Broadcaster in the philippines is facing a shutdown. Also this president cited the i. S. O. Fia after a court in turkey rules in favor of turning this popular heritage site into a mosque from a museum. Before we get to top story lets just get you some breaking news this just dropped literally in the past 90 seconds or so the u. S. President donald trump has decided to commute the sentence for his longtime friend and adviser roger stone mr stone of course you remember probably sentenced to a prison sentence for lying to congress as part of the probe into allegations of rushing russian meddling in the 2016 u. S. President ial Election Campaign alan fischer joins us live now from falls church in virginia alan what do we know. We know that theyre saying that this was done because he was risk he was due to start his sentence on tuesday the white house in a statement just issued you see peter just in the last 90 seconds or so said that roger stone is a victim of the russian hoax which is bei
Sanctions designed to further isolate syrias president and force him to make concessions. Welcome to the program a day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular exercises and wrist obvious gob posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected souls offer to discuss reducing tensions well robert fried is live in persia thats on the south korean side of the border so talk us through the mood there in south korea after these latest threats from the north. I think generally there is a feeling of disappointment and how this all seems to be unraveling and unraveling so quickly i think also among a number of people there will be concern about just how bad this war of words will get out but also i think generally in south korea there is a feeling of we have be
A damning insider account. And the new us sanctions designed to further isolate syrias president and force him to make concessions. Welcome to the program a day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and rest up his guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected souls offer to discuss reducing tensions for its part south korea says it will no longer accept what it calls unreasonable behavior from its neighbor well robert kelly is a professor of International Relations and diplomacy at Busan National university it joins us via skype from there robert weve seen a number of recent military threats by north korea in the last few days but what message is pyongyang sending by blowing up this legs in office and why now. Hi yet thank
A count. On the World Trade Organization find saudi arabia broke global rules and failing to stop a pirate broadcaster stealing content from a qatari sports network. Welcome to the program a day off the north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected souls offer to discuss reducing tensions and for its part south korea says it will no longer accept unreasonable behavior from its neighbor well rob mcbride has more now from you on the south korean side of the border. I think generally there is a feeling of disappointment and how this all seems to be unraveling and unraveling so quickly i think also among a number of people there will be concern about just how bad this war of w
Bolton to stop in publishing whats expected to be a damning insider account. And the new u. S. Sanctions designed to further isolate syrias president force him to make concessions. The day after north korea blew up a Liaison Office that was used to communicate with south korea its military is announcing further escalations the army says that it will redeploy troops near the heavily fortified border and Demilitarized Zone it also intends to resume regular military exercises and to reestablish guard posts in frontline areas on top of this north korea has rejected south souls offer to discuss reducing tensions lets go live that apology which is on the south korean side of the border al jazeera swap mcbride is the whats the look at the mood there now rob after these latest moves from north korea. I think throughout south korea there is a general sense of disappointment at what has taken place also a sense of growing concern just about how how bad this battle will get with the war of words