north korea there on north korea. it was a big mistake when the united states play, the north koreans is, was a u. s. versus the north koreans was much more successful when they got the 6 party talks of the board. and more nations were sort of deflected from this antagonism, what's the sort of north korean in the americans? and i think that is the white ford in asia. the united states hasn't always understood asia date play, that asian nations need to be leading their relationship with china. maybe with america and constant america listening involved but not always, america leading. and so i think that's the role. busy of allies to not just say we're on side with america, but to in some ways school america about big concerns and also about been knowledge of how to deal and try it as many nations do across asia. such as a strategy, incredibly dependent on tried with china very successfully. so this has to be looked at, i think, in a very broad why and some of the rhetoric. sometimes it's unfortunate and we need to simp

all traffic to the north was sealed off.ecame a united nations concerned in 1947. un's efforts to hold supervisory free elections throughout korea are blocked in the north by the soviet union. only in the south were elections held. the republic of korea was created and the national legislature elected the provisions for north korea's representation if elections could be held there. the first president -- these were elections in the south. >> the only legal government in korea. in december of 1948 the soviet union in a surprise move announced as she had removed her occupation troops from north korea. we found ourselves compelled to do the same in the south except for a small u.s. army advisory group which remained at the request of the korean government. the question of a unified korea remained unanswered. the future of the south korean people was another anxious american. ♪♪ rip korea's plan for unifying korea was made known to the world on june 25, 1950 and it was by military invasion. as six divisions of north korea's peop

however, to the north south koreans have have recaptured yongdok. air force, navy and marine planes are giving support to ground troops along the perimeter. they also blast communications and military industrial targets from from taegu. guns of united nations' ships also help in this. the struggle is a furious one, but we are holding. ♪♪ >> on 24 august on the central to have which is concerned with the defense of, the -- taegu, engineers have built a bridge for the use of minor vehicles and foot soldiers plus increasing supplies moving in. there is need for a heavy equipment bridge. south korean civilian labor is employed. although in many sections native tools are still used, and although u.s. engineers depend greatly on korean manpower, there's a change now since the early days of the war. heavy construction equipment is becoming a familiar sight. an accumulation of this type of equipment, necessarily second in priority to arms and ammunition, is an indication of the vast bulk of supplies that are now being received. ♪♪ opinion. ♪ ♪ >> on 29 augu

just beyond the village were the viet cong and north vietnamese.nd of gunfire ] discovered, the prisoners are taken by the north vietnamese and the viet cong. [ sound of gunfire ] [ sound of gunfire ] ♪♪ >> the battle for today is over. the battle for tomorrow is yet to begin. in the night that separates the two, the enemy would resupply and regroup and replan to take the village once again. the day by day price of holding a village was not cheap. ♪♪ ♪♪ in the 1960s, 40,000 americans were killed in vietnam and there were another thousand whose fate was not known. and the wives of the missing appealed to the representatives of north vietnam. >> we are very puzzled about why they won't tell us whether or not the men are alive or dead. it seems a very simple thing for them to do. they have told many wives to come back and demonstrate against the government, against the united states government. and they implied that we should join the women's strike for peace and that this would be the most helpful thing that we could do to help our men. >> once we ed

and commerce within north america.any of the events and publications occurred under the umbrella of our usmca a working group which we established about a year ago and about which you will hear more later on. that group brings together policymakers and stakeholders to discuss rules of origin, work force development, energy, border management and travel and tourism among others. it will continue during the agreement's second year to convene and discuss additional chapters and sector discussions in areas like agriculture, financial services, small and medium enterprises and the degeneratival economy. in doing so, we hope to provide the three governments with actionable recommendations to support rapid resolution of problems and agile responses to opportunities to, again, enhance the economy of no one of us, but all three of us and, in fact, the entire hemisphere. so enough from me. let's get on to today's important discussion. i am delighted to have the honor to moderate a virtual fireside chat with north america's trade

and so he pushed further and further north. by october they began to see the presence of chinese troops. and all of a sudden, they came in huge, huge numbers and by november, we were struck, we were isolated, they picked on various pockets of troops and we were routed and we began a steady retreat southward. the retreat wasn't mayhem, it was organized and systematic as they fell back and unfortunate accident occurred. walton walker was killed in jeep accident and replaced by an extraordinary soldier named matthew ridgeway. airborne division commander in world war ii. he had a great reputation as a soldier. everyone admired him and having ridgeway there was a real asset. you can see how close we actually got. there were troops who made it to the yalu river. the river boundary between north korea and the people's republic of china. so we advanced way in. those troops, the people at the reservoir, that was general simmons. they were a chosen reservoir. one of the most horrific experiences in american military history. so you see h

also, the usmca has been a powerful engine of economic recovery in north america. and despite the pandemic, we were able to face economic consequences, and mexico's position among the countries that received major and foreign investment flows, and this has to do with this usmca trading, and for us i think that we should highlight that usmca helped our investments with canada and the u.s. were strengthened. the confidence of this u.s. and see a mechanism, it was welcomed worldwide, but also by investors and our colleagues and workers in the country. the restructuring of supply chain thanks to usmca also were tested during the pandemic. part of what we have done up to date is to share our counter parties, especially a steady by a company that indicates that the manufacturing imports that u.s. performs from mexico dog integrate a 30% u.s. content. and we have sent to the administration of president biden and canada, highlighting the strengthening of the value chains to overcome big, or as a region to overcome. as catherine said, if we work as allies to have a common f

our crucial supply chains can be anchored in north america. running through our trading partners, foremost with canada and mexico. i also think, as was mentioned by our trade leaders, the passage of usmca, and i credit my counter part, chairman rich neil for terrific work and leadership here in the house but it laid the foundation for future bipartisan trade legislation. we are, in some ways, already building on this blueprint but i hope we do more. and i know our counterparts in canada are doing the same throughout the world. i will tell you, i am confident of ambassador tai, who is a skilled and strong negotiator, will work with lawmakers in congress to advance our leadership in trade. she knows what it takes, bipartisanship, intense consultation and transparency. and after the historic bipartisan support, mark, frankly one i didn't think i'd live to see in trade, and i am very -- was very encouraged by this. i just am convinced we can work together to do more. and this will help us exit the pandemic crisis frankly stronger than we entered i

full says the lead, this is north and south korea. i've agreed to restore communication channels and improve relations. it comes amid stoled attempts by the us to engage with north korea over at pune young's euclid weapons program of a bright isn't so connected again after more than a year of silence and within to korean relations at a standstill. north korea cut the line last june in protest against defectors, launching propaganda balloons from south korea. relations hit such a low. the north destroyed the liaison office which had been set up with the south . but it's been confirmed the leaders of north and south of state in touch throughout exchanging multiple letters down the young tongues. on the 2 latest course, i agreed to work to regain mutual trust and foster progress on relations again, wednesday, also south korean president, moon j n. has made restoring relations with the north, a cornerstone of his administration, and with less than a year left in office, he's determined to get dialogue back on track a sentiment the south k

and so he pushed further and further north. by october they began to see the presence of chinese troops. and all the sudden they came in huge, huge numbers. by november we were struck, we were isolated, they picked him very strips of we were routed we had a steady retreat southward. the retreat was not mayhem it was organize their systematic as they fell back and then an unfortunate accident occurred, walton walker was killed in a jeep accident and was replaced by an absolutely extraordinary soldier. matthew ridgway. ridgeway had been an airborne division commander in world war ii. he had a great reputation as a soldier. everyone admired him. so having ridgeway there was a real asset. we saw how close they got there were troops made it to the river that's the boundary between north korea and the people's republic of china. so we danced away end. those troops as general simmons and his company six their chosen reservoir. really one the most horrific experiences in american military here state. i came of such staggering numbers t

north—west of scotland.tart the day across the irish sea coast, england, north wales, quite a lot of cloud for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some mist and murk for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some remaining for north—west scotland, 17 degrees in aberdeen, highs of 25. the cloud in northern ireland retreating to the coast, 26 inland through the afternoon, murky for some irish sea coast of north—west england and north wales, but inland, temperatures in a few places up to 29 or 30 degrees. always cooler around the coasts with sea breezes. at silverstone, for the british grand prix, it looks hot through saturday and more especially for race day on sunday, lots of sunshine. strong sunshine, very high uv levels for many, especially in the south and west of the uk. make sure you protect yourself if you are out and about for any length of time. heading through saturday night, we see

the north korea expert dr.howe. >> it is quite clear that the narrative north korea has disseminated for the past year, that it is the land of covid free, is rapidly disintegrating. the state has not been specific in terms of the nature of the covid fight. but, it is highly likely that we are starting to see signs of covid infiltrating into north korea. >> north korea claims to be free of the virus. but, bear in mind, the authorities are a poor source of information, and, they may not have a clear picture. north korea's testing capacity is thought to be low. we do know it has taken measures. last year it created a buffer zone along the border with china. issuing a shoot to kill order to stop unauthorized crossing. we also know south korea intelligence says the north executed an official for violating a trade ban imposed 25 virus. last july, a man from south korea defected to the north and north korea declad a national emergency for fear he may have brought the virus. we know this closing of borders have created

trade between china and north korea came to a complete| and north korea came to a complete halt last up some earlier this year, and the february and march. there are estimates or suggestions and may start back up in august, but right now but we have primarily seen is imports of food and fertiliser and some plastic use for agriculture, super merely what we are seeing is trade being restricted to the basics that north koreans need to get by on day—to—day basis. that north koreans need to get by on day-to-day bash-— day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the _ day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the ordinary _ day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the ordinary lives - day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the ordinary lives of- mean for the ordinary lives of ordinary people, because some people might remember those awful scenes from 1990 and the famines? is this coming anywhere close to that? we coming anywhere close to that? - are definitely seeing an increased in feud —— infood —— in food insecurity... the university our us deferment of agriculture... trying t

the winds will start to come down from the north and north west, but it will mean monday is a slightlyoud working into some of these north sea coasts as well. most places will see sunshine. the small chance of a shower in the far south—east of the afternoon, isolated but it will be heavy and possibly thundery. temperatures still in the mid to high 20s across the south. through the week, dry weather on the way, high temperatures, the chance of rain pushing in from the west by friday. this is bbc news. the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the search for hundreds of people still missing following devastating floods in germany and belgium continues. the german president has been visiting one of the stricken areas. our country stands together during this time. i'm very pleased to see just how much sympathy and solidarity is being shown, not only here in the region but also throughout germany. and i am live in erftstadt where the president was visiting, one of the worst impacted towns. the recovery operation is under way. the uk's health secretary sajid javid says

really quite nippy, in fact, in the very far north of the country.rth sea coast. showers there right from the word go, but i think showers are possible almost anywhere early in the morning, apart from the extreme north west of the country here. temperatures a little on the fresh side, around 12—13 degrees in some spots. and then, tomorrow, a pretty cloudy day for many of us, in the morning at least, to start with. then the sunny spells develop, but also the showers, and some of them will be heavy. you can see here in the east of the country and the north, some thunderstorms there, too. showers also breaking out across the south. the best of the weather, i suspect, in the north—west of the country, parts of northern ireland, south—western and western scotland and also cornwall, devon and southern wales shouldn't do too bad on saturday. here's a look at sunday's weather map. the weather still coming in from the north. we have a weather front crossing the country. that is expected to bring showers to more southern areas of the uk on sunday. they should

also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic, provide compelling reasons. it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor. robert bride al jazeera sol. sir lincoln has paid back a $1000000000.00 international loan ahead of a tuesday deadline, avoiding default on foreign dent. it's economy was already struggling before the pandemic, but lockdown measures, and border closures have caused the vital tourism industry to collapse. but l fernandez has more. the hudson even just needs a wholesale commodity trader, a job he has done for more than 40 years. but today he's struggling as a result of the country's foreign currency crisis. reserves have fall into $3000000000.00 that we're seeing for the last couple of months is the ban. unfortunately, they're here today. we don't have dollars so they don't do it even a did. so the wait list that setting up name for the food items from about 20 countries. he's worried the delays w

north and west.mid feel generally down to the south, with 16 degrees to start off sunday morning. so, sunday, once again, we could see some sharp, thundery downpours first thing in the morning, with this area of low pressure really not going very far, very fast at all. the best of the dry, brighter weather is likely to be further north and west. the lion's share of the sunshine will be in scotland and northern ireland. early—morning cloud should thin and break across north—east england, the risk of those showers across east anglia and down to the south—east are likely to linger for much of the day. if you keep some sunshine, the highest values are likely to be once again into the mid—20s. now, this more unsettled theme is set to continue into monday with the low pressure just drifting its way further north and east up through the north sea. that means the further east is likely to see more in the way of showers. so, monday is a messy mix, really, of sunny spells and scattered showers. the best of the

also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic provide compelling reasons. it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor. robert bride al jazeera, sold us health officials have recommended that people of resume wearing masks regardless of vaccination status in some parts of the country. 2 months ago, the centers for disease control and prevention said that fully vaccinated people no longer needed to wear a face covering corona, various cases are climbing in the u. s. as the vaccination rates appear to have towed at less than 50 percent, the country recorded 88000 new cases and 273 deaths in the last 24 hours. cases of corona virus have it or record daily high in the host city of the olympics. now there have been almost $3000.00 new infections in tokyo process have been held against the games with concerns that will become a super spread or event. the prime minister says he's not worried about the games, but his urge

it's been marked in north korea by leader kim jong on visiting the cemetery to north korea. is, was that. so this announcement does seem to be timed to coincide with that. and although that hasn't been any official talks for the past year, it has been confirmed that north korean and south korean leaders have been exchanging letters over the past year. and this seems to be the result of that exchange. south korea leader and moon j and of course, has made it a cornerstone of his administration to try to improve relations. he has yes, in less, less than a year left in office and would daily love to see get talks back on track before the end of his term. well, let's talk about those talks. getting back on track. is this going to restart? i look there has been no specific mention of that, but that must surely be the hope certainly here in south career. in fact, the south korea is a presidential offices, said that the to lead as do see i to why and that they want to help develop really trust and relations. it's also been matched by similar noise is coming from the north, a stateme

the south korean shared with the north. in this 1st phone call, since the inter korean communication liaison lines where restore today, i hope we can continue to deliver good news to the rest of the world. this announcement coincides with the 68 anniversary of the signing of the armistice. the brought fighting and the korean war to an end and event marked by north korean leader kim junglin. visiting a cemetery for his country's war dead. north korea has in the past use the cutting of the hotline as a way of showing its displeasure with its restoration. now it seems similarly upbeat on the prospect of improving ties, stating the whole korean nation once relations to recover from what it calls set back and stagnation. also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic, provide compelling reasons. it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor. robert bride al jazeera, so still ahead zone. i'll just be arr

and is there any indication for the north koreans that they want to restart island? there have been some optimistic noise is being made by both sides on both sides of the dmc. in south korea, we have had a statement from the presidential office saying that the 2 leaders do see i to why and that they want to restore trust. a similar statement from the north koreans saying that they whole korean nation wants to see relations or recover from what they call set back and stack nation. and it does come at an interesting time with diplomacy from the us side, wendy sherman, the deputy secretary of state has just completed a visit to this part of the world. she had meetings with allies in south korea and also in japan and with her counterparts in china talking about a range of different issues. but one of the common themes has been the pursuit of a nuclear ice korean peninsula, through dialogue that fits in with the biden administration. wanting to continue diplomacy with north korea and holding open the the door to talks at some level. there's no prospect or no talk of those

really quite nippy, in fact, in the very far north of the country.northerly wind blowing across scotland and along the north sea coast. showers there right from the word go, but i think showers are possible almost anywhere early in the morning, apart from the extreme north west of the country here. temperatures a little on the fresh side, around 12—13 degrees in some spots. and then, tomorrow, a pretty cloudy day for many of us — in the morning at least, to start with. then the sunny spells develop, but also the showers, and some of them will be heavy. you can see here in the east of the country and the north, some thunderstorms there, too. showers also breaking out across the south. the best of the weather, i suspect, in the north—west of the country, parts of northern ireland, south—western and western scotland and also cornwall, devon and southern wales shouldn't do too bad on saturday. here's a look at sunday's weather map. the weather still coming in from the north. we have a weather front crossing the country. that is expected to bring showers

a cloudy start across north england, north wales. spells of rain, still heavy burst within it.s. the far south—west of england turning wetter through the afternoon, and we will see the wind picking up here as well. that brings a spell of very wet but really quite windy weather for the time of year from the south as we go through monday night and into tuesday morning. heavy rain moving north for england and wales, but strong or even gale force winds developing in the english channel. could get gusts around 60 mph. parts of east anglia, the south—east of england starting tuesday with 50 mph winds, but they will ease as the day goes on. from that system, rain affecting northern parts of england. some outbreaks of rain in north—west scotland. sunny with a chance of showers elsewhere, but a cool day for the time of year. stephen foster re on wednesday, plenty of showers around, but by thursday or friday, with high pressure building on, the winds are lighter, there will be sunny spells and it will be pleasant if you get to see sunshine. not plain sailing because there will be further

the complex of fires north of redding.er level winds may bring a little smoke in over the next couple days. nothing unhealthy but you might notice a little haze in the sky and low levels of smoke pollution. upper air pattern looks good. you don't see any strong ridges developing. we had one in the pacific northwest and here to start the weekend. in its place this trough of low pressure moves in which will ensure that the onshore winds will be throughout the seven day forecast if not trending a bit stronger by mid week. san francisco not much change. we'll see drizzle at times. low clouds. the valleys which began the weekend, remember up to 108 degrees in brentwood yesterday? >> i remember. >> so the 88 maybe by tomorrow looks better. we should stay back to average and dipping slightly below average through the middle part of the week. temperatures will be fine but as more fires continue to get going to our north and east air quality again. we saw this last year too as the fire got more widespread. we'll have to watch air q

on wednesday into thursday the low pressure starts to push from the north into the north sea.ames. a communications hotline between north and south korea which was cut off by pyonyang more than a year ago has been re—established. the north said it represented a big stride towards restoring mutual trust. the inuit rights advocate, mary simon, has become canada's first indigenous woman to hold the post of governor general. at her swearing—in ceremony, the official representative of queen elizabeth pledged to strive to build bridges. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chetan pathak. thank you. we are going to start with the pool and history made for great britain. for the first time since 1908, two male british swimmers have finished on the podium together. tom dean took gold and duncan scott silver in the 200 metres freestyle final. joe lynskey reports. it hasn't happened for 113 years. two british swimmers, one and two in an olympic final. for tom dean and duncan scott this was the race where it all went right.— it all went right. nerves reall

that will allow a very gentle north or north—westerly flow of air across the country.ghtly cooler day for many, a bit more cloud working into north sea coasts as well. some cloud for north west scotland, parts of northern ireland, and you'll see maybe just the odd shower, the odd sharp shower breaking out across southern areas. those temperatures a little down, still quite warm in the south. a little bit cooler further north. as we look further ahead, there is a lot of dry weather on offer this week. still some relatively high temperatures. it mayjust start to turn a bit more unsettled by friday. welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: a race against time — the search continues for hundreds of people still missing — following devastating floods in germany and other european countries. the german president has been visiting one of the worst—hit areas. the uk's health minister test positive just as it prepares to lift restrictions. and talks under way in qatar between caliban leaders and afghanistan. and, nervous laughter in cannes as director spike lee ac

a live look near 242 north in concord.0-foot long section of highway has kept cars bumper to bumper for a second consecutive weekend due to repairs. at 10:00, closure between the split with interstate 680 and concord avenue on ramp is set to reopen. clayton road off ramp will also open. in order to complete road rehab and paving work on that stretch of 242, closed last weekend, high temperatures prolonged the process a bit. the materials being used, they can heat up pretty fast when it is hot outside. >>> people in philadelphia, chicago, denver can book cheaper rides to share with one other passenger heading in the same direction. lyft says it plans to expand mo >>> 5:21. >>> still ahead, they really are super young ladies. they're everything you want. they're smart, personable. they're hard working. >> the bay area athletes making their school proud as they head to tokyo, next. >>> at 7:00 on cbs this morning, confusion and concern about covid cases and vaccines. the olympic opening ceremonies days away, hear from america

but for north wales, north west england, nothern ireland and a good part of scotland, we'll see somes, though, in the south will continue to rumble around for a time during saturday evening. and as we get into the second half of the weekend, our area of low pressure will still be with us. it'll lumber perhaps just a little further eastwards, so that's going to focus the showers and thunderstorms across south—eastern parts of the uk, especially through east anglia, parts of south east england, maybe the south west and parts of the midlands as well. some further heavy and potentially disruptive thundery downpours. further north and west, drier, brighter with quite a lot of sunshine, but temperatures lower than they have been recently, between 20—21; degrees in most places. and as we head into next week, things will continue to turn cooler. we'll see some further rain at times. some of that rain will be heavy and thundery, but with some drier, brighter spells in between. at six — tokyo's olympic games are officially underway as the opening ceremony takes place injapan. a year late — in

also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic, provide compelling reasons. it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor. robert bride al jazeera, so one person has been killed and others are missing after an explosion in the germans. that you have lay the keys and that happened at an industrial park full chemical companies, germany federal office. first of all, protection and disaster assistance as the explosion is an extreme threat, double cane as long for us emberly. what more do we know about those that might have been injured in this blast as well? will say ok, this was a moment of real concern to the authorities in that part of germany because an explosion such as this taking place in a venue such as the one involved industrial, chemical plant really have the potential for very serious damage indeed. and that's why the authorities were very quick to say that all those people living in the surrounding area are

north and west.n to the south, with 16 degrees to start off sunday morning. so, sunday, once again, we could see some sharp, thundery downpours first thing in the morning, with this area of low pressure really not going very far, very fast at all. the best of the dry, bright or whether it is likely to be further north and west. the lion's share of the sunshine will be in scotland and northern ireland. early—morning cloud should thin and break across northeast england, the risk of those showers across east anglia and down to the southeast are likely to linger for much of the day. if you keep some sunshine, the highest values are likely to be once again into the mid—20s. now, this more unsettled theme is set to continue into monday with the low pressure just drifting its way further north and east up through the north sea. that means the further east is likely to see more in the way of showers. so, monday is a messy mix, really, of sunny spells and scattered showers. the best of the sunshine is likely

live now to our north america correspondent, david willis.ith how this reversal actually came about to begin with. what changed? every president dating _ begin with. what changed? every president dating back— begin with. what changed? every president dating back in - begin with. what changed? er president dating back in modern times to richard nick and two richard nixon has disclosed their tax returns. do you richard neck and two richard nixon has disclosed their tax returns. the one exception being dawdled trump. he has fought tooth and nail through the court to prevent those documents from becoming public. until recently of course he had the backing of the usjustice department. now the new administration the biden administration the biden administration are unwilling to back mr trump administration are unwilling to back mrtrump in administration are unwilling to back mr trump in the way that they had previously. so they have agreed now, ruled in fact to release these documents. that is in response to a request from a congressional mckey two

north—west of scotland.uite a lot of cloud for northern ireland and a little bit across the south of england. that will clear quite quickly but some cloud further north and west will be stubborn, staying quite grey, damp and windy for north west scotland, just 17 degrees for stornaway but in the sunshine in aberdeen, highs of 25. the cloud in northern ireland retreating to the coast, 26 inland through the afternoon, murky for some irish sea coasts of north—west england and north wales, but inland, temperatures in a few places up to 29 or 30 degrees. always cooler around the coasts with sea breezes. at silverstone, for the british grand prix, it looks hot through saturday and more especially for race day on sunday, lots of sunshine. strong sunshine, very high uv levels for many, especially in the south and west of the uk. make sure you protect yourself if you are out and about for any length of time. heading through saturday night, we see long clear spells, especially down towards england and wales, northern

what is trade wi china looking like now in north korea?e obviously a hugely important trading partner. >> trade between china and north korea came to a complete halt last fall. it started some earlier th year, in february and march, and then got scaled back. there are suggestions it may start back up in august. like now, what we see primarily is imports of food and fertilizer, some things used for agriculture. right now we are seeing trade being restcted to the things that north korea needs to get by on a day-to-day basis. >> what does this mean for the day-to-day lives of ordinary people? some might remember those awful sces in the 1990's and the famines. is this coming anywhere close to that? >> we are definitely seeing an increase in food insecurity. at least one more million more north koreans are food insecure. to try and combat this, there have been reports of food aid from china, reports mystically -- domestically that the government itself is releasing some supply from stocks to make up for the decline in food. these seem to be pre

this is the the beckwourth complex north of lake tahoe. the salt fires here in north redding. upper air smoke, above 8 to 10,000 feet, is pretty extensive. the near surface smoke, there's some signs as the wind starts to turn more northwesterly down the coast tomorrow, around the north bay this time tomorrow, you may see hazy skies. light to moderate, nothing like less september, but we may see less blue skies. smoke may drop down the coast as we widen out for you. the source will likely be these fires north of redding coming down the coast as the sea breeze turns down. we'll see fog in san francisco, we'll see more of it being pushed inland. at the same time that change in wind may try to bring smoke to the south, closer to the north bay, as early as late tomorrow. there's a look at the fog. no change for san francisco and the coast tomorrow. what will begin to change once we get into monday and tuesday is the effect of that ocean air conditioning. so by monday, now we're looking at upper 80s inland. that is a big drop in temperatures. it's not just a one-day cooldown, thank

also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic, provide compelling reasons. it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor, robert bride al jazeera, so united kingdom is carrying out its most extensive naval deployment and a generation. the aircraft carrier h m. s. queen elizabeth is being accompanied by the tiller of navy ships and his presence in dispute and pulse of the south trying to see his course concern. chloe reports the, the british navy, the biggest and most powerful war ship, the h. m. as queen elizabeth aircraft, carrier is leading of the tiller of navy ships on its maiden deployment. it's the largest concentration of british and maritime power in years. prime minister boys, johnson says that deployment will help to strengthen british soft power such as belief in democracy. and the rule of law. analysts say, joe politics is at play. it's also doing it because their attention over taiwan and britain like