a large part of that as leverage they security council itself. we have no india, no brazil, no party from outside this kind of frozen group. and this is, i think, an enormous problem for the security council and one that there's probably no structural way to overcome. the reason why is pretty simple. if you say to any of the current members, why did she set on down, france and britain come you guys had to combine in a single european union fee. and then there's a lot of hemming and hauling it in the meantime, germany pops up and says pet, we are actually one of the world's great economic superpowers. we have no military to speak of and we cannot do anything, but we pay for everything, so we actually deserve a seat. she say we know how the military either, which is an entirely true, we should have a seat because where an economic superpower. anybody that says they want some powerful country, which says no way. india makes an enormous amount of sense. pakistan and china. japan doesn't make a lot of sense, but in any case, china would say no. german

security council has strongly condemned north korea's most powerful nuclear test threatening more sanctions against pyongyang. iran may allow access to a military complex which is the suspect inside of nuclear experiments that's ahead of another round of talks with the u.n. atomic watchdog. and also reporting the black bloc rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical for the movement attracting support granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group. from a new center in moscow this is the online on screen twenty four hours a day. the un security council has issued a stern rebuke to north korea over its third nuclear test as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test in defiance of international regulations. saying it plans to beef up the sanctions already in place for the previous nuclear drills and he said now he has more for us now the most powerful atomic experiment yet. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this test by north korea urging the u.n. security council to respond immediately however at the same time warning that c

secretary-general ban ki moon said today that the nuclear test is a direct challenge to the security counciland it is absolutely essential that the council act and speak with one voice. we will have to see what happens in the process of consultations among members, especially between the u.s. and china, which hold the keys to the negotiations. >> thanks very much. miki ebara in new york. now, north korean leaders seem to be ignoring warnings -- authorities in pyongyang have threatened to carry out more tests. >> translator: we have to take second and third actions if the u.s. maintains its hostile attitude and complicates the situation. >> officials with the foreign ministry said the test was in their words only the first response. they said they exercised maximum restraint. they said north korea will retaliate if officials from other countries start inspecting north korean ships or impose a maritime blockade. some analysts say leaders in pyonang want to engage in direct talks with u.s. officials. they suggest the north koreans may be waiting to hear what u.s. president barack obama has to s

>> the security council have five permanent members, and these are the victors of world war ii and the other criticism of the council that i think is very well taken is that they no longer represent the population of the world and they don't represent the geographical institution or the power in the world so they include the united states, china, and includes russia but russia is neither an economic or military superpower accept in regards to its use nuclear arsenal. then we have france and britain, and here we have the median of powers that are not economic heavyweights in the world and yet still exert a great deal of force in the world affairs a great deal of influence on world affairs but a large part of that is actually a leveraged by the security council itself. we have no india, we have no prez sell -- brazil, no party outside of this kind of frozen grouper and this is i think again the enormous problem for the security council and no structural way to overcome. the reason why is pretty simple. why don't you step on down. there is a lot and in the meantime germany pops up and say

security council has strongly condemned north korea's most powerful nuclear test threatening more sanctions against pyongyang. iran may allow access to a military complex which is the suspect inside of nuclear experiments that's ahead of another round of talks with the u.n. atomic watchdog. and also reporting the black bloc rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical movement attracting support granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group. from a new center in moscow this is the online on the screen twenty four hours a day. the un security council has issued a stern rebuke to north korea over its third nuclear test as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test in defiance of international regulations. saying it plans to beef up the sanctions already in place for the previous nuclear drills and he said now he has more for us now the most powerful atomic experiment yet. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this test by north korea urging the u.n. security council to respond immediately however at the same time warning that cauti

security council resolutions. the un will begin urgent consultations with security partners, calling for a robust response. north carroll's quest for nuclear weapons goes back years. in 1993 it withdrew its support for the nuclear nonproliferation tree pollen. less than 10 years later, pyeongchang admitted that it had a highly enriched uranium program. in 2006, a one-pillich and explosion occurred. the second test was carried out its 2009. last year it successfully launched a satellite into orbit. many believe that was a ballistic missile test. this latest tests has alarmed the international community that the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting a few hours from now. james is following developments. >> the un security council has acted very swiftly, calling a special meeting to discuss the situation in north korea. i think there's no doubt that all the countries that sit around the security council table, all 15, will condemn what is happened. the big question is what action will they take? it's w

security and the like integrity of the country so we supported that in our discussions in the security council and basically everything that which is happening and now the african troops are moved into in support of the french is within the sort of within the context of the resolution of the security council i should say that we do have a little space about sometimes quite a clear morning as discussions in the security council this is not one of those situations this is a situation where people understand the dangers and also have a very frank exchange of views about what needs to be done in order to avoid putting the united nations in overly precarious or dangerous situation what effect did the arab spring have on the situation that's unfolding in mali right now one question of spring the dramatic events in libya. we're in the course of the crisis. of course a lot of weapons were brought into libya and there was a lot of there were lots of weapons as it is but still many more weapons were brought into libya during the recent hearings which then secretary of state clinton had in the house of r

here in our informal discussions in the security council clearly we one could feel that. their understanding of the situation has become much closer to our understanding of the complexity of. what is going on there so this is what i think makes it important to continue dialogue in that format but there is one disconcerting thing among other things there is a lot of talk about chemical weapons in syria which is which is a valid concern and we have also talked very seriously with the syrian government and they have given us all sorts of assurances that the as they put it if there are chemical weapons in syria they do not intend to use those weapons but to our liking there is too much talk about that in sort of in the threatening context that should something happen then you know all sorts of things will get done so sometimes it does give us an impression that somebody is looking for a pretext for military intervention to say nothing of the fact that this kind of narrative we fear might provide incentive for the opposition to do something extremely dangerous with chemical we

i should say that we do have a little space but sometimes quite as discussions on the security council this is not one of those situations this is a situation where people understand the dangers and also have a very frank exchange of views about what needs to be done in order to avoid putting the united nations in. overly precarious or dangerous situation what effects did the arab spring have on the situation that's unfolding in mali right now one question of spring was the dramatic events in libya. we're in the course of the crisis of course lots of weapons were brought into libya and there was a lot of there were lots of weapons as it is but still many more weapons were brought into libya during the recent hearings which then secretary of state clinton had in the house of representatives one of the congressman said that they had information that qatar with a wink and nod as he put it from the united states brought in twenty thousand tons of weapons into libya and you know twenty thousand tons you can arm is small terrorist army and so on of course this is exactly what has happened in

security council let's talk about what that means for the u.n. agenda with russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin miss a check in thanks ever so much for taking the time tonight to join us on r.t. i mean what then is that the forefront of russia's minds now they now have taken the presidency for a month for what's top of the list to tackle a long list isn't it. well there's a long list and it's looking like a very crowded month of march the highlight of our presidency is going to be a ministerial debate on afghanistan which will be chaired by the foreign minister sergey lavrov and we expect the participation of a number of ministers from both security council member and nonmember states because everybody will be invited to speak with members of the united nations those who choose to participate and the mandate of the u.n. mission of going to stand is going to be extended for another year and that of course is going to be very important for afghanistan with the upcoming presidential elections in april of two thousand and fourteen with the unclear

security council of unanimously condemned north korea's latest nuclear test there called it a. clear threat to international peace and security a press statement approved at an emergency meeting hours after pyongyang's latest underground test called the atomic blast a grave violation of three un resolutions banning north korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests now the council also pledged further action calling peelings latest defiant a clear threat to international peace the security council also strengthen sanctions in response to. a missile test back in december and they promised the council members promised to take significant action in the event of this new nuclear test now while there was a unanimous unanimous sentiment within the security council in the midst of this emergency meeting some members like china and russia said that the international community should tread carefully a russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that no country in the international community should not jump to quick conclusions or actions while i would like to stress that north korea's

security council unanimously condemned north korea's latest nuclear test there called it a defiant act and a clear threat to international peace and security her statement approved at an emergency meeting hours after being on yang's latest underground test called the atomic blast a grave violation of three un resolutions of banning north korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests now the council also pledged further action calling peelings latest defiant a clear threat to international peace the security council also strengthen sanctions in response to. a missile test back in december and they promised the council members promised to take significant action in the event of this new nuclear test now while there was a unanimous unanimous sentiment within the security council in the midst of this emergency meeting some members like china and russia said that the international community should tread carefully russian foreign minister sergey lavrov said that no country or the international community should not jump to quick conclusions or actions but i would like to stress that north ko

security council resolution to avert, i think, a real humanitarian disaster. >> in bosnia it took the alliance nearly two years to intervene in the wake of incredible atrocities and bloodshed. in libya, uh, it took a matter of weeks. in kosovo, the united states led 90% of the attack sorties in the kosovo air campaign. europeans and canadians led 10%. in libya, it was the inverse and our european and canadian allies led 90% of the combat operations in libya, the united states 10%. >> this was the most precise air campaign in the history of air warfare. uh, and, and it yet to provide the allies the ability to take the lead, to be out front, to provide 90% of the munitions that were dropped, uh, in, in libya so that the united states enabled this alliance to do their job that, uh, that was extraordinary in its successes. >> if you were to ask me whether the intervention into libya could have occurred after the experience of the iraq war, if you were ask me whether the council could get behind a new military intervention in libya i would have said, "you're crazy." what that tells you is

which are being done by some members of the six a counter productive because in addition to security council sanctions they piled up all sorts of unilateral sanctions which we believe are not necessary and needed as a matter of principle because once we agree to work together once we develop a certain system based on security council resolutions to add anything on top of that is sort of the wrong thing to do in our view this is creating some humanitarian problems in iran which should not be there it's creating some bad blood in the talks with iran which which is not really necessary if they and i mean the u.s. and israel together or separately were about to make the decision to strike iran is there anything that could stop them you know i hope common sense and good reason will stop them because this will be the worst thing to do well first of all the opportunities for for dialogue are there nobody nor member of the six including the united states maintains that the that the iranians have already made the political decision to develop a nuclear weapon they they accept they say that as far as

dissenters were present when the national security council first met on august 2nd 1990 to discuss iraq'ssion and the discussion proved anything but decisive. national security adviser brent scowcroft later turned the session appalling. my fellow contributor to the book, also a participant called it in his memoirs a sharp disappointment. i was scowcroft found appealing and appalling is that many bush's advisers prepared to accept iraq's conquest. secretary of defense, dick cheney urged bush to declare saudi arabia a vital american national security interests come up with by implication argue that kuwait was not. dick cheney is not typically described as a pacifist or does. he typically had no qualms about using american forces, but this is a moment where he simply did not see american interests at stake. in fact, bush's war council didn't even to mind too much the prospect whose desire to sell, low-grade oil prices back to happy days of 1970s. hussein's invasion may be good for american consumers. indeed the most significant where the president push boy scout knot in the first meeting hea

security council holds an emergency meeting north korea. and promises more decisive measures against what it calls u.s. hostility. to a military complex which is the suspected side experiments of another round of talks with the. rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical but the movement support. exclusive access to. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. news from around the world the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting after north korea carried out a nuclear test in defiance of international sanctions russia was among those to condemn the move. in the midst of saying that it's all in response to quote outrageous u.s. hostility the details now from. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this test by north korea urging the u.n. security council to respond immediately however at the same time warning that caution needs to be taken and escalation needs to be prevented we do this that i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the

security council holds an emergency meeting after north korea defies international sanctions with its third nuclear test then the promise is more decisive measures against what it calls u.s. hostility. iran may allow access to a military complex which is suspected site of nuclear experiments that's ahead of another round of talks with the u.n. atomic watchdog. also reporting the black bloc rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical with the last movement attracting support he has granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group. from a new center here in moscow this is with the online on the screen twenty four hours a day the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting after north korea carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of international sanctions russia is among those to condemn the move which pyongyang says was in response to outrageous u.s. hostility details now from parties in the. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this test by north korea urging the u.n. security council to respond immediately however at t

security council and follow their resolutions. or let's get some more reaction now from independent newsletter so james corbet joining us live here on the program a pleasure to see you want thanks for coming on so quickly we've certainly seen over the years a lot of a carrot sticking a certainly from washington the capitol hill towards pyongyang going back to the days of clinton george w. bush now into the obama administration and yet all these are all these attempts to try and entice north korea or dissuade him from using or even experimenting with nuclear weapons have never worked before can anything change now do you think. well i don't see how adding any more curates to dent mixture is going to do anything especially as you see. it seems that north korea has really frittered away all of the carrots that have been used against it and it just shows that really trying to barter with them in that way seems to be completely useless and of course the last time was the four hundred million dollars aid package that they got after thei

security council and follow their resolutions. or let's get some more reaction now from independent news or so james corbett joining us live here on the program a pleasure to see you want thanks for coming on so quickly we've certainly seen over the years a lot of a carrot sticking certainly from washington the capitol hill towards pyongyang going back to the days of clinton george w. bush now into the obama administration and yet all these are all these attempts to try and entice north korea or dissuade him from using or even experimenting with nuclear weapons have never worked before can anything change now do you think. well i don't see how adding any more curates didn't mixture is going to do anything especially as you see. it seems that north korea has really frittered away all of the carrots that have been used against it and it just shows that really trying to barter with them in that way seems to be completely useless and of course the last time was the four hundred million dollars aid package that they got after their fir

pledged further action calling peelings latest defiant a clear threat to international peace the security council also strengthen sanctions in response to. a missile test back in december and they promised the council members promised to take significant action in the event of this new nuclear test now while there was a unanimous unanimous sentiment within the security council in the midst of this emergency meeting some members like china and russia said that the international community should tread carefully russian foreign minister sergey sergey lavrov said that no country or the international community should not jump to quick conclusions or actions while i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the will not be used as a pretext to build up a military presence around the korean peninsula we believe that flexing military muscles in the region is extremely dangerous now u.s. president barack obama also warned that both tuesday's tests and earlier satellite launches are provocations according to the u.s. president and he threatened further swift and cr

pledged further action calling peelings latest defiant a clear threat to international peace the security council also strengthen sanctions in response to this missile test back in december and they promised the council members promised to take significant action in the event of this new nuclear test now while there was a unanimous unanimous sentiment within the security council in the midst of this emergency meeting some members like china and russia said that the international community should tread carefully a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that no country in the international community should not jump to quick conclusions or actions while i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the will not be used as a pretext to build up a military presence around the korean peninsula we believe that flexing military muscles in the region is extremely dangerous now u.s. president barack obama also warned that both tuesday's tests and earlier satellite launches are provocations according to the u.s. president and he threatened further swift and credi

security council holds an emergency meeting after north korea defies international sanctions with its third nuclear test and promises more decisive measures against what it calls u.s. hostility. iran may allow access to a military complex which is the suspected site of nuclear experiments that's ahead of another round of talks with the u.n. atomic watchdog. the black bloc rising egypt's opposition becomes increasingly radical but the movement attracting support we were granted exclusive access to members of the elusive group. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow. with your news from around the world the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting after north korea carried out a third nuclear test in defiance of international sanctions russia was among those to condemn the move which. excuse me is in the midst of saying that it's all in response to quote outrageous u.s. hostility the details now from our teams and he said no way. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this test by north korea urging the u.n. security council

national security council he compacts be forgiven for that possibly he was referring to other security commitments but during his visit to downing street this is what part of what he took part in he was invited to this national security council meeting it was chaired by prime minister david cameron and it's thought that what was on the agenda and talks about there were issues such as syria. iran and north africa now it's not unheard of the foreign nationals to attend u.k. national security council meetings oh they certainly it's not common practice now perhaps that's a sign of as jay biden made mention to the special relationship that britain and the u.s. enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is that a satisfactory relationship that everyone want to talk more about that i'm joined by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us sixty seven april relationship let's go into that is it need to be beneficial day for everyone i'm not sur

said nuclear test defying a ban from the the world body will hold an emergency meeting of the security council later today. also this hour with the pope throwing in the papal towel experts question the legacy of the outgoing benedict the sixteenth i would sex abuse scandals plaguing the catholic church worldwide. security forces were probably yet another topic on the presidential palace in cairo with tear gas and water cannons as a self styled on of his group's imagines as a key player in the regime street. does iran holds a new round of talks with atomic inspectors will call for a lack of basic medicine due to sanctions has many lives in the country humming by its read. this is coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. breaking news story north korea has confirmed carrying out its third underground nuclear test it says it was aimed against what it called outrageous you us hostility the communist state is already under a set of international sanctions and had been banned from any atomic activities by the yuan the country had previously carried out two nuclear tests and i

nuclear test defying a ban from the yuan the world body will hold an emergency meeting of the security council later today. also this hour with the throwing in the papal towel experts question the legacy of the outgoing benedict the sixteenth made sex abuse scandals plaguing the catholic church worldwide. security forces were probably yet another topic on the presidential palace in cairo with tear gas and water cannons as a self styled on a case group's imagines as a key player in anti regime street protests. as iran holds a new round of talks with atomic inspectors will call for a lack of basic medicine due to sanctions has many lives in the country running by its read. this is coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. the first style breaking news story north korea has confirmed carrying out its underground nuclear test it says it was aimed against what it called outrages you as hostility the communist state is already under a set of international sanctions and had been banned from any atomic activities by the yuan the country had previously carried out nuclear tests a

security council diplomat says north korea has carried out a nuclear test and this comes after south korea confirmed reports about four point nine magnitude manmade tremor coming from the communist neighbor had been threatening to carry out a nuclear test for the last few weeks despite being barred from any such activities by the you are so north korea is already under set of international sanctions the tree had previously carried out to a nuclear test and is believed to possess a small stockpile of nuclear weapons an emergency meeting of the two our security council is being convened later today and of course we'll bring you more on this story later. recent studies in britain such as the country's most rapidly growing demographic is muslim a trend stirring trouble with a native brits has say their government's too scared to phrase the problems caused by the immigration boom boyko went to investigate. it's what britain is known for a vibrant multicultural society and it looks like u.k. babies are testimony to it in east london seventy seven percent of new mums were born in britain ni

security council set to hold an emergency meeting hours from now. standing by to join us here and tell us exactly what's going with this in the north korean nuclear test an isa good to see you again russia was those members of the international community criticizing the nuclear test by pyongyang how do you think. forward and approach this reclusive state. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this task by north korea urging the u.n. security council to respond immediately however at the same time warning that caution needs to be taken and escalation needs to be prevented but we still i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the move will not be used as a pretext to build up a military presence around the korean peninsula lost we believe that flexing military muscles in the region is extremely dangerous. this is as north korea is threatening further measures the reclusive state is saying this is only the beginning the first in several responses of several responses i should say

security council set to hold an emergency meeting hours from now. standing by to join us here and tell us exactly what's going with this in the north korean nuclear test an isa good to see you again russia was certainly among those members of the international community criticizing the nuclear test by pyongyang how do you think . forward and approach this reclusive state. so far strong words from foreign minister sergei lavrov concerning this task by north korea urging the u.n. security council to respond immediately however at the same time warning that caution needs to be taken and escalation needs to be prevented we do this but i would like to stress that north korea's nuclear test deserves condemnations we hold the move will not be used as a pretext to build up a military presence around the korean peninsula lost we believe that flexing military muscles in the region is extremely dangerous. this as north korea is threatening further measures the reclusive status saying this is only the beginning the first in several responses of several response

security council, to put pressure on their ally, syria. they say they welcome any attempts from any side to end the conflict and end the violence happening. they have always said that they were concerned about crimes committed against humanity and they have always stressed that they will do everything that they can to support moves to end the conflict in syria. >> we will have more in a moment, but staying in brussels , they have agreed to renew an arms embargo against syria. britain wanted to allow the nation's two armed forces, but many say neither side should be armed with weapons from europe. sanctions are also amended to provide greater humanitarian and technical assistance and protection of civilians. let us turn now to nina to ask for more about the foreign minister's reasoning for renewing the arms embargo on syria. >> most eu countries are worried about the further militarization of the conflict. they say against the background reports coming in that anti- government forces have also committed war crimes but they are reluctant to

security council, to put pressure on their ally, syria. they say they welcome any attempts from any side to end the conflict and end the violence happening. they have always said that they were concerned about crimes committed against humanity and they have always stressed that they will do everything that they can to support moves to end the conflict in syria. >> we will have more in a moment, but staying in brussels , they have agreed to renew an arms embargo against syria. britain wanted to allow the nation's two armed forces, but many say neither side should be armed with weapons from europe. sanctions are also amended to provide greater humanitarian and technical assistance and protection of civilians. let us turn now to nina to ask for more about the foreign minister's reasoning for renewing the arms embargo on syria. >> most eu countries are worried about the further militarization of the conflict. they say against the background reports coming in that anti- government forces have also committed war crimes but they are reluctant to

me hello and welcome to the program and first of all breaking news story and unnamed you on security council diplomat says north korea has carried out a nuclear test this comes after south korean confirmed reports about four point nine magnitude tremor in the communist country which saw also was also not true as quake. had been threatening to carry out a nuclear test for the last few weeks and that's despite the country being banned from any such activities by the one. so north korea is already under a set of international sanctions the country had previously carried alice to nuclear test and is believed a small stockpile of nuclear weapons south korea has now called find a mattress amazing on the fly security council later on tuesday and that journalist eric margolis says pyongyang is simply lashing back at military pressure on its border. with korea always react very strongly to what it calls provocations with the u.s. either sends more forces there or particularly every year the u.s. and south korea hold joint military exercises which are clearly old war games and that attacking north kor

security council is hold an emergency meeting at 9:00 this morning. many say the timing of this is not a coincidence. just hours before the president's state of the tonight and just of the birthday of former .orth korean leader kim jong il brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> interesting. president obama is getting his state of the union address. go before a joint at 9:00.f congress the president is expected to lay his priorities for a including gun control, immigration reform, and clean energy. the white house says he will createtline a plan to jobs and grow the middle class. florida senator marco rubio will response.e republican kentucky senator rand paul will party.or the tea virginia democratic senator tim kaine and virginia gop forbes plantandy political aisle tonight. together during the state of the union address. as fellow virginians, they look toward to the opportunity carry on this bipartisan tradition. if you can stay with abc 7 and for complete coverage of the state of the union. in our 6:00 hour, a preview of the president's speech. >> former n

security council could impose -- sanctions the u.n. security council could impose next hour.to you. >> thank you. >>> chuck hagel is a former republican senator from nebraska. some of his fellow republicans on the committee have challenged his past statements on votes on israel, iran, iraq and nuclear weapons. republicans forced a delay when they pressed him for more information about his personal finances for his nomination. >>> former secretary of state condoleezza rice will add her voice to the national debate on immation. she's accepted an invitation to co-chair a commission investigating mesh's immigration system and -- america's immigration system and come up with ideas to reform it. she said this is at the heart of what the u.s. stands for. the group which includes high- level leaders from both parties will present its ideas to congress in several months. >>> friends and family members of chris kyle, who was shot and killed at a shooting range, are making the final trip to his resting place. they just left from texas and are headed to the texas state cemetery in austin

the un security council is considering a plan for an international peacekeeping force of less than a month since france launched a military action to drive al qaeda rebels out of town in northern mali. our diplomatic editor reports. >> african soldiers on their way to northern mali. these troops are from chad, part of the african force that was supposed to run the peacekeeping operation. but the plans are now being changed. these troops could soon be wearing un blue berets. the intervention is now much more complicated. the security council and in particular france, which wants to start drawing down its troops in a matter of weeks, are supportive of the idea. clerk we have to have a transition from the french and others to a un peacekeeping operation. it will be easier because i guess most of the contingents of the peacekeeping operation will be the african contingents. >> the un has been making detailed plans, but officials are making it clear the primary role will be peacekeeping and not fighting. >> to keep the peace, there has to be some peace. so this will be evaluated to, inclu

. >> in new york, led the security council met for security talks. china has condemned the test. did the budget for the north, beijing is under pressure to back tougher action this time around. >> we must deliver a strong response by way of the security council resolution that further mpede the growth of dprk's weapons and nuclear missile programs. >> america still has thousands of troops stationed in south korea. the u.s. and allies may respond by putting their forces on higher alert and building new missile defenses. that will make for more attention and instability in asia. kim jong-un has his finger on the nuclear trigger. he may find himself more isolated and threatened, not more secure. he's already warning that any new sanctions may lead to new nuclear tests. the bbc news, seoul. >> more threatened. that is a worrying prospect. i am joined by the senior adviser for east asia policy at the u.s. defense department. thank you for coming in. what do we know about this latest test? >> the details are still coming in. we think it was more powerful and relatively successful than

i should say that we do have a little face about sometimes quite as discussions in the security council this is not one of those situations this is a situation where people understand the dangers and also have a very frank exchange of views about what needs to be done in order to avoid putting the united nations in overly precarious or dangerous situation what effect did the arab spring have on the situation that's unfolding in mali right now one question of the spring the dramatic events in libya.