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meeting earlier this month, after north korea launched two of what are believed to be nodong medium range ballistic missiles. some countries, including china, insisted the council should avoid provoking the north. south korean government sources say the missile could have traveled more than 1,000 kilometers if it had been launched at a regular angle. the sources believe that pyongyang adjusted the flight distance by launching it at a steep angle so it could not fall into japan s territory. north korea s media reports the launch was successful. in june, north korea test fired an intermediate range ballistic missile and it reached an altitude of more than 1,000 kilometers. south korea on monday started an annual joint military drill with the united states. the exercises are scheduled to continue through september 2. president park geun-hye inspected a unit at the front line joining the exercises. translator: the north s nuclear and missile threat is no longer a matter o ....
of japan. the council held a similar meeting earlier this month, after north korea launched two of what are believed to be nodong medium range ballistic missiles. some countries, including china, insisted the council should avoid provoking the north. south korean government sources say the missile could have traveled more than 1,000 kilometers if it had been launched at a regular angle. the sources believe that pyongyang adjusted the flight distance by launching it at a steep angle so it could not fall into japan s territory. north korea s media reports the launch was successful. in june, north korea test fired an intermediate range ballistic missile and it reached an altitude of more than 1,000 kilometers. south korea on monday started an annual joint military drill with the united states. the exercises are scheduled to continue through september 2. president park geun-hye inspected a unit at the front line joining the exercises. translator: the north s nuclear and m ....
damaged by the earthquake and myanmar soldiers are clearing ththe debris now. at the top of the tower being down here. the ancient city of bagan is about 30 kilometers away from the quake center. the quake caused 185 pagodas to partially collapse. no, no, no! r reporter: one is the templ which was built in the 12th century and is known for its beautiful paintings. the quake knocked off the top part of the temple. it s now off limits due to the risk of further damage if aftershocks strike. very scary. yeah. we was drinking coffee and we hid under the tables. the whole building started to shake. nobody knew what was happening. then the staff came out and everybody got under the tables. reporter: myanmar s government has been campaigning to have bagan added to this list of sites. concerns are growing o over h h much it may cost to repair the structures here. and the impact on the tourism industry. daisuke iijima. in italy they are still looking for survivors. r ....
dozen countries. we are live on the ground to check the progress and see however some countries still have to go. good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. we begin with breaking news out of missouri. there s been another fatal shooting in the st. louis area involving a police officer and teenager. it happened this time in berkeley, less than three miles from the ferguson neighborhood where michael brown was shot and killed in august. police say a suspect pulled a gun on an officer outside a gas station and the officer fired back. local reports say the suspect was 18 years old. afterwards, a crowd of people gathered in the scene and many rushed at the police and broke into a convenience store across the street. police fired tear gas to break up the crowd. no word on any arrests. meanwhile, the new york city skyline went dark in honor of the two police officers shot and killed over the weekend. the mayor asked protestors to honor the fallen officers and ....
a new force in israeli politics and we meet the new alliance to play a key role in this week s election. international negotiations are resuming in switzerland to reach a dial on iran nuclear program and hopes some progress can be made and deadlines to reach a framework deal expires at the end of this month and a resent u.s. secretary of state john kerry an attending the discussions and diplomatic editor james is there too and the talks are at a crucial stage and need agreement by the end of the month and there are big gaps remaining between the two sides, aren t there? big gaps and the deadline is coming very close, this is the crunch period in many ways and we don t have a running commentary of exactly what is going on in these negotiations but i think some clues being discussed around the table in their meeting right now is some of the participants of the talked and not just secretary kerry and moonez the and the secretary of the united states around that table d ....