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the ilo is speaking there. let s try to put that into context now. commercial sexual exploitation is a murky issue, with many countries having no publicly available database for the illegal activity. kenya is one such nation it has been identified by the us state department as both a source, a transit country, and a destination for the crime. one recent study estimated that more than 2,400 children between the ages of 13 and 17 were currently subject to sexual exploitation in two regions bordering the port city of mombasa. this week on bbc news, we re bringing you a special series on the impact of the cost of living crisis on children around the world. our first report comes from our state department correspondent barbara plett usher and we should warn you, you may find some of the details distressing. in mombasa, life is hard for those on the margins, but tough economic times are making it even harder, forcing some parents to take painful decisions. this mother was ....
to american officials and several media outlets. in a statement, us national security officials say that arms negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing. we know that the russian defense minister travelled to north korea to convince them to sell artillery ammunition to russia. we urge north korea to cease its negotiations and abide by the public commitments that pyongyang has made to not provide or sell arms to russia. the two men already met in russia in 2019, for their first ever summit that took place in vladivostok. it is likely that this meeting, should it happen, would take place in that same city or possibly in moscow in september. here is whatjohn everard, british ambassador to north korea between 2006 and 2008 makes out of kimjong un and putin s plan to meet in russia to discuss weapons. but of course the background is all about the possibility that north korea might supply russia with useful amounts of munitions and other weapons for ....
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into context now. commercial sexual exploitation is a murky issue, with many countries having no publicly available database for the illegal activity. kenya is one such nation it has been identified by the us state department as both a source, a transit country, and a destination for the crime. one recent study estimated that more than 2,400 children, between the ages of 13 and 17, were currently subject to sexual exploitation in two regions bordering the port city of mombasa. this week on bbc news, we re bringing you a special series on the impact of the cost of living crisis on children around the world. our first report comes from our state department correspondent barbara plett usher and we should warn you, you may find some of the details distressing. in mombasa, life is hard for those on the margins, but tough economic times are making it even harder, forcing some parents to take painful decisions. this mother washes clothes a few times a week to support her t ....
joining me now live isjean lee. she s the former ap pyongyang bureau chief and current co host of the bbc podcast the lazarus heist. thank you for being back on the programme. what s the significance of this potential deal between two countries that are becoming even more isolated on the world stage? i think you laid it out. if the two leaders do meet and arrange a deal of some sort, this is a deal that is possibly going to help the russian resident extend that war ukraine by supplying him with munitions and in exchange possibly food that north korea needs, but beyond that, quite possibly technology that north korea needs to take its weapons programme to the next level and that certainly has implications that certainly has implications that have a far greater reach because it is about nuclear proliferation and so it may be that the leaders meet, they hold a high level summit, lots of pomp and propaganda, but it will be interesting to see what they say about the deals th ....