robert bryant has more from hong kong. these hot lines are very important. they are in the lines of communication across the dmc between the north and the south. it prevents any accidental misunderstandings. it's very important that they are kick, kept open, given the fragility of relations and the amount of armaments along the d, m. z. now they tend to be caught and restored depending on how relations are at any given point in time. and of course, with the dipping relations that we saw in the last year or 2 with the ab, with the ending alpha negotiations over at north korea's nuclear arsenal. los st. all those talks became stalled for me. okay, so that has been officially confirmed as japan's new prime minister, the former foreign minister won the race to lead japan's ruling liberal democratic party. last week he replaces yoshi. he, the saga, who spent only a year in the job of his 13 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan . capital, the bombing targeted, the 2nd largest mosque in cub. all a memorial service was being held there for the moth