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 terms of as t
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 also on page
Scientists are one step closer to understanding what happens to some of us when we lose our soulmate. Hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. We have been talking about iran s nuclear programme for quite literally years. The very phrase iran nuclear talks brings to mind a never ending struggle, sisyphus pushing the boulder up the mountain, again and again. And with the election of the hardliner ebrahim raisi as iran s new president, joe biden s job got even tougher. As a bit of background, the us was one of six countries to reach a deal with iran in 2015. That was under the 0bama administration. Most sides agreed that the deal wasn t perfect, but it was a framework and it held. Until the former president, donald trump, pulled the us out of that deal and re imposed sanctions. Iran restarted its nuclear activity, though to this day tehran still denies it is developing a weapon. Speaking at his first press conference following his election, mr raisi had tough wo
to their grandfather, saying prince philip would want them to get on with theirjobs. the fatal shooting of a black man on sunday afternoon by a police officer in the us city of brooklyn center it s claimed was an accident. according to the local police chief 20 year old daunte wright was shot after the officer meant to use a taser, but mistakenly drew her gun instead, mr wright s death has sparked angry protests and an overnight curfew. tensions in nearby minneapolis just 10 miles away are high as the trial of an ex officer accused of killing george floyd continues. from minneapolis, barbara plett usher reports. you plett usher reports. these have become familiar scenes you these have become familiar scenes in a year of civil unrest over police violence, with every deadly encounter reigniting a smouldering anger. there is a stand off between police and protesters here, spoke bombs have been fired, teargas has been fired after a shooting, another police shooting, anoth
and advantage lewis hamilton as he sits on pole position for tomorrow s saudi arabia grand prix. we ll have more on that story and all the day s other sports news. the uk s health secretary sajid javid has announced a further tightening of travel restrictions in response to the omicron variant of covid. anyone arriving into the uk will require proof of a negative test taken before departure. it means britain isjoining a long list of countries who are tightening restirctions, including the us which announced a similiar policy last week. from monday, all travellers, even if you re vaccinated, will need to take a pre departure test. there are 27 cases already in england and that is growing, and nigeria is now second only to south africa in terms of linked cases to omicron. today, the government has decided to add nigeria to the travel red list and that will be effective from 4am on monday, meaning that only uk citizens and residents of the uk can enter the uk from nigeria from t