katty: north korea has been hit by the worst drought in a century. crops in the main rice growing private is our parched following a dry season. john yang is worried that another famine could hit like it did in the 1990's, in which perhaps billions of people died. this is how bad the situation is . 2014 saw the lowest rainfall in north korea for 30 years. 30% of the rice paddies and maize have dried up. food aid is send to over 2 million north koreans every year, but every one in three children suffers from malnutrition. i discussed the situation with the cia's former deputy division chief for north korea. he is now at the heritage foundation. trying to get a confirmation out of north korea is very difficult . do we think this is true? >> the worst in the century is the regime hyperbole, but they have often blames drought and floods for their own problems with their economic and agricultural shortcomings. this time, south korea is also affected. we know it is a real condition. south korean rivers are running at 60%. north korea has funds of its own a

south korea. >> yes i was in north korea a few weeks ago and could see with my own eyes the drought is a serious problem. fields are drying out. there is definite shortage of water.

like north korea and sony? should we be concerned about north korea? kim: well, you do not really believe that north korea hacked sony. i do not believe that for a minute. emily: who did, then? kim: some sophisticated group that has an interest in what hollywood is doing around the world. emily: you do not think it is a group that has ties to north korea? kim: i do not think so. i do not think north korea has the capability. it is a beautiful story for the u.s. government to put this onto north korea. it is more likely that it was some insider at sony that was disgruntled. emily: i know you are particularly worried about microsoft. kim: obviously, windows software is the most interesting target for the u.s. government, because everyone is using it. if you can just use windows update to install a backdoor on some target, you know, then that is the most convenient way to get access to everything that happens on an individual's computer or on government computers or bank computers. and it is just the logical extension of what they have already done. emily

notice a crop of storms to the far north of north korea. creeping out of the nearby parts of china. >> looking at that you can see wetter weather to the south, an area of low pressure another area to the north. with low pressure the air rises, condenses the clouds and the rain is raining everywhere. in between the air is descending and that is set over the korean peninsula, and it will stay that way over the next few ways. chaps of a few showers around the far north of north-west. spilling out of the the north-east, far east of russia you see the rain creeping in. the wettest weather is further south. joining up to my front seeking its way out of shanghai. we are seeing heavy rainfall, more than enough rain coming down 159mm of rain in 24 hours. the heavy rain caused a bit of flooding over a good part of central china. the wet weather stays in place. it will sink southwards. shanghai drying up as we go towards the weekend. >> thank you. the greek prime minister alexis tsipras accused creditors of trying to humiliate greece. the european com

korea. >> it supposedly was in retaliation interview." >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> revenge is also the suspected motive behind an alleged iranian hack in 2014 at the sands casino. it's believed the target was a supporter of israel after he suggested bombing iraq. >> russia, china, iran, north korea have all felt like they could do cyber attacks against the u.s. and get away with it and that's what this administration is struggling to push back on. don't think you can cross that line again without consequences. >> mary snow joins us now. how easy was it to get access to these sites on the dark web that are selling this information for as little money as you were talking about? >> you know me well and you know that i am not a computer expert. so the fact that we were able to access these sites where this information is being sold of course we did this with the help of a former hacker we got there within minutes and that's what was really startling. what was alarming is just how much information is on there and the fact that there are ways to operate on the

the united nations hit north korea with sanctions after the nation launch. its first satellite more than two years ago. most experts say they believe it actually entered earth's october but they're not sure whether it did anything won it go there lea gabrielle is watching lil' kim. >> north korea's space agency says this is an earth observation satellite. u.s. officials don't buy that north korea is just using their technology for just this. they think that north korea' space technology and weapons development program goes hand in hand. >> capable of placing an object in orbit is directly relevant to the development of long range ballistic missiles. >> north korea disease nyes that one says, questioning america and its impure allies are always trying to persecute it. we'll continue launching satellites in the designated place. when necessary and whether it is recognized or not. that official says that north korea's also looking into develop communications and weather satellites and says no country can become a powerful country without developing space techno

saying north korea's food production after rain. the united nations spoke about a third of children under five, and international aid is falling sharply. partly because of a reluctance. for food distribution to be monitored. a draught could claim lives. ja>>> >>> let's talk to the deputy director of the food bank. this is a rare commission of crisis from pyongyang. what have you been hearing out of north korea about how bad the situation is? >> well what we have seen on the ground is clearly since late last year there has been low rain fall entering the winter. there was low snowfall. combined, it meant that dry conditions persist in many of the areas of the country. what we are most concerned about at the world food program is that if the dry conditions do continue, and if they are widespread and if at a result agriculture is affected we could look at a spike in malnutrition in the coming months particularly for children. low river levels and low groundwater, and low rainfall have combined to affect the wheat and barley crops, the

what can you tell us about the situation in north korea? we get some idea from watching that piece there, but just tell us a little bit more. >> yes the world food program is present since the 1990s. there have been several periods that have been quite challenging. no doubt for the people who live there. what we know at the moment is that towards the end of last year rainfall and snowfall in the winter season was definitely lower than what one would normally expect. what we have not been able to do yet is to get on the ground in those provinces, the southern provinces where this drought has been reported, and make a proper assessment that will allow us to make a plan for some sort of response. we haven't got that level of detail at this point in time. >> this is probably a difficult one for you to answer. why is north korean government telling the world about this. is this asking for help or a cause that needs funding? >> it's difficult to know what is behind their reasons for coming out at this particular moment in time, but they do work v

north korea has it, iran doesn't? let me stop there and open it up for your questions. >> in the interest of time why don't we just take questions from the audience. i'll call on you and you can direct who you want. speak to them i can tell us who you are. >> hi i'm an independent consultant. one area we haven't discussed yet. i have two specific questions. assuming that the president does make a deal with iran, what role should the congress play and what will they do? >> congress has the responsibility when they passed the bill to take about on any ultimate agreement between us and the iranians. i am not 100% confident that we a hundred% confident that we are going to get to that point. i do think it is a tremendous benefit to the regime to spreading things out. they get the sanctions relief as michael said, they get all the dessert upfront and they don't have to either spinach. the congress has responsibility and has taken it upon themselves to vote. unfortunately the way they passed a law is that the bill goes befo

the thing is north korea had a history of foreign aid in terms of in the past. i am sure that the government on their level, the foreign aid could continue to flow unless they take an action to stop it. i have little doubt, as long as they have the willingness to continue the way they are doing, i am sure they'll receive it from our side. in the past in a year or two they have kicked out the workers in the past. if they go back the details i don't have at this point. they'll be able to receive it from overseas. including south korea >>> the u.s. is among several countries to express concern over an egyptian court decision to uphold the death sentence against deposed president mohamed mursi. the sentence was passed in may, but was confirmed after confirmation with the egypt grand mufti. >> reporter: hundreds gathered outside the egyptian embassy in ankara denouncing the court's decisions. turkey's president scribed the court's decision as a massacre of justice, called on the world to intervene, the u.n. secretary-general warned against the sequences of the ruling

south korea. >> yes i was in north korea a few weeks ago and could see with my own eyes the drought is a serious problem. fields are drying out. there is definite shortage of water. so much more needs to be done from the north korean government in order to protect and help their own people from this crisis. >> reporter: he went on to say that while he is not crying wolf the government could do more to help the wider population. in all about a third of the country's rice patties have dried up. low snowfall last winter and low rainfall now have added to the problems. and he runs a charity and until 2010 helped north koreans cultivate their land and stopped by seoul after they were accused of destroying a navel vessel killing dozens of seamen. >> translator: basically looking at statistics of food production productivity on the increase over the past 3-4 years reducing shortages. of course they lack 100-200,000 tons of food and it has increased a lot. >> reporter: the river is alarmingly low and images are remembering the drought and thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of peop

notice a few showers start to go push their way into the far north of north korea. these showers around the northeast of china will sink south wards pong i can't think and seoul freshening up a touch. the wettest weather yet is going to be down across southern parts of japan and moving up into the open waters. same cloud makes its way across central china. shanghai has had a 207 millimeters of rain coming down. >> we have this report from athens. >> wants to sending europe a message, this word boiled it down to one word, no. >> i say no to those black mailing us, no to my country sold piecemeal. i want it as it is, clean whole and with its history even if it means leaving the euro. >> what we fear is a possible retreat. we're prepared even for a breakup, not one step back. >> the two sides are entrenched, creditors demand $4 billion in additional spending cuts and taxes this year. greece is offering half that and says that's final. >> these people represent the majority view. after six years of austerity greeks want their sovereignty back to plan their own way out o

appreciate it. >>> north korea says that it is suffering its worst drought in a sen tire i. at least a third of the country's rice paddies are thought to have dried up due to record low rainfall. >> reporter: on north korean state run television a rare announcement that all is not well. this government official says their establishing and carrying out things to limit damage. despite the pictures of lakes fields full of crops hillsides covered with trees north korea says it's facing its worst drought in a century. for people working on cooperative farms like this one where the rice farms are almost barrettesbare it's a worrying situation. >> this is my first drought in 20 years of farming experience as you can see the seedling is too small to do rice planting. >> reporter: in all a third of the country's rice ahead paddies have dried up but maze and barley production is also threatened by the hot weather. >> translator: at the start of spring the temperature rose quickly in may way strong hot and dry airflow with high pressure temperatures reached more than 30 degrees celsius

have gone unanswered from north korea. there have been no communications whatsoever. if it's playing a long game perhaps in terms of a bargaining chip perhaps. but right now there is no communication and one of the men that south korea is referring to here was tried and sentenced last year on similar charges, given a similar sentence and he still, remains in that labor camp with no opportunity to speak to anyone on the south korean side and it seems no negotiations over his fate. so it doesn't seem like very good news at all for these two men who have been given these latest sentences. >> it's so hard for anyone to know or understand what is happening in pyongyang. kathy novak live for us in seoul on this story. >>> the united kingdom has arrested rwanda's intelligence chief on a spanish warrant that accuses him of war crimes. >> that move has angered government officials but human rights activists in spain say they welcome the arrests. michael holmes has more. >> reporter: rwanda's intelligence chief is seen here in 2001

a third of children under five in north korea are malnourished. partly because of the pyongyang reluctant reluctance to monitor distributions. >> still ahead on al jazeera, how syria's war is not only being felt on the ground but in cyberspace too. and a tiger that escaped from a flooded zoo in georgia is shot dead after killing a man. >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrap-up of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights on al jazeera america. >> a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. yemen's capital has been hit by a series of car bombs with dozens of people reportedly killed and injured. two of the blasts targeted mosques. the other hit the political headquarters of houthi rebels. a group linked to isil has claimed responsibility. >>> doctors who lost friends in the chlorine attack spoke of chemical bombs being dropped. >>> the u.n. agency rebuked hungary a

have almost a third of children under five in north korea malnourish. a prolonged drought could claim many more lives. >> well, the "world health organization" said that the outbreak for the middle east respiratory syndrome is now a public health emergency of international concern. the number of new cases is declining. 65,000 people are being monitored. the mers outbreak has claimed 20 lives with 162 people infected. >>> protesters in hong kong has been debating it's reform plans. hundreds gathered outside of the parliament building, and object to the pre-scening and selection of candidates. two dates after omar al-bashir avoided arrest inside africa, he has yet to comment on the. we have a mixed reaction from the people there. >> on the streets of khartoum it is business as usual for the sudanese people. the president was nearly arrested in south africa. >> if he should be put on trial to aaccount for his deeds, it should be in sudan by the sudanese people. >> it's on fair. those calling for the rest of our president and want to destabilize our country

north korea has it iran doesn't? let me stop there and open it up for your questions. >> in the interest of time why don't we just take questions from the audience. i'll call on you and you can direct you want. speak to them i can tell us you are. >> hi i'm an independent consultant. one area we haven't discussed consultant. one area we haven't discussed yet and i have two specific questions. assuming that the president does make a deal with iran, what role should the congress play and what will they do? >> congress has the responsibility when they passed the bill to take about on any ultimate agreement between us and the iranians. i am not 100% confident that we a hundred% confident that we are going to get to that point. i do think it is a tremendous benefit to the regime to spreading things out. they get the sanctions relief as michael said they get all the dessert upfront and they don't have to either spinach. the congress has responsibility and has taken it upon themselves to vote. unfortunately the way they pas

. >>> still ahead - a fire damages a church in north jerusalem >>> and a rare admission from north korea's government as they face the worst drought in a century. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the sound bites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back let's look at the top stories on al jazeera. police in the u.s. state of south carolina are searching for a gunman suspected of killing nine people in a church. detectives are treating the shootings as a hate crime. several people were injured >>> politicians in hong kong rejected a beijing-backed election reform bill. the proposal was to see hong kong voters elect their leader in 2017, but the candidates would have to be approved by beijing >>> dozens killed in a series of car bombings in yemen's capital sanaa. the attacks targeted mosques. a group affiliated with i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility >>> a catholic church has been damaged in a suspected arson attack in israe

two men who they know to be detained in north korea. one other man is a missionary who was given a similar trial and a similar sentence last year. the fourth is a 21-year-old nyu student who is a south korean citizen but a permanent resident of the united states. his fate is unknown and south korea says it is appealing repeatedly no north korea to release all of these men. but that is falling on deaf ears so far. no communication from north korea. >> it is particularly tense there now. no communication for quite sometime. thank you. >>> funeral services are scheduled for today in call cutcutta, india. she died at the age of 81. here's our am ra walker with more. >> reporter: nuns pay their respects to sister nirmala. she is a successor to mother teresa was born in to a hindu family and converted to catholicism and led a life of service. she was the former head of missionaries for charity, a roman catholic service organization founded by mother teresa to help the poor, sick and under privileged. her name means pure and was elected to the

north korea's food production after rain. the united nations spoke about a third of children under five, and international aid is falling sharply. partly because of a reluctance. a draught could claim lives. >>> a tiger that escape the from a flooded zoo in georgia has been shot after it killed a man in the capital tbilisi. police have been on high alert after hippos lions, tigers and bears escaped over the weekend. the attack happened inside a market which has been cleaned up after the floods. >> translation: it is confirmed that one man was killed by the wild animal. special forces are inside the building. he was taken to hospital unconscious, and we know that he died. we wanted to tranquilize the animal. he was aggressive. we had to kill it. >> according to the information we had, there should not be any more animals on the loose. >> many in india's state thanks to a government programme. agriculture to light manufacturing. it spread to several sectors in parts of africa. as reported critics say it reinforces stereotypes.

. >>> north korea is facing its worst drought in a century. it reports that nearly a third of the country's rice patties are drying out. in the 1990s a series of floods and droughts caused a famine that kills hundreds of thousands of people. >> looks like the magnitude of the seriousness seems to be quite considerable here. because just judging from what we here are experiencing it looks like the drought seems to be quite extensive. here in south korea we are also going through the drought, and it is a small peninsula relatively speaking so there's little bought that north korea is feeling the same thing. so we can refer that the north korean drought situation is also very serious. in south korea, we are going through the most serious bought in about 30 years. north korea has had a history of receiving foreign aid in the past. so i'm sure the -- on a non-government level, the foreign aid could continue to flow in. so i have little bought in terms of as long as there's a willingness to continue the way they have been doing so far, i'm sure they

the united nations says almost a third of children under 5 in north korea are mall mall nor i should and international aid has fallen sharply because of pee okay i don't think's will he luck tans too allow food distribution to be monitored. >>> three more people have died from middle east respiratory syndrome in south korea bringing the total number of death to his 23. almost 7,000 people have been quarantined at home and in hospitals. doctors say they are doing all that they can of the the discovery of new cases has raised questions about the government's ability to control the spread of the virus. >>> in chile teachers are required to take new certification tests. police used water to separate crowd. the reform planned are supported by many but students and teachers are demanding a greater say. >>> thousandal colombians have been sell braying their win in the copa america football tournament. this is the scene on the streets of both tie. a first half goal secured the 1-0 win over the 5-time world champion brazil. there was i surprise when colombia one early. does this signal a new

and the irgc has been noted multiple times in north korea attending at their launch pads when the north koreans are testing their nuclear weapons and missiles. that's what i call a joint venture but that's not up for discussion. the north koreans per brigadier general courtney director of norad and northcom in open testimony said the north koreans -- this is open testimony -- the north koreans have the ability to miniaturize warheads and fit them on the nose cones of missiles. the north koreans can do this and iranians can't? not even up for discussion. emp capability, maybe we can get into that in the q and a, north korea has it. iran doesn't? let me stop there and welcome your questions. thank you. [ applause ] >>> i think in the interest of time, why don't we throw this to questions from the audience. i'll call you on you and you can direct who you want. wait for the mike and tell us who you are. >> hi jim, independent consultant. i want to go to an area we haven't discussed yet and ask two specific questions. assuming that the president does make a deal with iran what role should th

and south korea. >> i was in north korea a few weeks ago, i could see with my own eyes that the drought was a serious problem. the fields are drying out. there's a shortage of water. more needs to be done from the north in order to protect and help their own people from this crisis. >> reporter: he went on to say why pyongyang is not crying wolf, the government could do more to help the wider population. about a third of the country's rice paddies has drayed up. low snow fall and rainfall now added to the problems. this person runs a charity that until 2010 helped north koreans cultivate the land and progress was made. that cross-border help was stopped by seoul after the north was accused of torpedoing and destroying a south korean naval vessel killing dozens of seaman. >> translation: basically, looking at statistics of food productions, productivity is on the increase over the past three to four years reducing shortages. they lack 1,000 to 2,000 tonnes of food each year. it has increased. >> the river is low. it's reminisce ent of a previous drought thought to have killed hundreds of

. >> still ahead on al jazeera, the worst drought of the century, north korea admits its struggling as the rice paddies dry up. >>> plus coming up, how this is threatening to destroy its first former star in southern tunisia. >> our top stories here on al jazeera. breaking news from yemen. a series of car bombings in the capital of sanaa has killed and injured dozens of people. that as the foreign minister said that peace talks in geneva are failing to make progress. they're blaming the houthi rebels. >> syrian doctor who calls for a no-fly zone being implemented to prevent chemical bombs from being dropped. >>> and more dealing with the flow of migrants crossing mediterranean see. >>> north korea is saying that it's suffering from the worst drought and a third of its rice paddies have dried up. >> all is not well. this government official said that we're establishing and carry out counter measures against drought damage and despite pictures of lakes, fields full of crops, hillsides covered in trees, north korea is facing it's worth drought in a century. people working on cooperative f

joined to help south korea, and china to help north korea. al jazeera spoke to someone that lived through the war and tells his story to visiting tourists. >> my name is sam. i'm 68 years come december. now, i live south of seoul. my job here is a tour guide. english tour guide. sometimes it's very strange living in the same place, the same time. i am a guide to a war that happened 50-70 years ago. for example, we have many american visitors. i focus my attention to america's role. when i have greek visitors i focus on greek's role and french, like that. at the time, greece and turkey was the tart of the soviet russia across the black sea. they came not knowing much. by the end of the tour they were satisfied. that is the moment i feel hope about it. general, he was old, 70 years old. had problems like me worse than me. he stood here and thought it was a miracle north korea still up the river. to the young koreans, things passed. so likewise korean war doesn't seem much important to them. sometimes it's very strange when north korea approach

korea still up the river. but to the young koreans it's things past. so likewise korean war doesn't seem much important to them. sometimes it's very strange when north koreans provoke us and so many people become serious about north korean threat. at that point, at that moment young people pay attention. what was it like to fight the chinese said we can't fight them point blank. so we should defeat them. at nighttime. well, to me, this area now you stand, 150,000 korean, south koreans lost and 37,000 u.n. gorals lost. their names are listed here.

and south korea are ramping up their defenses against the north korean submarine threat. a destroyer and submarines are taking part in large-scale joint exercises in the waters off south korea. recently north korea bragged it successfully test fired a ballistic missile from a submarine. u.s. officials say that claim is false. but experts say they're working furiously to develop it. and once they get it, it will be dangerous. >> having a submarine means it is much harder to detect the nuclear armed ballistic missile. from the sea of japan, they can directly threaten guam with nuclear strike. in the future when they're operational, if they manage to get into this sea, they can threaten alaska. >> adding to this threat, north korea recently said it can make warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles. they have not yet flight tested missiles that can reach the u.s., yet. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> we take you to the middle east now. for the past nine months many people in gaza have lived in the ruins left behind during the war between hamas and israel. >> slowly

they come from china, russia iran, and north korea. two of those are old superpower rivals that either out of weakness in russia's case, or strength in china's case, are looking for new ways to deal with the united states. two of them are states that had ambitions, and in north korea's case success, in building up an infrastructure -- a nuclear infrastructure and have discovered that the fiber is a much more usable weapon. -- cyber is a much more usable weapon. that tells us we have a level of challenge that is with us long after any iran nuclear agreement, long after what happens next with the next north korea nuclear missile test. and in some ways it's harder to handle. because the barrier to entry in cyber weaponry is very low. it is cheap and hard to deter. charlie: david sanger of the "new york times" thank you very much. we will be right back. stay with us. ♪ charlie: ken friedman was a successful music executive with networks aryans in the food world, and then he decided to open a restaurant after jamie oliver introduced him t

north korea has received food aid in the past. so i'm sure on a non-government level, the food aid could continue to flow in unless they take an action to stop it so i have little doubt in terms of their willingness to receive the food aid from outside. occasionally in the last they kicked out some food aid workers, but if they go back to their normal self they will be able to receive aid from overseas. >>> it's not just north korea that is battling with climate. the sarah an desert is growing every year. 75% of tunisia is threatened by the creeping sands. nazanin sadri reports, where every drop of water is precious. >> reporter: a few years ago this entire area was covered in sand. but now life is returning. this man hopes these salt-resistant plants mean his three children won't have to migrate elsewhere. >> translator: if you have sheep and camels they can eat these plants and live here. before we couldn't feed them. we didn't have this water. >> reporter: scientists partly blame climate change for what is happening here. every

and that iran does not have or is using north korea to test nuclear components or warheads for it. when iran finally decides to demonstrate its nuclear capability, whether it's out in the desert like the pakistanis and the indians did underground just a demonstration of we have this, or a mushroom cloud over tel aviv or something over kansas, it's a game changer and it's too kansas, it's a game changer and it's too late by that point. michael is absolutely right, we have to be ready now. we have to be ready to take steps that ensure this regime in iran never has the most dangerous weapons. the only way to do that is to change the regime. currently we do not at the senior national leadership, no we do not. >> can i just throw my 2 cents in? if you come to the conclusion that we are where we are when i can stop this deal and iran is getting nukes and other countries are getting nukes, you have to think about it in a different way. i think about economic warfare. we have the ability to conduct economic warfare with these countries especially with energy independence. if you have have,

north korea live. what has sustained this regime over many years has been its ability to deny people that knowledge and its ability to do that has eroded considerably in the last few years. we are doing everything we can for the people of north korea so that this trend continues. i think one lesson we have learned from changes in other countries is that change takes time, when it comes about it surprises us and is quickly. they will come when we see that happen. >> do you think that north korean leader. [inaudible question] >> the of north korea is under more pressure for human rights today than it has been at any.in its history which is partly frankly because of the efforts of this administration japan and south korea and all over the world to support this commission of inquiry and its recommendations and to bring this issue to greater public attention, and it is interesting how the north koreans have responded. people used to think that they did not care what we think about their human rights record.

north korea live. what has sustained in this regime over many years has been its ability to deny people that knowledge. and its ability to do that has eroded considerably in the last few years, and we are doing everything we can to try to get knowledge and information to the people of north korea, so that this trend continues. i think one lesson we have learned from changes in many other countries is that change takes time. but when it comes, it often surprises us and goes very quickly. i think they will come when we see that happen in north korea. >> do you think the north korean leader will bring -- be brought into international criminal court? tom malinowski: i think the leadership is under more pressure on human rights than it has been in any point in history. that is partly because of the efforts of this administration, and our allies and partners, and japan and south korea and all over the world to support this commission of inquiry and recommendation. and to bring this issue to greater public at

. >> thank you >>> south korea's foreign minister was north korea to return to the 6-party nuclear talks. he made the comment during the start of the nuclear test ban meeting in seoul. he says north korea is the only country to conduct nuclear tests in the 21st century and says pyongyang should follow the example set by iran. >> for north korea, guaranteeing security through nukes will be a pipe dream. i fully hope they will wake up and open the eyes to reality. nukes bring nothing but international sanctions. a nuclear arms north korea will not be accepted >>> north koreans unleashed a wave of anti-american sentiment as they commemorated the 65th anniversary of the korean war. more than 186,000 rallied inside a stadium >>> i.s.i.l. re-entered kobane taking part of a city. the surprise attacks were meant to divert kurdish forces in the area. kobane is a key city because it's located on the border with turkey. we have more. >> reporter: injured in kobane after another attack by the islamic state of iraq and levant. there are also reports of villages executed after i.s.i.l. fighters storme

. >>> south korea is testing missiles and it can reach north korea. the missile was fired wednesday from a launch pad on the country's west coast. military sources say it has a range of 500 kilometers but plan to extend that to 800. they say the missile will allow them to launch a preemptive strike against north korea. president park geun-hye made a rare visit to the base to watch the launch. she called it a clear answer to threats from the north. south korea and the u.s. agreed in 2012 to allow seoul to develop longer range missiles to better cope with threats from the north. >>> the philippine president is on a four-day visit to japan. he's the first guest from his country to be given state honors in 13 years. japan's emperor welcomed him at the imperial palace in tokyo. crown prince and prime minister shinzo abe also attended. the emperor is reported to have said he is delighted with the president's visit. he said it will promote mutual understanding and friendship. he later made a speech in the diet. aquino implicitly criticized reclamation work b

north korea and its people are suffering. >> this drought is very extreme across north korea. 30% of their rice crop and their rice paddies are starting to just completely dry up and become parched. no longer going to produce any agricultural yields. this is concerning considering that the united nations world food program states that about a third of the children in that country are malnutritions. this is going to exacerbate that problem and significant drought conditions south and west of pyongyang. this is the worst drought in 100 years. 2014 was the driest in 30 years. and this year is on par to be another significantly dry year as well. in fact just in march was the second driest on record 7 1/2 millimeters. in total this region typically receives 1,000 to 1,500 millimeters but in 2014 receiving 450 millimeters in total. the bulk of rainfall comes in july and august as rainfall moves north from china into the korean peninsula. so we do look forward to perhaps some relief from the drought conditions and even though we have seen a few sporadic showers and thunderstorms it is still

richard: one thing that could come up in north korea. imagine in the next 18 months that l intelligence comes out -- that intelligence comes out that says they have weapons that could reach the west coast of the u.s. it is possible it could be in the debates. are you prepared to live with that or would you want to launch a preventive attack or a preemptive attack if what receive warning if north korea might be readying a launch? john: he will be in germany and estonia and poland over the course of this trip. obviously, prudent and russia will be -- could sin and russia will be big --putin and russia will be big topics. what are you looking for him to say about it? richard: ukraine and arming them and so forth. secondly, pressure from nato. and more broadly, how we try to close the gap in capabilities. what is more juicing is how you take a robust line against russia without putting them in isolation. how do you keep open the channels to talk with russia about syria or iran, and at the same time pressure and sanction them over ukraine? th

but i'm sure that much more cannot be expected of north korea. the united states with all of its manpower and money will be more of a superpower when it comes to cyber war's. >> in terms of turn analogy -- terminology, the bundestag attack is not cyber warfare. cyber warfare would be when countries or nonstate actors targeting somebody will take out the electricity grid or bring down or blowup a nuclear plant while at the same time physically attacking as well. melinda: you both mentioned another company which is the stokes net attack. let's talk about what that meant. >> in 2010, or earlier, computer malware affected nuclear facilities in iran. the game was to sabotage the nuclear program. it specifically targeted industrial software from siemens developed for the monitoring and control such as those used in the iranian nuclear plants. in those facilities, the computer worm made the centrifuges spin at too high a speed causing irreparable damage. in view of the complexity of the stuxnet attack, experts suspected a government was behind it but it

north korea has been sending teams over the border. pyongyang accusing south korea of attempting to undermine its leadership. that is your sport. thanks so much for watching. >> thank you very much, indeed. now a harry moment on a routine flight from an aviation flight from french guiana. a minute if after the plane left the ground the pilot announced there was a feline stowaway napping on the wing. don't worry. it is fine she has earned her stripes. she looks pretty cool about it. that's it for me. i'll be back in a moment with a full run up of today's news. thanks for watching. >> germany frees ahmed mansour the al jazeera journalist freed two days agojournalist detained two days ago at egypt's request. >>> the war in gaza says that both sides committed grave abuses, which could amount to war crimes. demonstrations in athens as the e.u. welcome greek concessions toward

and where north korea is at today. there are good examples out there. south africa is another place where we just -- from an intel perspective, we just kind of missed the boat. kathleen troia mcfarland: so what do you think happens then with a nuclear iran? what does iran do and what to other countries in the region do? retired lieutenant general michael flynn: if -- if -- if they open themselves up to true inspections. they said what they are not going to do. they should not have a choice at this. again, we are dealing with a country that is a prior country and they are at the united states -- at the table with the united states of america. we should let them know what the expectations are that are international law internationally accepted norms and behaviors. and then say ok, if you are willing to accept that, then you can come in. we didn't do that. so, what i would say is that we need to, again, you sort of call the bluff by allowing others in the region because others in the region are going to do this. there has already been nuclear energy deals.