korea. i remember how euphoric south koreans were. i wasn't in korea were. i remember how delighted south koreans were when they finally establish diplomatic relationship with the peoples republic of china in 1992. and subsequent we, built an animus economic -- an enormous economic relationship and partnership, utterly intertwine. i remember all the south koreans said to me, you know, we have a long history with the chinese, we know how to manage this relationship. i think it has been a hard road for the south koreans in recent years when they have seen that nota imposes sanctions only sometimes on north korea but on other countries including south korea. when china is not shy about using his influence and sometimes the u.s. has been accused of it by the south koreans included, our elbows are not quite as sharp as the chinese. we are not quite as close. koreansame time south recognize, as do we in this paper, that china is absolutely central to the future of the region, the future of denuclearization and to thieir own future hopes. with that, i just wanted to

i remember how euphoric south koreans are. i was not in korea then, remember how euphoric south koreans are when they finally established the somatic relations with the people's republic of china in 1992 and built an anonymous, as everyone has but they in particular economic relationship and partnership. utterly intertwined. and i remember all the south koreans who kind of said to me, we have a long history with the chinese we know how to manage this relationship. i think it has been a hard road for the south koreans, particularly in recent years when they have seen that china imposes sanctions not only on north korea but on other countries it does not like including south korea. when china is not shy about using its influence and sometimes the us has been accused of it but i think the south koreans included were not quite as, i was not quite as sharp as the chinese and not quite as close but trying to get its way. i think at the same time the south koreans certainly recognize, as do we, and in this paper, that china is central to the future of

and the european union nearly nine years ago that was part of this agreement south korea is meant to jot down a set of workers' rights conventions as outlined by the united nations and now these are things that for example the free association or the abolition of forced labor the kinds of things that most students just realize developed countries have signed up to despite some pressure from the e.u. and their patience is wearing thin they're effectively giving south korea now a deadline to adopt these conventions full of these conventions yet to be ratified in the country and the trade unionists accuse the employers organizations of standing in the way of these things or being too strong and blocking their implementation. south korea has grown to become the world's sixth largest trading if you want to move from being a developing country to an advanced one and to meet international standards the commission should be ratified in south korea's liberal president to move jay and also wants these conventions ratified he has cheated out of jail a day messages saying he wants south korea

but also to south korea. because moon jae-in has been trying to broker this piece. im jong-un is saying, look, you shouldn't be working with the americans. when north korea starts to send messages it can start a cycle of circulation. the kim family has used violence, status quo, it finds to be acceptable. this could get pretty ugly and it could get ugly fast. >> guy, how do you see this, is this an attempt, as paula mentioned, to potentially push the u.s. beyond their current strategy of all or nothing full denuclearization before any sanction relief? maybe another summit? >> i think what's happening here, this is right out of the north korean flight book. it is an escalation, but not a giants escalation. the north koreans watch what's happening in the u.s. government. they know president trump wants to have more meetings. and they know that john bolton is doing everything he can to undo the whole rapport with the drk. what's happening here, what we need with the united states to continue the dialogue behind the scenes. and what happened in hanoi, it fell apart becau

then he talks about the brand of south korea is their intention behind that. you mean in terms of government whoever it is if it's whether it's the government or whether it is corporations trying to push what might be called a soft power is that how you see the. well i think the is definitely a true push in terms of local people i guess i don't want to use the word. how key part is kind of like a gateway drug to the cultures. because a lot of a lot of the get in touch with korean culture keep are and then they start delving into local one of these you know my my feeble idols were in one of the evening and stuff and they get interested in the star and i actually has been a trend where labels he probably balls the ready go up into different businesses especially restaurant business saw certainly one of the biggest labels why g. has the chicken chain and. belly chain which is a traditional korean b.b.q. type of thing so it's expanding into different areas of culture and you can see it up from these companies trying to expand their businesses into different cultur

and self course the reaction has been one of shock from south korea they still remember a tragedy 5 years ago when bored and 300 south koreans dives. on a when when a vessel went down there they were hoping that this would never happen again but of course now thousands of miles away here in budapest once again that's south korea into mourning but only south koreans i would say gary and so are also mourning here they have been just flowers in new york and candles as well and of course in the meantime duress cule for it's still going on just behind me here since it's been more than 24 hours since the accident stefan give us an update on the rescue operation the chances of finding survivors. well the sorties are now saying that they are still looking for survivors officially but i can tell you that it has been dating to find anyone alive and the expectation is still at the desk still will be indeed $28.00 s. less fear to among them also we don't know 6 year old girl and of course many many other people and what remains now of course to get to devote a really out of the water. very difficult

music coming out of south korea or. things which are critical. for 20. 1. you mentioned to staver group there and if you're not familiar take a look at my screen here twice remember its profile this is a fan paid to their danny talk to us about k. pop what makes k. pop hip hop what makes it distinctively different from other forms of musical entertainment. well to do to define. those i guess 2 different meanings to keep up the word 1st as they are which is the music itself what international dancers are the cocky and then there's the industry term we define keep. this form of i guess production of music were these companies they bring in tallent and been trained for many many years and then put them out as a product at the end so this entire system this ecosystem is what we would usually call the koreans would usually khaki be able to keep up idle and i think that will be the more correct or the more. to discuss on this show perhaps i don't know what the. thinking but to me it is. in the show one of the joys of enjoying music is being out to look back 3 dif

south korea's military. and identify projectiles the launch took place in the north province south korea says the projectiles were directed towards the east. correspondent monitoring events force from the south korean capital south korea's military what's going to be the launch of these projectiles sketchy information so far what more do we know rob. that's right just in the last few minutes i hailed the defense department officials have been issuing more details of what they do know as you mentioned there they have now confirmed that they were two projectiles the first was launched at around four thirty thursday afternoon local time that's just within the past few hours twenty minutes after that the second projectile was launched now this is the important bits the defense officials here are assuming these were short range missiles so they do seem to be confirming that these were missiles the first one is said to have traveled just over four hundred kilometers east of the second one nearly three hundred kilo

of course a grave threat to south korea. i have great concerns and i'm hoping this administration will take this very, very seriously. unfortunately, we see the behaviors, whether it is toward north korea or toward putin, an administration who likes to cozy up with dictators. >> several months ago, around the time of the first kim/trump summit, the president called off those large-scale military drills, he called them war games with south korea. would you suggest resurrecting those? >> i know that smarter people than i believe that we should not have suspended those exercises. so, i hope that we will use diplomatic force to say that we are protecting and making sure that south korea is protected. >> let's talk about the mueller investigation and potential mueller testimony. i know there is no date determined on when robert mueller, special counsel will come to testify before the house judiciary. what do you know about the talks to agree upon testimony? >> i know that our committee, jerry nadler's staff are talking with muelle

david had served in south korea. he was in the capacity of teaching language skills to those who would continue with missionary service in south korea. it just so happened that the congressman's son was serving in south korea and therefore interacted with david in what they call the missionary training center, where he was learning language and skills to be able to interact with the culture and to survive an international experience for someone that had never had that experience. obviously showing that david was a very skilled linguist and also very adept at cultures. that is the first connection with the congressman and why he became engaged aside from, obviously, his responsibility as a member of congress to be asaged on these issues and, was mentioned, an expert in foreign affairs. he took a personal interest in david's case which led to the passage of a house resolution in 2016. there was also one passed in the senate that was expressing concern over the disappearance of david sneddon. the main goal with that is

south korea is always biggest export market so south korea is right now under a lot of pressure to impose those restrictions and whether and whether or not saul is going to pull the trigger will have to wait and see who's profiting from all the fighting i'm sure there are some people ducking those bullets and managing to make a buck out of this well there are other reports that they have already talked to the winners and losers in this entire battle that samsung is the finale on that this from south korea but they are the names that can be contending in the race to fill up to get that. and as a result google and even apple can leave behind show me and real me all chinese small a smartphone made because they are expected to take up a little bit of the pie as the reason goes on as the fight goes on these brands have been busy the busying themselves expanding in south east southeast asia here as well as in europe no other to enter other top android smartphone makers like sony l.g. and even motorola may be out for the release we even hear of a comeback from ericsson and nokia have an interest

my father's was 32 years old and south korea. on december 11, 1969 the plane was hijacked just after takeoff by north korean agent. due to pressure from the international community, the north korea would repatriate all 53 people from the plane. it was february 4, but then on the 14th, they returned only 39 passengers. testimony of those who return, my father was being detained against their will by the regime. on february 6, 1970, my father strongly argued that he should be sent back home, he says i want to go back to nort korea. ladies and gentlemen, there was 50 years ago. since that day, my mother, sister my grandmother passed her life in agony. before 50 years north korea refuses to sending information. but my father is on fruit will try to escape from north korea. but his attempt failed. i felt him i cannot help it. help of my father, the rest he was living in the city and north korea, at the time my father was taken away for criminal behavior but now he cannot go home even though he wants to. for the past 18 years i have cam

and the south korea not to overreact to that while negotiations are stuck after the hanoi summit there is nobody here wants to undo the progress that has been made on the diplomatic front still holding out hopes of further summits later on this year nonetheless a serious military development and we're told that south korea's security and military officials are meeting at the moment at the presidential office the blue house here in seoul some timing is curious is it linked to the breakdown in talks. it could well be there is i think a sense of frustration from the north koreans that they were embarrassed humiliated at hand only they did not get the relief of sanctions they so desperately want and that the agenda in a way certainly in the united states seems to have moved on people seem to be more interested in the moeller in the elections and what the democrats are doing this is think is north korea's way of saying hey look we are still here we still have an issue to resolve we do want to have more negotiations we do want to get concessions one way or another on those sanctions some. pr

that killed hundreds of people that bus so one south korea most a horrible accident and they are hoping to advise the government in how to proceed next and of course. besides them there also do the relatives still for those who died they are arriving here as well and i can also tell you that i've already seen flowers and also people burning candle c. are nearby for to victims it's really a tragedy. felt in south korea but also among the hunger ariens living here in this neighborhood and stephanie what's the situation right right now are tourists both still operating. well no certainly not in the area where i'm now of basically there is a ban on shipping here to police trying to control really this situation because there is some concern and already for some time that are simply too many sightseeing vaults in effect critics have pointed out that authorities were already warned a few years ago that this kind of accidents happen so i think what you will see is a discussion on new rules of the waterways in hungary especially here all night the danube river to avoid those such a trage

as buddhists across asia prepare to celebrate but as birthday in south korea this year's festival has a different meaning many are glad relations have improved between the north and the south but as rodman private ports from seoul have also been setbacks. at the end of what's been an eventful twelve months on the korean peninsula but his birthday seemed like a timely moment for peaceful reflection. it is traditionally marked in south korea with elaborate lantern displays and this year's theme of world peace is especially fitting. to use hold our own on the cutting way for a pair of this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and in the world by overcoming conflicts with a buddhist spirit of mercy. reconciliation between the two koreas has led to combine sports teams including for the olympics. train lines have been linked in the hope of running services the length of the korean peninsula and beyond. but there have also been setbacks. during the year there have been quite remarkably sri into green summits and to us north korea summits in between these my own sti

pop we need some of the young fans who are moving to south korea and braving rounds of notoriously competitive auditions all for a shot at star. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us the destructive force of cycling is starting to be clear a week after that cycling tour through mozambique the government has. confirmed death toll is reached forty one that number is expected to rise many parts of mozambique are inaccessible in remote areas and small islands are still waiting for aid supplies our correspondent eighty adrian creech travelled to evo that's an island in the north of the country that was especially hard hit. we are onboard an aid flight headed towards the vacation island of now for the first time we get an aerial view of the massive destruction up till now flights have hardly been possible due to the strong rain. i've never seen anything like this there's entire villages that are completely destroyed not a single house standing and if you look at the trees most of them fell down just like toothpicks. now we're about to land on the island of e-books the first aid packages hav

it will be curious to see how some of the united states allies in that region, japan and south korea, respond to that statement and also the parents of otto warmbier, the american that was returned to the united states after having been held in captivity in north korea for some time. his parents have been very critical of president trump's personal relationship with kim jong-un in the past. boris sanchez, cnn at the white house. >>> let's take you live to beijing. andrew stevens is there live. first, let's talk about what exactly north korea launched and the timing of it. andrew? >> reporter: according to the north koreans, kcna did confirm that the firing did take place. they talked about rocket launches. they talked about guided tactical systems. now we don't exactly know what these guided tactical systems are, but what we do know is they fell into the east japan sea somewhere between 40 and 200 miles off the east coast of north korea which we saw technically makes them short range if you like. certainly experts in south korea have been ag these clearly are short range missiles. we'

i am surprised you picked thailand because you also cover south korea. ly they are doing worse than thailand. krystal: yes, but the difference i think -- if you are talking about just absolute growth, korea is the more advanced economy, but at least on the korean economy's spending, you have one less element of consequence than you do in thailand that poses even more downside risk. david: do you expect the export picture to continue to be weak in south korea? it has not improved at all. krystal: yes. if you look at their numbers for 10 days, still very weak. semiconductors still struggling. korea's growth will also be disappointing this year. david: you are very depressing to talk to. i do not mean that in a personal way. [laughter] we have to leave it, pick it up next time. krystal tan. you can catch that depressing interview and others on our interactive tv function, tv . send us instant messages during our shows. check it out for bloomberg clients only. tv . this is bloomberg. ♪ rishaad: you are back with bloomberg markets. we have the busines

my father was 32 years old in south korea. he was a politician on december 11, 1969, the plane was hijacked just after takeoff by a north korea agent. due to pressure from the international community, they would repatriate all 53 people from the plane. this would be done on february 4. but then on the 14th, they broke their own promise returning all the passengers. my father was being detained against their will by the regime. on february 6, 1970, my father strongly argued that he should be sent back home. he says i want to go back to korea. until theying so soldiers dragged him out. ladies and gentlemen, that was 50 years ago. since that day, my mother, my sister and i have not seen our father. my grandmother passed her life in agony. mommy to share best longing to see her's and again. -- longing secret on again. longing to see her son again. but for 50 years, north korea refugees would not send information. but my father on his own free will tried to escape from north korea. but his attempt failed. i couldn't help him. the la

attacks a driver in south korea has died after setting himself on fire he was apparently protesting against the introduction of ride sharing. what mcbride has this from seoul. it seems the driver wanted his protest and his death to be as public as possible taking place right here in downtown seoul and in front of the city hall it was here in the early hours that he set himself on fire sustaining injuries from which he later died in hospital it's all part of a dispute with south korea's taxi drivers that's been going on now for several months and which has claimed other lives in december and then again in january 2 taxi drivers took their own lives through self immolation it's all over the use of car pooling good right sharing apps that the taxi drivers of vehemently opposed to we're not even talking about car hailing apps such as google that's caused controversy in other parts of the world those aren't allowed to operate here in south korea carsharing is normally something that is welcomed as a way of reducing pollution and congestion especially here in south korea where they have such good

two soldiers and two civilians lost their lives north korea said it was responding to a south korean military maneuver. song ochs small guest house was destroyed in the attack she says it's surprising that there were no further casualties flames swept through the entire neighborhood songs faith in the future of korea is at rock bottom just human bone and a complete reunification is no easy undertaking and if it were up to me i'd like to see a sense of mutual exchange. really for example the way to get that would be great we're going to ask them to put on another half of the. a seven square kilometer outpost in the yellow sea every schill every street every metre of coastline is under surveillance yawn pyong is a fortress north korea's nearest cliffs are just three kilometers away the mainland twelve. world politics meets fisherman farmers and sea wheat growers life here is overshadowed by a sense of strategic significance and ongoing threat along with memories of the past buildings still bear scars from the twenty ten attack. the marines based here have regular training sessions. afte

south korea's president was giving thursday evening an interview to south korean media where he was saying that surely this is showing north korea's dissatisfaction with the current pace of dialogue with the americans that something of an understatement and encouraging the north koreans to say exactly what it is they're dissatisfied about to keep the negotiations rolling forward so but. hopefully saying that north korea has exhibited as far as south korea is concerned that they do want to engage in negotiations so we haven't seen a north korean ship how much does this further complicate matters. that's right so the u.s. justice department which is behind this seizure and that made the announcement said it is just a coincidence that their announcement has come what is a very sensitive time obviously but it does have the effect of upping the pressure we have the north koreans seemingly upping the ante turning the screw now the effect is being the u.s. showing what's possible measures they could take if this continues this ship as you mentioned has been for a long time held by the indonesians

the second question, thaad capability in south korea? thaad'sssment of capability in south korea. col. solis: the deployment of thaad is focused on strengthening the protection of for and korean forces longer-range ballistic missiles i do noth korea, but have anything beyond that. it is intended to provide come along with patriot systems, more effective layer defense. that is what thaad brings. further, provides wider area protection, and in conjunction with the patriot now, it will provide more effective defense and provide greater area coverage against potential north korean missile losses -- missile launches into south korea. lt. gen. formica: and it is an important capability to have. you had a question here? >> hello. the voice america korean service. i want to ask about the allied commitment for what you mentioned about the commitment to defend allies. ,fter the missile last week after north korea fired the short-range ballistic missile, there was a comment from mr. magma pair -- from mr. mike pompeo, it was not something to fuss about because it was not a long-range or mediu

mcbride al-jazeera j to south korea now for malaysia sports news over to peter and. lauren thank you very much kiki burton's is celebrating her 9th biggest w.t.f. career title after winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she could go top of the rankings if she won this match and started strongly but burton's kept her cool and went on for collector $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of this event last year. moved to a career high in the rankings with this title when looking in good shape at the french open just food. it feels really unbelievable i would say. my best ranking after winning this tournament the biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that. men's world number one never will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a grueling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer the day bef

and north south korea are very careful about trying not to upset the process of dialogue moving forward in fact it's only been in the past day or so it seems that the u.s. the defense department has accepted that missiles or rockets were fired in that test from the east coast and we are getting just in the last couple of hours an unconfirmed report from the kyoto news service of japan quoting unnamed sources from the u.s. that the u.s. possibly might now accept the taking part in one of those tests on saturday was a ballistic short range missile as some analysts have said now if that the u.s. does conclude that a ballistic short range missile was used in that test on saturday that will be a very serious escalation because of course that would be the kind of thing the u.s. would have to respond to and just what that response would be we have to wait and see to write thank you still ahead on al-jazeera we have the latest on the fighting in syria as the rebel held a problem. here saying we're not going to take this anymore. we're drivers demand their fair share going on strike in cities ar

or south korea to do that. but it really depends what was tested. >> it is good to understand that distincti distinction. paula, thank you for the reporting. >>> now to the u.s. state of florida where a plane slid off the runway friday night. take a look here. luckily all 143 people board the flight made it off in one peace. the boeing 737 ended up in the st. john's river. again, no one was seriously hurt. >> i think it is a miracle, we could be talking about a different story this evening. so i think there is a lot to say about, you know, the professionalism of the folks that helped the passengers off the airplane. there is a lot to say about that because it very well could be worse. >> passenger smaller borman says that she has nothing but praise for the flight crew who handled a very scary situation. listen. >> as we went down, we had a really hard landing. and then the plane bounced and screeched and it lifted to the right and then lifted to the left. and then it sort of swerved and then it came to a comple

i spent a bit of time in south korea. i'm kind of amazed by the praise that's heaped upon president trump and the administration for what they've done about human rights in north korea. actually, as we know, he hasn't mentioned it as far as i know except to ask about the warmbier case in his last summit in hanoi. what can be done to get president trump to move on this issue to say something? and is he afraid that this would disrupt the whole process? is it worth disrupting the whole process of attempts at reconciliation? as i say, i'm really stunned by some of the comments i've heard in praise of president trump when my impression is he's done nothing, lately that is. i wonder if you could comment on this. thank you. >> before response from our panelists, maybe we could gather another question, one final question. please also again identify yourself. >> i'm peter humphrey, an intel analyst and a former diplomat. i don't believe in giving security guarantees to mass murderers or people who abduct. that seems wrong to me. an

missiles the missiles that were launched recently were short range projectiles capable of reaching south korea or american bases in that region it suggests that north korea is pessimistic about its negotiations with the u.s. but in a tweet president trump appeared persistently optimistic and he said anything in this very interesting world is possible but i believe that kim jong un fully realizes the great economic potential of north korea and will do nothing to interfere or end it he also knows that i am with him and does not want to make break his promise to me deal will happen this has to be enormously frustrating to the north korean leader who wants to hear action not optimism from the american president time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back. down and out and disillusioned the south africans are out on the streets ahead of the coming election more in that state. however and welcome to another look at the international full cost i got some clout spilling in cross the inside of the mets right now pushing us through the law easing across iraq over towards the caspian sea

south korea is concerned by the latest weapons tests in north korea have saved media says kim jong un watched rocket launches on saturday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that kim doesn't want to break his promise on denuclearization. taliban fighters have attacked a police headquarters in northern afghanistan a suicide bomber blew his vehicle up in the city of political money in buckland province and other fighters opened fire on security forces. to us africa no one an unidentified body has been found in been enough to two french tourists and their guide were reported missing on wednesday the disappeared in the punjab a national park in the north near the border with brooke in a fossil the french government has warned citizens against traveling to the area because of groups linked to iso and al qaida operating in the area meanwhile security forces are out in heavy numbers in billings economic capital cotonou after two days of election protests soldiers broke up demonstrations with gunfire after the opposition called for the an element of last sunday's parliamentary election all of

the missiles don't seem to directly threaten the united states japan or south korea so they appear to be taking care not to break down the dialogue at a point so at the same time they would definitely expressing an opinion. it is however an opinion at least one part of south korea knows only too well the island of yeonpyeong was hit by north korean artillery and rocket fire nearly a decade ago since then residents of the island have addressed their god and boosted preparedness. to south korean island of yeonpyeong is a two hour boat ride from the port of entry on its actually closer to north korea. soldiers pour off the ferry unofficial figures suggest there is one soldier for every resident of the island a total of more than two thousand troops even more in times of crisis. in twenty ten north korea fired around one hundred seventy shells and missiles at a young p.r. two soldiers and two civilians lost their lives north korea said it was responding to a south korean military maneuver. that song young orcs small guest house was destroyed in the attack she says it's surprising that the

that a deal will happen weapons experts are analyzing several launches detected on saturday by south korea's defense ministry john hendren joins us live now from washington d.c. john so what do these launches say about north korea's motivations and what do you make of trump's response that. well there and it's clearly a deliberate provocation by the north korea but whether it's an act of desperation or a show of force is a matter of interpretation kim jong il was embarrassed in hanoi when he met with president trump in february embarrassed that he walked away without the sanctions relief that he had sought so that's when he walked out of that meeting and this is a signal back to the u.s. that his patience is not unlimited and it's a threat essentially to donald trump that he could unravel what trump views as his signature accomplishment on the korean peninsula and that is a moratorium on i.c.b.m. and nuclear testing these were short range missiles not i.c.b.m.'s would they were according to south korean and american military officials capable of reaching south korean and u.s. bases in the re

combined with the impact will be dat so south korea is concerned it very seriously about north korean economic situation fool situation and then willing to help north korea his current regime but declaring american. it's so important that the united states show the world that north koreans have the right to life not just the freedom but to life so we are we deny action north korean children's lives. or because of a nuclear situation so we should not have connived full well that prefer. and foster carter as the united states looking at the situation they would have been very well aware of the impending crisis affecting millions of people in north korea as they continue their negotiations or go back and forth with. the administration in north korea how much of a factor do you think this crisis is in how they play that hand. sad to say i mean aside i was i would assess it not very much a toll i mean you know working out what matters to donald trump apart from bill trump himself is really quite difficult the trouble is and i think we have to say a little bit about the broader contex

before i tell you about my quest to find out if this is true just a tiny bit of background north and south korea did actually participate in a grant breaking ceremony last year for a rail network between the 2 countries but there's been no construction so far because of international sanctions against north korea but i wanted to find out whether china has any plans to be a diplomatic bridge in this so the 1st thing i did was go to the chinese exhibitors santerre there were 3 people at it sitting at a 4 person table i took the empty seats at the 3 people look down to their knees as soon as i asked him any questions they told me that the chinese transport minister was going to be holding a press conference later on and i had direct my questions at him so in the meantime i went to talk to some south korean exhibitors and i asked them if they had heard anything about china being involved in a rail network between the 2 koreas they said they haven't heard anything about that but to quote one of the men i spoke to he said i'm not really into the idea of reunification. but a rail network would be prett

mcbride al-jazeera j to south korea. is peter peter thank you very much miss a these are well set for another dominant weekend in formula one where the team taking both positions on the front row for sunday spanish grand prix the qualifying session at the circuit catalonia prove tricky for something like of all converge suffered a broken wing as he lost control and williams driver george russell found himself in a spin and q one bird search was charitably developed any better suited up the timings and qualified on pole ahead of teammate lewis hamilton ferrari's sebastian vettel and red bulls max for stepan make up the 2nd row in the sadie's have taken a one to finish at all the races so far this season. there was controversy in the f 3 race earlier in barcelona christiane luton god crossed the line 1st in race one but was given a time penalty for an incident under the safety car and demoted to 2nd you didn't seem to know and celebrated despite an official removing the number one sign from him in front of his car guard at

combined with the impact will be jack so south korea is concerned it very seriously about north korean economic situation fool situation and then willing to help north korea his current regime but declaring american. it's so important that the united states show the world that north koreans have the right to life not just the freedom but to life so we are we deny action north korean children's lives. for because of a nuclear situation so we should not have connived full well that prefer. and foster carter as the united states look on at the situation they would have been very well aware of the impending crisis affecting millions of people in north korea as they continue their negotiations or go back and forth with. the administration in north korea how much of a factor do you think this crisis is in how they play that hand. sad to say i mean aside i was i would assess it and not very much a toll i mean you know working out what matters to donald trump apart from bill will trump himself is really quite difficult the trouble is and i think we have to say a little bit about the bro

according to south korea's ministry, whatever was launched flew a few hundred kilometers, 50 to 125 miles then crashed at sea. >> the mother of american otto warmbier is slamming north korea as a, quote, cancer on the earth and has launched an emotional appeal for more pressure to be cut on kim jong-un and his regime. otto warmbier died after being brought from that country in a country. >> reporter: when otto warmbier was brought home from a north korean labor camp in a coma, his moral said he looked like a monster. >> the look in his eyes which i didn't know he was blind at the time was absolute horror. horror, like he'd seen the devil and he had. he was with the devil. >> reporter: cindy warmbier said if she had known north korea demand the u.s. agree to pay $2 million for the release of her son she would have sprung into action. >> if i had to, i would have raised the money. and i wish they would have asked for the money from day one because it was all about hostage taking. but instead, they had a much bigger use for otto. >> reporter: president trump says that money was never paid. a

commanders of south korea's armed forces say they're very concerned by the latest weapons tests over the border in the north state media says kim jong il watched rocket launches on saturday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that kim doesn't want to break his compromise his promise on denuclearization. it's the traditional time of year to celebrate but his birthday a national holiday in south korea is emphasizing peace and harmony with the north despite the firing of more rockets. broad reports from the capital salt. at the end of what's been an eventful twelve months on the korean peninsula but his birthday seemed like a timely moment for peaceful reflection. it is traditionally marked in south korea with elaborate lantern displays and this year's theme of world peace is especially fitting. we've prepared this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and in the world by overcoming conflicts with a buddhist spirit of mercy. reconciliation between the two koreas has led to combined sports teams including for the olympics train lines have been linked in the hope

south korea's foreign. says arrived in capital with uppish following the sinking of a tourist boat with carp korean tourists on board can quantify our visit to the spot where the vessel sank into the danube river after a larger cruise boat crashed into it on bernstein i police have detained the captain of the largest ship so far 7 south koreans have been confirmed dead 21 people are still missing. the walls of budapest size korean embassy bear witness to a city's sorrow one of the missing so far from home is a 6 year old girl who was traveling with her parents and grandparents the tragedy has shaken locals and tourists alike is that they are used. by their very. high water levels and strong currents are hampering efforts to recover victims experts say it could be days before the boats whole is raised. the size career is sending its own teams to assist they flew out on thursday together with the families of some of the victims. the hunt gary in government has promised and says about what caused the accident.

of our robot ride to south korea celebrating the best of all it's all about were overshadowed by the. bad news for gamers in iraq looking for a virtual escape. plus it's getting hard it's getting to the business end of the season in the football leagues around europe or we'll have that later in sport. so that's still ahead but first rebel held areas in northwest syria are being attacked for six successive day by government forces and russian warplanes. at least one civilian was killed in the bombardment on sunday this raises the number of people killed so far in the offensive to twenty three people activists say around twenty five areas were targeted in and how many provinces. of taliban fighters have attacked a police headquarters in northern afghanistan suicide bomber blew his vehicle up in the city of poorly how many in the battle and province are the fighters then opened fire on security forces the youngest brother who is ousted president is under arrest sayed to flee was the country's effective ruler after his brother abdulaziz suffered a stroke six years ago katia lopez hold i a