china has really not used the leverage that it has over north korea to rein it in, even the north koreanswill build more nuclear weapons, more tactical weapons, missiles that can strike the united states. all of the languages threatening it will include south korea and its neighbours to consider more extreme options. that is already a nuclear—weapons debate in south korea, whether south korea should build its own nukes and china could help a lot and it is not. i am genuinely surprised that china seems to prefer a nuclear north korea to any kind of pressure on north korea because unless the chinese helplessly north koreans are not going to stop because as you pointed out the chinese will bail them out of the un and elsewhere. fin chinese will bail them out of the un and elsewhere. on that south korean _ the un and elsewhere. on that south korean reaction, - the un and elsewhere. on that south korean reaction, yes, i south korean reaction, yes, there will be pressure in the region to build up a bank of reserves, do you expect that to happen? mi; reserves, do you expect that to hauen? y, ,, r

but what kind of weapons could north korea hand over to the wagnerites, according to ivan kyrychevskye defense express portal , there are difficulties in translation, because the statement of the white house, in which the word misel, i.e., the missile of many, was sounded, could to mislead, because it most likely meant short-range cruise missiles and shells for artillery and short-range miss-target missiles, the americans can write anything you know, it looks like a rocket, it is fired like rockets and can be used even from rocket launcher systems, we immediately understand the concept of rockets as those that can be used, well, long-range, roughly speaking, which can be used for strikes on the trilogy infrastructure of ukraine, and apparently, the long-range missiles of the russians and north korea are not transferred, although it has a rather significant missile arsenal, but even if the dprk supplies were limited to the transfer of ammunition only, this may well help russia to cover some part of the projectile hunger which, according to the media, was formed in it at the end of last

the big problem with sanctioning north korea is enforcement and north korean illegal behaviour.rt of mafia, you know, criminal stuff, in order to get the parts that they need, and so there is not a lot we can do i think other than the usual rhetorical things. we can't strike them, of course, it's too risky, so we are kind of stuck. and, traditionally, north korea would look to china for support, and that has been an alliance historically. do you think they are going to receive the same sort of backing now, given what has been going on with ukraine and china's relationship with russia not being entirely clear either? yeah, i think so. i mean, it's kind of strange. china, i think has gone sort of further supporting north korea's nuclear and missile programme than i think a lot of analysts expected, right? i'll be honest — i'm rather surprised about this myself, and i think many others are, that china has reallyjust not used the leverage that it has over north korea to rein it in, even as the north koreans say, as you said in your report, right, that they are going to build even mo

exaggerated, and the assumptions were contradicted by a recent statement by official washington . that north koreadelivery of wagner anti-ship weapons, which included missiles, pyongyang of course denies everything, north korean officials have publicly stated that they are not support russia's war in ukraine, but at the same time they supply weapons to wagner, we estimate that the amount of materials transferred to pc wagner is unchanged, the dynamics of hostilities in ukraine, but of course we are concerned that north korea plans to supply more military equipment, the other day the us state department announced that north korea provided russia with assistance in the field of security sending it through a third country but what kind of weapons could north korea hand over to the wagnerites, according to defense express military expert ivan kyrychevskyi there are translation difficulties here, because the statement of the white house, in which its opinion was expressed, that is, a rocket, could mislead many, because most likely it meant short-range cruise missiles and shells for artillery and short-

fred from north korea's ballistic missile program. as we know, last year was the year that north korea conducted the highest number of their miss out tests in history. and just in the beginning of this year, they have already conducted to a large scale miss out test just before the new year and then on sunday as well. and then the new north train leader can one has also, mary made it really clear that they are going to increase their investment and they've abilities in the nuclear strike weapons. and they pointed to south korea in the u. s. as the primary threat for them to be pushed to do that. and so i think experts are also pointing out that essentially the skill of these tests should no longer just be characterized as a missile test. they should be viewed as military exercises because of the skill and the frequency that it's happening. and they are concerned that there is probably not going to be short term solution to de escalate attention that is currently really reaching appalling point in the korean peninsula. and you mentione

welcome. sh north korea, i should in the new year, vowing to mass produce battle field, nuclear weapons targeting south korea and introduce a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking the united states mainland. then so brought up the prospect of joint nuclear exercises with the us. but president joe biden denies. they have been talks between the allies, south korea, reconfirming to stay that they are in discussions following the height and threats from the north. we've also received use that south korea carried out a solid fuel rocket test last week. the defense ministry says it was part of if it's to build a space based surveillance, capability and bold steroids defense posture. it didn't notify the public causing a brief scare. some people thought it was a north korean missile. others you a thought while regional tensions and rushes war on ukraine is stoking fears in japan. it recently unveiled its biggest military build up since the 2nd world war. a $320000000000.00 plan that will buy missiles capable of striking china and radiate for sustained conflict. e

photos that they are willing te to the public showing russian railcars traveling from russia to north korea and back picking up weaponry they say to be used in ukraine by wagner group so really a key kind of big escalation here by the north koreans to be providing this military equipment to this russian mercenary organization and, of course, it says a lot about how the russian defense establishment and vladimir putin, the president there are increasingly relying on this russian mercenary organization to carry out these military operations in ukraine as the russian military there is really faltering. so, again, this information just coming in that the u.s. does plan to issue even more sanctions on wagner group next week and, of course, releasing new evidence to the public about what they say are deliveries by north korea to wagner group of very powerful missiles and other military equipment that they can use there. >> yes, certainly an important development. and we are, i should say we are waiting to hear from the white house on that so we'll bring that to you as soon as it begins. as we dig

they think they're dealing north korea is not necessary at all is not necessary, but because any contactsny exchange. they are always subsidized by south korea, it’s right, if they thought so in the end, some are always converted, but somehow it turns out that the result of these contacts leads to a strengthening of the military-political north, therefore, their position now is an unequivocal rejection of any then the negotiations, but the offer that north korea does not make about the negotiations. they are drafted in such a way as to be obviously unacceptable to the north korean side. a if it comes to some more or less ordinary e north korean actions, then they are answered, let's say so symmetrically, then even more rigidly in love there is clearly a desire to strengthen the us union worldwide; in general, it is not connected with the general world crisis. these are their own regional, let's say, reasons here and, accordingly, both the scale and duration have sharply increased. e joint us-southern. korean maneuvers are military exercises that greatly annoy the north korean side of cour

north korea has 3,500 tanks at its disposal, defense express specialists researched that many of themre copies of the soviet t-62 and t-72 purely because, due to its technological backwardness, the north korean industry could not make normal armor, but the transfer of a similar class of weapons will clearly not pass the attention of the west, so before you take such steps, the north korean regime still will think carefully, judging by everything, as long as the dprk does not provide russia with serious offensive weapons or strategically important defense resources, it is not excluded that its supplies to russia may be dictated by the need for survival, and therefore further help depends on what else the russian federation will be able to offer, and it does not have many options artem kulya ictv facts of the week - the only news you want to know is putin's reaction , see what his court jester , the former president of russia - dmytro medvedev, writes, this rule works without fail this time too after the meeting of the presidents of ukraine, poland and lithuania in lviv , hysteria began

now these comments are coming from a week long, enlarged plenary meeting of north korea. really workers party that just wrapped up yesterday on saturday during those meetings, qindzhong, and also called for the mass production of tactical nuclear weapons. and this comes, these announcements come hours after north korea had opened the new year here on the korean peninsula with a short range ballistic missile test, which it said came from a $600.00 millimeters, super large, multiple rocket launcher that it claimed were nuclear capable. it is quite rare for north korea to launch a ballistic missile, a test on the 1st of the year. but certainly we've seen a plenty of tests last year in 2022. and we also so many of the short range ballistic missile type from random places on the korean peninsula. on the northern side of course, indicating apparently that north korea is aiming for the capability to be able to attack from any place from any time. and this morning, north korea is saying that it is a pursuing these capabilities because it must wage a struggle against washington an

so, i think that north korea _ reopen? yes. so, i think that north korea will— reopen? yes.ill move cautiously to open up, you know, watching the china experience closely. i think there are a number of factors that the regime will balance, the first is the pedicle and health risk consequences of opening up, especially in pyongyang and some of the larger metropolitan areas. as i said, the regime has declared victory over covid largely so backpedalling would be undesirable. they will balance that, of course, with opening up that, of course, with opening up in terms of the benefits that that is going to bring in trade with china, goods and commodities, including fertiliser, obviously outbound trade increasing to china as well would be beneficialfor the regime. the regime will look at the value that it has in terms of control over its borders via covid closure, this has reduced information penetration from outside which is obviously something the regime likes. he does vastly reduce the number of people who have crossed the border, escapees or defectors, that is something the reg

, satellite imagery of north korea. you know, that electricity outside of the capitol pyongyang is, is kind of rare. and looking at north and south ham young province. those are in the northern regions of, of north korea close to russia. those areas, again suffer from a lack of the electricity. people heat their homes using wood and, and dried plants. so there have been reports, especially of concern for that area. radio free asia reported last year. cases of many people going missing and assumed frozen while they were outside of food insecurity is also a related concern. as so as north korea sealed, it's bordered with china for a long period of time. due to the coven, 19 pandemic. so that food insecurity is, is something that experts in food security experts here in south. we're also worried about about there in north korea's northern provinces. terry? just very quickly, frank, what's the forecast? the forest guest is for things to warm up a bit. there they are still though, forecasting either some type of precipitation

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it is quite rare for north korea to launch a ballistic miss l. a test on the 1st of the year. but certainly we've seen plenty of tests last year in 2022 this morning. north korea saying that it is a pursuing these capabilities because it must wage a struggle against washington and souls unparalleled efforts to stifle and isolate it in what a cause and new asian form of nato. the libyan coast guard says it has stopped a ship carrying at least $700.00 refugees and migrants. it's one of the largest interceptions in recent months. the vessel was reportedly blocked on friday, near a town west have been gauzy as it was making its way to europe. the migrants are said to come from several countries. authority, say those who entered libya illegally will be returned to their home states. a course in molly, a sentence 46 soldiers from ivory coast for 20 years in prison. the latest chapter in a month long dispute. that's put molly further over with the un and the international community, alexia bryan reports. they came to help preserve the piece and molly, but now they facing decades in p

it was really a trump-pompeo effort to engage in diplomacy with north korea, our idea was to show kim there was a future outnuclear weapons. >> whether the cia or state department we were working so hard to achieve that outcome, really help the north korea people, i think we really were hoping that chairman kim would make that decision to get rid of his nuclear weapons so the aid that development become into north korea. we could bring them to modern sent century and help the people of north korea. >> easter of 2018, i left the united states on good friday to pyongyang. another planet. when you land there, you fly in you can see gray buildings, they are living in poverty, also the case when i trave i travel that first time we had america return home otto warmbier, i was mindful that person sitting across table from me killed an american and was evil. >> i walked to shake his hand, through a translatesser he said, i am surprised you showed up here since you have been trying to kill me, i was taken aback. i decided to lean into it a little bit, i said mr. chairman, maybe i still am. and

the us has also accused north korea of arming the wagner group, displaying images of what it says are russian rail cars being loaded with north korean weapons systems. potentially putting the group in a position where it could change battlefield dynamics and ukraine. something the u . s. clearly hopes it sanctions will help prevent my cannot al jazeera washington. samantha corey is a visiting lecturer in war studies and kings college london. he says north korea, stock policy, soviet era, weapons, and ammunition would make them easily compatible with what the russian forces eating pizza has got some trading partners around the world like china and india. but very few countries are actually supplying munition to support the russian war. but iraq and it's drones and north korea as we're finding out now as well. very briefly, north korea's a tree relies on soviet era equipment. i was looking at a list of their equipment just for coming on and they have bt all the personnel carriers. i have t 34 t 54 times really old fashioned soviet times, legacies of that cold war relationships. they may

that's what china understands, that's what north korea understands. it's confidence and its strength, is not press releases and words, it's strength and confidence. >> good old-fashioned deterrence by denial works which is convincing your potential enemies that you cannot accomplish your objectives through the use of force and you only get that from strength and forces that have the right range of capabilities but also that can operate sufficient scale and for ample duration. to win and i think we are behind. george marshall said when you have the time you don't have the money and when you have the money you don't have the time. i appreciate your farsightedness and sense of urgency that you brought to this competition for the us defense budget and now we're seeing japan increase its defense spending over several years, doubling it from one percent of gdp to two percent and developing a new range of capabilities, counterstrike is one of them as we see in ukraine. in ukraine if you can't protect your population your at risk of two an aggressor like russ

gene lee speaking to us about what is happening in north korea.y of concealing information about flight control systems on its 737 max aircraft, which led to two crashes, killing 346 people. flaws in the systems were found to have led to the accidents, but boeing avoided a trial by agreeing to pay two point —— $2.5 billion, including 500 million to those of the families who were killed. now relatives of those who died are trying to reopen the settlement. i'm joined now by our news reporter azadeh moshiri. if you could remind us what happened and why did these classes happen in the first place? classes happen in the first lace? �* , , ., , classes happen in the first lace? �*, , ., , ., place? it's been nearly four ears place? it's been nearly four years since _ place? it's been nearly four years since these _ place? it's been nearly four years since these two - place? it's been nearly four i years since these two classes, and they both involved that 737 max, a new one at the time. first there was the lion air flight from indonesia, which crashed i

and the us regarding the extent to which the us will effectively turn north korea and conduct exercises with south korea. visa, visa, nuclear acid. so this simple disagreement a, you know, as an example, that reflects the big factors involved in the bilateral alliance. so, you know, the us defense secretary visits, you know, comes amid these the spiraling factors to alleviate cell 3 is concerned. and to really ensure the east asians stay the veracity of us commitment towards the alliance. so as you rightfully mentioned, you know, secretary lloyd austin has mentioned about the iron clad commitment. and of course the robust exercises and the expensive exercises that are in store. however, i know south korea is growing press perception, and it's acknowledgment of the limitations of the traditional extended to parents of the us, you know, reassurances are not enough to really alter public opinion to a significant degree. was to i was going to ask you mr. gil, when you have, let's say, the foreign defense secretary, let's say you're in sole, you're in south korea and you have the defense sec

he had every opportunity to capture the north and achieve unification. korea on its own terms, the bottom line is that when the north was thrown back almost to the very chinese border , the chinese entered into action. here is a huge expeditionary force of the people to liberate on chinese army crossed to the korean border and hit the americans. and the chinese should be given their due. excellent soldiers. they fought beautifully, and they drove the americans. and all the more so because the chinese came to the soviet union to help the koreans. the armed forces of the soviet union did not take part in ground combat operations, but our pilots' aviation division, our pilots, took part in air battles at moments at jet moments. it was an absolutely heroic page in the soviet military history because they prevented the americans from holding air supremacy before. it was not the americans who were bombed from afar in everyone they wanted, and the participation of the people's republic of china and soviet aviation. that's in many ways. it allowed the americans and th

that's mere also, north korea is being accused of supplying vogue with weapons. what sort of are we talking about? where are they made of these north korean manufactured weapons? yeah, that's really interesting. all the dimensions of this conflict is that mean pizza has got some trading partners around the world like china and india. but very few countries are actually supplying munitions to support the russian more irrelevant steroids and north korea as we're finding out now as well. very briefly, north korea's and military relies on soviet era equipment. i was looking at a list of their equipment just for coming on and they have bt all that personnel carriers. they have t 34 t 54 tanks, really old fashioned soviet times, legacies of that cold war relationships. they may actually have a lot of weapons and ammunition that the version of forces can use really quickly. and then those crates can be incentivized to part with. maybe they want to more bias there in stocks as well. so i think that's part of the north korea and i go as a compatibility of north korean mili

reversed the use of the entire range of conventional nuclear weapons means to protect south korea from north koreat do you think. why is the united states of america ready to use even nuclear weapons for the sake of south korea? hmmm, for the sake of ukraine , they are still hesitating to give long-range missiles and not f16 fighter jets. i think the answer here is obvious. the point is that uh, the key adversary of uh, south korea advocates for the entire role of north korea , it is absolutely obvious that the dictatorial regime that uh, for several decades reigns in the northern part of uh, the korean peninsula. he must get absolutely clear and unambiguous signals about being aggressively defiant, they will be exposed to the appropriate response in response, because it is obvious that if pyongyang did not talk on the radio or if the leader of north korea, kim jong-un, did not announce the military potential of the united states of america and north korea is not comparable at all, and it is enough to conduct only one, but extremely effective and powerful series of missile and in order to complete

i'm carry johnston also coming up north korea far as a short range. ballistic missile office, east coast is liter promised is an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. croatia adopts the euro and joins the eas, wordless, travels, i will have a report from zagreb, thus i am popping with it on the outskirts of new delhi authorities have banked go in this region to equality, but many company said this would impact livelihood. awe explosions have shaken the ukrainian capital just off to the country, rang in the new year, half an hour to 20. 23 keeps air raid sirens rang out with blasts. following shortly after the city's mer says, air defense systems were working to protect people. there were a barrage of attacks on saturday that killed at least one person. shaw strap for reports from keith on those earlier attacks. a residential street on file homes destroyed a real good on a dead woman covered by a plastic sheet holder of the marble, whom the aftermath of yet another barrage of russian missiles while the ukrainian capital keep not almost all them a growth of obamacare,

give and will constantly produce new things, in fact even if china tries to do something through north koreaf this small state is still very limited, and considering the fact that its leaders are still convinced that any day a war with south korea can really happen any day, they will not be ready to give the wagnerites and the russians a lot in general, and it is obvious. it has been almost several months now, there is less and less information about new deliveries, so in fact even this firefighter in russia will begin to wait, if it is about china, then because of the nato secretary general and hans stoltenberg during during his visit to japan, he stated that china is closely monitoring the war of the russian federation against ukraine, and this is not just a european crisis, a challenge to the international order. beijing is watching carefully and is learning lessons that may affect its future decision. sometimes the probability of a conflict with china through taiwan in the congress, for example, is considered quite high, so what lessons are we talking about here if we still understand th

but what more did he have to say that yeah, happy new year from sole dera. 2022 was bookmarked by north korea with those 3 short range, ballistic missiles and justice warning opened up with another north korean short range, ballistic miss out less than 3 hours into 2023. and this, that we are hearing this morning from north korean state media that these were from the mult, the super large multiple rocket launcher, which would align with assessments by people here and soul. that these were of the k and type of ballistic missiles which runs on solid fuel. now it is rare for north korea to launch a ballistic missile on the 1st of the year, which is usually reserved for a new years address of some sort by leader kim chung. and now it could be posturing as it did come hours ahead of an announcement by state media that leader king john . then during a enlarge plenary meeting that had run all week last week up until saturday. which discusses goals for the new year had ordered a new intercontinental ballistic missile system, also for a mass production of tactical nuclear weapons. it said it would als

we obviously condemned north korea's actions and urgent north korea to cc deliveries to wagner immediately. we are going further by taking action itself. last month the department of congress designated caller: -- wagner as a military user. it cannot access technology anywhere in the world based on u.s. equipment. today we are announcing additional actions we are taking to help ukraine defend itself. at the department of treasury will be designating wagner as a significant transnational criminal organization. in coordination with this designation we will also impose additional sanctions and week against wagner and it support network across multiple continents. these actions recognize the transcontinental threat that wagner poses including through its ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity. with these actions, and there will be more to come, our message to any company considering providing support to wagner is simply this. wagner is a criminal organization that is committing widespread atrocities and human rights abuses, and we will work relentlessly to identify, disrupt, expose and t

there are sanctions on north korea, russia obviously is in violation of them. so, you know, the reality is that they are weapons, so it's not desirable. >> speaking of weapons, let's go back to the tank dispute. a western official thought maybe germany's chancellor olaf scholz is wrestling with a moral issue when it comes to the visual of german tanks fighting russia in ukraine. why do you think germany is so reluctant to do this? >> the german government is a coalition government, and o a lot of scholz is the head of the social democratic party. they have a long history of what they call understanding russia, cooperating with russia. and so i think he's dealing with a lot of members of his political party, as well as the german population who are very hesitant to go into a situation that they deem risky. the reality is, though, that if you don't stand up to vladimir putin, if you aren't strong in the face of this russian aggression, you are actually inviting vladimir putin to potentially put your national security at risk. so, unfortunately, it's a misundersta

he actually says that the united states can use nuclear weapons against north korea in response to any attack from outside, and north korea against south korea not necessarily with the use of nuclear weapons. is this new or something wrong, got it? and dmitry i think that there is nothing new here, because as soon as the term extended containment appears. this means nuclear weapons , this is the very notorious nuclear umbrella that the united states, so to speak , opens from all its allies, so there is nothing new for me here. no, it’s another matter that, of course, in the current conditions. here is a nuclear territory in which we are constantly accused, that our leadership, that president putin although president putin only mentioned nuclear weapons twice, and he uh, not directly. what funds do we have? what should be taken into account, so to speak, that everything, so to speak, is not just a country. russia has other means. but nevertheless, we are constantly being accused of this uh nuclear rhetoric. uh, like saber retling? that is, there waving is a nuclear club, and they themse

north korea is needed. unveils ambitious plans to boost his country's nuclear arsenal significantly. and why many businesses say that on pay about measures to control permission in india? ah years or weather update in a minute. 15 will kick this one off in australia. good to see you. so it remains wet and w a around the kimberly region, you know, broom could see about half a month's worth of rain over a short period of time and wind gusts about 50 kilometers per hour in time heat of the day storms, thunderstorms will break the heat and that se struck down your temperatures on tuesday, you'll notice that fresh air purse remains hot at 36. and there is all that weather for the kimberly. and for new zealand, just some showers for the north and south island. nothing major here. so as we move on to vietnam, those monsoon rains are sliding down the coast. meantime, solid bands of rain for northern philippines, around logs southern philippines, around val. but i'll swear across the country, those severe fight advisories have been dropped. what weather continues to steer into indonesia as ma

we obviously condemned north korea's actions and urgent north korea to cc deliveries to wagner immediatelywe are going further by taking action itself. last month the department of congress designated caller: -- wagner as a military user. it cannot access technology anywhere in the world based on u.s. equipment. today we are announcing additional actions we are taking to help ukraine defend itself. at the department of treasury will be designating wagner as a significant transnational criminal organization. in coordination with this designation we will also impose additional sanctions and week against wagner and it support network across multiple continents. these actions recognize the transcontinental threat that wagner poses including through its ongoing pattern of serious criminal activity. with these actions, and there will be more to come, our message to any company considering providing support to wagner is simply this. wagner is a criminal organization that is committing widespread atrocities and human rights abuses, and we will work relentlessly to identify, disrupt, expose and tar

what we do know is that february is a month of anniversaries for north korea.e late leader, his birthday is on february 16. the late leader, his birthday is on february16. it the late leader, his birthday is on february 16. it will most likely be trying to restrict traffic to make sure that those moments go smoothly. now, i do think it's an extremely cold time of year — —30 below zero celsius, i know how cold it is. people aren't allowed to call it covid. we do know they share a long border with china. they have been very strict about stopping any smuggling between china and north korea, but it's quite possible that there has been some activity along there has been some activity along the border, that the virus has made its way in. it's quite possible that there is some sort of a way the virus is coming through. t’itt there is some sort of a way the virus is coming through. i'm glad ou virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought _ virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought op _ virus is coming through. i'm glad you brought up china _ virus is coming throug

and that north korea would forge forward while intimidating south korea. in response, south korean president use on your says soul stood ready to punish any provocation by the north. his defense ministry warrant. any attempt to use nuclear weapons would spell the end of kim jong in government units. kim al jazeera soul. france is among the e u countries that will require a negative p. c. r test from travelers arriving from china. the french health and transport ministers are at charles de gaulle airport to inspect the new cove with 19 testing facilities. from january, the 1st french authorities will also carry out random cove with 19th tests upon people arriving from china. earlier in the week, italian prime minister george maloney asked all you nations to impose covian measures against time. chinese president, changing pink, says his country is entering a new phase in combating the pandemic in his 1st comment since the government abandoned its controversial 0 cobit strategy, he called for unity in a televised address. aging handling of the outbreak has pro

intelligence show that last year in november, prigozhin purchased anti-personnel missiles from north koreaording to john kirby, their number is not capable of significantly to influence the course of the war, nevertheless, the white house is concerned that russia is increasingly finding support among the exiled states . earlier, according to american intelligence, the kremlin already bought artillery shells from pyongyang, and although north korea officially declared that it did not sell weapons to the united states, russia was promised not only to bring this issue to meeting of the un security council, but also to impose additional sanctions on grupo wagner so that no one in the world who does not want to spoil relations with the united states should not deal with a customized e-e 10:10 this status means that anyone who leads from the right with this organization will also be subject to sanctions, so this imposes an additional burden on wagner, what we seek to do is to block the flow of resources, weapons, money, both for russia and for the wagner group, we recognize the wagner group as a

it remains to be seen whether trade will fully recover after infections surge in china and north koreaes with its restrictions. a japanese telecom giant is launching a new business to combat potential issues feeding the world's growing population ntt east has partnered with a farming start up to cultivate an unexpected food source, crickets. the company is working with a firm that specializes in cricket farming. the two have launched a pilot farm near tokyo to optimize raising the insects for food. crickets are rich in protein and have a low environmental footprint. they taste similar to prawns and can be turned into food party. they plan to use its i.t. expertise to maximize the efficiency of large scale production operations. the telecom aims to commercialize the project and provide the system to other companies. it is already engaged in red salmon farming. the firm believes its food businesses could pull in tens of millions of dollars in a period of five years. a town in northern hokkaido is getting ready to start shipping a winter delicacy to the rest of the country. farmers there

north korea's lead promise is an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. plus, i'm john hendern, in guyana, where despite an oil boom, the country is investing heavily in solar power. ah, beginning cray shirt, where the nation has now dropped to the euro as its official currency becomes nearly 10 years after it joined european union. it also becomes part of the shank enzyme, meaning unrestricted, travel to other member nations. scifi decor has more from soccer. it's not just a new year, it's also a whole new currency. and here and crecia feelings are mixed or seems eminent. every country who took on the euro, you less than the stuff leaving went down, i think is going to be the same. and gray shots, danny, so samantha, i'm not happy because i think everything will be more expensive. to be honest. i don't really care about that much. so i think it's probably a natural transition. and that's why me, when it comes to business imports, exports and the tourism, the crecia is hugely reliant on many say it's a benefit. more than half of our external trades is don

ship, the balkan nation officially adopted the hero and entered the ease of visa, free travels in north korea. lead a can young and cool to an exponential increase of its nuclear arsenal as tensions rise on the korean peninsula. plus, i'm john hendern in guyana, where despite an oil boom, the country is investing heavily in solar power. ah . in the coming hours left us leader louis and osceola da silva, will be officially sworn in as brazil's d precedent support is all gathering by the thousands in the capitol. brazilian now be joining dignitaries and leaders from all corners of the globe. security has been increased and the police have detained a band with an explosive device. i see was trying to enter the brazilian escalade, where lula will be inaugurated. well, let's go to monica yet. okay. if who's live in brasilia? monica, of course exceed large crowds that out to support lula, but a lot. everybody's happy with his integration. other no, i, we're here in a camp of both sonatas, supporters i'm, they are here. they've been here for 62 days. it's been sleeping here. it's been in the rain in

north korea far as a short range, ballistic missile off its eastern coast is lee that promised his an exponential increase in the production of nuclear weapons. croatia adopts the euro and joins the eas, borderless travel side have a report from zagreb bus. i'm john 100 in guyana. were despite an oil boom, the country is investing heavily in solar power. ah. explosions have shaken ukrainian capital. just off the country rang in the new year, half an hour into 2023 keys. air raid sirens rang out the blast following shortly after the city's mass says air defense systems were working to protect people. there were a barrage of attacks on saturday that killed at least one person. charles strafford reports from keith on those earlier attacks. a residential street on file homes destroyed real good on a dead woman covered or a plastic sheet hold the rover more boom. the aftermath of yet another barrage of russian missiles when the ukrainian capital kiva. not almost all of them, a growth of obamacare, me and my husband were literally thrown into the corridor. we regained consciousness. we hear

are they likely to have their talks dominated by the situation with china and north korea? well certainly they'll be aware that japan is, is, is proposing a new national security strategy, which includes spending more money on their defense up to 2 percent of g d p which would make them among the biggest spenders in the world. and also addressing the threat that that comes or from china and also from north korea as well. this is a change in japanese policy since the 2nd world. busy world of had a pacifist constitution and no, this is a change, as one expert said at japan has had the the shield for years. now it wants this. busy served as well the tip of the spear and so they will certainly talk about the threat, paused a by china and by north korea and the possibility of any military action against taiwan. that, of course, has been a concern around the globe for, for some considerable time. they will talk about at russia action in ukraine. they're also look at things like climate it. they will talk about energy supplies. they will talk about the economy, the global supply c

let's give all the weapons that north korea needs, which is not requested.erican military bases there, yes, 28,000 americans. well, here is your responsibility well. right now, there was a strike on the territory of iran at night , the arab press says, moreover, israel. and this is how america and another country implemented it, as arabic and american sources write. well , let's give iran everything they need. let's take our relationship with israel. let's talk constructively now. well done to someone else . it is necessary to give help to iran, where, well , show it when it is so far when it gives i don’t i know, well it gives. well, you never know what they think, but i think that geraniums just bloom. and a beautiful flower, what is there, they sorted it out from us? iran now the ukrainians have done what they call it? klum or something based on geranium, they made some kind of unmanned iranians, not ukrainians, not many ukrainians. what to do? only not quite ukrainians , on any iranian basis, ukrainians work directly with all nato members , they remake f

he says the tests and rhetoric have accelerated concerns about commitment to deterring north korea. >does this provide assurance? >> apparently not. the united states is present. >> there is always concerned by south korea as to whether we will live up to our agreements. that has grown in the last five years. >> a senior research fellow and former caa depy division chief. he says the concern is born not only from north korean threats. at one point, former president trump if they did not contribute enough to costs. >> there is concern that president trump or another candidate might carry through on another threat. it is raising more doubts the matter how often u.s. officials try to allay those concerns. >> officials repeatedly reiterate their commitment to south korea. >> our commitment is firm. it includes a full range of nuclear, conventional and missile defense capabilities. >> the nationa defense strategy warns there is no scenario in which the regime could employment your weapons and survive. when brooks was commander, he faced the same south korean skepticism and took steps to as

i have a chapter in my book, not only north korea, also south korea. today, south straight are all south. so development, aid and welfare state doesn't help and other book kicked he his thesis is that in the last 2025 years inequality is on the rise. the gap between poor and the rich, he says. the most part of the 20th century, they have also decrease of inequality. but then something's changed in the nineties and now we have increasing inequality for him. these are the worst year. but i tell you something, in 2000, in 2000, 26% of the worldwide population lived in extreme poverty. today, it's less than 10%. these are the years that he calls the bad years. so the question is whether you focused on inequality, as he does on poverty, as i do. if you're inequality is the problem, then the chinese people should go back to mao's time because they were more equal. if time. but when i was in china a lot of times i saw no one who told me we have to go back to mao because we were all more equal. of course they're more unequal today because are a lot of billiona