the south through propaganda leaflets across the border robin bryant has the latest from seoul. this is a surprising move which has been generally warmly received here in the south the defense ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the unification ministry which handles into korean affairs they're a little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation closely it's thought that the military measures that north korea will now not go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d.m.z. which they had said that they were looking at in recent days as the relations between north and south had been souring and deteriorating so it is generally welcome to specially as north and south seem to be getting locked further into a propaganda battle with the launching of propaganda balloons from defectors here in south korea which are always in rages the north the north threatening to launch balloons of its own with up to 12000000 leaflets scattering across south korea and suddenly it all seems to have changed very quickly and we've had a lot of the critical articles from north korea suddenly disappearing from north korean websites also we're

north korean state television announces the cocountry's decicision to cut o all communication lines with south korea. on tuesday morning, the south defense ministryonfirmed officials in pyongyang hadn't answered a routine call to the liaison o office, nor calls on military hot lines. the escalation and tensions comes after anger in the north at the south's failure to stop activists from floating balloons filled with anti-pyongyang leaflets across the border. on monday, students held a rally in the north's capital prorks testing against the leaflets and --, protesting against the leaflets and those who had defected to the south. pyongyang has c cut communications with seoul before but this is the first time since 2018. some analysts believe this is an opportunity for north korea's leader, kim jong un, to further escalate tensions between the two sides, including across the demilitarizezed zone. >> i would p pbably expect some exchchange of fire onon the d.m. maybe some kind of rather dramatic actions of all possible kinds.. well, this is north korean policy. reporter: china says it hopes relations between the two sides will be restored quickly. bu

an office that was set up to improve relations with south korea the explosion was captured in surveillance video released by the south's defense ministry in syria will join here's an office was situated in the town of case song just north of the border the attack on the building comes as tension between the 2 sides escalates over the leaflets in campaign john young is furious at seoul's failure to stop activists using balloons to drop propaganda over the border into the north. according to north korean state media the demolition of that jointly is on office was ordered by kenya jong this is sort of north korea's leader kim jong un here's our correspondents assessment of the role that kenya jones plays if we look back a couple of months 'd to those rumors that surfaced about the grave illness of leader kim jong un we were talking about who might be the next leader of north korea and of course kim your junks name repeatedly came up i talked to an expert here in the south korean capital and he said if we see her actual and her profile in north korean propaganda increase then that game for the crown to be the next leader of north korea wou

the country's decision to cut off all communication lines with south korea. for your calls you know let's them. on tuesday morning the south defense ministry confirm deficiency in pyongyang hadn't oncet everything cool to the liaison office no calls on military hotlines but they didn't even hitomi was right we said we. will be escalation in tensions comes after anger in the north at the south's failure to stop activists from floating balloons filled with anti p.r. me and leaflets. across the border. on monday students held a rally in the north capitol protesting against the leaflets and those who had defected to the south. p.r. nyang has cut communications with seoul before but this is the 1st time since 2018. and you wanted some analysts believe this is an opportunity for north korea's leader kim jong un to further escalate tensions between the 2 sides including across the demilitarized zone. and given that i would probably expect some exchange of fire. may be some kind of. all possible kinds well if this is not. china sense it hopes relations between the 2 sides will be restored quickly but for now the north's leader has reminded the wor

the south through propaganda leaflets across the border. brian as the latest from the south korean capital this is a surprising move which is been generally warmly received here in the south the defense ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the unification ministry which handles into korean affairs there a little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation closely it's thought that the military measures that north korea will now not go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d.m.z. which they had said that they were looking at in recent days the u.n. secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank speaking to the security council antonio get ted is said to be the most serious violation of international law a day earlier thousands of palestinians protested in jericho. at least 2 syrian soldiers have been killed them 4 wounded in israeli airstrikes the missiles hit a military outpost in the city of suede in the south positions and other regions were also targeted state t.v. says syrian air defenses responded to the strikes the u.a.e. has been accused of providing support to syrian i

the south through propaganda leaflets across the border rebel brian has the latest from seoul. this is a surprising move which is been generally warmly received here in the south the defense ministry has said that they welcome this announcement the unification ministry which handles into korean affairs they're a little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation closely it's thought that the military measures that north korea will now not go ahead with include things like the deployment of extra military units along the d.m.z. which they had said that they were looking at in recent days the u.n. secretary general says israel should abandon all plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank speaking to the security council antonio cattelan said it would be the most serious violation of international law a day earlier thousands of palestinians protesting in jericho a saudi led coalition of fighting in yemen says it's intercepted a ballistic missile heading towards riyadh 8 drones and 3 missiles have been fired towards the kingdom since monday and who the rebels say they plan to launch even more. and libya's internationally recognized government is rejecting arab league cal

an office the post set up to improve relations with south korea the explosion was captured in surveillance video released by the defense ministry in the joint. just north of the border. to stop. the border. frank frank what's this incident. well you mentioned it earlier the the leafletting campaign from south korea a couple of n.g.o.s here one called the fighters for free north korea led by box hock a north korean defector routinely floats large balloons carrying leaflets over the border and into north korea they are released dropping thousands of leaflets just along the border regions inside the north for north koreans to pick up and look at and consume some information denouncing the north korean regime he's done this for on words of a decade but has been ramping up activities this year together with his brother who sends rice in plastic bottles by the sea with currents taking them into north korea and also infuriating the pyongyang regime who spoke out against this earlier cumulate jiang the sister of leader kim jong un saying before long a tragic scene of the useless north south jointly is on office completely collapsed wou

that's right it is a surprising move that is generally being warmly received here in south korea the defense ministry has held regular press conference saying that it very much welcomes this announcement of this move from the unification ministry that's the government department that handles into korean affairs there little more cautious saying they're monitoring the situation i think people here are trying to work out exactly what military plans we are referring to in this what is a very short statement from north korea we have to assume that it's the various measures that they've announced in the past week or so when we've seen this deterioration in relations things that were announced such as the redeployment of military units close to the d.m.z. separating the 2 koreas the reestablishment of guard posts inside the d.m.z. which are very escalatory measures which south korea have been protesting about but it is a surprise move especially when we are in what had seemed to be an escalating propaganda battle between north and south korea with south korean defector groups releasing balloons with propag

threatened to destroy an inter-korean liaison office in the north and take unspecified military steps against south korea. japan's defense ministrys stopping unpopular plans to deploy two costly land-based u.s. missile defense systems aimed at bolstering the country's capability against threats from north korea. the defense chief says he made the call after the safety of one of the two planned host communities could not be insured without a hardware redesign. that would be too time-consuming and too costly. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. so as you head back out on the road, we'll be doing what we do best. providing some calm in your day. with virtual, real-time tours of our vehicles as well as remote purchasing. for a little help, on and off the road. now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, we'll make up to 3 payments on your behalf. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i need all the breaks, that i can get. ♪ at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. li

the headquarters belonging to an iran backed militia group south of baghdad 10 rockets have been seized and at least 14 members of the type has been detained to the command it's. iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. after weeks of see at least 90 rohingya refugees have been rescued off the coast of our chain in tunisia the boat was towed to shore by locals after or foresees refused to let them land of a krone virus fears have since been put up in private housing and given medical checks about 30 children are among the passengers. well the plight of the running gear is expected to be included on the agenda of the association of southeast asian nations mission on friday the topics likely to dominate the discussions include the reopening of borders and territorial disputes in the self china sea. joins us live from bangkok scott what is the focus of the summit in terms of the coronavirus response and sort of economic recovery. well that comic recovery team is really something that they're focused on h

the headquarters belonging to an iran backed militia group south of baghdad rockets have been seized and up to 20 members of qatar of hezbollah detained including commanders. iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. pakistan's national carrier has grounded a 3rd of its pilots after an investigation found they cheated to get their licenses the 4th came to light during an investigation into a plane crash that killed 97 people and may some of the debate has more. are defraud his brother was among the victims in last month's plane crash in pakistan 98 people were killed when a pakistan international airlines flight went down in the southern city of karachi other holds the airline responsible. for them to get around in good but within days of my father also died of the shock and grief pakistan in the civil aviation caused this tragedy which was avoidable have the government taken action after all the previous crashes. there have been at least 10 plane crashes in pakistan in the past 17 years preliminar

south korea's defense ministry releasing new video of the explosion moments ago. it right there. the move was retaliation for defector groups in south korea anti-campaign pamphlets across the board. kim jong un's sister recently threatened to demolish the building calling it, quote. useless. hospitalized after drinking milk shakes at manhattan shake shack. telling fox affiliate the officers were accidentally sickened by cleaning solution from improperly cleaned machine. no criminality is involved. shake shack tweeting quote our team is working hard to get the full picture. in the meantime we are relieved to hear the officers are all okay. a protester is shot during a violent clash over a statue overnight. confrontation started when protesters tried tearing down the sculpture outside of an albuquerque museum. armed militia stepped in to guard it. the wounded protester is in critical but stable condition. the fbi and police are questioning several people involved. the statue was later taken away on a forklift. an entire high school baseball team seen taking a knee du

office that was set up to improve relations with south korea the explosion was captured in surveillance video produced by the sounds of defense ministry insert all of the jointly as an office was situated in the town of case hong just north of the border the attack on the building comes as tensions between the 2 sides escalate over the leafletting campaign john young is furious at cyril's failure to stop activists sending propaganda over the border into the north i've been on. and then have spoke to correspondent frank smith in the south korean capital seoul and asked him about the role of a team you would jong the sister of north korea's leader kim jong il. if we look back a couple of months 'd to those rumors that surfaced about the grave illness of leader kim jong il. we were talking about who might be the next leader of north korea and of course kim your junks name repeatedly came up i talked to an expert here in the south korean capital and he said if we see her actual and her profile in north korean propaganda increase then that game for the crown to be the next leader of north korea would be over and we could you know then conc

south. our interest supports the un backed government of national accord it's also condemning russia for fueling instability by supporting hafter. iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of ron this video was shared on social media people spoke of hearing a massive explosion officials say crews quickly put out the fire and there were no casualties. india has reported nearly half a 1000000 coronavirus cases the country's largest cas facility is being readied in south delhi to tackle the surgeon infections it's the size of 15 football fields it can accommodate more than 10000 patients at a time unless one though it's not enough to tackle the pandemic the plight of running the refugees is due to be discussed at the asia summit which is on the way in vietnam remotely do you make this comes as nearly 100 refugees have been rescued in indonesia by fisherman people in burundi are attending a state funeral for president. he died earlier this month while still in office taking place in the capital good tega and will include military honors and religious ceremonies. we're back with more at the top of the hour now it's time f

iranian backed militia group south of the capital baghdad 10 rockets were seized and these 14 members of qatar and hezbollah are detained including commanders iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank that exploded on the outskirts of terror around videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties. on the u.s. centers for disease control believes the true number of americans infected since the pandemic began could be as high as 20000000 that would be 10 times higher than the 2300000 cases that have been confirmed. the u.s. house of representatives has passed a sweeping police reform bill brought by the democratic party the vote was held a month for the day after george floyd's death in police custody the legislation would reduce legal protections for offices and banned chokeholds. well just as that debate in the house was happening president trump criticized the democrats saying they were tougher to deal with than some foreign governments so which is the toughest the she did you know it isn't china. is it possibly russia or is it maybe north korea i should know the toughe

militia group south of baghdad 10 rockets have been seized at least 14 members of kut has been auditing including commanders iran's ministry of defense says a gas storage tank has exploded on the outskirts of tehran videos on twitter showed a bright red light on the horizon officials say crews quickly put out the fire and that there were no casualties and the u.s. centers for disease control believes the true number of americans infected into since i'm going to began could be as high as 20000000 that be about 10 times higher than the 2300000 cases that have been confirmed. now the fight against corona virus has led to a partnership between 2 unlikely nations israel and the united arab emirates prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the 2 will work together in research and technology he says the agreement was reached after months of negotiations the u.a.e. doesn't have formal diplomatic ties with israel the announcement comes just days before netanyahu has plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank building. this cooperation will be in research and technology development 2 areas that will improve the health security of the entire region these are the result of continuous an