warned that military drills in south korea could derail the resumption of nuclear talks with washington mcbride has the latest for us from seoul i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have many plays in its playbook to keep itself dominating world affairs this is away from north korea to say look we're still here we still want to go see asians and they probably see in donald trump their best chance of trying to get the lifting of these sanctions and the clock is ticking of course because we are coming up to election year he might not be president a couple of years from now 2 large explosions have rocked the afghan capital kabul today the ministry of the interior says at least 7 people have been killed and dozens more have been injured the number of casualties is expected to rise. in london the u.k.'s new prime minister boris johnson is settling into his 1st full day in the job on thursday he's appointed a cabinet of ministers mainly on the euro skeptic side of the governing conservative party and he's sticking by his claims that he can renegotiate brix it by th

warned that military drills and serve korea could derail the resumption of nuclear talks with washington mcbride's in seoul. did response here in south korea to these missile launch is the government here very careful not to undo all of the good work that has been done during the past year and a half or so of reconciliation with north korea a defense ministry spokes person has said that this was a military threat rather than a provocation nonetheless it doesn't help ease tensions on the peninsula there has been a slightly more robust response from japan with japan's defense minister saying that these missiles although short range could have been ballistic in which case that could have been a violation of u.n. resolutions which could have consequences the firing seems to have been north korea's way of saying it is unclear as to displeased with exercises that are going to be held in august between south korean and u.s. forces it also could be sending a message to the u.s. and to the administration of president donald trump especially after the heightened expectations of this surprise meeting on the

north korea warned of military drills in south korea could be re-oiled nuclear talks with washington rob mcbride has more from seoul i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have many plays in its playbook to keep itself dominating world affairs this is a way from north korea to say look we're still here we still want to go see oceans of they probably see in donald trump their best chance of trying to get the lifting of these sanctions and the clock is ticking of course because we are coming up to election year he might not be president a couple of years from now former u.s. special counsel robert muller has told congress his report did not exonerate president donald trump of obstruction of justice while i was testifying at 2 different hearings about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election it is the 1st time he's our questions publicly since the inquiry. the speaker puerto rico's house of representatives says it started impeachment proceedings against governor ricardo resell oh he's been on the mounting pressure to step down a

this month north korea warned military drills in south korea could derail nuclear talks with washington from mcbride has more from seoul. i think this is a way for north korea to show its frustration it doesn't have many plays in its playbook to keep itself dominating world affairs this is a way from north korea to say look we're still here we still want to go see asians we probably see in donald trump their best chance of trying to get the lifting of these sanctions and the clock is ticking of course because we are coming up to election year he might not be president a couple of years from now a former u.s. special counsel robert mueller has told congress his report did not exonerate president donald trump of obstruction of justice when i was testifying at 2 different hearings about his investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election it's the 1st time he's asked said questions publicly since the inquiry report did not conclude he did not commit obstruction of justice. that is correct and what about total exoneration did you actually totally exonerate the press. now in fact

warned that military drills in south korea could derail a resumption of nuclear talks with washington rob mcbride following that story for us out of seoul so rob it feels very symbolic. that's right a there has been a guarded response here in south korea typically the government here doesn't want to jeopardize all of the good work that's been done in building bridges restoring later relations across the d.m.z. so there has been a guarded response but the defense ministry spokesperson has called this a military threat rather than a provocation as also said though that it doesn't help ease tensions on the peninsula which is something of an understatement there's been a slightly harder response a more robust response from japan japan's defense minister saying that these are 2 missiles could have been but listed missiles which in turn would have been in violation of u.n. resolutions which could possibly have further consequences judging by the trajectory the distance they travel just over 400 kilometers these missiles were reaching an altitude of 50 kilometers they're very similar to 2 missiles that

mcbride al jazeera hong kong. the us president has for the 2nd day running attack the british prime minister and the u.k. ambassador in washington after the publication of leaked diplomatic cables which sharply criticized the trump white house trump says his officials will no longer deal with ambassador kim darrick after he called the white house dysfunctional and inept those comments were made in confidential correspondence in a tweet on tuesday the president said the wacky ambassador that the u.k. foisted upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed briggs's negotiation i told stories i'm a how to do that deal but she went her own foolish way was are they able to get it done a disaster exclamation mark i don't know the a master but i've been told he is a pompous fall tell him the usa now has the best economy and military anywhere in the world. emma hayward has the latest from london on the dysplastic this. well downing street will have been hoping that this will quite simply blow over but that doesn't seem to be the case be

washington, has walked upon the grounds. this is what they look like today. sloping lawns and growth of ground trees. this is not what the grounds look like in 1790. anita mcbride alluded to that. the grounds originally stopped here. basically where this roadway is. it stopped there for about the first eight decades of the grounds existence. the far south grounds were not added until 1872 under president grant. the southerly addition was to compensate for the loss of land and the east of west be by the expansion of executive offices. that is the treasury building, which is called the eisenhower executive office. yeah, as i was saying, the white house grounded not always a quite as nice as they do today. in the great rush to complete the white house before president john adams moved in on november 1, 1800, the landscape was left completely neglected and unimproved. as we have heard, it was still full of temporary structures needed for building the mansion. this included the carpenter shed and the houses is that house the workman on site. as well as unused construction materials and even heaps of garbage. many of the trees had been used for firewood. the ground i