said it brought the world closer to war he called on all countries to break off ties with pyongyang washington wants more sanctions.

said it brought the world closer to war and called on all countries to break off ties with pyongyang washington wants more sanctions.

amidwill be taking place aggressive rhetoric from pyongyang and washington, d.c., making many people nervous. the french team at one point questioned their participation in the games. but the hosts are confident about the security, as mark lowen reports from seoul. mark: lighting the way to the winter olympics, the flame carried carefully into south korea en route from greece, a symbol of the olympic spirit of -- that this country hopes will burn brightly 100 days from now. the 2018-kilometer-long relate -- relay echoing the year of the olympic games. the winter games have begun, proclaims the head of the organizing committee. the republic of korea and pyeongchang are ready to welcome people from around the world. the 13 venues in this mountain resort are nearing completion. pyeongchang is on schedule to welcome 15 disciplines with 102 medals up for grabs, but the worry is ticket sales. 30% have been sold. the organizers hoped that half would have been bought by now. one reason for slowing sales abroad is the growing crisis in north korea, which has stepped up long-range missile and

taking place amid growing tensions with north korea — and the rhetoric coming from both pyongyang and washington of south korea, there's no snow yet. but that doesn't prevent athletes from all over the world coming to practise. the white stuff will come. but for these german hopefuls, they need the right stuff to come. they're not bothered by the political tension in this region, theyjust want to compete. yeah, i hope i qualify for the olympic games. and i am very excited to jump here again in winter. it is very special. i was here for the world cup last winter. and i liked here very much and am happy to be here and to come back in winter. the facilities are great, the setting is beautiful, but south korea's unpredictable neighbour is making some competitors nervous. at one point, the french team questioned whether or not they were going to come. any easing of tension in this region will do these games a lot of favours. in the skies above south korea, america and its allies put on a show of force. missile tests and nuclear launches by north korea have led to a ferocious war of words. they hope t

be taking place amid growing tensions with north korea, and the rhetoric coming from both pyongyang and washington snow yet. but that doesn't prevent athletes from all over the world coming to practise. the white stuff will come. but for these german hopefuls, they need the right stuff to come. they're not bothered by the political tension in this region, theyjust want to compete. yeah, i hope i qualify for the olympic games. and i am very excited to jump here again in winter. it is very special. i was here for the world cup last winter. and i liked here very much and am happy to be here and had come back in winter. the hills are great, the setting is beautiful, but south korea's unpredictable neighbour is making some competitors nervous. at one point, the french team questioned whether or not they were going to come. any easing of tension in this region will do these games a lot of favours. in the skies above south korea, america and its allies put on a show of force. missile tests and nuclear launches by north korea have led to a ferocious war of words. they hope the offering of words of peace a

south korea pyongyang's latest missile reached an altitude ten times higher than that of the international space station experts say if directed differently the missile could reach both washington and europe following the missile test the u.s. ambassador to the united nations warned the leadership in pyongyang that it would be quote utterly destroyed in the case of a war the threat came and emergency session of the security council where countries were huddled together discussing so lucian's the korean crisis. dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war if not farther from it and if for comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroy those that would use that it's difficult to move towards any such as long as north korea fears that its security is threatened in the current situation we urge them to call on all parties involved to stop escalating the tensions that accompany each new cycle of reactions in response measures we all need to pause and think carefully about the consequences of such steps u.s. president donald trump denounced the north korean launch and he later broke off a speech on tax reform to take a job

sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong un despite high tensions between washington and pyongyang. promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen. we're working to counter the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea. the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese territory are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over. and sports news no catch up on all of it latest buddhist league a soccer action lots of games over the weekend on sunday cologne slipped to another defeat this time at home to hoffenheim germany striker scored twice for the visitors in their three nil victory cologne remain rooted to the bottom of the bundesliga table with just two points from eleven games. nine minutes in a lackadaisical defense seem to stand by and watch as denis geiger put hoffenheim in the lead. geiger's first shot on wittingly tu

open to sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong un but tensions between washington and pyongyang sky high trump has promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen in but we're going to count through the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea. the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese third tour are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability. we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over. now two thousand and fifteen marked a breakthrough in the global fight against climate change nearly two hundred nations signed the paris climate accord to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide starting at twenty twenty those emissions are considered a major cause of climate change so far one hundred sixty eight nations have ratified the accord now it is time to hash out the details at a climate conference in the german city of bonn fiji is chairing the conference and

open to sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong un with tensions between washington and pyongyang sky high while travis promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen and we're working to counter the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese third tour are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over and best and heartache is a following it trumps visit for us in tokyo hi passing good to see you we just heard the trump say there the era of strategic patience with north korea is over how is that rhetoric being received there in japan. well sumi that rhetoric is not new to japanese in fact the prime minister of japan is himself have been very tough on north korea and on this issue in the past and in the elections that were just held here a few weeks ago he received a lot of su

sitting down for talks with north korean leader kim jong il and despite high tensions between washington and pyongyang. now trump promised to stand with japan against what he called the north korean menace let's listen in but working to counter the dangerous aggressions of the regime in north korea the regime continued development of its unlawful weapons programs including its illegal nuclear tests and outrageous launches of ballistic missiles directly over japanese territory are a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability we will not stand for that the era of strategic patience is over you know president donald trump there speaking in japan well police in the united states are investigating a mass shooting that left dozens of people dead at a church in texas witnesses said the victims included a pregnant woman and children as young as five years old the massacre comes weeks after a sniper killed fifty eight people in las vegas the tragedy that hit sunday in a small texas town another chapter in a years long national debate over gun control. a candlelight vigil for the victim

you know, we've been covering so much of the tensions, especially between washington and pyongyang.couple months ago sitting in my office saying out loud to my producer, i wandonde what is life like for americans in the region. it's my honor to present to you the bright family. . >> we're in camp casey, we call this my house. and the other is my home. >> because it's where your family is. >> in a words matter kind of way. here in casey i'm area one. they have south korea divided into areas. based on how far away you are from north korea. so this is as close as you can get. area two encompasses seoul, and they live the base in the center of seoul. >> when did he have a conversation with you, honey? we're moving to seoul. >> we knew we were finding out soon. we knew he was getting a command. we were happy about that. he called and he was like, okay, we know. i knew it was one of those i'm going to ease into it kind of things, you know. he told me south korea jand i ws like, whoa. >> training exercise, it's all rocket pods. each one has got a total of six rockets in it or you would hav

state sponsor of terrorism trump also promised more sanctions against pyongyang but secretary of state rex tillerson says washington has not given up hope of resolving the nuclear crisis on the korean peninsula through diplomacy she hopper tonsil reports from washington d.c. . the designation of as a sponsor of terrorism. should have happened a long time ago should happened years ago in addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation north korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism including assassinations on foreign soil. however this announcement wasn't a certainty some officials at the state department were reported to as north korea did not meet the legal definition of a state sponsor of terrorism two cases have been cited during the deliberations the killing of kim jong un's half brother adam a lazy an airport and the treatment of american students was a woman who died of his injuries after being released from north korean custody neither represent terrorism they argued nonetheless more sanctions will now be announced by the treasury department their words unclear this will prove t

aggressive rhetoric coming from pyongyang and from washington dc makes many nervous.in the games. danny savage reports from pyeong—chang. in the mountains of south korea, there is no snow yet. that does not prevent athletes from all over the world coming to practise. the white stuff will come. but for these german hopefuls they need the right stuff to come. they are not bothered by the political tension in this region, theyjust by the political tension in this region, they just want to by the political tension in this region, theyjust want to compete. yes, i hope i qualify for the 0lympic yes, i hope i qualify for the olympic games. i am very excited to come here again in winter. it is very special. i was if the world cup la st very special. i was if the world cup last winter. i like to give very much and am happy to be here and had come back in winter. the are great, the setting is beautiful, but south korea's unpredictable neighbour is making some competitors nervous. at one point, the french team questioned whether or not they were going to come. any easing of tens

throughout it's a function of the mistrust the mutual mistrust that clearly exists between washington and pyongyang this is not a very good to get your thoughts on the scott snyder joining us live from washington d.c. thank you. we have plenty more ahead on the news hour including the european union and african leaders pledged to do more to help thousands of migrants stranded in libya. and thousands of refugees on the greek island of. winter. and tiger's back but can the former world number one find his form on his return from injury joe we'll have the details and. moving on to other news now in the u.a.e. has a blog blocked former egyptian promised feet from traveling and comes just as he announced his intention to run the next year's presidential election in egypt she cried in egypt's first presidential election after the two thousand and eleven optimize against forming the to hosni mubarak he lost against mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood fled out of the cities often that defeat he's been a strong christian a coffee gyptian president of the sisi. my fellow egyptian citizens i have announce

very mature tit for tat between pyongyang and washington. >> let's bring in washington post politicalgene scott. the president is on this foreign trip where here at home, leading the headlines is domestic news this morning, creep home alabama. this is about roy moore, who is running for the senate? alabama and this controversy involving washington post story about young women, teenagers, one as young as 14, who, when he was in his 30's, according to the washington post and these women, he had sought relationships with in alabama. this is -- i don't know i it's a bit of a controversy in part because some people think it's conspiracy going on. >> i've taked to voters in alabama and many are upset. people in h alabama have worked incredibly hard to get rid of some of the worst stereotypes that people outside have of the community. they feel like this munity just reinforces many ef them. there are quite a few alabamians particularly in the republican party who remain supportive of roy moore because they believe this is an attack from washington, from the mainstream media and even from est

pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongyang. but this has been repeatedly and vehemently ruled out by the u.s. another round of joint exercises between the u.s. and south korean military forces are due to start here next week north korea has said the drills are a rehearsal for war at the united nations america's ambassador has said the u.s. doesn't seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera sole. ok let's bring in our guests joining us now to beijing back to go director of the china maschler sociate of international studies in washington we have richard white's director of the center for political military analysis at the hudson institute and joining us on skype to taipei roster all fine gold asia political risk analyst welcome to you all victor coming to you first nikki haley is saying all nations should cut ties with north korea how likely is that i think china has expressed the firm position that denuclearization is the ultimate goal that we all need to

>> you and i talk a lot about tensions between washington and pyongyang. those days where it seemed intense i remember sitting in my office saying to my producer sitting there, i wonder what life is like for americans living in south korea, 30,000 members of the military, american, more than 100,000 civilians, so through some patience and a lot of phone calls and e-mails, thank you to the u.s. army for allowing me to tell this incredible story of what it's like for this lieutenant colonel aaron bright and his wife and his three daughters. ♪ >> we're in camp casey. we call this my house. >> this is where your family is. >> right. in a words matter kind of way. here in casey i'm what's called area one. they have south korea divided into areas. based on how far away you are from north korea. this is as close as you can get. area two encompasses seoul and they live in yongson which is the base right in the center of seoul. >> when did he have a conversation with you, honey, moving to seoul. >> we knew that we were finding out soon. we knew he was getting a com

. >> recognize that european capitals are closer, in fact, to pyongyang than washington, d.c., and europekeenly aware from our discussions it was obvious that europe is keenly aware of this threat, and we are all aligned in terms of characterizing the threat and in solving this sobering issue. >> the neighbor accused of assaulting senator rand paul pled not guilty in court this morning. he requested a pretrial conference, which was scheduled for november 30th. kevin spacey is being cut out of his newest movie it's already shot. people close to the production of "all the money in the world" say actor christopher plummer will replace spacey in the film. director ridley scott intends to keep the film's original december 22nd release date that's our update this hour, back to "squawk alley. sara >> contessa, thank you >>> coming up, back live to the "new york times" dealbook conference for a conversation with mark cuban. plus, kayla tausche sitting down with goldman sachs' ceo when "squawk alley" returns >>> among the earnings movers today, adidas third quarter sales up 9%, helped by strong sa

seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step two might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved. the doors are closed for the main session and one of the south korean officials who is taking part is the presidents that come up with the most at risk rest reigning behavior do you think it's enough initiative to create and sustain peacefully impingements are on the table north korean knew that the military option egypt always under the table. by putting the military option under and under the table. it's not likely change you know screen behavior as the advisor of the south korean president what do you tell them about the drills you know you know i personally in the favor engagement dialogue and negotiation with north korea and some people in the government may have different ideas that brings us to why the russian road map may never actually work. because i think most korean politicians believe the trills must be pursued for

seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step two might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved. doors are closed for the main session and one of the south korean officials who is taking part is the president's advisor for foreign policy. that offered him what do you think about the russian road map i think that the proposal is very realistic flexible i hope. and your cage in the peloton winter olympic all the parties concerned between particularly between nelson selves who do come up with the most left wrist rest training behavior do you think it's enough in this case of course not enough in the day should be some new initiative to create and sustain peace and. donald trump keeps saying that all options are on the table north korean knew that the military option is always under the table. by putting the military option and on the table. it's not likely change you know screen behavior as the advisor of the south korean pre

in recent months, the rhetoric between washington and pyongyang reached new levels. key to the strategy is being prepared for every scenario, and that is why american troops are key. rupert wingfield-hayes has taken to the skies with them. rupert: at this air base in south korea, the u.s. air force is practicing for war with north korea. i'm riding with the colonel. callsign, wolf 2. today's mission is a red flag, simulated air to air combat. our role is to act as the north korean intruder. >> altitude, altitude. rupert: this is not a game, especially with president trump talking about war. rupert: as president trump arrives in asia, intelligence reports say kim jong-un may be planning more missile and nuclear tests. after the last test, this was president trump's chilling response. president trump: rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rupert: such hard-line rhetoric has its supporters here. in se

pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongyang. but this has been repeatedly and vehemently ruled out by the u.s. another round of joint exercises between the u.s. and south korean military forces are due to start here next week north korea has said the drills are a rehearsal for war at the united nations america's ambassador has said the u.s. doesn't seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera. in other news and in fact in just the last half hour of them that is in response to a tweet from donald trump telling her to focus on quote destructive radical islamic terrorism the back and forth began when may condemned trump for his anti islam retreat also with the british interior minister amber rudd and said she hopes the u.k.'s condemnation of trump will be taken seriously i think. that we have been very clear president donald trump was wrong to retreat videos posted by the far group christian first we have said so clearly in this house and the prime minister has

in recent months the rhetoric between washington and pyongyang has reached new levels.egy is being prepared for every scenario and that's why american troops in the region are key. the bbc‘s rupert wingfield hayes has taken to the skies with them. at kunsan air base in south korea, the us air force is practising for war with north korea. i'm riding with colonel stephen tittle, callsign wolf 2. today's mission is called a red flag, simulated air—to—air combat. our role is to act as a north korean intruder. ok, so they're off our nose now about seven miles. ok, we're going to engage the one on the right side. and he's passing as right over the top of us. wow. 0k. i can see him above us. this is not a game, especially with president trump talking about war. as president trump arrives in asia, intelligence reports say kim jong—un may be preparing more missile and nuclear tests. after the last test, this was president trump's chilling response. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. the united states has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend its

the north korean nuclear program, the solution of that goes through pyongyang, not through washingtonr beijing as many people claim. so that is in deadlock. we probably have to play the long game until there's some revolutionary change in north korea, so there's really no change there. but on trade policy, i would say that i think the president's abandonment of multi-lateralism is a mbig mistake. and his pursuit of bilateral agreements would make sense in the 1970s and 1980s when most companies in asia, the biggest trading partner was the u.s. it's china for all countries in the region. so the infraregional trade, they don't really need the u.s. so they're moving forward in multi-lateral agreements, and as the u.s. tries to push sue bilater -- pursue bilateral agreements the u.s. will be shut out. >> doesn't sound positive for president trump, and we'll see what happens there in the philippines. daniel pinkston, we thank you for your perspective. >>> still ahead here, the republican candidate for an empty u.s. senate seat is confronted by serious allegation of sexual misconduct decade

calmst the backdrop of the and quiet by pyongyang of these hostile moves against the dprk forced us to really think about insanity of the statements by washington about his preference for peaceful means of resolving the crisis around the dprk. we believe at this time it should been used for concrete steps to establish direct contact with pyongyang rather increasing tension. copper is a solution to the problem is possible on the a framework of a conference of military and political detente in eastern northern asia, easing military confrontation in establishing trust among countries of the region. this is precisely the approach that was proposed by russia in china and their joint statement on the fourth of july. they proposed a roadmap of the gradual move toward the settlement, starting with the principle of suspension for -- which envisions the dprk stopping missile and nuclear tests while at the same time united states and south korea decreasing the scale of their military exercises. way in turn would paves the to discussing the principles of peaceful coexistence between washington and pyongyang and resumption of inter-korean dialogue. think ev

this mentality has led to tension on the korean peninsula and worrying rhetoric between washington and pyongyang this is the first major international gathering since the un approved a treaty banning all nuclear weapons or excellence of the vice president over fifty countries signed the treaty in september but the nine nations with a nuclear arsenal and all nato members boycotted the talks in a debate nato deputy secretary general defended their position the treaty risks undermining years of steady progress under the nonproliferation treaty. importantly the ban treaty disregards the security conditions and nuclear challenges that we face most prominently today the emergence of nuclear weapons and long range missiles in north korea without the participation of nuclear nations in the treaty some say disarmament might be a pipe dream but others say it's comparable to when chemical and biological weapons were banned that was a crucial first step in making those arsenals illegal in discussions like these are not the way of cranking up the pressure on those countries some speakers believe that it's up

pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongyang. but this has been repeatedly and vehemently ruled out by the u.s. another round of joint exercises between the u.s. and south korean military forces are due to start here next week north korea has said the drills are a rehearsal for war at the united nations america's ambassador has said the u.s. doesn't seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera. pass attack the british prime minister theresa may for condemning his latest tweets truck share three anti muslim videos from a far right british group to his more than forty million followers a spokesman for may call trump's actions wrong and trump replied this way trace tomato focus on me focus on the destructive radical islamic terrorism that is taking place within the united kingdom we are doing fine aren't we phillips joins us live from london and barnaby the u.s. and the u.k. are allies this is quite an exchange and it's not just cheery some may have felt compelle

pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongyang but this has been repeatedly and vehemently ruled out by the u.s. another round of joint exercises between the u.s. and south korean military forces are due to start here next week north korea has said the drills are a rehearsal for war at the united nations america's ambassador has said the u.s. doesn't seek war but if it does start north korea's leaders would be in her words utterly destroyed kathy novak al jazeera sole leaders in libya have agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in detention camps the plan has been drawn up at a joint u. african union summit in ivory coast it's not clear how the deal will be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent mainly to their home countries reports from. for a lot of the work that african and european union leaders condemned the refugee slave trade in libya in their final statement they promised a task force to tackle traffickers and urgently repatch rate anyone who's trapped there the fun is on fire. the

pave the way for the principles of peaceful coexistence and peaceful discussions between washington and pyongyang. but the says been repeatedly and vehemently ruled out by the u.s. and clearly while the council is united in its condemnation of the latest missile launch it remains divided on how to respond the question now if the missile testing continues will the u.s. continue to seek solutions with its security council partners or decide to go it alone mike hanna al-jazeera united nations. brown has more now from beijing. i think in the short term there is no likelihood whatsoever of china severing diplomatic ties with north korea or indeed cutting off the oil in september of course china did announce that it was limiting oil exports to north korea to two million barrels a year now as far as the trumpet ministration is concerned that is two million barrels too much what they want is for china to cut off not just exports of oil but also the food and medical aid that it sends to north korea of course there's much that the north receives from china that's outside the scope of u.n. sanctions but chi

the trip comes at a time of high tension between washington and north korea over pyongyang's nuclear ambitions trump has said he intends to use the trip to intensify pressure on north korea and get better trade deals for the united states. scientists have discovered a new member of the great family for the first time in nearly ninety years. this a new species of a run at time lives in the remote jungles of indonesia. on. the u.s. president donald trump is off to asia for a five country tour on the agenda promoting trade and lapping up pressure on north korea but as the president boarded air force one no one seemed quite sure what to expect. to get a grip i don't cover you're coming with us we look forward to a protocol in east asia is everything we don't really like to tell what we're banking and upwelling it's because we try to respect what other people are thinking and. to expect a modulation in the language doesn't work yes well i don't i don't think the president would barge which is like russia if you noticed him do that we'll be talking about trade we've got to get about obviou

washington's. the u.s. found north korea have traded insults again pyongyang has called trump the lunatic old man before adding washington is not fit to add to the judge of human rights in the us off the president describes north korea as a hell but no one deserves his stop in seoul this part of his asia tour and as usual trump didn't miss a chance to stick it to north korea on twitter he released a warning video accompanied by a rather dramatic soundtrack. the response. was short course nicely. for. our response. our duty to write this danger to get. us. the way. we. should. rush. hours. and president trump is now in china for the next much anticipated leg of his trip the visit has already proved truthful is being reported that the u.s. and china have signed some twenty trade deals worth nine billion dollars the chinese side has dubbed them a warm up before a big a ceremony on thursday r.t.s. american looks back at trump and she's previous meeting. as donald trump arrives in china on his five nation asia tour it's now the chinese president's turn to roll out the red carpet just six months ago the chinese lead