We often talk about how secretive north korea is. Not today. Heres the man running the Associated Press news agency in north korea, eric talmadge. Hes talking about this image, released by north korea. You can see the shadow of kim jon un falls across what appears to be a diagram of an untested missile. The officials with him are standing in front of a chart showing another one. Weve seen this before. Two weeks ago, photos of kim jong un planning a missile test in the direction of the us island of guam showed an aerial view of an american base there. And back in 2013, a wall chart with the title plan to strike the us mainland appeared in the background of a photo with the north korean leader. Analysts say this could all be deliberate. Jenny town, assistant director of the Us Korea Institute atjohns hopkins sais and the managing editor of 38 north. New dont believe this was only iceland . No. It is deftly not a nice of them. They do like to demonstrate power as well as demonstrate that
And london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 7am in bangkok, where, in a few hours time, Thailands Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether former premier, Yingluck Shinawatra, is guilty of criminal negligence over a costly rice subsidy policy. If convicted, she could face up to a decade behind bars. She has long claimed her innocence in the matter, and has asked for kindness from the court. For more on this, lets go to the bbcs karishma vaswani, who is outside the court in bangkok. She is suspected to arrive in tell i what she is suspected to arrive in tell. What 3 4; to this hour. Tell us what has led to this and what we are expecting today. Yeah. Iam and what we are expecting today. Yeah. I am standing outside the supreme court. There is already media around. It is highly anticipated. The buildup has taken 18 months or so. That is how long this has gone on for. Protesters, supporters, i should say, of Yingluck Shinawatra
Will meet on may 6th, the first time in 36 years. And more questions. U. S. Regulators want Mitsubishi Motors to conduct new fuel efficiency tests and provide them with details on the manipulation of its old data. Japans kyushu shinkansen bullet train is up and running the entire route connecting the northern and southern parts of the island after almost two weeks of limited service caused by the earthquakes in kumamoto. The line links ha the north and south. The entire line was shut down on april 14th when a strong quake struck Kumamoto Prefecture and damaged parts of the line. Service is not completely back to normal, though. The trains are traveling more slowly on some sections and are stopping at every station. There will also be fewer trips than usual. North korea staterun media says the countrys Ruling Workers Party will hold a congress on friday next week. Delegates report on the progress of national projects, determine party policy and assign leadership positions. It will be th
U. S. Marine corps futenma air station is to be moved from ginowan city to the less populated area. He was instructed to rescind it, but he refused, citing it was too much to bear. The lawsuit is the first of its kind in decades. He called the request disappointing and unjust. Frances president called for aggressive action to defeat the terrorists who attacked paris. Francois hollande said he will meet with other World Leaders to discuss a joint response to International Terrorist networks. Translator the acts of war of friday were conceived and planned in syria. They were organized in belgium and perpetrated on our soil with french accomplices. Hollande told parliament the constitution should be amended. He says the government needs more flexibility to combat terrorism. He will meet with the president s of russia and the United States. France will step up air strikes on strong holds of Islamic States in syria. The military will triple the bombing capability of french planes by deployi
Under the government plan, the u. S. Marine corps futenma air station is to be moved from ginowan city to the less populated area. He was instructed to rescind it, but he refused, citing it was too much to bear. The lawsuit is the first of its kind in decades. He called the request disappointing and unjust. Frances president called for aggressive action to defeat the terrorists who attacked paris. Francois hollande said he will meet with other World Leaders to discuss a joint response to International Terrorist networks. Translator the acts of war of friday were conceived and planned in syria. They were organized in belgium and perpetrated on our soil with french accomplices. Hollande told parliament the constitution should be amended. He says the government needs more flexibility to combat terrorism. He will meet with the president s of russia and the United States. France will step up air strikes on strong holds of Islamic States in syria. The military will triple the bombing capabil