korea. the, the missile that north korea and tested today, excuse me, we understand from south korea and japan that it would have been able to hit any point inside the continental united states. how realistic is it that, that the north korean dictator would order that kind of attack see, you know, and so if, if we look at the blue to realistically, it's of cause not very obvious at the moment that north korea would detect the u. s . or its allies with these kinds of weapon system, but i did some of the the systems are peanuts to be used in the case of an emergency. and i think what we have to r

so the foreign minister a, so we see this new of our dynamics on the korean peninsula. on the other side of costs, we see a close up tri, natural coordination between south korea to pen and to us. so this kind of escalation, dynamic is already in place and russians closer coordination with north korea is one aspect. and we see political effects and benefits for north korea, for sure. as you know, since 2017, we didn't see any new and un security council resolutions against north korea, the, the missile that north korea and tested today. excuse me. we understand from south korea and japan that it would have been able to hit any point inside the continental united states. how realistic is it that, that the north korean dictator would order that kind of attack? so, you know, and so if, if we look at the template, realistically, it's of cause not very obvious at the moment that north korea would detect to us or its allies with these kinds of weapon system. but i did some of the, the systems are peanuts to be used in the case of an emergency. and i think what we have to real

there's war and many other places in the world and us strategic weapons constantly coming to the korean peninsula, it's very good for them to justify it as a stop relying defense system. how is this affecting stones stands on north korean as well? there was not only icbm, but there were satellite launch a short range, ballistic missiles and so on and so forth. well, south korea consider a satellite lawn just partly testing intercontinental ballistic missile weapons technology. but technically, for south korea, rather than icbm or i r b m a little shorter range, one, the short ranges are actually more, more dangerous for south korea, especially because north korea has been focusing a lot on building tactical nuclear weapons and the delivery system. so they have been constantly directly threatening sol on a direct nuclear strike against south. yeah, and it does impact sol stands directly and it makes south korea to change its defense, military defense and military system against north korea tween increase the methods that they can intercept a more a variety of north korean weapons and the delivery

thanks to a cold wave that's pushed its way across china and the korean peninsula and all that slope temperature dramatically in beijing. well, well below freezing, but swim is the braving those icy waters to take them. morning. dip temperature is expected to sit very low invasion over the next few days, not as cold, but still below average for shanghai. and we'll see the rain start to push its weight for the east, a wintery edge to that, across most central areas, on winter weather, pushing into northern and western areas of japan and the korean peninsula, as we go into choose day. but more in the way of heavy rain moving across southern parts of japan on tuesday. and as we move to south asia, it's heavy, rain and storm and 18 in the south. here, the assistant rain moving into shore lanka, edging across southern parts of india. we could see thunder storms in places like, tumble, not do as well as carol. and the rain continues to drift its way for the west, across into the movies for the north of this laundry, settled story, some cloud around in central areas. but last the dry up in

it's been a story of incredible heat across parts of east asia, not just for the korean peninsula and southern japan, but china with shanghai near leasing record heat for december and attempt is offset to come down. we but west. so whether working its way from west to east bringing no showers to more southern and central areas by the time we get into sunday attempt is all going to start to come down suddenly from beijing and have a look at that. one degree celsius on sunday. that's as the snow starts to work its way for the east across more northern areas. but so some wants to be found across the korean peninsula. 12 degrees celsius, the in sofa, shanghai will be coming down on choose day. so still some wound through sunday into monday despite the rain and we will cease rain start to come into japan. places like tokyo as we go into next week, but still 19 degrees celsius. that was sunshine on sunday. now if we go to south asia, we have had some issues with smog and some of the cities and pockets done as well as india. the whole seeing what's being described as puck, 6 months. we've ha

east is more in the way of sunshine coming in for the korean peninsula. that's off the heavy snow fell in south korea up in the north, across the northern mountains. bitterly cold here thanks to a cold wave that swept his way across china, the korean peninsula and now japan's as in heavy snow to come across the rules and down in the west will see temperatures come down. aging at minus 6 degrees celsius . that on sunday, the latest news, as it breaks off with 40, was found down the hill and the only guys being shot in the chest with detailed coverage telling you this was where causes palestinians fly to now is ready tanks of pushed into the heart of southern causes main cities to see this gen and as a great amount of people crowded in very slow areas and without any wider. and the last page has no human is terry and a s o which is 0 during the summit is killed in dogs of after and is really driven targets. a school he was reporting from our colleagues and the doctor is wounded in that same spot. israel's warms our husband, the deadliest conflict for media

thanks to a cold wave pushing its way from west to east across china and the korean peninsula . it dropped some very heavy snow and shined on eastern china disrupting some of the transport the but it doesn't look rather pretty. now the winter weather has cleared up here instead pushing across the yellow sea into the korean peninsula. and we'll see those waves of winter weather continuing to affect the western flank of japan. but still some warnings remain new for heavy snow here. much dry up behind that for large areas of northern china, a patch of heavy snow. however, touching into the very north as we go into christmas day for the south of this clear sky. so i'm just picking up slightly spacing and shanghai but still well below the average to this time if yeah. now as you move to south asia, it's all about the heavy rain that's been affecting southern parts of india holding flooding and tumble. and i do, but it twice up slightly on sunday bits and pieces of rain here and that into carol . the rain comes back those heavier showers on monday. and it persists in sri lanka, puttin

now, since the korean peninsula was divided some 7 decades ago, there has been various scenarios put on the table for a peaceful re unification. but since the nuclear is ation talks in 2019 broke down under then you as president, donald trump and leader king john in, in hanoi communications have basically also been at a health with so with come young. and we're also seeing signs of north korea type meet. it's griff on north koreans accessing any outside south korean drama. as for example, content of passing out death sentences for watching that. so with this morning's announcement, it appears that north korea is further a solidifying and formalizing its distance and detachment from south korea. eunice kim alda sarah sol. the presidential candidates in taiwan had sy stalsen to televise to buy the hit of elections on january, the 13th. the discussion was dominated by relations with china intentions. in the taiwan straits, all 3 candidates expressed. a desire for peaceful ties were facing the disagreed on how close they should be a police in nicaragua, i have reportedly arrested for cat

now, since the korean peninsula was divided some 7 decades ago, there has been various scenarios put on the table for a peaceful re unification. but since the nuclear is ation talks in 2019 broke down under then you as president, donald trump and leader king john in, in hon. noise communications have basically also been at a health with so with come young. and we're also seeing signs of north korea type meet. it's griff on north koreans accessing any outside south korean drama. as for example, content of passing out death sentences for watching that. so with this morning's announcement, it appears that north korea is further solidifying and formalizing its distance and detachment from south korea. unit skim. alda sarah, sol. the police in nicaragua have reportedly arrested for catholic priests in the capital. managua: adding to the h, taken into custody since december 20. the government of president dining low tiger has been cracking down on the catholic clergy and political opponents. ortega's accused pre suppressing it to more than 3000 associations and use any trade unions . i've

the hello the, let's look to east asia and we got clear sky is of course much of china and the korean peninsula as we go into the next few days. you can see that weather system pulling away from japan, taking the west to weather with it, but still some winter flurries touching into the west. on more northern areas of snow on the mountains, expected the bits and pieces of snow, possibly as well for the korean peninsula. moving across the very north of china and on with 2 rushes far east and slo, very cold story here. temperature is sitting well below freezing, but we're all going to see something of a warm up across the north of china stretching all the way to the south. shanghai coming in at 11 degrees celsius, there with more in the way of cloud, but twice, guys for the south, hong kong at 18, taiwan seeing some pretty warm weather over the next few days. if we have a look at sy pay $23.00 degrees celsius the on choose day. it does get soggy from the mid week. and so the is the story for the south east of india. we still got that rain moving into tumble, not to where we full flooding much to w

east is more than waves, sunshine coming in for the korean peninsula. that's off the heavy snow fell in south korea up in the north, across the northern mountains. so bitterly cold here thanks to a cold wave that swept his way across china, the korean peninsula. and now japan's isn't heavy snow to come across the rules and down in the west, we'll see temperatures come down. aging at minus 6 degrees celsius that on sunday and on the federal tax upfront takes on the big issue. that is the context to what is happening now. it is as cool. thanks. question professor applies unflinching questions. rigorous debate that he added to today is that another mcclin's thing is taking place. augusta. nothing goes into garza without us real permission. nothing lead scottsdale with offers roles permission to allow me to push back for a moment, demanding a ceasefire, demanding an end to the root causes of all of this violence upfront without 0 in the the or come back, you're watching out. is there a time to recap the headlines? a preliminary report by the is ready all me

there's more than waves, sunshine coming in for the korean peninsula. that's off the heavy snow fell in south korea up in the north, across the northern mountains. bitterly cold here thanks to a cold wave that swept his way across china, the korean peninsula. and now japan's isn't heavy snow to come across the moves and down in the west will see temperatures come down. aging at minus 6 degrees celsius . that on sunday the the the, [000:00:00;00] the, [000:00:00;00] the, you're watching i'll just remind to about top stories this out. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in system is a treat campaign and goes at one stop. he was speaking of to is there any soldiers killed 3 captives in guns. one of them was waving a white flag. thousands of protest as a rally didn't tell of eve to them on the government back to ensure the safe return of the remaining captives. some demonstrate as much to the military headquarters saying that they would barricade themselves uh until a new release plan is drawing up. is ready as strikes had intensified in the southern

so it's unavoidable, the, the tensions on the korean peninsula will be a little bit more high than usual. north korea has a large military, but we've seen that quantity. it does have its falls when you last quality. this statement by conjunction could be a 1st step to try to make sure that his military is more capable and ready because they've been suffering from lack of resources and friends. although they've been focusing on missiles and rockets. so this could be a push for his so his generals to focus more on readiness. anything can happen. we have a 155 miles of the territorial area that the, the, how much does he maintained. and for the 2 that we have an extension along our coast, which we call referred to as the northern limit line, where hundreds of ships come in close proximity. and so both sides need to be very careful that unintentional clashes do not occur. new zealand has become one of the few places on us to ring in the new year. the little sky, talents of ice freestanding structure in the southern hemisphere. a massive so is set to kick off in various.

rise in tension according to a scenario orchestrated by washington around myanmar, taiwan, the korean peninsulaan aggravation of territorial disputes in the south china sea, as well as the west’s use of conflict disputes. in the field of exploration and production of natural resources. to achieve this, we are fully developing grouping of forces in the arctic, creating and modernizing the necessary infrastructure to support its activities. additional work was carried out on ships along the northern sea route . in june of this year, changes were made to the relevant rules. swimming. the key factor in shaping the military-political situation, both at the regional and global levels, is the crisis in ukraine. taking place as a hybrid proxy war of the united states, this is a war at the hands of the ukrainian people. countries collective the west ignored russia's demand to conclude a mutual agreement. security defiantly supported the neo-nazi regime in kiev, which unleashed the destruction of the russian-speaking population of the donetsk and lugansk people's republics. for 8 years, the west has been

i didn't criticize problem young's launch saying no need that the situation on the korean peninsula was complex. should little attempt to solve the problem through military deterrence and pressure will not work. and if we blindly back fire further intensify and contradictions and intensified tensions feel young said so quotable moves by washington with the reason for it fluids. i mean the growing north korean threats the us south korea and japan have accelerated, military cooperation in recent months. a us new to account summary and arrived in south korea on sundays and all that straightening already fractious, ties the smoke cream stuff like nose, last ones look to south korea withdrawing from parts of the military pact. ange, it's easing tensions, but north korea withdrew from the agreements, complete the still images appear to show me young bolstering it submitted to your presence, to the southern border since now, with the latest icbm noise. i know that's the one in the side of stability on the career. and then now before we go, we leave you with some incredible pitches out of icela

your technology has the upper have in the korean peninsula of some very interesting analysis there from generalization in sol. thank you. thank so much of okay, know when iceland disposing lava more than 100 meters into the authorities? were prepared for the raw option. the, the town of going to be after weeks of sized big guy, typically homes and businesses in the country's, most populous region, has been evacuated. but the scale of the, of option took scientists by surprise. plumes of smoke and lava on the rate can is peninsula in iceland following a weeks of intense quakes to arrest in the nearby town of green, the vic looked on to happen just seeing love emerge from the grounds even if it's it in a particular confidence such as this is just fascinating and see, just nature inaction. i just, it's just like some of the fun movie. a spectacle for some below enforcement in the area is making sure people in this town stay safe. now there's our option here near grant that we and we have cleared the town and the area. and now we're just securing the area in closing every road to the area.

the korean peninsula is a big problem, but there is a fairly stable system of mutual deterrence thereeral large countries are involved in the situation: the usa, china, russia, japan. this turns it into a dead end, but quite stable. and dead ends can be useful. the most impressive center of contradictions, at least in terms of the size of the participants, are india, china, and pakistan. when with china, the border problem is a reflection of another, larger one, namely: china wants to be the asian hegemon. we want a multipolar asia, so we always expect russia to be more active there. territorial disputes. india has always wanted to be geopolitical, but it is expressed precisely in resolving border problems with china and building completely different relations. in trade, for example, we still have a trade turnover of 125-130 billion dollars. we cooperate in brix, sco, on climate change and terrorism. everything in 2020 changed, blood was shed for the first time, military personnel died and this became an extremely unpleasant surprise, then we decided for ourselves that there can be no

there is an escalation of the korean peninsula, an aggravation of territorial disputes in southern chinafeat of russia, the arena of the same method used in attempts to achieve confrontation has become ukraine. this war is being waged with the hands of those actively supported by the neo-nazi regime in kiev, which unleashed the destruction of the russian-speaking population. donetsk and lugansk people's republics. and today washington is doing everything to delay ukrainian conflict. continues to pump kiev with weapons and adheres to its main principle: war until the last ukrainian. during the special operation, the army of the kiev regime, according to the ministry of defense, lost about 160 thousand people, and there were already thousands of violations of international humanitarian law. only on the territory of the donetsk people's republic from february 2022. more than 4,700 civilians were killed , including 140 children. over 5,000 more people were injured. almost 16 thousand residential buildings were destroyed and damaged. 3,500 facilities over 200 medical institutions. however, th

this amid rising kit -- rising tensions on the korean peninsula.nounced it will pause the sales of its newest smart watches amid ongoing dispute over a tech feature. the international trade commission said apple violated rights to a patent that enables blood oxygen measurements made by a medical tech company. the series 9 and ultra 2 models will stop sales in the u.s. on december 21. hollywood actor jonathan majors found guilty by a new york jury for assaulting his ex-girlfriend. grace jabbari was attacked earlier this year, suffered injuries including a broken finger. majors, who did not testify, faces up to a year in prison. the actor's lawyer argues he was the real victim of the assault. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geoff:, i'm geoff bennett. -- u.s. m

we worked together on a political and diplomatic settlement of the situation on the korean peninsula.t depends on the official authority. will it be possible to return russian-korean cooperation to the trajectory of such a beneficial partnership for our countries? i want to emphasize, respect ambassador, we are ready for this. russia’s relations with gambia are stable and constructive, and there are every opportunity to give them additional dynamics. the russian side is ready propose specific cooperation projects in economic, humanitarian and other areas. in addition, we will continue to expand the practice of training specialists for the gambia and the federal republic of germany at russian universities. us, for more than half a century. it was possible to develop pragmatic business cooperation; it brought benefits to both states, and perhaps not only to us, but to the entire european continent, and energy has always been an attractive area of ​​bilateral interaction. our country for decades reliably, without failures, supplied the federal republic of germany at affordable, reasonabl

of korea's launched another long-range ballistic missile that landed. and waters east of the korean peninsula, officials in soul in tokyo said missile could potentially strike the united states. japan's defense ministry says it was an intercontinental ballistic missile with a potential range of more than 15,000 kilometers. according to south korea projectile flew up rather than across. this is a method that puong yang employees in some weapons tests to avoid flying over neighboring countries. a launch followed a test of a shorter range missile sunday night. dprk says this missile tests are. response to persisting joint war games by the us and its regional allies. pyang regards them as rehearsals for invasion. in letter to a swedish prime minister and iranian female prisoners, thank swedish authorities for prosecuting and imprisoning an irani national following accusations by terrorist mujdink organization. nagasmadi has been convicted of various charges, including propaganda against the islamic establishment, she was awarded the 2023 nobel peace prize, what tehran is called a political and sp

korea has launched another long-range ballistic missile that landed in the waters east of the korean peninsula. officials in sole and tokyo say the missile can potentially strike the united states. japan's defense ministry says it was an intercontinental ballistic missile with a potential range of more than 15 thousand kilometers. according to south korea, the projectile flew up rather than across. now, this is method to employs in some weapons testing to avoid flying over neighboring countries. the launch followed the test of a shorter range missile on sunday night. the dprk says its missile tests are in response to the persisting joint war games by the us and its regional allies and their hostile rhetoric. pianyang regards such moves as rehearse. for invasion, well a car crash targets the us president's motor cade in delaware, the car rammed into a secret service suv, shielding the joe biden convoy. mr. president, why are you losing the trump in the polls? reporters were asking biden about his low polling numbers when the crash took place. he was leaving his campaign headquarters in wilmingt

kim accused the us of taking provocative moves and making the situation on the korean peninsula extremegyang has testfired number of long-range missiles in recent. and that doesn't news, coming up next is news and break, it's bye-bye for now. الاستهداب جاءت بعد رفض استجابه لنداءات القوات البحريه اليمنيه قادر عن القوات المسلحه لدياره. the israely military launches fresh air rates on the gaza strip filling more than 50 palestinians. most of the victims are said to be women and children. israely strikes also left two journalists dead in the northern part of the blockaded strip. israel steps up its deadly deadly raids across the west bank, killing one more palestinian and injuring several others. apart from raiding homes, occupation forces this time storm palestinians money exchange shops, taking possession of about two and a half million dollars after detaining their owners.

korea has launched another long-range ballistic missile that landed in the waters east of the korean peninsula. officials in soul and tokyo say the missile can potentially strike the us. japan's defense ministry says it was an intercontinental ballistic missile with a potential range of more than 15 thousand kilometers. according to south korea, the projectile flew up. rather than a cross. this is a method pyongyang employees in some weapons tests to avoid flying over neighboring countries. the launch followed the test of a shorter range missile on sunday night. the dprk says this missile test are in response to the persisting joint war games by the us and its regional allies and their hostile rhetoric. pyongyang regards such moves as rehearsals for invasion. gen chang joins us from saul to tell us more about this. well this projectile um is it different than previous ones and if so can you tell us the differences and uh i guess why at this point in time north korea decided to actually launch one if you have that information jennifer the third successful icbm launch and many experts believe th

of. has launched another long-range ballistic missile that landed in the waters east of the korean peninsula. officials in soul and tokyo say the missile can potentially strike the united states. japan's defense ministry says it was an intercontinental ballistic missile with a potential range of more than 15,00 kilometers. according to south korea, the projectile flew up rather than across. this is a method pianyang employs in some weapons tests to avoid. flying over neighboring countries, now the launch followed the tests of a shorter range missile on sunday night, the dprk says its missile test are in response to the persisting joint war games by the us. and its regional allies and their hostile rhetoric, piangyang regards such moves as rehearsals for invasion, and that brings us to the end of this world news bulletin right here, press tv. thanks so much for saying to. crisis devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy, israel, us blood bath, make sure to join the show, through facebook, twitter, only on press tv. thepressed coverage of this assassination of sulaym

kim accused the us of taking provocative moves and making the situation on the korean peninsula extreme stressed that pyongyang would expand strategic cooperation with anti-imperialist countries. while laying out annual economic goals, he said 2024 will be decisive for the country to accomplish his five-year development plan. puong yang has testfired number of long-range missiles in recent months and tensions with the us and its allies like south korea and japan. the dprk argues that its missile launches are in response to us that joint war games which punyanksies as rehearsals for invasion. and before we say goodbye, you can see the breaking news there, lebanon'sbullah has said that it has targeted the israeli military vehicle. inside ramad naftali barracks uh in six operations from what i'm understanding in this piece of breaking news, so obviously we can see how lebanon is on the offensive when it comes to the way it has targeted israeli assets. with that we come to an end for this additional world news, do stay with us to recap of the top stories coming up at the top of the hour. th

there's more and a way of sunshine coming in for the korean peninsula. that's off the heavy snow fell in south korea up in the north, across the northern mountains. bitterly cold here thanks to a cold wave that swept his way across china, the korean peninsula. and now japan system heavy snow to come across the most and down in the west will see temperatures come down, asian at minus 6 degrees celsius. that on sunday the weather brought to you by visit cuts on hearing the have you had to be late. he says he has the support of 15 for em, samantha shaw pick one moment. then asking questions, what do you expect this particular for to translate when it comes to the us selection reporting from the action? not just give you a sense of what an easy target this places i'll just see. it was teams across the world when you closer to the foss with the story in the name of protecting the public, unprecedented across the civil liberties. this under way into ridiculous threats and diplomacy, medation witness follows a lawyer fucking coats and police bonds to reverse th

the, the tensions on the korean peninsula will be a little bit more high than usual. at this point in time, what is north korea's military actually capable of producing of, of doing north korea has a large military, but we've seen that quantity. it does have its falls when you lack quality. this statement by kim john could be a 1st step to try to make sure that his military is more capable and ready because they've been suffering from lack of resources and friends. although they've been focusing on missiles and rockets. so this could be a push for his so his generals to focus more on readiness here. i mean for country to the seemingly so isolated, how is it actually able to produce and manufacture such sophisticated weaponry? but what can i say? north koreans are not stupid. they seem to have an international connection with other countries, and they've been focusing all of their resources on weapons, and they've been quite successful. yeah. well, what time kim's also announced he's not going to pursue any sort of reconciliation over unification with south korea, one

the cities like beijing, the winter weather creeping across the korean peninsula, bitter recovery to the temperature that in so won't last long as we go into wednesday. that temperature would sit down and went to weather, pushing through southern parts of japan will appear on the east. pretty quickly, the wintery weather, however, coming into western flank of japan, much clear of a southern parts of china with something of a cool down by wednesday. the weather brought to you by visit cuts on the latest news, as it breaks. probably going to be late, 50 has the support of the people to implement the show. pick one on the plan to cut down government spending a fight inflation with detailed coverage. many members of the hiding are varying arbitrary, are asked more than towards disappearance from around the world. entities, as government says, it's looking for a new site temporarily. how's the refugees and looking for sustainable solutions. the of the us complicit in the humanitarian crisis in gaza. and if so, how much as israel continues its attacks on the strip, the situation for its pe

republic of korea has launched another long-range ballistic missile landed in waters east of the korean peninsula. officials in soul in tokyo say missile can potentially strike the united states. this is gaza under attack coming to you from the british capital london. i'm said puriza with you for some of the biggest talking points coming out of israel's ongoing genocidal war on gaza and its intensifying raids in the west bank. before anything, a quick look at some of the most recent developments. day 68 of the us-europe backed israeli genocidal campaign in the gaza strip, the world's largest open air. prison, the territory's population of 2.3 million now facing starvation and disease. palestinian telecommunications firms say israeli shelling has cut services causing a blackout that's harming rescue efforts. over in the israeli occupied west bank, a days long raid has killed 11 palestinians. israeli war officials facing fierce resistance in the coastal enclave have worn of a prolonged war. an israeli daily newspaper says thousands of israeli. troops have been wounded. israel has killed nearly 19,0

starting to come into southern parts of a tie, one much wire across the north of china and the korean peninsula, but still the cold weather to be found towards the north east with snow flurries touching into the north of japan. the, [000:00:00;00] the a subdued christmas investor him festivities are new to this year in the occupied territories as israel's war on dogs or rages with palestinian christians saying they too are being targeted. so what message says this show of unity by palestinians conveys. this is inside store the .

south korean officials say the unidentified missile was fired to the east of the korean peninsula, theprime minister is convened a national security council meeting to discuss the latest launch and this is the second missile in as many days. on sunday north korea launched a short—range missile which according to south korea flew more than 500 kilometres before landing in the sea. we will bring you the latest on that breaking news as we get it. united states and britain have called for the release of hong kong prodrome is media tycoon jimmy lai was going on trial on national security charges. if found guilty he could be handed a life sentence. he has pleaded guilty to all charges. he is also a british citizen. i'm joined now by our hong kong correspondent martin yip. this trial has been going on quite some time give us a sense of what is likely to happen in the trial? , ., . of what is likely to happen in the trial?— the trial? first of all that has been _ the trial? first of all that has been delayed - the trial? first of all that has been delayed for- the trial? first of all that i ha

this wet weather has also put into the korean peninsula, and now it will make its way into japan's main island. a pond you already heavy rain fall alerts have been issued for just how bad this will be. and then they'll be followed by a big drop in those temperatures. ok, promise. do we get back to this part of southeast asia? there's those bursts of rain once again in the forecast for all of the important speaking of a lot of rain, we've seen it. northern queensland, north of cans all has to do with tropical cycle own jasper as it moves out into the gulf of carbon. terry, i know for the rest of australia has been hot and muggy in sydney. that's now shifting into brisbin. so there's been a drop into his temperatures for sydney 27 degrees for you on friday, and still keeping that he'd for just been all the way up to 28 degrees on friday. the weather brought to you by visit castle in australia. indigenous with the missing that disproportionately high rates. 101 east investigates is a nothing done to help find missing originally on out to see of the of israel as war on guns that has caused