also on the show an escalation in the trade row between japan and south korea we'll tell you why seoul is fuming. and what can a 2000000 euro real estate investment in cyprus buy you other than some nice digs we'll tell you. this is your business report i'm stephen bears in berlin thanks for joining us u.s. president donald trump has signed an agreement with the e.u. to increase american beef exports into the bloc it's a rare bit of positive trade news from a president who hopes to extract even wider concessions from europeans later this year and it comes one day after the president announced new tariffs on china a move expected to hit american consumers hard and prolong the trade dispute that has been especially painful for american farmers. after german cars and french wine u.s. president donald trump's most recent beef with the european union was with well beef the u.s. had long found it hard to export its meat across the atlantic after long negotiations trump's announcement on friday sounded like a triumph for the farmers and ranchers listening in the white house. opening markets f

on the streets of seoul for us just how heated is this trade round getting. well that's quite scary at just a stone's throw away and attempt to appease an embassy there day protests and yes a mess of boycotts against japanese products koreans don't buy them anymore you need go for example the japanese brand crease and their profits decreased by 40 percent just recently korean airlines reduced the light switch up 10 and why is it so he did because of the historical conflict it creates are we both aware that japan's is a political retaliation because south korea recently ruled against just the nice companies to compensate the families of forced labor during the colonial times. as so pointed out this is going to hurt both sides is your pointing out as well there's south korea's already suffering though and to take a look at their exports they tumbled 8 months in a row to. get the economy overall is in a really bad shape the youth unemployment for example is on a 20 year high and the popularity of president clinton industry decreasing if a software income of comp

news coming to you live from south korea's protest as japan ups the ante in an ongoing dispute with seoul tokyo crosses south korea off the list of trusted trade partners korea his faction demanding to move as a reckless decision. uses a rally to push his aggressive china trade policies but the u.s. president stopped short of doubling down on the racist attacks the democrats. and the u.s. is set to formally abandon a key cold war arms control treaty by the end of the intermediate range nuclear forces agreement raises concerns about a new global busy arms race. and the candidates focusing here adding a touch of glamour to the hong kong pro-democracy protests denise photo is putting her own career at risk with her outspoken attacks on china. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program a trade dispute between japan and south korea has escalated japan has removed south korea from a white list of. favored export partners citing security concerns that could affect exports of goods such as military equipment the move has prompted protests outside the japanese embassy in seoul south korea's pre

laura bicker, bbc news, seoul.stating nuclear disaster at chernobyl, but families in the region are still suffering the effects of the radiation. this week a group of affected school children are coming to the derbyshire town of glossop for three weeks of health and wellness activies to help them enjoy the outdoors and learn new skills. fiona lamdin went to meet them. right, everyone! it's pizza snack time! everyone around the fire circle! wash your hands first! this is more thanjust an adventure in the woods. these children are here for a recuperative rest. all are in remission, recovering from cancer, likely to be as a result of chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident when, in 1986, a reactor at the nuclear power station in the ukraine exploded, sending a radioactive plume across europe. it happened 33 years ago, but these children still live in radioactive environments in belarus. when there was the accident at chernobyl, the wind was blowing northwards so a lot of contamination fell onto belarus. although

and seoul has not stuck to the terms of those treaties.c position of japan on history issues i don't think is the way forward. i think that we could look, perhaps, towards japanese construction companies that also engaged in forced labour of chinese workers, reached out and made individual compensation to them. i think that is probably going to be more of a way out of this than imposing further restrictions. and i think secretary of state pompeo is basically urging both sides to pause, ceasefire, and try to let diplomacy have some time to work. you know, both sides have edged towards the abyss, now is the time towards the abyss, now is the time to pull back. holdings you are watching you stay on the bbc. the british government says it is setting aside more than $2 billion as part of preparations for no deal brexit from the eu. also on the programme, the outsider who galloped to victory as the first person in the uk to compete in a horse race while wearing a hijab. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confi

it accused both washington and seoul of violating the agreements kim jong—un had and seoul of violatingmjong—un had arranged with both leaders. it also issued a stern warning, that a new path might be available to north korea if these provocations continue. where do we go from here? what are people saying about what happens next? that is the interesting question. pyongyang is obviously upping the ante, they are trying to put pressure on seoul and washington. donald trump has reiterated on many occasions that he is in no rush, he has brushed off his short range missile tests. jung woo—young is trying to do, or appears to be trying to get their attention. it may well be sanctions are beginning to bite, it may be that they are keen to reach some kind of deal. ——de pyongyang. that is the message coming from pyongyang, the question is whether oi’ pyongyang, the question is whether or not washington is listening. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. a florida man has been sentenced to 20 years injailfor mailing explosives to prominent democrats including hillary clint

demonstrators take to the rainy streets of seoul demanding compensation for labor is forced to work for japanese companies during the 2nd world war the issue has dampened relations between japan and south korea and lead to significant trade tensions the decades old debate has reignited last year when south korea's supreme court ordered japanese firms to compensate the workers and seize japanese assets tokyo responded by imposing curbs on tech exports lift it up and it is the victims of wartime forced labor have been fighting for compensation for the past 25 years we prepared state protest to fight alongside them until they get an apology and compensation from japan. to be. very tentative signs that tensions might be easing on the anniversary of japan's 2nd world war surrender south korean president moon j in code for a wide ranging dialogue surely don't go we hope japan will help us facilitate peace and prosperity in east asia while it contemplates a past that brought misfortune to its neighbors if japan chooses the path of dialogue and cooperation who would gladly join hands. your hand

korea warns that the trade spat with japan could cause major damage to south korea's economy we go to seoul for the latest. meanwhile japan is trying to work out differences with the united states to reach a partial trade agreement that would prevent tariffs on japanese cars. and well come to the robot restaurants china's biggest fast food chain now opened its 1st branch kitchen on service staff are being replaced by machines. come to d.w. business asia i want to get germs and dylan good to have you with us south korea central bank has warned that to japan's recent decision to cut exports of tech materials could cause major economic damage the export restrictions relate to 3 materials that major south korean companies like samhsa need to make a semiconductor chips and to displace tokyo's decision to limit supply comes amid an escalating dispute between the 2 countries about compensation for south koreans forced into labor i just pan during the 2nd world war. or more let's bring in our correspondent in south korea. fabienne this is a dispute that just seems to be escalating i mean with seoul

>>> this avenue runs north and south of the south korean capital of seoul. near the center of the city where agencies and cooperations are found. it's a district called noryangin. it carries ooanother name, the district of job seekers. job hunters line the street of avenue. many of the schools prepare students necessary for becoming civil servants such as government officials or police officers. at 7:00 a.m., more than 10,000 job seekers arrive at the district. in 2018, there are between 20 and 200 applicants per job opening for civil servants. south koreans are seeking steady income. it's become common to spend three to four years studying g after cocollege. >> the weak economy is creating tough job markett with the incoe gap fueling concerns about the future. amid the prolonged difficulties for job seekers, some young people are trying to skucceed o their own by launching their own businesses or going overseas. this episodes follows young south koreans taking their first steps into society as they struggle to find their paths. >> he graduated from universi

place that's worrying investors the one between 2 asian powerhouses japan and south korea people in seoul protested outside the japanese embassy as soon as the new saw fresh japanese export cups rich south korea and south korean president in described japan as a selfish nuisance and one of the consequences of. my own equivocally warned that the japanese government will be held entirely accountable for what we learn fold going forward japan attempts to harm our economy the korean government also has countermeasures with which to respond. to the. earlier and took your the japanese government said it would drop south korea from its white list of preferred economic partners that will make it more difficult for japanese companies to sell some key goods to the south korean ship industry or the announcement could hurt samsung and other big korean companies seoul says japanise retaliated against its court rulings that ordered japanese companies to compensate south korean plaintiffs for their water time labor during japan's colonization of the korean peninsula all these frictions warry analysts th

know one of the trade spots as the whole world war 8 is there one between japan and south korea seoul wants japanese companies to pay compensation to koreans forces in labor and world war $2.00 now in the anniversary of japan surrendered to the us south korean president in offered an olive branch to tokyo calling for a wide ranging dialogue. demonstrators take to the rainy streets of seoul demanding compensation for labor is forced to work for japanese companies during the 2nd world war the issue has dampened relations between japan and south korea and lead to significant trade tensions the decades old debate was reignited last year when south korea's supreme court ordered japanese firms to compensate the workers and seize japanese assets tokyo responded by imposing curbs on tech exports but it did that when. the victims of wartime forced labor have been fighting for compensation for the past 25 years we prepared today's protest to fight alongside them until they get an apology and compensation from japan. to be. there a tentative signs that tensions might be easing on the anniversary

that the disease could spread also coming up tonight poland honors those who were killed in the war seoul uprising 75 years ago the futile attempt to drive the nazis out of the country was the biggest act of resistance against german forces during the 2nd world ruled. by brant gough it's good to have you with us in the democratic republic of congo a 3rd person has died of ebola in goma that is near the rwandan border the latest victim is a one year old girl whose father the 2nd confirmed case in the city died yesterday about 2000000 people live in goma so there are fears that just a few cases of the deadly virus could easily become hundreds even thousands it has been a year since the original outbreak of e. . in the north of the d.r. c. and that is still claiming law it's. off to a 3rd death in the congolese border city of goma rwanda briefly closed through road a drastic attempt to limit the disease is spread but one that threatens the livelihoods of those who commute between the 2 countries i was late to the border was open again the un saying closure actually makes it harder to contain

laura bickerjoins us from seoul. this is the latest salvo leading to an escalated in intentions.disappointed in hopes countries can work together. it was the us that pushed for this military and intelligence sharing pact. the idea was that all three allies could share their knowledge about north korea's nuclear programme. with japan, they have surveillance planes, satellites here in south korea, a number of spires, they have north korean defectors who come here so defectors thought the united states could make a good team when it comes to intelligence sharing but the decision made by the presidential palace in the national security council here and so was the japan now poses grave concern when it comes to this intelligence sharing pact. it was felt that after japan removed south korea from its list of preferred trading partners, then the relationship is broken. this all kind of erupted last year after this dream court decision here in seoul found that workers who are forced to labour for tokyo after world war ii were due compensation. japan says all of this was normalised when a

world's largest supplier of computer chips and smartphone displays tokyo has also decided to strip seoul of preferential trade status citing national security grounds. south korea says the measures are in retaliation to court rulings that order japanese companies to compensate victims of forced labor during japan's occupation of korea let's bring in rob mcbride he's joining us from seoul to kind of break all of this down for us robyn it was a bilateral dispute at seoul and in this intelligence sharing part is going to have an impact on other countries including the u.s. and north korea what kind of impact do we expect. that's right the reason it has taken everyone by surprise here people were expecting right up until the last minute despite this deepening round south korea regret jingly would renew this pact or at the very least simply freeze it but very few people were predicting this kind of terminations we have heard south korea saying that all the blame falls on japan for what it calls a very grave change in security cooperation the japanese predictably perhaps have said this is very

this is an exhibition organized by the seoul authorities. it shows a model apartment in north korea. to illustrate what life looks like for the residents of pyongyang there with the in the team is a highway in this it is it was having actually lived there myself i've been asked to explain in further detail. both on a. ride on the way i began my career in the state security agency the cia of north korea. i worked in the financial department where i came to attention due to my expertise i was transferred to office 39. years and that was unusual. is that you know i want to listen. i was only 25 when i joined i was the youngest member of staff that said it was an issue because it was a bold and kills it for when it offers 39 manages and directs all the economic activities of thousands of firms and factories are to know will only pay so we'll hire him and the office was set up to earn money for the regime outside the country . i thought i was over there to kind of a little cause a half of north korea's gross domestic product comes from office 39

laura bicker, keeping us updated on that situation from seoul.the day's other news. in the last hour, the mayor of el paso has said president trump will visit the city on wednesday following the mass shooting there that killed 22 people. speaking on television earlier, president trump condemned white supremacy and called for perpatrators of shootings to face the death penalty. the shooter in el paso posted a manifesto online, consumed by racist hate. in one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. these sinister ideologies must be defeated. hate has no place in america. hey trade war the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul —— hatred warps. the bbc‘s gary 0'donoghue is in el paso. i asked him how likely it was that the president would now support attempts by democrats in congress to pass tougher background checks on gun ownership. i think it's unclear exactly how far he's prepared to press that with republicans in congress, or indeed how far they are prepared to with it in the senate. bear in mind, the reason th

rob mcbride is standing by for us with reaction from seoul but 1st let's speak to sandy selami in tokyo to tell us more about why japan has decided to do this and why now. ok. this is when expected the decision by the japanese government today the government ministers they had a meeting with the prime minister and they have officially. decided that south korea should be removed from the white please at least that has more than 20 countries which is not exempted from figure nations on other decisions through exports much of years that could be used for if you want but process for civilian and military purposes that decision was that widely expected as i say but today. the japanese government is benteke levy trying to show that this procedure is not in any way intended to. be at its initial against south korea's decision on the labor ward labor issues or the conflict woman issues which are historical issues between the 2 countries. that trade minister mr say quote the day after the decision before just half an hour he had a press conference on the cement that this is because japan has dis

seoul retaliated.nnounced it would scrap military intelligence sharing pact with tokyo, and conducted military drills around disputed islands that both countries claim as their own. the route is now threatening to undermine regional security at a time when north korea has been multiplying ballistic missile tests. anchor: just a reminder of our top stories on "france4." rishaad minister boris johnson has announced he is putting to shut down parliament in a bid to stop his opponents from derailing his breaks it lands. -- brexit plans. results president now says he will consider the g7's offer of financial aid to battle amazon blazes. down to the wire. italy's democrat party scrambled to try to forge a coalition. this afternoon, they are due to report to president mattarella. 12-day meeting organized by the convention on international trade in endangered species wrapped up in geneva after a long list of proposals aimed at protecting a number of species. the international trade in giraffes and a range of s

seoul seemed to overturn part of a treaty between japan and south korea which seemed to...reaty was supposed to ease tensions after the world war ii and after all of japan's to ease tensions after the world war ii and after all ofjapan's war atrocities. of course the supreme court here ordered that forced labour workers were supposed to get compensation from japanese companies. no japanese companies refused to pay. in the last few months, japan has ramped up the trade anti—. it imposed trade curbs on chemicals, essentialfor smart phones and semiconductors for seoul's technology industry. it now says that south korea is no longer japan's prefer trading partner. they have a list of 26 countries that are now there prefer trading partner, south korea, its neighbour, is not one of them. why should the world ca re one of them. why should the world care was to mark when it comes to a global supply of these semiconductors and parts essential for smart phones, it is supposed to affect these global supplies and certainly five main companies in the united states have written to south

with seoul from a favored trading nations list. a conditional cease fire is in place in northwest syria after a week of intensifying airstrikes strikes on italy province the truce was brokered drink peace talks in kazakhstan the opposition says it will stick to the deal as long as the government doesn't violate it xina hodder has more now from the turkey syria border. there is a cautious calm in rebel controlled southern and northern hummer russian and syrian warplanes have been repeatedly targeting towns like moderate noman for the past 3 months a cease fire that came into effect on friday night has brought some respect for people living in that corner of northwest syria who have lost so much. money i mean emma 30 more lost after all that happened isn't it too late for a cease fire people have been displaced killed their homes destroyed but they are still scared to return to their homes. more than 400000 syrians have been displaced at least 800 civilians were killed their names documented by war monitors among the casualties 216 c

is for korean women to grow up in a village 200 kilometers from seoul and still remember the war and the time that followed. could it be as the government said we should have fewer children and that's why we stuck to it. we women had abortions we thought we were doing the right thing and we did it voluntarily. western countries donated buses and jeeps that were converted into mobile medical units document show that their task was not health promotion the population council an american foundation expressed a clear cut mission to the korean ministry of health. these vehicles are given. to help improve living standards in korea through a vigorous attack on the problem of excessive population growth. instead of letting citizens plan their own families family planners made having fewer children a sentence and. they were not interested in fighting poverty but only in preventing the poor from having babies. were. most clinics in india went to secluded villages as early as 956 because indians were also supposed to have fewer children. western family planets flooded the country. one of the pi

seoul just 50 kilometers away from the border to north korea in the space of just 20 years the south korean capital became the 4th richest city on the planet after tokyo new york and los angeles. this is where the ordeal ends for many of the refugees from north korea. this young high ranking official from the north traveled thousands of kilometers on a trek across china all the way to seoul he's been living here with a new identity for 2 years today he calls himself michael kim he's 28 years old and works part time as a museum attendant. they really want to this is an exhibition organized by the sole authorities. it shows a model apartment in north korea. to illustrate what life looks like for the residents of pyongyang there with the team is of highway in this it is it was having actually lived there myself i've been asked to explain in further detail. both on a. ride on when i began my career in the state security agency the cia of north korea. i worked in the financial department where i came to attention due to my expertise i was transferred to office 39. years and that was unusu

fabienne this is a dispute that just seems to be escalating i mean with seoul announcing today that it will cancel its intelligence sharing pact with tokyo where does all this.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the seniors in seoul who dance away the loneliness.dential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky. an orange glowing disc that‘s brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. horn toots there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months and billions of dollars to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years. so it was with great satisfaction that clockmakerjohn vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. big ben bongs you‘re watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: drug companyjohnson & johnson appeals a fine of over $500 million for its part in fuelling america‘s opioid painkiller addiction crisis. britain‘s labour leader meets opposition mps today as he looks for support for his pla

pyongyang appears to want to put pressure on seoul and washington to do a deal.the short—range missile tests are not in violation of the promise between him and kim jong—un. the question for the united states and people here in seoul is how long does north korea continue this sort of pressure and will kim jong—un be prepared to step up these missile tests and fire intercontinental ballistic missiles to try to get the attention of the united states? in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news: the government rejects claims that it wants talks with the eu to fail, in order to produce a no—deal brexit. a damning report finds a chief scout at chelsea football club was a dangerous and prolific child abuser, and says some adults at the club must have known. holidaymakers describe a "terrifying experience" after smoke filled the cabin on a british airways flight from heathrow to spain. good afternoon, in your business news today... the us has officially named china as a "currency manipulator", a statement which will intensify tensi

north has said that the recent tests are warning to washington and seoul to cancel joint military exercises planned for later this month. talks between the us and north korea have been deadlocked since february summit in vietnam ended without an agreement. after their impromptu june meeting at the korean demilitarized zone at the leaders said they would resume talks but the two sides haven't met yet. still speaking friday u. s. secretary of state mike pompeii- said that they arare in communication. thousands of civil servants in hong kong to to the streets directly defyiying the g governt directive to remain politically neutral. they were out in support of anti government protests of which have rocked the special administrative region for two months. yes of a ruckus in the service. sector took to the streets and hong kong is bracing for a major demonstrations over the weekend i listen sergeant works. defying orders thousands of government employees joined protesters in the heart of hong kong business district. rallying for the first time against the territories leadership. ahead of the demo

the bbc‘s laura bicker is in the south korean capital seoul and joins me now.e you have an update for us? within the last few minutes, the south korean military have given us a few more ideas about what these missiles were. there believed to be short range ballistic missiles. they flew a distance of a50 kilometres west to east. they were fired from the north korean west coast, across the north korean west coast, across the peninsular and landed in the sea ofjapan, the peninsular and landed in the sea of japan, also known the peninsular and landed in the sea ofjapan, also known as the peninsular and landed in the sea of japan, also known as the east sea in korea. they reached a height of about 37 kilometres. these missiles are thought to fly very low and add very fast speeds. 0ne are thought to fly very low and add very fast speeds. one of the reasons why a nalysts very fast speeds. one of the reasons why analysts believe north korea's developing these weapons is so they can avoid radar, avoid being detected. also at the same time as these missiles were launched

japan dropped south korea from a list of preferred trading partners seoul wants a fitting responds. and you're watching out is there life and also coming up south korea says north korea has fired projectiles of its east coast even as donald trump plays down pyongyang's recent missile tests. dozens killed in 2 attacks in the yemeni port city of aden while hooty fighters claim another hit on saudi arabia. mozambique's president finds him he's still the leader of a former rebel movement and in years of hostility. so japan has decided to move south korea from a list of its favored trade partners a so-called white list of countries that enjoy a minimum trade restrictions foreign ministers from the 2 sides had met on the sidelines of the asean summit on thursday and an attempt to work out a deal but you had earlier restricted the exports of key materials used in smart phone components to seoul japanese officials accuse south korea of failing to control the exports of sensitive materials to north korea iran was sparked by a world war era dispute with south korea demanding compensation for

south korea's someone japan's ambassador over its removal from a list of preferred trading partners seoul is lodging a formal complaint about the export restrictions which came into effect on wednesday the dispute threatens to stir of decades of animosity and destabilize security in the region to ensure way in and floods have killed more than 60 people in sudan the u.n. says more than 37000 homes have been destroyed or damaged or flash floods are still expected and u.s. federal judges got to new abortion law in the state of missouri pending a legal challenge by pro-abortion activists who say it's unconstitutional it's one of the strictest in the u.s. effectively banning the procedure unless it's medically necessary you're up to date those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after sykes people lines in the sound bite. between november 915 and main 1916 britain and france agreed a secret deal for dividing the ottoman empire to the european allies when the 1st world war and so. now we can draw a. very young british politician sir mark sykes and the french lawyer turned d

tokyo and seoul are some of washington's closest allies in asia and both countries are hosting a total0 us troops. you'll be watching that closely stop thanks, monica. in other news, and the tributes have been paid to vg said artur, the founder of india's guest coffee chain. his body was discovered near a river in the southern city of bangalore, sparking an investigation by authorities and his company into his death. the uk government has announced an extra $2.5 billion of funding to prepare for a no—deal brexit. the plan includes more border force officers and upgrades to transport infrastructure at ports. britain's opposition labour party described the move as a waste of taxpayer money. the boss of ryanair has won staff to prepare forjob cuts in the coming weeks, saying the airline has 900 to two many pilots and cabin crew. in a video message to workers, michael only reclaim the planned cuts to flights next summer due to the grounding of its boeing 737 max fleet. in the hopes of becoming social media stars, young people in india's smaller towns are signing up for a live streaming app

is becoming more contentious by the day in the latest escalation of tensions between the 2 nations seoul announced thursday that it would end a military intelligence sharing pact with japan. so i'm going to our government and judge that the japanese government has called serious changes on a bilateral security cooperation environment by removing our country in so many ways living on august 2nd citing that there have been some problems caused by the damage trust between the 2 countries which are now your evidence for such a claim. our producer america producer brant bora joins us now to break down the latest in this dispute between 2 of the united states as biggest asian allies brant what is going on what's the latest with this crucial intelligence battle between japan and south korea 2 regional allies of the united states now the pact called thank you for having by the way the pact called the general security of military information agreement was initially pushed by the obama administration and signed in 2016 as a way for the 2 nations to exchange important intel about threats posed by c

trading partners the ambassador arrived in south korea's foreign affairs ministry a short time ago seoul is lodging a formal complaint about the export restrictions which came into effect on wednesday the dispute threatens to stir up decades of animosity and destabilize security region robert gray has more from seoul. this worsening tit for tat has taken relations between the 2 neighbors to their lowest point in recent history with japan now following through on its threat to remove south korea from the list of preferential trade partners it will restrict the export of materials and components for south korea's high tech manufacturing despite japan's denials it's thought to be in retaliation for a court ruling in favor of victims of forced labor used by japanese companies joining world war 2 even initially at the factory bank gave us a piece of bread to eat we were so hungry we aren't grass we lost our here we were slaves. south korea has just commemorated the end of the 2nd world war unveiling a new statute to the so-called comfort women young koreans who were forced to work in brothels

has rejected any further peace talks with seoul. and argentinians have taken to the streets of the capital to protest the continuing economic crisis a shock election result is wiped 25 percent off the value of the peso organizer set up a soup kitchen to draw attention to the squeeze. and iranian oil tanker is preparing to set sail from gibraltar after being held there since early july the british territory has released the grace one despite a last minute legal bid by the us to keep the ship in detention the vessel was seized under suspicion of bringing iranian oil to syria which would violate when u.s. sanctions iran has denied its cargo was ever bound for syria after the grace one was captured iran seized a british flag to tanker in the strait of hormuz international shipping route off the coast of iran. correspondent is in the strait of hormuz in iran and she gave us this is suspect of whether that british flag tanker would now be released to the british tanker has already been moved from the place where it was detained in the str

world's largest supplier of computer chips and smartphone displays tokyo has also decided to strip seoul of a preferential trade status citing national security grounds south korea says the measures are in retaliation to court rulings that ordered japanese companies to compensate victims of forced labor during japan's occupation of korea well let's get more on this i correspondent rob mcbride is joining us live from the south korean capital it was a bilateral dispute robert sowle ending this intelligence sharing pact is going to have an impact on other countries including north korea and the us too. absolutely elizabeth it is taken many people here by surprise it was thought that south korea begrudgingly would renew this pact or at the very least simply freeze the pact it was not predicted by very many people here that they would go ahead and terminate it they said they had little choice but to do that they have been calling for a dialogue with japan and it does show you just the depths to which this route has gone now with south korea saying that security cooperation has undergone a ver

out 0 as rob mcbride reporting live from seoul rob many thanks indeed. measures to detect a bowler in the democratic republic of congo may only be identifying hoff of those with the disease a congolese response coordinator is also warning that the outbreak could last for up to 3 years health workers are trying to contain it spread in the eastern city of goma 4 cases have been confirmed. all democratic republic of congo has seen the bookcases double over the last 3 months the relief agency doctors without borders since the number of new cases is averaging between 75 to 100 each week at least 2700 people have been infected in the 2nd worst about outbreak in history the virus has killed at least 1800 people in the past year let's go live now to what rwanda is capital garley al jazeera stephanie decker is their staff how concerned is real wonder that the a bowler outbreak could spread their. but it keeps reiterating that all is well and rhonda has never had a case of it here but of course they're concerned because exactly that it's reached go by which is a c