according to the south korean military, the projectile had disappeared from radar and might have crashed or exploded. the united states hasjoined south korea and japan in condemning the launch, saying it involved ballistic missile technology in breach of un sanctions. there s lots to unpick so let s go live to seoul and jean mackenzie, our correspondent in south korea. jean how did you first hear of this rocket launch? i first heard about it when, like millions of other people was awoken by the air raid siren this morning which is incredibly uncommon here. it is just not something we are used to hearing. we then started to get these loudspeaker messages played out telling people to prepare for an evacuation, but 20 minutes later we received another message telling us all that this had been a mistake, so she can imagine there was a fair amount so she can imagine there was a fairamount of panic so she can imagine there was a fair amount of panic initially and then confusi
hello, i m tanya beckett. benjamin netanyahu has said his country is in a war for its existence which it would continue, despite what he called the heavy price paid by israel. he was speaking after the israeli army shot dead three hostages in gaza by mistake. an israeli soldier opened fire on the men as they emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city, holding a white flag. an official investigation said the shots were fired in breach of the army s rules of engagement. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el talaqa were killed in asha jiga, in the north of the territory. mr netanyahu called the incident a disaster which broke his heart. he said the troops in gaza were risking their own lives as they tried to rescue hostages, and warned the military operation was necessary to force hamas to free them, but hinted of possible talks. translation: since the tragedy occurred yesterday, i am haunted by one thought what would have happened if only something would have bee
it is the biggest military ceremonial event seen in this country for seven decades. says the coronation of queen elizabeth ii in 1953. tens of thousands of people will line the processional breaks, and tens of millions will watch around the globe. so, the pressure to make sure no fit or hoof is out of place is huge. just a line of breaking news to bring you, this related to buckingham palace, police there say they have arrested a man outside the palace. it is early tuesday night. hours before the rehearsal is due to kick off. right in front of buckingham palace, a reminder of the important role the security services will play, making sure everything goes to plan. a man is detained by police after suspected shot gun cartridges were thrown into the palace grounds. cordons were put up in the area and a precautionary controlled explosion carried out. it is being treated, according to the met police, as an isolated mental health incident. once the security incident concludes, the
for allegedly taking multi million dollar bribes. prosecutors say he was arrested as part of their biggest ever anti corru ption case. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as a requirement forjoining the european union. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have praised their anti missile defence system. overnight, it blocked an intense barrage of russian rockets over the capital kyiv. they say the system shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, which president putin has claimed are unstoppable . kyiv s mayor, vitali klitschko, described the night. actually, last night, our citizens didn t sleep because three hours long, beginning at 2:30, we have an alarm, a bombing alarm. and the whole night we listened to huge explosions and it actually was one of the massive missile attacks to our hometown. different kinds of rockets the russians sent to our hometown. our hugo bachega has more from kyiv on ukraine s air defence and what comes next. it was the eighth time th
we want all ukrainian cities and villages to be liberated. we understand it will not be an easy task and ukraine as a state has already paid a very heavy price in this war. but we want to regain all our borders, all our lands, and our towns. and after all the military tribunals have been held in mariupol, we are sure to host even a eurovision. mayor boychenko, thank you very much for talking to us on newsnight. thank you. thank you so much. that s all from us tonight. i m back on monday. enjoy your weekend. goodnight. in 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic? the centers for disease control and prevention issued an emergency public health order restricting immigration at us land borders. title 42 enabled authorities to swiftly expo migrants trying to swiftly expel migrants trying to cross into the country illegally and to block access to asylum in most cases. the policy has been used at least 2.5 million times. donald trump welcomed it as a tool to control immigratio