but the seoul base is not the first space force base. before that al-adeed base, qatar, south of iran. like the seoul base, some media believe that the purpose of creating the al-adid base is to limit iran's space program. in a conversation with cbs, the commander of al adair base in qatar refused to name the countries they are going to reach or are likely to fight with , but sis writes in his report that the decision to deploy space forces in the south of iran was made after tensions rose . between iran and america ryan biden, a former member of the air force and director of the safe world foundation, reports that iran has become efficient in many areas on a large scale , and there is a concern that iran could interfere with military broadband communications. weeden refers to one of these launches. noor satellite, which was placed in an orbit of 425 km from the earth with the help of a satellite rocket. in addition to setting up a space base in the neighborhood of the islamic republic. america has been sanctioning iran's space industry

before that, the al-adeed base in qatar, south of iran, is similar to the seoul base. iran knows. son of the al-adeer base in qatar in a conversation with cbs about naming the countries that they are supposed to reach them or possibly fight them, but in his report, sis writes that the decision to deploy space forces in the south of iran was made after tensions between iran and the united states rose. ryan weeden, a former member of the air force and director in a press report, jahan aman foundation emphasizes that iran has become efficient in many fields on a large scale. there is a concern that iran could interfere with military broadband communications. weeden is referring to one of these missiles. noor satellite, which with the help of a satellite rocket on the messenger in the orbit of 425 km of the earth it placed. in addition to setting up a space base in the neighborhood of the islamic republic, america has sanctioned iran's space industry for years. from september 2018, with the statement of the us treasury department, the reasons for the us effort to prevent iran's presen

-rok held its second meeting already in seoul. last month, i think as you all saw, president biden hosted president yun and president yosheta at camp david and it did start a tri-lateral cooperation between our countries. and there were sensitive issues of history pursuing ambitious political agenda and starts with personal courage and commitment of their leaders. at the summit, our leaders discussed how to strengthen cooperation on a range of shared priorities. we committed to consult with one another expeditiously to coordinate through collected security and interests. our countries agreed on practical ways for real-time sharing, tri-lateral defense exercises and to counter the malicious cyber activities, a growing challenge which fund the wmd and ballistic missile programs. before we had the opportunity to demonstrate that enhanced tri-lateral cooperation in response to the dprk's it could make a difference. at camp david, our shared commitment to rules-based order. cha includes freedom of navigation, peaceful resolution of dis

officials from japan, china and south korea are meeting in seoul for high—level talks but diplomaticdles remain. and the show must go on — us screenwriters reach a tentative deal with studio bosses which could end a five—month strike. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. starting with the big developing story — a growing number of ethnic armenian refugees have been leaving nagorno—karabakh after azerbaijan's seizure of this disputed region last week. roads leading towards the armenian border are jammed with traffic, and armenians say they fear persecution and ethnic cleansing. armenia says about 6,650 people have crossed the border so far. our reporter natasha zotova is on the ground, and sent in this update. we are in this village right on the border between armenia and nagorno—karabakh. we can see the refugees coming through the border to armenia. here in this tent, they are being registered. people are fleeing with their belongings because they are afraid theyjust don't believe they can be safe in nagorno—karabakh under azerb

professor eunjung lim for economic and security at seoul national university. he probably knows more about trade law than any other korean who is alive. and, of course, chris johnstone was a senior advisor in japan chair at csis. last but not least, my dear friend victor cha. my first question to all of you is give me your take on why the breakthrough, seemingly, in the trilateral relationship is so important from your vantage point so let me begin with victor. >> well, thank you. first thanks for cheering the panel, are distinct guess. surely a pleasure. to answer your question i would say that it's significant, it's significant in two ways. the first is it provides important benefits to each of the alliance partners. so us-japan-korea trilateral cooperation things were laid out at camp david by important private benefits if you will for the parties to the alliance. but not just that, not only do they provide important private benefits when we talk about cooperation among the three countries in everything from missile defense tracking to climate change to emer

and in seoul. well, the foreign policy begins at home, but does not stop at the water's edge, it's very much divided in the united states and in korea as well. how do continue to make this washington declaration and template agreement tenable and i think that is one key task for us. >> and you started us off i heard from the foreign ministers there are stronger institutions as a result of the good work of many of the individuals online and in this room and second as the relationships become globalized and third there's a strong push to work together in and around the indo-pacific from southeast asia all the way up to, of course, friends in tokyo. kathy, the charge that the foreign minister laid out making this more sustainable and more palatable and the reason i put the themes to you is for two means. one, you were ambassador at a time when a lot of new parts of the relationship and alliance were maturing and it really was an important turning point in terms of i would argue this alliance becoming

seoul and washington have upgraded our partnership to better meet the challenges of a changing world. accordingly, economic security and cutting-edge sectors have been -- have become part and parcel of our partnership, including biotechnology, batteries, semi conductors, quantum computing, ai, and space. similarly, no one would dispute that the camp david trilateral summit was just as historic. the leaders of korea, u.s., and japan opened up a new era of trilateral cooperation through the spirits and principles of camp david that laid a solid foundation for the stable and sustainable development of our trilateral cooperation. the commitment to consult is no less unique. our three countries will share information, align our messaging, and coordinate our responses to various regional challenges. the promptness and depth of our consultations since the commitment was adopted is indeed noticeable. our strong partnership will better enable us to shape the indo pacific region in ways that are favorable to our common interests and shared values. lastly, let me touch upon north korea. i would

we have our teams in seoul in south i have our teams in seoul in south korea, also in washington.st korea, also in washington. gary o�*donoghue is just getting korea, also in washington. gary o�*donoghue isjust getting into his seat as we go to him for the latest. just in the last few moments, the reuters news agency reporting that he is in us custody after being expeued he is in us custody after being expelled by north korea into china, a very interesting significant development. there is a picture of travis king and taking everybody by surprise a month or so ago, he suddenly made that escape across the dmc into north korea and we have had absolutely nothing since then apart from just one or two lines from the north korean authorities. and apart from that, absolute silence. gary o�*donoghue ready to talk to us about the latest. in terms of what we are learning in the last few minutes, private king in us custody? yes. learning in the last few minutes, private king in us custody? yes, he is in us custody _ private king in us custody? yes, he is in us custody and _ private king in u

and in seoul. well, the foreign policy begins at home, but does not stop at the water's edge, it's very much divided in the united states and in korea as well. how do continue to make this washington declaration and template agreement tenable and i think that is one key task for us. >> and you started us off i heard from the foreign ministers there are stronger institutions as a result of the good work of many of the individuals online and in this room and second as the relationships become globalized and third there's a strong push to work together in and around the indo-pacific from southeast asia all the way up to, of course, friends in tokyo. kathy, the charge that the foreign minister laid out making this more sustainable and more palatable and the reason i put the themes to you is for two means. one, you were ambassador at a time when a lot of new parts of the relationship and alliance were maturing and it really was an important turning point in terms of i would argue this alliance becoming

it's vacation time for these travelers from seoul, but they're also on the clock. it's called a workation. >> translator: it's good for me to get away from my regular office space. it feels refreshing to be here. >> this kind of break from my routine is helping me concentrate better at work. >> reporter: this workation center is located in the small farming village of seha on the island. the building used to be an abandoned hall before some 500 residents fund raised to renovate it. it offers lodging and coworking space. former military officer -- runs the center. he retired five years ago and moved here. yan and other locals are trying to revitalize the community, sometimes organizing flea markets. they also operate a cafe inside the building. the carrot juice and potato bread made with locally grown ingredients are especially popular. >> translator: a lot of young people from sehwa village moved to other locations for jobs so we wanted the workation program to help fill that void, create opportunities for the elderly in our aging village, attract more people here,

for more, i'm joined by our seoul correspondentjean mackenzie.o meet or even where they will meet? that even where they will meet? at the even where they will meet? git the moment, it is all still a bit of a mystery. as you said, kimjong—un crossed bit of a mystery. as you said, kim jong—un crossed into bit of a mystery. as you said, kimjong—un crossed into russia on tuesday morning on his armoured train. we were expecting him to head to vladivostok where the russian president vladimir putin was holding an economic forum, but the train continued past the turning, heading north. south korean media this morning reporting that they are going to meet at a space centre. putin said to reporters yesterday that he had plans to visit the space centre. but it is 1000 kilometres away from vladivostok, about 600 miles. and kim's train is famously slow because of the heavy weight of the armour it is wrapped in. so how long it will take him, we don't know. so when the leaders will meet, if indeed that is the meeting location, we still don't know. whenever the

vonnie: should we expect more listings in seoul soon? >> absolutely.e listings in the upcoming months. haidi: very, very busy when it comes to the ipo front these days. some stocks we are watching ahead of the opening in hong kong and china, oil producers in focus. crude hovering around 10-month high after volleying for three months straight. we heard from chevron that potentially $100 a barrel is not so far away. country garden clearly front and center, just reportedly receiving the go-ahead to extend , so a bit of respite there. plus, the french environmental agency will detail as soon as today which evening models will be eligible to receive an ecological bonus. coming up in the next hour, and assessment for the health of the chinese economy. are there any bright spots ahead? plus, the drip feed of policy support coming from beijing. that is it for "daybreak: asia." markets continue to look ahead to the start of trade in hong kong, shanghai, and shenzhen. do stay tuned. the china market open is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ the sleep number climate360

half an hour out for the open for sydney, seoul and tokyo.ready a drop of 1.3 percent. there's not many causes for optimism in the markets today because it really is down to the bond space. investors still digesting messaging from the fed around higher for longer. that it's the narrative and play. kiwi stocks as well online. s&p 500 futures looking fairly flat. let's take a look at what is happening in terms of the bond spaces because we are continuing to see moves. we saw the 10 year inching higher overnight. at the front end, the kiwi, the aussie three year likewise keeping a watch on what happens with the japanese bond space given the focus very much in the session today on the boj. haidi: coming up, columbia university on global energy policy on why climate policies were pledged at the u.n. general assembly. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> we are pursuing that all those pledges should be murdered. if i have to give a figure, probably 1/10. there's a lot that needs to be done. we are trying to conceive projects related, which would be mitigation

actors in this continent and tehran has special respect for long-standing relations and friends with seoul. financial belonging to the people of iran, south korea welcomed the expansion of relations between the two countries. next week, the summit on dealing with dust will be held in tehran with the presence of representatives from more than 50 countries and 15 international organizations . the announcement of this matter said that the holding of this summit can be the basis for effective measures to reduce dust in the country. a technical working group to form a fund to create a regional center is again on the agenda of this year's plans, and we very much hope that with the presence in international forums, he actually mentioned these to if we come to a conclusion, i feel that it will be a step forward and a success for the region. the arrest of a swedish spy in iran . the swedish government has confirmed its actual arrest in iran , but has not announced more details . last year, the ministry of intelligence arrested a swedish citizen. he had informed about the crime of espionage. accordi

fighters in the framework of the deal worth 5 one billion euros will be handed over to seoul. the us state department announced that this agreement will strengthen seoul's power to deal with current and future regional threats. syria announced that the oil extracted in this country is estimated at 150 thousand barrels per day, according to al-mayadin, the american occupation. a part of this national capital is being looted by syria, and ana al-habiti ashraf, the hours of fire in the dardah oil well in the east of the euphrates , tells of the continuation of oil extraction operations at a high speed, far from damascus. these scenes are provocative for the syrian people . syrian ministry of foreign affairs the volume of extracted oil in he estimated about 150,000 barrels per day and revealed in a letter to the united nations that the amount of damage caused to the oil sector as a result of the looting by the american forces and the militias supported by them since 2011 has reached 115 billion dollars. legal way and payment of the necessary compensation to the syrian government d

florence looi, al jazeera, seoul.ns imposed on pyongyang by the security council must be respected. >> it is absolutely essential to abide by the security council resolutions, and north korea has been violating those resolutions recently. i believe yesterday we had two new missiles. second, any form of corporation with any country and north korea must respect the sanctions regime that was imposed by the security council. and that, obviously, is extremely relevant. nick: that u.n. special envoy to sudan has resigned. it comes much after the head of sudan's ruling council, abdul fattah al-burhan, called for his removal. he is accused of inflaming the conflict between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. >> the sudanese people inspired the whole world when they bravely appended three decades of dictatorial rule you 2019. date -- dictatorial rule in 2019. they need our support and solidarity more than ever, in pressuring their military leaderships to end the war and holding them to account, and emp

openly violate the resolution without the un and pose a threat to our security, and so they said in seoul and other countries , they reacted positively to the establishment of cooperation between north korea and russia and stated that there was absolutely no it makes no sense to talk about any violations in that or another country. our opponents are paying close attention to this visit and portray it in a very negative way for them. they have it causes anxiety, to put it mildly, and negative feelings, because they see the real answer is no longer a declarative, but a real practical answer to their numerous actions, which , in general, are still without a real answer, but remained. the sentence was taken by the defendants guilty in the fraud case, and the metro received 4.5 years in prison. all this was also satisfied by the civil claims that the businessman suffered in the amount of 953 million rubles. roman rykov has all the details. by citizenship, he asked the court for a suspended sentence referred to health problems, the fact that he supports a small daughter and the elderly mother o

this is now the seventh week that teachers here in seoul have been protesting — well actually, acrossbeen coming here to protest every single weekend — and it has culminated today in this national strike of teachers. at the weekend, we saw 100,000 teachers take to the streets. and this all started with the death of a young teacher, a 23—year—old, back injuly. now the teacher died by suicide, and it emerged after her death that she had been suffering with pressure from work, but that she had also been dealing with complaints from parents. and what this did here has opened this pandora's box, really, where teachers all across the country have started sharing their own stories about how they are frequently harassed by teachers here who call them at all hours of the day on their mobile phones and on weekends complaining — essentially they say these are overbearing parents who are just completely fixated on their children's success in school. and some of these complaints are serious, that the teachers are having to deal with. the teachers say they can be accused of child abuse if they try

in addition, warsaw will buy a thousand k2 black tanks from seoul.9 howitzers and several hundred anti-ship missiles worth $ 2 billion will come from norway at the rate planned for 2026-302. u.s. secretary of state antony blinkin arrived in kiev to assess the three-month uaf counter-offensive, the pace of which is of great concern to ukraine's allies during a two-day visit. blinkin. it will also discuss the issues of combating corruption in the discussion for the upcoming seventy-eighth session. the un is also expected that glinkin will announce the allocation of more than 1 billion rubles to kiev. dollars this was reported by cnn, the us secretary of state has scheduled a series of meetings with senior officials of the country. so far unknown. will he meet with rustem umerovym, who is to take office as minister of defense of ukraine today , his appointment was approved by the verkhovna rada. ukraine, together with western allies , is preparing to intensify mobilization, including from abroad in social networks, a ukrainian living in germany said tha

i have to think that their ears are perking up over there in seoul. >> absolutely, jim. yes. this is something very similar that we have been hearing from the nis here, the intelligence agency. just last month, they said they believed there was a deal that was about to be put in place pointing out the fact that the rus russian defense minister came to pyongyang in july was really when this was brought up. they go on further though. they point out what north korea gets out of this potential deal. the nis saying they believe that there could be a reciprocal deal that russia could be giving missile or nuclear technology know how to pyongyang. we know that's happened in the past. also saying they could be looking looking for more technical know how on how to repair weapons and old equipment. that's what the intelligence agency is saying that north korea could get out of this. but it is very clear that we saw in july when he was in pyongyang, he was at the military parade with kim jong-un. he was woalking around an arms exhibition. it was a clear message kim was giving, that this

let me remind you that warsaw and seoul agreed on the supply of hundreds of tanks, howitzers, multiple rocket launchers and dozens of light weapons poland also plans to produce korean military equipment on its territory. belarus today celebrates the day of knowledge, congratulations to postgraduate students, teachers, scientific and pedagogical workers were sent by the president today, schools , colleges and universities of belarus opened their doors to almost one and a half million students . this is important, because in our age , the value of knowledge is constantly growing and it is the level of national education that determines the security and well-being of the state. the main thing is that young people are educated true patriots and defenders of their native land, preserved traditions and historical memory , special congratulations. the head of state addressed the first-graders and their parents. this year. the first bell will ring in a completely new school in grodno in minsk, and after major renovations , the 210 bus microdistrict and sanatorium boarding school number nine fo

would openly violate the resolution without the un and pose a threat to our security, as they said in seoulchina, brazil, india, turkey and other countries they reacted positively to the establishment of cooperation between north korea and russia and stated that it makes no sense at all to talk about any violations by either country. our opponents pay the closest attention to this visit and portray it in a very negative way for them. this causes them anxiety, to put it mildly, and negative feelings because they see the real answer is no longer a declarative, but a real practical answer to their numerous actions, which in general, there is still no real answer, but they remained. now let’s talk about how the restoration of cities and regions of the donetsk people’s republic is progressing in just a couple of months. in makeevka, 300 objects were cleaned up. in particular, these are schools and residential buildings, according to the builders, they plan to complete them before october , as the buildings are being prepared for the heating season . catherine saw schendinal this year the first b

officials in seoul are of course concerned about a potential arms deal.o about north korea and russia co—operating militarily. but there is scepticism here, as i said, about whether mr putin would really be prepared to hand over this critical technology to mr kim. theyjust do not think it makes sense for russia to help north korea become more dangerous. but they don't want to speculate. everyone here watching very closely and waiting to see what emerges in the next couple of days. here in washington, the us house speaker has ordered an impeachment inquiry into president biden. kevin mccarthy claims there are "serious and credible" allegations of corruption. the white house says the probe is "extreme politics at its worst". mr mccarthy said he would task three committees with carrying out the inquiry into the president and his family. he has been investigating the president for months and has still found no concrete evidence of misconduct. at the centre of this inquiry is president biden�*s son, hunter biden, who is currently under federal investigation fo

that is, if, after all, the understanding that the mood, uh, in seoul can change in regarding us.e ass, both the ruling party and, to a lesser extent, the opposition is a little more friendly to russia. well, while she’s in the opposition in power, there will again be a big question, what will they uh, the situation is like this they they believe that in the current situation they have , first of all, as if not paradoxical, precisely because of the success in the north korean boxes. oh, they need to strengthen the us union as much as possible , accordingly, they cannot afford firstly, the power of economic dependence, and secondly, the main military-political dependence, ignore what the americans say, moreover, about american sentiments are completely sincere and very, very strong, but even without sentiment. this is purely a calculation, so the situation is that the american side is putting pressure on south korea to participate in anti-russian sanctions. eh, with south korea i don't mind. well, very attract minimal zeal. energy, however, you understand, the situation is difficul

this is now the seventh week that teachers in seoul have been protesting.000 teachers take to the streets. this all started with the death of a young teacher, a 23—year—old, back injuly. the young teacher died by suicide. it emerged after her death that she had been suffering with pressure from work but that she had also been dealing with complaints from parents. what this did here is it has open this pandora's box where teachers across the country are starting to share their own stories about how they have frequently been harassed by parents calling them at all hours of the day on their mobile phones, at weekends, complaining. essentially they say they are overbearing parents who are completely fixated on their children's success at school. and some of these complaints are serious, that teachers are having to deal with. the teachers say that they can be accused of child abuse if they try to restrain violent children or they try to send children out of the class, and they can be accused of emotional abuse if theyjust tell children off. so they say it has re

would openly violate resolution without the un and pose a threat to our security, and so they said in seoultries , they reacted positively to the establishment of cooperation between north korea and russia and stated that it makes no sense at all to talk about any violations, that or another country. our opponents pay the closest attention to this visit and portray it in a very negative way for them. this causes them anxiety, to put it mildly, and negative feelings, because they see the real answer. no longer a declarative, but a real practical response to their numerous actions, which , in general, are still without a real answer, but remained. roscosmos published today a photo of the area where an airbus a320 plane crash-landed in a field near novosibirsk, so now the abortion looks skillful photo taken by a satellite cone it all happened on september 12, a ural airlines plane flying from sochi to omsk for a technical reason made an emergency landing on a field 180 km from novosibirsk on board at this moment there were 159 passengers and six crew members. no one was seriously injured at th

paula hancocks joins us from seoul in south korea.his meeting has a lot of nations in the region including the one where you are nervous this morning, paula. >> reporter: absolutely, john. this is certainly a meeting that seoul, tokyo, washington, the list goes on, would really rather did not happen, but it is looking like it's going to happen, in fact, we do have new video of kim jong-un in russia. this is the station of hassan which is in russia, getting off the train, meeting with russia officials, according to state run media they said the head of ministry of natural resources came to meet him as he crossed into russia. now, according to the defense ministry here in seoul he actually crossed into russia in the early hours of tuesday morning. it's now about 10:00 p.m. on tuesday so a good 12 hours ago this is expected to be and he is heading north. this train he is on is pretty slow, the speculation that he may be going somewhere a little further north where there is a space launch center. we've already heard from vladimir putin th

so this is clearly a meeting that neither side, washington more seoul, want to see happening.t was 2019, the last time that these two leaders met. the first time they met as well when kim jong-un went to visit with vladimir putin. now, at that time there were no significant announcements, no significant developments towards a closer relationship. but certainly in recent months we have seen that change. the russian defense minister, for example, back in july, went to pyongyang and was given the red carpet treatment surrounded by a military parade and an arms expo. north korea showing off its military capabilities w. you know, nick, we heard kim jong-un over the weekend in this marking of the 75th anniversary of the nation talking about deepening ties between it and russia and it and china. can you talk to the big picture significance of what would be this meeting between putin and kim jong-un for the world? >> reporter: it would be significant because it potentially means the war in ukraine goes on a lot longer because what president putin needs right now is more weapons and mo

jean mackenzie, bbc news, in seoul.gorno—karabakh surpassed 50,000 on wednesday. more than a third of residents have fled in the aftermath of azerbaijan's military takeover last week. many have ended up in the town of goris, from where our correspondent, sarah rainsford reports. well, a flow of refugees from nagorno—karabakh is not only continuing, it is increasing and intensifying. you can see behind me herejust one car, but there are streets full of cars here piled up with people cosmic possessions, roof racks are piled high, boots jammed full, and the cars themselves full, and the cars themselves full of families. we have seen seven or eight people squeeze into some cars. we even saw a dumper truck yesterday were children on board, a couple of dozen children peering over the top of that track because people are using any transport and any means they can to leave nagorno—karabakh and come here to armenia because when they are telling me when they get here is that they don't feel safe to stay in that enclave now. they

good to get your take on that from troy university in seoul. nhs england is to publish the latest data on waiting lists — the last figures revealed nearly 7.6 million patients were waiting for planned treatment and appointments. the government has allocated an extra £200 million to the nhs in england to support services over the winter. two women arrested at a vigil after the murder of sarah everard have secured what their lawyer has described as substantial pay—outs from the metropolitan force. patsy stevenson and dania al—0beid were detained at the event on clapham common in march 2021. sarah everard had been murdered by serving officer wayne couzens. peers in the house of lords have defeated the government over plans to scrap environmental rules to boost housebuilding in england. ministers said their proposals would help create 100,000 homes by 2030. labour says the government now needs to come up with a "workable solution". that's a look at some of the key stories in the uk today. you're live with bbc news. tech heavyweights have gathered i

by me in all the international forums that will participate, brazil will chair next year the g 20 seoul, we -- and so we will then afterwards in 2025 the bricks process and then we have cop third in the 2026 in the heart of the amazon region. all these form and i can reassure the workers and assure you all that we will be working and trying to build conditions so that all the rulers in the world will accept the protocol that the ones that we are doing here because all human beings, men or women, black or white, they have the right to decent work. thank you very much [applause] >> mr. president, from my perspective, it's quite a historical moment to have two of the most influential leaders together launching this initiative, knowing how close the workers' rights, the workers wellbeing is for both president biden and president lula. i has been working for more than 100 years to advance the cause of social justice and decent um work. and our unique governance structure um gives um workers employers and government equal status in our work. we have unparalleled understanding of how decent wo

live now to our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie.espondent, jean mackenzie. all ended with a d tourist it all ended with a deal and a tourist from vladimir putin to mr chem. kim. kim as back on his green armoured train. the united states believe this is north korea preparing to supply russia with the weapons it needs for its war in ukraine so the ammunition and artillery shells russia is burning through on the front line but we did not get any mention of out today from either side. this is something we have always tonight. instead we had from vladimir putin he was helping mr kim build satellites and also that they would welcome economic and humanitarian issues these are also things mr kim wants and needs, so what will he get these things in return for? we knew mr kim wanted vladimir putin to share sensitive technology information with them in space is one area north korea lights behind and it is dry twice in the last six months to launch a satellite into orbit but failed so meeting at the space centre made sense. —— lags behind and h

officials from japan, china and south korea are meeting in seoul for high—level talks but diplomatico on — us screenwriters reach a tentative deal with studio bosses which could end a five—month strike. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday.

. >> paula hancocks is in seoul and has this report. >> reporter: north korea's athletes are back on the global stage. its tae kwon do team headlined at the opening ceremony of the world championships this month believed to be the first overseas sporting engagement since its borders reopened. pyongyang confirmed the borders are reopening to allow citizens stranded outside the country for more than 3 1/2 years to return, one week quarantine require order arrival. north korean restrictions were among the harshest in the world and considered one of the last countries to reopen the borders and even then, they are only reopening a crack. but tourism is still a dream. tours which specializes in taking westerners into north korea says they have heard nothing beyond plans to repatriate its own citizens. quarantine alone makes tourism impracticalable. >> businesspeople, diplomats, workers, wait staff, students, all kinds of people essentially marooned outside of their country with in most cases no way to contact family for 3 1/2 years. >> reporter: but a man went on a tour of north korea one

jean mackenzie, bbc news, in seoul.to us representative and house intelligence chair mike turner about the return of private travis king to america and the looming us government shutdown. chairman turner, great to have you back on bbc news. they want to start with getting your reaction to the news that private travis king is in us custody. private travis king is in us custody-— private travis king is in us custod .~ ., . a, , a, custody. we are certainly glad he is back _ custody. we are certainly glad he is back and _ custody. we are certainly glad he is back and it _ custody. we are certainly glad he is back and it will - custody. we are certainly glad he is back and it will be - he is back and it will be interesting to hear what the investigation now shows, and also whatever he relates as to his reactions and interactions with the north koreans. we are certainly interested to learn how that has progressed. fits certainly interested to learn how that has progressed. as the chairman of _ how that has progressed. as the

paula hancock is in seoul with more on this. do we know where kim jong-un is now?ll, as far as we know, he's still heading north. we don't have an exact location. because we don't know for sure exactly where he'll be meeting vladimir putin. there are rumors and speculation that it could be a little farther north at a space launch center. this is an area that vladimir putin will be going to that area. he said so at his eastern economic forum to state-run media saying he had a personal agenda. clearly that could be where they are going to meet. but we still don't know exactly when. what we do know is that it will have a military focus. we have heard from the kremlin spokesperson saying it's going to be a full-blown visit with talks between two delegations which will touch upon quote sensitive issues. we know that the defense minister will be part of that delegation. and we have already seen from footage with kim jong-un that his main military person who is the leader of the missile program in north korea is with him as well. he's sanctioned by the u.s. and the u.n. s

she's standing by in seoul, south korea.paula, officials where you are believe the north korean strong man is already en route. what's the latest? >> wolf, north korea has now just confirmed what we already knew. they have said kim jong-un is on his way to north korea, saying he is on his private special train and that he's accompanied by leading officials of the party, the government, and the armed forces. now, russia today, had vision earlier of a train that looked much like the one kim could be on between the border between russia and north korea. we cannot confirm the authenticity, but it looks very similar. this is a train that kim jong-un has yused in the past going to meetings including the one with donald trump. it is an armored train meaning kim wants to travel not only in luxury, but also in safety. this was four years ago. north korean leader kim jong-un traveled to meet putin. friendship was pledged and closer ties promised but little changed. fast forward to today. russia's war in ukraine is faltering and the dy

are two important actors in this continent, and tehran has long-standing relations and friends with seoul . special respect to the minister of foreign affairs of korea south korea also expressed satisfaction with the agreement reached regarding the transfer of financial resources belonging to the people of iran from south korea to the expansion of relations between the two countries. following the march of arbaeen tomorrow across the country, the survivors of the arbaeen pilgrimage marched in the cities and villages of the country until the 40th. martyrdom of imam hossein (peace be upon him) and the martyrs of karbala mourning in tehran, people will move from 5 sources of imam hossein square, imamzadeh hassan bagheri square and varamin road to the shrine of hazrat abdulazim hosni. they started their movement at 6 in the morning the people themselves will provide more than 2,000 cubes and cultural booths to the arbaeen mourners on the procession route. the police said that there will be restrictions on the movement of vehicles on the procession routes . hosseini mourners in canada held a w

the us state department announced that this military agreement will train seoul's power to deal with current and future regional threats . colombian students are satisfied with violence and shooting. near the schools, hundreds of students in the southwest of colombia held a march against the recent conflicts near their schools. students and teachers protested . they also painted 145 bullet points on the walls of the schools. the army and supporters of the former farc rebels closed classes last week. it was learned from the recent conflicts of some of the 50-year-old conflict between the mountain like afaf and the government of colombia, which is still going on . the american automobile workers union has announced and announced the organization of a rally on friday in the center of detroit due to livelihood problems. calculate gradually from it will start tomorrow, and if the car manufacturers fulfill the demands of the workers, it will be widespread. ford, general motors and chrysler companies, the three major car companies, the officials of these companies, referring to the problems

seoul says to ban the import of food. the sea from japan continues. south korea has restricted the import of seafood products from the provinces near fukushima in japan . japan has started discharging the waste water from the fukushima power plant into the sea since last month. it is false. south korea had requested that its experts be present at its regional office in fukushima for permanent investigations , which was opposed. china has also restricted the import of japanese marine products . imran khan's detention has been extended for another two weeks . pakistani media. according to the lawyer of the former prime minister of this country, they announced that the arrest of imran khan is the reason for the new accusations of revealing confidential government documents , which have been extended for another two weeks. and suspended the amount of corruption of imran khan. he is imprisoned in a prison in the city of atopik, located in the northwest of pakistan. last year, 177 environmental defenders were killed in the world, and the un report , despite

what we do know is it is a meeting that neither washington more seoul wants to go ahead.e have heard there u.s. officials and it's been backed up by south korean intelligence as well that there is a belief that the two sides, the two countries, are moving closer towards an arms deal. now, we know that russia is looking for ammunition, we know that they would like small arms and this is something that north korea has a vast production capability of. when it comes to what north korea could get out of this deal because everything is transactional and relationships are transactional for pyongyang they could get, for example, satellite knowledge and technology from russia. they have tried a couple of times in the past few months to put a military at light up into space and have failed. they could also get nuclear submarine technology from russia as well. both sides stand to gain militarily and it is something that the u.s. and south korea, japan, allies in the region certainly don't want to see happen. u.s. officials have said there would be repercussions. now, of course, ther

of 57 votes against, 12 abstentions and one invalid vote to send the asian games to the building of seouleet, and in general , the country's sports center should be managed by the minister of sports or with a supervisor. come in the ministry of sports and youth necessary to create jobs in the field of sports is one of the central missions of the ministry of sports and youth and we will follow it with the support of the honorable government. ministry of education, head of the football federation, chairmanship of the national olympic committee, member of the board of the olympic council of asia, vice chairman of the football federation of asian schools, sports of iran in unesco, head of the affairs of the assemblies of the sports federations of the country and general director of physical education in hamedan, yazd provinces, mehdipour pointed out. hosseini of sed and sima news agency, which you saw in the pictures, the convoy of saudi arabia's al-nasr football team to meet persepolis in the asian champions league, moments ago with cristiano ronaldo, in this season of the asian champions le

favor, 57 votes against, 12 abstentions and one invalid vote have sent hashemi to the building of seoul street for the asian games. don't have it or this to be administered by a supervisor. after the resignation of hamid sajjadi, he entered the ministry of sports and youth as a supervisor on 10 august 1402. in the field of sports , it is one of the central missions of the ministry of sports and youth. with the support of the honorable government, we will follow , including the records of the new minister. the ministry of sports and youth can be the vice-chairman of the championship and professional organization of physical education. the assemblies of the country's sports federations and the general director of physical education in hamedan, yazd provinces pointed out that the 4-year suspension from the iranian judo federation after the events of the 2019 world championship ended today . iranian jokes can once again be it is the end of the four-year suspension of the judo federation and the start of international activities. i am very happy that today the 4-year suspension has ended and

seoul says it will continue to ban seafood imports from japan, south korea imports food products the sea has restricted japan from the provinces near fukushima. japan has started discharging the waste water from the fukushima power plant into the sea since last month . south korea says that some news about the lifting of restrictions on the import of japanese seafood are false . south korea had requested that the country's experts investigate to be permanently present in their regional office in fukushima. this request was opposed by china, which also limited the import of japanese marine products. imran khan's detention was extended for another two weeks . the arrest of imran khan is the reason for the new accusations related to the disclosure of confidential government documents. the former prime minister of pakistan has been in prison since the beginning of august, the middle of august . he was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the supreme court. northwest pakistan is a prison. last year, 177 environmental defenders were killed in the world , according to the united nations repor

minister of foreign affairs to strengthen relations between tehran and seoul. and in the fields of cultural science and technology and consular cooperation we are ready, amir abdollahian, in his meeting with the foreign minister of south korea on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly, expressed the hope that with the new atmosphere created after the lifting of the embargo on iran's assets , we can make up for the delays in bilateral relations. south korea's foreign minister invited him to visit iran and expressed his hope that by solving the problem of iran's assets, bilateral relations will be strengthened , and the continuation of facilities for young doctors . are serving, according to the head of the medical system organization, facilitating the issuance of licenses and the purchase of office equipment is one of the solutions that are considered to support young doctors. we reduced 360 to 250. we reduced the rest from 250 to 180. another solution is to ease the conditions during the mandatory plan period of the medical community, so that during their plan, they can have a

teachers in south korea held a demonstration in front of the country's parliament building in seoul toprotest against the inappropriateness of their working conditions. parents of students are facing korean government data shows that in the past 5 years , south korean school teachers have committed suicide due to the pressured education system. the small island of lampe 2000 in the waters of italy in the last two days, the mayor of this city warned the united nations refugee agency that the island is drowning, the city authorities, the migrant crisis on this island has reached a point of no return, according to the german federal statistics office. food for two years recently, it has increased by more than 27% in the country. the highest inflation basket is related to the food group. negar jokar, i try to buy less . isfahan is also very easy to do. the expectation that goods will become more expensive has caused many germans to tighten their belts. they buy more and spend less. they buy a lot of discounted items . they buy things like vegetables or pasta that i need for cooking for a w

. >> it might be a signal to seoul, be careful, it says, if you south koreans start shipping to ukraineology transfer to moscow. the same message is also going to washington. >> now as expected, was there no press conference, no documents signed and as yet, no evidence for the west to know what was decided between these two leaders, but there is a general assumption, wolf, that anything that these two isolated sanction states agree among themselves is not likely to be good for the united states or for its allies here in the region, wolf? >> that's a good assumption, indeed. paula hancocks reporting for us. thank you. for more on this important story i am joined by cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance who is live from moscow. matthew, what more, first of all, can you tell us about what vladimir putin wants from this meeting? >>. >> well, i mean, i think as that report just mentioned, i mean, vladimir putin clearly is feeling a lot of pressure from that ongoing conflict in ukraine. it's become a war of attrition which is likely to be decided by the side that can sustain t

cnn's paula hancocks joins me live from seoul. good to see you.g in north korea, so much is about the messaging. tell us about the event. >> reporter: well, this was always going to be a big one. north korea had already warned us they were going to do something on this day, the 75th anniversary of the founding of the country. now, any anniversary that ends in a zero or a five is a big deal in north korea. so what they have done and it happened overnight coming into saturday, they held this paramilitary parade. it was different to the usual military parades we see these massive icbms rolling through the square. it wasn't like that. it was more looking at the paramilitary side. so looking at the support that would go behind these massive missiles. for example, we saw rocket launchers which were hiding in trucks, tractors towing troops and also weapons. so really showing what would support what they often like to show to the rest of the world, and that those significantly large missiles. now, it was also about diplomacy we hear from state-run media.

paula hancock is live in seoul, south korea.ith everything we're learning this morning, this was expected but now we know more. >> reporter: that's right, poppy, yes. the reports are that kim jong-un is currently believed to be on his armored train heading northeast towards russia. now, we know also from russian state media that vladimir putin has arrived in vladivostok for that eastern economic forum. and this is where kim jong-un is believed to be heading, vladivostok as well. we haven't got it completely confirmed at this point. this is what u.s. officials backed up by south korean officials as well and intelligence here had said last week, saying that they believed that the leaders would be meeting potentially this month. they do believe that they are working towards an arms deal. they know that russia, for example, wants ammunition, wants small arms and we all know backed up by analysts that north korea has some significant production capability when it comes to this. so both sides stand to gain from any potential deal. but

back in july, he claimed to be boarding a flight home and snuck out of the seoul airport. he darted over the border. north korea made the decision to expel king after the investigation was finished. >>> stay with cnn. we'll be right back after this. >>> more, now, on our breaking news. the american soldier who went absent without leave by running into north korea is back in the u.s. we received confirmation that the flight carrying travis king has arrived in san antonio, texas, more than two months after his dash over the military demarcation line in the korean demilitarized zone. let's get to marc stewart live in beijing. take us through where he will be heading next and what happens. >> reporter: right, kim. in the hours and the days ahead, travis king is almost going to go through a checklist of different chores instituted by the united states military. the big focus will be on his health, physical health and emotional health. he will get a physical exam from a physician, from a group of individuals described by the state department as being talented and experienced in