on monitoring some iranian nuclearfacilities in talks described as constructive. we remember the first racially motivated hate crime the murder of balbir singh sodhi in the backlash against the september 11 attacks. and also in the programme: and russia s danniil medvedev wins the us open, shattering djokovic s dream of netting four grand slam titles in a year. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and nine in the morning in pyongyang where north korea claims to have carried out successful long range cruise missile tests over the weekend according to state media. the report said the missiles flew 1,500 kilometres before hitting their targets. pyongyang has continued to develop its arsenal despite being subject to strict international sanctions. let s cross live to seoul and speak to the bbc s laura bicker. she has been following the story follows sacha she has been monitoring this for us. talk about how signific
north korea claims to have carried out successful long range cruise missile tests over the weekend according to state media. the report said the missiles flew 1,500 kilometres before hitting their targets and falling into territorial waters. pyongyang has continued to develop its arsenal despite being subject to strict international sanctions. we can go to seoul now to speak to our correspondent, laura bicker. laura, we are getting this from state media, effectively, we don t have confirmation can i presume, yet, but it sounds like a pretty big deal.- like a pretty big deal. well, within the like a pretty big deal. well, within the last like a pretty big deal. well, within the last hour- like a pretty big deal. well, within the last hour we - like a pretty big deal. well, | within the last hour we have heard from south korean military that they will work with us sizes and try to look at what happened over the weekend and gather intelligence and that s misaligned, but in
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 korea s 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 korea s nuclear programme, it doesn t cover cruise missiles. it covers ballistic missiles. so in some cases, some people just shrugged this off. it s al
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 korea s neighbours. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in the south korean capital seoul. she says this is a new and potentially highly dangerous weapon. we ve 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 korea s nuclear programme, it does not cover cruise missiles. it covers ballistic missiles. so in som
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