we ll get the latest from our correspondent in the united states. the afghan taliban says that at least 21 people were killed in a blast at a kabul mosque. the un calls on the group to bring an end to terrorism. japan launches a nationwide competition to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. and striking gold. that was fantastic. you can t b that that was fantastic. you can t by that feeling, that was fantastic. you can t by that feeling, frankly. - we hearfrom one of the british divers who helped locate a us first world war shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. welcome to bbc news. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. officials there say there s been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek air base. you ll remember, another russian airbase in crimea was hit by explosions earlier this month. and, seperately, in russia itself, two v
in the us. japan launches a nationwide competition to enourage people in their 20s and 30s to drink more alcohol. that was fantastic. you can t buy that feeling, frankly. and striking gold. we hearfrom one of the british divers who helped locate a us first world war shipwreck that s been missing since 1917. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian occupied crimea. officials there say there s been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek air base. another russian airbase in crimea was hit by explosions earlier this month. and, seperately, in russia itself, two villages close to the border with ukraine were evacuated after a fire broke out at an ammunition depot. the fire was less than 50 kilometres from the frontier. no casualties have been reported. meanwhile, the un secretary general has sounded the alarm about the da
will actually achieve. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. the un hits north korea with its harshest sanctions yet over its nuclear and missile programme. and trading in big bucks for cash. sowing the seeds of a childhood dream. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it s a monday. iam marika asia business report. it s a monday. i am marika oi. the un security council unanimously approved tougher sanctions against north korea which could cost the country $1 billion a year. the us and china agree to the new measures after a month of talks with the hope they will pressure pyongyang back to the negotiating table. our reporter is on the story. tell us the details of these new sanctions. as you mentioned, it is the toughest yet. critically, china is on board. for these new sanctions to be effective, china needs to step up to be effective, china needs to step up to the plate, which they seem to have done.
The owner of facebook gears up to launch its rival platform to twitter as the social media giant battles its latest controversy. plus, china sees its car exports jump in the first five months of this year and it s partly because of the war in ukraine. happy mid week. welcome to asia business report with me, marika oi. it s been described as twitter s biggest threat yet. meta s new app is called threads and it ll be launched on thursday but it is already available for preorder on apple s app store. screen grabs show a dashboard that looks very, very similar to that of twitter s.
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