i think that goes -- your question goes to the question of how south koreans perceive the u.s.-south korea alliance and u.s. commitment. >> that's why i started the comments about unilaterally making decisions. >> right, right. in terms of the exercise, i mean, my sense, frank lirks i was a little surprised that reaction in south korea, to the cancellation of the exercises warks as muted as it was. i think that reflects the hope that, as unconventional as donald trump is, that he represents an all too rare sort of new moment of unconventionality that's going to shake things up. so they kind of just internalized that. but i think some of the other comments about possibly withdrawing of troops, and the overall sense that the current administration, the current president, does not have imbedded in him the sort of commitment to america's alliance relationships is something that could erode south korean confidence over time. depending on what else happens. so, yes, with that in mind, and if north korea continues to retain and improve its nuclear arsenal, i think -- i would expect th

sweeping away hens the billion dollar dam is under construction and southeastern province and south korean firm involved in the project has sent teams to help with the rescue and he joins us now live from bangkok so what do we know about the rescue operation i mean it must be huge just tickle challenge. yes i would imagine that that is getting into full swing right now but getting accurate detailed information from the lao government is proving to be very difficult they still haven't confirmed exactly how many people have been affected by this how many casualties there may have been and we have to also remember laura that getting access for international media for independent organizations to verify things on the ground is strictly controlled by the lao government what we are hearing though is some information from the south korean company that you mentioned escape engineering and construction one of the companies involved in building this dam that was still under construction when this incident occurred on monday night that company is saying that it first noticed some cracks in the auxili

here to mark the investment was the south korean president, just a few kilometres from the productionthis is where you see how fierce the competition is for the south korean brand because this market is flooded with chinese products. they come at a cheaper price and they are taking the market space away from samsung. and this is where samsung is hoping the diplomacy with the south korean president meeting the prime minister will work, to pave the way for homegrown brands. new zealand is taking its commitment to fight climate change to the next level. the current administration is working on a zero carbon bill that calls for a zero carbon economy by the year 2050. how is this possible? the honourable james shaw says it is an ambitious goal and they are joining 30 other countries trying to reach it. yes, we are looking at a lot of change but change is constant in our lives. we want to manage this transition. of course, your excellency, over the next 30 years, there will be a lot of changes, particularly when it comes to governments and administrations. the political will has to be there

> the language the ambassador cited work towards a nuclear free command data korean peninsula to reflect their view that south korea is a nuclear ally of the united states and we do not have a no first use doctrine. we claim and i believe it is true that we have no nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula. the north koreans say we have the verification of that. if you want to have verification in our country we should have verification. would be interesting to see how do you do that, what kind of inspections would that be. so, ultimately i think they are interested in an article six language that we will work in good faith towards the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. the way that i interpret what they are saying is part of being a regular nuclear status to make brought aspirational statements like that and someday down the road we will be there with your breath. >> that answers my final question a little bit more. i think the best case scenario is that there are negotiations moving forward. we finally get a process. right now all the things we are eluting to buy just think about how we did the treaty a

and an admission, robin, from the south korean company with a vested interest in this project, sayingow know that there was a fault a day before the accident took place, but saying that they were already notifying people in the area to evacuate as a result of that. yes, they talked about the discovery ofa yes, they talked about the discovery of a fracture in what's known as saddle dam d, the auxiliary dam, an auxiliary five or six built in the area, a fracture was discovered on sunday. they sent in teams to deal with that. apparently torrential rain was common at this time of the year. it hampered their efforts. it got to monday and they then say that a high volume of water leaked over the dam, there was a collapse and consequently it affected the villages five kilometres down the river. 0k, robin, thank you very much for that. we will watch closely for any developments on that. also making news today: pakistan has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops across the country to secure polling stations ahead of wednesday's general election. it's only the third since the end of military

and what elements does the south korean government have concerns about. for the second part of my remarks, i want to say a little bit about congress. overlooked inten terms of the role they can play in north korean diplomacy. right now congress like the american people at large are butined to support talks, they are suspicious of the trump administration's ability to carry out successful negotiations. they are frustrated over the lack of knowledge they have received about the process to date. where that confluence of events could lead us, congress putting up roadblocks that hinder the negotiations, and cause problems immediately, or set the united states up to overcome roadblocks in the future. three quick areas i want to address, first, i hope this would also be self-evident, if you look at the history of the u.s. congress, it is not. now is not the time for new sanctions. we have particularly with this congress, a pro-sanctions approach, and the general confusion that leads many members of congress to the conclusion that sentience are strategy. sanctions

cause because the north koreans have for decades asked for the removal of u.s. troops from south korea. to see the president get up and say i'm all in favor of it, must have come as a shock to the north koreans and the south koreans. there is a lot of talk about how the south korean government wants to see these negotiations with north korea succeed. it is a so-called prerogative government that has a lot of interest in trying to calm things down with north korea. all true. i think this government of moon jae-in also is concerned of managing the u.s. relationship and if we have a situation where the u.s. is talking to the north koreans of our deployment of south korea, we have a problem on how people are managing that relationship. >> before we end, i want to play you a sound bite, part of an interview of john bolton of how hong it would take to denuclearize. it's a much more aggressive timeline you gave us. you thought at least two years, if at all. the cia people are telling secretary pompeo that they may never give up their 20 or 60 nuclear weapons until the end of the process

and we believe that the south korean companies that are involved in the construction of this dam assisting at the moment in the search and rescue operation they certainly assisted in the hours after the warning was first issued that there was a problem with this auxilary your saddle dam at the side that they assisted in the evacuation process but yes a huge task ahead for the lao will thora these and other organizations that may be called on to assist but that raises another question as well rob i mentioned in that piece that it's a secretive government they don't allow access to foreign media easily or independent organizations so getting non-government organizations in there to assess the damage to assess the needs of the people in the days weeks and maybe months ahead will be very difficult and you referred as well in your report to the fact that the government is very secretive and that is going to have an effect on the kind of investigation that may be happening as a result of this dam burst it may not be a guarantee that things may change for the better. yes and still as we speak now

that we are able to share with the u.s., south korean and north korean scientists and kind of swap ideas on how do do these things so that there are no nuclear issues or nuclear accidents and we help the north koreans along as friendship, helping them to get to the point of denuclearization. >> melissa: thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> melissa: the lawmakers warn that if the justice department does not turn over additional documents on one probe by today then the deputy attorney general could be held in contempt or face impeachment. what can we expect? a live report from d.c. with analysis is next. carnation breakfast essentials. it has protein plus vitamins and minerals to help kids be their best. carnation breakfast essentials. your insurance rates skyrocket you could fix it with a pen. how about using that pen to sign up for new insurance instead? for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise their rates because of their first accident. switch and you could save $782 on home and auto insurance. call for a free quote today. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ libe

the same company is cooperating with the laos and south korean governments.south korean president and offered assistance in the efforts. >> president moon issued to the ordere as our companies participating in the construction of the damto and looking he cause of the dam accident. asia'sr: laos, one of arorest countries, had embd on an officious dam--- ambitious dam-building scheme. environmentalists one repeatedly that they could have environmental cost. and they did. singapore and thailand have also offered to help, but theames to roads and bridges will make the operation difficult for all who attempt it. jane: the possibility of life on mars may have taken a step closer to reality. for the first time, scientists believe they have liquid water on the planet. they think a massive lake sits on a polar ice cap is oe largest bowater discovered so far. for more, i was joined by the science correspondent for national public radio. just how significant is this discovery? >> well, it is a big deal. there have been many reports of signs of water and may seeing water

also saying they want to send a team because south korean companies are involved in the construction of this dam size. at least eighty people have been killed by wildfires near the greek capital athens rescuers fear they may find more bodies in coastal areas devastated by fire prime minister alexis tsipras city credits state of emergency today those are the latest headlines next it's al jazeera world. guns are part of the civic cookie. is simple but their knowledge of what. city but the more peaceful and lit are the. big cut that's your place of aussie some in my little girl must be the seventh century nor engender so we send a similar service also in the go corporal part of the so no one. set that deal with this so we open the back up for. the color quote missing the on the fifth. or. you can use it to share. the story good job must be of this throughout or you know enough to stand up and says that a couple subjects this one of your sister the couple sankar saying. that i'm sure the first center goer. diffuse i really do when you. press as opposed to sure she wouldn't do call for a

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three hundred g.m.t. a few minutes past and pompei are there in tokyo alongside his japanese and south korean counterparts as they take questions from the press over the issues of north korea and recent meetings between. his north korean counterparts let's bring sarah clarke in our correspondent who is in the south korean capital seoul following events for us while the three foreign ministers seem to be certainly on the same page when it comes to dealing with north korea the one thing that was very evident from mike pompei or that he wanted to emphasize that north korea and the talks were on track despite what is being said from pyongyang at the moment. yes that and that's exactly the message is getting across so this is the first time he's actually officially responded since north korean foreign ministry mystery put out there this statement last night he said north korea in the meetings in pyongyang of the last couple days he said north korea reaffirmed reaffirmed its commitment to dig nuclearization details on the next step to confirm that they would meet in july to discuss the repair of th

elements are the south korean government supportive or concerned about? the u.s. congress is often terms of the role they can play in north korean diplomacy. congress likes the american they are suspicious of the trump administration's ability to carry out a successful negotiation. lackare frustrated with a of knowledge they received about the process. where the confluence of events could lead us is congress putting up roadblocks hindering the negotiations, causing set ups in really or roadblocks united states have to come to. ofyou look at the history u.s. congress -- now is not the time for new sanctions. a postingcongress, shins approach. -- pro sanctions approach. stations are not strategy. you are a tool that can be used to lament strategy -- they are eight tool that can be used to -- are a tool to taht can be implement strategy. there is a reason to be concerned sanctions pressure on north korea is slipping. indicators thehe movement between chinese north korea border. tourism is increasing in north korea. some of thisors like is due to the rhetoric of presid

by a south korean company which is they ask a engineering and construction company now it seems the building of dams is a huge industry in laos tell us more about this. yeah it's one of the main key strategic strategies off the lao government is to develop and to the. hydro power sector in the country this is because of the very good talker a pretty poor high for power it has hills and a lot of water so it's actually quite. well suited for becoming something like the battery of asia and this is what exactly the government tried to do in the recent years so a lot of investment has been put into the country more than fifty dams are being built or currently planted in the country most of them are at least financed by foreign investors such as this one two there was a tie company involved and the south korean company i mentioned so it's becoming a huge business in laos even though there was a lot of. controversy about the subject because of course it has a huge environmental impact and as you can see now it's also connected with a lot of risk. frederic spawn thank you very much for being us up t

also saying they want to send a team because south korean companies are involved in the construction.

the south korean government says it's providing assistance. president mungy in issued the order to provide aid without hesitation as our companies are participating in the construction of the dam while looking into the cause of the accident one of the companies that has a stake in the project is run electricity generating holding company in bangkok it said in a statement on wednesday it set up a relief fund and that its staff have traveled to the affected area in laos to help provide assistance experts have said the dam can only be fixed when the rainy season is over the search and rescue work goes on florence. bangkok flooding caused by stan has reached neighboring cambodia photos posted online show residents in cambodia a strong trying province being evacuated officials say water levels in parts of the mekong river are risen to more than eleven meters chinese president says there'll be no winners in a global trade war he says the brics nations are russia india china and south africa tonight in the wake of tariff threats by the u.s. president

construction had not been completed at the time of the collapse one of the companies involved is a south korean company called s.k. engineering and construction it is saying that it first noticed cracks in one of the auxiliary or saddle dams on sunday night so that is about twenty four hours before the collapse occurred it says that it tried to repair the cracks but some of the roads leading to the site had already been washed out so getting the right equipment into the area proved very difficult clearly the situation became a lot worse in the hours after that evacuations were ordered immediately but it seems that they did not happen soon enough as this water went cascading down stream some five kilometers leaving more than six thousand people homeless the suicide attackers of the southern syrian city of saluted a new border with jordan more than thirty people feared the area is government controlled but there are pockets of territory held by those words the news headlines and back with more news in half an hour here on ars or next it's the system stay with us. they suspected money laundering o

also saying they want to send a team because south korean companies.

the critical role that south koreans display in denuclearization. not only in the creation of a piece regime but by further actively seeking the support and cooperation of international communities for the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. it has open the door to the initial three party multilateral negotiations. to discuss nuclear issues. granted they restrict be .peaking not bilateral talks in north korea is always quick to point that out. along withontacts, the south korean foreign ministry visit to negotiate the purchase of fresh fuel rods showed the two koreas can discuss issues. the north korean foreign ministry seemed open to foreign contacts. mainly the united states is involved. these are some of the trends and policies that have been evident in past talks between the u.s. and north korea. the two koreas themselves that's the just a three-way approach a be the most useful in moving ahead. process ofleanse the denuclearization is an understanding that the united states, north korea and south korea are bound up in the larger historical

engineering and construction one of the south korean companies involved said fractures in the dam were first discovered on sunday and efforts to move people to safety then the south korean government says it's providing assistance. president in issued the order to provide aid without hesitation as our companies are participating in the construction of the dam while looking into the cause of the dam accident one of the companies that has a stake in the project is electricity generating holding company in bangkok it said in a statement on wednesday it sets up a relief fund and that it stops have traveled to the affected area in laos to help provide assistance experts have said the dam can only be fixed when the rainy season is over the search and rescue work goes on florence. bangkok. well flooding from that collapsed. ready reach neighboring cambodia. the evacuation of those affected in sterling training province officials say water levels in parts of the river have now risen to more than eleven meters and there's been severe flooding in the region already anyway which is triggered by h

also saying they want to send a team because south korean companies are involved in the constructionof this dam sighs well the dam was due to begin operations later this year five years after construction began and it's all part of the government's plan to become the largest energy exporter in the region calling itself the battery of asia now lauer's landlocked and operates thirty nine. power plants in the mekong river region officials are planning to build fifty more with that number set to double in the coming years the rush to develop has been blamed for a number of dam bursts in recent years devastating farmland in nearby villages environmentalist have warned of irreparable damage to downstream areas. we can now speak to tom for therapy who is in focus and in southern england he's talking to us via skype he is a journalist and filmmaker who's been reporting on the environmental issues surrounding dam building in southeast asia thank you very much indeed for talking to us so presumably you're not particularly surprised by the the breaking down of this dam and the subsequent damage

faith in president trump on the second leg of his asian two of my compo reassured the japanese and south korean foreign ministers the talks was still on track despite the the us allies presented a united front declaring once again the commitment to complete denuclearization in the korean peninsula we have reaffirmed that international community will continue to fully implement relevant un security council resolutions in order to materialise cv id despite describing these talks as making progress my palm pilot says progress the line is not enough to justify lifting the un sanctions on north korea that were made in place and to pyongyang abandons its nuclear program that sentiment to shit by the japanese and the south korean foreign minister as for a timeframe on how to achieve that neither side is set a date sarah clock al-jazeera so. you're watching live from london still to come on the program they were a long time and for this reason in a brotherly embrace details on the dramatic foreign relations between eritrea and ethiopia. and we meet the people who travel thousands of kilometers to risk

also saying they want to send a team because south korean companies are involved in the construction of this dam site well still ahead here on al-jazeera more the rescue efforts in greece of the wildfires killed dozens of people and damaged property. hello and welcome back to main features across the northeast asia at the moment one some very heavy rainfall and to the heat we have heat wave conditions still across parts of japan across the korean peninsula and indeed into parts of northern china but we've had significant rainfall from this particular weather system right up in the far north east of china and also from tropical storm these are the shots coming just south of beijing in langfang city so almost not quite a suburb of of beijing but you see the extent of the rainfall that we've had in the flooding which is ensued so if you look at the forecast still some rain around but otherwise it's still pretty hot across southern japan you notice tokyo twenty eight degrees is average if that but as we head on through into the weekend and beyond the temperatures will start to come back

leader and basketball fan kim jong un had suggested the friendly match to south korean president during their first summit in april but neither leader was in attendance the game in the north korean capital conveniently ended in a draw with the scores level at one hundred two to one hundred two. now the french filmmaker claude lanzmann best known for the acclaimed holocaust documentary shoah has died at his home in paris after a short on us he was ninety two when we had robin merrill from our culture desk writing he was still working right up till the end is actually his death comes just one day after his latest film has been released in french cinemas is called four sisters and it could almost be an addition or an epi log if you like to his world famous documentaries shoah because it is for holocaust survivors for women who are holocaust survivors telling their stories and that's of course what his monumental it's knowing in the hall as long show up and it's an oral history of the holocaust using only first person testimony you testimony from victims and perpetrators has

south korean troops were really ferocious troops. the communist north created a special unit to deal with the south koreans because they were thought to be so intimidating from the perspective of communist forces. little-known fact, 35,000 canadians will volunteer to serve in vietnam. canada itself does not fight in vietnam, but 35,000 canadians volunteer because they think it is a good fight, which is probably why you lost the vietnam war. [laughter] prof. asselin: we are great fighters. marines, initially 3000 of them landing in southern vietnam. they are expecting action and what they get is young vietnamese women. you see that in that upper left-hand corner. then there is the bombing of the north. spring of 1965, the war effectively becomes americanized through the deployment of this first contingent of u.s. troops in the form of marines in the beginning of the bombing runs in vietnam. this is a cool picture. i got this from the vietnamese archives. the americans embalm in the -- the americans bombed and they defend the homeland.

and more protests have been held in south korean capital seoul against the arrival of yemeni asylum seekers more than five hundred are flown to jade u.r.l. and since december. south sudan's latest ceasefire has reportedly been violated within just a few hours of government forces and rebels in the north west and blaming each other for breaking the cease fire agreement was signed by president salva kiir and rebel leader react machar in neighboring sit down at least fifty thousand people have been killed and four million forced from their homes since the civil war began him twenty thirty when the african union has asked tribal leaders in south sudan to stop fighting and pursue dialogue to end civil war their meeting in mauritania ahead of the thirty first summit which begins on sunday. has more from the show. african leaders are concerned about the growing instability in the sahara region particularly following the deadly attack targeting their headquarters of the g five in savory in mali five is the task force which comprises troops from mauritania book enough fossil chart news share and bal

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engineering and construction one of the south korean companies involved said fractures in the dam were first discovered on sunday and efforts to move people to safety started then the south korean government says it's providing assistance. president moon j in issued the order to provide aid without hesitation as our companies are participating in the construction of the dam while looking into the cause of the dam accident one of the companies that has a stake in the project is electricity generating holding company in bangkok it said in a statement on wednesday it set up a relief fund and that it stopped travel to the affected area in laos to help provide assistance experts have said the dam can only be fixed when the rainy season is over the search and rescue work goes on florence. bangkok the chinese president has said there will be no winner in a global trade war she jingping is now urging the leaders of developing economies to unite in the wake of threats of tariffs by the us president i don't want us to reports from the bric summit in johannesburg. leaders from brazil russia india

engineering and construction one of the south korean companies involved said fractures in the dam were first discovered on sunday and efforts to move people to safety then the south korean government says it's providing assistance. president in issued the order to provide aid without hesitation as our companies are participating in the construction of the dam while looking into the cause of the accident one of the companies that has a stake in the project is electricity generating holding company in bangkok it said in a statement on wednesday it set up a relief fund and that it stopped travel to the affected area in laos to help provide assistance experts have said the dam can only be fixed when the rainy season is over the search and rescue work goes on florence. bangkok at least eighteen people have been killed in japan's record breaking heat wave with thousands of people being sent to hospital temperatures have reached fourteen degrees celsius in many cities and authorities are warning that the hot weather will continue until the beginning of august most of those who have died elder

that can play well into south korean and japanese.di: in terms of the impact on these steel and aluminum tariffs on the likes of nissan? steve: i think that will be an to hear what they have to say about these tariffs. gm, itlisten to ford and did have a relatively significant impact for ford upwards of half $1 billion on their earnings for this year. we will probably see the same thing from the japanese as well as the koreans. they do have a big operation in the u.s. about half their cars are sold in the u.s., built in the u.s. there will be significant impact. now, we know the tariffs have been put in place back in the second quarter. it will take a couple of months to have an impact, so the second half will be very dicey for these automakers. rishaad: thank you for that. steve man. as we talk about the japanese carmaker, looking at what is happening with the nikkei up against the background of the yen, climbing and strengthening. the yen strengthens, equity market gets some pressure. this is bloomberg. ♪ retail. under pressure like

secretary pompeo met with top officials from the japanese and south korean governments to brief them on his two days of negotiations in pyongyang. in a press release in tokyo, pompeo says the world stands behind south korea and tokyo. >> if those requests were gangster like, the world is a gangster. it was a unanimous decision about what needs to be achieved. >> reporter: critics claim that u.s. is softening its demands and moving away from its previously and often used phrase of complete, verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of north korea. even the south korean's say north korea understands you us expectations. >> folks can try to parse words that what is most important is what the north koreans understand. i have been very clear. >> reporter: in the u.s. is pushing a full disarmament of the problems from reduction facilities across a range of weapons and missiles. there are also concerns countries are easing their enforcement of sanctions against north korea. secretary pompeo says the united states and allies will continue applying the sanctions in pushing other countries to

several villages the billion dollar dam was under construction when the cracks were discovered a south korean from involved in the project has sent teams to help with the rescue . and at least seventy six people have been killed and almost two hundred injured by face wildfires and the greek capital athens rescuers fair they may find more bodies in coastal areas devastated by the fire i was a texas c.p.s. has declared states of emergency in the area and he's announced three days of national mourning. the emyr of capital is in the u.k. where he's seeking international support in the face of the blockade imposed by saudi arabia u.a.e. bahrain and egypt has been meeting prime minister trees in may at downing street in the meantime a u.k. newspaper is reporting that a casting agency has been seeking actors to protest the ms visit so haaretz has more on the controversy now on monday u.k. costing agency offered access twenty six dollars sake parts in what it called an anti cattle event outside downing street now people who are signed up to the agency then posted screenshots of the call outs email se

today, south korean president moon offered their assistance in the emergency response efforts.because of dam accident. laos, one of asia's poorest countries, had embarked on an ambitious dam building scheme to become the battery of asia, but environmental groups have warned repeatedly that those plans could have human and environmental costs. and they did. singapore and thailand have also offered to help with the damage caused by water, but conditions will make the operation difficult for all who attempt it. joining me now is professor bent flu—bear from oxford university. he's an expert on megaproject management, and has studied dams like these. i believe —— do believed this tamsin i have been built in the first place. —— you believe this tamsin i have been built. that is right. this is an extreme example of the bad things that can happen but we find the pattern in the hundreds of dams we studied around the world that they are very risky. this is an extreme example but bad things happen. the ground conditions are not right. big delays. they cost over. it turns out the dams are

difference in conventional strength for north and south korean nuclear weapons provide north korea with a way of as i say a balancing that no way so it's extraordinarily difficult for north korea to give away all of that in any kind of negotiation process and certainly not going to want to do that immediately it's going to do that only after own rather relatively long process in which it determines that the united states no longer poses a security threat against north korea so is this essentially just kind of one bump in the road here in in in what's what's going to be a long process of of finding a workable agreement. well obviously this was going to be very difficult process and this first meeting i would say was par for the course to be honest but also point out that the far more important process in my opinion is what's going on between the two koreas not between washington and pyongyang arm we're seeing some extraordinary and very movement forward in reconciliation between where south korea united states of course provides a kind of environment within which this can take place by o

more protests have been held in the south korean capital seoul against the arrival of yemeni asylum seekers about half a million people in south korea have signed a petition urging the government to revise refugee legislation and the german chancellor angela merkel says fourteen e.u. countries agree to take back migrants who originally registered with the local made the claim to her coalition partners who want the government to be tougher on migration but hungary is denying that it's agreed to anything south sudan's latest cease fire is reportedly been violated within just a few hours with both government forces and the rebels blaming each other it was signed by president salva kiir and the rebel leader react which are on wednesday although the top stories are going to bring you more on everything in the news hour that's coming up in about twenty five minutes time do join me then al-jazeera world now continues. thank you but that's you. back home life continues despite there being no chance of getting a job families still value education. i see the youngest generation now filled with potent

villages and sweeping away a billion dollars was under construction when cracks were discovered a south korean firm involved in the project has sent teams to help with the rescue wayne hay has more from bangkok and neighboring thailand. well it seems that many people are still missing following the partial collapse of this dam in southeastern laos on monday night but getting accurate figures out of the lao government is still very difficult getting access to the area for international media or for independent organizations is severely restricted by the lao government what we're hearing though from one of the companies involved in the construction of this dam remembering that construction had not been completed at the time of the collapse one of the companies involved is a south korean company called engineering and construction it is saying that it first noticed cracks in one of the auxiliary or saddle dams on sunday night so that is about twenty four hours before the collapse occurred it says that it tried to repair the cracks but some of the roads leading to the site had already been washed

but japanese and south koreans too will want to be part of the economic opportunity there is in north korea. we told chairman kim if we can denuclearize your country there is a brighter future for the north korean people. we're convinced he too shares that understanding, there has to be -- in fact he's directed better economic times for his people >> does he have market forces at all? >> we talk to him how it is you grow an economy, that you grow an economy with private rules based system and private

but are south koreans really interested in films from the north? of the separation, we couldn't go there. i came today because i was always curious about how much north korea changed over the years. 0rganisers hope that this will not just be a one—off event. they are hoping that it will set a precedent and lead to increased cultural sharing between the two sides, something that is much needed, given that the two cultures are so different, with one being a democracy and the other an authoritarian state. cindy sui, bbc news, bucheon city. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we take you to the farnborough air show in the uk, to give you a taste of how the world's top executives like to travel. lets end the programme on a high note. if you have ever fancied yourself as marvel‘s iron man, we might have just the thing. this was the scene just a short distance from here in the centre of london a little earlier, as a jetsuit—wearing man literally took flight. you will notice how the police kept spectators at a safe distance, but it all went smoot

president in april south korean men's team will play against the north on thursday . and that's all for we'll have more later on. thank you for joining me for this news hour i'm richelle carey there's plenty more to come on al-jazeera throughout the day on the other side of the break keep it are. we here to jerusalem bureau cover israeli palestinian affairs we cover the story with a lot of internet we cover it with that we don't dip in and out of this story we have presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and all of the policy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens there matters. captaining a leading used team at sixteen years old takes determination. to that staying on top of your game at school. the whole family bands together and shares the sacrifices necessary for a son to have a shot at becoming a professional footballer. by two in a zero zero zero mm game on a jersey. al-j

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supplies come through the port to feed millions of people who desperately need eight meanwhile south koreans are continuing to rally against the rapid rise of yemenis seeking asylum that will than five hundred people if from yemen have flown to j. zhou island since december about half a million people have signed a petition urging the government to revise its refugee legislation government was forced to hold an emergency meeting on friday to deal with the crisis eventually promising to tighten its laws craig leeson has more from seoul the south koreans are protesting against what they see is a refugee crisis here in the country this is because more than five hundred yemenis have access to countries through a hole a day article j.g. to ireland they now stuck to it because the government has moved to heal them in coming to the mainland there's only about three hundred people here right now but they represent about half a million people who signed a petition urging the government to revise its legislation to give more refugees for the last of these protests is taking place more is another prote

korean war and u.s. military plane flew to north korea on friday morning and returned to south korea carrying the remains a short time ago. to return the remains during his meeting with donald trump in june eight thousand. six decades after the fighting stops on the korean peninsula. has more from washington d.c. . the handover of these remains of these u.s. service members was one of the clear actions that was in the singapore communique from june when u.s. president donald trump met the north korean leader kim jong un over there in singapore and this was all part of it the handover of these remains it's unclear why it took so long after the sing this summit for this to happen but we do know that secretary of state my palm pale was over in north korea recently and it's probably safe to assume that this was very high up on his list of pressuring the north korea's koreans to make this happen now over the years there's been a handover of repatriation of some other american soldiers that were lost during that war but it's believed that there are still five thousand three hundred u.s. service members that ar