dozens of south koreans in north korea in north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members to bring together relatives who were divided off the korean war maybe seven decades ago the reunion. approved by the two koreas leaders at a historic summit in april and part of a recent thaw in relations. they can finally embrace each other after decades apart. many of them are parents and children brothers and sisters who sometimes struggle to recognise each other after such a long separation. on. sister sister my sister you've gone through so much. and it's a bittersweet moment despite being able to meet these family members who only have eleven hours to spend together. and for these eighty nine elderly south koreans this may be the very last time they can travel to north korea to see their relatives time is taking its toll many have become too old with both koreas technically still at war chances of seeing each other are also rare reunions like this have only taken place twenty times since two thousand apart from the state sanctioned get togethers there is no way to contact each ot

and there are about five fifty seven thousand people still waiting to meet their family members south korean president. he's also has family members in the northeast paid ads. savvy you know it's something that every koreans would say that has to happen and hasn't happened much more often now to and i understand that you spoke to families who were lucky enough to be picked to meet up with long lost relatives in north korea what did they share with you about that experience and that with a ninety one year old mystery. he's was able to quote he was waiting to meet his younger sister to have her health was deteriorating so even when he was leaving to her north korea it was unsure whether it is the younger sister or his and her his nephew. many most of the family are only allowed to see there a strange family who are distant relatives there's only twenty seven between one hundred seventy families who need their direct family members in the sense that most people have passed away or fortunately all are north korea is not out of meat . now intent of course the way that this works is that there is

two people among dozens of north and south korean families leaving each other for the first time we look at why these reunions are happening now. also coming up clashes break out between brazilian locals and venezuelans as tensions over migration come to a head more than a thousand venezuelans who have fled the border town are down forced back to their crisis hit country and a big day for greece as it emerges from its final bailout program athens will now be able to tap into money on financial markets for the first time in eight years it follows years of austerity that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its debts we'll go live to athens. i'm sara kelly welcome to the program dozens of elderly south koreans are in north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members. and these are just the first of emotional scenes that we are witnessing the first for unions in three years they bring together families who were divided after the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. some haven't seen their relatives since the end of that calm. clicked the unions more agreed to

live from berlin separated by war reunited after decades apart emotional reunions for north and south koreans who never talk the day of the prom look at why they're able to meet now and what it means for the people on the divine of penicillin also coming up powerful earthquakes once again chilled indonesia killing at least a dozen people the tremor unleashed fresh panic in the region hits just two weeks ago by deadly quakes. and clashes break on between brazilian locals and venezuelan migrants as the border tensions come to a head other south american countries move to tighten their borders as the venezuelan exhibit grows. the economic milestone from greece as it emerges from its final build out program athens will now be able to tap into money on financial markets for the first time an e.t.s. it follows years of crushing a city that led to widespread anger as the country tried to cut its debts. man. in a well welcome to you on the touchy ma dozens of elderly south koreans i north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members they bring together relatives who were divided off the korea

well you ask officials and equally south korean officials claim that was a political act committed by north korea it is known that kim jong nam was the hop . off kim jong un and. by his father and later on kim jong un criticized his younger brother and said he lacked leadership qualities so that was enough motive. for him just to kill kim jong nam and also you have to say you have those four north korean suspects who fled the country and the north korean side has shown no sort of cooperation of willingness to corporate in this highly suspicious case and the quick question is if you will ever find out the truth ok it looks like this case is turning into an international thriller sandra rocks so for us in kuala lumpur thanks very much we have some sports for you now in the first world football rankings since the world cup are out and they show a massive drop for germany the team that went into this summer's tournament right number one here's what the new talks here looks like france of course takes over the first position by virtue of winning the world cup second belgium third brazil fo

south korean president who he's also has family members in the north feels pain as a family unit something that every koreans would say has to happen and hasn't happened much more often now to and i understand that you spoke to families who were lucky enough to be picked to or meet up with long lost relatives in north korea what did they share with you about that experience i met with him that he one year on the street you know he's was able to what he was waiting to meet his younger sister about how. her health was deteriorating so even when he was leaving to her north korea it was unsure whether he is younger sister or his and her and his nephew. many most of the family are only allowed either a strange family who are distant relatives there's only twenty seven between one hundred seventy families who need their direct family members in the sense that most people who pass away are fortunately or are north korea does not meet now ten of course the way that this works is that there is a lottery and that's how people are picked so many people did not make the draw this time around can we ex

north korea plays host to dozens of elderly south koreans, as they reunite with family members they haven't seen for decades. a small break in the weather allows rescuers more access to those affected by kerala's worst flooding for 100 years. translation: i thought i was going to die. even the boat i was rescued in almost capsized, my sister and i fell out of it, but somehow they were able to hold onto us. the indonesian island of lombok is hit by another series of earthquakes. welcome to the programme. for the first time in eight years, greece is free to borrow money on the financial markets. the country's now emerged from its bailout programme, and the government says it can now stand on its own two feet, after three financial rescue packages totalling over $300 billion. but painful austerity measures are still in place and the recession has had a crippling effect. our correspondent mark lowen was based in greece during the financial crisis and he's been back to assess the impact. modern greece has ruins of its own. shuttered factories are temples to the worst financial crisis in living m

the 89 south koreans, many of them now elderly and frail, were separated from their relatives by the this is the north—south korean border where the buses carrying those elderly relatives are travelling across to meet loved ones they have not seen for at least 60 years. the two countries are still technically at war. these meetings, which will be held at the tourist resort of mount kumgang will be the first such reunion event in three years, and, as laura bicker reports from seoul, follow a recent thaw in tensions between the governments in the north and south. kim hyun—sook remembers the moment she saw her daughter for the first time in over 60 years. but the reunion was brief and bittersweet. all too soon, they were torn apart. translation: when time was up, i let go of my daughter's hand and got onto the bus. the moment i sat down, i could not speak. not a single word came out of my mouth. i felt like cutting off my own flesh. anyone who has given birth knows what it feels like to leave their children behind. mrs kim knows she was lucky to have at least this one chance. it is unli

thousand and four in north korea employs fifty thousand north koreans but the investors there were south koreans so you saw textiles you so i'll try to be billed by the north koreans and it was a joint venture project of sorts two thousand and sixteen though that was shut down by south korea simply because of the nuclear test that north korea was doing so nuclear tests obviously a big deal here economy though is what moon is saying can bring peace to this area he's saying that one hundred fifty billion dollars would be made over the next thirty years if they actually saw this cross border co-operation happen but bottom line is what he's saying is that we need to see a nuclearization from north korea for any of this to start up so that is always been on the table and it still is alex i mean a couple of things come to mind with your reporting and one is that there's such an economic divide between the peoples in both north the north and south i mean i don't remember the numbers exactly but it's less than two thousand dollars a year in north korea's the annual income and south korea you know in the

now emotional reunions of war separated families in korea dozens of elderly south koreans are in north korea for a long awaited reunions with family members the tearful meet ups rejoin relatives who were divided after the korean war nearly seven decades ago and the reunions were approved by the leaders of the two koreas at the historic summit in april part of a recent thawing in relations. reunited after decades apart. parents sons daughters brothers and sisters together again recognizing each other was sometimes different. this is eighty nine year old soon and her eighty six year old sister. i finally get to meet you after living for so long. the spike the passing of time eighty one year old young son kim never forgot his brother's face. as i look carefully at him i could recognize him from my past even if he's got older has wrinkles on his face there's still some of him left as i remember him from all those years ago. reunions like this have only taken place twenty times since two thousand apart from these state sanctioned get togethers there's no way to contact each other phone call

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

village of panmunjom they're trying to agree on a time and place for the third summit between south korean president. and the north's leader kim jong il and two met for the first time in may for informal talks and of agreed to meet again in the autumn. in syria dozens of people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons depo in italy province the syrian government and its allies have been preparing for an offensive to recapture the last remaining opposition area of santa been jevon had reports. from under a collapsed building some made it out alive they're probably not part of the word of the younger ones had to be carried out by volunteers the familiar exercise for syrian rescuers. a powerful explosion brought down this building in the town of some of them in northwestern syria but this time it wasn't an attack by the assad government or its allies. on the. first we thought it was an air strike but shortly afterwards we realized it was an explosion inside a warehouse in the civil defense teams arrived on the scene and began working to free survivors they were able to risk you seven civ

dozens of elderly south koreans have travelled by bus across the border to meet with their family members in the north the reunions were arranged by the two korean leaders at a summit in a cruel as part of a recent thaw in relations. you're watching the news coming to live from berlin there's more coming up at the top of the hour see them. in. june like. a guy with data to sell them to any is thinking about possibly buying and i. completely exploit. each time we're on the line we need behind traces which say a lot about our lives. and our words plenty to advertise it is there any escape. to morrow to do it next. germany's right to be of mexico highway. during world war two two thousand four hundred kilometers long route connects alaska. with the rest of the. road boasts the business and installing the silence the alaska highway i am a path through the wilderness in forty five minutes on. quadriga the international talk show it's been a tumultuous week in german politics and europe resolved bitter divisions over migration of the government it is said stared into the abyss could friendly fi

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

in all, 89 south koreans were allowed to cross the border to meet north korean relatives, bringing old photos to revive fading memories. for this man, the only evidence of his brother -- so for so many years this was all you had. >> yes. >> reporter: no bigger than postage stamp taking just before the outbreak of war in 1950. he says his first words upon meeting him, thank you for staying alive. these meetings started in 2000 but were suspended after tensions here. south korean families gave suit cases full of clothing and medicine, though nothing worth more than $100 because of sanctions. that the reunions have resumed is a sign of warming diplomatic relations. it's also a nod to time. already 75,000 south koreans who had registered to see family began ha again have died without getting the chance. lee never thought held reach north korea or any family there. it's going to be hard to say good-bye, he says. and it was. after years of waiting, families had barely 12 hours together before the sorrow of separation again. janis mackey frayer, nbc news, seoul, south korea. >>> still ahead t

south koreans i'm north korea for a long awaited reunion with family members. who own these on the phone screen unions in three years they bring together families who were divided after the korean war in the one nine hundred fifty s. some haven't seen their relatives since the end of that conflict the reunions were agreed to by the two korean leaders at the historic summit in april part of the recent forward relations between the two countries the south koreans were chosen by lottery the oldest of them is one hundred one for some these brief meetings are likely to be the last and only time they'll see each other. joining me now is journalist jane quantify she is in the south korean capital seoul welcome jan how are these reunions progressing give us a sense of what happens at these meetings i know three years the last. these people will be able to see their family of this after seven years. and they will be able to see their family for eleven hours over. it's either. one just. so obviously very a brief meeting but an important one give us a sense of just how si

at our top stories thii hour.ok dozens of north and south korean relatives have met for the first time in close to 77 years. three years for families who in were separated during the korean war of the 1950's..6 c13 c1 marks warmer relations between the countries, still technically at war. and greece officially leaves its years of cutbacks.d after eight while the economy is back on track, many greeks are still feeling the pinch. let's take a closer look at the situation in venezuela. situatiohat is with our focus r. venezuela a country where prices and a every few weeks, monthly salary is not enough to buy meat for one family meal. pnocked those five zeros off the refurbished bolivar in a desperate attempt tt control hyperinflation. when president nicolas maduro was reelected, he promised to focus on boosting the economy, their lives improved. venezuelans have yet to see >> [speaking spanish] he is a taxi driver in caracas. he used to get good businesssat the universityy >> [speaking panish] taxi drivers -- reporter: taxi drivers cannot find spare parts to fix their cars. even if they c

highlighted what he was doing, this is from 1968 as president johnson travel to hawaii meeting with the south korean president. [video clip] on july 18, president johnson arrived in honolulu for a series of meetings with south korea's president. president johnson: at all of our meetings over the past two and a

south korea has a president who is anti-american and south koreans must remember the sacrifice not onlyd who came to the rescue of south korea in 1950. you have a south korean president was more prone north korea than anything else. i don't know this very much we can do about him but for the rest of the south korean electorate it is a struggle for hearts and minds and this is important. jillian: you referenced something commander brooks said, this brings them one step closer to the end of their journey. look at the numbers and the fact that over the course of three years, 1950-1953, 36,940 americans were killed, 92,000 were wounded, 8000 still listed as unaccounted for. put yourself in the situation of those family members, people who still don't have answers. how important is it the united states stand strong and continue to fight for this? >> this is critical because if the us doesn't do this another nation will. we have 7697 unaccounted for. we believe there are 5300 in north korea but they will only admit to holding 200 or so. they said that on various occasions, we have 55 back. it

dozens of elderly south koreans are in north korea tonight for long-awaited reunions with family members. the tearful meet ups rejoin relatives who were divided after the korean war nearly seven decades ago. the reunions were approved by the leaders of the two koreas at a historic summit in april, part of a recent law in relations. -- thaw in relations. reporter: reunited after decades apart -- parents, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters, together again -- recognizing each other was sometimes difficult. this is an 89-year-old and her 86-year-old sister. >> i finally get to meet you, after living for so long. reporter: despite the passing of time, is 81-year-old never forgot his brother's race. >> as i looked carefully at him, i could recognize him my past. even if he has got old and has wrinkles on his face, there is still some of him left, as i remember him from all those years ago. reporter: reunions like this have only taken place 20 times since 2000. apart from these state-sanctioned get-togethers, there is no way to contact each other. phone calls and letters remain prohibited by

called president out on this calling for ready to throw up their american phones with the south korean model in this one but the problem is if you're on a minimum wage it would take you four months to paid off that might be a price too high for even the president's most loyal support of. the steelers using the opportunity to promote turkish made phones chairs and turkish phone maker vest electronic surged after add on's call to boycott u.s. brands as someone we stand behind a country that's why we're recommending this phone. over the past few days anti-american protests have taken place across turkey some demonstrators followed the president's call and changed dollars into lira. i'm not sure you. should do the u.s. president doesn't appear to know who he's dealing with he's facing a feeling the whole world knows his name. so you. will. but despite the patriotic sentiments it might be a while before turks are ready to part with arrived. all right let's bring in selfish months our financial correspondent in new york so he see you so what's been the reaction in the u.s. to add one sanctio

he would be the third south korean president to visit the north korean capital. it would be the third meeting between the two men. this is the time when the relations appear between to be strengthening just as the u.s. and north korea relations are worsening. slamming washington for what it sees as unfair behavior saying that north korea has been making concessions and they would like some of the sanctions to be lifted. washington has consistently said they want denuclearization first and talk about sanctions. many officials, including secretary of state mike pompeo have questioned whether or not there has been steps to denuclearization. reports suggesting the nuclear missile program is progressing. christine. >> thank you. >>> protesters against racism vastly out number a small group of white nationalists demonstrating across from the white house. two dozen white nationalists made the way from the metro takes to the stage for unite the right 2 rally. they were shadowed by a couple of thousand counter protesters and large contingent of police. the nationalists sp

pressure on north korea he's also in a sense putting pressure on south korea because of course south korean president is due to meet. in september south korea wants to open a liaison office on the border once in a way probably to regenerate new economic contacts and so the warming of relations from south korea and north korea has been a sense of positive aspect of trumps diplomacy but now of course it begins to raise the question of a split possibly trungpa want to go back to a more aggressive posture to pressure north korea and the south korean government may say we have perceived benefits from a calming of the atmosphere and improve the atmosphere the pentagon was always on happy with any suggestion that it would scale back its maneuvers it wanted to maintain the military pressure of the military readiness of u.s. forces in and around korea. so that sets trump has been moved to the pentagon position rather than the pentagon never really been happy with transportation do trade war between china and the u.s. has started to bite the east and southeast asian countries such as the special i wo

pressure on north korea he's also in a sense putting pressure on south korea because of course south korean president is due to meet women in september south korea wants to open a liaison office on the border once in a way probably to regenerate new economic contacts and so the warm a relationship in south korea and north korea has been a sense of positive aspect of trumps diplomacy but now of course it begins to raise the question of a split possibly trungpa want to go back to a more aggressive posture to pressure north korea and the south korean government may say we have perceived benefits from a calming of the atmosphere and improve the atmosphere the pentagon was always on a plane with any suggestion that it would scale back its maneuvers it wanted to maintain the military pressure of the military readiness of the u.s. forces in and around korea. i'd say that says trump has been moved to the pentagon position rather than the pentagon never really been happy with transportation the trade war between china and the u.s. has started to bite the east and southeast asian countries such as ex

in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 9:00am on the korean peninsula, where after decades apart, dozens of people from southea have been reunited with their relatives living across the border. a ballot was held to determine which families separated by the korean war would be allowed to meet, albeit forjust a few hours and under close supervision. from the south korean capital, seoul, laura bicker reports. a warning — this does contain flash photography. after more than 60 years apart, it can be hard to find the words. some just throw themselves in their brothers‘ arms. others offer a deep bow. "i remember how beautiful you were," says one sister to another, as they try to recognise features not seen in decades. earlier, as she prepared to head north, 92—year—old lee keum—seom couldn't stop thinking about what she would do when she saw her son. he was only four years old when they were separated. translation: i'm hoping to throw my arms around my grown—up son. i think i would like to ask where and how were you? who did you live with? archive: more than 80,000 civilians have already left. mrs lee was one of t

more than three hundred south koreans have traveled to north korea to meet their long lost relatives it's the second round of temporary were unions of family members separated by for decades by the korean war earlier this week about two hundred other south koreans went to the scenic diamond mountain resort for similar reunions. to zimbabwe now where the president who's now been officially inaugurated has called on the country to unite its comes just a day after a court upheld emerson and god was narrow election victory the result have been disputed by the main opposition party which claimed the vote was raked. tens of thousands packed zimbabwe's national stadium in horary to watch their leader takes the oath of office. there most of the. serbs are. as president of zimbabwe. i would be surfacing. to suburbia. but despite all the pomp at this inauguration the election result has been bitterly contested only twenty four hours before zimbabwe's constitutional court confirmed that more on god chua had won the july ballot after claims it was rigged m.d.c. opposition leader nelson chamisa s

nine south koreans and three north koreans make up this basketball squad the asian games which start on saturday will see united korean teams in three further events as well. although we've had our differences in our past i think it's about time that we present the differences and try to brasil pieced together so i think it's a very meaningful thing that both sides are able to get together and they were able to represent the korean peninsula as one instead of two separate things so i think this is something to rejoice so to certainly is the team's success here in jakarta they thrashed their hosts. but for those involved the united front is less about the score than it is about the message. it was an honor to become the first unified korea team coach in history and i'm glad we won the first match so i think our players all think the same thing. very few north koreans have the chance to support the united team here in indonesia inside and outside the country their travel rights are tightly restricted by kim jong un's regime the south koreans who are here have a privilege and a dream wo

now, from a south korean point of view, there is disappointment here.l with the secretary of state on saturday morning, and she said that it was regrettable that such a highly anticipated meeting was not going ahead. and of course, it puts the south koreans in a slightly more difficult situation as the president, moon jae-in, is going to pyongyang next month, meeting in another summit with king jeong-eun. and certainly, what he wants to see is this dual-track approach that at the same time the north and south koreans are getting closer, the u.s. and north korea are getting closer as well. but interestingly, from the u.s. president, we also saw somewhat of a good cop-bad cop within the same tweet, at the same time as saying not enough progress is being made, he also said he sent his warmest regards and respects to kim jong-un and said that he hopes to see him soon. but it's not really a surprise that the u.s. president is now acknowledging that there is very little progress being made towards does nuclearization. it's what we have heard all along from mo

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and more than three hundred south koreans have traveled to north korea to meet their long lost relatives it's the second round of such temporary reunions of family members separated by decades by the one nine hundred fifty to one nine hundred fifty three korean war earlier this week about two hundred other south koreans went to the scenic diamond mountain resort for some of the reunions. and in belgariad sixteen people have been killed in a bus accident the vehicle was carrying to restore a weekend trip when it ran off the road into original rain and plunged into a river cool. which more than twenty people were injured and they've been taken to hospitals in the area. to see a season got underway this weekend one of the title contenders is already facing a setback shall come. in a tough opening game against both spoke of club clearly on the rebound after just barely avoided relegation last season. shall have newcomers mark stuart saida and sally sunday in the starting line up it's a bit late facts post but with a shop a side top set pieces would prove to be key in this match maxi arnold t

pressure on north korea he's also in a sense putting pressure on south korea because of course south korean president is due to meet women in september south korea wants to open a liaison office on the border once in a way probably to regenerate new economic contacts and so the warm a relationship in south korea and north korea has been a sense of positive aspect of trumps diplomacy but now of course it begins to raise the question of a split possibly trump who want to go back to a more aggressive posture to pressure north korea and the south korean government may say we have perceived benefits from a calming of the atmosphere and improve the atmosphere the pentagon was always on happy with any suggestion that it would scale back its maneuvers it wanted to maintain the military pressure of the military readiness of u.s. forces in and around korea. i've heard that says trump has been moved to the pentagon position rather than the pentagon to really be happy with trump's position should news for now check in with him for breaking news and analysis twenty four seventh's i'll have your next wor

and then we had the dramatic sunshine policy from washington where president trump as well as south korean president met camille commotion and seemed to be able to personally negotiate some kind of track towards a reconciliation of this problem and so i think in a sense feeling that the north koreans have not been moving as rapidly in the direction of disarmament as trump would want to perhaps trump exaggerated the degree to which north korea would disarm without steps by the united states to match it. by step two to remove american forces american nuclear forces i mean trumps rhetoric after that summit was so positive he said it's been so successful so many are steps forward he did so the games would be restarted if the negotiations failed so is this what we're seeing a view that negotiations have been futile. i think what he's sort of saying is you better show me some steps which i can then say we're moving in the right direction he's putting pressure on north korea he's also in a sense putting pressure on south korea because of course the south korean president is due to meet. in septem

pressure on north korea he's also in a sense putting pressure on south korea because of course south korean president is due to meet him in september south korea wants to open a liaison office on the border once in a way probably to regenerate new economic contacts and so the woman a relationship in south korea and north korea has been a sense of positive aspect of trumps diplomacy but now of course it begins to raise the question of spirit possibly trump want to go back to a more aggressive posture to pressure north korea and the south korean government may say we have perceived benefits from a calming of the atmosphere and improve the atmosphere the pentagon was always on happy with any suggestion that it would scale back its maneuvers it wanted to maintain the military pressure the military readiness of the u.s. forces in and around korea and so in that sense trump has moved to the pentagon position rather than the pentagon never really been happy with trump's position. stunning revelations have surfaced regarding the mysterious murder of three russian journalists in the central african

pressure on north korea he's also in a sense putting pressure on south korea because of course the south korean president is due to meet women in september south korea wants to open a liaison office on the border at once in a way probably to regenerate new economic contacts and so the warm a relationship in south korea and north korea has been a sense of positive aspect of trumps diplomacy but now of course it begins to raise the question of a split possibly trungpa want to go back to a more aggressive posture to pressure north korea and the south korean government may say we have perceived benefits from a calming of the atmosphere and improve the atmosphere the pentagon was always on happy with any suggestion that it would scale back its maneuvers it wanted to maintain the military pressure of the military readiness of u.s. forces in and around korea. so that says trump has been moved to the pentagon position rather than the pentagon never really been happy with transposition ok that's the way look for now on colin bray in moscow thanks for checking in with r.t. this hour on back with more in

a 31 year old south korean woman bought a bicycle seven years ago and named it ‘lucky‘.es, ridden 66,000 kilometres and made it to five continents. jinjeong says there have been some hairy moments along the way, and she's also captured some amazing pictures of her adventure. jinjeong joins me for her first—ever interview shortly, but first, let's take a look at some of the places she's visited. aspurtojin a spur tojinjeong and she explained what inspired her to cycle the world. —— earlier. —— earlier i spoke tojin the world. —— earlier. —— earlier i spoke to jin jeong. well, my dream was to travel the universe, so before going to the universe i want to see my planet earth first, so i decided to cycle around the world. i think car is too fast and walking is too slow, but bicycle is a good speed. but it has taken such a long time, seven years, and you have covered five continents. what is the next continent you want to cover? 0ceania. 0ceania, all right. after that, antarctica. so tell us, what is the most favourite place that you have visited among the five continents? th

a 31—year—old south korean woman bought a bicycle seven years ago and named it lucky.en 66,000 km, and made it to five continents. jinjeong says there have been some hairy moments along the way, and she has also captured some amazing pictures of her adventure. jinjeong joins me for her first—ever interview shortly. but first, let's take a look at some of the places she has visited. we are indeed lucky to havejin jeong join us in our studios. thank you forjoining us. thank you for having me. congratulations, 6000 kilometres, what inspired you to travel the world? well, my dream was to travel the universe, so before going to the universe i want to see my planet earth first, so i decided to cycle around the world. i think car is too fast and walking is too slow, but bicycle is a good speed. that it has taken such a long time, seven that it has taken such a long time, seve n yea rs that it has taken such a long time, seven years and you have covered five continents. what is the next continent you want to cover? christiania. christiania, all right, after that antarctica. so

the south korean government has said it will ban about 20,000 bmws from its streets after a spate ofr nearly 30 engines caught on fire in 2018 monica miller is in singapore. tell us more? this is mainly the bmw 530 d sedan model, the german automotive maker said the cause of the defect is in the exhaust gas recirculation system. the south korean government have decided they will conduct their own investigation into the case and if necessary they will take legal action but what they have done this week, bmw apologised publicly and said there would be a recall of over 10,000 diesel vehicles but the local governments will take this a step further, they will take this a step further, they will take this a step further, they will take roughly tens of thousands of cars off the road but they are asking bmw owners to do this voluntarily and how they actually pass a safety check. this is something local governments can do, they have the authority to do it under south korean laugh. thank you monica. europe mostly positive, starting the day in positive territory, onlyjust slightly, doing pretty

putting pressure on north korea he's also sense putting pressure on south korea because of course south korean president to meet. in september south korea wants to open a liaison office on the border once in a way probably to regenerate new economic contacts and so the warming of relations with south korea and north korea has been a sense of positive aspect of trumps diplomacy but now of course it begins to raise the question of a split possibly trungpa want to go back to a more aggressive posture to pressure north korea and the south korean government may say we have perceived benefits from a calming of the atmosphere and improve the atmosphere the pentagon was always on happy with any suggestion that it would scale back its maneuvers it wanted to maintain the military pressure of the military readiness of the u.s. forces in and around korea. so that says trump has been moved to the pentagon position rather than the pentagon never really been happy with transportation do trade war between china and the u.s. has started to bite the east and southeast asian countries such as exposure i would sa

she's signed for a 70 and the south korean is five shots off the south korean is five shots off the lead staying with golf, ian poulter leads after the first round of the wgc bridgestone invitational in ohio. the englishman, whose best ever finish there is 13th, shot an 8—under par 62. the reigning champion hideki matsuyama began the defence of his title with a round of 67. he's five off the lead. the world number one dustinjohnson, who's bidding for back—to—back wins after his victory at the canadian 0pen last week, is seven shots off the lead at 1—under par. while francesco molinari, playing his first round of golf since winning the open championship two weeks ago, is at level par after carding a 70. colm harrison reports. firestone country club is hosting this event for the 19th and final time this year before it moves to memphis in 2019. so far there's only been one multiple winner of the tournament in its various guises, tiger woods with a record eight victories to his name. the last of those was back in 2013. his last tournament win anywhere in fact. woods was among the early start

a group of elderly south koreans travelled to a tourist resort in the north for the event. the korean war in the 1950s left the peninsula divided, and many on the northern side were unable to leave. pope francis has written an unprecedented letter condemning child sex abuse and cover—ups in the catholic church. the 2,000—word letter is addressed to the world's 1.2 billion roman catholics. and it has been back to basics at london's gatwick airport. staff had to write flight information on whiteboards for most of the day due to a technical problem. the airport says the issue has now been resolved. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: birmingham prison is being taken over by the government from the private firm gas, after inspectors said it had fallen into a state of crisis. the ministry ofjustice is accused of being asleep at the wheel. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. more rhetoric on us china trade talks. president trump says he doesn't expect much to come out from the negotiations with china on tariffs, but one fami

more than three hundred south koreans have traveled to north korea to meet their long lost relatives it's the second round of temporary reunions of family members separated for decades by the korean war earlier this week about two hundred other south koreans went to the scenic diamond mountain resort for similar reunions. italian prosecutors have begun investigating the country's interior minister far right leader months vini for his role in preventing migrants rescued at sea from disembarking in sicily the investigation is focusing on charges of illegal confinement illegal arrest and abuse of power the migrants have been stuck on an italian coast guard vessel in the port of kentucky for five days on saturday italy began allowing them to disembark. weary sick many on hunger strike the migrants on board the dish shotty are finally allowed onto dry land stuck in catan has harvest since monday they're exhausted and many are traumatized after their journeys. and it's a they live don't know what i wanted to sue minus we've heard inhumane stories of female suffering for example a twenty tw