it is a very dangerous situation for the soldier and implications for u.s. foreign policy. sandra: you mentioned the leverage it would give north korea. based on what we know at this hour, dan, what would you expect from the white house? how should we be handling this right now? time is of the essence. i would expect the white house to be reaching out to secretary kerry who is in china now to see whether china might play a positive role. we can t really expect anything from them right now. the biden administration tried to engage in north korea. offered talks without pre-conditions and kim has refused and gone on testing record numbers of ballistic missiles with an eye towards being able to target the united states with the rush on 18 missile and there are reports that north korea may plan a nuclear test in the near term. what kim wants is sanctions relief and to be recognized as a
bociurkiw, menacing activities. michael bociurkiw, non-resident - menacing activities. michael i bociurkiw, non-resident senior bociurkiw, non resident senior fellow at the atlantic council s erasure centre. thank you for your insights. the biden administration remains concerned about north korea s nuclear ambitions, but says it is open to talks. white house national security adviserjake sullivan told cbs s face the nation on sunday that the administration is willing to negotiate with north korea without pre conditions about its nuclear program.but, sullivan says there are concerns about a potential seventh nuclear test. the comments comes after north korea confirmed it had test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile on wednesday. the launch was condemned by the united states, south korea and japan. north korean state media released this video of the launch, being overseen by the country s leader, kim jong un. pyongyang said the test was meant to build the country s nuclear
economic crisis since independence. the deal is being seen as a lifeline for the country but it comes with a set of pre conditions and concerns are mounting the plan will not help. from colombo, archana shukla reports. it s been a year of stagnating life for sri lankians. the government now hopes the recently secured imf loan will put the economy back on track. but anxiety among other sri lankan is still clearly noticeable. translation: more people stay poon translation: more people stay poor. these people are suffering everyday so i don t think that the people in the country will benefit because we are translation: we spend most of our hard earned income buying food. we have stopped travelling and cut our power usage. we have stopped enjoying our life. this government tries to suppress those who speak against him. see? everyone is
group, made up of hundreds of different nations. some indigenous people do not want an indigenous voice to parliament, they want to have greater self determination. other campaigners say they do not want to be treated any differently to other people. on the opposition side of politics, the conservative side of politics, the conservative side of politics, there is a view this would add simply another layer of bureaucracy to australia s government and decision making, so there is a huge amount of work to be done on the yes side of the campaign before australians eventually vote later this year. phil before australians eventually vote later this year. later this year. phil mercer in s dne , later this year. phil mercer in sydney. thank later this year. phil mercer in sydney, thank you. more now on sri lanka, as we were reporting earlier this week it secured a $3 billion bailout from the international monetary fund, as it faces its worst economic crisis since independence. the deal is
for the country but it comes with a set of pre conditions and concerns are mounting that the plan will not help. from colombo, archana shukla reports. hello. temperatures may remain higher than normal at the moment, but the conditions are fairly typical. spring, changeable. an area of low pressure in charge. this satellite picture from earlier, you can see cloud swirling around it. these clumps are some bands of heavy and thundery showers, this one to the south could bring some more persistent rain in the afternoon, sliding through the english channel into southern counties of england. away from that, a scattering of showers, some heavy and thundery. it does mean some of you will stay largely dry through the afternoon, not too many showers across mainland scotland. persistent rain in orkney, just edging towards shetland. and the winds today not as strong