border now away from ukraine. there is no question nato is relevant. it is effective. finland and sweden make nato stronger. the january 6 select committee once again has in its sights a republican member of congress. and republicans are now asking for the capitol police to release the video in question here. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. minutes from now, u.s. president joe biden is expected to land in south korea to begin his very first az i sia trip as president, he will spend most of the weekend holding talks with the now south korea president and then heading to japan where he will meet with their prime minister and indian and australian leaders. this comes later in his presidency than he might have liked, but he says he hopes to, quote, confirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. paula hancock is live in seoul for us. so an unwelcome/welcome gifts of sorts with some kind of weapons tests expected to be conducted during o
military and economic might in the region and escalating provocations from north korea which u.s. intelligence thinks may be planning a missile test while mr. biden is there. let s bring in cnn s paula hancocks live in seoul for us. good morning, tell us what is the underlying purpose of the president s visit there? reporter: what the president is here for and what he would like to be talking about is alliances. and talking about economic prosperity and partnership with south korea, talking about security ties. what he might find creeping up the agenda though is north korea. as you mentioned there, we have heard from both u.s. and south korean intelligence sources that they do leave that an icbm test, intercontinental ballistic missile test, may be imminent. this is the kind of missile that if fired at a normal trajectory could potentially hit mainland united states. at this point we re hearing from a u.s. source telling cnn s barbara starr that they believe that they may e
The kremlin previously said the trip will strengthen the friendship between the two nations. The pair are expected to discuss supplying weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. The New York Times reports that mr kim is seeking advanced satellite technology, Nuclear Powered submarines, and food aid. The us has warned north korea against weapons sales, and critisized mr putin for needing north koreas help. President putin launched this war against ukraine with its full scale aggression, with a dream of restoring the glory of the russian empire. That hope, that expectation of his has failed, it will continue to fail and i think there is no better evidence of that than now, a year and a half later, not only has he failed to achieved his goals on the battlefield but you see him travelling across his own country, hat in hand, to beg kim jong un for military assistance. Our seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie has more on mr kims travel. Kim jong un Left Pyongyang On Sunday Afternoon in his fa
The uae and most recently algeria. International Emergency Workers arejoining the recovery effort, with some saying the government response is too slow. The bbc s tom batemen sends this report. Dawn lights up the destruction in the village of moulay brahim. Morocco s most remote hillsides have become encampments of the survivors. Hakima has lost contact with her son, who fled the village, she says, to get help. She was already grieving. Her husband had been sick and died before the quake came. We are staying in the streets. I feel bad for my son. His dad passed away and i have to take care of him, says hakima. People are here to help each other. The villages mosque, still standing, becomes a makeshift refuge. But in the morning we spent here, there were no signs of any official aid response. Hussein survived when his son freed him from the wreckage of their home. But his wife, fatna, was killed. My wife, she stayed in the house. The ceiling came down and struck her. This comes from god
but that moving patients many of whom are in intensive care is impossible. more from the middle east in a moment. more from the middle east in a moment. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. good afternoon, ben. thank you very much. let me bring you up to date. let me bring you up to date. we start in china, where the world s most indebted property developer evergrande has been granted more breathing space by a court in hong kong, before a decision is made over its possible liquidation. the firm, which owes over $300 billion, has until a hearing scheduled for 4th december to come up with a new restructuring proposal, as nick marsh reports. evergrande has got five weeks to achieve what they have failed to do for the past two years, which is come up with a repayment plan that its creditors will agree to. now, if they don t manage to do this, then liquidation is a possibility, but don t think that that would mean the end of the evergrande story. in