it prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue, then rescind, alerts to millions of residents. state media in pyongyang said the projectile had come down in the sea because of serious defects. south korea correspondentjean mckenzie has more from seoul. there was panic and confusion in seoul this morning as we awoke to the sound of this air raid siren which is extremely rare. and messages from loudspeakers telling people to prepare for an infatuation, only to be told 20 minutes later it was a mistake. north korea did fire a missile this morning. foran korea did fire a missile this morning. for an evacuation. but we now know it was a failure and the rocket exploded in midair and crashed into the sea. this will be a big disappointment for the north korean leader kim john own disappointment for the north korean leader kimjohn own kimjong un. a korean leader kimjohn own kim jong un. a spy satellite would give north korea a strategic advantage to allow it
where the men s world number two daniil medvedev is out beaten by brazilian qualifier thiago syboth wild over five sets. medvedev was fresh from winning his first clay court title in rome, but his opponent ranked 172nd in the world pounced on the russian s inconsistency to book a first grand slam second round spot. medvedev said he was glad the clay court season was over after the match. for sure i m really disappointed. i m going to be one week thinking about this match, but for the moment i don t see anything wrong. idid. i mean, double faults. i mean, the wind was crazy today, so it was not easy. i think i made most of them. i mean, it doesn t matter even which side. it was tough, tough to play. so, yeah, i don t see anything i could really do better. and that s good. that s when you can bounce back faster in the next tournaments. no such problems for defending champion iga swiatek. after a slow start, the world number one gave herself an early birthday gift a day be
in the capital seoul got told to get ready to evacuate, only to then get told the evacuation order had been sent in error. earlier, i spoke to our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie, who gave us the picture from the ground. yes, so we were awoken this morning at about 6:30am or so, with the sound of the air raid siren, which is not common. we had messages to prepare for evacuation and we heard that the north, according to the south korean military, had launched a space launch vehicle. we think it s a spy satellite that north korea said they would launch in the coming days. within 30 minutes, residents in seoul had another announcement that the alert had been sent in error, they didn t have to evacuate, and could go about their day. what we have learned since is that north korea has launched this space vehicle, but it didn t come anywhere near seoul. they started to get reports that perhaps this rocket launch has failed but we cannot confirm that. that is something the south k
according to the south korean military, the projectile had disappeared from radar and might have crashed or exploded. the united states hasjoined south korea and japan in condemning the launch, saying it involved ballistic missile technology in breach of un sanctions. there s lots to unpick so let s go live to seoul and jean mackenzie, our correspondent in south korea. jean how did you first hear of this rocket launch? i first heard about it when, like millions of other people was awoken by the air raid siren this morning which is incredibly uncommon here. it is just not something we are used to hearing. we then started to get these loudspeaker messages played out telling people to prepare for an evacuation, but 20 minutes later we received another message telling us all that this had been a mistake, so she can imagine there was a fair amount so she can imagine there was a fairamount of panic so she can imagine there was a fair amount of panic initially and then confusi
russia- white house press secretary karinejean pierre raised concerns about the strikes. we do not support the use of us made equipment being used for attacks inside russia, we ve been very clear about that, and we continue to do that. we have been clear notjust publicly but privately with the ukrainians. meanwhile, ukraine says four people have been killed in the past day from russian drone strikes. these are the latest pictures coming in to us from kyiv. officials said air defence systems destroyed many of the drones, but debris hit a residential building in kyiv overnight. 3a people were injured, including two children. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is in the ukrainian capital. ukraine has denied responsibility for the attacks in moscow, but i wouldn t describe their denials as full throated. one adviser said very specifically, we have nothing directly to do without. now, thatis directly to do without. now, that is a phrase that leaves open a wealth of other