Hello im Barbara Sarah this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next the sixty minutes north korea fires a missile the first such launch in two months and just a week after the u. S. They cleared it a state sponsor of terrorism the u. N. Security Council Meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. And i repeat. All gonna let. Promises to unite kenya as hes sworn in for a second term as president and boom time for a bit coin the crypto currency surges past the ten thousand dollar mark for the first time. Im joining you j. Sports including a year on from a plane crash that killed nineteen players will look at how Brazilian Club chappaqua and say has rebuilt its Team Following that tragedy. South koreas president will soon preside over a National Security meeting following a Missile Launch by north korea an initial assessment by the u. S. Suggest pyongyang launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Mi
Are you watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program the u. N. Security Council Meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. The man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve benghazi attack is cleared of the most serious charges. And i repeat. The promise is to unite kenya. Second term as president. Thank you for joining us south koreas president is chairing a National Security meeting following a Missile Launch by north korea an initial assessment by the u. S. Suggests it launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile it traveled to an altitude of around four and a half thousand kilometers before eventually splashing down in the sea of japan well for the latest lets cross live to seoul and speak to kathy kathy what else do we know. Well this Missile Launched happened in the middle of the night at about three fifteen a. M. Local time and as you mentioned the president of south korea is chairing a Natio
On tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying
Mainland. And i mean this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up pope francis leads the service during his first visit to me in muppet avoids making a reference to the refugee crisis. A u. S. Jury acquits the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve and garcia time of the most serious charges. And time for a bit coin is a crypto currency such as possible ten thousand dollars or. So north korea says it has successfully launched a new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile that can reach all of the u. S. Mainland announcement was made in the last half hour or so on state t. V. Kim jong un said that the states Nuclear Capabilities completed japan says the rocket reached four thousand kilometers High Altitude never before seen from a north korean weapon lets go straightaway live to our correspondent kathy novak is in seoul and kathy tell us more about this announcement of what north korea are saying. Well north korea is celebrating it as a priceless victory as you mentione
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the president and Top Democrats went the rounds today over whether to sit down together and talk about keeping the government operating. As they did, a republican tax reform bill moved another big step forward. Lisa desjardins begins our coverage. Desjardins President Trump criticized senate and House Minority leaders Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi for refusing to meet at the white house today. They decided not to show up. Theyve been all talk and theyve been no action. And now its even worse. Desjardins in a morning tweet, mr. Trump preempted todays scheduled meeting with democratic leaders, writing, i dont see a deal hours later, schumer and pelosi pulled out of that meeting, saying the president s tweet indi