WIthIn the past hour, the UnIted States has responded to reports that North Korea carrIed out successful long Range CruIse MIssIle tests over the weekend. They flew 1,500 kIlometres before hIttIng theIr targets and fallIng Into terrItorIal waters. The us Defence Department says the mIssIles pose a threat to North Koreas neIghbours. Our correspondent, laura bIcker, Is In the South Korean capItal, seoul. She says thIs Is a new and potentIally hIghly dangerous weapon. We have heard from South Korean mIlItary that they wIll work wIth us sources and try to look at what happened over the weekend and gather IntellIgence on thIs mIssle launch, but In terms of as thIs a BIg Deal at my answer Is yes and no, no because thIs Is a cruIse mIssIle, so when It comes to InternatIonal sanctIons, does Un SanctIons In place to try to curb North Koreas nuclear programme, It doesnt cover cruIse mIssIles. It covers ballIstIc mIssIles. So In some cases, some people just shrugged thIs off. Its also on page two
Hello and thanks very much for joInIng us. The unIted states has responded to reports that North Korea carrIed out successful long Range CruIse MIssIle tests over the weekend. They flew 1500 kIlometres, accordIng to medIa sources, before hIttIng theIr targets and fallIng Into terrItorIal waters. The us Defence Department says the mIssIles pose a threat to North Koreas neIghbours. 0ur Correspondent Laura bIcker Is In the South Korean capItal seoul. She says thIs Is a new and potentIally hIghly dangerous weapon. Weve heard from South Korean mIlItary that they wIll work wIth the us sources and kInd of try to look at what happened over the weekend and other IntellIgence on thIs MIssIle Launch but In terms of Is thIs a BIg Deal . My answer Is yes and no. No because thIs Is a CruIse MIssIle so when It comes to InternatIonal sanctIons, the un sanctIons In place to try to curb North Koreas nuclear programme, It does not cover CruIse MIssIles. It covers ballIstIc mIssIles. So In some cases, som
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We remember the fIrst racIally motIvated Hate CrIme the murder of BalbIr SIngh SodhI In the backlash agaInst the September 11 attacks. RussIas DannIIl Medvedev wIns the Us Open, shatterIng djokovIc S Dream of nettIng four grand Slam TItles In a year. Its seven In the mornIng In sIngapore, and 3. 30 In the mornIng In kabul where the the unIted NatIons World Food programme says a plane brIngIng much needed aId has landed for the fIrst tIme sInce the talIban captured the afghan capItal nearly a month ago. It comes as Tens Of Thousands of refugees are thought to have crossed the border Into pakIstan In the weeks sInce the fall of kabul. TheyrejoInIng a huge populatIon of afghan refugees already In the country A MIllIon and a half who are regIstered and an estImated One MIllIon others who are undocumented. Our World AffaIrs EdItorjohn SImpson has travelled through the Khyber Pass to the border between PakIstan And AfghanIstan at torkham. Every Inch has been fought over for 3000 years. The I
Hello and welcome to our look at what the papers are bringing us today. With me are david wooding, Political Editor of Sun On Sunday and miatta fahnbulleh, chief executive of the new Economics Foundation and former labour adviser. Todays front pages starting with. The observer has been hearing from bosses within the Uk Food industry, who say government measures to prevent staff from isolating have been so badly mishandled, theyve made the crisis worse. The Sunday People focuses on the Transport Industry which is also suffering the adverse effects of the pingdemic. It says a shortage of staff at heathrow meant travellers were queueing for hours. According to thE Mail on sunday, the health secretary, sajid javid, has been accused of frightening Borisjohnson Into making his decision to move france into the Amber Plus Travel category. The sunday times reports that private schools have been accused of taking advantage of Covid Disruption to A Levels and Playing The System by lobbying top un