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Well. we don t know why the north koreans took this time. we know that in two days time, it is the leader kim jong-un s birthday. in the past, that hasn t been marked in any way since he took power. whether or not this is to mark his birthday, we simply don t know. but this has been some time in the making. the order for it, according to the north koreans, issued back on december 15. john? paula, thank you. paula hancox live in south korea. jim schutto joins me now live in washington. the u.s. not confirming this was any kind of underground nuclear test. that will take a number of days they say. but diplomatically, what are the options ndur if the americans? we do now have an official reaction from the white house. the national security council spokesman ned price saying that they are aware of what he refers to as seismic activity on north korean peninsula. he said they re still assessing ....
an update now. north korea claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb. the country says the test took place at 10:00 a.m. local time wednesday saying it was perfect. those photos of kim jung-un signing the order for the test. u.s. officials say it may take days for verification. meanti meantime, south korea says it will cooperate with regional partners to make north korea pay a price for its test of a hydrogen bomb. paula hancox is in seoul, south korea, with more on this. just looking at the images being released by the north koreans of the leader authorizing this team. that s unusual in what is fairly a routine process, if you like, for the north koreaens when it comes to testing nuclear devices. yeah. we can see, john, that kim jong-un is certainly more media ....
Little bit spooked in the sense that all of a sudden there would be all of these shares flooding the market once these major shareholders are able to sell some of their stakes again on january 8. and so in response to that, earlier today, the regulatory commission here in china put out a statement this morning right before markets opened here. and they said that while being a little bit vague, they would not allow such a major selloff to occur. they didn t say how they would prevent it from happening but did say they are exploring ways to make sure that such a large selloff does not occur. it was shortly after that that we did see a stabilization today in chinese stock markets, even though the shanghai composite is down a little bit right now. it is nothing compared to the volatility we saw yesterday. so things at least for the moment appear to be a bit more stable here in china. at the end of the day, it s all relative i guess. matt rivers in beijing. thank you. paula, they used t ....
Geo political tensions always play a great role when it comes to spooking investors. what s happening between saudi arabia and iran is dampening sentiment. and the fact that this isn t calming down either. more countries in the middle east are becoming involved in this dispute. it s a very strong oil producing region. saudi arabia and iran both big oil producing nations. so oil prices are in focus as well. and we ve seen a huge amount of volatility with oil prices over the last year. with this extra tension now, that could only increase. john? okay. paula, thank you. paula hancox with context there from seoul. and matt rivers before you in beijing. thank you to you both. a short break. when we come back, president obama about to announce gun control measures. we ll hear from buyers at a very big gun show. details still to come. ....
Operation, so that will be a very difficult day to make that decision, when the parents have to accept that they believe that all life has been lost those parents as we can see from that video are not willing to accept that today, now day five. paula han cox on jindo island, south korea. a drone strike in yemen has killed at least four al qaeda militants including senior leaders. this is the second one in two days. yesterday at least ten suspected al qaeda operative were killed in al bayda province. officials say the suspects were in a pickup truck when they were hit and the strikes come days after this video surfaced showing a huge gathering of suspected al qaeda militants in the same region in yemen. more violence on the streets of eastern ukraine. ....