success north korea while you're on the line the reports of recruiting german experts to help make north korea a more attractive to foreign investors could do at the moment what is it got to offer them well number one it's got trained workforce highly educated and no trade unions i mean that's no trade unions are going to cause any strike and that's the big plus for outside. because raw materials north korea has a enormous amount of mineral wealth and at the moment china has pretty much locked up access to that the north korea i think is interested in getting a couple more beds maybe getting some more money there and then of course location north korea is in the middle of one of the top economic zones in the world so if you're going to open up a business in northeast asia why not think of north korea. co-director of foreign policy and focus project at the institute for policy studies. direction is such a better life for a short break it tonight we report from venezuela for you which is becoming an appealing place for those who failed to find economic and social paradise in more tradition

with the united states sanctions will only cause north korea more sanctions will cause north korea to do more that threatens those who are who are imposing the sanctions on the letter we had and then others too said that he believes that north korea's antics actually worked in america's favor by chief furthering its foreign policy aims that in asia he got a point and in what way could that help america's foreign policy in the region. well every time any country says that they are going to defend themselves from the united states the united states see your aggressor and thus we have the new excuse the new pretext to up the ante but i think when you look at the whole picture you could see that north korea's sort of tenacious militancy even if it appears to be bombastic in the west in the way it's presented in the western media it's had the effect of preventing what would have been otherwise i think a war between the united states and its allies south korea in north korea that was a danger that existed in one thousand nine hundred four a very real danger it started again when bush came i

in the past, north korea has tied such actions around important dates. it is worth noting that the inauguration and the birthday of kim jong il fall in february. harry fawcett, p'yongyang, south korea. >> hong lee has responded to north korea's announcement. >> maintaining peace and stability on the korean peninsula and effecting denuclearization is in the joint interest of all sides. the present situation on the korean peninsula is very complex and sensitive. we hope the relevant parties can remain calm and speak in a cautious and prudent way and not take any steps which may further inflame the situation. >> a senior fellow at the u.s. china institute at the university of southern california joins us. china is unlikely to take any action against ally and trade partner in north korea? >> the chinese have been urging south korea and the u.s. to talk to north korea for a long time, and that is something that both the obama administration and the of korean -- and the outbound south korean president has been unwilling to do. the chinese have considerable leve

he just arrived in the region to talk to north korea's neighbors, south korea, china, and japan, about how to manage relations with the communist state. another nuclear test, he said, would be highly provocative. >> whether they will test or not, we hope they don't. it would be highly voluntary -- highly provocative. it would set back the solution to these long-standing problems that have events the peninsula from becoming reunited. i think it's very important that they don't test. >> but north korea has proved resistant to sanctions and not even its main ally, china, has been able to stop its long leader, kim jong un, from showcasing his country's military might. this time the north has described the upcoming test as high level, a sign perhaps that it's moving forward with a new uranium-based nuclear program, which it revealed to the outside world in 2010. >> lucy, in your report there, you seem to suggest that china wasn't having as much influence as perhaps it would like, so what are we to make of beijing's call for restraint from all concerned? >> well, china does seem to be increa

the united nations resolutions ban north korea from developing missile and nuclear technology. on tuesday the security council condemned the latest rocket launch and expanded its existing sanctions. the latest north korean statement says the country flatly rejects all u.n. security council resolutions. it also says that no dialogue on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula will be possible in the future. >>> but u.s. officials say some sort of dialogue has to happen on the korean peninsula before they engage in direct talks with the north. analysts say the north koreans are applying pressure to speed things along, but a senior american diplomat is urging them to first improve relations with the south. special representative for north korea policy glyn davies met in seoul with south korea's chief negotiator on the north's nuclear development. after the meeting he called on north korea not to engage in further provocations and to work on ties with the south. >> without sustained improvement in inter-korean relations, u.s./dprk ties cannot fundamentally improve. >> davies say

north korea warned there would be, quote, strong, physical countermeasures against south korea if it takes direct part in the tougher u.s.-backed sanctions recently passed at the u.n. and analysts say american intelligence, international agency intelligence, it all concludes that the north koreans' missile capabilities are getting more sophisticated. slowly but surely. and that is a concern to south korea and to the rest of the world. >>> well, gloria, what does all this tell us about the north's new leader, kim jong-un? >> reporter: with a new leader, there's a bit of hope that things will be different. of course, his father, kim jong-il was caught up in a cycle of threats and then tests and talks about denuclearization and walking away from the table. it looks as if kim jong-un, the new leader, is following in his father's footsteps, unfortunately. north korea appears to have turned its back on restarting six-party talks. the one country with an influential card to play here is china, north korea's one ally. it's a big provider of food aid for north korea. and china supported the u.

the united nations resolutions ban north korea from developing missile and nuclear technology. on tuesday the security council condemned the latest rocket launch and expanded its existing sanctions. the latest north korean statement says the country flatly rejects all u.n. security council resolutions. it also says that no dialogue on the denuclearization of the korean peninsula will be possible in the future. >>> but u.s. officials say some sort of dialogue has to happen on the korean peninsula before they engage in direct talks with the north. analysts say the north koreans are applying pressure to speed things along, but a senior american diplomat is urging them to first improve relations with the south. special representative for north korea policy glyn davis sris met in south with south korean's chief of nuclear development. after the meeting he called on provocations and to work on ties with the south. >> without sustained improvement in interkorean relations, u.s./dprk ties cannot fundamentally improve. >> davies says the u.s. and south korea will consider imposing their

so again it looks like a lot of people are still willing to come to the table with north korea it's just a question of whether or not that will ever amount to anything to japan. and can. russian flight where i wasn't just the plane that was flying fists as well business . in the skies even threatening to kill the pilots and force an emergency landing details on that story after a break. to the. out of sight but still on our minds still exceeds the norm let's try to live smarter with smartphones you never know what some people are hiding and can't be sure to you prove to the molecular level learned that what the doctor ordered is often based on secrets under our skin let us shine the light on a kid in the world. of. the future coverage. couldn't take three. three. three. three. three. three brown video for your media project free media r t v dot com. it's a pleasure having you with us this is artie and moscow i'm real reese who showed up a sad plight of the global economy fueled by europe's long running debt woes are all of this is being poured over this year's financial forum w

institute for policy studies to be what north korea has to offer to investors. but u.s. officials care because they're trying to tighten the screws on the sanction regime against north korea but to be honest there aren't a lot sanctions they can levy against north korea at this point where the most heavily sanction countries in the world so what they're looking for basically is more a kind of atmosphere of condemnation and for a trip like this to go forward is to basically go against this overall atmosphere north korea positions itself as a leader in information technology i mean people may find that amusing but that's the case north korea's computer programmers are top notch they their animators are top notch they see themselves as as taking information technology as a vehicle into the twenty first century so having someone like google google's eric schmidt come for a visit is extraordinarily important for this i t kind of success of north korea it's got trained workforce highly educated and no trade unions i mean no trade unions are going to cause any strikes and that'

the -- the relationship between north korea and south korea.what the new leader has talked about, which is a dialog, maybe things are calming down a bit. maybe there's an opportunity for a new dialog, there's a new leader in north korea. and a new leader in south korea. so, hopefully, this is going to be the key, how the two koreas work with each other. i just do think that the six-party countries, russia, china, the u.s., japan, south korea, i think perhaps a new approach is needed in dealing with north korea. i'm very concerned about north korea's resanctions, but a new dialogue is needed. i'm on a private humanitarian mission, i'm not representing the u.s. government. eric schmidt is going as a private citizen, not as a google representative. we will make an assessment and see what come of our visit. but i think it will be a positive visit. >> your north korean adviser, he is going along on the trip as well? he has been there, many, many times. >> tony is joining us, he is annex pertain on north korea. he knows asia very well. and so, it wil

he says north korea's missile program is intended to give the north the upper hand in its negotiations with the united states and he predicts more to follow. >> north korea's game plan, i believe, consists of several critical elements. one element is to continue to develop their nuclear weapons capability. and they are doing that. they've had a couple of nuclear weapons tests, one of which did not work very well. one of which worked marginally successfully. i suspect they are continuing to work on that and at some point in the future we'll see additional nuclear tests from them. north korea, i believe, is determined to become a de facto nuclear weapons state and to get the world to accept that. >> revere says the u.s. should show its willingness to engage with north korea through dialogue. >> i think dialogue has an important utility in terms of dealing with north korea. it has a number of uses. it can help us explore north korean thinking, explore possible north korean flexibility, explore the reasons and reasoning behind their actions. it can help us develop a better sense of how the

experts following the move buys north korea are watching the clock. they say it's only a matter of time before the country carries out another nuclear test. north korean leaders promised to boost their military power in reaction to a u.n. security council resolution condemning their recent rocket launch. security council members passed the resolution unanimously. it expands existing sanctions, adding four individuals and six organizations, including the space agency. assets will be frozen and the individuals will also face a travel ban. officials in pyongyang are showing defiance. >> this suggests north korean authorities are prepared to conduct a third nuclear tests following ones in 2006 and 2009. they also declared they will no longer recognize a joint statement in 2005 from the six party talks on their nuclear development. that includes plans for the country to abandon all nuclear weapons and programs. officials from the u.s., china and other countries are urging north korean leaders to exercise restraint. >> we call on north korea, as does the ent

you might remember last year, for example, beijing asked north korea not to launch two rockets spirit of korea went ahead and did that, and i think beijing is increasingly becoming annoyed that p'yongyang, which seized beijing as its main ally, is not listening to what china has got to say. ,> maybe we have hauteoverestimd but if china were to pull the plug on economic assistance, where would north korea be? >> i think that is the big question. sadly, in terms of aid, it is critical in terms of food and oil supplies, for example. some analysts suggest that without the assistance, the north korean regime could even collapse. but beijing does not want that to happen for a couple of reasons. it does not want chaos on its border, and in the long term it worries that potentially unified korea would be allied with america. that would potentially mean american soldiers on china's borders. what beijing does one north korea to do is to carry out reform, the type of economic reforms we saw china carry out years ago. but again, on that point, p'yongyang does not seem to be -- >> if we look forwa

the council will take significant action. >> the difference was the near- minute response from north korea's foreign ministry, saying there will be physical steps to strengthen its military, including its nuclear deterrence. that is seen here in south korea as a broad hint to the third nuclear test. p'yongyang is technically ready to carry one out. the u.s.-north korea on voight glenn davis is in seoul to talk with south korean officials on wednesday. they will discuss the prospect of imposing additional bilateral sanctions on pyongyang. an attempt to secure brian use sanctions at the security council would have certainly been vetoed by china. china remains north korea's most important ally. >> we believe that we should do everything possible to avoid tensions, to make sure there is opportunity to have a turnaround in this situation, and have an early talk of the six-party talks. >> the main agenda of the curly suspended talks is ending north korea's nuclear program, -- of the current fleets of -- of the currently suspended talks is ending north korea's nuclear program. >> 17 people are dead

sanctions against north korea. punishment for its most recent long-range rocket launch, and its plans to conduct a third nuclear test. in a sign north korea's threats to the region and beyond are being taken seriously, japan today sent two new spy satellites into orbit, to monitor north korean actions. the latest imagery indicated tests could take place on short notice. american officials believe north korea's goal is to test a nuclear weapon small enough to be mounted on a long-range rocket that might be able to strike u.s. territory. even north korea's strongest ally is urging restraint. china said it will cut food assistance if north korea carries out another test. the concern is that north korea will pursue weapons development at any cost, even the well being of its own people. >> gloria, thank you. >>> in egypt this evening, president morsi declaring a state of emergency in part of that country after days of deadly violence now. several people were killed in riots, marking the two year anniversary of the arab

so i want to say something right now to north korea. heeeeey. [ laughter ] heeeeey. [ laughter ] democratic people's republic of korea. we need to talk. [ laughter ] look, uhh, we're flattered that you think of us as archenemies, but that's kind of taking our relationship to a whole other level. kind of a big commitment and i'm not sure we're ready for that. [ laughter ] i mean we just got out of a 50-year archenemy thing with the soviets and that was really special. [ laughter ] you're lucky if you hate somebody like that once in a lifetime. [ laughter ] and since then we thought we'd play the field. tried to have some quickies with iraq and afghanistan, but it's just dragging on. the taliban will not stop calling us. don't get me wrong, you're terrible and we hate you. [ laughter ] but archenemies? why would you want to take a chance and ruin what we already have? right now we're foes with benefits and that's great. you launch some rockets, we impose some sanctions, and there's no pressure to stay over at each other's countries. whraf

those are three countries that surround north korea. north korea has a very strict penalty for anyone caught using the worldwide web. instead, the country offers their own train net which many experts have called propaganda tool. cell phone and computer use in north korea is growing. experts say google might be laying some groundwork. listen. from their why the not try it pry the door open just a little that would be an extraordinary achievement which would be a positive thing potentially for people but also be positive for google. >> google chief eric schmidt by the way reportedly will also give the north korean people a donation of some sort. shep. >> shepard: there is another matter here too, trace. governor richardson hoping to free an american who isliked up in north korea. >> yeah, the american's name is kenneth bay. he runs a travel agency that brings both tourists and potential investors into north korea. but now the country accuses him of hostile acts against north korea. and he could be facing as much as 10 years in a prison l

north korea threatened to attack south korea because of u.n. sanctions. french forces stepped up their offensive against rebels in mali. we are on patrol with them in the north. plus, why young people in cuba are playing with the idea of making music their career. we are getting reports of iraq that least five protesters have been killed in scuffles between the army and worshippers near the city of fallujah. thousands have been protesting for more than a month against the prime minister's government. they say the government promotes sectarian policies that discriminate against them. the latest violence began after the police. -- block protesters from entering the city. >> which call upon the army -- we call upon the army affiliated with iraq. if it is only loyal to the muslim nation and only belongs to the good land of iraq, to open the way for the scholars and people to give in to the city. they are not allowed to get in right now. the army has to be loyal to iraq. >> let's take some live pictures coming in from fallujah. the crowds are still swelling. a

as you're well aware, north korea is very secluded. cut off from the rest of the world known as the hermit's kingdom. the country doesn't even allow citizens access to the world wide web and only some citizens are able to get on a local internet that's controlled by the government. it is also no secret that google wants to bring the internet to everyone. whether or not schmidt will push for that on this trip is not clear. allowing google's chairman to visit could be at the very least symbolic. the timing of this trip is also interesting. just a couple of days ago in a new year's day speech, north korean leader kim jong-un said his country is in the middle of a modern day revolution and emphasized bringing his country into the 21st century whether it comes to digital technology and computers. will the leader of that country be meeting with the leader of this silicon valley giant? that is still unknown. let's turn this over to business and tech reporter scott mcgrew. from your point of view, what do you think the point of this trip is? >

he says north korea's missile program is intended to give the north the upper hand in its negotiations with the united states, and he predicts more to follow. >> north korea's game plan, i believe, consists of several critical elements. one element is to continue to develop their nuclear weapons capability, and they are doing that. they've had a couple of nuclear weapons tests which have -- one of which did not work very well, one of which worked marginally successfully. and i suspect they're continuing to work on that and at some point in the future we'll see additional nuclear -- an additional nuclear test or tests from them. north korea, i believe, is determined to become a de facto nuclear weapons state and to get the world to accept that. >> but revere says the u.s. should show its willingness to engage with north korea through dialogue. >> i think dialogue has an important utility in terms of dealing with north korea. it has a number of uses. it can help us explore north korean thinking, explore possible north korean flexibility, explore the reasons and reasoning behind their act

resolutions have resulted only in providing north korea to fight back so why is the u.s. keeping pressing for more measures that on the test particular young into a corner exactly right and i think that with obama's pivot to asia policy certainly north korea is going to go there can be pretext for the united states to militarize the south korean country even further and i think as well we have to look at the position beijing in this issue and we need to get that leadership transition as she is coming into power shortly and i think that that they're only wants them if we get stability in the green and they don't want to get huge a crisis in our borders or a military conflict on the border so i think they could look at the incoming look like we're all standing committee many of the people who are going to be there when you're experienced studying in north korea so when we look at the incoming administration in beijing will be able to have convinced in your thirty's to behave any more for your work trying to look like the u.s. is came to challenge china. his influence in asi

the head of internet giant google is on a visit to north korea. but the has any chance of breaking through pyongyang social media and online file. but for now argentina has told the british prime minister to rein in his colonial ambitions and concentrate on his country's internal problems the hardline response follows a warning from david cameron that the u.k. would fight to keep control of the focal and islands the two nations fought a war over the territory back in one thousand nine hundred two our correspondent now has more. here with our says question in an interview whether britain would fight to keep the falkland islands and prime minister david cameron saying of course we would say he made his position there extremely clear if an attempt was made by argentina to retake the folk and islands that military troops would be the fluid by birth and so absolutely very clear on that very strong westerly coming from the prime minister that you see this comes on the back of argentina as president re making these accusations that the falkland islands a

there's no profit to be found in north korea.lysts are talking about north korea may be interested in google services but that's probably even overthinking it. the fact is that no one said why schmidt is going or even whose idea this whole thing is. you do have this young, new leader in the people's republic and he's telegraphed willingness to open up the country. just yesterday talking about reunification with south korea. also, we should be clear as bob pointed out, schmidt is going to north korea as a private individual and not as the chairman of the board of google. as much as schmidt can be separated from that, we'll always associate this with google itself. this is fascinating. this is something we'll continue to watch. >> very much so. thank you very much, scott. >>> 5:33. breaking news in san francisco where a group of intruders broke into a home early this morning robbing a family at gunpoint. it's happening right now at 40th and anza in the city's outer richmond district. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live on t

unfortunately, north korea is a known proliferateer. ear technology and missiles is their cash crop. there have been steps put in recent time, some call the proliferation security initiative to put a ring around korea and make it much more difficult for them to send this stuff to other players. so you know, their testing has gotten better. their technology is improving somewhat. they're going to use this to perhaps go up on a bit of a soapbox. but ultimately they're dealing with the most powerful country in the world and we're dealing with a pigmy that will collapse from its own contradictions. >> jennifer: a subject that came up today was the keystone pipeline. senator kerry did not say if he would allow it to go forward you but he did address the issue of climate change. >> the solution to climate change is energy policy. the opportunities of energy policy so vastly outweigh the down sides, i will be a passionate advocate about this but not based on ideology but based on facts based on science. i hope to sit with all of you and convinc

north korea, i believe, is determined to become a de facto nuclear weapons state and to get the world to accept that. >> but revere says the u.s. should show its wilrth korea th dialogue. >> i think dialogue has an important utility in terms of dealing with north korea. it has a number of uses. it can help us explore north korean thinking, explore possible north korean flexibility, explore the reasons and reasoning behind their actions. it can help us develop a better sense of how the regime thinks and whatts priorities are. t maybe mostmportantly for us, it can help us deliver strong and clear and important messages directly to the north koreans. but at the same time, we ought to be taking all of these other steps in terms of deterrence and defense and containment and pressure to demonstrate to the north koreans that we will defend ourselves. >> revere also said a joint effort with countries in the region is important, including japan and south korea. >>> and now let's take a look at the extended weather forecast for selected cities around the world. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that concludes th

diane sawyer was inside north korea days after that test, the only western journalist meeting with the north's nuclear negotiators, who asserted their country's right to test. now, it's believed the secretive regime has a nuclear arsenal of as many as 12 weapons. and powerful ones. their last test in 2009 revealed a bomb about half as powerful of the one that destroyed hiroshima. models show such a bomb could level an area roughly about the size of, say, lower manhattan. so, how big a threat is north korea? it's believed their missiles can travel about 6,000 miles at best, but capable of hitting hawaii. but what they are lacking, and this is critical, is the ability to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be placed atop a missile and launched at an enemy. it's believed north korea is still many years away from being able to do that. still, as today shows, a nation which proudly hangs anti-american posters, such as this, while struggling to feed its own people, is working every day to become an even greater threat. this is one of the very serious challenges that the next secretary of s

as the head of google over the north korea despite the washington's criticism we'll get to whether the internet giant has any chance to engage with the reclusive nation it remains under sanctions. it's two pm here in moscow you live with us on our t. with me tom what's a good to have you with us this afternoon. president obama has rounded out his national security team for approval by the senate he's nominated former senator chuck hagel as the pentagon hate and to counterterrorism adviser john brennan to lead the cia the pigs have sparked speculation that obama is actually trying to kill two birds with one stone as you can explains by appointing chuck hagel as the first secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's hope people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dares to question and dissent from washington o

sanctions on north korea. to use force against its southern neighbor the international punished. with worldwide news live from moscow this is with me wrong welcome to the program. on the second anniversary of the egyptian revolution people are back on the iconic square but this time though they're not going there to celebrate not at all the various groups are calling for fresh antigovernment rallies with demands very similar to those that led to regime change that was two years ago at the eve of the anniversary was marked with fierce clashes between. police which left dozens injured. rubber bullets were used to disperse the protesters who tried to tear down a wall preventing them from reaching parliament cairo true explain. what's driving those who fought for change two years ago right back out onto the streets. just off egypt's tahrir square surrounded by murals of slain protesters law graduates tarik talks about his brother who was killed during the two thousand and eleven revolution two years on tarek says the country has yet to see the changes that his brother died fighting f

>> reporter: well, i mean animosity towards the united states is nothing new for north korea. he 60th anniversary of the end of the korean war. and in the north korean world view, it wasn't the north koreans who attacked south korea, it was the south koreans aided and abetted by the americans who attacked north korea. of course that war was never finished, at least on paper, with a peace treaty. it was only ended with an armistice. so the north koreans have always held this animosity towards the united states. this itself is nothing new. >> all right. so do you think that they have the technology to actually make this happen, to actually go through with these threats? >> reporter: my understanding is that they're not quite there yet. there's two critical hurdles they have got to pass over and they have passed those but they're not 100% there yet. firstly, they want to have a nuclear weapon that fits on top of a missile. they have carried out nuclear tests and they actually do have nuclear devices. their next challenge is to compress this material into a warhead the size of a wa

north korea. the international punishment. is good to have you with us here today. with news around the world. on the second anniversary of the egyptian revolution people are once again. square . to celebrate thousands are gathering in the center of cairo for a fresh government it demands very similar to those that led to regime change now two years ago the eve of the anniversary was marked with. dozens injured. bullets were used to disperse the protesters try to tear down a wall. true explains what's driving those who fought for change two years ago right back out onto the streets. just of egypt tahrir square surrounded by murals of slain protesters law graduates tarik talks about his brother who was killed during the two thousand and eleven revolution two years on tarek says the country has yet to see the changes that his brother died fighting for instead in a deepening economic crisis many ordinary egyptians are barely able to get by. stuff or was killed there close to the course or are i need street in parliament he was shot dead with three bullets on the twenty

cuts as the head of google of those as north korea despite washington's a criticism look at whether the internet giant has any chance to engage with the reclusive nation that remains under u.s. sanctions. is three pm here in moscow you love with us on our do you with me tom would say president obama has rounded out his national security team for approval by the senate is dominated for months senator chuck hagel as the pentagon heads and counterterrorism adviser john brennan julie the cia the picks up spot speculation that obama is actually trying to kill two birds with one stone as artie's go on it should you can experience. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's his people see it chuck hagel former senator from nebraska vietnam war veteran as being one of the very very few u.s. politicians who opposed u.s. military expansion and who dared to question and dissent from washington orthodoxies

park is expected to take up north korea's nuclear and missile development and a bilateral free trade ent. south korea and china entered fta talks last year. in her presidential election campaign she promised to expand relations with china while strengthening south korea's alliance with the united states. last friday park met japan's envoy, former finance minister fukushiro nukaga. she expressed hopes that relations with japan can be improved. bilateral ties have become strained over disputed islands in the sea of japan. >>> one of south korea's best-known singers will spend a week confined to his army barracks. military leaders are disciplining the platinum-selling rain for dating an actress while on military duty. rain's real name is jung ji hoon. he's fulfilling his two-year mandatory military service. he was conscripted as a so-called entertainment soldier. military sources say rain met with kim tae hee three times in seoul in november and december. army rules ban soldiers from private meetings while on duty. officers have given rain one of the lightest possible punishments. he'll

so, how big a threat is north korea? it's believed their missiles can travel about 6,000 miles at best, but capable of hitting hawaii. but what they are lacking, and this is critical, is the ability to make a nuclear weapon small enough to be placed atop a missile and launched at an enemy. it's believed north korea is still many years away from being able to do that. still, as today shows, a nation which proudly hangs anti-american posters, such as this, while struggling to feed its own people, is working every day to become an even greater threat. this is one of the very serious challenges that the next secretary of state will have to face. and coincidentally, the nominee for that job, senator john kerry, was on capitol hill today for his confirmation hearings, >> china is cooperating with us now on iran. i think there might be more we could respect to north korea. there could be more we could do in other parts of the far east. >> a new and dangerous world, newly change with this new threat. thank you, martha raddatz. >

people who watch north korea are watching the clock. they say it's only a matter of time before the country carries out another nuclear test. north korean leaders promised to boost their military power in reaction to a u.n. security council resolution condemning their recent rocket launch. security council members passed the resolution unanimously. it expands existing sanctions adding four individuals and six organizations, including the space agency. assets will be frozen and the individuals will also face a travel ban. officials in the pyongyang are showing defiance. foreign ministry representatives issued a statement condemning the resolution as an attempt to deprive north korea of its right to launch a satellite for peaceful purposes. the document says it is now clear the u.s. has a policy of hostility toward north korea. as a result, it says the north will no longer recognize the joint statement from the six-party talks in 2005. that includes plans for the country to abandon all nuclear weapons and programs. the statement goes on to

north korea lifts its fire wall for the visit of head of internet google limits reports the secretive states invited german economists as well to help it open up for foreign investment. we're reporting to one of fifty nights of rioting in belfast flagging up the social and political divide in northern ireland these days as police used go on lethal force on loyalists angered by those restrictions and displaying the union flag. well over a good evening if you just joined us it's kevin away here in moscow tonight this is our th just after eleven pm here now first this hour a pacifist accused of being anti israeli in charge of the military and an apparent supporter of harsh interrogation methods in charge of intelligence they are president obama's picks to run the pentagon and the cia a washington correspondent garniture can profiles the nominees. by appointing chuck hagel as defense secretary president obama is arguably trying to change the perception that he has embraced bush administration national security policies because after four years of militaristic foreign policy that's how peo

leader of north korea makes a rare news."roadcast a reunified korea. >> the gift of peace, the pope celebrates a new year's mass in rome. welcome to "bbc world news." also in this program, top concerns as one in three women in south africa try to lighten their skin. and an amazing escape by helicopter after it crashes into the sea in brazil. ♪ >> hello, happy new year to you. the deal is done now, the u.s. is counting on the and calls fof wrapped -- house of representatives to approve a bill that would avert the fiscal cliff. it was approved by the senate in the early hours in new year's day. the deadline was technically missed, but as long as the bill clears its final hurdle, a few effects will be felt, as today is a u.s. public holiday. >> vice-president joe biden, dropping in on congress until -- as the clock ticks down to midnight. with good humor, a deal with senate republicans had been struck. >> i feel very good, we will get a very good vote tonight. happy new year. >> members of both parties overwhelmingly backed an a

i have again abouting to north korea for quite awhile. had success getting american soldiers, remains of our military back and prisoners back. >> shepard: the state department called it unhelpful and asked you not to do it. why did you? >> i'm a private citizen. i don't work for the state department. their position s understandable because the relationship with north korea s is very bad. >> shepard: is there enough food and power as far as you can tell at least for -- i mean help us understand what the place is like? >> well, it is like you said in -- step into a time warp into the '50s. there is no heat there if you saw us in the videos going to schools, to software places, to computer schools. >> shepard: no heat anywhere? >> is no heat anywhere. >> that is why when kim jong il was looking at things he was wearing coats all the time. >> the country is in bad shape. we are trying to spend a message don't is spend your money on missiles on the military. spend it on the economy and a free market and move forward to give your people more of

and north korea lashing out at the international community after a fresh round of sanctions are vowing to continue nuclear tests all of that and more still to come. but first a u.s. senate committee is set to decide whether john kerry should become the next head of the state department democratic senator was nominated by president obama to replace hillary clinton as the country's top diplomat but gareth porter a story of an investigative journalist thinks that under carried over a little change in u.s. foreign policy. well the clinton legacy is pretty much i think the legacy of american wars and a counterterrorism policy that has usurped the usual prerogatives of the state department john kerry will not be able to fundamentally change the course of u.s. foreign policy which is again set in motion a set in stone if you will because of the power that the cia and the military really wield over the direction of u.s. relations with so much of the of the world particularly the middle east and now increasingly in africa as well as well as of course south asia so every virtually every importan

western investors to actually go to north korea the north korean investment environment is not the cure there although the state has been trying a lot still be do have reports of investors who have difficulties with the red tape and also would change of attitude of the government you know ball to burst through specially chinese investors who have left the country for storage of the biggest problem i think for us the west the suburb is western sanctions this is easy actually it's almost impossible not to violate any section if you deal with north korea because almost anything is dual use and the procedures will be checking whether you are not why they did sanctions are very complicated very costly and there's also a great deal of knowing that insecurity about what the actual rules are and my freshman is that this is keeping away the best and. those approaches are the big ones. getting to the teeth so there is a controversial day being set aside on the calendar in the united states a right move americans have special day to call the motives of weapons to buy them and fire them we tell you

we really miss so we see the best of it is the reluctance of vested investors to actually go to north korea the north korean investment environment is not the cure although the state has been trying a lot still be to have reports of investors who have difficulties with the red tape and also changing attitude of the government you know of all the best foods especially chinese investors who have left the country and frustration the biggest problem i think for us to list this all over is worse than sanctions this is easy actually it's almost impossible not to why only then you section if you deal with north korea because almost anything is dual use the procedures will be checking whether you are not while living sanctions are very complicated because. there's also a great deal of unknown to insecurity about what the actual rules are and my freshman is that this is keeping away the best and of us those in particular big ones while i am we have a story about the relationship between u.s. intelligence and the president of what door had to argue dot com to find out why the president correa believe

-based group human rights watch has called on the united nations to look into abuses at north korea. parents of a japanese abducted by the north joined the appeal. the group's tokyo office chief has said the world has focused on the north's nuclear programs, not its human rights record and called on japan's government to lead efforts to launch a u.n. investigation. she was backed by the parents of a man who was abducted by the north in 1977 at the age of 13. >> translator: it is unacceptable. that people continue to suffer in labor camps or in worse situations in north korea. i hope more will be done to improve the situation. >> u.n. high commissioner for human rights last week stressed the need for an investigative commission on north korea. it would require the adoption of a draft resolution and meeting of the human rights council opening in late february. >>> suicide attacks have rocked the afghan capital kabul for the second time in less than a week. we go to bangkok for more details. gunmen and armed -- gunmen armed with suicide vests stormed a government building in kabul on mon