according to the south korean military, the projectile had disappeared from radar and might have crashed or exploded. the united states hasjoined south korea and japan in condemning the launch, saying it involved ballistic missile technology in breach of un sanctions. there s lots to unpick so let s go live to seoul and jean mackenzie, our correspondent in south korea. jean how did you first hear of this rocket launch? i first heard about it when, like millions of other people was awoken by the air raid siren this morning which is incredibly uncommon here. it is just not something we are used to hearing. we then started to get these loudspeaker messages played out telling people to prepare for an evacuation, but 20 minutes later we received another message telling us all that this had been a mistake, so she can imagine there was a fair amount so she can imagine there was a fairamount of panic so she can imagine there was a fair amount of panic initially and then confusi
where former prime minister, imran khan, has been granted bail by the islamabad high court. the court is currently hearing eight cases filed against him. mr khan s bail had been due to expire later today but has been renewed for a further three days. this was mr khan arriving at court earlier, behind a curtain of bullet proof shields, after earlier attempts on his life. imran khan was removed from office by a vote of no confidence last year. he accused pakistan s military of forcing him out and says the cases against him are politically motivated. earlier i discussed the situation with khurram dastgir khan a federal ministerfor energy in pakistan. the fact that mr khan is getting a bonanza of bail from the courts means that pakistan s justice system is operating normally and functioning well. the important point to note is that the events of may nine in their scale and severity amounted to an insurrection against the pakistani state. because if a political party takes it
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the hole was crafted from a lightweight carbon fiber instead of steel or titanium to fit more passengers. such a somber 24 hours it has been here in st. john s. talk about a little bit of what we know is still going on. there are a lot of resources, some of them are pulling back. they had a lot of medical ships with everything from medical personnel to decompression chambers. reporter: there were nine ships yesterday. there were going to be 10 in all. there is year at the airport that never made it on the ship to do savage work. it is unclear if they will do any major salvage work now. there are still deep-sea remote operated vehicles that can go down and collect parts of this carbon fiber hole. there was concern about it being 5 inches a set of 7 inches.
the united nations says it s ready to begin salvage work on a rusting oil tanker off the coast of yemen. the vessel is carrying more than a miillion barrels of oil. it s been used as a storage unit for decades. there are fears it could leak or break apart at any time. the disgraced entrepreneur, elizabeth holmes, has arrived at a us prison to begin an 11 year sentence. she was convicted of fraud for duping some of the world s richest investors to back her failed blood testing company, theranos. legislation to raise the us debt ceiling has passed its first hurdle in the house of representatives. a revolt by hard line republicans could not stop this the bill advancing to a full vote, which is due to take place on wednesday. the deal introduces cuts in federal spending in return for increasing the amount of money the government can borrow. if it isn t approved by next monday, the united states risks