. >>> paula hancocks joins us live from seoul. good to see you, paula.ng about the security talks between the u.s. and south korea? and how is north korea likely to react? or is it reacting now? >> reporter: these are part of the annual security talks between the defense ministers of the u.s. and south korea. but further to that, this time around, they have updated one of their bilateral security agreements. this is the announcement they have come out today this monday. a security agreement that's intended to deter north korea with the nuclear missile activities. what we have heard from officials and within the agreement, as well, this was signed ten years ago. it hasn't been updated. and yet, the threat from north korea is very different to what it was. it eludes to what we've seen from pyongyang for the blallistc missile programs. that's why the two sides have decided to update the security agreement. it's part of the extended deterrence strategy where the u.s. has intended to come to the defense of its allies, using all of the capabilities including t

. >> cnn's paula hancocks is our former jerusalem correspondent and knows the region well. she joins us from seoul with the very latest. paula, tell us more about what's been happening. >> reporter: laila, we've spoken to people within the hospital itself and also a senior health official telling us about moving those babies from the neonatal department which was not functioning anymore, to a separate part of the hospital. now, we did hear from a senior official saying that three had lost their lives after a generator had been knocked out by a shell falling in the region. in fact, we were told at one point they were having to have doctors actually artificially respirate these babies to try and keep them alive. it is something that we have been hearing concerns about in recent days, the lack of electricity meant that incubators were unable to be powered. at this point we're finding clarification or asking for clarification from the israeli military who had said on saturday that they would be willing to evacuate those babies and take them to a safer place. at this point, we un

kristie lu stout in hong kong with our beijing bureau chief in beijing, and we'll start with cnn's paula hancocks who is in seoul. paula? >> hello john, we'll, you join me in a city of almost 10 million people, 3 million cars, and it is a busy bustling city. it is a place where nature, wildlife, and insects have to be invited to come in and have to be convinced to move into an area. that is exactly what is happening here at the school. now, i am joined by island park, she is the head of the student eco council here at dwight. so, we are surrounded by boxes here, which i understand in the spring there will be something planted. it is two degrees centigrade at the moment so nothing's going to survive at the moment, but what will it look like in the spring? >> in the spring we're going to have native flowering plants, so we have mint, sage, sonia, lavender, and all these plans will be good for the bees that are going to be here in the spring as well. so, we have a hydroponic system on the fourth floor, and we're going to transport them when they grow as tall as they can and will transport them in th

we have steven jiang our beijing bureau chief in beijing, we have paula hancocks in seoul, kristie lu stout in hong kong. this hour we will start with kristie. kristie lu stout. over to you. >> hey john, in hong kong at the international school, five students are marking call to earth day, data action. the theme this year's share at home. they've been reading a fiction book about our shared home and creating these presentations. presentations and posters about the importance of preserving national habitats. this one about the consequences of pollution. this one creating an overall summary of all the presentations and posters. the interconnectedness of all living things, the power of individual action, and right over here the resilience of nature. in addition to creating these posters, students have also been writing poetry, and victoria is going to share it stands out about what she wrote. victoria please share. >> like a breath in the winter, it happened as the creature walks by. all of a sudden, a perfect silence, van dillen smiled up at this twinkling stars. >> that is a beautiful

. >> cnn's paula hancocks is is our correspondent. paula, what can you tell us about what has been happening? >> well, layla, information is coming to us from officials inside the al shifa hospital, the largest hospital in gaza strip . and, at this point, we understand that it is a catastrophic situation. it is also coming to us from doctors, without borders, saying that they have lost contact with those that they were talking to within the hospital, but they had said how catastrophic the situation was before that, also pointing out the quote, hostilities have not stopped around al shifa hospital itself. one thing we are focusing on his what exactly is still functioning within the hospital. we understand from the head of the hamas -controlled ministry of health that the icu, the pediatric department, the oxygen devices have stopped working. that they have been telling us that three newborn babies have lost their lives since overnight, friday into saturday, because one of the generators that was powering the incubators in the neonatal d

cnn's paula hancock is joining us now.e looking at what the osprey looks like and how it operates. can you give us anything more of what the status might be of the other five members that might be on that aircraft? >> so the u.s. military, sara, has commented saying that at this point the status of the crew is unknown. they say that the search and rescue mission is ongoing at this point. it was just before 3:00 in the afternoon local time that japan's coast guard was alerted to this crash. it's now close to midnight, but the search and rescue is ongoing still. we heard from japan's coast guard that they have three aircraft, six ships at one point trying to find the five remaining crew. the u.s. military says that they have notified the families of the incidents, but at this point the cause of the crash is unknown, as well. we do know that there is a debris field that the japan coast guard has found and filmed and they believe that is where the u.s. aircraft went down. we also heard from japan's vice defense chief saying th

paula hancocks has more on the negotiations to get them out. >> it was an unexpected development, but certainly wonderful news for the families of ten thai national and one filipino national released from captivity in gaza. what we have heard is that intense egyptian negotiation helped to secure the release of these 11 individuals. now, we're hearing from thai officials that they have a long list of countries to say that they all assisted in making this happen. egypt, qatar, israel, iran, malaysia, also, the international red cross. what we've been hearing consistently from thai officials, the reason there are a large number of thai workers is because they are migrant workers, who are in israel to send money back to their families in thailand pointing out many are from poor parliamenting -- farming communities. they're not in israel for ideological or religious reasons for the most part. they are there so that they can send money back to their families. at this point we understand that they will be held in medical centers for the next 48 hours. this is where embassy officials will mee

paula hancock was cnn's jerusalem correspondent for many years and joins us now from seoul. a, the w.h.o reporting horrific conditions in al shifa. what more can you tell us? >> well, kim, they managed to spent just an hour inside the hospital, and they said that there was heavy fighting in the near proximity while they were there. and as you say, they described it as a death zone, which really sums up the dire situation inside that hospital. they said that many of the staff and the patients that they spoke to spoke and said that they were, quote, terrified for their safety and health, and they were pleading for evacuation. now, we've heard from the hamas-run ministry of health in gaza. they say that there are plans this sunday to try to evacuate more than 30 neonatal babies from al shifa. they say at this point, they will be taken by ambulances of the palestinian red crescent, and they are, at this time, waiting for israeli bull zoerdo to open the way. just in the last hour, we spoke to the regional director of the w.h.o, who was unable to give us details about the transport

cnn's paula hancocks was our jerusalem correspondent for many years and joins us now from seoul. so paula, the w.h.o reporting horrific conditions at al shifa hospital. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, kim, it was described, as you said by one, as a death zone. the w.h.o officials were able to spend just one hour there, according to information they gand they said that there was heavy fighting in the near proximity, as they were inside. they said that what they saw inside was a number of staff and also patients, and when they spoke to them, they said they were, quote, terrified for their safety and health. and they were pleading for evacuation. the w.h.o says that they're urgently developing plans to try to evacuate the final doctors, nurses, and patients who are unable to evacuate on their own. they say at this point, there are 32 babies in extremely critical condition still inside shifa hospital. also, two people in intensive care without ventilation, and 22 dialysis patients whose access to life-saving treatment has been severely compromised. they say that the vast

. >>> paula hancocks joins us live from seoul. good to see you, paula. what are you learning about the security talks between the u.s. and south korea? and how is north korea likely to react? or is it reacting now? >> reporter: these are part of the annual security talks between the defense ministers of the u.s. and south korea. but further to that, this time around, they have updated one of their bilateral security agreements. this is the announcement they have come out today this monday. a security agreement that's intended to deter north korea with the nuclear missile activities. what we have heard from officials and within the agreement, as well, this was signed ten years ago. we did see on sunday, after the defense ministers spoke about the fact they were going to update the scheme they had, to share real-time intelligence and data on any missile that north korea would launch. this had been agreed politically back in august, when the leaders of the three countries met at camp david in the united states. this is the military making sure it can be put

cnn's paula hancocks has more on the compensation hearings in beijing. >> reporter: a heavy police presencede this beijing courthouse monday as one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history is finally being heard in court. around 40 families of those on board malaysia airlines 370 are suing the airline and companies related to the flight. the defendants include malaysia airlines, boeing, rolls-royce, andal lines insurance. mr. fu represents the first family to have their case heard. he says, as a relative i'm under a lot of pressure because i was the first to go to court, but i'm also very excited because it's not easy to reopen a court hearing after so many years. the flight disappeared from radar almost ten years ago. explanations elusive. the majority of families of the 239 passengers and crew settled out of court but these families are still pushing for accountability. some families have protested for years. the trial is finally starting. emotions are high. >> translator: i feel a sense of both relief and helplessness. the family members of mh-370 are not murderers, barbarians, or p

paula hancocks is following all of this for us.ht we get something substantial out of the retreat? >> reporter: well, max, this is the final day, so it is really wrapping up here. as you say the defining moment was that meeting between u.s. president biden and the chinese leader xi jinping. and there are 21 countries involved, but everybody was looking to that meeting as obviously the relations between the two main economies can trickle down and have an impact on all of the other countries as well. we've really seen the u.s. and china competing for influence in the indo-pacific area. on thursday, we heard from the u.s. president biden as host of the summit, he was speaking publicly and able to really give a pitch of why the united states is well placed to be the main influence in the region. >> you can count on the united states. we're delivering on our promises and we're doubling down on our progress. and we'll soon be -- we'll soon be your strong and steady partner as we continue working together to rindo-pacific regio that it is

>> paula hancocks in seoul, thank you so much. turning to the summit of arab and islamic leaders, we heard strong words of condemnation emerging from that meeting. what else came from it? >> strongly worded resolution, and here's the thing. we have heard the reiteration of the cease-fire, the talks happening behind the scenes. they are very integral in trying to find a solution to this. arab and muslim leaders, meeting in saudi arabia for this emergency discussion in terms of what's happening in gaza, and it's interesting kit it's a list of demands and condemnation, calling israel's actions in gaza a war crime, calling it barbaric and inhumane, massacre. they are condemning the occupation, but in the lead up to the summit, there was a lot of expectation and hope you would see multilateral reaction, tangible risk wants to the situation, and there has been, but a disappointment in terms of the action plan because, while they are condemning and reiterating a lot of their demands, very little is actually put on paper in terms of real

>> paula hancocks, thank you so much.nd was president joe biden is once again rejecting calls for a cease-fire in gaza. he says that would give hamas an opportunity to regroup and rebuild their stockpile of weapons. he also floated his vision for gaza and the west bank wants the world is over. priscilla alvarez has the details. >> reporter: press the button on saturday released an op-ed in which he rejected calls for a cease-fire in the israel/hamas conflict and knowingly when to the issue is taking steps to issue the advances against extremists who are attacking civilians, a key area of concern for the administration. as far as disease for which the president has faced mounting criticisms mystically and abroad, he wrote the following as long as hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a cease-fire is not peace. the president and administration officials have instead pushed for humanitarian pauses for the release of hostages held by hamas but also to get aid into gaza. the president went on to say that israel should r

paula hancocks knows the region well and is joining us from seoul with the latest. so for gaza's hospitals, a dire situation seemingly becoming worse by the hour. >> reporter: kim, doctors without borders has described it as a catastrophic situation saying that that is what those they were in contact with were calling it, they have not longer been able to contact them they point out. but what we've heard is that the israeli military saying that there is currently an evacuation corridor which is going from north to south within gaza strip asking people to head to the south, that will be between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. local. but when it comes to the actual hospitals itself, al-shifa, the largest hospital which is in this catastrophic situation, the israelis say that there will be a self evacuation corridor within that time as well. and so we are having the first indication from the israeli side that there will be an ability for some of those patients, doctors, nurses and also thousands of internally displaced people within the compound to be able to head potentially