. >> we are surprised because we underestimate north korean technology and we assume north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system like a scorpion's tail. rupert: more specifically, kim jong-un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defense batteries like this one in japan. >> it seems pretty clear that their aim is to develop so they cainvade and come pick it miile defenses and that are highly maneuverable and harder for the united states to preempt let alone to detect. rupert: but hold on one second. kim jong-un already has led to weapons to defend himself against dust plenty of weapons to defend himself against -- already has plenty of weapons to defend himself against attack. why does he need more? >> what we might prescribe to north korea for self-defense purposes might be deemed insufficient by the north koreans themselves. kim jong-un, feeling chronically insecure, that is to anybody on the outside including china and russia. rupert: surprisingly, some in south korea see all of the activity of north as a g

the south korean radio station beaming into north korea. ah, hello richard gilbert and you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news. we cover the way the news is covered in boris johnson's defense. he does say that nobody told him, he was breaking the rules, the ones that he'd set and told everyone else to follow. the british prime minister has been brutally exposed in these reports annihilated on social media. over the most rank hypocrisy wine fuels parties at 10 downing street mid pandemic. when the rest of the country was locked down, johnson knows his job is on the line, his response, what his party cause operation, red meat, a diversionary escape plan, a collection of right wing policies designed to shore up the support of his base top of the list taking aim at the b, b. c through a plan that would freeze its funding. the prime minister's backers are no fans of the case public broadcaster, because they say it liens to the left. but the b, b. c is far more balanced than they ever give it credit for. simply put, it has to b

the station based in south korea, transmits into north korea. one of the most sealed of countries in the world. because her in and i'm with north korea's society is completely blocked from the outside world. people cannot see or hear anything other than the information provided by the north korean authorities, which serves to idolized the supreme leader and praise communism. we aim to challenge those narratives with news, entertainment, and educational on sent about democracy and human rights. are you a screen is kind of calendar got come down, your audio is how i knew that, you know, that didn't come down and i'm on a sugar come gushing t a t and i was, hancock is smoother. information changes people's mindsets and for without knowledge of the outside world, north koreans would never dream of escaping the gifts, hope and plays a vital role in encouraging those who are desperate to leave north greer. to start a new life all the time, most of your by didn't continue, they're gone, then we are low. most broadcasters thrive on ratings. you m g has

and yet people still continue to do it inside north korea. the kim gilman regime isn't just going after you m g 's listeners and informants in the north. it's journalist and so our targets as well. north korean intelligence services regularly tried to jam and signal or intimidate it's reporters. lee clung back. it gets at least 5 hacking emails per month. but despite the pressure, the station keeps going in the hope that information and knowledge can be a precursor to change. i believe that change in north gray is already taking place rapidly. there are cracks in the communist economic system. however, that in itself is insufficient. north korea is completely isolated, so sending in information is crucial. i'm not sure it's enough to liberate those korea, but it's an important tool to support change with the north korean regime is predicated on the citizens living in a reality that the north korean government has created for them. and so anything that undermines the north korean governments history, the narrative, it's the achilles heel of th

these are the science that north korea is diversifying. it's miss scientists with of course, with the aim ultimately to in to evade u. s. station messiah defense systems in the region. and now they are already a suite of sanctions on north korea to try to display them contesting. that doesn't seem to be working. what else could be it should be done. ultimately, sanctions are only and can only be part of a strategy to sort of this inherently complex nuclear issue on the korean peninsula . sanctions alone, the past has shown this very vividly, sanctions that alone will not work. we need diplomacy, but of course the context for re engaging with north korea. in such complex talks as nuclear talks with north korea, the context is very difficult at the moment with the u. s. as the main player being engaged in other issues and other crisis of mainly of course, the ukraine, russia crisis at the moment. the countries are engaged in their own fight and struggle against covet in north korea, as well as in a state of one could say, dual isolation of i

a good am i gonna dondo rizoto tour north because i'm not a series of actions by north korea, including the repeated launches of ballistic missiles. threatened the peace and security of japan, the region, and the international community in a little, okay. such intense ballistic missile launches are in violation of relevant security council resolutions for me and our country has made a strong protest to north korea. you guys getting junior call your dutchman. we can speak now to josh smith. he's a senior correspondent with the reuters news agency and sol. josh. thank you for joining us, sir. south korea, japan, as we just heard there, and the u. s. have been quick to voice their concern. are they right to be concerned? well, and listen, the officials that we've spoken to here have underscored that these advances by north korea as well as the tests of older missiles was on, well, represent real military progress and real military capabilities. so of course, that could all become a real threat in the event of a war, which they say is all the more reason to ensure that a war never breaks ou

now to our top story, it's being called north korea's most significant weapons test. in years, the reclusive regime has confirmed it has launched a missile that can reach us spaces in the pacific state. media said the weapon was a while song, 12, a ballistic missile of intermediate range. it is capable of hitting the u. s. territory of guam with a nuclear warhead. it is the 1st time the north has tested a missile that sy, since 2017. the report said pictures of the earth were taken in space from the missiles, nose cone. it's flight was 1st attracted by neighbouring south korea and japan, which condemned the new test. a good am i gonna dondo rizoto torn or per because i'm not a series of actions by north korea, including the repeated launches of ballistic missiles, threatened the peace and security of japan, the region, and the international community. luna, this is all the great such intense ballistic missile launches are in violation of relevant security council resolutions and our country has made a strong protest to north korea. ghost june junior. call your dutchma

south korea seems to want a more normalized relationship with the north, while the north seems to say, you can befriends with us or the united states but not pick to both. talks between the three countries have stalled, leaving the world to wonder if north korea has any real interest of being anything other than an outsider on the world stage. here to help make sense of this house intelligence committee member jim hahn and the great state of connecticut, what do you make of north korea and their actions and capabilities? >> thank you, trey. we know from serving on intelligence committee that north korea is at the top of the list of frightening places. they are unlike the chinese and the russians. we worry they are not necessary rational decision makers, i mean one man, who cares about one thing, re. >> survival. as we have watched. united states pride pretty much everything with north korea, from being really tough to donald trump saying he had a loving relationship, but none seems to work. we need to keep up the pressure, make it clear that north korea can enter to community of natio

first, they have to involve the united states in north korea. they have to involve di, new chloride, zation or at least arms control. right now the u. s. really isn't interested in negotiating with north korea because it has other, you know, more important items on its foreign policy and domestic agenda given the, i'm a kron cove at 900 situation. they're also north korea for it's part really felt that it, you know, got pushed around at the hanoi negotiations with former us president donald trump, failing to secure any type of agreement there. well, coming to that negotiating table, you know, with an offer and some concessions. things could change here, though with the election coming up. as you mentioned, e j young is a progressive, he's another liberal left wing or like current president move in and he may want to reach out to north korea once again. frank smith in so we leave it there was an, i mean, but thank you so much for joining us today. and besides north and south korea, india, china and russia also have various stages of either develo

so we know the situation in north korea is dire, north korea sealed its border with china injanuary, now a year ago. north korea sealed its border with china injanuary, nowa yearago. it promptly was one of the first, if not the first to completely seal its border — and that's meant economic problems for the vast majority of people, not necessarily for the rich and powerful elite. so people, not necessarily for the rich and powerful elite.— and powerful elite. so is this message _ and powerful elite. so is this message primarily _ and powerful elite. so is this message primarily for - and powerful elite. so is this i message primarily for domestic consumption? to say to the people of north korea that he is taking this seriously? 0r north korea that he is taking this seriously? or is it for international consumption, as well casilla well, north korea is the only country in the world- only country in the world that's taken a great _ only country in the world that's taken a great leap _ only country in the world that's taken a great leap backwards l taken a great leap backwards econo

and he may want to reach out to north korea once again . frank smith in cyril, we leave it there was an i mean, but thank you so much for joining us today. and besides north and south korea, india, china and russia also have various stages of either developing or already deploying hypersonic marseilles in asia. we leave today with images of what the future warfare is already beginning to look like. are back tomorrow, the st. i'm from so you've been with she's up to date. don't miss our highlights. the d w program online, d w dot com highlight we're all the good to go beyond deal with as we take on the world. 8 hours. i do all this. yeah. we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes. 5 policemen follow up with you. we are. your is actually on fire. made for mines. ah. counting the costs of catastrophe. research suggests 2022 is the 2nd worst year on reco. if a damage caused by natural disasters, we'll discuss why. and out of office the all micron variance of korean of our is put around a 1000000 brits in isolation. we'll

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and he may want to reach out to north korea once again. frank smith in so we leave it there was an, i mean, but thank you so much for joining us today. and besides north and south korea, india, china and russia also have various stages of either developing or already deploying hypersonic missiles in asia. we leave today with images of what the future of warfare is already beginning to look like. are back to more of the st. barbara. so you've been with every day for us and for our planet. a global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals and their habitat? what to do with all our waste? we can make a difference by choosing reforestation over deforestation recycling over disposable smarten solutions over steam set in our ways or is truly unique. and we know that that uniqueness is what allows us to live and survive. google ideas, the environmental series in global 3000 on d, w, and online ah . counting the costs of catastrophe. research suggests 2022 is the 2nd worst year o

>> well, this is what north korea does. they did 26 missile launches in 2019 during president trump easi 's era. they did ten launches in a month during that year, one of the ones and in march 2020 they did nine launches and that was the second most launches ever in a year. so they've done this under consecutive presidents. it's what they do particularly under kim jong-un who accelerated the missing testing and vastly expanded the number of missiles that north korea is developing, redundant missiles, medium ladies and range and lon tested in 2017 and in october 2020, they paraded many more systems some of which haven't been tested yet including a multi war head icbm that would really raise provocations if it raised tension if they tested that one. >> i just wanted to let our viewers know we just confirmed what you had just said is it indeed it was two different potentially ballistic missiles launched, so this would mark the fifth and sixth missile launched tested in the last two weeks. the u.s. has tried so many times, so m

it is north korea looking for some attention here. i mean, does it is going to possibly going to be a war in ukraine. they still corona virus. there's all sorts of things happening and all the while north korea keeps putting his hand up. yeah. yeah. i mean, i think part of it is, i think, always, right, i mean, you know, north korea is sort of, has fallen behind south korea by, you know, by several decades now. right. in terms of development, when people think about korean, the world today, thing about south korea, the workers don't like that. and so one of the ways they sort of equal the tables, if you will, one of the ways of prove that they can, you know, match and go over our b for peer equals to the south is the missiles and the weapons tests, right? them neck at them on television, but i think the larger issue is that they don't think that they got a deal in the last couple years with jane as president south korean down from going to meet them. and nothing really came of that. the people a year, nothing has showed up. nothing sh

our propaganda moves by north korea. obviously it has messages for the international community as well as domestic audiences. but these are real missiles with real military capabilities. and this was the biggest missile that north korea's tested since 2017 and comes after months of smaller tests. and yet we haven't seen as much a propaganda from pyongyang this time around. why do you think that us when they appear to be bent on developing their missile capabilities, have to the time when there's less international focus on them. as there has been in the past, the kinds of messages that we have seen have been ones from them depending this kind of testing as the kind of normal self defense military majors that many countries around the world take. and that seems to be the message that they're putting out there, that these are message are. these are missiles that are not pointed at any one country or their sovereign right of the country to defend themselves against the policies from the united states and its allies out kore

when you look at the kinds of weapons that north korea, the i of weapons that north korea, the test i should say that north korea has conducted over the last month, what does that tell us about where the regime is technology in terms of weapons development? i the regime is technology in terms of weapons development?— weapons development? i think it tells us that _ weapons development? i think it tells us that despite _ weapons development? i think it tells us that despite the - weapons development? i think it tells us that despite the cries - weapons development? i think it tells us that despite the cries forj tells us that despite the cries for help to the international community about sanctions, kim ung has priority to keep his weapons and to show incrementally notjust the increase and the range but i think the unpredictability and the variety of nuclear weapons in the missiles. he is able to show and continue to wield pressure notjust over the united states but over the region as well for sub it's becoming more diversified and i think that's where the danger is. diversified and i

that north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone and surveillance equipment later showed that the person had crossed into north korea. bought a region between the 2 countries, contains millions of land mines and it is one of the most heavily armed places in the world. it's more unless we can frustrate to frank smith, a journalist in sol, the capital of south korea. thanks for joining us. frank. how is it that someone can cross the border? that is considered one of the best defended in the world. how did this happen? well it's definitely not that easy when you move northward in south korea toward the north korean border toward the dmc you 1st encounter and what's called the line of civilian control. and that will be extensive fencing right across the 30th parallel here. it will involve guard pose in only people that live in small sort of peace villages. there's one or 2 of those in past the line of civilian control. and then there's a couple of kilometers there before you even ge

we do know that north korea _ and north korean isolation. we do know that north korea is - and north korean isolation. we do know that north korea is the - know that north korea is the first country to have closed its borders at the start of the pandemic and we know that north korea has not accepted some donations of vaccines, global donations, so why doesn't kim jong—un simply relax his covid restrictions a little bit or start to begin accepting some vaccine donations? so to begin accepting some vaccine donations?— to begin accepting some vaccine donations? ., ., , , donations? so if he were to open his borders to a — donations? so if he were to open his borders to a select _ donations? so if he were to open his borders to a select number- donations? so if he were to open his borders to a select number of- borders to a select number of international workers this is going to expose kim jong—un�*s leadership failures. it's also going to expose the realities of living in north korea. we've seen villages where things looked perfect, v

a show of force from north korea as a test is most powerful weapon in years, a ballistic missile capable of hitting us territories in the pacific ocean. washington calls for direct talks with john. yup. and the u. s. calls an emergency meeting on the ukraine crisis. united nations security council is to meet within hours to deliberate on the threat of a russian invasion. meanwhile, washington prepared for it, caused the mother of all sanctions on moscow. afghans find refuge in the eastern european country of albania as they wait for the us to take them in as promised. and he fear that dream will never come true. and facing a growing backlash, music streaming company, spotty fide change, its changes, its tune on cove, it 19 misinformation blue . ah, i'm go ahead of us. welcome to the program and more about all those stories in a moment. but we want to start with some breaking news. a manhunt is on the way in southwest germany. after 2 police officers were killed near the city of kaiser slaughter. the 2 officers had stopped the vehicle when shots were fired. when back up arrived, the 24 ye

also coming up. mysterious person crosses south korea's heavily fortified border into north korea. we'll look at how they did it and was behind this apparent defection. and france takes the reins of the european union for the next 6 months. the government in paris is under pressure, as coven, 19 cases, surge of elections spring. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. hundreds of people have been left homeless and the american state of colorado. after gale force winds, fueled wild fires that tore through to communities outside the city of boulder. fires destroyed a 1000 homes but were put out in large part by heavy snowfall. at least 3 people are missing and fear dead. president joe biden has declared the area a disaster, so it's a new twist in colorado battle against the elements just days ago, heat, raging wildfires was for problem for people. he now is the cold volunteers handouts. he says to help those about power keep warmer. well we saw 2022 might be better. c and then we had omicron, and now we have this and it's not starting out very well. we're just looking to get war

>> certainly pressure is not going to change north korea's calculus. it is clear they're moving forward with their technical cables, and they're willing to accept the consequences. especially right now when china and russia are not in agreement that these measures rise to the level of unified international response. i think it really calls for how do we get back to negotiations? how do we get back to a place and create incent incentie for no north korea to make different decisions. because leaning on them is only continuing this development. >> schifrin: anthony, what about that? >> we know the incentive later track does not lead to response. north korea response to pressure, and china responds to pressure, and the sanctions the biden administration put in plays earlier this month was interesting because it targeted individuals in russia and in china. we know that north korea responds to pressure. they did it for the trump administration. they did it for the bush administration. we know that works. that leads to negotiations. >> schifrin: haven't we se

north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system with one that is like a scorpion�*s tail. more specifically, kim jong—un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defence batteries, like this on injapan. it seems pretty clear that their aim is to develop weapons that can invade and complicate missile defences that are highly manoeuvrable and harder for the united states to pre—empt and let alone to detect. but hold on one second, kim jong—un already has plenty of weapons to defend himself against attack. his missile arsenal is more elaborate than britain's, france, india or pakistan, so why does he need more? what we might prescribe to north korea for self—defence purposes might be deemed insufficient by the north koreans themselves. so kimjong—un, feeling chronically insecure, i think kim really doesn't trust anybody outside, including china and russia. surprisingly perhaps, some in south korea see all the activity up north as a good thing. a sig

what about the rest of north korea's arsenal? i? i was reading about hypersonic glide, nestles, which can go undetected. yeah, well, north korea spend a lot of time or an investment in the past 23 years. certainly during cove, it in developing some of its missile capabilities and that, that is aligned very closely with a 5 year weapons planned that, that north korea are announced at the beginning of 2021. with the aim to develop capabilities that will enable the north korea to fight a modern, a modern conflict. um so, so these developments are in line with those capabilities that it wanted outline it wanted to achieve then. and again, it's consistent with what we saw in 2017, our leading up to 2017 to her. went when north korea did test nuclear weapons and did test icbm into inter continental missiles. that would, that will provide a very clear risk. and then in 2018, of course, but not great. it was, it suspended a lot of these developments in response to a requirement, a c requirement to get closer to move closer to the u. s. in m

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translation: north korea is trying to have a defence, like a scorpion's tail. for the last couple of years, really since the beginning of the pandemic, north korea has been very quiet. it's really shut itself off from the rest of the world, and here injapan, we've had no missile overflights, no threats of turning tokyo into a sea of fire, and then suddenly in the last couple of weeks, all of that's changed. multiple missile tests, claims that north korea has new hypersonic weapons and threats of more to come. so what's going on in pyongyang? the short answer is that north korea hasn't spent the pandemic sitting on its hands — it's been busy. translation: we are surprised because we underestimate north korean technology, and we assume that north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system with one that is like a scorpion's tail. more specifically, kim jong—un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defence batteries, like this on injapan. it seems pretty clear that their aim is to de

it's also going to expose the realities of living in north korea. we've seen villages where things looked perfect, very well—maintained. that's not the case for, i would say, the majority of the north korean population. so to open the borders, to allow the international workers in is going to expose kimjong—un even more — and that's not what he wants to see and have to deal with at this point. meanwhile, officialfigures in sri lanka show that food prices have increased by a record 22% in december, as the country struggles to pay for imports due to a shortage of foreign exchange. the bbc�*s anbarasan ethirajan reports from colombo. this woman is adjusting to the new reality. until recently, she was using a kooky dutch cooking gas cylinder prepare for, orfood for cooking gas cylinder prepare for, or food for her four children. but now, is only children. but now, is only children. her husband is a day wage labour. with the cost of essential items rising, they are struggling to make ends meet. translation: ., ., ~ ., , translation: cooking gas ï

translation: north korea is trying to have a defence, like a scorpion�*s tail. for the last couple of years, really since the beginning of the pandemic, north korea has been very quiet. it's really shut itself off from the rest of the world, and here injapan, we've had no missile overflights, no threats of turning tokyo into a sea of fire, and then suddenly in the last couple of weeks, all of that's changed. multiple missile tests, claims that north korea has new hypersonic weapons and threats of more to come. so what's going on in pyongyang? the short answer is that north korea hasn't spent the pandemic sitting on its hands — it's been busy. translation: we are surprised because we underestimate north korean technology, and we assume that north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system with one that is like a scorpion�*s tail. more specifically, kim jong—un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defence batteries, like this on injapan. it seems pretty clear that their aim is to

north korea. look at how they did it and what's behind this possible defection? ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program. the european commission says it wants to label some nuclear and gas energy projects as green investments. nuclear power plants do not admit greenhouse gases and they could count as environment, pardon me, environmentally friendly. if there are detailed plans for disposing of radioactive waste safely, the proposal comes just a day after germany shut down 3 of its 6 nuclear power plants for good. and the german government environment minister steph lumpkin is calling it a mistake. it's like a welcome gift at the start of france's e u. presidency. the european commission plans to classify investment in natural gas and nuclear energy as climate friendly, under certain conditions. to that end, a draft law was sent to e u member states. shortly before the new year. the commission believes gas and nuclear power could help smooth the transition into a future based primarily on renew

it's one of the great ironies of dealing with north korea right from north korea. and lisa said for many years, i mean going back decades, right. that they were sort of interested in getting the economy off the ground and operating more functionally and being less cross and things like that. and that stuff is just never really come through north korea. it's been an on, has been dependent on food a now or at least in the 1990 is really going back further than that. and you know, i mean can, could change that. but it really would require, like a major redirection of state resources away from the military. so i'm kind of ever to get the sanctions roll back royce or boost north korea collective sort of internal self sufficiency. and the regime hasn't done that. i mean, really be a significant change in the way it spends money and that that would be a big deal for dr. robert kelly that present national university. thanks very much . thank you. know that joke which has landed in dubai after being devoted from australia to men's tennis number one, had to leave off the rec

and us is not into north korea anymore. and the china is not factional north korea father. so i mean, what they, what they're trying to do is that you have to get out there, you know, economy, hardship, the thing is that they could be the situation. and this continue calling family or what they need the, what actually the sanction lifted. and i mean by, by putting those, you know, miss, so are they, they're making a statement. ok, what do you make of the timing here? i mean, the winter olympics coming up with china and elections in south korea. what do you make of the timing? i mean it's, it's, this is perfect time for last quarter. yeah. do you these kinds of seeing that? the thing is that us this right now, you know, in go to the ukrainian issue and i want to issue and china is trying to, you know, get the stuff that's for will olympic and south hotel is in those in its own play the election. so no school you need further attention from those countries, especially for china because i mean with the u. s. i mean, it's really hard to see much more they would say on going on.

inviting north korea to talks without any preconditions. any reaction so far from pyongyang to this? >> reporter: according to senior administration official who spoke to cnn about this, the messages have gone to north korea from the white house. they have been received, but there has been no response from north korea back to the u.s. so, in the meantime, north korea's been sending very different kinds of messages with this just flurry of missile launches. seven rounds of them in just one month. much more missile activity than we've seen in years, really since 2017 when north korea was making its displeasure known to the world and to the u.s. that was during the trump administration, and there was very public diplomacy, insults being hurled back and forth between pyongyang and washington, sometimes over twitter. and then subsequently the historic face to face diplomacy between then president trump and kim jong-un. the white house position has been we're willing to talk to the north koreans, but not at the level of heads of state. and, again

what is most interesting about this launches the way it was presented inside north korea. the national leader was not present to guide this launch. he was present every time it was tested in 2017. in their internal party newspaper, the launch was not even front—page news. so i worry that north koreans are entering a dangerous new phase where they regularise this kind of missile testing but it is carried out as it is in so many countries including here in the united states, when the united states tests missiles our national leader does not monitor the tests. north koreans are trying to effectively normalise this activity and i think that is concerning because each and every test like this does help them to refine their capabilities and increased threat to the region. [30 capabilities and increased threat to the region. do you think that — threat to the region. do you think that is _ threat to the region. do you think that is the _ threat to the region. do you think that is the same - threat to the region. do you think that is the same viewl think that is the same view b

report: north korea is trying to have a defense, like a tail. in the last couple of years, really since the beginning of the pandemic, north korea has been very quiet. it has really shut itself off from the rest of the world. here in japan, we have had no missile overflights, no threats of turning tokyo into a sea of fire. and then suddenly in the last couple of weeks, all of that has changed. multiple missile tests, claims that north korea has new hypersonic weapons, and threats of more to come. so what is going on in pyongyang? the short answer is that north korea has not spent the pandemic sitting on its hands. . has been busy. >> we are surprised, because we underestimate north korean technology, and we assume that north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system with one that is like a small scale. rupert:rupert: more specifically, kim jong-un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defense factories, like this one in japan. >> it seems pretty clear that their aim

heavily fortified border into north korea. we'll look at how they might have done it. what's behind this possible defection and and german football giants by and munich, a hit hard by coven 19 infections. we'll take a look at how the pandemic is affecting the sports top flight. ah. i'm on your campus. mckennan. thanks for joining us. south africa's parliament building has been badly damaged and a major fire and the national assembly chamber gutted dozens of fire fighters were cooled into battle blaze which sent a plume of smoke rising over cape town. a man is in custody over the fire. it's caused is still being investigated. the fire had already been burning for hours when security guards discovered it at around 6 in the morning. fire crews raced to the scene but were unable to stop the flames from spreading to the national assembly building where south africa's parliaments. it's. that is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy and bonnie minutes also as the d g. a key point of all mess

north korea is suffering because of the pandemic. they want to complete their missile system with one that is like a scorpion's tail. more specifically, kim jong—un appears to be developing missiles and warheads that can get past missile defence batteries, like this on injapan. it seems pretty clear that their aim is to develop and invade and complicate missile defences that are highly maneuverable and harder for the united states to preempt and let alone to detect. but hold on one second, kim jong—un in already has plenty of weapons to defend himself against attack. his missile arsenal is more elaborate than britain's, france, india or pakistan, so why does he need more? what we might prescribe to north korea for self—defense purposes might be deemed insufficient by the north koreans themselves. so kimjong—un, feeling chronically insecure, i think kim really doesn't trust anybody outside, including china and russia. surprisingly perhaps, some in south korea see all the activity up north as a good thing. a sign that what kim

and we strongly protested to north korea. well, january has been the highest number of miss our launches, bop young, gang in a single month. they highlight the nuclear states expanding arsenal. the government says it's large, top a sonic and long range cruise missiles from railways into airports. crucially in north korea hasn't tested its intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons since 2017. anita kim jong has indicated those tests may review. robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy. it's profound national university. he says young and will continue to launch missiles unless talks restart with south korea. and the us part of it is attention, i think, always, right, i mean, and, you know, north korea is sort of, has fallen behind south korea by, you know, by several decades now. right. in terms of development, when people think about korean, the world today about south korea don't like that. and so one of the ways they sort of equal the tables, if you will, one of the ways to prove that they

north korea's nuclear and missile programs. the biden administration is exploring ways to denuclearize north korea, but in the u.n. security council, china and russia are against strengthening pressure on north korea. they say the u.s. should understand north korea's claims that they have no choice but to develop their missile technology, as long as the u.s. maintains a hostile policy against them. i think that division within the u.n. security council is sending a message to pyongyang that they won't face severe consequences even if they keep on firing -- test firing ballistic missiles. >>> more than 20,000 new coronavirus infections were confirmed across japan on friday. the surge in cases attributed to the omicron variant is spurring authorities to consider how to maintain social and economic activity. it's the first time in over four months the daily tally has exceeded 20,000. the record daily total of almost 26,000 was set last august. 221 people across japan are in serious condition. 96 more than thursday. tokyo reported