and china it's not just the chinese view and u.s. view you have to look at other players you cannot just say but japan doesn't south korea doesn't matter doesn't matter philippines indonesia malaysia singapore india they don't matter the only thing that matters is china what kind of an argument is that you want to reply to that go ahead i'm not making they're going let me john you want to reply to that and saying is this the argument you made the argument is that you know what is green on. any. i agree i mentioned south korea i mentioned south korea i mentioned japan if you don't read well you don't get mine i call it a right scuse me if you bring in a third one if you want a pretty good instance of aggressive imperial movement consider remember that the war in vietnam left two to four million people dead according to robert mcnamara that was not the act of a but now if so why is here doug inviting us back and one of the next to me is the one that joe writes why you because i think you raise an excellent question you raise an excellen

so we should not expect the u.s. to act irrationally and that's going well the invasion of iraq was a rational was and it wasn't wasn't that irrational and we of course it was it rational that was completely stupid on the us part but just because the us acted irrationally doesn't mean that it's good for the u.s. to keep acting irrationally for ever number one number two. is that we should not make the mistake of looking at this as a us versus china because in this day and age what we're talking about coalitions and actually if the u.s. was you know kind of jumping into asia uninvited that would be one thing i could imagine you know kind of. a lot of concern about that but u.s. is being invited back you look at japan south korea look at in fact china ally for long times singapore and of course vietnam philippines malaysia indonesia australia india and so when the u.s. is being invited back we have to look at the correlation that's concerned about the robustness on china's part john you want to jump in could i can tell

the u.s. military says another three detainees have joined the hunger strike in america's notorious one ton of a detention center this brings the total number of protesting inmates to one hundred out of the hundred sixty six held the strike started eighty one days ago over growing abuse allegations and indefinite detention without charge it also coincides with the obama administration's the recent decision to keep the facility open despite election campaign promises to close the controversial site. russian officials are recently blacklisted of y.b. us have spoken publicly for the first time since the ban came into force they've rejected all the allegations against them washington accuses the people august of being linked to the death of lawyer said gave me in police custody more than three years ago artie's medina caution of a has more. they say that the publication of this list was a politically motivated decision and that the u.s. side was not objective and making its decisions as it couldn't

researchers at the u.s. centers for december control and prevex started work on a vaccine by analyzing genes of the h7n9 virus. they're trying to figure out how contagious it is, but they said the situation is still evolving. >>> merchants saw chicken and duck meat drop in sales. >> our sales are less than half the usual level. >> translator: i'm worried because we don't know the -- i'm avoiding eating chicken. >> translator: i make my children wash hands carefully and i check the news ef day. >> shank high city officials are trying to stop the virus from spreading further. they've set up an emergency task force to strengthen monitoring activities. >>> bank of japan policymakers started their first meeting under the new governor. they're trying to work out a mechanism for achieving a 2% inflation target. they want to achieve the price target in about two years after shin doe abe called for an end to the long inflation. the policymakers are discussing further mon take easing measures for buying government bond

the u.s. has once again to him to do more to head to the syrian rebels secretary of state john kerry met with the opposition for many this indicated washington's sticking firmly to the trend of supporting a loyal movements all governments at any costs as a guy in a chair can found out the u.s. doesn't limit itself to influencing just one country. opposition leaders in many countries have sought and received washington's backing but u.s. support often comes at a price counting on money and arms from washington and its allies serious opposition coalition has elected a u.s. citizen. to be the leader of an interim government we're i want to ask you did we miss the action the syrian born i-t. executive from texas mr hito may have washington's blessing to form a new government in syria but even anti outside voices inside the country saying state of uniting syrians the american leader in syria will so even more divisions. in order for mr hill to build a team with which he could have mutual understandi

tonight breaking news the u.s. releases the so-called magnitsky list naming russian officials banned from entering america for alleged human rights abuses moscow says it amounts to interference in his domestic affairs and promises a similar response. also a blinding doubt stephen over cypresses economic revival and survival as the bailout price tag doubles bringing fears of an even greater burden on bank depositors and setting a dangerous precedent for europe's other struggling nations. while cyprus faces severe pressure from international lenders we look at the example of another european country where the public refused to foot the bill for bankers' mistakes. plus. american protesters voiced their outrage over the mistreatment of prisoners at guantanamo bay and urged their president to follow through on his campaign pledge to close the detention camp. breaking news this hour as i said the u.s. has released a list of russian officials banned from entering america because of alleged human rights violations moscow's

a strange term that is being used by the u.s. because the u.s. still sees itself as the sole superpower and countries that don't line up with the us or the outlier states richard i would agree with zachary that lumping korea and iran together is a real mistake because they have very little in common richard what do you think about that. i agree that there are differences in the nature of the governments and in their behavior i mean north korea is close to being a failed state the one thing it does have there are nuclear weapons and other tools that it can either threaten other states with or offer to sell to try and earn money iran is a different category altogether it's got a very rich set of tools it can use it it's not clear that iran is going to seek nuclear weapons soon but they certainly have a very powerful conventional forces but in a way there are economists much stronger despite the sanctions so in the category of rogue states not use that much outlier though i think it's helpful in the sense that it indicates those states that for one r

and of the u.s. led mission left a heavy burden on iraq is now the use of unconventional weapons threatens future generations of children a doctor. says america will not be able to compensate for the damage it's caused. it's clear that though the u.s. spoke of their help provided to iraq after the invasion notably reconstruction education and investments their so-called help resulted in the use of weapons banned by article fifty three of the geneva convention it prohibits any kind of weapon which if used where there is war can affect the areas environment climate and water resources things that occurred in one thousand nine hundred one and then in two thousand and three are true catastrophe and all types of munitions were used of including dispenser weapons past present munitions depleted uranium and chemical weapons all these types of weapons were used intentionally and on a mass scale in iraq this testing out of weapons had disastrous effects in terms of environmental contamination not to be compare

the u.s. isn't worried about some sort of low-scale provocation. but no movement towards large-scale combat, and very interestingly, for some hours at the end of the week, north korean tv itself was ratcheting back a little bit, just like the pentagon, not being so militaristic in its broadcasting, showing more about farmers and that sort of thing. a sense that maybe everybody might be getting ready to step back, but u.s. intelligence still carefully watch thing. >> everybody watching it very carefully, because the stakes are enormous. barbara, thank you very much. >>> let's get the administration's reaction. our white house correspondent breanna keeler is working this part of the story. how worried are they at the white house? >> reporter: white house officials are down playing there's any level of real concern here. they say north korea has been on the radar for a while, particularly since december with that ballistic missile test that was successful. but i'll tell you, the discussions here o

arrives in the u.s. somewhere around the year two thousand settles down in boston by the way and receives political asylum despite russia's pleas to treat him as a clue criminal at the beginning us federal authorities appealed the boston course decision on granting him asylum then they withdrew their opposition after a number of political heavyweights in the us tuned in to support the chechen militants including former sector of state albright so when questioning u.s. federal authorities reaction to the alleged russian intel on the middle of it is important to keep in mind the mindset perpetuated in the u.s. for many years in favor of the militants in russia and against the russian government's actions to stop them new york city's former mayor rudy giuliani spoke to the confusion that many americans had as they learned about the background of these brothers the chechen revolution against russia is an islamic based revolution they want to islamic state in russia. not inherently anti-american right anti rus

the u.s. accounts for thirty percent of global arms sales russia twenty six percent germany friends china seven six five percent respectively the figures are provided by the stockholm international peace research institute they cover the last four years of arm sales by the way this global. is worth around seventy billion dollars and four out of five of the world's largest stakeholders in this business happen to be permanent members of the un security council two out of which abstained from the vote that is russia and china they cite a lack of clarity in the language of the treaty in the part where it says arms transfers should be subjected to risk and human rights assessments first so it's supposed to tie arms sales to the buyers record on human rights which sounds like a very good idea but then this raises all kinds of questions like do brain or saudi arabia have a perfect human rights record so the treaty leaves lots of room for all kinds of interpretation is russia being actually supportive

the u.s. soldier indeed who played a key part in that historic moment he told us the reasons for invading iraq don't justify the lives lost. exactly ten years ago a u.s. marine from new york city made international headlines for his actions in baghdad edward chen tied a large noose around a massive statue of saddam hussein wrapped the face of that statue of an american flag before that monument was eventually toppled right now i am joined by mr chen for a one on one conversation on thank you for speaking with r.t. today oh you're welcome ten years have passed since that that that moment where you essentially became a symbol for the u.s. occupation and invasion in iraq you were twenty three at the time when you climb that statue what you know about the iraq war now that you didn't know that all army were no dollars is not ten years longer than we expected all those still struggling to rebuild their country to have a stable government why not statue of saddam hussein and wrap the face of the stat

well i think perhaps the u.s. is goal in the beginning was to keep projection away from defense cuts they had the sequester and there is threats that defense spending was going to be cut they use north korea as a convenient bogeyman and they went a little too far now they're having to back pedal because north korea is frightened and taking these threats very seriously so what does everybody have today what are the sides have to do to diffuse the situation. probably not going to do it but they need to speak to each other there needs to be dialogue they cannot just simply reject north korea and be dismissive and say they're crazy they need to be speaking to you can join in and they needed to use the situation and maybe lift some of the sanctions or things that could be put on the table they could be used as leverage to get things peaceful and to back down from this escalation however we need cooler heads to prevail and to get rid of a lot of this machismo on all sides itself in north korea and the united states and j

agenda anyone that the u.s. backed in very war in the u.s. agenda then they consider freedom fighters anyone that is against the u.s. is seen as terrorist or fundamentalists and you're the neighbor that can be so so you basically ultimately paint a picture that certain types of terrorists work with some sort of political agenda based out of washington but if i if i can move on and almost move backwards as well let's talk about two thousand and four u.s. authorities actually granted asylum to chechen extremist medal for despite warnings from russia why do you think the u.s. was so reticent in recognizing the north caucasus terrorist threat they've been ignoring apparently for quite some time well i don't know the individual you particularly so i can't say with these extremists or not but if you look at the u.s. policy generally they happy to grant asylum to anybody that fits their agenda so let's take dissidents for example anyone that's committed to terrorist attacks in cuba against a cuban regime welcomed in u.s. mainly living in miami and n

and china it's not just the chinese view u.s. view you have to look at other players within asia you cannot just say that japan doesn't matter south korea doesn't matter doesn't matter philippines indonesia malaysia singapore india they don't matter the only thing that matters is china what kind of an argument is that you want to apply to that go ahead i'm not making they're going to let me john you want to reply to that and saying is this the argument you made the argument is that you know what is green and i had to bring in any. i agree i mentioned south korea i mentioned south korea i mentioned japan if you don't read well you don't get mine i call it a right scuse me if you bring in the third one if you want a pretty good instance of aggressive imperial movement consider remember that the war in vietnam left two to four million people dead according to robert mcnamara that was not the act of a but now if so why is the dog inviting us back and one of the next to me is already in that job because i think you raise an excellent q

poisonous politics the u.s. hence their intervention in syria is a possible option suspecting the assad government to use chemical weapons but struggling to find any firm evidence. by its lenders i heading to the polls in their second general election since the financial crash of two thousand and eight when the country let its banks have failed but later made a stunning turnaround to growth we explore its success story. and americans will say no to t.v. news networks a recent study shows the audiences for the major broadcasters are plummeting through try to find out who want. the six pm here in the russian capital your lot of us on our team with me. while the u.s. is yet to decide whether the red line is being crossed in syria president obama's reiterated the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer washington claims or there's growing evidence the arsenal was deployed by assad's forces with some american lawmakers now pushing for direct action in the country archies marina point ny has the details. u.s. p

and still in the u.s. an arrest is made in connection with the poisoned lesser campaign in the wake of the deadly boston bombing this as a terrorist groups the nation despite tough security measures at the expense of civil liberties. us on stand by the u.s. poised two hundred troops in jordan's border with syria saying the move only aimed at preventing the two year long conflict spilling over from syria. i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow now we start this hour with breaking news a massive explosion has hit a fertilizer plant in texas reportedly killing seventy people and injuring over one hundred let's get the latest now from artie's gana kiana in the states thanks for joining us this point what more can you tell us. well this was a massive explosion possibly more than a hundred people injured it was a fertilizer plant that exploded as of now we don't know what exactly happened there information is pouring in and it looks very very bad officials say they're evacuating people from ne

the u.s. our secretary of state john kerry said that talks with north korea are only possible if the country agrees to end its nuclear weapons program and during a visit to seoul he reiterated that america won't accept the north as a nuclear power and one pentagon intelligence report suggested pyongyang may already be able to fire a nuclear weapon well that was published mistakenly and then downplayed by the white house meantime is want japan that could become a target if it shoots down any of its test missiles has warned that it will intercept any rockets in its own direction a former pentagon official michael maloof believes a full scale war is possible japan and like not like the others like south korea in the united states should be keeping a very low profile keep their powder dry but not make any provocations. and i think that. as long as there are provocations underway such as those continued u.s. korean south korean military actions sizes this this is this crisis is going to continue if

it seems that the u.s. is doing those things to make correct evaluation on king john so that the nuclear problem doesn't see it and i'm putting stress with south korea with the joint military drills but i don't think it is really helping in terms of interfering in peace. while i'm on the advisory board of the korea policy institute things that are well as the u.s. can never have enough of us military presence abroad and the korean conflict is no exception. the united states has hundreds over one hundred bases throughout the military throughout the world. if north korea collapses united states stablished military bases right on the border with china and then circumvent of that nation. also because of our middle east deposits in north korea which would be useful for exploitation by u.s. corporations and the united states. has never tolerated a country that won't put its economy at the service of a foreign corporation they want to know that about north korea and know that if their approach diplomatic we don't n

radicalize within the u.s. . abandoned in danger or the british government's accused of leaving afghan interpreters of the mercy of the vengeful taliban this by them having been key in setting up military operations in the country. and china and america trade accusations of human rights violations with beijing siding infringement on freedoms abroad growing domestic surveillance making washington unfit to preach morality to the war. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie welcome to the program now the two brothers suspected of bombing the boston marathon appear to have been motivated by radical religious beliefs but did not seem to be tied to any muslim terror.

the u.s. which said pc shipments globally plunged 14% in the first three months of 2013. we'll have to watch out for tech sector shares as well. let's look at the opening levels for april 12th, friday here in tokyo. both indexes trading lowing in the first few minutes of trading. let's remind viewers that the nikkei did close above 13,500 yet. despite talks among investors we have yet to see science igns of off. there's a bit more faith into japanese shares. we've seen the yen weaken even further falling and approaching that hundred yen level against the dollar. meanwhile the drop in pc sales may be of concern especially we saw shares in the likes of hewlett-packard. >> ramin, with regard to the yen, we were approached that psychologically crucial 100 yen level a few times but each time backed off. where are we now? >> a couple of times this week we have come close to that. it will really break the way into breaking above 100 yen level. we have fallen short of that key resistance level but trad

the u.s. 22 stealth fighter jets are in the ocean, aimed at directing south korea regarding the attacks. they are told to take the threats very seriously. >>> coming up at 5:30, "nightly news "will have more on the coverage in the region. >>> there was a moment last fall when san jose firefighters wondered if one of their own would even survive. that makes today remarkable. firefighter frank ryan was back on the job, in fact, there he is going to station one for his first shift in several months, last august, you may recall, he had a heart attack while he was fighting a fire. his heart stopped repeatedly while he was rushed to the hospital. today, he is back in good health. he thanked the emts who kept him alive on the way to the hospital. >>> opening day for baseball, giants and a's back in business. >>> they opened at dodgers stadium in los angeles,ñr there was also a big party at at&t park. nbc bay area kimberly terry is back. we begin with henry wolford with more. >> reporter: happy new yea

around the world around the clock this is carried. a u.s. army veteran has been charged with conspiracy for fighting alongside a syrian rebel group linked to al qaida eric harroun known to syrians as the american as appeared in numerous videos of members of the own nusra front designated by the u.s. as a terrorist organization but his father claims his son was working for the cia and would never join a militant group well he's going to charge account examines now where the u.s. draws the nothing between terrorists and so-called freedom fighters the u.s. army veteran eric karun posted the speed on line while fighting with the rebels in syria. the former c.e.o. eric karun has joined the al qaeda linked group gentleness were the only rebel group in syria that the u.s. has designated as terrorists while in syria erik actively posted photos and videos of himself holding various weapons spraying about the rebels latest attacks and calling himself a freedom fighter charlotte your days are numbered you're going to die no matter what where you go we w

in a show of force, the u.s. added nuclear capable b-2 stealth bombers to the military drills with south korea. then, kim jong-un put his forces on stand by to strike the u.s. main land, guam and hawaii. he declared a state of war with the south. the u.s. stealth fighter jets joined those war games in the region. and the threats went nuclear. north korea said it would restart a closed plutonium reactor. and the regime claimed its plans for a nuclear attack on the u.s. were ready to go. the u.s. has ordered missile defenses to nearby guam as fears grow that north korea may be planning a launch soon. we have assembled our own security council here in the situation room including some of the more knowledgeable folks about north korea to try to break all of this down for you. joining us is tommy vitor. and christopher hill, a former u.s. ambassador to south korea. he's now dean of the school of international studies at the university of denver. and retired u.s. navy admiral william fallon. he served as head of the u.s

boys in politics the u.s. hinting intervention in syria is possible suspecting assad's regime used chemical weapons but struggling to find firm evidence. iceland there is heading to the polls in their second general election since the financial crash of zero eight when the country let its banks fail but later made a stunning turnaround to growth we take a look at success. americans tuning out a new study shows cable news audiences are dropping as analysts say viewers are getting burned out from too many viewers and not enough news. ten pm in moscow tries a good having you with us here on r.t. our top story while the u.s. is yet to decide whether a red line has been crossed in syria president barack obama is reiterating that the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer in the crisis in claims there is a growing body of evidence the arsenal was deployed by assad forces with some u.s. lawmakers now pushing for direct action in the country archies marine important as the details. u.s. president barack obama

many things the u.s. going for it and i think those factors have all been underrecognized for the past few years and now i think we're seeing a lot of people come to those conclusions. all of a sudden, the u.s. is making it to the cover of magazines and stuff about how the economy is more resilient because people are seeing what is happening in europe and they're seeing the way things are sort of unfolding and the large, emerging markets and the problems coming to the floor and realizing that maybe the u.s. is not that bad of place. >> bottom line you point out in chart number three, if you look at the percentage share of world gdp, what you see is the big story at the end of the day, over the last, you know, 25 years, emerging markets go up, u.s. down a bit, europe down, japan down, but here's the interesting part. you point out over the last few years the u.s. share has been stabilizing and flat lining where europe and japan are declining. >> that's right. the last year was particularly interesting. for

alert we'll have that update coming up next days after violent clashes between guards and prisoners the u.s. military says the hunger strike at guantanamo bay is expanding plus we're learning about a new report that looks at torture we'll sort through that just ahead. let's wednesday april seventeenth find him in washington d.c. i'm margaret held you're watching our team and the city of boston is still reeling from the tragic events that rocked the city monday afternoon two separate explosions ripped through the stands of the boston marathon injuring scores of onlookers and leaving three including an eight year old child dead those law enforcement agencies contend you just search for answers in the case artie's own honest i see a church going to is on the ground with the latest hi there anastasio so tell me what's happening down there. well margaret what's happening right now is of course the investigation is ongoing it's certainly still in its first stages officials are not announcing any information as of yet it's very really a fluid investigation they're warning us reporters and people i

and china it's not just the chinese view and u.s. view you have to look at other players within asia you cannot just say that japan doesn't matter south korea doesn't matter doesn't matter philippines indonesia malaysia singapore india they don't matter the only thing that matters is china what kind of an argument is that you want to reply to that go ahead i'm not making they're going let me john you want to reply to that and saying is that the argument you made the argument is that you know what is green on. any. i agree i mentioned south korea i mentioned south korea i mentioned japan if you don't read well you don't get mine i call it a right scuse me if you bring in a third one if you want a pretty good instance of aggressive imperial movement consider remember that the war in vietnam left two to four million people dead according to robert mcnamara that was not the act of a but now if so why is the inviting us back and one of the values me as well in that job because i think you raise an excellent question you raise an excellent

echoed by the former u.s. defense secretary robert gates the problem that nato is facing when it comes to budget is no small matter if we just look back to more than a decade ago it. had a goal of having sixty thousand troops for instance available for battle in the so-called in so-called core however today we see that these battle groups range from about fifteen hundred to twenty five hundred clearly a huge difference from the initial intention of the number of troops that they had planned to have the cuts that we're seeing it. clearly is because of the europe the euro zone crisis the priorities have clearly shifted and there's not much enthusiasm to increase spending in the military alliance some sort of equal burden sharing the united states share has increased from fifty percent to seventy five percent and there are signals coming from the u.s. that they are not keen on continuing that kind of partnership with this sort of inequality and also looking at the u.s. his own budget costs as well as its shift in

is the land of texas one of texas does not belong to the u.s. oesn't belong to the federal government it launches of the people. who live here. and there is no federal land if they want land in texas they have to lease it from a spring there are military bases school. ok going to.

the u.s. didn't do anything about it and this sort of a blame game started the minute after soon after the boston bombings and they were talking about him being in the u.s. for just a short period of time not having lived he and his brother in the u.s. for a long time which makes the story completely different it really does i mean the narrative that they tried to feed everyone from the get go was that he had they had recently come to be us. they were radical islamic jihad and as the story evolved in you learned well they came over here the suspect who's been charged with nine years old and then you get senator saying like senator grassley saying we need to be tougher on immigration what are you going to do ask a nine year old if they have a propensity for terrorism and the younger brother seemed kind of to be following the older brother if anyone was more radicalized like perhaps the older brother would you consider this a case of domestic terrorism because they've been living in the u.s. for

it's clear that though the u.s. spoke of their help provided to iraq after the invasion notably reconstruction of education in investments their so-called help resulted in the use of weapons banned by article fifty three of the geneva convention it prohibits any kind of weapon which if used where there is war can affect areas environment climate and water resources things that occurred in one thousand nine hundred one and then in two thousand and three are true catastrophe and all types of munitions were used in dispenser weapons prospers ammunitions depleted uranium and chemical weapons all these types of weapons were used intentionally and on a mass scale in iraq and this testing out of weapons had disastrous of facts in terms of environmental contamination not to be compared even with hiroshima. this is by no means an exaggeration this is not my opinion you can look up human rights watch in world health organization reports on the internet radiological monitoring held on the international level radioactive contami

housing data in the u.s. so weighed down touch on the dollar and that's after existing home sales fell in march. that also put a halt to any further advances in the dollar yen up to that elusive 100 yen level that everyone has been looking out for. >> haven't seen that level yet. maybe investors waiting for further data or words from the upcoming boj meeting this week. >> exactly. fundamental news and central bank news may be one focus through and the central bank of japan meets this friday. no one is expecting any further measures from what it took earlier this month. after a look at the dollar/yen at 99.19 to 21. euro/yen 129.55 to 60. people really betting the yen is going to weaken further because the measures by the bank of japan to keep rates low in japan means that major japanese constitutions such as nipon life insurance means they have to search for earnings and that means shipping to overseas assets. that means selling the yen to buy those donominations. back to you. >> thanks for that. i'll leave yo

eighteen minutes past the hour hour now the u.s. sending more medics to tend to the rising number of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay officials say more than half of the one hundred sixty six captives are now refusing food with the last u.k. resident of the jail among them a small group in london staged a protest against shakhtar on air being held in the detention center demonstrators called for his release and the closure of the camp shakar amara has twice been cleared by u.s. authorities but has never walked free booze before washington introduces a new obstacle whereby the secretary of defense has to certify that britain is a safe place for him to return to and that he won't commit future crimes their shadow lord chancellor can says even m.p.'s are kept in the dark though about why ammar is being held without charge. the minister today was off the question one of the reasons why the american authorities have cut to detention and he tells us basically that he couldn't tell us why the americans the keep in him in detentio

u.s. bases in the region there are twenty thousand u.s. troops just across the border in south korea so could we see the worst nuclear standoff since the cuban missile crisis between the soviet union and the u.s. even though the rhetoric is probably as hostile as it's ever been no one really believes that north korea is actually going to carry out an attack as young as the north korean leader is he does understand that he would be suicidal of him to do that north korea itself knows that if it did it for the attack the united states it would be committing national suicide the united states would retaliate in a tremendous fashion north korea does not want to commit suicide i believe north korea is doing all this sure it can get to a point to actually negotiate some kind of peace agreement with the united states in the us media to you have all pundits basically saying the same thing that north korea is not going to strike because they know it's a suicide that they want to reach some kind of a deal with washington but they're not going to get i

and say the top story the u.s. has released a list of russian officials banned from entering a matter of america because of alleged human rights violations this was released earlier on moscow has already warned the measure would have a negative impact on ties and promises to come up with a similar response it's a main story tonight we bring you live comment on that from washington d.c. and our correspondent there in just a couple of minutes time meantime let's continue and take a look at the eurozone and cyprus eurozone finance ministers have said that with no extra cash for cyprus beyond a ten billion euro international bailout the mood been grim then at the ministers meeting in dublin as it emerged that the island nation needs around six billion euros more than originally thought to avoid bankruptcy the cypriot government will now have to raise the extra funds without external help and after the recent raid on bank deposits there are now deep concerns too over the president has been set as artie's tests are of sim

the u.s. has pn poring over the latest satellite images of north korea and the intelligence assessment is, they likely completed all preparations to launch. an administration official says the missiles have probably received their liquid fuel, even though the u.s. has no way to confirm that information on the ground, the military is sending a clear message to kim jong-un, it's not when you launch the musudan missiles, but where. if a test missile flies out over the water, the u.s. pacific commander does not want it shot down. >> i would not recommend that. if we have any pre-determined, we should have a sense of where it's going to be aimed. >> if it's aimed over land near japanese territory, interceptor missiles could be used to destroy it. >> i would recommend action if it's aimed ought our allies. >> reporter: this launch could be different from previous tests when the u.s. had significant indications on what was about to happen before liftoff. >> i would recommend action if it's aimed ought