Constrictor stuck to her face. Also in the programme the Emergency Call from a woman in the us who was being attacked by a Boa Constrictor. Hello and welcome to world news today. South korea says it will speed up the deployment of the remaining components of the american thaad anti missile system. It follows north koreas latest rocket test. North koreas Leader Kimjong Un Has claimed the us mainland is now within striking range. The launch has been condemned worldwide with china also expressing serious concern. From seoul, heres our correspondent karen allen. Cloa ked in darkness, state run tv captured the final moments before the missile launch. A potent symbol of north koreas defiance in the face of international sanctions, its leader kim jong un there to witness it all. Then the dramatic lift off. And the moment that pyongyang thumbed its nose at the world. The second launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile in less than a month. It travelled higher and further than the missil
thaad anti-missile system. with nuclear tensions on the korean peninsula the highest they have been in decades north korean leaders are focused on this and many people in north korea have a message for mr. trump ahead of his trip to the region. will ripley is in north korea s capital. here s his report. reporter: as asia prepares for president trump s landmark visit north korea has been uncharacteristically quiet. no missile launches in a month and a half. no nuclear test at least not yet. only north korea s promise to send a clear message after trump s menacing speech at the u.n. last month when he threatened to totally destroy north korea. at the time north korean leader kim jong-un vowed to tame the u.s. president with fire. the chief engineer of a baby food factory trying to maintain production levels despite
and what i ve said before is, we have allowed the north koreans to have a gun and butter policy. they ve been developing the guns or the missiles and others are providing them with the butter. you need to take the butter away. you need to shut down their economic benefits so there s pain that is suffered. with an indication it s going to get worse. that coupled with more defense equipment that we need to have in south korea, for example. president moon of south korea has put on hold the deployment of the thaad anti-missile system. he needs to put it on the ground now, no more hesitation. we ought to put it in japan as well so we have a beefed up capability, telling our friends who are doing business with north korea, it s going to have an impact. we re not going to be quite as good to you in the future, because you re aiding an adversary, which may become an enemy. appreciate your time.
defense capability. the thaad anti-missile system had been put on hold by the new president of south korea. he wanted to look at the environmental impact of this particular weapons capability. and i would say go forward now, put it into operational effect. i would recommend that japan have a similar type of system, and that will get the attention of not only the north koreans, but specifically china and russia. our allies have to join with us, in posing even more severe sanctions that have been recommended by and endorsed by the security council. we have to go after our allies and friends who are trading with the north koreans and saying, you can slow this down or stop it altogether because you re helping an adversary continue to build a missile capability threatening us and you, and we can t accept that. we ll ask you to cooperate with us or pay an economic penalty here.
proliferateor like north korea to be able to make a nuclear warhead to a ballistic missile to hit the united states or closer targets. that s one reason why even in south korea deploying the thaad anti-missile system is very popular. i think the president has signaled now in multiple ways that he expects china to do what china uniquely can do to resolve this problem. i don t think personally we have definitive evidence that china is doing that. i think china unfortunately is doing the same thing it s done for the past 25 years. give with one hand and take away with the other. that s why the circumstances, i think, here grow more and more serious. the united states cannot tolerate a north korea capable of hitting targets in the united states with nuclear weapons. it s a terrorist threat we can t live with. bill: first president trump in an audio interview with