spokespersons say the united states remains vigilant in the face of north korea's provocations and is fully committed to the security of its allies in the region. >>> the united nations security council will hold an emergency closed door meeting to discuss its response to the north korean launch. the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. friday new york time and is being held at the request of the japanese mission to the u.n. >> translator: the japanese government will keep urging the united states and other council members to handle the north korean situation properly. japan hopes to work closely with the u.s., south korea, china, russia, and other concerned nations. >> the united states and european nations are expected to condemn the north korean launch. russia is also expected to side with the western nations. the reaction of the remaining permanent council member, china, will be the key to the outcome of the council meeting. >>> china's leaders are calling for calm. the country often acts as a link between the north and the rest of the world. our susumu kojima tells us how the launch is playing out there. >> chinese state-run media has been giving friday's events in north korea front

undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, to senator richard lugar, united nations security council's ban ki moon and murray snyder. we're engaged in research on the topic as "going nuclear and international security in the 21st century" coed itted by michael brown reflects. we're developing new course offerings in this area including a new graduate course this fall offered by professor of chemistry and international affairs christopher cahill on nuclear materials science funded by a grant from the nuclear regulatory commission. so it's a great pleasure to convene this discussion today to have all of you here together. and to have the opportunity to introduce the doctor to discuss the situation in iran which is obviously a -- the pressing issue that intrudes discussion of nuclear fuel cycle choices into the lives of many people around the world. he's currently with the science for international affairs at the john f. kennedy school at harvard university. he's spent 27 years prior to joining harvard with the international atomic energy agency in vienna, and the last five of those as de

the united nations security council concluded the launch used ballistic missile technology and contra veened u.n. resolutions. >>> south korea unveiled new cruise missiles that it said could strike any part of north korea. officials say this is a warning to the north. the south's defense ministry showed video of the missile test launch to the media. it showed the missile in flight then hitting a targeted hut hundreds of kilometers away. the ministry did not reveal the exact range or number of missiles deployed but a senior military officer said it can strike anywhere in north korea. he added that his country will retaliate against any provocation. the domestically developmented missile resembles the u.s. tomahawk and has a range of 1,000 kilometers. this is the first time the south formally disclosed its deployment. t details of the missile have come only through media reports. >>> india test ranged a long range ballistic missile capable of reaching beijing. india and china are the two emerging economic and military powers. india's test could spark renewed tensions between the two riv

were called back into the details of this relationship between frost and joey in the united nations security council christmas time really to be against. the united states and britain and backless in the balance taking up to the iraq war people will tell you very very briefly this could have a big impact on the e.u. at the moment if we do see so cozy go just briefly a u. economic mathematic very briefly. because there's even an appearance of goldman sachs in the european financial structures and so on i don't i don't think we can make predictions there's continuity but certainly so cozy was a cool. part of washington and perhaps your presidents a socialist president will give us a little bit more of its republican you know traditions. pendants poised on hold on loop other world scale as well as within the european union we shall try to hear from you once again thank you for your time a show chossudovsky live on the line from montreal. media currency crisis. cuts. tragic integration. who will be left standing with. the french election on r.t.e. . but life here in moscow with the twenty four hours a d

. >>> the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting on north korea's launch on friday at 9:00 a.m. in new york. the japanese government sent a letter to the body calling for the emergency meeting. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice, told them it blatantly violates north korea's obligations to the international community. russia's u.n. ambassador said the members of the body agreed that the launch goes against a security council resolution. and china's ambassador said the u.n. must do everything possible to diffuse tension rather than inflame the situation. >>> and joining us once again now is the national graduate institute for policy studies or grips, in tokyo. now north korea has acknowledged that the launch has failed. >> right. >> how will it affect kim jong-un? any negative impacts? >> certainly it will have a negative impact on kim jong-un. in the past, north korea has, you know, tried to launch a satellite twice. in 1998 and 2009. and each time the satellite launch failed, but the north korean authority announced that it was successful. but this time, t

secretary in noncompliance with its safeguard obligations, so passing this dossier to the united nations security council was illegal. and therefore, the security council resolution is also then illegal. and therefore, iran doesn't need to comply with this. and this goes back to this -- my statement. let's call a spade a spade. let's call black black and white white. because if the iaea secretary had in this 2003 report -- late 2003 report written that iran was found in noncompliance with its safeguards agreement, it would have been okay for the -- not okay at this time for iran and they could not use this argument which they are now using. actually, they go -- they have even read their document because they went to the statutes and that's another kind of procedure which perhaps the secretary didn't follow literally. because noncompliance, according to the iaea secretary, the statutes, is established by the department of safeguards inspectors. that's what the language says. it's not the director general. director general should take this report which the inspectors make and pass it to the iaea board of g

down arms and by which a total cease fire needs to be in effect now according to the united nations security council if this does not happen they will be to quote the u.n. security council third at measures and this is the strongest statement so far from the united nations what it does suggest though is that it is not binding and it does not have any kind of resolution of course but still it is a very serious statement for the u.n. security council to make damascus on the other hand says it has begun withdrawing its troops it says that there has been an increase in violence over the past few days that it puts the blame for that with the rebels and says that the rebels are being funded by countries such as saudi arabia qatar and turkey and that this needs to be looked at the syrian government is also offering some kind of guarantees that the vacuum that is needed when it withdraws its truth is not pulled by these rebel fighters. paula what about the syrian opposition women are they taking steps to implement the peace plan. well so far there's been no confirmation from the syrian opposition that indee

. >> the united nations security council says it hopes to get a small team of observers into syria within the next few days to monitor the cease-fire. there's been sporadic violence since the truce came into effect and reports of firing near the turkish border. the first major test will probably come in the course of the day after friday prayers. that's when anti-regime protesters are saying they intend to take to the streets. the latest reports have been of gunfire at a rebel post on the turkish-syrian border. a short while ago, our correspondent joined us on the phone with more details. >> this happened after midnight when syrian soldiers saw a free syrian army flag over some kind of base and attacked it. shooting was reported. tanks were reported in the area. but we have had no reports on this side of any casualties, and certainly the free syrian army people that i've been speaking to don't describe it at this point ads a major incident. i think it seems to be -- and again, one has to stress it's seen, because news out of syria is notoriously difficult to pin down, but what seems to ha

. >>> the united nations security council meets later this morning to expand the monitoring mission in syria. a peace plan supposed to start with the cease fire is not holding. opposition forces say nearly 60 people killed across the country yesterday, u.n. wants to up their involvement from 30 monitors to 300. >>> helicopters being brought in at a plane crash site in pakistan. officials believe none of the 127 passengers or crew survived. family members are helping identify the victims. all but seven bodies were recovered. bad weather may have been a factor. >>> a major step forward for a possible merger between u.s. airways and american airlines. they have agreements in place with three major unions covering 55,000 american airlines employees. that includes pilot, flight attendants and mechanics. the parent company filed for bankruptcy last year. the new airline would keep american airlines name. >>> mitt romney pushing forward to november. he took a sort of victory lap while speaking at the republican national committee gathering yesterday. he split his message between a call for pa

the united nations security council condemned north korea's launch of what u.n. officials called a satellite using ballistic missile technology. all 15 members of the council approved the declaration. the statement called the launch a serious violation of u.n. resolutions. u.s. ambassador susan rice, the current council president, said the speed of the response was a warning to pyongyang. >> the swift and unanimous adoption of this strong presidential statement shows that the international community is united in sending a clear message to north korea that such provocations are serious and totally unacceptable. >> the statement warns of further action if north korea conducts anotheraunch or a nuclear test. >>> north korea says it will continue to develop its satellite technology. it said the rocket launch on friday is the first of a five-year space program. the online version quoted the comments by the north korean committee of space technology on monday. the pro-pyongyang general association of korean residents in japan produces the publication. it said the rocke

the united nations have supported an immediate halt to the vie leps and negotiated peaceful transition and a responsible democratic process. despite russia and china twice vetoing security council action, the united nations general assembly and human rights council have repeatedly and overwhelmingly condemned the carnage and the united nations has played an important role in supporting arab league efforts to end the crisis including through the joint appointment of special envoy co-fee annan. in line ya the u.n. led gadhafi from massacring his own people. to end nuclear weapons programs, the united states pushed the security council to impose the toughest sachss ever on iran and north korea. as the president has made clear, we will prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. and as long as iran fails to meet its international obligations, the pressure will build. the united nations played a critical role in supporting the creation of a newly independent south sudan. the u.n. ensured a democratically elected president took office. these are just a few examples of how u.s. leadership at the united nations is producing tangible results for the american people. but despite import

the united nations security council has called upon the government to take concrete actions. the syrian government has ignored this counsel. in the united states our patience is exhausted. >> joining me from abu dhabi is rima. how will the presence of now 300 u.n. observers stop the violence? >> reporter: well, these 300 unarmed military observers are supposed to look after the cease-fire. they have to ensure that the cease-fire is happening. however, with all the decisions that have been made in new york yesterday, today just before noon four people have been killed already in syria, and there has been violence and shelling in one of the suburbs of damascus, the capital. the city of homs was under shelling and even the state news agency reported an attack on a train carrying bread, wheat, and six were injured in one of the cities in syria. so far violence is still carrying on. >> and, rima, any reaction to all of this from the syrian government? >> reporter: well, we have heard from the ambassador, syrian ambassador to the u.n. he said that the syrian security forces will mai

. >>> the united nations security council has voted unanimously to send observers into syria to moniter a fragile ceasefire agreement. it's the first resolution since violence erupted for than a year ago. despite thursday's ceasefire have been reports of continued violence. 14 people have died since then. >>> a european union on voy says the latest nuclear talks two ian and word powers have been constructive. the talks were held in turkey and included the supplement. >> six nunn security counsel meet in baghdad next month. today's talks were the first in a year when similar negotiations broke down. >>> three people are missing at sea tonight after a boat crashed near the farallone islands. the 38' sailboat ran aground during a race this afternoon. one person was killed. coast guard crews pulled two others from nearby rocks. >>> clear skies on this saturday evening. we have a nice night out there. temperatures beginning to cool down as we take a live look at the bay bridge. we have readings in the upper 40s and 50s. santa clara right now at 49. and the coolest spots will be in the 40s to

. >>> our top stories once again, the united nations security council condemned north korea's launch using a satellite missile with ballistic technology. all members approved the declaration and called the launch a serious violation of u.n. resolutions. u.n. ambassador, susan rice said the speed of the response was a warning to pyongyang. >> the swift and anonymous adoption of this strong presidential statement shows that the international community is united in sending a clear message to north korea that such provocations are serious and totally unacceptable. >> the statement warns of rther action if north korea conducts another launch or nuclear test. >>> the united states is stepping up pressure on pyongyang. it has submitted to the security council a list of north korean entities for additional sanctions. the move follows the soinl's presidential statement directing its sanctions committee to designate additional items. the u.s. government has declined to say what is on the newings tas list. japan is preparing to submit its own list to the security council. s. >> more news for yo

the united nations security council concluded the launch used ballistic missile technology and contra venned u.n. resolutions. >>> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has urged them not to go ahead with a nuclear test and said they should focus on addressing humanitarian issues. >> i renew my call on dprk authorities to build confidence with neighboring countries and improve the lives of its people who face a series of food and nuneeds. >> ban warned north korean leaders against any further provocations, including launches using ballistic missile technology or nuclear tests. security analysts believe the north koreans may react to international criticism by conducting a nuclear test. >>> poverty, pollution and corruption. these are just some of the challenges facing china. up till now, the job of tackling issues like this has been left up to ngo groups. but they are finding it increasingly hard to keep their activities going. nhk world has more from beijing. >> reporter: by some estimates, there are several ngos in china. some are registered with the government. others are -- many of t

up first, the united nations security council has wrapped up an emergency meeting on what, if anything tone to rein in north korea. fears are growing that the nation's new young leader may be planning a dangerous show of power to repair his country's image after its humiliating failure to launch a long-range rocket into space. the news comes on the eve of new negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. william cohen says the fears over those countries have already started something of a second cold war. china and russia still have a chance to weigh-in and convince russia to change course. number two, a tornado touched down in oklahoma this afternoon as severe weather begins to move through the central united states, again. cnn has confirmed at least one tornado touched down in norman, south of oklahoma city. so far, there are no reports of injuries. the real threat for tornado comes saturday. the cnn severe weather team says there's a risk of severe weather for oklahoma city to witchta starting tomorrow afternoon all the way into the overnight hours. number three, corey booker, th

this evening, the united nations' security council has wrapped up an emergency meeting on what, if anything, can be done to rein in north korea. there are sharp, growing fears that the nation's new, young leader, kim jong-un may be planning a dangerous show of power to repair his country's image after its humiliating failure to launch a long-range rocket into space. the primary concern, the debt facing of a nuclear weapon, a test blast, which intelligence analysts believe north korea is even now preparing. president obama weighed in just moments ago, calling the situation an area of deep concern. the failed rocket launch was a slap in the face to the international community, which repeatedly warned the rogue state to back away from its plans. now, add in iran, which security experts also believe is hiding nuclear secrets, and the big picture gets much more critical. look at this. look at how the nuclear map is changing. during the cold war, there were only five nuclear nations. the u.s., russia, britain, france, and china. now the list includes india, pakistan, israel, north korea, and iran

. >>> today the united nations security council is expected to officially condemn north korea's failed attempt to launch a long-range rocket. meanwhile, for the first time, north koreans heard directly from their new leader. barry petersen reports. >> reporter: the parade marking the 100th birthday of kim il-sung featured a first look at what may be a new long-range missile, larger than anything north korea has shown off before. and the first time the world heard the voice of north korea's third generation dictator. let us move on to final victory, he said. kimmon un kim jong-un's wonder and surprisingly easy going banter suggests he has the backing he needs from the military. propaganda chain that rarely rests helped kim look like a leader in charge. but little is really known about him, not even his exact age, just that he is in his late 20s. his pudgy build proves he eats well and often in a malnourished country with so much stunted growth that the height requirement for the military was lowered to a mere 4' 9". the north shows no interest in dialing back confrontation with the west

the united nations security council condemned north korea's launch of what u.n. officials called a satellite using ballistic missile technology. all 15 members of the council approved the declaration. the online version coded the comments by the north korean committee of states technology update. the probe pyongyang general association of korean residents in japan publishes the paper. the article said the launch was a boost to the economy by developing the space program. it said the committee has already begun developing the next satellite and the rocket to carry it. >>> china says the presidential statement reflects a basic understanding shared by the international community. china is north korea's closest ally and has been reluctant to condemn it. the foreign ministry spokesperson said dialogue is the only way to resolve issues. he said the agreement between the u.s. and north korea is important for a nuclear free korean peninsula and for peace and stability. the pact was reached in february. the chinese government has reiterated its call to implement the agree

provocation, and we have to punish north korea, and we have to come up with additional united nations security council resolution, and we have to put more sanctions. and this might be politically popular way to go, but if you do -- if the united states decide to do this, north korea might actually decide to conduct another nuclear test. another option is that, after things get settled, the united states decide to actually talk to the north koreans and try to persuade north korea into the decision not to conduct another nuclear test. and so it's a lot of it will depend on the u.s. decision what to do. >> right. so in your opinion, will north korea conduct another nuclear test? >> well, we don't know. as i said, the u.s. response to this would be an important factor. now that the missile -- sorry. the rocket launch -- or what they call a rocket launch or missile launch has failed, there is increased domestic political need on the part of the north koreans to test a nuclear weapon in order to enhance their position both domestically and internationally. we have to wait and see, but the situation is not t

the french foreign minister has said the united nations -- the french foreign minister has said the united nations security council might have to consider action backed up by military force in syria if peace time fails. violence continues in the country despite the evidence of 11 international observers who are trying to monitor the cease-fire. translator: either this mediation is working or it isn't. if it doesn't work, we can't continue being defied by the regime in power, which doesn't respect any of the six commitments it took within the frame of the kofi annan plan. in that case, we will have to move to another step that we have already started to talk about with our partners. under chapter 7 of the united nations charter to move forward to the end of this tragedy, which continues in syria. >> and you're watching bbc live from sing singapore. still to come -- as he awaits his fate of the international court in the hague, we have a special he report from sierra leon. >> and it's lonely at the top. why only fellow presidents really understand the pressure of life in the oval office. now let's look at the storie

security council again for, as she put it, further action. what would further action be? well, it could be a resolution by the united nations security council or perhaps a statement by the president of the council, which at this point happens to be the united states. and that would be condemnation. would they go for more sanctions? well, you know, officials here say this is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world. so there are sanctions. what they could say is the countries that do have sanctions should carry them out. there are loopholes that they could close. one interesting thing, victor was talking about the trajectory. this time as they are launching, they are launching south and that is a very, very busy area with a lot of countries involved. that might make some countries think twice about being more serious about the sanctions. but other than that, i think, tom, there's not a lot that they can do further at this point. >> i want to talk for a moment, if i can, jill, if you'll keep standing by because i know there will be developments from the state department at this hour, this is from ourer about what ytn

united nations security council unanimously voting to send 300 military observers to syria. their mission is to monitor the cease-fire deal that went into effect over a week ago but so far, failed to take hold. they are unarmed and will not deploy in the violence slows. these observers will join the advance team already on the ground in syria. some of them got the first look of the embattled city of homs today. they were preventing from entering in yet as the military launched attacks killing ten civilians there. with 9,000 people killed in the 13-month up pricing is it time for military inintervention. we'll a talk about that with state department senior advisor and that is just ahead. >> newly released documents revealing afghan forces were dealing drugs to american troops. according to records, army opened a cost investigation from american troops by -- dozen investigations. these are the same forces that are training to take over security responsibilities following the 2014 withdrawal. those documents reveal drug overdoses are possibly responsible for at least 8 american

the united nations security council is meeting in an emergency session. the united states is denouncing the launch as a provocative act. >>> high school students in fairfax county may soon be able to sleep in longer. last night the school board passed a resolution to start exploring starting high school classes later. experts say teens have a hard time going to sleep before 11:00 which means they must sleep later in the morning to get i proper amount of sleep. >>> a tough loss for the caps in the opening game against the bruins. chris kelly scored a game- winning goal. game two is tomorrow in boston also. the series moves to washington for games three and four on monday and thursday. nd thursda >>> it has taken 32 long years but the wait is finally over. the howard theater is back in business. karen gray houston was at the refurbished howard theater in northwest and ran into plenty of legends. of legends. >> reporter: nothing like a little al jarreau to get nut mood for a fun evening. a supper clashings the reminiscent of harlem's cotton club mixed with th

the united nations has given its formal backing to the peace put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan on thursday the united nations security council issued a statement on syria in which it pushed the syrian president bashar assad to adhere to his commitment and told the united nations that syria had pledged to cease all kinds of movement towards population centers he also said that he was in contact with the opposition and urging them to stop fighting at the same time he called for both sides to show political world now on tuesday also a united nations team arrived in syria they will be the groundwork for an observer mission which is to come and then also preparing the scene for the april tenth deadline now that is that they're going according to announce plan we also know that funding that they have on they will be forty eight hours for the opposition to lay down arms with that final date time being on april twelfth at six am now the syrian regime has indicated that it has already begun preparing the ground work for observing that deadline the shooting government is committed to making that mission of course a successful one we h

we join with our partners in the united nations security council including now russia and china, in calling for the urgent comprehensive and immediate implementation of all aspects of the plan. second, we are further isolating the assad regime. we are encouraging other countries to join the united states, the european union and the arab league in imposing strong sanctions against it. these sanctions are putting assad under greater pressure than ever before. we are undermining the financial life lines of the regime. three united states executive orders targeted senior leadership, commercial and the central bank of syria. the result is that 30% of the regime, of the regime's lost revenues, have occurred as a result of those sanctions. the u.s. and the eu have imposed a strong oil embargo. the exchange rate has depreciated by more than 50% and their gdp has been in a serious decline. approaching almost a minus 8% in 2011 and more now. third, we are strengthening and unifying the non-violent political opposition in syria. the united states is in the process of providing direct non-lethal suppor

in newark, united nations security council members handed -- hammered out a joint statement. -- in new york. angela merkel has met with the czech prime minister. the german chancellor says there is no pressure on prague to join the european union's fiscal discipline pact. >> that that is the grim that was drawn up defense in the eurozone debt crisis, and it obliges countries to balance their budgets and pay sanctions to the czech republic -- but czech republic along with britain never signed up, viewing it as an infringement. >> chancellor merkel was keen to downplay the check refusal to sign up to the european fiscal pact, which places strict limits on government spending. she said it is not a problem, as all the countries that use the euro have signed up to the agreement. >> although the czech republic has not signed, we know that the option remains open to it. what is important to me is that our two countries share the aims of the fiscal pact, which are also needed to improve competitiveness. >> another sensitive issue is the nuclear power station. the czechs want to build two new r

secretary as noncompliance with its safeguards obligations, so passing of this dozier to the united nations security council was a legal there for the security council resolution is also an illegal and therefore iran doesn't need to comply and this goes back to my statement let's call a spade a spade and a black black and white white because it the secretary had this in the 2003 report written that iran was fond of noncompliance with its safeguards agreement it would have been not okay at that time for iran and they wouldn't use this argument the are now using an dutrow league the have even very well written a document for the statutes and there's another kind of procedure which the secretary followed later on because of the noncompliance according to the secretary is established by the safe guard inspectors. it's not the director-general. the directors general take this report the inspectors may get pass it on to the board of governors. but in practice that doesn't work like that and actually the board makes its own procedures and practices and of rules itself so there are precedents for example you don't