nuclear missile treaty withh russssia that dates back to the cold war the secretary of state mike pompeii said the u. s. would suspend compliance. with the intermediate range nuclear forces. to and then witithdraw completely in six months time the i. n. f. as is nine banned the development of short and intermediate range missiles from washington is accused moscow violating the papacks with impmpunityy. all thehe response tonight from the russian fororeign ministry as being at the u. s. is quite. with touring to o gas out of its international. obligations simon harding has the report [inaudible] the the trump administration has delivered on yet another threat this time washing morning it will be leaving the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty for the nineteen eighty seven the landmark agreements. signed between the us and former soviet union marks what is generally considered as the end of t the cold wa. the treaty eliminated all nuclear and conventionall missiles ranging f fm five hundred and fifty to five thousand five hundred kilometers. u. s. secretary of state's mike pompeii okay

archaeologists in pompeii have discovered a fresco of narcissus, who legend has it was a man who loved, since mount vesuvius erupted.

so murawski who is the author who wrote sweet pompeii, i'm sure many of you have read it.adored france. she was born in russia, wrote in french, she thought it was such a wonderful country, she couldn't possibly believe that a country which took rationalism as its basis could possibly turn against the jews but nonetheless, everybody knew she was jewish so she had to wear yellow scarf or publishers couldn't pay her for work so she came up with a scheme and why whereby her housekeeper attended she was doing the right thing and the housekeeper paid for in men husky. she converted tocatholicism because she thought this was the religion of france, it will give me peace . he took her childrento mass and they were baptized . nonetheless, he was in 1942 arrested by french police, taken in a friend's car to a camp on french soil and she died shortly after. so why on earth do i say that she's part of the french paradox? because she gave her two children a manuscript that she was working on, and unfinished masterpiece in my view which became when it was published posthumously sweet p

and this video is trending on bbc.com: archaeologists in pompeii have discovered a fresco of narcissus, who legend has it was a man who loved only himself. the work of art has remained intact for nearly 2,000 years since mount vesuvius erupted. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: a british teenager who says she has no regrets about running away to syria to join the islamic state group has been told she could face prosecution if she tries to come home. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. aus a us government shutdown has been avoided, but the white house says president trump will declare a national emergency in order to build a border wall. amazon drops plans to build a headquarters in new york. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to this friday edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start off with washington, dc and the white house says president trump will sign the government funding bill, meaning a second shutdown has been avoided, but he will also declare a national emergency to get money for the wall he wants

nuclear missile treaty withh russssia that dates back to the cold war the secretary of state mike pompeii said the u. s. would suspend compliance. with the intermediate range nuclear forces. to and then witithdraw completely in six months time the i. n. f. as is nine banned the development of short and intermediate range missiles from washington is accused moscow violating the papacks with impmpunityy. all thehe response tonight from the russian fororeign ministry as being at the u. s. is quite

archaeologists in pompeii have discovered a fresco of narcissus, who legend has it was a man who loved only himself. the work of art has remained intact for nearly 2000 years, since mount vesuvius erupted. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. last december‘s limited ceasefire deal between the warring parties in yemen has barely alleviated the suffering of the yemeni people. many millions remain in need of food and medical assistance. it remains the world's worst unitarian disaster. my guest today is the foreign minister of the yemeni governments, khaled hussein alyemany. is there any military or diplomatic initiative capable of saving yemen? khaled hussein alyemany in warsaw, poland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. minister, it is good to have you on the programme. let me start with words from the uk foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, that he made, the statement he made on the eve of this conference in warsaw, that you are attending on the middle east. he said we now have a shortening window of opportunity to turn the ceasefire in yemen in

russia's foreign minister has warned his us counterpart sector state mike pompeii ale against the use of force i in venezuelaf you think this is what the crisis may well be heading. not not at this point but as time goes by and things connect you know like -- the regional neighbors of of of an as well of the major european powers u. k. germany france and spain. but i think here is a clear thing is could it will the that credit is mainly russian china continue support. the maduro regime and that's an important question i think with between if you compare china to to russia rushes clearly the junior partner in this relationship. china is a is more pragmatic what we're trying to prove what really concerns china's that is dead it's paid. his debts that vanished while -- that are paid and secondly as long term investments remain secure. behind the scenes talks have been held white already made -- promises to the chinese -- there -- do you mean that a twenty bill visualize a twenty billion dollar debt with china -- so why does very astutely guarantee them that he would protect their interes

s. secretary of state mike pompeii -- both attending the conference in warsaw. initially the trump administration said the two day meeting would focus on the run. the leader broaden the scope to touch on other conflicts inclcluding syria d yemen. muchch of the schchedule has ben vague and t the deep divisisns over policy towards the region as a set discomfort reflected in the guest list. france and germany chose not to send cabinet level officials russia and china aren't attending nor is the european union's foreign policy chief. middle eastern attendees include israel saudi arabia and its gulf allies. for washington's ally israel it's a chance to tout improved relations with arab neighbors arere uniting againsta common enemymy. i have to go to the courarageous decision of of saddam couples to invite me. to amman. is c changing the world -- it's it's pointing the wayay for many others to do what user. not to be stuck in the past but to see the future. one of the biggest point of contention is the iran nuclear deal. beside israel the us and iran's regional rivals

we have all heard of pompeii and mount saint helen 's but these volcanoes that rise from the ocean, it 01’ at the life cycle of these brand—new or kano skips as a chance to understand how things in the past would have happened and potentially how things occur on other planets that have volcanoes or had them in the past. which ireland would you compare this to which still exists. surtsey in iceland is one that anyone who was alive in the early 60s and tuned into the news would have learned about because it had a dramatic birth rising from the ocean and surtsey is eroding very rapidly but scientists have this unique natural laboratory to really dig in and try and understand the processes that these volcanic islands go through and this is another opportunity for science to look at things in detail. -- scientists. looking in detail but the question is, what would be the new lifespan of hunga tonga? the estimates were between six and 30 years but the scientific team that went outlast ball was able to determine that the island is actually eroding at a much more rapid rate than was initially

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we have looked at republic of palau, pompeii, but they are also at a challenge in meeting their workforce. so i cannot over emphasize, overstate the concern and the impact that this is causing our micronesian area both with the cnmi and ourselves. we are short of skilled laborers and we are concerned about domestic workforce. we are working very feverishly with our guam community college to start training people in high school we are working very closely with the guam trades academy that is bringing in students to learn the trade of construction. but our immediate, that is not the immediate solution right now. we can see that in the long run. but right now, our immediate solution we see is to please exempt us from this band of the philippine workforce and help us try to make our economy more stable and expanded by providing the workforce that we need to build our island. >> thank you. it is certainly something that i came to appreciate gary directly when i was over there. the effort that is made to attract those workers coming over from the continental united states and maybe in hawaii or