weapons testing which is condemned across the board from u.s., south korea, and also japan. japan at this point say they believe it may have been two ballistic missiles. not clear why there is a difference in number there, but the fact is it s ballistic missile technology, which is against the united nations security council resolutions. north korea is saying south korea is hypocritical considering the fact that south korea has been carrying out its own weapons and missile launches in recent weeks. and also the timing is key. we noted the u.s., the japanese and south korean intelligence chiefs are here in seoul meeting at this point, talking about north korea. laura? all right, paula hancocks, thank you so much for that reporting. let s get a check on cnn business this tuesday morning. looking at markets around the world, you can see asian shares closed higher. wow, europe is open very narrowly mixed. wall street, it was a mixed day on monday. the dow fell 36 points. the s&p 500, t
minister, he said a lot of airlines, some airlines are making money by knowingly contributing to what the eu calls state-sponsored human trafficking and they want to start sanctioning some of these ar airlines. the belarusian flagship carrier is already heavily sanctioned, but also airlines based in the middle east that fly out of places like beruit, air beal and bringing more and more folks to that border area because the eu is saying the situation there is getting more dire by the day for the folks who are trapped at the border and trying to get across, isa. follow the monday and i try to stem that. thanks very much, fred pleitgen for us there. thank you, fred. you are watching cnn newsroom. just ahead, what china is saying about a report about a hypersonic missile. we ll have that story for you after a short break. neuriva plus fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.
seoul. do we know if there were one or two missiles? what type of missile was launched here? reporter: well, isa, what we are hearing from the south korean side, from the joint chiefs of staff, is that they believe it was one missile. they believe what they say is it appears to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile. we have heard from the japanese side that they believe it may have been two missiles. so we don t have clarification on that at this point. they both do agree it is ballistic missiles, it violates the resolution. it is condemned by japan and the united states. it does come from the area of a submarine base in north korea that is also where previous launches have happened of submarine launched ballistic missiles. we re just waiting for further clarification from the south korean side. we haven t heard anything from north korea at this point.
free. military leaders said the prisoners are required to sign a document pledging not to commit any acts of violence against the country. state television announced amnes amnesty for protesters on monday. the release came minutes after the military leader blamed them for causing unrest and the southeast asian nations for not acknowledging that. it appears the air force carried out air-strikes in tigray. state-run media announced the strikes monday after the government initially denied it. a witness told reuters one strike hit close to a market behind a hotel. the government is trying to regain territory taken by tigray people s liberation front. thousands of people have been killed and more than 2 million have fled the conflict from tigray. now, china denies it that s tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile. the launch happened in august. if it s true, it would have huge implications on the ultimate race with china and russia to
develop hypersonic weapons. cnn s brian todd has all the details for you. reporter: u.s. officials are now closely monitoring china s missile program following a report of a possibly ominous missile test. the financial times citing unnamed sources briefed on the intelligence reports china tested a nuclear capable hypersonic missile in august. the report says the missile circled the earth before speeding toward its target, demonstrating an advance capability in space that, quote, caught u.s. intelligence by surprise. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin while not commenting specifically on the financial times report, said this. we watch closely china s development of armament and advance capabilities and systems that will only increase tensions in the region. reporter: china denies testing a hypersonic missile, saying the test was a, quote, routine spacecraft experiment and implying it was for civilian