its peace proposals starts with the idea of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is really a finger pointed at russia. very good to talk to you. thank you for being with us on bbc news. former us ambassador to nato. thanks so much. the latest in north korea now, broadcasting images of an intercontinental broadcasting images of an intercontinenta , . ,, intercontinental ballistic missile test fired on intercontinental ballistic missile test fired on thursday, - intercontinental ballistic missile test fired on thursday, the - intercontinental ballistic missile | test fired on thursday, the lunch took place while they are conducting joint military drills. pyongyang described the exercise as provocative and aggressive. the test missile landed in the sea east to the korean peninsula without any further incident. at least eight people have been killed in northern india after the roof of an agricultural storage building collapsed. it was being used to store tonnes of po
this comes as there are also provocations coming from north korea in the region as the president is getting ready to head over on this trip. after south korea, the president will be heading to japan, where he will meet with the country s prime minister, as well as participate in a series of with the quad leaders. that includes japan, australia, and india. as the president is really looking to reinvigorate that alliance since taking office. but so much of this trip will also revolve around not just bolstering those relationships with allies but also countering china, what the u.s. is trying to maintain a competitive relationship with china as it continues to exert its economic and military influence in the region. so, this is certainly a high-stakes trip for the president as he is trying to refocus his attention to asia at this moment. barbara, let s talk about the provocations from north korea. so, as the president is en route to asia, there are signs that north korea may launch a te
are offering to head to mariupol to head the evacuation. meanwhile sources telling cnn the russia has made no offensive gain since the war began. russia launching a test missile. but if you think the launch of an icbm while putin is waging a brutal war on ukraine was i don t know just kwcoincidence, there s also this. translator: this truly unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure russia s security for external threats and provide food for thought for those who in the heat of frenzied rhetoric try to threaten our country. i think we ve all seen
all of ukraine, suggesting that they are going to control part of it that raised some eyebrows. it did. the point he was trying to make, bret, russia is not going to be able to control and determine the future of the ukraine. the question is what the united states will do. as you know this week russia launched a test missile. it was seen as provocative act trying to get the united states to have some kind of retort. the united states didn t do it. i think that, you know, there s a widespread sense that the biden administration has done very well in one, keeping the nato alliance together and, two, supplying the kind of ammunition necessary for the ukrainians to fight. i think they have it s a very, you know, high narrow rope to transverse. but they have been doing it very well. i think that s why you have seen such support around the world. ben, it s amazing to hear the stories coming out of the southern port city of mariupol.
the bank? yes, it is. we ve known about the development of this musclissile some team. regardless whether the ukraine war was happening, this missile was going to be launched at some point and we ve known about that. it s been delayed quite a bit but it s in line with russia s attempts to modernize its forces. but here again, general, russia is playing by a different rule book than the united states is because the united states recognized that a missile test could be seen as provocative or accelerating something, so they cancelled theirs. and russia went ahead with its missile test. i ll reinforce what jeff said. they have postponed multiple tests of this missile over the last five years because they could not get it operational. so now suddenly in this situation, in this time, they say, oh, we re going to launch it. it s a threat. and we don t have to conduct test missile launches because truthfully we know ours work.