yoon suk yeol.going to stay with the general conflict in ukraine. it's been three weeks since the russian mercenary organisation, the wagner group, staged a mutiny over the way the russian military was fighting its war in ukraine. in the aftermath, they were granted an amnesty and offered the chance to go and live in belarus — but it was unclear what would become of them. now, the belarusian government says members of the wagner group have begun training its troops in the country. this footage has been shown on state tv there. the announcement is the first official confirmation that some wagner mercenaries are actually in the country. so far, belarus has not openly taken part in russia's invasion of ukraine, although it did allow its territory to be used by the russian military as a staging post last year. a heatwave is continuing across europe — with italy's health ministry issuing a red alert for 16 cities due to the high temperatures. temperatures have been closing in on a0 degrees celsius — that

so that is part of what you president yoon mentioned during the conference.mplex relationship between russia and north korea. relationship between russia and north korea-— north korea. thank you for that u date. much of southern europe is dealing with a blistering heatwave. red alerts — which indicate risks even for healthy people — have been issued for 16 cities across italy for the coming days. they include tourist attractions rome and florence. meanwhile extreme heat is also affecting the south—west of the us — and is set to intensify there over the weekend. leigh milner has the story. it's hot, very hot. and it's only going to get hotter as temperatures rise across the world, so do concerns for people's health. in italy, red alerts have been issued for 16 cities, with temperatures expected to reach 47 degrees celsius on tuesday. translation: you physically suffer from this heat, which also lasts for a long time. it doesn't stop after a few days like it did a few years ago. now, this heat lasts for more than a month. we really feel the effects. in athens,

south korea president yoon - had to say about this. about this. south i korea president yoon had been travelling in europe and this morning convened a cabinet meeting in south korea and ordering that, "all available emergency and police to mobilise in this particular area and especially the essential part in south korea where bent many people are confirmed dead". as of 11am this morning, south korea police confirmed they were about 40 people in total confirmed dead over the last two days. confirmed dead over the last two dam-— confirmed dead over the last two da s. ., ., two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you _ two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you very _ two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you very much - two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you very much indeed. | thank you very much indeed. david 0h thank you very much indeed. david oh there in seoulfor us. the united states' climate envoyjohn kerry is beginning meetings in beijing with the talks aiming to try to revive co—operation on reducing greenhouse gases. china and the us a

japan's prime minister kishida fumio is making arrangements to sit down with south korean president yoon-yeol next week on the sidelines of a nato summit. observers say kishida seeks to gain yoon's understanding of the plan. >> authorities in china are expressing concerns about the iaea report and about the safety of the water release plan. they say they'll increase inspections of seafood imported from japan. >> reporter: a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin said the report was not able to calm voices in japan and abroad that oppose the release. he stressed china has strong concerns. >> translator: the authenticity and accuracy of the data have not been proven, and the long-term impact of the water on food safety and people's health is not clarified. >> reporter: wang said relevant chinese departments will step up monitoring of the marine environment, along with the inspection and quarantine of seafood from japan. ♪ >>> many japanese reserve their kimonos for special occasions. they tuck them away and some lose their luster, but one artist has given these garments a new li

eunice yoon is joining me from beijing with more.>> reporter: frank, secretary janet yellen describe the trip as one that helped put the china/u.s. relations on sure footing. yellen said in ten hours of talks which included the economics team of xi jinping and she southght to reassure that te u.s. did not seek to decouple, but diversify the supply chains and the open dialogue would benefit both sides after her trip on the plane back home, senior treasury official said that the trip was successful because they got to see just how the chinese economic team worked they also got to gauge a little bit better a better sense of how the chinese economy is doing yellen had left a very good impression state media described it as professional and despite the happy talk about the discussions over the past couple days, the chinese position and policies have not changed in fact, the chinese finance ministry said the next steps need to be done by the u.s. and actions were required by china, and that is the u.s. needed to address the cancellation of

south korea's president yoon suk yeol is making a surprise visit to ukraine today.edged $150 million in humanitarian aid, and has promised more non-lethal military supplies, like body armour and helmets. south korea is a major arms exporter but has not sent weapons to ukraine, citing its long-standing policy of not arming nations at war. and, at wimbledon today, marketa vondrousova of the czech republic became the first ever unseeded woman to the win the single's championship. vondrousova upset ons jabeur of tunisia, the number 6 seed. she did it in two sets to win her first grand slam title. vondrousova began the tournament ranked 42 in the world and beat two top-10 players at wimbledon. still to come on "pbs news weekend." the dangers of living in an ambulance desert. and a look at falconry, one of thworld's oldest sport. -- sports. >> this is "pbs news weekend," from teta studios -- weta studios in washington and pbs. john: the extreme heat scorching mu of the country is particularly brutal for prisoners and the guards that watch over them. by one count, 44 state

let's hearfrom president yoon and president zelensky now.ollowing last year's military supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support military equipment on a larger scale this year. translation: i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment, including demining cars, is already being executed. it helps us to save lives. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has been telling us about the significance of a visit to kyiv from an asian leader. we don't often see them there. the president of indonesia went last year. the japanese prime minister was earlier this year. china has sent an envoy early this year, but that's few and far between. kyiv is a sort of conveyor belt of european and american politicians visiting almost on a daily basis. so it is unusual and therefore, i think diplomats will take some comfort for this because one of the great failures of the west, the europe and the united states in this war, has been to try and convince the rest of the world that it matters to the

train services have also been cancelled throughout the country, and president yoon suk yeoul, who wasnot in korea right now and he is in kyiv visiting president zelensky, has told his prime minister, who is heading this rescue operation, to do the best he can to mitigate this don't make the impact from this deadly flooding —— mitigate the impact. there are fears the debacle could rise because at least ten people are reported missing and this figure does not include those who are believed to be trapped in the tunnel, and that, don't know yet, but that could deftly add up more numbers in the death toll. ., deftly add up more numbers in the death toll. . ., , death toll. 0k, and as we get updates. _ death toll. 0k, and as we get updates, we'll _ death toll. 0k, and as we get updates, we'll bring - death toll. 0k, and as we get updates, we'll bring that - death toll. 0k, and as we get updates, we'll bring that to i death toll. 0k, and as we get l updates, we'll bring that to you death toll. 0k, and as we get - updates, we'll bring that to you on bbc news. je seung lee, thank you very much

south korea's president yoon suk yeoul has said he will expand his country's military and humanitarian aid support to ukraine. he was speaking during a surprise visit in kyiv. he confirmed seoul would continue to supply much needed military equipment, including bullet—proof vests and helmets. south korea has one of the largest stockpiles of ammunition in the world — and a thriving defence industry. but government policy prohibits arms deliveries to countries at war. ukraine and its allies have been urging seoul to make an exception. let's hearfrom him and president zelensky now. translation: south korea - will continue to provide military supplies that ukraine needs. following last year's military supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support military supplies on a large scale this year. translation: i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. it helps us save lives. live now to our diplomatic correspondent james landale. we don't often see asian leaders in ukraine. can you

the south korean president, yoon suk yeol, is in kyiv to meet with ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky. the surprise trip comes after yoon attended the vilnius nato summit and visited poland earlier this week, where he expressed solidarity with ukraine and expressed support in its fight against russia. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. today, we are going to be taking a look at the unrest in france earlier this month and the issues forjournalists covering the story. president macron blamed video games and social media for inciting the violence and has even floated the idea of cutting off the likes of tiktok and snapchat in future times of crisis. meanwhile, fake news, false claims about what is going on, have been in abundance. journalists have been attacked and injured, so lots to discuss around the media's role. katya adler, the bbc�*s europe editor is with us. we have also gotjournalists who have been out reporting for french outlets. and we have got one of the bosses of agents france press, the big news agency. but before we get into that, i want to cross to new york and star

. >> as kron four's haaziq mod-yoon tells us some cases outside of san francisco already been dismissed. >> over 100 criminal cases are in jeopardy of being dismissed because of alleged misconduct by an officer in the san francisco police department. yes, that's it cases and get dismissed. i spoke by phone to criminal defense attorney alexander goal of he says he represents 3 defendants who are facing drug dealing charges when suddenly they were not. he says that is because the primary witness sfpd narcotics officer christina hayes, who is allegedly under investigation accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a confidential informant. >> didn't show up to testify against his on dismissed. i was really surprised because officer christina hayes was a primary investigating officer on all 3 cases should the game. >> nasa's because of the scandal and available. >> as a with us, it's not just the cases that currently but it's also the cases, you know, that that have been adjudicated. francisco deputy public defender, brian says that is a big problem. we're still trying to figure e

criticisms and concerns among investors as well as economists of the measures >> all right eunice yoonlive in beijing thank you very much. >>> the string of disappointing economic data not doing too much the hang seng is up again this morning. the k-web is up after notching the best puerterformance since january. joining me now is brendan ahern from crane shares. brendan, great to have you here. >> likewise. thank you for having me. >> i want to highlight on what eunice was an talktalking about. the chinese internet stocks. if you use kweb as a proxy, however of that is investor confidence and how much is on hopes of stimulus? >> the economic data is backward looking. eunice said the government is pivoting to supportive policies. it is early in the trend i think u.s. investors are very much underweight in non-u.s. equities these are driven by u.s. and economic policies of the this is a reaction to the undersold and increasingly up trend. >> brendan, what are the green shoots you are seeing that gives investors confidence we hear about the slowdown and high unemployment among young chin

eunice yoon is joining me now.unice, what is the treasury secretary saying what is the response so far? >> reporter: well, frank, the treasury secretary currently as you said is meeting with the country's premier. he is the highest level person that she will likely meet. he has been the point person by xi jinping to woo foreign investment and try to convince governments in the west not to de-risk ties with china. this could be the most important meeting that she will have during the trip. this meeting with the premier follows a whole day of one-on-ones with other folks within the chinese officials one is the former vice premier as well as the outgoing central bank governor, both of whom are well known within the international financial circle as well as to her. she met the american chamber of commerce as well and some executives who attended the event. those executives were from companies like boeing, cargill and bank of america and s&p and amgen's president said he and his members were encouraged by the fact that

the list includes ceos eunice yoon is in beijing with what we learned over the weekend. i'm particularly interested in how it's being perceived in china? >> reporter: it's being very, very well received in china. the secretary had left beijing with u.s./china ties, in her words, on sure footing at a press briefing at the end of her multiday trip, the secretary said over ten hours of discussions with president xi jinping's new economic team, she attempted to reassure her chinese counterparts that u.s. restrictions for national security would be, quote, highly targeted, that the u.s. didn't seek to decouple but to diversify, she said, supply chains, and that a biden administration goal to really pursue open dialogue would benefit both sides this is what she had to say. >> we want to open up channels so that they can express concerns about our actions and we can explain and possibly in some situations respond to unintended consequences of our actions if they're not carefully targeted >> on the plane ride back home, a senior treasury official described the trip as successful

anthony lopez from spain and tim estadi and yoon from the netherlands came second and third respectively in the overall ranking of leading protein kings with a review of several short news on the semi-final stage of wimbledon grand slam tennis competition from today the first class of the class faces the world and it's the equal turn, that is, safari mohammad mohebi, the 24-year-old national player of the season, played in the esteghlal team and joined russia. ismaili , the former of the esteghlal arab qatar and khuzestan football teams , with the nasaji football team. thank you for your cooperation with this section of sports news and according to the data of the iranian statistics center, the unemployment rate of the population aged 15 years and older was the ninth and tenth last year, which is the lowest rate in the last two decades . also, the unemployment rate this spring compared to the spring of last year is the lowest rate in a decade. it has passed, which means a one percent decrease in the unemployment rate the country with the number eighty-ninth in the spring of last year was

visit the united states on august 18th for talks with president joe biden and south korean president yoon soeng-yol. the leaders are expected to discuss security cooperation including early activation of a data sharing mechanism to exchange realtime missile warning data. they're also expected to discuss economic security as well as washington's extended deterrence or its commitment to defend its allies with nuclear weapons and other capabilities. >> translator: it is important for japan, the u.s., south korea to respond to north korea and to further strengthen strategic ties to secure the free and open international order based on the rule of law. >> matsuno says the three country's closer cooperation will help resolve issues including pyeongyang's nuclear and missile development and the abduction of japanese nationals. >>> now to new zealand where two people are dead after a gunman opened fire in auckland. it happened just hours before the start of the fifa women's world cup. the man opened fire at the construction site at around 7:30 a.m. thursday. authorities say at least six people we

emily will kins is in washington with the white house's expectations for the house eunice yoon is inand fred kemp is here with the policy implications that investors would need to know emily, i haven't got an chance to welcome you to the washington, d.c. bureau, but i will as soon as i get there in person but let's start with you >> i'm looking forward to meeting you in person. but yellen's trip, it's really part of this bigger effort by the biden administration to strengthen the line of communication with beijing the administration down played expectation for this trip, saying it does not expect any policy breakthroughs, but wants to lay the ground work for future communications. it's a similar message to what we heard when secretary of state antony blinken went to china last month yellen tweeted the administration is charged with deepening communication between two countries on a range of issues she further tweeted that she would take action to protect u.s. marble security interests when needed, saying it is an opportunity to avoid miscommunication and misunderstanding the secretar

we have kron four's haaziq mod-yoon with the story. >> within days of being appointed top cisco's newe jenkins held a press conference of the tenderloin to signal that there were some big changes coming for those participating in the open air drug trade. and i have committed to them just like i did the entire city to making sure that we end these open air drug markets. year later, the open air drug market continues. drug overdoses have increased. so was that a bit of an over promise? >> no, i said i would work to into close those. and that's exactly what i've been doing. i don't in any way believe will completely eradicate drug dealing. but what i do believe is that we will eventually if we work together and we work diligently at this, get to the point where the tenderloin is at a place that we believe is livable for families. district attorney jenkins says over the past year office has pursued criminal cases against twice as many alleged drug dealers as are recalled predecessor chase a movie that's over 800 cases at this point that were filed. >> in in my first year, da's office rele

milestone, she's touting some of her big accomplishments. >> as da we have kron four's haaziq mod-yoonith a closer look. >> within days of being appointed, top cisco's new district attorney brooke jenkins held a press conference of the tenderloin to signal that there were some big changes coming for those participating in the open air drug trade. and i have committed to them just like i did the entire city to making sure that we end these open air drug markets. year later, the open air drug market continues. drug overdoses have increased. so was that a bit of an over promise? >> no, i said i would work to into close those. and that's exactly what i've been doing. i don't in any way believe will completely eradicate drug dealing. but what i do believe is that we will eventually if we work together and we work diligently at this, get to the point where the tenderloin is at a place that we believe is livable for families. district attorney jenkins says over the past year office has pursued criminal cases against twice as many alleged drug dealers as are recalled predecessor chase a movie

a judge rejected a defense motion that could have changed the venue and kron four's haaziq mod-yoon was in the courtroom. he has the latest details. >> a federal judge denied a defense motion to change the venue in the united states versus david de pap here at the u.s. district court for the northern district of california in san francisco. the pap is the suspect that allegedly used a hammer as a weapon, injuring the victim. paul pelosi, husband of speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. this happened last october at their home in pacific heights. drop the hammer. >> the defense argued that publicly released videos of the incident. the 9-1-1 audio recording and the paps interrogation by investigators supported their motion to relocate the trial to eureka, california, arguing dip would have a better chance to find fair and impartial jurors who are less impacted by prejudice after being exposed to the level of pretrial publicity in san francisco. usually these change of venue motion seek to go from a smaller venue to a larger, more broader venue where you can get much bigger. jury pool. this

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the 2 community leaders who wrote the letter tell kron four's haaziq mod-yoon.want a public safety state of emergency declared. >> deadly shootings, home invasions, carjackings. i'm legal side businesses robbed at gun being used to rob an 80 year-old ice cream as you can see on this map, these crimes are happening throughout the city of oakland. you guys are out there in east oakland. talk about what you hear from families out there. >> when the police tell you to sure up your front door and your back door to make sure the ones that are committing home invasions. we'll have a heart attack your front door down. you better know the cities and drop. >> that call for help is the focus of an urgent letter

the 2 community leaders who wrote the letter tell kron four's haaziq mod-yoon. they want a public safety state of emergency declared. >> deadly shootings, home invasions, carjackings. i'm legal side businesses robbed at gun being used to rob an 80 year-old ice cream as you can see on this map, these crimes are happening throughout the city of oakland. you guys are out there in east oakland. talk about what you hear from families out there. >> when the police tell you to sure up your front door and your back door to make sure the ones that are committing home invasions. we'll have a heart attack your front door down. you better know the cities and drop. >> that call for help is the focus of an urgent letter from oakland naacp president cynthia adams and acts full gospel church is bishop bob jackson to oakland and alameda county elected leaders to unite and declare a state of emergency to end what this letter describes as oakland's public safety crisis. we need citywide. >> meeting with the leaders in the powers that to come together and talk about how we go about

also showing people taking over a muni bus or train covering it with graffiti kron four's haaziq mod-yoon was there for the chief's response has more.

on a surprise visit to kyiv, south korea's president, yoon suk yeol, says he will expand his country'sope remain on red alert — as temperatures continue to soar across the continent. in the uk, a scheme designed to help people who missed out on last winter's energy bill subsidy has been described as a "staggering failure" by a senior mp. and marketa vondrousova, has beaten tennis star ons jabeur at wimbledon. the czech is the lowest—ranked women's singles player to win the competition since official rankings were introduced. over into scandinavia. in the uk, a scheme designed to help people who missed out on last winter's energy bill subsidy has been described as a "staggering failure" by a senior mp. and marketa vondrousova, has beaten tennis star ons jabeur at wimbledon.

the search is now on for the people who are in that car and kron four's haaziq mod-yoon talked with the restaurant manager who says he has never experienced anything like this. >> you're looking at a photo of the vehicle that crashed into the seating area. round table pizza you know, that table right here. >> supposed to be somebody that is. >> the roundtable is here on foothill boulevard in the city of hayward. it happened friday at around 11:30am. 2 vehicles were spotted. pushing the other onto the sidewalk, hitting this green street light pole crashing into roundtable. the manager of the restaurant, santiago munoz picks it up from there. >> by way to me getting out from by teenager. yes, you get out and what they are i tried to grab one and they me. and then they run all over. >> he says the driver of the other vehicle, a toyota corolla truck made a u-turn, got out of the truck, told him the teenagers were shooting at before he used his truck to rear in their white car, causing it to lose control and crash into the restaurant. it with another pushing hayward police. investigators say

in francisco haaziq mod-yoon kron. 4 news. >> oakland's eviction moratorium is expiring tomorrow. those protections are put in place in 2020 to help people financially get through the pandemic. kron four's ellis who took the money and live for us in our newsroom to tell us what that means. moving forward, bella. >> ken, just because eviction protection and tomorrow that does not mean the droves of people will be put out on the street. what it does mean is people who have not been paying rent need to start doing so tomorrow and they could be held accountable for payments missed through the pandemic since march 9th. that's if their landlord chooses to ask them for the back rent that could be taken to court for those payments. but moving forward, tenants cannot be evicted because of that unpaid rent. >> the tenants are responsible for paying rapt during the of the eviction moratorium. unless they can prove. that's that the cause of not paying rent was due to financial hardship due to covid-19. >> again, if and only of property owners go after the back rent tenants will then have to p

president yoon suk yeol inspected areas devastated by heavy rains, flooding and landslides — after atcent days. severe floods have ripped through central and southern regions since thursday. the country has received more than the total amount of rainfall typical for annual monsoons, even though it's only halfway through this rainy season. earlier, i spoke to hyung min kim, a senior lecturer in urban planning at the university of melbourne. the central government has been very passive in investing in disaster preventative measures and establishing climate change actions. the approaches to extreme weather conditions must be considered together with climate change and environmental sustainability. but the government hasn't demonstrated a clear will to do. unless the government prioritizes environmental values over other things like economic prosperity, i'm pretty doubtful that substantial progress will be made by the current government. i mean, this isn't the first time the country has dealt with deadly torrential rains. they had flood mitigation in place, but where did it fall short? it

on a surprise visit to kyiv, south korea's president, yoon suk yeol, says he will expand his country'sto soar across the continent. in the uk, a scheme designed to help people who missed out on last winter's energy bill subsidy has been described as a "staggering failure" by a senior mp. and tennis star, 0ns jabeur, has taken to centre court at wimbledon with the hope hopes to make history for tunisia and africa by winning a grand slam title.

kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has the story. >> a federal judge denied a defense motion to change the venuen the united states versus david de here at the u.s. district court for the northern district of california in san francisco. the pap is the suspect that allegedly used a hammer as a weapon, injuring the victim. paul pelosi, husband of speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. this happened last october at their home in pacific heights. drop the hammer. the defense argued that publicly released videos of the incident. the 9-1-1 audio recording and the paps interrogation by investigators supported their motion to relocate the trial to eureka, california, arguing dip would have a better chance to find fair and impartial jurors who are less impacted by prejudice after being exposed to the level of pretrial publicity in san francisco. the court felt that you're not going to avoid that pretrial publicity. >> issue no matter where you go with the united states. so that was another reason to did not buy the change of venue motion. >> criminal defense attorney and legal analyst steven clark talks ab

on a surprise visit to kyiv, south korea's president, yoon suk yeol, says he will expand his country's as temperatures continue to soar across the continent. and tennis star 0ns jabeur hopes to make history for tunisia and africa by winning a grand slam title. she's facing czech player marketa vondrousova.

also showing people taking over a muni bus or train covering it with graffiti kron four's haaziq mod-yoon was there for the chief's response has more. >> but he's a people who look at these images and the response and they say that the police should have been that are the whole reason. why would sideways is because the cops with >> i would say that the people who live in that community don't agree with that. francisco police chief bill scott is pushing back against criticism for officers changing into what some see as militaristic looking gear at the annual un sanctions skateboarding event full of teenagers with the laura street officers. >> put on their safety equipment, their helmets to face shields. after the violence escalated. >> scott says some of that violence included illegal fireworks being targeted towards officers. and we're not talking about firecrackers. >> we're talking about him 80's. we talk about motor stout firework that's you. models continue to be thrown. vandalism was happening all over the place. there are 3 light rail vehicles that were extensively damaged with vand

kron four's haaziq mod-yoon reporter was looking at citizen video of 80 year-old street vendor being robbed at gunpoint. you know, it's a problem that we're having here throughout the east open like for don't want that. >> what's out there? trying to sow ice creams and a got completely out of control. happened monday at around noon on east 18th street near 39th avenue. that's in oakland city. councilmember noel gallo district council member says there used to be a time with a senior citizen being robbed like this was off limits for criminals in oakland, but not anymore. >> i mean, there's no respect mom and grandma and grandpa. now walking down the streets because getting robbed. and now you have to that are trying to desperately make a living. but some are getting robbed, broad daylight. people around him and people jump out of the car. robbie, kick your goods, take your money and then take off and and that's become a common practice here. and >> street vendors are known for carrying cash and have the potential of being easy targets for armed robbers. councilmember gallo says at thi

kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has more. >> within days of being appointed top cisco's new district attorneyjenkins held a press conference of the tenderloin to signal that there were some big changes coming for those participating in the open air drug trade. and i have committed to them just like i did the entire city to making sure that we end these open air drug markets year later, the open air drug market continues. drug overdoses have increased. so was that a bit of an over promise? >> no, i said i would work to into close those. and that's exactly what i've been doing. i don't in any way believe will completely eradicate drug dealing. but what i do believe is that we will eventually if we work together and we work diligently at this, get to the point where the tenderloin is at a place that we believe is livable for families. district attorney jenkins says over the past year office has pursued criminal cases against twice as many alleged drug dealers as are recalled predecessor chase a movie that's over 800 cases at this point that were filed. >> in the in my first year, da's office rel

as president yoon sumner said, peace is never as certain and reliable as when is backed by force and deterrence. reflecting this resolve. last week we held inaugural meeting of the arc, the u.s. nuclear consultative group, a tangible step in implement ing the historic washington declaration. the nct represent an upgrade in our alliance from the 1953 mutual defense treaty by significantly enhancing our combined deterrence and response posture against north korea's nuclear threat. our message is loud and clear. north korea's intensifying nuclear and missile threat will only invite an overwhelming defense posture from the alliance. yesterday, president biden proclaimed. today, july 27th, as national korean war veterans armistice day, a day to reflect on the strength, sacrifice and the sense of duty of our veterans. and in korea today, president yun visited the united nations memorial cemetery and expressed our people's most profound and eternal gratitude to the heroes from the 22 countries who came to help during the darkest hour at the un cemetery in pusan, lay 40 american soldiers who

the south korean president, yoon suk yeol, is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, to meet president zelenskyh korea has one of the biggest stockpiles of ammunition in the world, and a thriving defence industry. but government policy prohibits it providing lethal aid to countries at war. ukraine and its allies have been urging seoul to make an exception. live now to kristine berzina, who is the managing director of the german marshall fund north. she joins us from latvia's eastern border near russia. welcome to the programme. what's the likelihood that south korea would make an exception in the case of russia's war on ukraine?- make an exception in the case of russia's war on ukraine? there are hiuh russia's war on ukraine? there are high thoughts _ russia's war on ukraine? there are high thoughts that _ russia's war on ukraine? there are high thoughts that south _ russia's war on ukraine? there are high thoughts that south korea - russia's war on ukraine? there are high thoughts that south korea can make an exception. it is already providing a lot of additional aid. there is talk of providin

south korea's president, yoon sung yeol has said he will expand his country's military and humanitarian aid support to ukraine. he was speaking during a surprise visit in kyiv. he confirmed seoul would continue to supply much needed military equipment, including bullet—proof vests and helmets. south korea has one of the largest stockpiles of ammunition in the world, and a thriving defence industry. but government policy prohibits arms deliveries to countries at war. ukraine and its allies have been urging seoul to make an exception. for more on the significance of this visit, the bbc�*s abdujalil abdurasulov reports from kyiv. one of the main questions many people here in ukraine were asking prior to the meeting of these two presidents today was whether south korea would provide lethal aid to ukraine. this asian country has one of the biggest stockpiles of ammunition in the world, and ukraine is facing severe shortages of them, especially artillery shells. and south korea has been facing growing pressure from its main allies in the us and in the uk to start providing lethal aid to ukrai