According to the centers for disease control, Patient Hospitalizations have jumped by nearly 20 in the past week. Overall, cases are still down by about 60 compared to this time last year. North korea is set to discuss supplying russia with weapons for its war in ukraine at a high level meeting between the countries leaders later this month. The New York Times reports north Korean Leader kimjong un may seek food aid and Technology Used in satellites and Nuclear Powered submarines from russian presiden, Vladimir Putin. This would be a rare trip abroad for kim jong un. The white house put out a Statement Saying our correspondent Gary Odonoghue has more. This is about the russians Going International shopping for more arms. We know that theyve already been taking International Delivery of drones from iran to use in the war in ukraine. And now theyre lookingfor extra Artillery Shells and missiles from north korea. Its not the first time that missiles and shells have gone from north korea t
For more on this, i spoke withjean lee, the former Ap Pyongyang Bureau chief and co host of the bbc podcast, the lazarus heist. Thank you for being back on the programme. First of all, whats the significance of this potential deal between two countries that really are becoming even more isolated on the world stage . I think you laid it out. If the two leaders do meet and arrange a deal of some sort, this is a deal that is possibly going to help the russian president extend that war in ukraine by supplying him with munitions that he desperately needs, and in exchange, possibly, food that north korea needs, but beyond that, quite possibly technology that north korea needs to take its Weapons Programme to the next level, and that certainly has implications that have a far greater reach because it is about Nuclear Proliferation and so it may be that the leaders meet, they hold a high level summit, lots of pomp, lots of propaganda, but it will be interesting to see what they say about any d
To mark the symbolic handover of the project to the scottish government. Good morning. Its tuesday, 29th august. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Japan and the United States have requested an urgent meeting of the Un Security Council later today after north korea fired a missile that flew overjapan before crashing into the sea. The missile flew over northern japan before it crashed into the sea off the countrys east coast. The launch prompted an alert and people were told to take cover in basements or concrete buildings. The japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, said the launch was an unprecedented, serious, and grave threat to his nation. North korea has fired rockets over japan twice in the past, once in 1998 and again in 2009, but on those occasions pyongyang claimed those they were satellite launches, not weapons. Just before midnight, foreign secretary borisjohnson tweeted that he was outraged by what he called north koreas reckless provocation. The Chinese Governme
Separate meetings with the five stormont parties in an attempt to bring back the power sharing executive. A red arrow salute as the the queen officially opens the new queensferry crossing. The queen was accompanied by Prince Philip 53 years to the day after she opened the neighbouring forth road bridge. Should girls and boys clothes be a thing of the past . John lewis decide to take gender labelling off their childrens clothes. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. South korea says it has seen indications that the north is preparing more Missile Launches, possibly an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The south has carried out live fire exercises, and says it is strengthening its Missile Defence system. The escalation follows north koreas testing of a Hydrogen Nuclear bomb at the weekend, which it says can fit onto a long range missile. The us has warned that any threat to itself or its allies will be met with a massive military response. A Un Security Council meeting is under way i
Singapore, midnight in london and six in the morning in vietnams wet days of floods and landslides have le pt days of floods and landslides have lept 60 people dead and almost a0 missing. Entire villages, roads and homes across several provinces are underwater and to make matters worse, a Tropical Storm is heading to the region, threatening to dump even more rain over northern vietnam. It is one of the worlds most disaster prone nations. Vietnam is no stranger to massive storms and rains but this one is different. Heavy rains have triggered flash floods in northern and central vietnams over just two floods in northern and central vietnams overjust two days but it took away bridges, houses, animals and people at a scale and speed the country has not seen in decades. The local government in this province has declared a state of emergency and opened several gates to discharge water at the countrys largest hydro electric dam, the first time it has done so in years. The decision had an Imme