deport to pyongyang. there were dire predictions of prison. hard labor, even execution. but here they are today. appearing healthy, relaxed, wearing uniforms worn by every north korean student. three government officials also in the room. they didn't step in and didn't need to. the students said all of the right things. >> we are studying at the best schools and the universities. living happy lives. >> each student left korea separately living with a missionary in china. the missionary told cnn in 2013, the students fled north korea searching for food and in need of health care. they looked for fish bones and rice to mix together off to make porridge. then they eat toothpaste to help them digest it. >> how many of you were hungry. >> at first they're reluctant to admit being a little hung rechlt the country suffered famine. it is believed millions of north koreans don't have enough to eat. the students say they were poor, not starving. curious about life on the outside. not desperate. they accused the missionary who housed and fed them two years of tricking them. a awe t

will ripley reporting from pyongyang this week.s able to speak to a political analyst with close ties to kim young un's regime. >> reporter: north korea's propaganda machine turns out plenty of fiery rhettic. high level officials fiercely distrust international media. rarely giving interviews. a member of north korea's inner circle speaking to cnn. the deputy director of a north korean think-tank with close ties to the highest levels of government. no topic was off limits. >> south korea's national in tee intelligence service, that kim jung-un ordered 15 officials. >> the report itself is ma lsh lsh -- malicious slander. >> he calls allegations the supreme leader is killing off opponents. baseless, groundless, but does not deny executions do take place here. >> it is very normal for any country to go after hostile elements and punish and execute them. >> we also asked about north korea's growing nuclear program. much of the international community considers pyongyang's arsenal a threat to the region stability. you are equipped with

unfortunately, i think we have lost gay dillingham in pyongyang, north korea.reconnect with gay in a moment. she also is with gloria steinham we want to get an eyewitness account of what's going on in north korea right now with this peace march. stand by. we'll try to reconnect with them. >>> in the meantime, we have a cnn exclusive. north korean defectors who fled the country as starving teenagers now paraded before cnn cameras by kim jong-un's regime. cnn's will ripley spoke to them met with some of them. will you're joining us now live. you were just there yourself in north korea. tell us what you saw and what you heard. >> reporter: wolf i'll tell you one thing, it seems as if there are two sides to north korea. there's the north korea that announced the expansion of their nuclear program, the miniaturization of nuclear warheads. then there's the north korea we saw on the ground which is very concerned about what the world thinks of them particularly on this issue of human rights and how defectors are treated if they return to the country. here's what they

pyongyang is also at odds with the international community. on a recent u.n.ging human rights abuses based on the testimony of hundreds of defectors who claim the north has a network of brutal prison camps. >> translator: we don't have political prison camps because my society is a society where we have no political strife factions or political divisions. as a result we don't have the term political prisoner. >> reporter: in north korea, you do not hear dissenting views in interviews with every day people or on the state-run media. in fact, most north koreaens koreans have no access to the internet. yet, park says they are making strides in science and technology. college is free to those who pass rigorous entrance exams. the focus now, improving north korea korea's struggling economy. >> translator: they have now advanced in many different areas. we're a major power politically, ideologically, and militarily. the last remaining objective is to make a strong economic power. >> reporter: improving the living standard for north korea's nearly 25 million citizens

ki-moon says his planned visit to north korea on wednesday has been canceled by authorities in pyongya pyongyang. the u.n. chief was set to visit the industrial complex. mr. ban says there was no explanation for the last-minute change and calls the decision deeply regrettable. the complex is run jointly by north and south korea. >>> in the united states, the family that ran four fake cancer charities in the u.s. took $187 million in donations and spent nearly all of it on themselves. that is according to the federal trade commission which just filed court papers alleging massive nationwide fraud by these groups. >> it's just stunning. drew griffin spent more than three years investigating these sham charities as details of what the government calls an egregious scheme. >> reporter: we called them some of the worst charities in the u.s. and they responded with silence. >> don't turn your camera on me, okay?

you've been to pyongyang.ill is doing great coverage. >> amazing they've given him that access. >> very strange. tell us about your show? talking to house foreign affairs chairman ed royce? >> a lot of issues on the agenda especially now that the u.s. military bases here in the united states are going a little higher state of alert because of isis, maybe because of what happened over the weekend in texas. we go in-depth on that and a lot of controversy going on now. should the u.s. supply weapons directly to the kurds? u.s. allies in northern iraq or should those weapons funneled through baghdad? a lot of members of congress want to send them directly but elements especially shiite radicals in iraq now saying if the u.s. were to do that this legislation were to be passed they would start attacking what they call u.s. interests in iraq. so it's a big subject we're going to get in depth-depth on that as well. >> b were bolf blitzer. thank you. "the situation room" on in nine minutes. we'll be watching. >>> comin

so far no confirmation from pyongyang that south korea is convinced that this very senior man has been killed. >>> a rescue operation in nepal has resumed after the country's latest deadly earthquake. at least 65 people died in the 7.3 magnitude quake which hit less than three weeks after the quake that left more than 8,000 people dead. the latest intercepter was near namche in eastern nepal close to mount everest. andrew simmons reports from the capital kathmandu. >> reporter: reliving a nightmare just when people had begun to believe this they could return to something near to normality. crush injuries, head injuries, fractures, some of the medical staff are in shock as well. this quake may not have been as big as the last, but kathmandu's hospitals are overwhelmed again. no one wants to be inside a building when what follows is half a dozen aftershocks within minutes. on the casualty listen sides this hospital is a man who was running on orphanage filled with children. >> i tried to jump out of the building then i was hurt. then my children was all crying and scary here and there. >

deported to pyongyang, there were dire predictions of prison, hard labor, even execution.ere they are today, appearing healthy, relaxed, wearing uniforms won by every north korea student. three government officials also in the room, they didn't step in and didn't need to. the students said all the right things. >> translator: we're studying at the best schools and universities. we're living happy lives. >> each student left north korea separately, ending up together living with a missionary in china. that missionary told cnn in 2013 the students fled north korea, desperately searching for food, badly in need of health care. >> translator: they looked for fish bones and rice to mix together to make porridge. then they eat toothpaste to help them digest it. >> reporter: at first, they're reluctant to even being a little hungry. the country has suffered famine. it's widely believed many north koreans today don't have enough to eat. >> so four of you were hungry. the students say they were poor, not starving, curious about life on the outside, nos not desperate. they accused t

showing all of the perks of pyongyang's elite. different from millions of north koreans we're not allowed to see living in poor, rural areas, tending fields by hand, experts say as many as half the population hungry. but when it wants to, north korea and young leader will spend millions on vanity projects. buildin extravagant amenities i the horse riding club. no expense spared, in this orphana orphanage. they get visits from kim jung-un. they call father. the orphanage is half empty. most north koreans in the capital live in drab housing blocks assigned by the government. we're shown the newest, best neighborhood for elite north korean scientists. they even have their own vacation resort. the government prepared to spend lavishly to reward key personnel. more special perks for those who train the elite. senior professors at pyongyang's most prestigious university gets get these free luxury apartments. >> how does this come pare to some friend and family members' homes? >> this is much better. >> reporter: even the best homes need

these pyongyang orphans will practice for hours until their routine perfect.ore rigorous at the national football school. north korean athletes are expected to be the best in the world. all students get free uniforms provided by the state even at the prestigious university. how much is tuition to come to university? >> there's no tuition. >> reporter: it's free? >> yes, it is free. >> reporter: there's a lot of students that would like that. >> all of them study for free. we don't even know the meaning of tuition fee. we just know it by books. >> reporter: the maim focus is science and technology. north korea strives to be strong and modern but only a rare few can access the internet. have you ever been on facebook? >> facebook? >> reporter: never heard of facebook? for all the discipline, there are brief moments when kids can act like kids. at least until it's time to go back to class. north korean students are now required to finish the 12th grade and all are eligible to apply for university although the entrance exams are highly competitive. north korea tea

young man's detainment hours after we arrived here in pyongyang and we requested to interview him.t was granted earlier today. and the whole case just got more bizarre once we talked to him. 21-year-old won-moon joo says had he was attending nyu but decided to take a road trip from new jersey to california to look for work but when he couldn't find a job he had another idea that was to cross from california to china and then to hike across the north korean border across through two barb wire fences follow a large river and turn himself in to north korea soldiers. he says he wanted to be arrested. >> well i thought that by my entrance illegally, i acknowledge, i thought that some great event could happen and hopefully that event could have a good effect in the relations between the north and south. i hope that i will be be able to tell the world how an ordinary college student entered the dprk illegally but with the generous treatment of the d prk that i will be able to return home safely. >> he says he's being treated humanely, his own room bathroom three square meals a day but doe

>> reporter: well, we arrived here in pyongyang yesterday, christi.we got into the car the man spoke to us about this. a 20-year-old nyu student a united states resident with a green card, we are told they will work on giving us access to this young man but they are not making any promises and we wouldn't reveal any other information other than what is being reported in state media so we have very little to go on and we don't know if we are able to speak to this young man. as we see in north korea and with these two other on south korean spies, in an incident we were often told we were going to an interview and we walk in the room and it begins. >> reporter: you said we don't know much about the student but do we know if the student is with his family in south korea or do we know why he was there? >> reporter: we don't know at all why the student crossed into north korea. allegedly illegally. again, being he is a south korean resident, we believe they are in south korean and don't think they have had any contact with him yet. >> let's talk about the t

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pyongyang's national.ommission warns its country has the capability of miniaturizing nuclear warheads a key step to fitting them on missiles. north korea is warning other countries not to challenge it. recent assessments from the pentagon have suggested pyongyang does indeed have the capability to fire a nuclear-tipped missile. >> the the bloody shoot-out between rival biker gangs in waco texas, may have been triggered by a minor parking lot incident. nine people were killed 18 others wounded. one biker may have had his foot run over. after the bullets started flying. >>> investigators have already recovered dozens of weapons, and they're still processing that complicated crime scene. let's get more from cnn's kyung lah in waco. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. investigators have continued to go car to car, and what they are pulling out are even more weapons. we saw them pulling out long rifles handguns even a bulletproof vest. this is adding to the cache of weapons they've already recover he

friday in pyongyang. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we start with the debate over social media and terror recruiting. this morning, we heard from senators and counterterror experts in an important hearing up on capitol hill on strategies and failures in the u.s. intelligence community. up first, the effect of social media. >> the minute those individuals who are really serious about it go offline, we go dark. we lose our capability of following that and we have -- we really have no idea isn't that basically correct? >> the ability of government to follow it on open social media is often murky. people in different agencies have different understandings of what they're legally allowed to do when it comes to monitoring the communications of americans on open media social platforms. and that's something where a clarification would be very helpful. >> we can see with isis the massive impact these accounts have had. the amount of people who have been drawn to th

these pyongyang orphans will practice for hours until their routine is perfect.more rigorous at the international football school. north korean athlete are expect to be the best in the world. all students get free uniforms provided by the state. even at the prestigious university. >> how much is the totiuition t come to the university? >> there is no tuition free. >> it's free? >> yes, it is free. >> a lot of students would look that. >> some even study, we don't know tuition fee, we know it by books. >> the main focus at the university is science and technology. north korea strives to be strong and modern. but only a rare few can access the internet. have you ever been on facebook? >> facebook? what's that? >> never heard of facebook? no. >> for all of the discipline there are brief moments when kids can act like kids. at least until it is team to go back to class. north korean students are now required to finish the 12th grade. and all are eligible to apply for university, although the entrance exams are competitive. north korea teaches its own version of histo

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pyongyang reacted sharply last month after japanese police raided the home of the association's head over the suspected illegal trade. it told japan that intergovernmental meetings could not be held on the investigation into the abductees. some japanese officials predict that north korea will retaliate for the arrest. >>> south korea's parliament has adopted a resolution on tuesday criticizing japan's efforts to get some of its modern industrial sites included on unesco's world heritage list. the lawmakers say japan is trying to glorify the sites where many koreans were forced to work. the resolution calls japan's campaign diplomatic provocation. the lawmakers say the actions could have a grave effect on peace and stability in northeastern asia. the resolution urges south korea's government to take steps on the matter. some officials in south korea oppose the nominations. they say korean people were forced to work at a number of the facilities during world war ii. japanese government officials say the historical significance of the facilities comes from before the early 20th century.

special envoy for north korea policy, sung kim, said pyongyang's intention is clear. he warned against more military provocations. >> we agreed on the importance of enhancing pressure and sanctions on north korea even as we keep all diplomatic options on the table and open. >> kim indicated he wants chinese leaders to pressure the north to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. kim will discuss the matter in beijing in a meeting with chinese envoy wu dawei. wu is the chair of the six-party talks on north korea's nuclear program. >>> japanese lawmakers are debating bills that could bring a significant change to the nation's security policy. one focus is on the right to collective self-defense, the right to defend a closely related country under attack. previous governments maintain that japan has the right but its current constitution does not allow its use. prime minister shinzo abe's cabinet has reinterpreted the constitution to allow japan to use it under certain conditions. the government says there are three criteria. one, the attack on a foreign country threat

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park to protect friend and family in pyongyang. in his first-ever interview he tells cnn, kim jung-un's cruelty is turning the elite against him. within three months of taking power, he says, kim jung-un had ruthlessly executed seven of his father's closest aides. and three generations of their families including the children. that was the beginning of his reign of terror. park worked closely with his father, former leader kim jung-il, himself considered a brutal dictator. while the father imprisoned his enemies, the son simply executes them. hundred says park. they tremble in fear of him. their lil' tee is fake. they don't consider him human. his cruelty angers and shocks them. one reason he believes kim jung-of the n will lose power in three years. and increasing questions of legitimacy. many believe kim jung-un's mother was born in japan, an historical enemy of the dynasty. while kim highlighted his physical similarities to grandfather and founder of north korea, park doubts they ever met. there is not a single photo of kim jung

in pyongyang, nouk. wherever you're watching from around the world thanks for joining us. we begin with the largest release of osama bin laden documents ever. the correspondence was confiscated by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. the night bin laden was killed. they paint a complex picture of the leader revealing the human side of bin laden and reminding us of his terrorist side. among the 103 documents just released there is extensive cooperation with other leaders of al qaeda and al kweed's communications with terrorist groups around the muslim world. in sharp contrast in the letters he exchanged with his extended family there are surprisingly some heartfelt messages to his children and one of his several wives. and bin laden's digital library revealed he read everything from obama's war by bob woodward. let's delve into the documents joining us now, cnn's national security analyst peter bergen the author of "manhunts the ten-year search for bin laden from 9/11 to abbottbad." with us counter terrorism analyst, former cia counter terrorism official philip mudd and the former delta fo

. >> we met hahn park in pyongyang.the university of georgia's department of international affairs. the china-born u.s. citizen has made more than 50 trips to north korea in the last 35 years. >> if we understand north korea, we have to understand the system. >> park knows pyongyang's elite inner circle. >> who controls north korea? >> the party. >> not kim jong un? >> no. >> three years in power, kim commands nearly 25 million north koreans who have no individual freedom. but park says experienced and knowledgeable party leaders influence most decisions. >> kim jong un used to ask them, and still, i think, he is asking questions about factual information about the world outside here. >> royal intrigue can be a bloody business. south korea's spy agency says top advisers who fall out of favor, including kim's own family, are at risk. >> the fact that this young man executed his uncle, i really don't know how to explain that. >> kim is accused of ordering at least 15 skoous executions this year alone. allegations a top no

with mutual distrust and pyongyang's refusal to disarm its arsenal, there appears to be no clear pathward. will ripley, cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >>> when we come back here, the earthquake in nepal wiped out much of the country's unique heritage. coming up, a cnn reporter returns to her home and visits the monuments and the temples which are now in ruins. oh, i love game night. ooh, it's a house and a car! so far, you're horrible at this, flo. yeah, no talent for drawing, flo. house! car! oh, raise the roof! no one? remember when we used to raise the roof, diane? oh, quiet, richard, i'm trying to make sense of flo's terrible drawing. i'll draw the pants off that thing. oh, oh, hats on hamburgers! dancing! drive-in movie theater! home and auto. lamp! squares. stupid, dumb. lines. [ alarm rings ] no! home and auto bundle from progressive. saves you money. yay, game night, so much fun. hey mom, you want to live by the lyeah.right? there's here. ♪ did you just share a listing with me? look at this one. it's got a great view of the lake. it's really nice mom. ♪ your dad would've loved t

is pyongyang tell embellishing the technology do they have or can they make nuclear weapons small enough to place them on some sort of missile and launch them toward an enemy such as the united states. the pentagon is kernelcertainly taking this threat seriously saying they do believe north korea has this kind of technology and if that's the case not only does it pose a threat and a grave concern to the united states but also other powers in the asia pacific region. china, india, japan, south korea. all within gunshot of north korea and nervous any time this nation announces another development in its military technology. north korea spends a tremendous amount of money developing its nuclear program often at the expense of feeding its own people and while they say they want to connect more with the international community, they took another step toward isolation when pyongyang abrupt abruptly canceled a scheduled visit by u.n. secretary-general. first visit of its kind in 20 years. secretary-general was hoping to discuss reunification but north korea cut that trip off and made an announc

there has been word from pyongyang on monday the state media saying that the president was a viper that'ser comments on friday that there was a a reign of terror underway. >> april 20 knife an earthquake killed over 8,000 people. there was an after shock last tuesday to killed 117 people and injured almost 3,000 more. the earthquakes exposed serious political failings in nepal which still hasn't agreed on a consist after a long running civil war. we have this report from kathmandu. >> the people of nepal don't trust the ground they walk on. no one can gauge how long it will take to recover and beyond that is their trust in the politicians sent running from their chamber by a devastating after shock. >> for the first 10, 11 days, there are no political leaders anywhere. you could not see it anywhere, because they could not face the people so that is where the vacuum is. >> simon is a project manager who volunteered his services to the government. after getting no response, he helped out a small political party. it's one of several youth organizations that's made a big impression with relie

and how pyongyang is treating him. >> reporter: why did you go into north korea?translator: well i thought that by my entrance illegally i acknowledge. i thought some great event could happen. and hopefully that event could -- have a good effect in the relations between north/south. >> what kind of great event did you think could happen? >> of course, i am not completely sure yet. but i hope i will be able to tell the world how an ordinary college student entered the country legally but however with the generous treatment of the dpik that i will be able to return home safely. >> have you spoken with anybody from the south korean government for united states government? >> not yet. >> make any phone calls or speak to any body. >> not yet. >> this is your first time. what messages would you look to put out about your situation and what people should do to tripe to get ahold of you? >> i of course i understand my parents and loved ones are worrying a lot about me. i would look to say i am well. there is no need to worry because -- the people here have treated me with

in pyongyang. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks so much for joining us. we begin with breaking news. a series of threatening calls were made today against several flights, none of which have proven legitimate so far. one was against an air france jet headed to new york and when the pilots didn't respond to u.s. authorities the air force quickly scrambled two f-15 fighter jets to escort the plane to jfk airport. we're joined now by cnn correspondent jean casarez and cnn aviation analyst mary schiavo who joins us by skype from charlton south carolina. jean what can you tell us about this? >> there are missing pieces. this is a working story right now. it all started this morning with air france flight 22 that left charles de gaulle airport at 8:23 monday morning from paris and did land safely at 10:17 at jfk. but with a source that is familiar with this situation, a threatening call was made to law enforcement in regard to this particular flight and because air france didn't respond, two f-15 fighter jets escorted that plane sifafely to land at jfk. it has

will ripley cnn, pyongyang, north korea. >>> when we come back, it's against the law. anyway. which men thousands were able to see the big mayweather/pacquiao fight for free. what's going to happen to the people who streamed the fight live? are they going to jail? that's next. at red lobster's create your own seafood trio... ...if it looks tasty you order it. choose 3 of 9 dishes for just $15.99. like baked lobster alfredo. brown butter shrimp scampi. and soy-ginger salmon. hey, this is my plate. get yours while you still can. >>> welcome back to "the lead." the money lead now. a new fight sparked by this weekend's hyped up arguably lackluster boxing match between floyd mayweather and manny pacquiao. sure hbo and showtime made gobs of cash as mayweather dodged and ducked and celebrities made grand entrances but the companies could not stop thousands, maybe even millions of people from watching the fight on illegal live streams. even "saturday night live" made its own pirated version as it competed for airtime saturday night. >> because this is a pirated broadcast of th

these pyongyang orphans will practice for hours until their routine is perfect.t the international football school. north korean athletes are expected to be the best in the world. all students get free uniforms provided by the state, even at the prestigious kim il-sun university. how much is the tuition to come to university? >> there's no tuition fee. >> it's free? >> yes, it is free. >> there's a lot of students who would really like that i think. >> i mean all of them actually study for free. we don't even know the meaning of tuition fee. we just know it by books. >> reporter: the main focus at the university level is science and technology. north korea strives to be strong and modern but only a rare few can access the internet. >> have you ever been on facebook? >> facebook? what's -- >> never heard of facebook? >> no. >> reporter: for all the discipline there are brief moments when kids can act like kids at least until it's time to go back to class. north korean students are now required to finish the 12th grade, and all are eligible to apply for university

he's joining us live from the north korean capital of pyongyang pyongyang. how did it go?t for the north koreans because, as you said, wolf, it's the only example of cooperation business wise between the north and south. when we made the rare trip we found an he is ka lightweighting crisis on the ground there. made in korea -- sneakers rolling off assembly lines in a south korean factory with north korean workers. when we started doing business here, we had 300 employ wresees, now we have 3,000, says the manager. she'd like to hire 2,000 more but she can't. this factory and more than 100 others caught in the middle of a showdown between the north and the south just miles from their heavily armed border. there was so much hope at this historic summit in 2000, a landmark deal between pyongyang and seoul. south korean businesses on north korean soil. one of them closed after a north korean security guard shot and killed a wandering tourist in 2008. today the industrial complex remains open but planned expansion has been frozen for five years. in 2010 south korea accused the n

will ripley has more from pyongyang. >> reporter: it really was remarkable, george.ere in pyongyang. we arrived yesterday, unaware of why the government invited us back. and then this morning, we were told that we would be speaking with these two accused spies from south korea, kim kukee, a 61-year-old missionary and then a 56-year-old businessman. both of these men, if their stories are true -- and of course, the south korean government is denying that they are, in fact, spies for their national intelligence service -- but if their stories are true, they both paint a pretty remarkable insight of the spying and the espionage that goes on between north and south korea. both of these men were operating in a third country. they were both in china. china is one of the few countries where north koreans and south koreans often are in the same cities and can interact with each other. and so, these men both say that they were recruited, essentially, by representatives of the south korean government to cross illegally into north korea and spy on the activities here that were

we'll have an exclusive report live from the communist capital of pyongyang. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> isis is claiming its first attack inside the united states. the terror group now says the gunman who attacked a prophet muhammad event in texas were its soldiers and brothers and warns that future attacks will be worse. both of the american gunmen were shot dead at the scene. one of them did have social media tie to isis. and right now the united states is investigating how much of a role isis may have played in the attack. that comes as if u.s. offers hugh rewards for information on four key leaders of isis. the bounties run from $3 million to $7 million for the men. each has been labeled especially designated global terrorist. i'll talk about all of that and more with our correspondents and analysts and guests. let's get the latest now from our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. >> wolf tonight a u.s. official tells cnn that the garland, texas shooting was quote certainly more than just inspiration by the terror group isis. while t

earlier this month officials in pyongyang the capitol claimed they launched a missal on a submarine.w they say the photo is modified smed. >> just a few wiex ago -- we saw pyongyang raving about a test of its missal capability. fortunately they have not got as far as their clever video editors might have believed. they are years away from developing the capability. >> here is footage before it was doctored. >> it looks like it worked jie. is that something to be concerned about? >> what do we do for a national security issue? >> are you serious? >> i am much more concerned about iran and nuclear weapons. the reason i am concerned -- i am not concerned about lil kim. they have an american calendar and every time it is an american holiday they manufacture an incident because they want to capture the news cycle. the other thing they do is if other countries in the world are getting too much attention -- i mean i have five kids. i know what it is like. mom is paying attention to number one two three -- number five is angry. number five has an explosion of some sort. that's what little ki

critics say the trip is used as a propaganda for pyongyang. >>> demonstrations sparked by the acquittala police officer. he was charged of firing 15 bullets at an unarmed african-american couple after a car chase killing them both. >>> this year's winner of the hugely popular euro vision contest. he said he was sure russia or italy would win. it started in 1956. the most successful act ever? abba. >>> voters in ireland are giving a resounding, yes, to same-sex marriage. ireland is the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. more than 60% of voters approved the constitutional change. homosexuality was approved a decade ago. cnn's phil black has more. >> reporter: no one can call ireland a conservative country now. this was the moment it became official. the confirmation the irish people voted to include same-sex marriages in their constitution. ♪ if you're happy and you know it clap your hands ♪ >> the castle filled hours before who knew their country changed profoundly. the earliest result pointed to a big voter turnout and powerful call to treat gay cou

they say pyongyang has 20 nuclear devices and expected to double the number soon.h korea also believed to possess long-range missile technology. if another conflict breaks out between north korea and the u.s., he said, it will become ground zero. a 6 decade old war, considered history by much of the world, still a very ream part of life on the dmz. a painful reminder of the region's violent past. tense present. and uncertain future. >>> still to come on "cnn newsroom," an offensive send militants running. we'll have the details in a live report. that's next. >>> fighter jets from the saudi led coalition pounded yemen's main airport in sanaa monday. the air strike left this airplane burning. it came a day after coalition jets destroyed yemen's last remaining landing strip. the saudi led coalition has been trying to crush the houthis rebel group backed by iran and forced yemen's president into exile earlier this year. >> in nigeria hundred of women and girls held hostage by boko-haram are free after a military strike through the forest. these are pictures of a camp i

we're hiding his identity and calling him park to protect his friends and family in pyongyang. he tells us that he believes that the aunt was poisoned on orders of her nephew. she was furious after her husband's death, he says. she disappeared from view. guards surrounded her home and she spent months expressing her anger. the late kim jong il gave them power. but the young leader soon decided he did not want their help. on may 5 or 6 of last year, park says, kim jong-un ordered her to be killed. only his bodyguard unit, 974 knew this. now senior officials also know she was poisoned. as for his uncle, publicly, kim jong-un calls him scum and says he was trying to overthrow the government, but he says it began with the economy. he says kim jong-un wanted to build a ski resort and water park. the uncle wanted to rebuild the economy first. that is where the friction began. park says the ski resort is effectively what signed the death warrant. he was executed in an underground secret room according to park. few know exactly how he died. but he tells us his aides were killed far mor

we are in pyongyang unaware of why the government invited us back. we were told, we would speak to the two accused spies. a 61-year-old missionary and a 56-year-old businessman. if their stories are true, and of course the south korean government says they were spies, but if their story is true, there's a remarkable insight of the spying and espionage that goes on. they were operating in a third country. they were both in china. china is one of the few countries where north koreans and south koreans often are in the same city and can interact. they say they were recruited by representatives of south korean government to cross illegally into north korea and spy on the activities here that were going on. so, the missionary says he was working for almost nine years for the south korean government and he says he was paid about $500,000 u.s. to provide information about government movement and accused of distributing religious material, political propaganda. the businessman says he was paid to cross and give sensitive materials to north korea. south korea

in january there were attempts to start talks again with pyongyang, they proved unfortunately, but rare talking about first to show concrete evidence of de-militarization mr. kerry talking about the leadership in pong young sending a signal that it will engage seriously on de- de-militarization. the state media there saying that the president of south korea was a viper and that there was rain reign of terror in the capital. >> raising questions about the safety and effectiveness of britain's nuclear deterrent. the whistle bower said that the system is a disaster waiting to happen. laurence lee reports. >> failing security, leaking submarines with fire risks, a lack of rules for sea men, a potential for either a nuclear accident or a terrorist incident. this is not the sort of thing that the british defense ministry would say is a fitting description of its nuclear community. but it is one painted by this maughan asserting member of the royal navy. the document contains his passport details and navy i.d. card. a short dossier said that there were leaks and that claims that he and others

these pyongyang orphans will practice for hours until their routine is perfect.tball school. north korean athletes are expected to be the best in the world. all students get free uniforms provided by the state, even at the prestigious kim il sung university. >> how much is the tu toigs come to the university. >> there's no tuition fee. >> it's free? >> it is free. >> there's a lot of students that would really like that i think? >> all of them study for free we don't know the meaning of tuition fees, we just know it by books. >> the main focus at the university level is science and technology north korea strives to be strong and modern. but only a rare few can access the internet. >> have you ever been on facebook. >> facebook? >> never heard of facebook? >> no. >> for all the discipline there are brief moments when kids can act like kids. at least until it's time to go back to class. north korean students are now required to finish the 12th grade and all are eligible to apply for university those entrance exams are highly competitive. north korea teaches its own

chinese nuclear researchers estimate pyongyang could double their nuclear arsenal by next year. just describe china's -- let's start with north carolina korea, describe china's current relationship and how much leverage itself has on its nuclear program. >> well, first of all china has normal relations with the dprk and china's position on the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula is well known and has been made public to the whole world. that is china opposes the nuclear arms by either north korea or south korea and china wants to achieve the ultimate denuclearization. china is committed to do whatever is required to achieve this goal not only pushing towards this goal by itself but also working very much in the six party framework involving china, the united states, japan south korea north korea and russia to achieve this. >> beijing and washington and other world powers were engaged in on and off discussions with north korea to try and stop it from getting a nuclear bomb. it seems chinese scientists are saying they have a lot more than we thought. at what point in the process

and all the wages are then paid directly to pyongyang.o the north benefits financially from that as well. ban ki-moon was there. he was saying he wanted to promote reconciliation, encourage the north to reach out and to work more with international community to come back into the fold. so of course this is quite a set back in those, those efforts given that now he will not be visiting. won't be crossing into north korea. >> certainly looks that way. our will ripley joining us live from tokyo, japan. many thanks to you. well the u.s. has charged six chinese citizens with economic espionage for allegedly stealing trade secrets from american tech companies. a professor from china has been arrested. he is the only one in u.s. custody so far. cnn justice correspondent evan perez has more on the indictment. >> reporter: according to the justice department we are talking about stolen trade secrets and economic espionage. one of these -- people has now been arrested, all the other, the other five, are still at large and believed to be in china. h

you just got back from pyongyang. how credible do experts on north korea take this claim? >> reporter: when we run the ground in pyongyang, north korea announced they conducted an underwater ballistic missile launch. this is a regime that has a tendency to lie. but from talking to officials on the ground there, they are spending a tremendous amount of their limited resources on developing and growing their nuclear arsenal. so etch if they don't have widespread miniaturization technology yet, they are certainly working towards that goal and have no plans of backing down. >> is it possible that this claim has more to do with kim jong-un trying to solidify his power base and less to do with north korea's actual nuclear capabilities? >> reporter: yeah i get the sense there are two different factions in north korea. there's the militaristic side which kim jong-un is the leader of that army. he has to deal with those senior party members that continue to push for north korea to be a military power. but there's also a side where they're trying to be in some way more transparent.

pyongyang has failed to report on their investigation. the lpd will operate under the task force party issue. the members will consider reenstating the restrictions between the countries that were put in place last year and they will discussion additional economic sanctions. they same to decide on the sanctions before the summer. the size of the task force said they will do all they can to put pressure on north korea so progress can be made in resolving the abduction issue. the japanese government says north korean agents kidnapped at least 70 japanese nationals in the 70s and 80s, 12 are still unaccounted for. >>> people are heading to the polls to cast their votes in england. david cameron is the head of the conserveative party. he plans to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on whether britain should leave the e.u. they stress the economic draw backs of such move. labour hopes to regain power. they say the gap between rich and poor has widened. the latests polls suggest that neither is going to secure a majority. the junior coalition

it's not the first time that pyongyang has been accused of killing people in this way. there was the release of this satellite image in what is believed to be a similar killing in aimed at targets only 30 meters away. seoul said i its monitoring it's calling a reign of terror. >> greece has slid back into a recession. the economy shrank as the government avoid desperately to avoid going bankrupt. greece's prime minister has called an emergency meeting next week to deal with the crisis. the imf is set to cut more than a billion dollars from chad's debt. schools are often underfunded there. >> chad is one the poorest countries in the world. children getting to school is a victory. desks are out of the question. >> now we have 88 registered. the problem we're face something that parents do not understand what we're doing. some of them do not even buy chalk. >> students in rural areas are worst off with just one in ten who will finish primary school. [ children singing ] >> those in the capital are slightly better off but face a different set of challenges. they're more tha

pyongyang firing a ballistic missile from a submarine. comoojkim jong-un says they have the capacity now. harry fawcett has more. >> state media acalled it the equivalent of having a time bomb strapped to the enemy's back. in seoul on monday there was a flurry of high level meetings. the defense ministry calling the development a very serious and concerning matter. >> translator: we urge north korea to immediately stop developing this technology which hen dershinders the stability of this area. >> in the past north korea's group of submarines, attacked a warship in 2010, killing 46 south korean soldiers. but this would present a threat of an entirely different order.the defense ministry says the test would have lopped the missile a short distance over the surface of the water nonetheless, a rethink of strategy. still under development it comprise is of a kill chain and a shield of interceptor missiles known as the korean air missile defense. >> it is underwater, the system cannot detect that threat so seeing had a the navy will have to fi

let's bring in will ripley he joins me from pyongyang right now.rst of all, tell our viewers sort of how you got to be in pyongyang. they invited you to come there? >> reporter: right. ever since our last trip here eight months ago poppy, we kept in touch with the north korean government and have invited us back into the country but we didn't know until we arrived essentially why the government was inviting us back in. shortly after we landed hereyongyang we were told about this 21-year-old permanent citizen of the united states a permanent resident of the united states a south korean citizen. 21-year-old won-moon joo detained on april 22nd the north korean government claims he was trying to cross illegally from china into north korea. south koreans can't come into this country without special permission. state media here is reporting that this 21-year-old does acknowledge the severity of the crime he committed. nyu says it's been in touch with his family in the south korean embassy. we do not believe at this point that won-moon joo the student has