It is 8am in singapore, Midnight In London and 8 30am in pyongyang, where speculation has been growing that north korea may be ready to carry out its sixth nuclear test, as soon as this weekend. If so, it would coincide with the anniversary of the birth of the nations founder, kim il sung. And as the word watchers to that, pyongyang has been putting its best foot forward for the journalist. The journalists. Our correspondentjohn sudworth, whose movements are being monitored by authorities there, sent us this report. They poured into Central Pyongyang in their tens of thousands. Of citizens and soldiers alike, north korea has always demanded displays of mass devotion. And, at the front of the crowd, there was kim jong un, celebrating not a Missile Launch or a rocket test, but the construction of pyongyangs newest street. The inauguration of a few tower blocks and shops would, anywhere else, raise barely a murmur. In pyongyang, it is met with rapturous applause. It might seem like an ext
developments in afghanistan following the deadly attack in kabul. not long, ago we learned the u.s. military has retaliated for that attack. a spokesman for u.s. central command released a statement that reads, quote you ll recall the threat president biden made hours after yesterday s attack. to those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this, we will not forgive. we will not forget. but we will hunt you down. we will make you pay. word of the air strike in
evacuated more than 12,000 additional people out of the airport in the last 24 hours. capping tonight s breaking news, the u.s. military has retaliated for yesterday s attack in kabul. a spokesperson for u.s. central command released a statement that says, quote, u.s. forces conducted an over the horizon mission today against an isis k planner. it occurred in nangarhar and initial indications are that we killed the target. we know of no civilian casualties. the president says he remains firmly committed to the decisions he s made in afghanistan, the gop remains firm in its opposition. this was house gop leader kevin mccarthy earlier today. i am extremely frustrated with this president. if you want to be president of the free world, you have to have the faith, trust and confidence of the american public. president biden lost that yesterday. as usa today reports, the gop is less unified on how the
or will they do something that has more of an impact, more of a symbolic impact on isis? but the reality is not overall take out isis or have a big operational impact on them on the long term. or they want to do something bigger. the second big question though is, if there is going to be a larger retaliation for this, do they want to wait until u.s. troops are out of the country? at this point, the u.s. military is still on track for its withdrawal from afghanistan on august 30. first it s a couple of days. away it will be a diss difficult decision. they are in with the u.s. military in that airport in kabul, they are completely surrounded by taliban. there are other potential dangerous elements as we saw yesterday. it is a dangerous neighborhood. we understanding those many factors, what message do they hope to send with the strike?
progress in getting americans out. the estimate is 5 to 10,000 americans still in average. many in kabul. but it could be even more than that because they are not at all certain they have a firm handle on americans out in various places in the country. now another 1,000 troops laughing landed and a lot of froops the 82nd air are borne division. that elite division s command will now take control of the airport mission that the u.s. military has. 82nd airborne commander will be on the ground. he ll take control. this is something that 82nd, of course, does in combat, in war time, take control of airfields. it is basically the same task but, of course, this is an airport full of civilian, full of people fleeing for their lives. they will take control and try and keep order. right now the hope is that they can get those 5 to 7,000 people out every day. if they can establish that air