haven t seen. even when kim jong-un was launching missiles and tensions were reaching near crisis level back in 2017, he launched 23 missiles throughout the entire year. he has already surpassed that considerably in in terms of the number of tests this year and fired seven missiles just in the last two weeks. this is more than he has done since he came to power in 2011. and it raises a question, because north korea is not using these for propaganda. you are not seeing images on north korean state media like we normally would see, 24 years after the launch. that that says to me and analysts i m speaking with, these launches are for scientific knowledge and to prove a point, some believe, that he wants those to know his arsenal is there, capable. and even at a time of global conflict, he has weapons that he feels can, you know, stand on their own. obviously, some people think this is all a cry for attention. i think politics might have less to do with it in that there is a list
burn. it was prominently featured in a russian rom-com. they announced new stamps with figures with leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet but instead they are standing on the bridge. some said it is a birthday present for vladimir putin who turns 70. marilyn monroe singing happy birthday to john f. kennedy in 1962. happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday mr. president happy birthday to you wow. talking about sending a message. fred pleitgen has more from the capital of kyiv. how are the russians and ukrainians reacting? i think we have some sense of it, but tell us more. reporter: yeah. they are essentially blaming each other. the senior advise orto the ukrainian president zelenskyy indicating this could be possibly infighting by russian security services. not much evidence to back all that up. certainly the russians doing things in the other direction, pointing the finger of blame squarely at the ukrainians. there was a senior official fro
Do in a first meeting is in trying something they have had defacto since november. a please on nuclear testing and freeze on missile testing. the president would spin that this is on the way to denuclearization. the only issue is it also enshrines the current status quo, and the current status quo the president said is unacceptable because forecast tphoerbg has clearly got the range to reach some american territory. clearly now has probably 20 or so weapons. so they have to move beyond that. let s skip to another international top i youing fa topic, fact or fabrication. has president trump been tough on rush is that.
The country? du following through with what he says. and the president of the united states, does he find you huplz himself in a corner here? is there a way out? there is a way out. both have been known to make threats and not follow through. this is coming sort of comic. it has always been the case of tphoerbg forecast to make blustery threats. what s new is the president on the united states has stpaopdooo that level. we understand at the same time there is a great deal of bluster between two leaders. diplomatic channels are main in place. is there a chance that diplomacy could in fact, win the day here. you hear the president on one hand. you hear members of his cabinet saying sort of the same thing