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
Thousands of young immigrants in the u. S. As the Supreme Court rejects president toms plan to end a program that protects them from deportation and we hear from corona virus survivors in the democratic republic of congo who say theyre being ostracized. China has charged 2 canadian men with spying for state secrets more than 18 months after they were 1st detained former diplomat michael called reagan businessman michael spade or have been held since december 28th they were arrested separately just days after while executive mungo was taken into custody in canada shes facing proceedings that could see her extradited to the u. S. On fraud charges katrina is in beijing and has more on the charges against the 2 canadians. The cases of michael covered and michael spade will have now been handed over to chinese prosecutors is in beijing and the northeastern states Northeastern Province of. Respectively now this is the the formal beginning of Legal Proceedings against the 2 more than 550. 00
Hundreds of elephants in botswana wildlife experts admit their battle to. Be with us welcome to the program a day after the u. S. Registered its largest rise in the number of coronavirus cases theres been some positive news for the economy 4800000 people went back to work last month taking the Unemployment Rate down to 11 point one percent but it still means only 7 and a half 1000000 of the 22000000. 00 people whove lost their jobs since the pandemic have returned to the work place. And the gap between Unemployment Rates for black people and white people widened further in june to 5 point 3 percent its the biggest spread since may 2015 and with credit i was case is not rising in 40 out of the 50 states in the us the task of getting the economy back up and running is proving ever more challenging us president will trump was quick to claim victory saying the new employment numbers prove the economy is roaring back to life this is not just luck whats happening this is a lot of talent all
Security is. Also on the day venezuelan migrants and that battle to feed their families during the coronavirus pandemic. Always afraid afraid to affect my family when i go back home to my children but its something that has to be faced and i have to continue working to put food on the table. China is preparing to impose a new law on hong kong potentially bypassing the territories law makers and banning what beijing calls treatments secession sedition and subversion critics accuse beijing of attempting to kill the citys prodemocracy movement and believe that it will be effectively brought under direct rule beijing says a change is needed to counter threats to National Security. Beijings new security lore is being met with fierce resistance and hong kong residents and lawmakers in a semi autonomous region are fighting to keep their special freedoms prodemocracy lawmakers were removed from the citys Legislative Council on friday after protesting what they say was an attempt by beijing to