back in seoul, it's the night before hyerin‘s big product test.the planning. she has gone into the city for a drink with friends, a rare chance to unwind. there was a little problem from our factory to preparing the whole structure for installation for tomorrow's testing, so i keep having remote conversations with our team at the factory. her team tell her that conditions have changed and that has put the carefully planned test in jeopardy. six months of preparation, and her future plans are on the line. whenever something happened wrong, it is always easy to blame someone. i was always the target. sometimes it is really hard to give them an answer right back because this is my first time to do all this stuff. in israel, it's a tense time formiriam. because of problems with a manufacturer, her games business is in limbo. right now, i'm in a situation where we're out of stock on amazon, we're completely sold out in the us and our manufacturer has disappeared. what that means is that they have disappeared completely off the face of the earth, e—mail

in seoul thank you. turning to some other news now brazil has announced that it will send troops to a border town that's all clashes between venezuelan migrants and a local population the incident over the weekend has highlighted the growing migration crisis of venice wayland's fleeing the economic and political turmoil in their country other south american nations are struggling to cope with the venezuelan exodus our next report starts out in ecuador where the sharp rise in migration numbers has pushed authorities to tighten border controls. it was hoped that drove creates to greater to sell her home and leave her children behind in venezuela. hope that she would soon be reunited with her husband in peru and send for her children. but huddled with hundreds of other venezuelans hope is starting to fade. and i have no hope whatsoever of continuing. i have two children i sold my house i have nothing anymore i can't go back to venezuela with empty hands i don't know what. the new travel restrictions cut get

earlier reuters correspondent josh smith in the south korean capital seoul told detail what was on the agenda of the meeting. both careers have been trying to move forward on a number of issues north korea's likely to tout what it says have been goodwill gestures on its behalf stopping its weapons testing program i am providing or returning the remains of u.s. troops who were killed during the korean war in return for some kind of easing of sanctions south korea meanwhile is likely to push north korea to make more concessions on its weapons program bringing back something that it can bring to those allies in washington who are very skeptical of north korea these days. that was josh smith reporting from seoul south korea a fire at a hospital in taiwan has killed at least nine people another thirty are injured an investigation has been lonesome to the cause of the blaze the fire broke out on the seven feel of the building which was used as a hospice for tell mentally ill patients. this was a ward for critically ill patients many who are bedridden they couldn't move when the blaze broke o

laura bicker reports from seoul.lmost impossible to detect and the criminals difficult to catch. south korea is battling with what has been described as a spy cam epidemic. hidden cameras in changing rooms and public bathrooms. the videos are then posted on line. translation: when i first saw the video of me i was so shocked. my mind went blank and i started crying. kim was secretly filmed in a restaurant by men she thought were her friends. they even took footage of her skirt under the table. she reported it to police, but that just left her feeling even more vulnerable. translation: i feel lonely, as if the men were looking at me like i was a piece of meat, a sexual object. i was frightened. i was afraid of being blamed, i was afraid of my family, friends and people around me would look at me as these men looked at me. thousands of south korean women feel that not enough has been done, they‘ re demanding better treatment for victims and tougher penalties for criminals, but catching them is part of the problem. poli

but that hasn't discouraged women from taking to the streets of seoul in a mass protest.n under the fear that there could be secret spy cameras at the toilets, in the company building, or underneath the desks. the threat is also there at public bathing areas, gyms, swimming pool changing rooms, accommodation and on the street. spy cam pornography is the spread of intimate photos and footage taken by hidden camera. in south korea, it is so pervasive that it regularly makes headlines. perpetrators have included schoolteachers, church pastors, government officials and police officers. in some cases, the victim's own boyfriends or relatives. just last month, amid growing pressure to act, president moonjae—in called for tougher measures on the culprits. but police teams tasked with uncovering the hidden cameras have a tough job ahead of them. translation: the problem is they can install and uninstall the cameras quicker than we can find them. the #met00 movement has led to an unprecedented surge in female led activism in south korea, with a monthly anti—spy cam demonstration i

workers from north and south korea have played each other in a football match in seoul.aders in april. and the game was good natured, as rhodri davies reports. a simple game of football. but it's been a while since these neighbours, from north and south korea, went for a kickabout. here in seoul, workers on the north, in red, played counterparts from the south, fulfilling on their three—day trip perhaps every amateur football player's dream, to play in a world cup stadium. the message all around it, "red unification" and the friendly game is part of an objective to improve korean civilian exchanges, born from the leaders' summit in april. while political tensions persist, here there was only sporting goodwill. translation: i hope there will be more events like this, even if they are not organised by the government but rather by civilian groups. i hope we will soon achieve independent unification so the south and north can be together. as you can see, i came here to cheer them on. tens of thousands of spectators gave similar messages, this sign reads, "we are one." after

for more now we're joined from seoul by reuters correspondent george smith josh we don't have an exact date i'm told for the summit but we know roughly what will be on the agenda. but they also didn't announce specifics of the agenda but the north koreans did say that they wanted to talk about removing obstacles to into creating reconciliation this is potentially likely to. be key issues including sanctions as well as in full declaration of peace not only between the two koreas but between north korea and the united states and actually china as well these are some things that have all sides been hung up with on the past and so while this summit is likely to have a lot of. the two koreas are likely to focus on some you know various cooperation issues and some things that might be more realistically attained now this summit trees become rather intense this will be the third meeting between the two sides north and south korea since april how significant are these get togethers do they signal a sustained fall do you think. it does certainly appear like both sides are trying to keep up the

tensions between north korea and the south ally washington so let's get the latest on the story from seoul and josh smith a standing by a correspondent for reuters hi josh good to see you out we don't have an exact date yet for the summit but what do we know about what will be on the agenda here. both koreas have been trying to move forward on a number of issues north korea's likely to tout what it says have been goodwill gestures on its behalf stopping its so weapons testing program and providing or returning the remains of u.s. troops who were killed during the korean war in return for some kind of easing of sanctions south korea meanwhile is likely to push north korea to make more concessions on its weapons program bring back something that they can bring to those allies in washington who are very skeptical of north korea the state just mentioned this going to the third meeting between the two sides since april how significant are these talks or how deep is the stall that we're seeing. both koreas do seem very committed to add at least maintaining this level of interaction which we have

bruce harrison reporting from seoul. veneeuela is bracing for a rollout of new money today after president nicclas mindoro cut zeros- maduro cut ffve oof the currency, part of a plan anoher arrow told us more from. herrero told us morere from caracas.s. anna: this is a new devaluation. this would beethe third d we hae had in the lasast 15 yeers. people are not talking about the impact of anothee measure proposed friday. lets her number venezuelans are right now under one dollar a month of a minimum wage. nicholas maduro is proposing it to be more or less $30. cryptocurrency. he based the minimum wage on its prices. the peso has little or o value to interrational cryptocurrency markets. so peoeople are wondering, hhw e this is a country that iswen pasically brokkn? it is worrying a lot of i have spoken to many business owners, and they keep telling me that starting from this monday, they are not going to open their doors untillthey really know what all that is about. at our top stories thii hour.ok dozens of north and sou

we go live to seoul. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. omarosa once tweeted donald trump almost always produces high drama. >>> we start with the president returning to the white house. following a week at the new jersey golf club that the white house called a working vacation. robert mueller's investigation perhaps top of mind in the west wing. sunday, rudy giuliani telling cnn if the president sits down for questioning by mueller, he will deny he directed james comey to end the investigation of former national security adviser michael flynn. >> the president said he never told comey he should go easy on flynn. comey says he did. if he goes in and testifies under oath, instead of this being a dispute, they can say it is perjury. if they elect to believe comey instead of trump. >> contrast that to what he told abc in july. >> how is he a good witness for the president if the president was asking him or directing him to let the michael flynn go. >> he didn't say that. he said can you give him a bre

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but that hasn't discouraged women from taking to the streets of seoul in a mass protest.he target of their anger, so protest. the target of their anger, so called spy cam videos. translation: i've always been under the fear that there could be secret spy the fear that there could be secret spy cameras at the toilets, in the company building, or underneath the desks. the threat is also there, at public bathing areas, james, swimming pool changing rooms, accommodation and on the street. spy cam pornography is the spread of intimate photos and footage taken by hidden camera. in south korea, it is so hidden camera. in south korea, it is so pervasive that it regularly makes headlines. perpetrators have included schoolteachers, church pastors, government officials and police officers. in some cases, the victim's on boyfriends or relatives. the me too movement has led to an unprecedented surge in female led activism in south korea, with a monthly anti—spy cam demonstration in seoul holding the title of the biggest ever women's protest in the country. perhaps in a sign of the tou

workers from north and south korea have played each other in a football match in seoul.ollows a meeting of their political leaders in april, and the game was good natured, as rhodri davies reports. a simple game of football. but it has been a while since these neighbours, from north and south korea, went for a kickabout. here in seoul, workers from the north, in red, played counterparts from the south, fulfilling on their three—day trip perhaps every amateur football player's dream — to play in a world cup stadium. the message all around it — "red unification", and the friendly game is part of an objective to improve korean civilian exchanges, born from the leaders' summit in april. and, while political tensions persist, here there was only sporting goodwill. translation: i hope there will be more events like this, even if they are not organised by the government, but rather by civilian groups. i hope we will soon achieve independent unification, so that the south and north can be together. as you can see, i came here to cheer them on. tens of thousands of spectators gav

paula hancocks live for us in seoul, south korea. thank you for the report. >>> cnn has obtained cellphone footage showing the final moments of a group of schoolboys in yemen before many of them were killed in an air strike by the u.s. backed saudi led coalition. it was filmed by one of the students. it shows the classmates jostling and yelling during roll call on the bus and playing chase with friends. >> this trip was reward for the religious school's graduating summer class. their teacher told cnn the boys had been sleepless with excitement for days, but less than an hour after the video ends osoma and many of his friends, children, they were killed. some of the scenes in this report, they're graphic, they're distressing but they reflect the reality of what's happening. take a look. >> reporter: they're taking roll call. they probably needn't bother. this is day we're told the students had been excitingly awaiting for weeks. the little boy filming swings the camera around to capture all his friends. they're due to graduate today a

my next guest joins me from seoul with his own perspective on today's meetings. a distinguished professor at yonsi university and advisor to president moon. he was in the room for the historic meeting with kim jong-un at the demilitarized zone back in april. he led to the ones we witnessed here in singapore. welcome to the program. >>> let me ask you off the bat, do you think the world might have to live with a nuclear-armed north korea under a rigorous and robust arms control regime? >> no, i don't think so. we can really -- we can still make north korea give up its nuclear weapons. and i think -- i still believe and hope in the negotiated settlement of north korea nuclear problem. >> dr. moon, you heard what jeffrey lewis said and you've seen the declaration for itself. you are enough of an expert to know that it was not very detailed and that almost none of those points were any different than what north korea said to south korea in the past and indeed what north korea said to previous u.s. presidents. so where does your faith come? what is your actual technic

are now to josh smith he is a correspondent in the south korean capital seoul so josh as we mentioned these reunions taking place how are they progressing. a number of south korean families have crossed over into north korea as you mentioned and some of the first time a dream of course that we've seen coming out of there have been very emotional reunions. you know family members who have been divided for years for the for the first time sometimes being at a loss for words people that we've spoken to in the past who have been involved in these have described the range of emotions from awkward encounters the people who they barely know to quite a bit of trauma as they have to leave those people behind me never to talk to them again and you can really just see it there in the amatory of that those initial images that we're having coming through these reunions we also have to mention on the diplomatic front they're part of the stop between the two koreas what is the state of affairs in this process. this was seen as a. way for the two koreas to show their good face and to work together it

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.orrential downpours are likely to become more extreme in the northern hemisphere. european scientists say temperature rises in the arctic have already affected the behaviour of weather and wind systems further south. the world health organization says cases of measles in europe have reached their highest level for eight years. more than 41,000 people were infected in the first six months of this year, nearly double the number for the whole of 2017. more than half the cases are among children who did not receive the mmr vaccine. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we hearfrom the british woman who fell from a cruise ship and survived ten hours at sea. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups.

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.he world's roman catholics that no effort must be spared to prevent sexual abuse against children, and to ensure it is never covered up. in an unprecedented letter, the pope condemned what he called the atrocities involving hundreds of priests in the american state of pennsylvania. he also expressed his shame that the church had abandoned those he described as the little ones. from pennsylvania, nick bryant reports. the pennsylvania child abuse scandal has shocked and appalled — a report alleging that 301 priests preyed on as many as 1,000 children over a 70—year period, and that church leaders hid the allegations away in a secret archive. who would have believed me — a priest?! last week, the attorney general‘s office in pennsylvania released a video with testimony of three victims. i was groomed, starting young. the day i met him, i was around 18 months old. the pennsylvania report is deeply disturbing. it includes allegations that a ring of priests manufactured child pornography, an

correspondent josh smith speaking to us from seoul josh thank you very much. now at some other stories making news around the world torrential rains and thunderstorms have battered the japanese capital tokyo the downpours on monday last subways and stores across the city briefly submerged thousands of households also reported power outages the storm lasted a few hours before the ferry. hundreds of people have been injured five seriously after particle britain promina collapse at a music festival in northern spain authorities say many people were on the boardwalk in the city of ego when it gave way to around midnight on sunday not only injuries is about to be less threatening. in yemen thousands of people have gathered for the funeral of dozens of people killed in an airstrike last week they died when a saudi led coalition air strike hit a bus as a truck through the northern town of thursday many children were among the dead. you know. vote counting is underway in mali's presidential runoff after a tense election that was marred by violence security sources say

correspondent josh smith speaking to us from seoul josh thank you very much. a fire at a hospital in taiwan has killed at least nine people another thirty are injured and investigation has been launched into the cause of the blaze the fire broke out on the seventh floor of the building which was used for hospice care. it was a ward for critically ill patients many were bedridden they couldn't move when the blaze broke out hospital staff tried to remove them but for some help came too late . hospital officials say the victims included not just patients but also nurses and caregivers. first responders raced against the clock to save those injured in the blaze nearly twenty remain in critical condition. the fire started early in the morning on the seventh floor of a public hospital in the taiwanese capital firefighters were able to contain and extinguish the blaze within an hour but its effects were still devastating. still sassoon fourteen victims were experiencing cardiac arrest five are unconscious and four are awake the other hospitals are now giving emergenc

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul. stay with us on bbc news. woman who fell from a cruise ship and survived 10 hours at sea. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: pope francis has condemned sex abuse atrocities and cover ups by the church, in an unprecedent

of course over now to josh smith he is a reuters correspondent in the south korean capital seoul welcome to you josh how exactly are these reunions playing out. so the koreans from both sides who will be involved in this have about three days meetings. with which to reacquaint themselves with their relatives during those three days however they will only have about eleven hours total of several rounds of meetings face to face with their relatives people who we spoke to who have participated in the past described obviously a wide range of emotion obviously a lot of excitement but also worry sometimes awkward encounters with people who they may have not seen since they were small children and then of course there's the additional trauma of walking away from those meetings not knowing if you will ever see them as people again and these are unions they're part of the fall between relations between the two koreas what is the state of affairs in this process as you mentioned this is something the two sides have agreed on as part of a broader effort to achieve enter korean reconciliation and re

joining me now is journalist jane quantify she is in the south korean capital seoul welcome jan how are these reunions progressing give us a sense of what happens at these meetings i know three years the last. these people will be able to see their family of this after seven years. and they will be able to see their family for eleven hours over. it's either. one just. so obviously very a brief meeting but an important one give us a sense of just how significant these reunions are for families from both koreas. well whenever there is any tensions between the two koreas this becomes a political tool that will be brushed off not. there's a fifty seven thousand people still waiting to meet their family and northward to meet. her or her current north korean government wants to eat. so. as there is. one years old people are. still not ready for spending on friday i met with the. simpsons for several years and he thinks it will be the last time sneak this is strange. so from what you're saying is time is running out for some of the people we also saw the leaders of north and south korea hug ea

can talk more about these reunions with journalists such a quantity is in the south korean capital seoul good evening i'd say no what can we glean from this round of across the border reunions how significant are they and do they signal an improvement in enter korean relations. well in the past ten seconds there was only four times and each family were able to meet and there are about five fifty seven thousand people still waiting to meet their family. south korean president who he's also has family members in the north feels pain as a family unit something that every koreans would say has to happen and hasn't happened much more often now to and i understand that you spoke to families who were lucky enough to be picked to or meet up with long lost relatives in north korea what did they share with you about that experience i met with him that he one year on the street you know he's was able to what he was waiting to meet his younger sister about how. her health was deteriorating so even when he was leaving to her north korea it was unsure whether he is younger sister or his and her and hi

joining me now is journalist jen quanah she's in the south korean capital seoul jen we saw some very emotional scenes of elderly north and south koreans meeting there was a sense of what happens after these reunions how they planned what happens that. for the past seven decades there was only four time that people were allowed to meet it was always ping pong when there are tensions between north and south korea with their none tuckerman more favorable with the north korean we've seen people were finally allowed to meet their family members after sixty years in the next two to three days the family will be allowed to meet but it will be only allowed left hours to control the environment to talk with each other however if you think they were apart for sixty years in a total different environment and you could see how much of a different person they became. so for years and years of hostile division some of they were now got together how significant how important are these reunions for the families of the two koreas. there are still five thousand fifty seven thousand people waiting to m

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but that hasn't discouraged women from taking to the streets of seoul in a mass protest.n under the fear that there could be secret spy the fear that there could be secret spy cameras at the toilets, in the company building, or underneath the desks. the threat is also there, at public bathing areas, james, swimming pool changing rooms, accommodation and on the street. spy cam pornography is the spread of intimate photos and footage taken by hidden camera. in south korea, it is so pervasive that it regularly makes headlines. perpetrators have included schoolteachers, church pastors, government officials

what happened there but the next day after the incident in seoul very the prime minister to resume immediately blamed russia for doing this five months passed since that time and we don't have any evidence and the british authorities are refusing to talk to us we cannot see. that's why the british are violating the international law the vienna convention and we're really disappointed with the policy of the united kingdom on that violation of the convention that you're alleging there the british government presumably think that their lives of the russian nationals would be put in danger if they had consular assistance know because you know we want to talk to them and understand whether the talking under the pressure or not and this is written in the vienna convention and the convention is signed by the united kingdom so they have two full few its international obligations ok it true that there's no. conclusive evidence the british ambassador to the u n karen pierce said your country has the means and the motive that seem to be critical and the foreign office say that when you when you when you

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.rt of attempts to curb hyperinflation. president nicolas maduro has announced a raft of measures to tackle runaway prices. but critics remain unconvinced that the measures will do anything to improve the lives of millions of people in the impoverished country. more than 600 jobs are likely to go at a company which handles deliveries for house of fraser after it collapsed earlier this month owing the firm more than £30 million. the department store chain was bought out of administration by the owner of sports direct, mike ashley — but he's already said he won't pay creditors for debts incurred before his takeover. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. how many creditors are we talking about? there are hundreds, including xpo logistics, a big global company and it has two distribution centres, in milton keynes and in wellingborough near northampton and they supply house of fraser and there has been a dispute over payment, and xpo logistics stopped processing orders and last we

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.oophole which allows criminals to bring antique guns into the uk. under current legislation, it is legal to buy and sell guns — as long as commercially made ammunition is no longer available. but criminals are making their own ammunition for these antique weapons, and then using them to kill. greg mckenzie has more. this is the west midlands police strongroom in birmingham. it's full of weapons. many are antiques and have been recovered from crime scenes. the uk has very strict gun laws, but because these antiques are so old, the rounds they fire are no longer produced, so the government has classified them as obsolete calibre. that means that, unless you have a criminal record, anyone can own them. but criminals have been getting hold of the guns and making their own ammunition for them. police say they've been used in six killings and dozens of shootings. they're easy to purchase, they don't fall under the licensing if they're possessed as an antique or a curio, and we know that offe

one of our own join other show i'm your host at meghan lee from seoul desires to cooking for peace we've got a mixed bag on the show today here's a look at what's coming up. famous footwear one of the stars clocks of the shop of greek sandal maker contest among the scene oh. boy in a disco world famous music for the.

ramy: that is an unwelcome problem for seoul.l not be lying to north korea until the so-called problems he claims with china are resolved. it has created a difficult situation for moon jae-in, the south korean president who is in the driver seat, to keep this alliance with the u.s. with the inter-korean summit coming in september, a lot of callingicials have been i didn't agree a new in violation of united nations -- have been calling liaison aorean violation of you and sanctions. what isdi schneider, president trump accusing china of now? jodi: he is saying china is making it difficult for the u.s. to move forward with this relationship with north korea and for the u.s. to get what it sees as the denuclearization, the start of that with north korea. he says china is interfering in north korea because of the trade dispute that china and the u.s. are now engaged in. of usingusing china money and other commodities, further helping korea in ways that are complicating the u.s.-north korea detente. ramy: we know china north korea are