rob mcbride al jazeera, so we're staying in the u. s. heavy. rain and snow from melting glass years in the northwest have caused unprecedented flooding in yellowstone national park. as i said, bank reports, it's forced the park to close fast time in 34 years. well treacherous conditions in yellowstone park, which spends pulse of the western you estates of wyoming, montana, and idaho roads have been washed away. homes are destroyed for the 1st time in 3 decades, authorities had no choice but to close the park. 10000 visitors have been evacuated at we've completed, we've completed 10 operations for rescues and also to air rescues. we've had extensive operations up and down the also remember valley out of residences and, and places throughout the county. by some estimates, the region received 2 months of rain in just 3 days. the yellowstone river has burst its banks with water levels 4 meters deep in some parts. but it's not just heavy rains. water from melting places has added to the floods. nearby towns in montana also submerged. now s

rob mcbride, a live in a soul. and he now is part of me, me town in new delhi with more on the fall of the indian currency in just currency and the stock market are responding to global concerns. the biggest worry is the situation in the united states. the worry is that the high interest rates over there could end up increasing interest rates are high inflation over there rather could end up impacting the interest rates. the other situation that is causing concern is, are the outbreak the cobra, 1000 outbreak in china, particularly in beijing and shanghai and what this could mean for the chinese economy as well as the global economy. the indian group is now creating at it's lowest levels in history. this has wiped off hundreds of millions of dollars of india, our foreign currency reserve. investors have lost millions of dollars in the stock market. and in the us top companies have also lost billions of dollars in their valuation. now all of this is playing out as there are concerns about uneven growth domestically

rob mcbride reports from some with thousands of local government positions, being decided across south korea, from rural county officials, to mares of big metropolitan cities. this will be a telling snapshot of which way the country is leaning politically and whether conservative units of yields presidency will be given a boost since he won by the slimmest of margins of less than one percent over his rival in the us army duck. well, i like his character and will continue to support him, a little pool if he remains to be seen if he will live up to expectations. but i think he'll carry out state duties better than the previous president. the liberal candidate defeated in the presidential race, the jameel is running again. this time for one of 7 national assembly seats being contested in by elections, seemingly asking voters for a 2nd chance when, when an incompetent can send people to hell. remember that fact, i think holding people accountable for the past that was done in the presidential election, the vacant seat in, in john, which is far more blue color than neighboring soul, is norm

i'll 0 rob mcbride reports now from near the narrow space center of south korea, south coast. mm. with this launch, south korea has joined an exclusive international club, one of only a handful of nations, able to put satellites into all bit commercially. the 3 stage rocket called newry meaning world was carrying a one and a half ton test satellite up to 700 kilometers above the surface of the earth. a 1st attempt last october failed when the rockets 3rd stage malfunctioned that added to the anticipation of this launch, bringing large crowds to the beaches, facing south careers, narrow space center. they weren't disappointed. the engineers believed they fix the problems and that this time yury will become the 1st home grown south korean rocket to put a satellite in orbit. eat or did all them and they're good. then i, i came here for the 1st launch and it was a disappointment. when it failed, so this time i'm hoping for success till once upon at the moment of ignition, i said, wow. then the roar of the rocket made me so proud are the only fighting a call. i feel like we've joined t

and the world by thought a so i was here is rob mcbride is that robert bore, has a korea south korea's president, had to say about this? yeah, this was a pretty emphatic response, sir. from south korea, in conjunction with its usaa allies, the launching of an 8 ballistic missiles just before daybreak on monday from the east coast of south greer from my province that actually borders with north korea. along the d. m. z, the joint military command here of the u. s. and south grim forces are in a statement, has said that this was to show the capability or of precision strikes at what it called, origins of provocations, clearly directed at that north korea. and its recent miss, i'll activity are the south has condemned the launching of missiles, but from north korea on a sunday, there is a new conservative administration here which is taking a much tougher line with north korea. it is in favor of a staging, a larger scale military exercises with the u. s. a. we are, they have been scale down in the past. and, but we have seen just, for example, the wrapping up of a large, fairly large a na

on god paying close attention to currency movements and the impact on the economy and prices can rob mcbride has more of a story from so. yeah, it does seem as though the asian markets have had the weekend to digest this increasingly bad news out of the us confirmation on friday that the inflation rate has hit at 40 year high as so as soon as trading started monday had that they had the chance to react and they have been reacting very negatively. all of the major indices showing marked drops. we had the nic, a in tokyo down 3 percent on the day, monday, 3 and a half percent down on the cost. be here in south career, a similar full on the hang sang index in hong kong, and also the mum by market sharpie. down in india. there are other concerns as well . a driving sentiment here in asia, we've had another koby 19 outbreak in beijing that has raised concerns that once again, the chinese authorities following this policy of 0 cove, it may take the decision to close down parts of the chinese capital, which again impacts the recovery of the chinese economy, but in the background of course, is this

rob mcbride al jazeera, so ah, it's good to have even a fellow, adrian finnegan, here in doha, the headlines and al jazeera israel and the european union have signed a natural gas export deal. the u is looking for ways to reduce its reliance on russian energy following moscow's invasion of ukraine. the agreement was signed in egypt. the european union was the biggest, most important client from the supply, russia, oil, gas, and coal. but with the beginning of this war and the attempt of russia to blackmail us through energy by deliberately cutting the energy supplies, we decided to cut off and to get rid of the dependency of rational fossil fuels. and to move away from russian diversify to trustworthy suppliers. the european union is launching legal action against the u. k. in response to the british governments bill to amend the northern island protocol. the eas action could involve referring the case to the european court of justice. the u. k. government has already admitted that the new bill would mean it didn't meet its obligations under international law. but britain says that an emerge

rob mcbride reports from sol. ah, the surprise announcement came during a dinner to mark the 9th anniversary of the groups debut complaining of exhaustion and of the told the pandemic has taken. one of the members announced they all and he did a break called bang fulfill. so saying that on a tide is very sinful in itself, and i wish we could talk happily and do things happily. no matter what the rules, that's all i want and i'm to wrong. it doesn't work. the most difficult thing is writing lyrics and i have nothing to say any more. i should be able to tell the story that i want to share, but i am forcing myself to write to please people. it's too painful. i. it seems as the ultimate boy band, even bts can't change the fact they notice boyish as they were. once you achieve between success, then it means there's a constant expectation to continue doing something that is connected to where you, what you've already done, where you've already been. i think this hi a, this is about figuring out where they are going for

rob mcbride has this report himself. ah, the surprise announcement came during a dinner to mock the 9th anniversary of the groups debut complaining of exhaustion and of the toll the pandemic has taken. one of the members announced they all needed a break called bon fulfill. so saying that on a tide is very sinful in itself, and i wish we could talk happily and do things happily. no matter what the rules. that's all i want to take on. your cousin were a hard the most difficult thing is writing lyrics. i have nothing to say any more. i should be able to tell the story that i want to share, but i end up forcing myself to write to please people. i mean it's too painful. ah, it seems as the ultimate boy band, even bts can't change the fact they noticed boyish as they were now to be already a grown up know the members are average asia is approaching in order. so t, so that is quite normal process in the korean pop industrial to when the members of con, our been that they must have started their own business. bts seem to be at

rob mcbride reports from near narrow space center of south korea's south cached mm. with this launch, south career has joined an exclusive international club, one of only a handful of nations able to put satellites into all of it commercially. the 3 stage rocket called newry meaning world was carrying a one and a half ton test satellite up to 700 kilometers above the surface of the earth. a 1st attempt last october failed when the rockets 3rd stage malfunctioned that added to the anticipation of this launch, bringing large crowds to the beaches, facing south careers, narrow space center. they weren't disappointed the engineers believe they've fixed the problems and that this time yury will become the 1st home grown south korean rocket to put a satellite in orbit it or did all and the leg burner. i came here for the 1st launch and it was a disappointment when it failed. so this time i'm hoping for success until, until hannon at the moment of ignition. i said, wow. and then the roar of the rock, it made me so proud, although more exciting a call. i feel like we've join

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rob mcbride reports from. so when he left office last month, the liberal, former president of south korea moved j in, arrived at his new home, helping for a quiet retirement. but the politics of office followed him as did right wing opponents, setting up a permanent and noisy protest, much to the misery of the neighbors. neither simpleton, yes. they play music all night. there's an 86 year old grandma and my friends mom who is 83 suffering from hallucinations. south korea has a vibrant protest culture from the massive to the small, the angry. to the cute. but when the new president, conservative unit secure, seemed unmoved by the plight of his predecessor ha, ha, ha ha. well, if it's all in accordance with the law, he suggested that's when liberal protestors got angry. oh, they took up residence opposite his home in gangnam, the fashionable suburb made famous by the cult, classic gangnam style. the protesters sing loudly and often what they lack in numbers. they, mo, the main go in here. boom, this up market p

rob mcbride is insole with more. there are also a local concerns here which have made the market so jittery. we have another cobit 19 outbreak in bay gene. that is prompted concerns that once again, the chinese authorities pursuing this policy of 0 covey. it may take the decision to close down parts of the chinese capital once more impacting our port. and so they're all these continuing fears that with this inflationary rates that so the u . s. federal reserve may once again raise interest rates in the u. s. a bipartisan group of senators have agreed on a plan for title, gun control after a series of my shootings. the proposal focuses on so called red flag laws, which are aimed at preventing people who may be a threat to themselves or others from buying guns in france, resin, dominion, macros, majority in the national assembly hangs in the balance. preliminary results put his sentries, coalition, neck, and neck, with its left wing rival after the 1st fond of parliamentary elections. members of the largest political b

let's go live now to rob mcbride, who joins us from go hung county, rob. it looks like a beautiful blue day there. clear skies perfect conditions for launch. that's right on perfect condition and as far as south korea is concerned for success, just as you come to us here on this beach, we are just hearing a briefing from south korea science minister, who says that this has now been confirmed as a successful launch. so this is a 3 stage rocket. you remember that it was last october. the 1st launch of this type of rocket actually ended in failure. during the 3rd stage, they burning ended the too quickly. so the, the satellite didn't get up to the velocity it needed. and it was deemed to be a failure at this time round. we are hearing, but it has apparently had a full but that's the state that managed to reach the velocity needed. so there is now what they call a performance verification satellite. basically, a dummy satellite to test satellite now orbiting the 700 kilometers above just where it is meant to be. so this will be music to the is of, of the scien

rob mcbride has more from sol. there are also a local concerns here which have made the markets jittery. we have another koby 19 outbreak in beijing that has prompted concerns that once again the chinese authorities pursuing this policy of 0 covey may take the decision to close down parts of the chinese capital once more impacting our port. and there are these continuing fears that with this inflationary rate, that the u. s. federal reserve may once again raise interest rates. human rights groups have launched an 11th sour appeal to try to start the u. k. from sending asylum seekers to wander. campaigners are asking the court of appeal to reverse a high court judgement approving the government plan. the 1st flight is scheduled to leave on tuesday. in france, reson demario, mac homes majority the national assembly is under threat preliminary results from our 1st round of parliamentary elections. but his sentries, coalition, neck, and neck, with its left wing rival in iraq 73 members of the biggest political block ha

not just be a verdict on the new president, but also on the man and his party that he defeated rob mcbride al jazeera sol de la qualify matches for the fee for well cut. begin on wednesday with the crane facing scotland. security and crowd management will be closely watched after celtic scene to the champions league. final in paris on saturday is just one of several challenges facing cancer when it hosts the world cup in november. as in tuscany now, ah, there was chaos at club football's biggest match in europe. i think we did the scenes of riots in paris or a reminder of the challenges, cut our faces as their prepares to host, one of the world's largest sporting events. cut our is coordinating with multiple countries to provide security for the world cup. the u. k. military is providing manpower to patrol the sea and skies and support counter terrorism operations. turkey is sending a team of about $3200.00 people, including riot police, special operations forces, and bomb experts. with less than 6 months to go before as many as a 1000000 fans descend on doha. the capital is a massive cons

rob mcbride explains this month is the 10th anniversary of sy achieving global fame with the unmistakable sounds and moves of gangnam style. and as south career welcomes the summer, he and other k pop stars are welcoming, being back with their fans at large concerts. the kind of gatherings that haven't been possible during the pandemic, especially colleges, which pay for big names to come and entertain them at this time of year. i'm doing a lot of shows easier on colleges. this is kind of funny. so my career's 22 years, but these days of talking to myself like, wow, dude, you are very popular. uh huh. they love you. that may be the case, but size concerts are drawn criticism for their excessive use of water being sprayed onto the crowds from large water cannon, especially at a time when many parts of the country are suffering from drought. and now he's also being criticized by health officials saying that wet masks pose a health risk making it easier to spread germs just as the country finally seems to be overcoming the only kron variance that of.

rob mcbride has more from sol . yeah, it does seem as though the asian markets have had the weekend to digest this increasingly bad news out of the us confirmation on friday that the inflation rate has hit at 40 year high as so as soon as trading started monday, they have the chance to react, and they have been reacting very negatively. all of the major indices showing marked drops. we had the nic, a in tokyo down 3 percent on the day, monday, 3 and a half percent down on the cost be here in south career. assembled a full on the hang sang index in hong kong and also the mum by market as sharply down in india. there are other concerns as well. a driving sentiment here in asia. we've had another koby 19 outbreak in beijing that is raise concerns that once again, the chinese authorities following this policy of 0 cove, it may take the decision to close down parts of the chinese capital, which again impacts the recovery of the chinese economy. but in the background, of course, is this ongoing concern that the, the u. s.

rob mcbride reports russell ah, the surprise announcement came during a dinner to mark the 9th anniversary of the groups debut complaining of exhaustion and of the toll the pandemic has taken over. one of the members announced they all, they did a break called bang for feel. so saying that on a tide is very sinful in itself, and i wish we could talk happily and do things happily. no matter what the rules. that's all i want and i'm taking it doesn't work for the most difficult thing is writing lyrics. i have nothing to say any more. i should be able to tell the story that i want to share, but i end up forcing myself to write to please people when it's too painful. it seems as the ultimate boy band, even bts can't change the fact. they're not as boyish as they were. now did they already grown up? you know, the members in our average the asia is approaching in order. so t, so that is quite normal process in the korean pop industrial, the, when the member at the corner have been that they must have started their own business. b t s seem to be at the peak of their global popularity, generating

so when washington have $58.00 missiles towards the sea, a day after similar launch, but young rob mcbride has more from sol. this was a direct response from south korea and its u. s. allies to sundays launch the joint military command here in south korea. as a total of 8, missiles were fired, that they were fired from the east coast in gang one province. this is the province the borders with north korea along the dmc. the missiles were fired into the c, a c that separate the korean peninsula from japan. the south koreans in the us said that this was to demonstrate the capability. it says of precision strikes it. origins of provocations, clearly indicating those career they're saying, condemning sundays launch by north korea, of again, exactly the same number of ballistic missiles. a missiles being fired by north korea saying that the south of the us will take corresponding reactions, each time to what they call these publications that has been reinforced by you, by you. and so all the conservative president of south korean newly inaugurated here he has been speaking at the memorial day ev

rob mcbride has more from sol. he won this in a very lack luster campaign. a very small victory, margie and he made some popular decisions which again, sorry, his popularity plummet. so, since he is in olga ration though he does seem to have steadied the ship, if you like, he does seem to be the person who has a steady hand on the helm is at least that's how it's regarded. people seem to like his tough stance with north korea. he has had a good, a summit visit from president, said joe biden, of the united states. and so these does seem to strengthen his hand with his domestic agenda, but also politically with his neighbors. in particular, this does seem to give him a boost to go out and try to restore relations with japan, for example, which is always a very controversial subject here. that in turn would seem to depend at the try try part tripartite alliance with at the united states. and between them, it seems that taking a much tougher stand with north korea, the world health organization says adults, north korea respond to the cobra. 1900 outbreak is effe

rob mcbride, al jazeera go hung south korea. police, if i tear gas and beaten people with sticks to break up protests against fuel price rises in nepal. pachel increased by 12 percent on monday, pushing up fairs for public transport and costs for businesses. it holds governments as the price rises and needed to help stay turned all corporation pay for inputs. 7 recent ecuador of use tear gas to disperse hundreds of people on the 9th day of antique government. protests. countries military has described the unrest as a grave threat. thousands of indigenous protest as much through the capital quito on monday to demand a list of concessions from the president. a calling for lower fuel prices and for limits be imposed on echo doors, orland, mining industry, president grandma, so as vending off calls to resign and is expanded a state of emergency to deal with unrest. a texas safety official says law enforcement response to the rob elementary shooting last month was an abject failure and that police could have stopped the shooting. within 3 minutes of the gunman, entering the building, the direc

rob mcbride is i correspond and in south africa that 2 month covered 19 long down in china's biggest city has been relaxed. most of shanghai is 25000000 residents and are free to leave home while businesses will gradually resume operations. katrina, you reports from beijing where restrictions imposed under china 0 cove in 19 strategy have also been east millions of people in shanghai county down to midnight on wednesday. celebrating the end of a strict to month pandemic looked down. there were scenes of joy and excitement as people socialized outdoors and drew their cars for the 1st time in weeks. st barricades had been removed. supermarkets, restaurants, and parks are reopening. public transport has resumed. china's biggest city and commercial center is slowly coming back to life. after being shut down at the end of march. more than 600000 crew iris infections were recorded in what was the country's worst outbreak since the pandemic began. artist soon sean was visiting the city and became stuck at his hotel. an initial 5 day locked down stretched to more than 60 days. he is relieved

not just be a verdict on the new president, but also on the man and his party that he defeated rob mcbride, al jazeera, sol, korean pop, the super group. bts has been at the white house to highlight crimes against asians, and people have asian heritage in the united states. the thing is attended as youth . i'm. bassett, is promoting a message of respect. they say the devastated by a recent serge of hate crimes. they met president president joe biden in the oval office. he was president and the new zealand prime minister of express concern about job security agreements between china and the solomon islands during the meeting and white house, joe biden. and justin den discuss stepping up engagements with pacific olive nations to counter china's growing influence. a chinese for a minister is currently halfway through a diplomatic term pacific, who p to deepen ties. whitehouse, crossman. it can be how kit has more. it was the 1st oval office meeting between the u. s. president and new zealand. prime minister, a chance for washington to counter china is growing influence in the indo pacific reg

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not just be a verdict on the new president, but also on the man and his party that he defeated rob mcbride, al jazeera sol. the you, as president of new zealand prime minister, have expressed concern about a security agreement between china and the solomon islands during amazing at the white house she bought and interesting to discuss. stepping up engagement with pacific island nations to counter china's growing influence, the chinese foreign minister is currently halfway through a diplomatic tour of the pacific. i think, to deepen ties there. and why has corresponding kimberly health it has the story. it was the 1st oval office meeting between the u. s. president and new zealand. prime minister, a chance for washington to counter china's growing influence in the indo pacific region. but for new zealand, it was also an opportunity to express that when it comes to business, there are no loyalties. he had an exchange of views on the pacific. currently, very clear view on both sides that the pacific needs to determine end is determining. it's our rules of engagement and as partners we need to

rob mcbride, al jazeera go hung south korea ah . mrs. al jazeera and these are the top stories. state election officials have told the u. s. congress that they were personally pressured by president donald trump. to overturn the result of the 2020 election, they were testifying before the 4th hearing of the house committee investigation into the january 6th 6th insurrection at the u. s. capitol hill. how does your castro has been following the hearing in washington? what's notable is kind of the lopsided balance of power. here you had the president of the united states. i personally calling these election officials who were republican in the swing states that had gone to jail biden. and we heard from that top election official in georgia. brad rapids, burger describing this phone call from trump in which trun deliberately asked for one more vote than what joe biden had. one in georgia, a senior official overseeing the police and texas says, officers response to the vault a school shooting was an abject failure. the director of the texas

not just be a verdict on the new president, but also on the man and his party that he defeated rob mcbride, al jazeera sol, a rescue workers in columbia, trying to save 14 miners trapped to the coal mine. they've been stuck since monday when an explosion blocked their way out. it happened in the north santander region near the border with venezuela. harkin. agatha has killed at least 11 people in southern mexico. 20 others are missing following the strongest hurricane on record . to hit the southern pacific coast during may, a 160 kilometers in our winds, set wind speeds and heavy rain flooded homes and washed away robes the loss qualifying much as for the fee for wilcox begin on wednesday with the crane facing scotland for swat and footballs. premier tournament security in crowd management at those games will be closely watched off the celtic scenes of the champions league. final in paris is one of several challenges facing cutter when it's a house, the world cup in november, this in tuscany novels. oh, there was chaos at club footballs. biggest match in europe. biggest people, i think we

let's go 1st to rob mcbride, who's installed for us on a great day. and the asian markets rob was driving these losses. it did seem as though the asian markets have had a full a we can to digest all of this bad news coming out of the united states with this 40 year record high in the interest in the rate of inflation. really surprising. many people and with the start of trading monday morning, having their 1st chance to react and reacting very negatively, all of the major indices recording big drops, the nick k in tokyo, down 3 percent, 3 and a half percent down on the cost be here in south korea a similar fall in the hang thing index in hong kong, and it's not just a global economic gloom which is pulling down the sentiment here in asia. you also seeing a cause is full concern, much closer to home. for example, ongoing cobit outbreaks in mainland china. we have an outbreak in beijing with concern that possibly the authorities that once again trying to achieve 0 cove, it may take restrictions in the chinese capital, which again would impair the recover

rob mcbride has mon, the story from so this was a direct response from south korea and its us allies to sundays launch the joint military command here in south korea. as a total of 8, missiles were fired, they were fired from the east coast in one province. this is the province. the board is with north korea along the dmc. the missiles were fired into the sea and sees that separate the korean peninsula from japan. the south koreans in the us said that this was to demonstrate the capability. it says of precision strikes. it origins of provocations, clearly indicating those career. they're saying that condemning sundays launch by north korea over again. exactly the same number of ballistic missiles. 8 missiles being fired by north korea saying that the south of the us will take corresponding reactions, each time to what they call these provocations that has been reinforced by you, by you. and so all of the conservative president of south korean, newly a new rated here he has been speaking at the memorial day event. it's a public holiday here in south korea. he's made a speech at the co

rob mcbride has moved more from go hung county. we're just hearing a briefing from south korea science minister, who says that this has now been confirmed as a successful launch. so this is a 3 stage rocket. you remember that was last october. the 1st launch of this type of rocket actually ended in failure. during the 3rd stage, they burning ended too quickly. so the, the satellite didn't get up to the velocity it needed and it was seem to be a failure. at this time round. we are hearing that it has apparently had a full bird about the state that managed to reach the velocity needed. so there is now what they call a performance verification satellite. basically, a dummy satellite, a test satellite, now orbiting the 700 kilometers above just where it is meant to be. so this will be music to the ears of, of the science community, the space community here in the south korea. and we've had a very busy afternoon, this is one of the few vantage places where you can see the narrow space center, which is about 15 kilometers across the wate

rob mcbride has mo, from go hung county, big excitement at this, a beach on the south coast of south korea, one of the few vantage points where people have been able to come out. and there have been thousands of people out on this afternoon to look at the launch of jewelry, the rocket, the 2nd time that says south gray has fired this type of rocket. and it's from their space center narrow, which is about 16 kilometers away just across the water. they're the rocket, just leaving a tiny bit of a contrary left. there are still people straining their eyes and long lenses skyward. still trying to get a glimpse of the rocket. now the 1st time they had a lot of this type of rock, it was last october. everything seemed to be going to plan. but then with the firing of the 3rd stage, there was some sort of malfunction. there wasn't a full burn and it turned out that as they didn't get up to the kind of velocity needed for the satellite to stay into its orbit, so it effectively failed. so people will be looking at this to see whether south korea is now mastered this crucial satellite technology

but his recent live performance has been criticized for using water cannon spray on audiences has rob mcbride explains this month is the 10th anniversary of sy achieving global fame with the unmistakable sounds and moves of gangnam style. and as south career welcomes the summer, he and other k pop stars are welcoming, being back with their fans at large concerts, the kind of gatherings that haven't been possible during the pandemic. especially colleges which pay for big names to come and entertain them at this time of year. i'm doing a lot of shows easier on colleges. this is kind of funny or my career's 22 years, but these days i'm talking to myself like, wow, dude, you are very popular. uh huh. they love you. that may be the case, but sized concerts have drawn criticism for their excessive use of water being sprayed onto the crowds from large water cannon, especially at a time when many parts of the country are suffering from drought. and now he's also being criticized by health officials saying that wet masked pose a health risk making it easier to spread germs just as the country finally

rob mcbride al jazeera, so still ahead on al jazeera slipping up at the final turn or the lightest foot section is coming up next to with some ah too often of canister is portrayed through the prism of war. but there were many of canister thanks to the brave individuals who risk their lives to protect it from destruction. an extraordinary film archives spanning for decades, reviews the forgotten truths of the country's modern history. the forbidden real part one, the birth of afghan cinema on a just, you know, i care about how the u. s. engages with the rest of the world. i cover foreign poles, the natural purity. this is very much a political impact here. the conflict. how do we illustrated, are we telling a good story? will people get what we're trying to do here? they're living outside and make. this is not the way any family wants to raise their children. we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise and to actually feel as if you were there, lou. ah, ah, it's time f his for his sorrow and sorry to mr. novak chuck of it. she's making headlines

for on this i'm bringing rog mcbride, who joins us from go hung county rob, it's been a problem played launch, but it's gone off without a hitch. so far so good. that's right. they say lawrence took place just under half an hour from, from, from where we are now. this is a beach, one of a couple of places where you can actually get advantage points of the, the launch from this, from the narrow space center. that's an island about 16 kilometers behind me on the horizon. that was a big roar as the, as the rocky winds up into the air with sun did off into the blue beyond. but yes, certainly people here are waiting to see if this will be a success. we understand that so far it has reached its altitude, its intended altitude of 700 kilometers above the surface. that there has been a separation from the 3rd stage. and that is the separation of what they call the performance verification satellite. this is a, a test satellite to make sure is able of delivering a fairly large payload one and a half tons up there. and that they therefore would qualify for this very lucrative market of commercia

oh, robert mcbride joins us live now from sol. and so rob more tit for tat missile launches. what? what more do we know? that's right, i mean this is a direct response to sunday's lodge from north korea, the joint military command for us and south graham forces. se total of 8 missiles were fired and they were fired of the east coast in gang one province. this is a province in the east, a verse ap career. it actually borders with north korea. along the d. m. z at the missiles were fired into the sea that separates the korean peninsula from a japan, according to the join military temporary military command. this was to demonstrate the capability of precision strikes at origins of provocations, clearly and meaning and north korea, as they have condemned to the miss are launches sunday by, by again, the exactly the same number of missiles, 8 ballistic missiles from north korea saying that they would south korea and the u . s. will take corresponding reactions. we have a new conservative administration here in south korea, which has promised to take a tougher stand with north korea cond