all bay was assassinated in july. spring in rob mcbride is standing by near where the protests are happening. so how those protests building up their rob that's right, a day of commemoration, but also protest surrounding this controversial state funeral. here in tokyo have been a few protest already staged ahead of the day of the funeral itself. there are 2 more protest taking place on this day. people initially were largely in favor of giving the honor of a state funeral. but gradually, opinion has turned against it partly because of the cost, but also because of the device if nature of shins or politics. if i stand back and we have a look at some of the panels here, a lot of them talk about no to constitutional change. no to war, should be, is regarded by many on the left of politics here, of having steer japan away from. it's the traditional role of pacifism, of, of trying to change and amend the constitution of sending, allowing japan to deploy troops abroad. and so in which all has echoes of the last centuries, militarism which is a very troubling for many people here. so we do have pro

rob mcbride, now tens of thousands of people have rallied in mexico cities marks the 8th anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students. some of the protests as clashed with police in spite of calls from the president for a peaceful rally. families of the victims demonstrate every good fresh of the government into solving the case. the group was kidnapped in 2014 and haven't been seen alive since john holman, has more from mexico city. there must be tens of thousands of people that are marching down. met carries main avenue paseo de la re former, and they're here because it's the 8 front of a story of an event shot to mexico and continues to reverberate around the country . when 43 students with disappeared on a rainy night. while in the southwest of the country and their parents and their family members, and many others still campaign for justice on their behalf. this is one of the fathers of the disappear, told us about that campaign for justice where it's not right now. is it? i'm disappointed that's the word as a father because well, the government was campaigning. they committe

let's bring in rob mcbride in. so south korea from on this, what more i did came jungle and say in what's likely to be the reaction from the south? yeah, this is very strong stuff from north career. it is effectively declaring to the world that he has arrived as a nuclear state and the world had better deal with that fact. it's all came during a speech from kim john on the supreme leader in north korea at a meeting of north korea parliament. the supreme people's assembly declaring that north korea would never give up its nuclear weapons, would never negotiate. doing so that not even he said 100 years of sanctions would effectively make it give up. it said nuclear weapons also passing into law. interestingly, the fact that it would automatically launch a nuclear strike if it was ever attacked. the reaction from the south is likely to be mixed. it is actually officially a public holiday here. so we officially, we might not get any response until after what's called chew sockets at extended. we can do one of the most

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rob mcbride has more from aboard the ship. the last time this aircraft carry away was here was 5 years ago. that again was at a time of heightened tension. it followed to a number of missile launches and also a nuclear test by north korea. so this is a way of showing the strength of the alliance in the face of what, what the us and south korea say. all these increased threats from north korea, from north korea's point of view, they are always enraged by these exercises. they have been scaled back through the last few years to allow this summit diplomacy to take place to try to get the north korea to give up the nuclear arms. clearly, they haven't done that. protest is marley, one, the un peacekeeping mission to leave the country. malia and authorities expelled the head of the un mission in july, following a diplomatic route to the rest of soldiers from ivory coast. these people have been in madison 2013. the u. s. has it out. sanctions are members of iran, so called morality. police follows the death of a women in iran being h

rob mcbride is monitoring this from so rob, what can you tell us? yeah, that's right. i mean this much of japan, this monday morning, is under some sort of alerts or threats or warning. as none model has funded a show over the weekend. in particular, as the typhoon with approaching that, it was predicted, this was going to be one of the most powerful type foods that japan has ever had to deal with. this evacuation order was put in for covering literally millions of people that they, if they are in a vulnerable place or a building, they should be trying to find a safe place of refuge or higher ground. but there are also various warnings in place about violent winds, about incredible amounts of rainfall, especially on the southern island of q. u. this is where non model has made land full over the weekend. but we're going to see in the coming days that typhoon is gradually going to change course. and in fact, over the next few days we'll be working. it's way up pretty much the length of japan. there's going to be very little of japan that will escape from this typhoon .

so corresponding, rob mcbride, who's standing outside the venue. funeral. rob talk with 3. what's happening today? that's right at the start of a long day of commemoration here in tokyo, the highlight obviously will be this state funeral. it is very rarely given to a prime minister. in fact, you have to go back to 1967 to find the last occasion that it did occur. but this is the public part of the day. obviously during the stay funeral, we will see the big the trees gathered from around the world. but this is the japanese publics a chance to pay their respects. and if i can stand back and give you a look at where people are heading that going up the road towards the venue, whether you will take place to leave their floor or tribute that the lines around here are quite incredible. thousands of people have turned out nathan around different blocks, around this part of tokyo, all of them coming to pay their respects, deliver flowers, and they tend to be the majority of them. possibly all the japanese people, more conservative leading but you talk to the people here and they do

rob mcbride is in padua, south korea for rob. so vice president has been in the region since monday. she was in tokyo earlier. how significant is this whole tor yeah, this is an important leg of that tour and it comes at a, an important time of increasing tensions around the region as she just come from this state funeral of shins, o ave, in japan. i think that indicates the importance that the u. s. place is on the relationship with japan or in strengthening its military alliance or with japan in the face of the growing assertiveness or of, of china. we've heard from president joe biden repeating his pledge that they would come to the support of taiwan if it was ever attacked by china. so i think this is the americans want to hear that said that the south koreans, as the other major ally in this part of the world are also on board for south korea . it is slightly more complicated because it has much closer trade links with china . a bit also knows that china is, holds a great influence over north korea. so south koreans, even wh

rob mcbride, al jazeera, so thanks for watching out his ear. i am emily angry. we'll have continued covering coverage of the passing of queen elizabeth at the top of the hour to stay with us. we understand the differences and similarities have cultures across the world. so no matter how you take it out here, we're bringing the news and current affairs that matter to you. count as aaron. ah, australian environmentalists, a sounding the alarm. they say one of the country's most precious rain forests. the ta kind is under threat. like is like these are just becoming more and more role and time to have a 60 read through an intelligent spaces scenario should have been predicted take to go and we still have been fighting for as the government introduces tougher penalties. these protests visit prepared to break the law to stop aligning development. how do you feel about going to prison or something like that? not great. i'm pretty rochester, i bring it on for one. i one east meets the ordinary citizens making a stand to save australia's ancient forest or mm it's early

let's go to rob mcbride now, whose life 1st from to okay. so rob, take us through what's happening. that's right, being for me. ok. shita has been leading the tribute the speeches of condolence. it was his controversial decision to go ahead with the state funeral, but he was describing a live saying he should have lived far longer describing him as a compass for both japan and the world. he reminded the gathering and there were well over $4000.00 people attending this event, including many dignitaries and world leaders that they've actually entered parliament together as young unpaid and then hit the prospect of not seeing him ever again. he said was both regrettable and heartbreaking. he spoke about ave, as spearheading the generation. this was a man who, when he became prime minister, he was the youngest post war prime minister was also the 1st person to take up the prime minister's office to have been born after the 2nd world war. so he described his achievements both domestically and also internationally. ave is credited with gorging alliance, especially with at the united state

rob mcbride al jazeera, so the u. s. has pledged more military aid for ukraine, new or secretary of defense toilet lloyd austin, made the announcement while visiting the ramstein air base in germany, where he's been beating defense ministers. 4 months after our initial can't do a group meeting. the war is or another key moment. russian forces continue to cruelly bombard ukrainian cities and civilians with missiles and artillery far. but ukrainian forces are begun their counter offensive imbecile other countries. and they are integrating the capabilities that we all have provided to help themselves to fight and reclaim their sovereign territory. a prominent ally of the former u. s. president donald trump has been charged with money laundering. and conspiracy saved bannon was indicated. it was indicted rather on 6 counts and new york on thursday. the charges relate to trumps effort to build a wall along the us mexico border bananas, accused defrauding trump supporters of hundreds of thousands of dollars. the government in

rob mcbride, al jazeera go young, south korea. ah, they say is al jazeera, these, you top stories. russia has released 250 and ukranian prisoners, a want to deal negotiated by turkey and return keep released a pro russian oligarchy. 54 russian prisoners dial us val landominium. congratulations on your return. our guys are heroes. it's good to see everyone. it's nice. after all, the time we've been in the phone, we're proud of you what you've done for our nation proud of each and every one of you. and i'm very glad that the team got you out of russia. i'm glad you made the 1st step. you are safe in turkey on the 2nd step is of course to get you homes and gives you, when you are in a separate deal negotiated by saudi arabia. 10 foreigners who fought for ukraine have been freed by russia. i'm sent to re, as among them is agent as a british citizen sentenced to death by russian back separatists. the worn ukraine has dominated the un general assembly in york, speaking via video link at the u. n. g. on wednesday, the cranium president v

rob mcbride reports from tokyo just a warning that his report contains flash photography. the remains of shinto bay were carried into the venue by his widow lucky i, accompanied by the current prime minister to me, o casita, whose decision it was to go ahead with this controversial states funeral. more than 4000 guests, including many dignitaries in world leaders, they heard casita the tribute to his friend and mental prime minister ob rest. well, after all that you have done for our nation, and thank you, most sincerely, may you rest in eternal peace. ave served as prime minister twice coming to power a 2nd time. as japan was recovering from the 2011 earthquake concern army. and that was really the spirit that prime minister did bring to japanese politics. opt in the focus, humor, disaster. yes, japan has got what he takes to be a global contender. he was credited with making japan more assertive internationally. but his critics accuse him of moving the country away from it, traditional parts of pacifism. and many people have been protesting against this event. they've be

rob mcbride, al jazeera go young, south korea. iraqi farmers are being forced to sell their land and move to the cities because for lack of water, high temperatures, and decrease rain for also effects in the countries famous marshes in the south. and i have some reports from south east and iraq. the hired this joan flies, the more desert it can see. iraq's famous and historic marshes once covered these lance, what lot anymore this is what is left of the ponds, citrus trees, and many other types of fruits that were grown on what was a 400 acre farm. because honestly, i wouldn't want to go to the bottom, it was gradually dying due to the shortage of water. first the citrus trees and then the palm trees have died. so many people have left the area i'm thinking of leaving, but the question is, where should i go? you can sell your land, but what comes after that? no one knows the future, only god does what used to be the middle east. largest food producing region can't feed itself anymore. over thousands of years, the country's 2 main rivers, the euphrates and the tigris transform that do

rob mcbride has more from pad you in south korea. the last major a leadership visit to the dmc, of course, was back in 2019 when that was president. donald trump famously between the blue huts marching up to the line, shaking hands with kim jong, run, stepping across into north korea. and those were during those heavy days when there was that all the talk was of a possible, a breathtaking breakthrough. north korea was going to give up its nuclear arsenal. and all the rest i think is an indication of just how far the relations have slipped backwards. that to, to day when a harris visits the dmc, she is likely to follow a much more standard protocol standard visit a probably meeting a with a different service personnel. peering across into the north, russia says it's launched a terrorism investigation over damage to snored, stream gas pipelines and the baltic sea. the eel and nato say the gas leaks were caused by sabotage. you commission president ursula wanda lay and has announced fresh sanctions on russia. they were in response to wh

rob mcbride reports from his son all along this section of coastline around booths, and it's the port city, the 2nd biggest city in south korea. you see, seems like this clean up operation, assessing the damage from the devastating film. this all happened. the hours of doctors monday into tuesday. now the actual typhoon made land fall west of here and the way that these typhoons work with that swirling winds around the center. it means that we being east of where they made land full at this part of the coastline . got all of these winds whipping in from the open ocean. 8 combined with a storm surge and also a high tide and then this is the resulting damage that you see all around here. i just explained to you where we are. this is a problem and terry. so it's very well exposed because it's exposed. have the lease quite elaborate the defenses in place? they said there are large restaurants here. coffee shop is where people come to. i get a picture of the view to the sea, look out to see and so on. and the people who've been running these restaurants and cafes, they knew this is going t

rob mcbride has more from sol as expected, the asian markets have all been following wall street downwards. the nick a in tokyo down more than 2 percent or so down to a quarter percent. the hang thing index in hong kong, down one and a half percent. the cost be index here in the south korea, probably more dramatic, have been some of the fluctuations in the currency markets with this increasing strength of the u. s. dollar with the inflation rate staying above stubbornly above 8 percent. there is all sorts of speculation that the federal reserve will once again, have to raise rates next week. the japanese bank no more is predicting a full one percent rate increase next week. all of this is boosting the value of the us dollar. it has been trading at very close to 1400 korean one. that's the weakest that the one has been against the us dollar for 13 years. probably more dramatic is the rise against the japanese. yeah, and it is coming very close to the us dollar is coming very close to the psychologically important $145.00 yen mark. it's not quite there yet, but you have to go back to 1998 to

rob mcbride as more from pads you in south korea. the last major leadership visit to the dmc, of course, was back in 2019 when that was president. donald trump famously between the blue huts marching up to the line, shaking hands with kim jong, run, stepping across into north korea. those were during those heavy days when there was that all the talk was of a possible, a breathtaking break through north korea was going to give up its nuclear arsenal. and all the rest i think is an indication of just how far the relations have slipped backwards. that are to day when a harris visits the dmc, she is likely to follow a much more standard, a protocol standard visit a probably meeting a with a different service personnel appearing across into the north. a russia says it's launched a terrorism investigation of damage to its nor stream gas pipelines in the baltic sea. the e u. a nato say the gas leaks were caused by sabotage. you commission president, nurse lavonne. de leon has announced french fresh sanctions on russia. there in response to

the nation's alliance, as well as improving ties between japan and so, covering developments is rob mcbride, who's standing by for us in pod you in south korea. hello there, rob. what does harris's visit mean for the security lines between washington and sol? yeah, it does come at a significant time of increasing tensions in this part of the world where a few kilometers back from the d. m. z. carmella harris has been visiting pam and john. it's there where the location of the famous blue huts of the piece village there where the armistice was signed. that ended the korean war. back in 1953. that's just a few kilometers further along the border as she has also been to an outpost looking into north career itself, she had made a statement talking about those shared relationship and the alliance between south korea and united states or an alliance ford. she said in the sacrifice a shared sacrifice and fighting of that war, which was in the name of freedom earlier, she also met with units of girl, the south korean president. and this comes, of course, after the visit, it's for the state funeral

all right, thanks so much, rob mcbride there. the british government is poised to announce a huge package of economic measures, meant to stimulate growth and either deepening cost of living crisis. it'll involve huge tax cuts and billions of dollars of spending, but everyone's convinced it'll work. the more need fall could travel to graves and a town that's hoping to reverse years of economic stagflation were only 30 kilometers down river from london's financial district. but little of the capital's wealth flows here to graves end. this historic maritime town bears the scars of the recent pandemic. and now a cost of living crisis fueled in part by the war. new crane fe crystal runs a cafe in a market where business after business has shut it up, shop. i've not wanted to get my prices up. i haven't good prices up since the open 2 years ago. but with a fuel costs and now supply issues and but without your own home be can. flour has nearly doubled in price. she garage went out, everything is increased. the british government says it

rob mcbride is aboard the aircraft carrier where on the flight deck of the ronald reagan here, it's a limits class aircraft carrier. we just had a press briefing from the naval commanders of this strike group. they will be conducting joint drills with their south korean counterparts in the coming days. and it is with a view stated mission of showing the resolve of these allies in the face of renewed north korean threats. the last time this aircraft carried away with here was 5 years ago that again was at a time of heightened tension. it followed a number of missile launches and also a nuclear test by north korea. so this is a way of showing the strength of the alliance in the face of watts. and what the us in south korea say, all these increased threats from a north korea, from north korea's point of view. they are always enraged by these exercises. they have been scaled back during the last few years to allow all this summit diplomacy to take place to try to get the north korea to give up that nuclear arms. clearly, they haven't done that on the north koreans. probably the view exerc

rob mcbride has more now from sol. it's the case that was shocked to new zealand, but as also be making headlines in south korea since it was revealed that the suspect in this case, i'd like to be flayed here. back in 2018. she is described as a 42 year old, new zealand national, but of korean descent. the bodies of her 2 children who were age 7 and 10 at the time of their death, have been left inside. suitcases were to be bought as part of an online auction by an unsuspecting family in new zealand. at the start of august, who then made the grim discovery, a global interpol warranty was issued on. the woman was arrested in the southern city of austin. she has not been identified and when challenged by report has claimed her innocence. she has now been transferred to soul or expedition proceeding towards her return to new zealand. or out is there a dot com has more on all of our top stories. also analysis that takes you behind the headlines and blogs from mouth correspondence on the ground. ah.

rob mcbride, al jazeera, loosen. ah, this is al jazeera, these, your top stories, less trust has replaced bars johnston as a prime minister of the united kingdom. she travelled to balmoral castle in scotland to meet queen elizabeth, who asked her to form a new government under. simmons has moved from london. there will for sure be an address acceptance address of the prime minister's position in which she will spell out what she intends to do. it's often the time when, when really selective words are used. historic terms the remembered of the time in an oral. but this will be a serious speech about issues such as the economy because there is a major crisis in the u. k. primarily about energy bills. she will, may be touching on her plan to try and relieve of the massive stress on farmers throughout the u. k. u and nuclear watchdog has issued its reports after visiting ukraine's operational power plant, saying it's gravely concerned about the situation that a i. e, a says the safety and security zone must be establishe

rob mcbride, al jazeera tokyo, at least 25 people have drowned after their boat capsized in a river in bangladesh. the boat was carrying more than a 100 people up. they called a toy river to a hindu temple. in the north, dozens still missing columbia and venezuela are set to reopen their borders. resume in congo transports and passenger flights. after a year, long closure, hoping to normalize relations after the election of a new president in columbia. but it won't be an easy task offender. i'm here to explain why, from boca taught them as well as main consulate in columbia, capital book with lies and ruins. an accidental fire in april. burn much of it. its walls covered and got 50 and overgrown weeds. it's a tangible symbol of a relationship gone sour since 2019. i'll dictate when columbia, the former president, steven lucas refused to recognise nicholas my doodle as the president of venezuela after elections. lucas had were fraudulent. but all data changed with the election of columbia. the 1st let its president pay through promise to restore relations. last month, my daughter enthus

but as rob mcbride reports from saw, it comes a shoppers face a steep rise, and the price of household items to south by tradition is a time for families to be coming together in big gatherings for people to be traveling to their home towns. all the things, in fact, they largely haven't been doing during the pandemic, which makes this holiday as we emerge from that. all the more important people want to be out shopping for the gift they normally give, such as the elaborate food baskets of preparing the special dishes they normally serve up. but here as everywhere else, they've been hit by inflation o m. i bites of fruit and juicing products as gifts, but they're more expensive this year. prices of farm produce in particular have shot up in part because of damaging rains and storms that south korea has been experiencing with vegetable prices up more than a quarter compared with last year. i did today, you're out looking for the humble cabbage. the essential ingredient for kim cheese, you could find yourself paying 3 times as much as lost yourself. oh, we've raised our price is like ever

and rob mcbride has the latest from pod you in south korean. north korea seems to continue with its plans for nuclear development. we are all expecting and intelligence officials here in south korea confidently predicting that the north has finished preparations for a nother nuclear test. now that would be its 1st nuclear test since 2017. so there are very much echoes of previous tensions wednesday evening. we had 2 more short range, ballistic missiles being launched by the north. there was another one on sunday. there have been a series of regular tests of all different types of missiles since the start of this year. and north korean leader, of course, kim jogan. ria affirmed recently that he's now enshrined in law that his country north korea is he says, a nuclear armed power, so they seem very much committed to holding onto their nuclear austell. it's interesting that the last very senior us leadership visit to the dmc was back in 29 team. that was president donald trump at the time when he famously shook hands with kim jong on between the b

and south korea held their biggest joint military exercises in years earlier this month for rob mcbride is in pad, you south korea, where he is following the vice president comes at a, an important time of increasing tensions around the region. as you just come from this state funeralish, since i've a in japan, i think that indicates the importance that the us places on the relationship with japan in strengthening its military alliance with japan. in the face of the growing assertiveness of china, we've heard from president joe biden repeating his pledge that they would come to the support of taiwan if it was ever attacked by china. so i think this is the americans want to hear that said that the south koreans, as the other major ally and that's part of the world are also on board. the south korea. it is slightly more complicated because it has much closer trade links with china. it also knows that china is, holds a great influence over north korea. so south koreans, even where the conservative administration now empowered, they don't want to anger beijing. but it has to be said that th

rob mcbride al jazeera, so the gambia government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of children from kidney failure and recent months. a link to a paracetamol syrup and.

rob mcbride reports from after days of building off shore and lashing far flung islands in the east, china see the typhoon finally made landfall on south korea coast. the biggest storm so far this year, it comes barely a month after record breaking rains lashed the capital sole, and it coincides with preparations for a national holiday. you won't approve up to angel as president. my heart is heavy. as this typhoon comes ahead of the true so holiday natural disasters like this generally hit the weakest, the hardest part of the day. again, thousands of people in vulnerable areas had to be moved to safety. when it made landfall to the west of booth, the circling winds around the typhoon center meant that the whole stretch of coastline bull, the full brunt of wind whipping in from the open ocean. as he unroll, funded in land. the excessive rain combined with high tides and a storm surge have caused widespread flooding. soldiers have been helping and effected areas. in this one video clip, they use an arm of the vehicle to rescue a stranded woman. and after the deluge the clean up and the

rob mcbride al jazeera, so the camber's government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of children from kidney failure and recent months, a link to a paracetamol syrup al jazeera nicholas hark reports. pictures of 2 and a half year old mohammed before his parents took him to the hospital, he had killed sweat and a temperature that wouldn't drop. the doctor's administered a paracetamol syrup and discharged the young boy for the future wouldn't go away. it got worse. so again, they gave him the syrup 6 days later, young mohammed died from kidney failure. it was then for her to accept as we don't have any choice you did your best and go to the hospital at the end of the dallas. no treatment that we can see what he was there, we are teaching him on malia before knowing that it was there. and i tell you, so it was very disturbing. unscathed to get his health ministry says at least 40 children have died from kidney failure since june. health authorities fear the paracetamol syrup meant to stop the children's fever may have killed them. they haven't ruled out the possibility of an e call

rob mcbride is in tokyo with more than the funeral. thousands of people have turned out to give their floral tribute. a long line snaking around the blocks close to the venue of the stake. funeral at people laying their flowers as one woman pointedly came up and said to us, we all the silent majority. i think there is a people that there is a very large following force base, a type of politics, mainly from an older generation, possibly more conservative leaning, but you talk to people in that line coming to pay their respects. and they do talk about sions ave making japan feel good about itself once more, nasa has achieved something. humanity is never done before. the space agency deliberately crush the space into an asteroids, millions of kilometers away. well, the point of all of this, to test whether human beings can stop objects from hitting us by slightly changing the trajectory through crashing satellites. and at least 17 people, including 11 children, have been killed and several injured officer, a government open fires school in russia. the shooting happened in the central cit

rob mcbride reports from tokyo just a warning that robs report, contains flash photography. the remains of shinto bay were carried into the venue by his widow, accompanied by the current prime minister to me, o casita, whose decision it was to go ahead with this controversial state funeral. more than 4000 guests, including many dignitaries in world leaders, they heard casita the tributes to his friend and mental prime minister orbit rest. well, after all that you have done for our nation, and thank you, most sincerely, may you rest. etomo p. o ave served as prime minister twice coming to power a 2nd time as japan was recovering from the 2011 earthquake concern army. and that was really the spirit that prime minister did bring to japanese politics op to the focus shima disaster. yes, japan has got what he takes to be a global contender. he was credited with making japan more assertive internationally, but his critics accuse him of moving the country away from it. traditional parts of pacifism. and many people have been protesting against this event. they've been, ang, goodbye

rob mcbride al jazeera, so prince charles has become king charles the 3rd, and with the dawn of a new reign, britain's national anthem, as all so altered, 1st time in over 70 years, the nation heard the rendition of god, save the king publicly into a song at saint paul's cathedral, where a moving service for queen elizabeth ended with the anton on saturday. king charles will be officially proclaimed the king. thank you for joining us. ah . ah. ah. ah. sake that mm hm. and then international anti corpse excellence award boat. now for your hero, it's time for a memorable holiday with pegasus. it's time for turkey. set sail for new discoveries. enjoy. have new experiences. hit the shops, make wonderful memories. travel to turkey with pegasus, and with direct lights to is stand, bowl and drago. book your ticket now for a memorable holiday, c y p g s. for our best prices. environmental a se one of astray is most ancient forest on the red from mine will toughen you penalties against protesters. one o one ace makes those prepared to break the law on al jazeera ah ah, ah.

the pandemic that families been able to get together largely without any restrictions that says rob mcbride, now reports from. so it comes as sharp as are facing a steep rise, and prices to soft by tradition is a time for families to be coming together in big gathering for people to be traveling to their home towns. all the things, in fact, they largely haven't been doing during the pandemic, which makes this holiday as we emerge from that. all the more important people want to be out shopping for the gift they normally give, such as the elaborate food baskets or preparing the special dishes they normally serve up. but here as everywhere else, they've been hit by inflation o m. i bites of fruit and juicing products as gifts, but they're more expensive this year. prices of farm produce in particular, have shot up in part because of damaging rain and storm. but south korea has been experiencing with vegetable prices up more than a quarter compared with last year. i did today, you're out looking for the humble cabbage, the essential ingredient for kim t. you could find yourself paying 3 times

rob mcbride has a latest from pa to in south korea. north korea seems to continue with its plans for nuclear development. we are all expecting and intelligence officials here in south korea confidently predicting that the north has finished preparations for a nother nuclear test. now that would be its 1st nuclear test since 2017. so there are very much echoes of previous tensions wednesday evening. we had 2 more short range, ballistic missiles being launched by the north. there was another one on sunday. there have been a series of regular tests of all different types of missiles since the start of this year. and north korean leader, of course, kim john re affirmed recently that he's now enshrined in law that his country north korea is he says, a nuclear armed power, so they seem very much committed to holding onto their nuclear austell. it's interesting that the last very senior us leadership visit to the dmc was back in 29 team. that was president donald trump at the time when he famously shook hands with kim jong on between the blue

rob mcbride reports on this now from so it's the case that is shocked to new zealand. but there's also be making headlines in south korea since it was revealed that the suspect in this case had likely fled here back in 2018. she is described as a 42 year old, new zealand national, but of korean descent. the bodies of her 2 children who were age 7 and 10 at the time of their death, had been left inside suit cases, which had been bought as part of an online auction by an unsuspecting family in new zealand at the start of august, who then made the grim discovery, a global interpol warranty was issued on. the woman was arrested in the southern city of austin. she has not been identified and when challenged by reporters has claimed her innocence. she has now been transferred to soul for extradition proceedings towards her return to new zealand. and all farming technique is gaining popularity in zimbabwe. urban areas as the country faces more food shortages. clay pot irrigation can save large amounts of water without depriving crops of our water . i'm latasha reports now fro

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cost of the funeral and his links to a controversial church organization, the spiking criticism, rob mcbride reports, japan prepared to say good bye to its longest serving prime minister sions so ave, with a lavish send off that's the source of growing controversy. instead of morning, many have been protesting with much of their and good directed at the current prime minister who me ok shita page. and then she clearly showed the stands of continued albert policies, and he's forcing it on the nation coming from a political dynasty. it seemed natural at 1st that such a distinguished life should be celebrated with a state funeral. but the problems began soon after his assassination. at a political rally in july, when it emerged the suspect bore a grudge against ave, for his linked to the unification church. which the man blamed for making his mother bankrupt, widely known as the moonies and associated with organizing mass weddings. the unification church has long been regarded by some dangerous cult that pressures its followers into making exorbitant donations. it was founded in south korea in

rob mcbride, al jazeera go young, south korea. indigenous groups in australia have held rallies in several cities calling for the british monarchy rule over the country to be abolished. they want the return of land and recognition of the atrocities committed against indigenous australians during british rule organizes say they are taking a stand against crimes committed against the 1st nations people. sarah clark has moved from camber. we had the national memorial service behind me in parliament house. that was this morning that started with a minute sonnets. it was led by the strolling prime minister, antony albanese. it was attended by a politician's dignitaries, diplomats and some invited guests. now that was official proceedings to note that the national day of mourning is a public holiday here as well on thursday in australia, but outside at around the capital cities av estrada. we have these are abolish the mckee, i gatherings. and these are being led by indigenous australians and calling for the past atrocities to be acknowledged. the demonstration is against a racist colonial imper

algebra 0 is rob mcbride reports in the coming days. the u. s. strike group led by this nimitz class carrier will be conducting joint drills with south korean counterparts with the stated goal of showing their resolve in the face of renewed threats from north korea. the last time this kerio was here was 5 years ago. again, at a time of heightened tensions which followed a series of missile launches and even a nuclear test by north korea. in the years, in between these exercises have very much been scaled back as a way of trying to allow this phase of summit diplomacy to work, to get the north koreans to give up their nuclear weapons. that hasn't happened and with p o young. now, announcing that they'd have arrived as a nuclear power and it's up to the world to deal with that fact that does seem to be a mark shift in the position of the us and its allies, republican korea. so one of the most successful alliances in the world, we have a history of shared blood. we share common values and have a clear vision for a free and open in these exercises

well, robert mcbride is monitoring the situation from sol. so rob, what more can you tell us? yeah, much of the southern parts of japan in particular are under some type of alert or warning. as none the adult has funded a shore over the weekend. it is now making its way and north woods up along the jap, japanese island chain. in particular. well, before it even arrived in queue, she made landfill over the weekend, people were being warned and vulnerable areas, in homes that were more exposed, that they had to seek shelter in the stronger places of refuge. and that order was given to literally millions of people in q u, in particular, this is the island in the south of japan, which a bull the bronze of the, of this typhoon coming ashore in the coming days, the typhoon is going to change direction is going to be working northwards, basically up along the whole length of japan. so very little parts of japan will escape the effects of this typhoon. as it moves a will be dropping less rain, the winds will mitigate some water. it'll also be picking up speed. it will be moving quicke

as improving ties between japan and so covering this for us is road mcbride, who's standing by for us in pod you in south korea. rob, what does this vision mean for the security alliance between washington and salt in our just as we, as we see a military cooperation picking up, we're also seeing a return to an awful lot of the rhetoric and the, the, the, the comparative language from north korea and also a lot of it's testing and in fact, and we are expecting, according to south korean intelligence officials, that the north has completed preparations for another nuclear test. now they haven't done a nuclear test since 2017 as well. so you do get this sense of a things slipping back in time. just wednesday evening, we had the launch of 2 more short range, ballistic missiles. there was another on sunday there has been a continuous miss al testing, really since the start of this year, it was only a few weeks ago that the north korean leader kim jong, earn a center announced that north korea had arrived as a nuclear armed power to now enshrined in law and its worth bearing in mind that the last major u. s. leadership v

rob reynolds alger 0. and he's in south korea, have arrested, a woman accused of measuring her 2 young children in new zealand and bodies were found. and the suitcase in oakland last month of mcbride has moved from so it's the case that is shocked to new zealand. but as also be making headlines in south korea since it was revealed that the suspect in this case had likely fled here back in 2018. she is described as a 42 year old, new zealand national, but of korean descent. the bodies of her 2 children who were age 7 and 10 at the time of their death, had been left inside suit cases, which had been bought as part of an online auction by an unsuspecting family in new zealand at the start of august, who then made the grim discovery, a global interpol warranty was issued on. the woman was arrested in the southern city of austin. she has not been identified and when challenged by reporters has claimed her innocence. she has now been transferred to soul for extradition proceedings towards her return to new zealand. republican governors in the u. s. have escalated their campaign against the by the ministrations border and immigration policies. one and texas gather dozens of migrants on 2