From our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. I am glad you could join us. Newsday. I am glad you could join us. It is in singapore, 7am in washington and 7 30am in pyongyang. The State Media Is Reporting north korea is developing a plan to launch four missiles at the us island of guam. This comes after the us Defence Secretary issued a warning to north korea than he should stop any actions that would lead to the end of his regime and the destruction of his people. Us correspondent nick bryant has more. A far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand off. This is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, American Territory that north korea says could now be in the firing line. From north korean state tv came this chilling headline, that guam could be targeted by medium to long range rockets. And it came just hours after President Trump threatened pyongyang with some
From our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. I am glad you could join us. Newsday. I am glad you could join us. It is in singapore, 7am in washington and 7 30am in pyongyang. The State Media Is Reporting north korea is developing a plan to launch four missiles at the us island of guam. This comes after the us Defence Secretary issued a warning to north korea than he should stop any actions that would lead to the end of his regime and the destruction of his people. Us correspondent nick bryant has more. A far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand off. This is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, American Territory that north korea says could now be in the firing line. From north korean state tv came this chilling headline, that guam could be targeted by medium to long range rockets. And it came just hours after President Trump threatened pyongyang with some
In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london and 8 30am in the morning in pyongyang, where north korean state media says the military is developing a plan to fire four missiles at the us island of guam. The details will be presented to the north korean leader, kim jong un, for a decision. It comes after the us Defence Secretary issued a warning to north korea saying they should stop any actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. Our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. A far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand off. This is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, American Territory that north korea says could now be in the firing line. From north korean state tv came this chilling headline, that guam could be targeted by medium to long range rockets. And it came just hours after Preside
one. jennifer. well, melissa. this is the first time three u.s. aircraft carriers have patrolled together off the korean peninsula. to train with the south korean navy. the four-day training operation kicked off on saturday and coincides with the 13 day trip to the region. the uss ronald reagan and the theodore roosevelt strike groups have 11 missile warships armed with hundreds of tomahawk cruise missiles. it is the first time it s conducted an operation involving three characters in a decade but that took place in the pacific near guam. these three carriers are sailing in between japan and korea, a clear signal to north korea. u.s. navy carriers each have 1 of 70 aircraft on board. that means there are 200 u.s. warplanes off the korean peninsula. an unprecedented show of force.
comes their way. one is east of japan, the other further in the pacific near guam. wolf? and u.s. and south korean troops clearly now in a higher state of alert. barbara, thanks for that report. let s go to cnn s rare visit to the korean border, the dmz, the historic buffer between the north and south. it was created at the end of the korean war some 60 years ago, and it could be a front line if a new war erupted. kyung lah went there today. she s now back in seoul, and she has more on what s going on. what else is going on, kyung. well, what we can tell you is that when you go to the border, you get a sense of how it feels between the two countries. the korean war ended at armisti armistice. it never really ended.