without any doubt, this is not only a signal to pyongyang. it is also a sign to beijing that the united states will only increase its presence in the asian region; it is no coincidence that the news about american submarines with nuclear warheads off the coast of south korea was met with extreme denial in china. bank cashback 20% for purchases in supermarkets with a free alpha-bank credit card order a card today and we will instantly deliver it to anywhere in russia. do you know that you can use mobile connection is three times cheaper than 25 gb of internet, as well as unlimited music. left right up down look at your phone screen. see, app, tier. no, download the social network tier has hit its cool apples. immediately airport unlimited access business lounges increased cashback increased interest on the savings account, discover rosbank premium real opportunities. when best friends meet in a soulful atmosphere and fragrant yellow rests? you need a loan for what to master the business. what are endless? we are russia is working, any specific

without any doubt, this is not only a signal to pyongyang. it's also a beijing sign.ly to increase its presence in the asian region is not accidental news about american submarines with nuclear warheads. off the coast of south korea in china, they met extremely negatively. the united states, in order to realize its own geopolitical interests , neglects regional security and continues to create tension on the peninsula. the united states continues to be guided by the mentality, technology and strategic interests of the two countries. china strongly opposes this at the ceremonial level in honor of the 70th anniversary of the us alliance of south korea, president yun yule juice hinted that the us alliance means much more than containing pyongyang our alliance will last another 70 years and more and it will open up endless possibilities in the future for generations of our countries in the future the us south korea alliance will take on other roles to solve complex world crises. finished dinner with singing. hits, 10s american pie, turns out to be south korean. the presid

so this is d w, news, asia coming up today, a warning to pyongyang, the u. s. and south korean presidents promise a quote, regime ending response. if north korea launch is a nuclear attack, we'll take a closer look at this new tougher security alliance. and we'll get an update from big un representative for bangladesh about the ongoing crisis. we're, we're hanging refugees and the latest push to send them home. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. the united states will strengthen military cooperation with south korea and has guaranteed to expand its nuclear commitment to the country, giving sol a central role in the strategic planning for the use of nuclear weapons in the event of war with north korea. president biden also pledged that any nuclear attack by pyongyang would be in the end of kim jung on regime. these very serious discussions and decisions were announced during president human secures 6 day state visit to the u. s. marking 70 years of friendship between the 2 countries. and this alliance could not have been better underscored then by the la

china really is needed to rein in pyongyang but the i to rein in pyongyang but the question is, does and months? in the current state of us _ recent weeks and months? in the current state of us china - current state of us china relations which are about as low— relations which are about as low we _ relations which are about as low i've seen them since the tiananmen crisis of 1989, china does _ tiananmen crisis of 1989, china does not — tiananmen crisis of 1989, china does not want to do the united states— does not want to do the united states any favours. and so, in some — states any favours. and so, in some ways, they've allowed the north— some ways, they've allowed the north koreans to move forward with their— north koreans to move forward with their missile and nuclear programmes as a thorn in the american _ programmes as a thorn in the american side. i do think that getting — american side. i do think that getting china into the negotiations is a real necessity. i was part of the negotiations in the bush administration when we had the six party— administration when we had the six

was agreed that the united states would protect south korea in the event of a nuclear attack by pyongyang promised north korea a change of power if something like this happened, a north korean nuclear attack against the united states or their allies and partners is unacceptable and will lead to the end of the regime if he decides to do so for the nuclear deterrence of pyongyang , for the first time since the early eighties, the united states will begin to send its submarines with ballistic missiles on board to south korean ports from a military point of view. this, of course, is a pointless step. ballistic missiles with a range of 7.5 thousand kilometers will reach north korea even from some areas of the atlantic. but for visual intimidation, the united states could hardly come up with something to act on a submarine with nuclear warheads, bombers with nuclear weapons over the peninsula, which are already flying there, give a clear visual signal to pyongyang about our presence, which removes all doubts. what will happen to north korea if they decide to attack, all the more so, but a nucle

s would stop threatening pyongyang with nuclear annihilation from south korea. lo and behold, the u. s. never did stop pointing its nukes at the north, leaving it with only one option to leave the treaty and build its own nuclear weapons for deterrence. and just for daring to assert itself as a sovereign nation, the dpr k earned its place and america's axis of evil. north korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. while starving and citizens states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world, it must have taken some serious mental gymnastics for the us to come up with this narrative about north korea. but it's not the 1st time america's actually accused others of doing exactly what washington's done to them. take russia, a country that the u. s. has accused of launching a full assault on media freedom. let's be put. the kremlin is engaged in a full assault on media, freedom, access information, and in truth, no mention of the west sweeping ban of r t and sputnik or the fate of wiki leaks whist

in have seen in pyongyang in recent weeks and months?united states any favours. and so, in some ways, they have allowed the north koreans to move forward with their missile and nuclear programmes is a thorn in the american side. i do think that getting china into the negotiations is a real necessity. i was part of the negotiations in the bush administration when we had the six party talks which the chinese actually mediated. and we did make some progress in that period dealing with north korea. i think china is central to this problem. china has leveraged over the north koreans that none of us have. the north koreans are very dependent on the chinese economic fee. so there is some room here and if we could get america china relations back a little better track, this would be one of the issues that i would like to see taken up. i would like to see taken up. i do very quickly want to get your take on the phone call that was between the chinese president and the ukrainian president. do you think this changes china's stance on the war in ukr

all pyongyang has to do is stop its nuclear program and begin a substantive denuclearization process. i once again urge north korea to seize its provocations and take the right path. korea, with the u.s., will continue to work for north korea's denuclearization. north korea's obsession with nuclear weapons and missiles is throwing its population into a severe economic crisis and human rights abuses. we must raise global awareness of dire human rights situation in north korea. we must not shy away from our duty to promote freedom for north koreans. last month, my government published a report on north korean human rights. we released to the public for the first time. the report documents a wide range of abuses in north korea. it is based on testimonies of 500 north korean defactors collected over the past five years. it records many cases of serious violations of international norm such as the universal declaration of human rights and other human rights agreements. unspeakable and horrendous incidents took place. men and women being shot and killed for violating prevention measures. so

we're awaiting comment from pyongyang.ack to you. >> an unexpected and fun moment at the state dinner when the south korean president sang for everyone. how was that received? >> it was received with a standing ovation. it was quite the evening of entertain, the white house state dinner on wednesday. you had broadway stars out in force. they were singing hit show towns from "les mis" and "south side story." but the highlight was when the south korean president took the mic to sing "american pie." take a listen. ♪ a long, long time ago i can still remember how that ♪ ♪ music used to make me smile ♪ >> he's good, right? he received a standing ovation. and the u.s. president presented him with a signed guitar from don mclean. what a talent. rosemary, i think we need to book him for your birthday. >> great idea. great song. love don mclean. and i bet that made his day, that guitar. kristie lu stout joining us from long c hong kong. >>> when we come back, china won't call it a war. but claims it wants to make peace in ukraine.

he also called on pyongyang to reopen communication channels. now, the launch sent some in japan looking for shelter. the government issued an alert saying the missile could hit the country, then it dropped the warning. this incident and more are raising questions about the alert system's credibility. and one expert is calling for improvements. nhk world's ishita arisa reports. >> reporter: it was a startling morning for people in japan's north, including tourists from taiwan. >> nervous. nervous. the first time i've received an emergency alarm. >> reporter: trains were brought to a standstill, and schools delayed classes. it was the second time the jay alert had been issued. the government says it sent out a warning about 30 minutes after becoming aware of the missile. it was the first time the alert was issued on the assumption a missile could hit japanese territory. 20 minutes later the government said that was no longer a possibility. the prime minister says it was appropriate to issue the alert. >> translator: the decision was made on the b

washington says pyongyang, as acting like it runs a nuclear rogue state. that you, presidents announced the establishment of a new nuclear consultative group to manage the threat to the non proliferation regime posed by the democratic people's republic of korea. i yes, the nuclear non proliferation treaty, which the dpr k joined back in 1985. so the u. s would stop threatening pyongyang with nuclear annihilation from south korea. lo and behold, the west never did stop pointing its nukes at the north, leaving it with only one option to leave the treaty and build its own nuclear weapons for deterrence. and just for daring to assert itself as a sovereign nation, the dpr k earned its place and america's axis of evil. north korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. while starving as citizens states like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world, it must have taken some serious mental gymnastics for the us to come up with this narrative about north korea. but it's not the 1

all pyongyang has to do is to stop the nuclear programme and begin a substantive the asian process.ns and take the right path we will continue to work for north korea's denuclearisation. the bbc�*s carl nasman is at capitol hill. he told me more what the south korean president had to say. it was an interesting comment and president yoon delivering those remarks at a speech just behind me on capitol hill earlier today. in that second half of his speech, which lasted about 30 minutes, he mentioned north korea several times, specifically calling out the threat, saying that north korea poses a, quote, "serious threat" to south korea's security and he also said that north korea is determined to pursue a wrong path, ao clearly top of mind. and one of the reasons why south korea's president is here is to try to reaffirm that security alliance with the united states. the us has had that 70—year—long partnership with south korea. a big part of that has had to do with the protection of south korea and the promise that it would come to its aid if there were some sort of threat from north korea

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now we've talked about this being a message to pyongyang. this was clearly also a message to the south korean public to try to appease them. sean, does the washington decorations do that? i don't think so. i think that for the time being they're trying to placate a domestic audience here in south korea that is pushing. busy busy for an indigenous nuclear deterrent, those numbers have been going out for the last 10 years here in south korea. and the majority of south koreans would rather have an indigenous program than relying on the united states. and i think that in the short to medium term that's of interest by the public is going to have to be addressed and something much more concrete than the washington declaration presents. i let me throw this to you because i, i can see you went in full agreement that no, well, no, i think is common sir. good, but the previous are, are man in washington. i understand those are the talk points of the state department, but quite frankly, let's address the elephant in the room. the reason the south korea

s. protection to south korea against the threat of nuclear attack from pyongyang . so what will this declaration mean for the asia pacific, and what's the reaction been we'll be discussing with that with our guests and just a few moments. but 1st, alexander buyers talks us through the details of the deal, a show of military strength, underscoring a powerful alliance. as u. s. president joe biden welcomed south korean president. you look, you'll to the white house on wednesday. it's the 1st us state visit between the 2 in 12 years designed to reaffirm decades of defense, co operation and project a united front in the face of increased missile testing by north korea. and growing alarm in the south nuclear attack by north korea against the united states or allies of partisans, partners is unacceptable and will result in the end of whatever regime were to take such an action. the 2 leaders have signed a new plan called the washington declaration. they say it's an unprecedented expansion of their nuclear deterrence in the region. it includes joint exercises and the regul

and joining us to discuss isjean lee who was formerly based in pyongyang.of bbc�*s the lazarus heist podcast that dives into an elite north korean hacking ring responsible for the theft of billions of dollars. it is great to see you and good to have you back on the show. south korea and the us have had an alliance for seventy yea rs. why did president biden feel he needed to do this now? i think this reflects the changing nature of the threat from north korea and the conflict on the korean peninsula. we have to remember this visit comesjust peninsula. we have to remember this visit comes just after north korea launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile that is designed to target the mainland united states and the pace of testing has been so intense over the last more than a year and i think this reflects the concerns underpass of the south korean that if they do not have their own nuclear weapons, or access to nuclear weapons, they could be vulnerable. and i have to mention for the golfer south korean nuclear weapons has been rising and it is alarmin

s. congress to expect a firm response to provocations from pyongyang. the turkish president read supply burden makes his 1st public appearance on state t v since falling ill on tuesday. and ready for lift off africa explores the potential of space exploration. ah, hello the u. n. is leading a last minute post to extend the ceasefire agreement. and so dawn, fighting between the army and the paramilitary rapid support forces has continued if at a lower level, during the 72 hour, a truce, which is due to end at midnight local time. the worst of the conflict with started in near the nearly 2 weeks ago has been in a capital hard to, but it's also flared and other provinces including their food. as a said bag reports moving through the aftermath of battle and what used to be a market place now, ammunition shells lit the streets. the situation remains die. of the sudanese, trapped inside the city, turned battle grat. but nobody was good at the vent crisis is big, the situation is very tough on those difficulty in internal movements. we often stand and long use

they say their income is helping to fund pyongyang's weapons programme in violation of un sanctions. gathering information through malicious cyber activities" which supports its military expansion. they claim that pyongyang stole as much as 1.7 billion us dollars in cryptocurrency last year alone. under a un resolution unanimously approved in 2017, member states had until december 2019 to send back all north koreans working in their countries. but on friday special envoys from seoul, tokyo and washington said overseas workers were continuing to fund unlawful programmes in north korea, which support the production of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. earlier i spoke to our asia pacific regional editor, celia hatton, who began by explaining why some people describe this as "state sponsored slavery." they call it that because north korean workers are sent overseas to countries often with very little choice about where they are going to go and what they are going to do for. for example, we know that there are thousands of north koreans working in construction in russia

we've seen increased activity from pyongyang's nuclear programme in recent weeks since the united statesary drills. jean lee is a writer and commentator on north korea and co—host of the lazarus heist, a bbc podcast about north korea's global cyber war. shejoins us for she joins us for more on the story. she joins us for more on the sto . �* , ., ., she joins us for more on the sto . �*, .,, story. it's good to see you. what you — story. it's good to see you. what you make _ story. it's good to see you. what you make of - story. it's good to see you. what you make of the - story. it's good to see you. i what you make of the images story. it's good to see you. - what you make of the images we saw rose can they be verified? it's very difficult to verify anything coming from north korean state media. it is very common for those images to be doctored. have anyone there able to take a close look at either the images or technology, but certainly we will have all our experts, weapons experts taking a closer look at the footage, the images from everything we see coming from everything we see com

pyongyang said that for the first time it had successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic deviceondent in south korea jean mackenzie told us about the significance of this latest missile test. it is a major breakthrough in north korea's nuclear weapons programme. it is a more advanced version of its long range missile, so the sort that is intended to target the united states. the solid fueled bit, it is a technical detail, but it's an important one, solid fueled missiles don't need to be fueled ahead of launch. this means that they can be launched far more quickly in a crisis and with much less warning. this makes it harder to intercept them, harder to shoot them down. now, with north korea having the ability to target the united states with next to no warning, that makes it a lot more dangerous and, crucially, it also gives it a lot more leverage. the bigger picture to this is that north korea is making rapid progress in terms of its nuclear weapons programme. a couple of years ago, kim jong—un set out a list of the weapons that he wanted to develop over the next five years resi

house in bite and warned that any nuclear attack by north korea would spell the end of the regime in pyongyang, ukrainian president invalid rumors, lensky and his chinese counterpart. she's been paying have spoken by phone, their 1st direct contact since russia invaded ukraine last year. soleski called the one our conversation a long and meaningful call. chinese, the media are reporting that she told the lensky that negotiation is the only way to end the conflict. spain is experiencing record heat this april, which the meter, a logical agency attributes to climate change. and the unusually high temperatures are exacerbating a long running drought that poses risks to both people and wild life. these tourists from england are getting a sneak peak of the spanish summer. we love it. absolutely. it's been so cold and where i am even the day you went to the ample. it was right. 80 degrees for him with rain and when day. and then we landed in our me it's you beautiful sun so lovely. but many locals are less thrilled. it's already unbearable. it's only april if this is happening in april. what's it go

because north korea has now fired almost 30 missiles already this year and the rhetoric coming out of pyongyangly aggressive. we've heard it issue these veiled threats over the last couple of months that it is planning to fly a missile overjapan and into the pacific ocean to reach closer to the united states to prove that it can, if it wants to, hit the us mainland. now, we don't know exactly what missile they have launched yet but this is a big week for north korea. they're celebrating 11 years of kim jong—un�*s rule and we know that they like to use these anniversaries to showcase military progress. so it's quite possible that we'll see, in the coming hours or coming days, that they have tested a new model of missile, a more dangerous missile, potentially. because north korea is posing a greater and greater threat, not only to japan back to south korea and to the united states. it is developing weapons that are ever more sophisticated. south korea, japan and the united states today have urged north korea to stop the missile tests and to come back to the negotiating table. but these diplomatic

it's just the latest in the series of tests launched by pyongyang, in response to joint military exercises by the u. s. south korea and japan. china will hold 3 days of military exercises around tie one from saturday. the people's liberation army made the announcement after ty one's present, citing when returned from a trip to the united states, a meeting between her and the speaker of the us house of representatives, angered beijing, taiwanese president, sighing. when completed her trip to the americas, she sounded defiant upon returning to her home land. stressing that taiwan would continue engaging with the world. on the route we have shown the international community that when we face pressure and threats, try one will be more united. we will never given because we are suppressed, nor will we stop communicating with the world because we are hindered things good yet. jargon. chinese military incursions into taiwanese as space and territorial waters have become more frequent. taipei views this latest me by beijing as a response to president size trip to the us. china also imposed sanctio

w. asia wanting to pyongyang, south korea, and the us get tough on north korea's that nuclear threat. and a you on the representative speaks to d. w about the place of red jet refugees in bangladesh. coming out next for news asia with millis chance. i minute, gibson kennedy. thanks for watching a lovely day. imagine how many pushing lunch are thrown out in the world. climate trade could be very hard to store. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much work can really get we still have time to go. i'm going all with what 1st.

respond firmly to north korean provocations, but that the door will remain open to dialogue with pyongyang. iran's army says one if it's vessels has collided with an oil tanker in the gulf, which was later seized by its forces. earlier the u. s. navy reported the seizure of a martial island flag ship the advantage sweets in the gulf of oman, the turkish president of ty berto, has made his 1st public appearance in cancelling 2 days. if election campaigning due to sickness or to attend the inauguration of the country's 1st nuclear power plot by video link. on tuesday, he became ill during a live television interview. 3 top newspapers in the u. s. have run join ad demanding the release of an american journalist held in a russian prison. evan gerber giving was arrested in the city if you catch her in berg last month. and he was charged with buying a 2nd man has been arrested in kenny and connection with the deaths of thousands of members. if a legit colt, as a kid of arrow is accused of being an accomplice of paul mackenzie. the groups pass through police are investigating after the bodies of