he told the assembled media that he had no doubts russia would achieve all of its objectives and he insisted his military operation was going to plan. translation: the goals are perfectly clear, they are noble. i said from the very beginning back in my first public statement - addressing the countryj and the armed forces, i directly set the goals. the main goal is to help the people in donbas, l the people of donbas which we ve | recognised, and we had to do it. | so president putin is saying his focus is to help the people of the donbas, let s just pick up on that for a moment. the regions of donetsk and luhansk, close to ukraine s eastern border with russia is moscow s new military focus. the key to the entire area is the port city of mariupol, which has been under siege since the end of february. as battle for mariupol grinds on, the city s mayor says an estimated 21 thousand civilians have been killed there. there have also been unconfirmed reports that chemical weapons have be
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japan. this is despite sanctions, a collapsed economy, hunger, poverty and closed borders. celia, how concerned should the international community be, particularly north korea s neighbours about what they have been testing? we make absolutely. i think we should be very concerned. not in the short term. i think things will continue as they will. north korea will continue testing, it will continue calling for an end to sanctions, i don t think anything is going to change but in the medium term i think there is a lot to be concerned about. ~ ., ., ., ., about. whether north korea we have had re orts about. whether north korea we have had reports just about. whether north korea we have had reports just this about. whether north korea we have had reports just this week about. whether north korea we have had reports just this week of - had reports just this week of farmers had reports just this week of farmers complaining - had reports just this week of farmers complaining that. had r
gone across the street, - talked to a few moviegoers, gone back and wrote up my story. but suddenly something that - would have taken maybe 15 minutes has broadened into a three hour, half day ordeal where i have - to coordinate with my colleagues on the ground in china, - you know, send questions and sort | of have this whole back and forth. | and so it sjust making our already | limited ability to cover the countryj comprehensively that much more difficult. i but as you say, it s now sources. it s strangers, presumably, who you are calling upon a lot as well. we don t really. not tojust speakfor- the new york times, i think generally there aren t that many stringers in china, in part - because the chinese government has become very tight about who gets . to report in china. you have to have the correct visa. and if you don t have an organisation sponsoring you, then that s very difficult. i m glad you made that point, because there have been several high profile incidents recently
is that right? caller: that s correct. that would be the total maximum exposure for the residential structures in the area that could be affected by a category 1. how does that rank? how would that rate against other storms that have hit this particular area? caller: well, i think that, obviously. it s been a very long time since there have been storms that have hit the east coast in that particular, near the new york city area. but, you know, luckily the storm has moved to category 1. and it s weakening a little bit. i would still expect that it would be, if the storm surge hits and it s a direct hit and the storm surge comes into the city, it s going to be a very damaging and expensive storm to the city. part of the problem, i would imagine, scott, is because this is a part of the countryj that