and we are very clear that our north korean policy will not change if north korea continues to provoke and threaten us. the korean government will try to smooth the government of the august 25 agreement and we seek to put in place concrete measures for reconciliation and cooperation in an effort to maintain this moment for improved interkorean at times. now, in the past some people we might of thought, if you just let something slide, won't you get along better? but you look at the result of that attitude they really were not very good. we need a principled approach and his principled approach may make it difficult for the time being, the immediate time being, but that is where improved relationships will actually start. that is my belief. now, reunification is something that no one can really predict. now come in a summit earlier we talked about germany and how chancellor kohl said that german reunification would happen in 10 years time, within three days later the berlin wall can fall into. so which was something that is fairly unpredictable. but no matter when it happens, for us we

and we are very clear that our north korean policy will not change just because north korea continues to provoke and threaten us. now, the korean government will try to smoothly implement the august 25th agreement. and we seek to put into place concrete measures for reconciliation and cooperation in an effort to maintain this momentum for improved inter-korean ties. now, in the past, some people -- you might have thought that, well, if you just let some things slide, won't you get along better? but if you look at the results of that attitude, they really weren't very good. we need a principled approach, and this principled approach might make it difficult for the time being -- the immediate time being -- but that is where improved relationships will actually start. that is my belief. now, reunification is something that no one can really predict. now, in the summit earlier too, we talked about germany and how chancellor kohl said that german reunification would happen in 10 years' time -- but then three days later, the berlin wall came falling down. so it's really something that's ver

korea. >> reporter: power head salesman says trade is brisk. >> translator: we have sold a lot the north koreansss is good. >> reporter: all around there is evidence of development, but little of that business drive seems to reach the other side of the river and into north korea. it is home to the friendship bridge an economic lifeline that help north korea survive. a new bridge project further along the river remains stalled. the bridge now stands as a symbol of the troubled relationship between the two neighbors. work on it was completed a year ago, paid for by china, and by now traffic should have been running across it. today there is still no sign of it opening. the infrastructure on the chinese side is complete. the satellite images from the north korean side show the bridge ending in a field. chinese businesses at this event know this will not be a quick sale. >> translator: we came here to sell to north koreans. we have the right machines and we will hopeful we will sell. >> reporter: for the moment this is a bustling partnership of unequals. >>> well, you will find more on everything we

for the north koreans, this is the only relationship that matters at this point. it's a cool relationship since kim jong un came to power some three years ago. he's never left the country, he has not gone to china, which is unusual for a north korean leader. as was pointed out when they had the big chinese parade at the end of the second world war, the north koreans not only were weighed down on the day as in diize in beijing, but standing next to the chinese leader, was the president of south korea. and the south koreans were delighted to be able to visibly drive the wedge between beijing and pyongyang. >> do you think that the presence of the fifth most powerful leader in china today is an indication of china trying to repair what may have been - appeared to have been a breach between china and north korea? >> no question of that. that was the case. but what we don't know is what is the price paid. i mean, on one level, the chinese were not going to show up if the north koreans would do something provocative to improving them. we saw the north koreans preparing

the one on sunday was basically a north korean missile that the iranians fired. don't take steps to stop that. >> to allow missile defense systems in south korea, because north korea now has missiles that may be able to reach the united states but south korea is resisting that. so if the relationship's as strong as it ever has been why is that happening? >> that is an excellent question and that is a question both sides papered over. one thing that's important is the nort north koreans have depd their plistles, and the south koreans wonder allow us to base their thad mifer missiles over . our missile defense seam in alaska and california unreliable. >> right and it's much better to be able to go after o of those missiles early on before it gains full speed. >> missiles that have arced across space down into the u.s., that's a much harder task. >> right. another reason the relationship has been questioned is whether president park is getting closer to china. the big ef evidence of this is,e pictures of her going to the big celebration last month in china, this mas

the north korean stalls, in contrast. miered in a world of strict idea loingy, a war-time economy with little to sell. and not much sense of how to sell it. sometimes with nothing at all. from the crowds attending the event. the hope is that north korea is learning from the free market ways. >> these are the biggest crowds i have seen. with more business people than before. >> i think from now on there'll be more trade between china and north korea. >> reporter: shower head salesman says trade is brisk. >> we have sold a lot to the north koreans. business is good. >> all around, there is evidence of development. but little of that business drive seems to reach the other side of the river, and into north korea. dan dong is home to the korean friendship bridge, an economic life line helping north korea survive. a newbridge project along the river remains stalled. >> the bridge is a symbol of the trouble relationship between the neighbours. work was completed a year ago, paid for by china, and traffic should have crossed it.

many north koreans they live better. by our standards, they live still a very poor, often destitute lives but it's still much better than what they used to have. and you see people who basically they don't have any starvation anymore, malnourishment, yes. but at least a bowl of corn is something everybody has. there are private cars, there is a growing private market. there is a booming real estate prices and so on. so economy is getting better. and people expect that the young leader will eventually make life even better. so it's his political honeymoon and he is remarkably popular unlike his father. >> fascinating and we will see what this parade holds. andre lankoff, appreciate you being with us, thank you. >>> the european union agrees to take action again those who ban refugees, and in guinea, political clashes turn deadly. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. coming up in this half hour of international news, outrage from india after one of its citizens has her hand chopped off, when working in

you can see the north korean leader kim jong-un. chinese officials were also in attendance there. neighboring south korea is harry fawcett our correspondent and rain heavy rain may have delayed the start of this extravaganza but it doesn't seem to have dampened spirits harry. >> reporter: that's right. they waited until the afternoon, we understood it was to get underway mid morning. those blue skies have come and just around 3:00 p.m. local time here in seoul things started to get underway up there in pyongyang and the highlights have been twofold, really, kim jong-un giving a speech in front of ranks of army fell and indeed invited guests. some of the things he said, that this was a very meaningful revolutionary holiday, giving the highest honor and glory to the founding father of the party, that founding father being his grandfather, kim ilsunil-sung and the victory thd been achieved on the land of north korea was because of its people and indeed its party and he also paid tribute to the foreign guests who had come and the key foreign guest is the 5th he most senior man in chin

we are very clear that our north korean policy will not change because north korea continues to provokerean government will try to implement the august 25th agreement, and we seek to put into place concrete measures for reconciliation and cooperation for the improved korean ties. in the past, some people -- you might have thought that if you let things some slide, won't you get along better? but if you look at the results of that attitude, they were not really good. we need a principled approach and this principled approach might make it difficult for the time being, the immediate time being, but that is where improved relationships will actually start, that is my belief. reunification is something that nobody can really predict and in the summit earlier, too, we talked about germany, and how the chancellor said that germany reunification would happen in ten years time and three days later the berlin wall game falling down, so it's really something that is unpredictable, but no matter when it happens for us we need to be prepared. i think that is the most important point for us, so for

adrian brown, al jazeera, on the china, north korean border. >>> and more available at aljazeera.com. vo: visitors to london could be forgiven for thinking they are seeing a quintessentially british town. the imperial architecture. the iconic black taxis and red phone boxes. but behind theic

north korean soldiers are thought be behind much of it as adrian brown explains. >> reporter: north koreaizingly close here. the industrial industry just meters from the chinese border, the river marks the frontier between two supposed allies, but it appears relations are not what they were. a police roadblock outside of the chinese village where four people were murdered last december. we were turned away. china's government blames north korean soldiers who came looking for food. this local man says more needs to be done to protect the community. >> translator: of course i worry about my safety, but there is nothing i can do about it. live here. >> reporter: like most people here, mr. lee is an ethnic korean, he lives in the village where three police surveillance cameras have now been installed. in total, ten people have been murdered in this remote region since last december. chinese government officials confirm another citizen was shot in the area two weeks ago, but they won't say if they think north korea is to blame. in response to the murders, some have moved away. but villager has

china's government blames north korean soldier who his came looking for food.cal man says more needs to be done to protect the community. >> translator: of course i worry about my safety. but there is nothing i can do about it. i live here. >> reporter: like most people here, mr. lee is an ethnic korean. he lives in the village here where three police surveillance cameras have now been installed. in total, 10 people have been murdered in this remote region since last december. chinese government officials confirm another citizen was shot in the area two weeks ago. but they won't say if they think north korea is to blame. until response to the murderers, some have moved away. but villager villages had alrean to em empty. and only the old remain and they feel especially vulnerable. >> translator: when they cross the border looking for food just give it to them. and you would he be fine if you don't they might take revenge on you. >> reporter: the security fence is more than three meters high here, but some worry that the barrier is not enough to protect they beli

the north koreans cheated on that deal.n this deal. >> she is pathetic. >> south korea says united states is looking weak and emboldening enemies not allies. we'll see what the president has to say. it is an issue north korea being allied with iran and russians as well. neil: ben, i heard you there. we have obviously seen north koreans made a deal with republican and democratic presidents all the time, every time. >> always. wendy sherman is the weakest of the weak, weakest of the weak. neil: i see where you're coming from. now on this, this, ben, i'm wondering then what message says for iran and whether we do something to scrap the deal all together right now? >> we should scrap that deal. they're apparently already cheating. there is data in "the wall street journal" they're cheating already. let's scrap it. go back to the drawing board. rebuild america's defenses. get republicans and democrats working together to rebuild america's defenses. they would be in seoul in half an hour. it is really, really scary. we have to re

can you just briefly give us your latest update about north korean activities? i might add, since china shared a border with north korea, are they at all being helpful or do they recognize the threat? >> senator, i believe that as i have said before the north korea is the greatest threat that i face in the pacific as pacific commander. i think you have a leader in north korea who has nuclear weapons and is seeking to deliver them intercontinentally. that causes me great concern. he has 20 to 30,000 artillery pieces within a range of seoul amounting to several hundred thousand rockets that place 28,000 american troops plus their families in a 700,000 american citizens who live on the korean pa sin sue la in danger. i view the threat very seriously. i think china's influence on north korea is waning. china doesn't have the influence on north korea that it had in the past. that's an area of concern. there are many areas globally where we cooperate with china. one of the areas in the past where we have received cooperation from china has been to mitigate the behavior

koreans reuniting north and south. families preparing to meet after decades after being separated by politics. and it is election day in canada. we'll take a look at three contenders there and how it will effect international issues. >> canadians are going to the polls to elect a new parliament. an ebattleground for the election. john, they're calling today's vote historic. why? >> yes, well, you know, you're right about one thing, del. whoever wins this election will have to win big right here in the city of toronto and in the province of ontario. the reason why they're calling it historic is three-fold. most expensive in canadian history. each party can spend $15 million on their campaign. the longest election in history, and this is the first time that there will be a first and third place in opinion holes. let's go to the blue video first of all and bring up the blues. this is the conservative party. you can think of them as the republicans, if you will. stephen harper is running on a low tax, family values and tou

. >>> as far as north korean watchers were saying, what they would say about the relationship between north korea and china. >> china had sent it's fifth more senior party official bearing a warm letter from president xi jinping. he was given the ultra v.i.p. treatment sharing the limelight with the north korean leader a , one reason, north korea's decision to go along with china's request not to mark the occasion with a long-range rocket launch. >> to keep the launch in the backup card in case the relations between the u.s. and south don't work out well and their livelihood become difficult. they can use it to divert dissatisfaction. >> there was no dissatisfaction on saturday. months of rehearsal culminating in a show for home and abroad. >> here's what is coming up on the program. escalating violence in guinea and sunday's presidential election. plus. >> i'm daniel swiper in buenos aries. >> they don't fear anything. >> they're consuming economically important species >> we're offering something on our menu that no-one else is offering. >> you're watching al jazeera. here are the h

korean families are gathering for a rare south/north reunion. millions were separated by the korean war. now hundreds of people will get the chance to cross the boarder to see loved ones. members of south korean families are waiting in the city near the demilitarized zone. they'll travel to a resort in north korea. over the next three days, around 100 north koreans and 400 south korean family members will reunite. it will be the first such meetings in 20 months. the reunions have been suspended since february 2014. senior officials from both countries agreed in august to restart the programs, but there were concerns this round of reunions may not take place. pyongyang protested a joint statement critical of the north issued last week by the president of the united states and south korea. >>> indonesian president joko widodo says he hopes to continue cooperation with japan to develop his country's infrastructure. joko spoke to nhk in jakarta for an exclusive interview ahead of his presidency's first anniversary. he talked about china winning the c

i've studied north korea for 15 years and met a lot of north koreans.y've said a lot of things over time. the nuclear weapons are the few things that they have as an asset that gives the weak country some leverage. one year they say they'll give them up. the next year they'll pass a constitutional amendment requiring that we own them. i never say never with north carolina. yo--north korea. you never know what is around the corner. we'll stay on this path, but i don't rule out that at some point in the future some things might change. but i don't see it immediately. >> i want to ask you about these continued threats of rocket launches, something that i think is quite concern to go many americans when you hear the headline north korea testing a missile that possibly reach the u.s. speculation that there is going to be another rocket launch. >> it's comical. one day th there they're moving things around. the next day they're not going to test. there is a lot of anticipation that they were going to engage in some nuclear might test but it did not happen. th

one to the north korean people showing their loyalty to the leader. north korea's military is to be reckoned with. when it comes to massive displace of state muscle, nobody does it quite like north korea. then again, no other nation has the korean workers party, led by three generations of the same family for seven decades. this weekend's spectacle is supposed to be a showcase of loyalty to the party and its supreme leader. pyongyang citizens have been rehearsing for months, day and night. "we want to celebrate in the most significant way" says this university student. tens of thousands will fill the streets. a lavish celebration for a nation still struggling economically. you'll often see north korean young people dancing in large formations like this. this is often thou hey celebrate large celebrations lake the one coming up. an imposing symbol of north korea's only ruling party that turns 70 on saturday. we're taken to the party's first headquarters, a place the north korean government says foreign media has never visited before. as many communist r

. >>> hundreds of north and south koreans separated in the 1950s korean war will be reunited on tuesdayeting is an effort to bring down territorial tensions and harry faucet is where a chosen few are preparing for the reunion. >> this is the hotel where family members have been contacted by the north korean side that their relatives have been seeking this reunion have been registering for that reunion and it's a roomful of incredible individual stories and personalized, changed forever by the huge in-person forces of history, among those stories i'll just share one of them with you, the story of 84-year-old who had been married seven months, she was three months pregnant when her husband went missing and he was part of south korean military and went off with what they thought was military training but in the confusion of the korean war he never came home and she assumed he died and paid tribute to him every year and she looked after his parents and raised the son who was still unborn at the time of his disappearance and now she said she kept with her the whole time a pair of his shoes a

they must abide by their obligations in a peaceful manner and given the horrific treatment of the north korean people by their government, our two nations will continue to expose abuses and call for accountability for human rights violatio violations. we do support the president's efforts to improve relations between south and north korea. as my administration has shown with iran, cuba, we are also prepared to engage nations with witch we have had troubled histories, but they need to understand that it will not achieve the economic development it seeks so long as it clings to nuclear weapons. in contrast to the president's better vision, a free korea and that's a vision we very much support. she shared her proposal that northeast asia peace and cooperation initiative to build greater cooperation among the countries of the region and we welcome those efforts. we discussed shared challenges with a summit can be another step forward in building positive relations between south korea, japan and china. with respect to trade, we reviewed the first three years of our trade agreement. bilateral trade

his image is first, but today that they would find their coverage, defaced with north korean leaders. you think that they are trying to say something about bill cosby and all the allegations? >> probably. >> who is up there first? >> bill cosby behind there. >> okay. >> let me see what color, i guess. >> a great one, i don't know. >> the reaction was mixed, but throughout the area that cosby's reputation, they have taken a beating. with scores of women coming forward to claim that he drugged, then raped them. an d in a sworn affidavit, he admitted to the drugs in some instead fastly denied that he raped any women. >> that is the same and that will be their legacy, all the good work that they would do and that's what they will be remembered for, being a sexual predator. >> reporter: someone going by the name smeared leader on instagram, taking credit for the defacement as he calls the north korean leaders sticker over cosby's image an upgrade. >> and in virginia their family owns that restaurant that they have had for years. remember that they found it as they told us that there will b

north korea will release a detained south korean student who crossed the north korean border earliers week and did so illegally. >> reporter: ten days ago north korean officials put him in front of the cameras to make a public admission of his guilt. >> i'm not very sure about my future but because i broke the law by illegal entering i will accept any judgment as given but as a young college student who wanted to satisfy his curiosity i hope to be treated generously. >> reporter: he crossed into north korea from china in april and at one point during captivity he was quoting to saying he wanted to prompt a big event into korean relations and it's five days before a big parade marking the 70th anniversary of 2 workers party and speculation that north korea may mark the moment by firing a long-range rocket and no reported evidence of preparations. such a skt would jeopardize a resent agreement between north and south that heightened a round of tension in august and could be read as gesture of good will and investment in improvement relations but june they sent tended two south korean n

in this process of dealing with north korea, consistently adhering to the principles will be a certain way to bring a sustainable peace to the korean peninsula. we must also not burn all of our bridges or dialogue and cooperation. we must not let political and military issues turn our backs on the communitarian issue in north korea. around this time four years ago, i wrote an article outlining my thoughts on north korea. toooposed 3 agendas is way established he's -- as ways -- i hope the new korea will be a place where freedom is there an team for all and all can realize their dreams. the ultimate half to creating such a korean peninsula is none other than unification. it will transform this divided peninsula into a land of opportunity. a unified korea will be a generator of peace. no longer will nuclear weapons -- our neighbors. a unified korea will be a freedom,guardian of democracy, and human rights. values of humanity will not only spread across the korean peninsula, radiate from the peninsula into the far corners of the year. a unified korea will be a promoter of prosperity. the creative peoples of both koreas will come toget

we saw china's fifth party official faith by the north koreans, there to kim jong un, throughout the balcony, the two were joke of course, scuttling every few minutes. it was very much a sign from north korea that it wants to, or at least both sides promoting ideas that it was warmer than reported since kim jong un took power and xi jinping >>> harry fawcett in sole there >>> still to come on the programme... >> i'm daniel schweimler in buenos aires - but am i. the houses behind me don't figure on any official maps. at least not yet. >> and a move to preserve florida's everglades. but will it come at a price for the air boat culture? the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being on time. every time. that's why if we're ever late for an appointment, we'll credit your account $20. it's our promise to you. we're doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other

they will be very carefully monitored by both north korean and south korean officials.ter that three-day in tote the vent, there will be another round when people who have applied from the south will see the people that have been able to be traced in north korea and, again, those same rules will apply. and then it will all be over. and so after a lifetime of waiting, of course, these are very brief moments of reunification, reunion and apart from there are 10s of thousands of other people still on the list who wait for some kind of breakthrough like this and all it have relying, of course, on the current state of relations between north and south korea. again, these very big political forces having this huge effect on so many individual lives. >> harry, thank you for that update. >>> the gradual slow down of china's economy is continuing. growth fell slightly in the last three months to 6.9% and that its lowest level in six years. the senior asia economist at objection for economics and he -- she says the chinese slump will affect the rest of the world. >> the number of

. >> coming under attack by north korean fire, and repelling that fire.e are told this is routine training and something that they do every day before they would go in. but at the moment, just two months since the double land mine blast on the southern side, and the south koreans are blaming on the north korean side, seriously injurying two soldiers all of this is being taken more seriously. >> the area where the the actual happened isn't far away from here. as the enemy is nearby on the border we are being more cautious. all units in this area, are in a state of increased redness. >> this fence represents the southern side of the demilitarized zone. this is the main defensive position on the southern side of that zone. the situation leer has changed a great deal, since those blasts just over two months ago, there was a real battle of high intentions surrounding that which came to an end, when a deal towards the end of august. a major parade but no long range rocket launchers so no major provocation on that front and also the prospects next week between s

they are simulating coming under attack by north korean fire and repelling that fire. told this is routine training. it's something they do every day before they would go in. but at the moment, just over two months since the double land mine blast on the southern side, which the south koreans are blaming on the north korean side, all of this is being taken more seriously. >> translator: the area where the accident happened isn't far away from here as the enemy is nearby on the border, we're being more cautious. all units are in a state of increased readiness. >> reporter: this represents the southern side of the demilitarized zone. the situation here has changed a great deal since those land mine blasts just over two months ago. there was a real bout of very heightened tensions surrounding that, which came to an end at least temp tearily. since then we have seen a major military parade in the north, but no rocket launches, and also the prospects of family reunion event next week between separated families. so the situation has improved between north and south, but stil

the nuclear and missile programs that achieved nothing except to defend north koreans isolation, we are reaffirming that our nations will never accept north korea as a nuclear weapons state. we will continue to insist that denuclearize and a diesel manner. our two nations will continue to expose abuses and call for accountability on human rights violations in the north korean state. supportame time we do efforts to improve relations between north and south korea. as my administration has shown with iran, with cuba, we are also prepared to engage nations with which we have had trouble histories. but pyongyang needs to understand that it will not achieve economic development and claims to want to see as long as it evolves nuclear weapons. theunified korea, free from fear of war in nuclear weapons. that is a vision we support. beyond the peninsula, president park shared her proposal to build shared operation between the countries of the region and efforts.ose we met with president abbÉ of japan last year to share challenges, and the summit held this month will be another step forward in po

and reunions from separated north and south korean families ended with emotional farewells at a mountain resort in the north of the retifs divided 60 years ago have been allowed to meet. university student in cape town fought with police against higher fees. students protested demanding fee hikes be scrapped. >> reporter: students protest against fee increase outside the south african building, saying they cannot afford them. but there are calls to lawmakers met by stun grenades. days of protest began at the university when management announced a 10% fee hike. according to the student representative council. 20,000 students require aid. >> the vast majority of students are from the working class. they can't afford a hike in fees or fee payments. it's a mechanism used by the university to systematically exclude poor students. >> here, students occupied the university senate house for 24 hours, demanding the fee increases be scrapped. university buses and the government have capped fee increases at 6%. >> yes, it's a challenge. i wouldn't call it a crisis, we have ways and means of discuss

being more front and center in people's minds, it will be a cold and hungry winter for north koreans, and that is something that could lead to discontent among the people. . >> the president obama administration decided to abandon its programme to train fighters to battle i.s.i.l. the state department says there needs to be a shift in focus to train leaders instead. rosalind jordan reports. >> reporter: when i.s.i.l. fighters captured parts of syria in 2014, the u.s. came up with a plan, train syrian rebels to go after i.s.i.l. instead. $500 million over three years, to raise an army some 15,000 men strong. a year later the u.s. is dumping that idea and planning to give basic military equipment and support to existing groups. u.s. officials insist the goal is the same. >> enable, capable, motivated forces on the ground to retake territory from i.s.i.l., and reclaim syrian territory. from extremism. fewer than 100 people were graduated from the u.s.'s train and desist programme. they collapsed when they entered the battlefield. it was an embarrassment for the obama administration. >> c

. >> south korean and north korean families will be reunited, 65,000 other south koreans are still onaiting list. a chosen few are preparing for a rare reunion. >> this is the hotel lobby where the 4.000 family members have been contacted by the north korean side that their relatives had been seeking this reunion have been registering for that reunion. it's been a room full of incredible individual stories, personalized, changed forever by the huge impersonal forces of history. among those stories, i'll share one of them with you, the story of this 84-year-old. she was married for seven months. she was three months pregnant when her husband went missing. he was part of the south korean military. he went off on military training but in the confusion of the war never came home. she assumed that he died, paid tribute to him ever since. she looked after his parents, raised the son who was still unborn at the time of his disappearance. she's kept with her all that time a pair of his old shoes, saying essentially that her whole life was contained in those shoes, the absence of that man. she

she wants help from china with north korean aggression and bellicosity on the peninsula. wants that, too. they both want china to rein in north korea, but the united states wants to make sure that we're here for south korea, too, and not lose influence. >> john, thank you very much, john harwood on the north lawn of the white house at this hour. thank you all very much for joining us for the first hour of "power lunch." brian with the press conference, i don't know how much of a show you will get but i'm sure it will be very interesting viewing regardless. over to you. >> we're going to do an hour and two minutes if that's what we have to do. that's what we deliver on "power lunch." thank you very much, mandy and tyler. have a great weekend. second to the second half of "power lunch." i'm brian sullivan. we are down at the new york stock exchange and as mandy and tierr tyler have noted, we are awaiting president obama and the president of south korea. we're not seeing a big move in the dow. oil turned around on a big count that dropped. we're up 75 cents a barrel. bob pis

it was be a cold and hungry winter for north koreans, and that is something that could lead to discontent among the people. >> thank you very much indeed. now we can talk to al jazeera's haust you harry fawcett in -- harry fawcett, who is in seoul. the two koreas are technically at war. how is this perceived in seoul. >> i think people here have been watching to see what they can glean from the images beamed from pyongyang. on two fronts, on the military front. what hardware was on display. analysts saying nothing particularly stunning was unveiled. there were now 300mm artillery launches, and what seemed to be a modified mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, but nothing - some were talking about the possibility of seeing a submarine launch ballistic missile along the lines of those tested. there was no signs of that. the other key thing that people would have been watching for was the relationship between china and pyongyang, and what signals could be read from that. those signals were clear. the delegation from china, including the fifth most powerful man in the party were feted by

. >> we have sold a lot to the north koreans, business is good. >> all around there is evidence of developmentlittle of that business drive seems to reach the other side of the river, and into north korea. it is home to the kern friendship bridge, an economic lifeline that helps north korea survive. a new bridge project further along the river remains stalled. the by this stands as a symbol of the troubled relationship between the two neighbors. work on it was completed a year ago, paid for by cline in a. by now, traffic should have been running across it. today, there is still no sign of it opening. >> the infrastructure on the chinese side is complete. the slight images from the north korean side show the bridge ending in a field. chinese businesses at this event know this will not be a quick sale. >> we came here to sell to north koreans. we have the right machines and are hopeful we will sell. >> this is a bustling partnership of unequals at the moment. al jazeera, china. >> the artist hired to write graffiti on the set of homeland have written mentions critical of the show. they were aske

at least the north koreans haven't tested a nuclear weapon but they have been lien to go south korea.he first chinese leader who went to south korea before the north. he has warm relations the south korean president who the north koreans call all kind of sexist names. all along, they support them economically and they are obviously trying to rebuild the political relationship. >> on this 70th anniversary, one wonders why it is the one family, grandfather, father, son, has been able to maintain such a grip on north korean society when there have been -- deletes let's face it -- many attempts to unseat them, to get rid of them from within the country? >> they have. that's one of the abiding mysteries of north korea that make it fascinating as well as rather worrying. shall we say they tried extremely hard kim il sun. he watched the collapse of communism and the soviet union and eastern europe and its trans formation in china into something we don't think he liked very much. he resolved that wouldn't happen. you can call it brainwashing but that's a paradox because now, we know that sout

north korean media talked about a new chapter in relations. the family reunion event fell victim to the flux to the inter-korean relationship. tens of thousands on the list are used to disappointment. >> reporter: outside the hotel buses waited to take the south koreans home. many were desperate for a last moment of contact. the vestige of warmth to take with them. on saturday, another group of south koreans will arrive here, and on monday, they, too, will leave. the 20th reunion of families will be over >>> police in slovenia say more than 12,000 refugees and migrants arrived in the space of 24 hours, the army arrived at its border with croatia to help police deal with the influx. slovenia want help and is reaching out to the e.u. what is the situation there now, with the new influx of refugees? >> hi. i can say that the situation on the ground is tough. especially for those in the camp behind me here, caught out last night with no shelter because of a fire in the camp, where a them of tents caught on fire and were destroyed. so, to sum it up,

admiral who watches the north korean threat. korea can put n nuclear weapons on a rocket like this that could reach the u.s. and comes on the eve of a military display marking a crucial anniversary for kim jong un's regime. the top admiral in charge from protecting from a nuclear attack gives a chilling assessment about north korea. >> they have the ability, weapons, the ability to minute that tourize the weapons. >> weapons experts tell cnn kim jong un developed rockets with advanced technology. >> the most likely next vehicle north korea will use is the liquid fuel vehicle which today launches a satellite but can be modified to carry a nuclear war head but that missile can reach global targets. it can reach targets all over the united states. >> experts say the north koreans haven't flight tested the r rockets yet and could spark retaliation from the u.s. >> you may be down a 10, 20% chance of success and are you willing to commit suicide for a 10% chance of success? most nations would say answer luteally not. >> north korea is

company would have to cut jobs after failing to reach agreement with pilots. >>> north korea says it has released a south korean student, as he crossed the border between south and north. harry faust iharry fawcett is l. >> 21-year-old new york university student had spent the intervening period as a prisoner awaiting a resuming on his fate. his return doesn't mean instant freedom. first accommodation questioning by the intelligence agency, it's against south korean law to enter the north without informing the government. his release comes five days before a huge celebration in north korea. might also mark the moment by firing a long range rocket. although there is no evidence of preparations. such an act would jeopardize an agreement between north and south, his release could be read as a jest clur o gesture of goo. ing baptist missionary convict evidence espionage was given same sentence last year. south korea continues to insist on the release of all three men. it has welcomed the decision to hand over chu wan moon after months of negotiations with santa north korean government. >>> ordered them to return to

a rare reunion event for families separated by the korean war is due to take place in a north korean untain resort. this report from seoul. >> at the age of 89 this man took up a hobby from his childhood. he said it staves off lonliness. when the korean -- i have when the korean war began, he was in a factory and travelled south. he never saw them again. eight years ago he signed up for a family reunion process. the chance came, but the news bought happiness and disappointment. >> translation: there were seven of us - brothers and sisters. my youngest sister is the only one still alive. i'm told others passed away. it's disappointing. all those i remember clearly have died. i barely remember my sister's face. it will probably be a bit awkward. >> he is one of 66,000 on a waiting list in south korea. more than half of them are like him, in their 80s, or older. each time a rare event comes around the red cross holds a lottery of names. 66 people died. the last event held in february. as ever, the rawness of emotions serve as a reminder of hoy -- how strongly felt they are. this upcoming

no word on who might be responsible for that blast. >>> north korean leader kim jong-un says his countryd itself against any u.s. threat. he gave a rare televised speech earlier at the anniversary parade for north korea's ruling party. the u.s. has been concerned that the country will conduct weapons testing during its massive celebration there. sources tell cnn hundreds of israeli police raid a palestinian refugee camp early saturday, resulting in more of the violence we've seen in recent days. israeli police say the palestinians threw molotov cocktails at them and exchanged live fire. palestinian medical sources say a palestinian man was shot and killed in the process. >>> the united states is making a major change to one of its central efforts to stop isis in syria. it's putting an end to the program to train syrian rebels, putting it on hold. the u.s. military will now focus on airdropping ammunition and communications gear to rebel leaders and their units on the battlefield. the air strikes, though, will continue. >>> afghanistan's defense minister insists that taliban fighters were

between saturday to monday, that's when south korean applicants get to go north and meet the north koreans that have been traced. both north and south have talked about being committed to all forms of dialogue, there is talk about trying to get more regularized family reunions going from now forward. put that all depends on the political climate between north and south and that's hard to predict. >> still to come here on al jazeera, high stakes appearance on capitol hill, for hillary clinton, and election fever takes hold on the tanzanian island of zanzibar. we'll take you there. >> since the beginning of orbiting. the united nations says more than 570 children have been killed in the conflict in yemen. another 800 severely wound the u.s., britain france and germany wand the u.n. security council to punish iran for a recent ballistic missile launch. violating a 2010 u.n. security council resolution. separate from the nuclear deal signed in july. kristin saloomey is in new york. >> united states, united kingdom, germany and france all find this as a action that would have to be supported by

years ago, have been allowed to meet for second event in five years, nearly 400 south koreans were allowed to travel north. a final round will be held on saturday. harry fawcett is live in the south korean capital seoul. harry get us up to date on how the reunions have been playing out so far. >> this is as you say the final day. we saw those amazing pictures on the first day, tuesday, when the families here from south korea arrived, wednesday was a reportedly more relaxed and warm and comfortable day after those initial meetings. they had some private meetings as well. they felt like they were getting to know each other a bit better according to those reports and then of course comes what would be a moments of resadness for many of thesreal sadness.they wg good-bye. a final fair well afte farewell. the military demar case line in a couple of hours time from now and this will be the last almost certainly they will ever see of these family members. about five these families have very close familial bonds. husbands and wives, parents and children, also siblings, but the the vast majority is between uncles a

we would expect that that is also being monitored because of of course the north korean regime wouldn'tto be talking too much about life outside of north korea, what it's like here, certainly not inviting their family members to come and join them here in south korea. that was also part of the briefing that some of the south korean families were given before they set off on this journey. there will be questions they will not be asked. he wants to know how his sister died, he wants to know how his parents died. there's no way of knowing whether or not what his sisters will be telling him is, in fact, the truth, isha. >> these stories are so incredibly painful. kathy novak from seoul, south korea. appreciate it, kathy. thank you. >>> well, a huge numbers of refugees and migrants have streamed into jrm any and anti-migrant movement has become stronger. >> cnn's that tick a shubert where people are venting their anger in weekly protests. >> reporter: every monday night in dresden, thousands come out to protest, their message, no more refugees, germany is full. the protesters organized by pa