megumi yokota was abducted by north korean agents 33 years ago, when she was 13. her parents are anxiously waiting for new information about their missing daughter. the picture was taken in 1977, a month before megumi was kidnapped by north korea. in january last year megumi's parents, shigeru yokota and his wife, sakie, spoke to junior high school students who are about the same age as their daughter was at the time of the abduction. >> translator: she's crying for help tonight as she looks at the moon. she must be wondering why she can't come home. who will rescue her? >> former north korean agent kim hyun hee gave an interview with nhk last november. >> translator: yes, i will. i heard a lot about megumi. my fellow spy lived with her to study japanese from 1981 to 1983. >>> in the vietnamese capital of hanoi foreign ministers from the association of southeast asian nations plus japan, china, and south korea have held a meeting on the sinking of a south korean warship in march. japan's foreign minister katsuya okada has called on the participating countries to co

. >>> former north korean spy kim hyun hee will leave japan on friday, ending her four-day visit to meet the families of japanese citizens abducted by the north. the relatives obtained little new information on the fate of their loved ones but expressed hopes that her visit will help to resolve the long-standing issue. after arriving in japan on tuesday kim met relatives of abdu abductees yaeko taguchi and megumi yokota at a resort town in central japan. taguchi's son spoke to reporters after the meeting and read out a message that kim wrote in his diary. >> translator: kim wrote me a message. "beloved son, your mother will return. please hold on with hope and courage, looking forward to the day when all of us can meet together." >> kim reportedly told yokota's parents that she had met their daughter once but had no other information. >> translator: kim didn't know anything about the things we most wanted to hear about megumi. we were disappointed. but she encouraged us by saying megumi must still be alive. >> kim traveled to tokyo on thursday to meet other family members of kidnap victi

and get economic and diplomatic concessions and the second big message to north korea is that their sinking of the south korean warship to china has consequences and also to warn north korea future provocations. you talk about provocations isn't the u.s. being provocative in saying or certainly bringing up this alleged incident because in fact north korea said look if there's any element of punishment directed towards north korea for this alleged incident they will then go to wall now that is surely being provocative on the u.s. and u.n. . so there's a lot of differing perspectives we just came through the u.n. security council debates there in deliberations or produced a presidential statement that focused on the action rather than the actor so you saw that statement condemning the sinking of the chart on but not referring directly to north korea now we're in this cycle where various countries are either objecting to the report or objecting to some of the actions and we're very frankly watching these types of actions and reactions very carefully right now can i ask about the social implications hillary clinto

yet confirmed by moscow suggest the vessel hit a see mine an international probe had accused a north korean submarine of firing on a vessel something nice on some cough the west coast of the korean peninsula march the twenty sixth killing forty six sailors and foreign policy analyst stephen cohen says the results of the international reports raise doubts even within south korea . the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea. is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the south. it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections there is also the case that. the idea that the north korean submarine could have been operating in the shallow waters in which the cio and sank is incredible but one could make the argument that the entire point of this and an incident in the blaming of it on north korea was to provide a pretext to escalate tensions we should also recognize that while the south korean government was behind the joint civilian military repor

now to a spy story with a bit of a twist -- 20 years ago, a north korean spy blew up a south korean airliner. that spy was later pardoned and went on to become a best-selling author. now she is visiting japan and will meet with the families of those people who are affected by her nor did -- native north korea. >> the plane arrived in tokyo before dawn. the passenger hidden bohai and umbrellas, north korean spy, passenger jet bomber. she was driven to the mountains of central japan to the house owned by the former prime minister. the government arranged her visit. she might have information about japanese citizens abducted by north korea. >> we would like to bring back the attention to the devastation of human rights. we would like to have a prompt settlement to the issue of those that have been adopted. >> 115 passengers were killed when a jet blew up in 1987. she took a sign that capsules and tried to kill herself as she was arrested. she was part and on the grounds that she had been brainwashed. -- she was pardoned on the grounds that she had been brainwashed. 8 years ago, north korea conf

former north korean spy kim hunion hee has arrived in. her case is expected to shed light on people abducteded by north korea 30 years ago. the former agent was sentenced to death in south korea for her role in the 1987 bombing of a south korean airliner which killed 115 people. she was later pardoned. kim's visit is her first trip abroad since her arrest. the japanese ministry used her discretion to allowed kim to enter japan. she will spend four days in the country. shortly after 7:00 a.m. tuesday, kim arrived at a villa belonging to former prime minister hatoyama where she will be staying. later in the day she will meet with family members offan abductor who taught her the japanese language. kim meant the brother and son in south korea last year. kim will meet the parents of another abductee on wednesday. the former agent said she wants to tell the parents what she bpz their daughter. kim is known to have lived with japanese abductee taguchi in north korea from 1981 to '83. she learned japanese and customs from taguchi. in march last ye

this is based on interviews with north korean defectors. we have this. >> north korea has often struggled to take care of its of people. ever since the famine of the 1994, illness and hunger remains a fact of life. now amnesty international, based on interviews with defectors who left north korea in the last few years, appeared to provide grim confirmation of how bad things remain in one sector of society, the health system. >> of north viet -- north korea it purports to have a free health care system, but in reality fails to provide the most basic care to its population. they have frequent power cuts and no heat in the winter. >> the report paints a picture of hospitals to void of basic medicines and education and other major surgeries are carried out without the use of anesthetic. >> the operation took about an hour and 10 minutes. i was screaming so much from the pain, i thought i was going to die. they had tied my hands and legs to prevent me from moving. >> it is 1 million miles from affluent south korea, where the vast majority of citi

saying that this report actually came from a south korean newspaper in effect clearing north korea of the sinking of that was that's quite significant isn't it. it is significant yes. but we should also recognize that while the south korean government was behind the joint civilian military report that blamed the on the ng for the sinking of the cio and then. there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that in fact north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship and the opposition parties in south korea and many of the newspapers have been calling into question the south korean report so the russian naval report is consistent with what a lot of people in south korea believe which is that north korea hasn't been responsible for this thinking so should we be really quite cautious the fact that this report hasn't been officially confirmed yet. i don't think so i think we should be cautious about the south korean report that is the south korean government report there are a number of reasons why one should exercise extreme skepticism and caution in accepting the concl

we achieved our goal, which was driving the north koreans out of the south.nd as the war proceeded we came to believe that this might actually be a diversion of faint and that the soviet union might be preparing an offensive in europe. so we redirected our forces to europe and we were more concerned about that than we were about korea. >> michael, i was thinking about this earlier today, for people of our generation, the one point where the korean war hit the huge popular culture was the tv program mash. >> right. >> and yet that was seen or read as commenting on vietnam. >> yes, i think that's right. and it really says something that korea for younger people was sort of a blank space for all those years until mash in popular culture of but the other thing that korea did was it poisoned our politics. because alex was talking about the contrast between the victory in world war ii and what happened in korea. we got in in 1950, americans didn't know why we were there. maybe dean atchison goofed and made a speech saying perhaps korea was outside our defense perim

but first a south korean newspaper is claiming russian investigators have found north korea did not talk paedo one of the south's warships they report which russia has not confirmed says the vessel hit a mine. sank off the korean peninsula in march with the loss of forty six sailors and then earlier u.s. backed international investigation found pyongyang responsible north korea maintains it had nothing to do with the incident russia sent its own team of investigators to the region last night and foreign policy analyst stephen go and says the results of the international reports were doubtful. there is a large opposition within south korea to the idea that in fact north korea is responsible for the sinking of the ship the lead government is not a government that is interested in peaceful coexistence with north korea it's a is to see the collapse of north korea and its absorption into the so. it's also suspicious that the south korean government's report was released on the eve of gubernatorial and local elections the opposition parties have found that to be rather suspicious there's also

now to a spy story with a twist. 20 years ago, a north korean spy blow up a south korean airliner killing 100 people. that spot was later pardoned and went on to become a best-selling author. -- that's by was later pardoned. now, she is visiting japan and will meet the families of people abducted by her native north korea. our correspondent in tokyo picks up the story. >> the plane arrived in tokyo before dawn. the passenger hidden behind umbrellas, the north korean spy, a passenger jet bomber turn best jelling -- best-selling author. she was given to the mountains of japan in a house on by the former prime minister. the government arranged a visit and has situation -- information that japanese citizens adopted by north korea. >> we would like to bring back once more people's attention to the devastation of human rights and infringement of sovereignty, and we hope such efforts will lead to a more prompt settlement of the writ -- issues and rescue victims. >> 115 passengers were killed when the jet blew up in 1987. she bit a cyanide capsule to try to kill herself but was arrested. sentence

the united nations has been holding talks with north korea over the sinking of a south korean warship in march which killed forty six sailors an international investigation blamed when a top peter at times by the north but a second inquiry led by russia has caused doubt on this you and dr jargon see director of korean studies at johns hopkins university in the u.s. has been involved in research which raises further questions about the incident. we would hope that international investigation and south korean governments in the investigation would provide satisfactory objective answers to these questions but we have not gotten them we are not trying to make a conspiracy argument here you know we don't have an evidence that the north koreans didn't do it and that we do not argue that the north koreans did not do it what we are arguing is that investigative group the south korean government has failed to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that a north korean torpedo does ship and sunk. and that given all the political implications given the height of the tension that has been created it's

there's some evidence that the chinese leadership is getting increasingly frustrated with the north koreans and their continual blue ridge rens. you remember that chine -- blue ridge rens. you remember that china shares a border and the chinese are very concerned about what might happen if north korea happens. we're talking about ref gee flows that could inundate chine as northeast. and keeping the government propped up and stable is one thing the chinese want to do. host: we have one more call, john on our independent line. caller: good morning, mr. lee. i am wondering, i see this -- i see trips like this where the secretary of state and miscellaneous other individuals go around the world all the time talking about the same subjects making the same threatening remarks, continually over and over again, contrary to a call a couple minutes ago where someone was praising the current secretary of state to the skies. and really, there never seems to be any purpose that's very clear. remarkably enough, when you watch certain commentaries, for example, some documentaries about the george schultz y

the north says the u.s./south korean exercises will result in what it calls a retaliatory sacred war. >> we should be very worried about this. north korea is getting comfortable with being a state that makes nuclear threats, and we better get used to it. >> reporter: all this just days after the secretary of state and defense secretary visited the korean demilitarized zone announcing new sanctions aimed at the north's nuclear program and saying these military exercises are meant to send a clear signal. >> we have seen nothing that gives us any reason to believe that north korea is ready to end its provocative, belligerent behaviors. >> reporter: threats from the north are nothing new but take on more meaning after march's sinking of a south korean naval vessel killing 46 sailors, a sinking caused by a north korean torpedo according to the u.s. tonight the white house is not commenting on the latest north korean threat, but that doesn't mean these exercises haven't created a war of words. >> there will be physical respons

chances that this is north korea's fifty fifty very sensitive subject isn't it interesting that the reports appeared in a south korean newspaper saying earlier but what happened in your opinion on the ship back in march how likely is it that north korea had nothing to do with the sinking of that shit so of course the reason is that it was north korea to blame for the sinking but still there is. some chance of that it was a mine and that it was some accident and i think that the most important thing or even that it was a friendly fire because the most important think is that was the time of military drilling in the west sea and there was of course. reports said that there were no other ships like north to the north korean submarine is but actually there were fifteen or thirteen washrooms from south korea which were just drilling the. actions so it's quite strange that the they were not supported at this if they were spotted at the time then ok. one hundred percent but. two months later so that's the main job for me and as you were saying earlier conclusion reached by that international investigation was that pyongyang

relations with north korea have gone downhill since a south korean warship was sunk in march an attack blamed on the north. as david martin reports, the 46 sailors who died never had a chance. >> reporter: watch what happens when a heavyweight torpedo explodes beneath a ship. this is an out-of-service australian warship being used for target practice, but it's exactly what investigators from the u.s. and south korea concluded happened to the "cheonan" which was ripped in two last march off the west coast of the korean peninsula. now watch in slow motion as the 500 pound warhead detonates directly below mid-ships, lifting the ship out of the water and sending its superstructure overboard, bending the steel girders that make up its spine. a second later, the ship crashes back into the water, breaking its spine, splitting it in two and sending it to the bottom. when the "cheonan" went down, 46 sailors died. the blame was put squarely on north korea. >> to date, we have seen nothing that gives us any reason to believe that north korea is ready to end its provocative, belligerent behaviors.

korean warship in a u.s. led invasion investigation that blames the communist north that's according to a self korean newspaper. the stop the war coalition in the u.k. says recently leaked documents. could mark the beginning of the end for the campaign in one thousand pages detail civilian deaths at the hands of nato troops. piles of dangerous chemicals could reach the russian border within a week after being washed into a river by floods in north eastern china. but also reporting on t.v. fix morgan scorching temperatures gripping moscow as the mercury reaches a second record in a week a little relief is expected over the weekend with rain fall comes. the moment the news continues in less than half an hour in the mean time we have. and co-host stacey herbert's giving us an insider's view of the intrigues on wall street that's the cause report coming away in just a moment stay with us. keep. food . for. the. period. her feet.

ministry and he believes that despite the high tensions on the korean peninsula there's little chance and numbed conflict could break out. both north and south korean perspective as mutually assured destruction if a conflict were to run the korean peninsula would be economically devastating decides neighboring china has no interest in a war and its orders are either nuclear or not. you know there's plenty. of later in the hour our report on arizona's controversial immigration law. between state and federal lawmakers heats up after the governor announces plans to appeal a court decision to strike down parts of the legislation. president obama has signed into law a fifty nine billion dollars war spending bill for the latest i'm going troop surge such as three billion will pay for an additional thirty thousand troops the rest will go on record struction and aid for veterans the bill did meet some resistance in congress when over one hundred democrats withdrew their support rather and this comes in the same week that wiki leaks released documents detailing civilian deaths at the hands of nato personnel the disclosure has increased call

the ministers are expected to reaffirm efforts to strengthen coordination to counter north korean threats. on tuesday the two countries announce add that they will conduct joint military drills in waters off the korean peninsula from sunday through wednesday. some 20 vessels will take part, including a nuclear aircraft carrier, the "uss george washington," and south korean destroyers and submarines. the exercises are a response to the sinking of the south korean warship in march. south korea blames the north for the incident. now, the two sides are also expected to discuss whether the u.s. should impose financial sanctions on north korea. >>> welcome back to "newsline" business. u.s. housing starts fell for the second month in a row in june. the department of commerce said on tuesday that housing starts dropped 5% on an annualized basis from the previous month to 549,000 units. housing starts have been on the decline since a government tax incentive for home buyers expired in april. the consecutive decline has raised concerns as the trend in the housing market is considered an indicator f

now is facing a public shaming that's right the north korean soccer team faced six hours of public inquiry into their performance during the biggest opportunity but in the world as you might recall north korea was bounced from the world cup by portugal in a seven to nothing and in fact the game was broadcast live on state run t.v. in fact it was the first game ever broadcast live on t.v. and north korea so talk about a bad match to pick seven to zero that's horrible which is why of course there's the public shaming taking place now now as report of the coach and the players are subjected to criticism from the country's sports minister as well as four hundred government officials students and journalists who all watch pretty harsh and apparently most of the players through their coach under the bus in fact he was forced to become a builder and was expelled from the workers' party of north korea wow going from a soccer coach to a can structure will work or talk about a life changing event now the team and the coach were accused of betraying kim jong il and one of supreme leader kim jong il s

ministry and he believes that despite the high tensions on the korean peninsula this little chunks an armed conflict could bring out. both north and south korea perspective look at war as mutually assured destruction if a conflict were to run the korean peninsula would be economically devastating decides neighboring china has no interest in a world he would resign or be a nuclear not. there's plenty more for you here and i'll see coming up later in the in the program our reporter arizona's controversial immigration law. between stays and federal lawmakers heats up after the governor i announce as plans to appeal a court decision to strike down parts of the legislation. british antiwar activists are claiming the massive leak of u.s. military documents in afghanistan is signed to get out of the country and marks the beginning of the end of international intervention in the water and country the files posted online by wiki leaks so just the situation on the ground is far from the official picture being nineteen thousand pages details civilian deaths at their hands of nato troops as well as concerns pakistani intelligence could be

and north korean spokesman says this would violate the north korean sovereignty. >> it is another expression -- [unintelligible] we are clear. we will have a physical response. [unintelligible] it is no longer the 19th century. it is an new century. and asian countries are in need of peace and development. >> when a highly-prized and flower blossoms for the first time in 20 years, you might expect the smell of success. instead, the fragrance flooding across the botanical gardens in tokyo is unfortunate. it seems it smells like rotting rubbish. our tokyo correspondent has the story. >> people waited patiently in the blistering heat. at the queue stretched into the distance. they all wanted to see this. this flower stands nearly as tall as a man. when the gates open, the crowds rush in and jostled for the best position. this is the first time this flower has them in tokyo in 20 years. but it is a treat for the eyes, not been as. -- not the nose. >> it smells like rock -- raw garbage. x was really interested. -- >> i was really interested. we left at 6:30 to get here. x x the smell was so bad i

." >>> a former north korean agent ended her first visit to japan on friday. during her four-day stay she met the families of citizens abducted by north korea. kim spoke about lives and roles of the japanese abductees. >> translator: i was allowed to live because i was a witness to history. by being alive, i could tell what i know about the 1987 bombing of a korean airliner and also the abductions by north korea. >> 115 people died when the south korean exploded over the sea in 1987. kim was sentenced to death for her role in the bombing, but she was later pardoned. she now lives in the south. during kim's visit, she met the relatives of abductees who the north say are dead. the former agent today them she met their daughter once when kim was living with a fellow agent. in the interview on friday, she described the time with her in detail. >> translator: i met her briefly and only once in june 1984. at the time i was learning chinese at a nearby facility. she looked very young, much younger than me, in fact. i remember she was a fair-skinned girl with a lovely

ofmer america's most powerful warships poised to take part in military exercises, the north says the u.s.-south koreanxercises will result in a retall torre sacred world. >> we should be very worried about this. north korea is comfortable being a state that makes nuclear threats. >> all this after the secretary of state and defense secretary visited the korean demill tarrized zone, and saying these military excises are meant to send a clear signal. >> we have seen nothing that gives us any reason to believe that north korea is ready to end its provac consecutive belligerent behavior. >> threats from the north are nothing new but take on new meaning after the sinking of a south korean vessel. >> the white house is not commending on the north corn threat bunt it doesn't mean these exercised haven't created a war of words. >> there will be physical response. >> reporter: that statement from a north korean spokesman, answered by the defense secretary. >> taking steps that further strengthen deterrence and also demonstrate our determination not to be intimidated. >> reporter: 8,000 troops, 20 ships, and 20

naval vessel, killing 46 sailors. >> white house is not commenting on latest north korean threat but it doesn't mean the exercises haven't created a war of words. >> it will be physical response. >> that statement from a north korean spokesman, answered by the defense secretary. >> taking steps that further strengthens deterrent and cnn straits our determination not to be intimidated. >> 89,000 troops and 200 aircraft and 20 ships. >> up next, cleanup crews head back out into the gulf after a tropical storm fizzles out. also a scary crash at an air show in canada. pilot gets out in the nick of time. >> why san francisco might have to spend more than hundred million dollars to host the america's cup. [ female announcer ] mission presents well-rounded family meals for $10. all it takes is a few ingredients and delicious mission flour tortillas. for budget-friendly recipes go to missionmenus.com. mission. tasty tortillas. fresh ideas. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> tropical storm bonnie has fizzled out and hundreds of oil mg vessels are returning to duty.

north korea. this was a south korean exercise in may, a response to the sinking of the warsaw -- warship. american said they strongly support the idea of south korea demonstrating that it can defend itself. china and north korea -- china, ally, hasea's main expressed concern. the mood is likely to become more intense. bbc news. >> authorities are said to reopen one-third of fishing grounds in the gulf of mexico. they say no crude-oil has been found since the middle of june. meanwhile, some ships being used and the cleanup are being called off. forecast -- forecasters were calling for a job will storm to hit the area. the american national hurricane center says it could hit the site of the oil spill within the next three days. the oil spill chief, admiral thad allen, says they have countermeasures if ships have to be evacuated. we have more. this is good news? >> this is absolutely good news for all the fishermen in the gulf to the been so badly affected by the oil spill. they say that because there has been no oil for the past 30 days in 26,388 square miles of federal waters, which had bee

on security council statement on north korea which. south korean warship sinking still reach didn't blame or after this in all conditions north korea could attack now south korea due to the. predominance of military power from the south korean alliance i think the only way to deal with north koreans is to negotiate especially if. you play. and they want to be treated as a new player and if and when they're treated as some kind of. evil axis. so just irritated then that's a very difficult to to deal with them in such a way one hour let's return to our top story this hour an attack on a power plant in russia itself i cannot talk to political analysts nicholai patrol from the carnegie moscow office in moscow thanks very much indeed for joining us now a criminal investigation has been launched. it's not regarded as terrorism by the police interestingly enough why is that do you think. well you know it seems to me there that's the very pro which exists in the recent past by the federal center according to which from one side there was sort of crazy show

plans to freeze some 100 overseas bank accounts believed to be used by kim jong-il to run his north korean regime. >>> according to a government report, northwest airlines passengers were put at risk due to the airlines' cozy relationship with the federal aviation administration. the report backs claims made by an faa whistleblower that northwest repeatedly failed to follow federal safety regulations but was not held accountable by the faa. >>> pope benedict xvi has defrocked ohio priest thomas krumm. krumm was removed from his ministry last year after reportedly admitting he abused a teenage boy more than 30 years ago. >>> and a 100-year-old crate of whiskey is giving new meaning to the term "scotch on the rocks." new zealand museum officials are slowly thawing a crate of scotch that was discovered in the antarctic hut of an english explorer who abandoned the stash about 100 years ago. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street's going to kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,322 after soaring 201 points. and the s&p added 24, and the nasdaq gained 58. and taking a look at overse

more than 200,000 north koreans including children are being held in political prison camps. it is estimated that between 400,000 and one million people, 400,000 and one million people have died in these camps, having been worked to death or starved to death. is anyone in this administration going to speak out and say anything or do anything about that? last summer an op ed in "the wall street journal" featured, quote, from a north korean refugee woman who said, quote, if i had a chance to meet with president obama i would first like to tell them how north korean women are being sold like livestock in china and, second, to know that north korean labor camps are hell on earth. let me just repeat what she said again. she said, if i had a chance to meet with president obama i would first like to tell him how north korean women are being sold like livestock in china and, second, to know that north korean labor camps are held -- hell on earth. however, because north korea possesses nuclear weapons and threatens not only to use them against neighboring countries but also to share o

the sanctions are said to include freezing of assets of north korean entities and individuals in the s. the u.s. is expected to call on japan and south korea to follow suit. it aims to increase pressure on iran and north korea and make its sanctions more effective. >>> thai prime minister abhisit vejjajiva announced thursday that he has lifted the state of emergency in six more provinces. however, he added that the law remains in effect for the capital of bangkok, even though protests there ended over two months ago. the government imposed emergency rule in 24 provinces during mass protests that lasted from march to may. at that time, 90 people were killed and nearly 1,900 were injured in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces. from the beginning of this month, emergency rule has been gradually lifted in various provinces. however, it remains in effect in bangkok, where a bomb exploded in the downtown area on sunday, killing one person and wounding ten others. >>> british prime minister david cameron and indian prime minister manmohan singh have agreed

north. i mean, the south korean capitol is within artillery range of the north korean border. so it's uh, essentially their call, and if they think there's something we can do to assist them, to improve that situation, we should do it. otherwise, it's one of those things where we will probably just have to wait for the situation in the north to improve and create an opportunity. >> paul hughes, do you want to comment on that? >> i agree with him entirely. you have to have a peace, uh, some sort of peace agreement to build upon to, to make the stable region. and we don't have, that's not in the cards right now in the north. >> paul hughes, the senior program officer at the center for conflict analysis and prevention at the u.s. institute of peace. thank you for being with us. and ambassador dennis jett, professor of international affairs at the school of international affairs at penn state university, thank you as well for being with us on great decisions. and thank you for watching great decisions. i'm ralph begleiter. we'll see you next week. >> to learn more about topics dis

washington says the word games are a deterrent of north korean aggression. this weekend joint exercise is a response to the sinking of a south korea warship in march. >> this was a statement from the country's powerful national defence commission, reported by north korea's of fish a news agency. it repeated the denial of any involvement in the sinking of a south korean war ship in march. these exercises are taking place involving south korean and american ships. it is a response to the allegations that north korea sink the warship. the national defense commission spokesman went on to say that the exercises threatened north korea's sovereignty and security. it will launch a retaliatory assaults or. -- sacred war. white house sears issue we take the suggestions from north korea? -- >> how seriously should we take the suggestions from north korea? >> i think this will be dismissed as the usual diplomatic issues. washington is already refusing to take this latest outburst at face value. a spokesperson responded saying, we need from north korea is fewer provocativ

but first a south korean newspaper is claiming russian investigators have found north korea did not know one of the south's warships the report which russia has not confirmed says the vessel hit a mine the churn sank off the korean peninsula march with the loss of forty six sailors an early u.s. backed international investigation found pyongyang responsible but russia sent its own team of investigators to the region last month north korea maintains it had nothing to do with the incident and investigative journalist wayne madsen says the whole incident could potentially turn very ugly. the international investigators of course came from countries that are very close to the u.s. the united nations military presence and in the korean peninsula so as far as it being a non-biased investigation the south korean many south koreans aren't buying it north korea of course didn't buy it. you know secretary of state hillary clinton over there rattling the sabers against north korea recently the people who have a vested interest are those who would like to increase tensions in asia this is very criti

very big and powerful and yet there are others as they at the same time there are millions of north koreans who are starving how stable do you think that is the regime in north korea. a large distance between the militants and the ordinary people i think that vision was rather stable it's much more stable than fifteen years ago when. his father now washington d.c. recently suggested are living more sanctions against north korea and if you look over the past with iran and with north korea the sanctions don't really appear to work do they you think just take a freeze of columns which i think the only thing which americans could do some new york can't but the last time they were twenty five million dollars it's a small money actually even for north korea now finally so i'm running out of time here with these military exercises off the peninsula they're going on for a couple more days now you originally said they were going to use our nuclear deterrent if these exercises are carried out now pyongyang has been rather quiet as of late do you think they'll come out borking once again or what do yo

a south korean newspapers claiming russian investigators the found north korea did not torpedo one of the sounds were shipped the report which russia has not confirmed says the vessel hit i will be chilling. the korean peninsula and moments with the loss of some forty six. and earlier us back to the investigation responsible but russia said it's a team of investigators to the north london north korea that had nothing to do with the then investigated genitally mouth and that hole in the tents are very ugly. the international investigators of course came from countries that are very close to the u.s. united nation's military presence and in the korean peninsula so as far as it being a non biased investigation the south korean many south koreans aren't buying it north korea of course didn't buy it we've had the you know secretary of state hillary clinton over there rattling the sabers against north korea recently the people who have a vested interest are those who would like to increase tensions in asia this is very critical because this if there is a smoking gun that this could have bee

backed inquiry which concluded a north korean torpedo sunk the vessel. uncovering changed british peace campaigner so the afghan war could take a new turn off to the exposure of u.s. military secrets detailing mistakes and coverups they claim the leak proves the reasoning behind the war was fictitious and embarrassing. and the sun was far from the breath of fresh air here in moscow with temperatures breaking records on a daily basis causing fires and small july has become the hottest month ever. for more on these and other stories for you in just under fifteen minutes from now here in r.t. right now it's time to dive into the world of sports with kate stay with us for that. hello welcome to the sports news here from r.t. in moscow and these are the headlines. winning start c.b.s. beat him assault one male to take a first leg advantage in the europa league qualifier. while bitter exit maradona says he feels betrayed after losing the job as argentina coach. and basketball blow russian let's go to next month's world championships without the man who helped