north korea. which has been the case in the past. president biden wants to really expand it in something better. a trade alliance, economic alliance. he wants to position south korea as a more of a player in the indo pacific on security issues aside from north korea. that's kind of what we expected them to be talking about in this behind the scenes meeting. one of the others things the president was hoping to do is kind of cultivate an interpersonal information with the president. this is the first time they have been able to meet face to face and really talk issues on substance. president biden is really someone who places a premium on the relationships. it's essential when you are governing and the leader of the free world. you go around the world and try to meet the people and develop some chemistry with them. they do have certain commonalities. that's something you can expect the president did in that long one on one meeting. of course the issue of north korea even though the president wants t

or what if north korea responds to south korea's offer to provide aid, or we will give full support, including covered 19 vaccines and medicines, medical equipment, and the health personnel. since north korea acknowledged it's only con outbreak last week, doesn't have already died in a 1000000 others sickened by the corona virus huddled with no vaccines and little medication available. taking precautions has become the key in north korea's cove. it battle one of the army and running in our for more is dr. sargje in limb. she's a senior lecturer in north korean studies at the university of central lancashire doctor lim. when you speaking about north korea, we are talking about an unvaccinated population. weak health care facilities and the only kron variant. how serious could the situation get in north korea? every run now? is the same situation like i isn't about little bit of speculation at the moment because we don't know how exactly the situation is like in north korea. because for like last more than 2 years, there were no other foreigners in north korea who could accompany k to

just to try to butter, north korea were to try to satisfy north korea. and so that in that sense, north pier knows fully, well that in his play expecting the, the upcoming unit biden alliance to be tougher towards is and less flexible. in that sense, you know, i would not be surprised if some of these missile activities are, you know, in preparation for north korea, gearing up for hardy hardening its own position towards the unit and bite administrations. and so, you know, i think in the short and mid term a, we've actually made some escalation of tensions going forward. but we do should we should remember that both by administration and upcoming the incoming administration both made it clear that they are open to diplomacy and dialogue. a young kim thank you so much for joining us. thanks so much. meanwhile, inside north korea well to the best of our ability, since it's so difficult to get a sense of what's happening there. but in the capital of kiln yang akim young on has been intent on constructing high rise apartment buildings. he wants 50000 new uni

korea and the u.s. are comprehensive strategic allies stand ready to meet these , challenges collectively and shape a rules-based order in the process. these aspirations that president biden and i share are well reflected in the joint statement we are adopting today. in the negotiations leading up to the joint statement, our two countries' deputies have trust and -- have exhibited trust and partnership which i note with appreciation. sustainable peace on the peninsula is underpinned by the principled and consistent policy towards north korea. in lockstep coordination with the biden administration, i commit to resolutely safeguard peace on the peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward to engage in practical cooperation. i will exert diplomatic endeavor to that and end. -- to that end. we reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there is no compromise for security under this shared belief we concurred that the strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. pr

in asia, in north korea and south korea, got japan. it was always a question about why the united states did not want china to attack japan. that is a fact. host: let's talk about russia -japanese relations now. guest: japan became the first asian country to beat a western power, that is to say russia at the turn of the 20th century. host: the russo japanese war. guest: the russo japanese war. so japan and russia have -- that has been one of the key developments in bilateral relations. but as was pointed out, the -- towards the end of world war ii russia joined the allied forces, and it actually took some of the -- what the japanese called the northern territories, the islands in the north of japan. japan actually does not have a formal peace treaty with russia today. -- to date. the reason why japan did not take a strong stance against putin and he invaded crimea is because there has been this great need for japan -- at least claim part of those islands russia has occupied, has claimed sense 1945 -- since 1945. there has been hope tha

north korea on that front. now there was also talk about peace insecurity, not just on the korean peninsula, but also in the wider region in the indoor pacific region. and president biden talk specifically about stability in the taiwan strait. and he talked about how the u. s . wants to maintain a free and open indo pacific region, and this really is a reference to china, not a direct reference, but an indirect reference to china. china has been asserting itself militarily and also in terms of trade. and part of this visit really to asia is the, is the u. s. reasserting itself in this area. i'm trying to rebuild ties to this region because this is a region that was neglected under his predecessor donald trump. so this is what the u. s. is hoping to do with this visit. now, one way the u. s. hopes to do that is by launching a new economic framework known as the indo pacific economic framework that's going to be launched in tokyo by president biden on monday. and south korea is going to be a part of it, because t

korea scene with 3 recent missile tests and the military parade. just a few weeks ago, the country is putting on a defiant show of strength only behind the scenes a different picture. all came john own i wearing a face mask for the 1st time ever admitting that his country too, has been hit with a corona virus. at least 6 people have died that he taking a page out of china's playbook. north korea has moved towards loc dance to keep the health risk at bay. economic cost to the country is unknown. oh, i said she knew to cove it, food shortages and economic crisis, my deteriorate in north korea in order to prevent that they are conducting food rationing measures. so north korea and a very severe quarantine measures to prevent a mass outbreak of confirmed corbett cases. now her throat, which is got on your thought for now north korean stay tv shows empty streets or typical scenes for are locked down. so in south korea reports that north korean farmers was seen on their fields across the border, a sign that the agricultural sector might be exempt to prev

north korea's expanded coverage emergency. more than a 1000000 people could be able to do to go over 19 or the country doesn't have vaccines, and health care is weak. how much was put the situation against. meanwhile, in china, shanghai said to target date for lift in all forward restrictions. many of it's 25, we give people have been your a strict lockdown for nearly 2 months. ah . i'm british manager, welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us. north korean state media has reported at least 50 deaths and some 1000000 people down with fever days after acknowledging a coven 19 outbreak for the 1st time. for more than 2 years, the country had claimed it was covered free. it had also refused to accept vaccines from abroad for its population. experts for a looming catastrophe in the secret of state. and that have already been offers of help from neighbors, china and south korea. ah, the sleep media's anti virus program is full on it stresses help young young is working to curb it's major outbreak of the virus and as interv

korea and the u.s. need a global , comprehensive agreement to meet these challenges. these aspirations that president biden and i share are well reflected in the joy statement we -- joint statement we are adopting today. in the negotiations, our two countries'deputies have shown trust and partnership. a sustainable peace on the korean peninsula is consistent policy toward north korea. incoordination with the biden administration, i commit to resolutely safeguard peace on the peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialogue and engagement in practical cooperation. we as leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the gp are. there is no compromise for security. we concurred that strong deterrence against north korea is paramount. president biden affirmed the u.s. commitment that defense of the republic of korea extended. at the same time, our two countries hope to see north korea take the path towards genuine denuclearization. together with

forces korea. obviously a major military, american military, presence here in south korea. so certainly that is a focus of the president's while he is here. from here he will drive over to a samsung plant that is manufacturing microchips, is this a critical message that the president wants to bring first thing here is the importance of these very critical technology for cars. there has been a short average them globally that has faaffect car manufacturing in the united states and the president is working to wean the united states off its reliance on chinese semiconductors, hopefully to make more of them at home and of course make them in south korea as well. so you really start to see the economic component of the trip materializing as well. so the president has just landed, taking his time of course, freshening up maybe to get off the plane and really make his first step on asian soil as president. >> we're just waiting as that door of air force one is open. it is taking him a while to make this first trip to asia, but he is here just outside of seoul. and there we have pr

korea and the u.s. as global comprehensive strategic allies stand ready to meet these challenges collectively and shape a rules based order in that process. these aspirations that president biden and i share are well reflected in the joint statement we're adopting today in the negotiations leading up to the joint statement our two countries deputies have exhibited trust and partnership which i note with appreciation and sustainable peace on the korean peninsula is underpinned by a principled and consistent policy towards north korea in lock step coordination with the biden administration. i commend to the safeguard peace on the korean peninsula and encourage north korea to come forward for dialog and engage in practical cooperation. i will exert diplomatic endeavors to that end. we as the leaders of the two countries reiterated our common goal of the complete denuclearization of the dprk. there is no compromise for security under this shared i believe we concurred a strong deterrence against north korea

to that end, korea and the u.s. have decided to cooperate vigorously with international instruction, building on the global vaccine partnership, korea will actively join the global fight against covid-19. a global health security coordinating office will be established in seoul as a way to contribute to sustainable, global health security. in addressing the existential threat to humanity posed by climate change, our countries will endeavor to achieve our 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets and 2015 net zero emission goals through even greater coordination. the friendship and trust i have foraged with president biden will pave the way for further bilateral partnership for the new era. i hope our two countries will engage in frequent communication and close consultation with each other. thank you. >> next, we will invite the president of the united states to speak. pres. biden: thank you for the time you gave me today. and incredible hospitality. i am honored to be able to meet you so early in your tenurre. it is a

south korea, certainly china has offered to give vaccines to north korea. north korea has refused all of assistance. it's not clear whether or not they will take offers at the moment, sometimes when north korea puts out a revelation about some kind of disaster that's happened after a period of estrangement from the outside world, it means it symbolizes that it is an offer or outcry for assistance to comerom the outside world. so far, there have been offers in recent days from south korea and no response from the north koreans. most people would assume and assess there is a lot of problems inside north korea. they have been sealed off from the outside world due to covid for a couple of years, including the border with china at one point, which means they cut off all outside trade. they have bad harvests the last couple of years, certainly the stock of medicines, this has been a long-standing problem. the couple of years from cutting themselves off from the outside world and sealing off their borders only would have exasperated that. the health system is in b

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rivals, south korea in the us. there is the potential for assistance from the broader international community. then frank smith, south korea, is a reminder of our top story. fiddlers leaders have formally announced their intention to join night of the decision. marx, a monumental shift from a loan help position of military and non alignment. next conflicts with tim sebastian. i'm ben facility. in fact, next out with who entered the conflict. so with sebastian reporter whose victory parade in moscow, no sign of the war and ukraine is coming to an end. russia's leader flown during his power and these weapons. i'm blaming the way for his invasion, but will the rest of a deal with him again of questions around a more social democrat? my mom, the german wonder who joins me this week for conflict zone. next, on d, w. i started out with addiction and transformed into an orgy of hate and violence. the history of the ku klux klan, the oldest terrorist organization in the united states. its members, white for a racist state

this is a big opportunity for south korea to deal with north korea. >> staying with north korea, the country reported 260,000 cases of fever, bringing the total number of suspected covid- 19 cases to nearly 2 million. the country is averaging several hundred thousand patients suffering from fever each day, since confirming the first coronavirus case last thursday. the newspaper wrote, confirming 63 deaths linked to the outbreak. health authorities say the hospital wards are being built across the country to isolate the sick. they are ramping up reduction of medical equipment to help contain it. with no vaccination program, north korea's health system is ill-equipped to deal with covid- 19. they have not responded to offers of help from the united states or south korea. it is believed to have received some medical supplies from china. the u.s. health officials say coronavirus infections in some parts of the nation reached levels where wearing masks is encouraged. the indoor mask mandates have been listed in every state. the director of the cdc and prevention said 32% of the u.s. popul

top of mind, of course, is north korea, which u.s. intelligence has said that they do believe it could be likely that north korea will try some other kind of missile test or nuclear test during this visit. of course also on the agenda will be how to strengthen not just deterrence, but obviously south korea's readiness as well. we'll bring you all of that in just a moment for our u.s. viewers and international viewers. african-american voices changemakers is next. for everyone else, i'll be right back after the break with biden's visit. (whispers) air wick upgrade to our redesigned oil warmer. our latest device optimizes airflow fill your space with lasting fragrance inspired by the scents of nature yolove. air wick. connect nature. [bacon sizzles] [bacon sizzles] ♪ [electronic music plays] ♪ [bacon sizzles] ♪ [electronic music plays] ♪ woo! lemons. lemons. lemons. the world is so full of lemons. when you become an expedia member, you can instantly start saving on your travels. so you can go and see all those lemons, for less.

china to give them to north korea. the president is not ruling out meeting with kim in the future. >> with regard whether i would meet with the leader of north korea it would depend on whether he was sincere and serious. >> reporter: the president's visit here also attended to show neighboring china the u.s.'s alliances remain strong, president biden hoping his relations here will help address the supply chain challenges and inflation back at home. touring a massive samsung factory that will create 2,000 new jobs in texas. that will create critically needed semiconductors. part of an effort to relieve the shortages that have helped fuel skyrocketing prices as it relates to north korea, president biden's south korea counterpart said for military exercises. >> peter, i do want to follow up with you on some other news that i know you're tracking, a federal judge blocked the biden administration from lifting the title 42 the trump-era covid restrictions. what is white house saying? >> reporter: the white house says it disa

we have heard from the white house that they have had this outreach to north korea to which north korea has effectively given nothing in return. they have ignored it up until this point. he was asked, president biden, very directly whether he would meet with kim jong un, and this was his response. >> with regard to whether i would meet with the leader of north korea, that would depend on whether he was sincere, and whether he was serious. >> reporter: obviously his p predecessor met three times with the leader. very little came from the summits themselves, but beyond that, it's also important to ask whether kim jong un himself is in any frame of mind to be meeting any leaders at this point, and the answer appears to be no. he seems very dead set on his missile launches and his weapons testing capability at this point. and to that point as well, they are also dealing with a covid outbreak. it's only just over a week ago that pyongyang admitted they have omicron in the country, which could be devastating in what we believe to be a completely unvaccinated concern, and we know president bid

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rivals, south korea in the us. there is the potential for assistance from the broader international community. ben frank smith and so thank you. returning to ukraine and life in the capital key. if 2 thirds of the cities inhabitants of returned restaurants are open again and so with boxing gyms of things of beloved sport and ukraine. and it's helping some deal with the stress of war. weeks after russian forces retreated from the suburbs of cave gems have begun to reopen. at the all stars boxing club enthusiasts stay in shape while warding off anxiety and stress was booked in us canada, husky child with the curfew and the city and restricted movement. we needed some place to blow off steam and discharge emotional tension. i get a was naturally, this helps a lot and pollution from a high for the past 2 decades, ukraine has excelled in the boxing world with their fighters, gaining a reputation for speed, movement, and fighting. i q. the skills that also appear to have helped on the battlefield assistance, emotional bo

or what if north korea responds to south korea's offer to provide aid? or we will give full support, including coven, 19 vaccines, and medicines, medical equipment, and a health personnel. since north korea acknowledge it's only con outbreak last week, doesn't have already died in a 1000000 others sickened by the corona virus huddled with no vaccines and little medication available. taking precautions has become the key in north korea's cove. it battle. this years your vision winners have received a heroes. welcome back home in ukraine, colors of castro perform best song, stephanie at to go to god's at the ukraine. poland border. 2 2 2 2 c oh, the mail by members had received special permission to leave ukraine to perform at your vision in italy. it, when i clear show of popular support for the war ravaged nation. and is a reminder of the top story were falling for you. ukraine's military says more than 260 ukrainian soldiers of left the besieged as hostile still works in the port city of mario pool. after being trapped inside for weeks while than 50 inj

here in south korea. so 3 inaugurated a new president on, on may 10th you. so you'll, and he takes a hard line with north korea. he advocates, for example, preparing a pre eminent strike capability, should it look like ne, launching in this missile toward south korea. he also advocates quite strongly increasing the power of the alliance with the united states. that was the main point of their meeting. and he is also called for american strategic assets. these are american weapons bombers and ships that are capable of delivering nuclear weapons to participate in military exercises here in south korea. tablo, it's suspected that the corona virus has hit north korea's mostly on vaccinated population. pyongyang has called it a fever. i might be influencing pyongyang decisions at the moment. well, whenever north korea does something like this, you know, we don't have a good window into the decision making process. they're rather opaque in terms of journalism. people make the case that perhaps kim john is doing

we look forward to ways to take the alliance of the republican korea -- republic of korea and the u.s. to greater heights. vice chairman, thank you for welcoming us to this semiconductor facility. this is an auspicious start to my visit because it is emblematic of future cooperation and innovation that our nations can and must build together. i am joined by my secretary of commerce secretary raimondo working everyday to bring us closer to that goal. i have seen how this plant makes the most advanced chips in the world, a wonder of innovation, design, precision and manufacturing. semiconductors enable our modern lives from automobiles to smartphones to medical diagnostic equipment. when it comes to the most advanced chips like the ones made here with samsung, it is only one of three companies in the world that makes these chips. it is an incredible achievement. because, these little chips, only a few nanometers thick are the key to propelling us into the next era of humanity's technological develop in. artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, 5g, and so very much more. things we

north korea _ get? it's hard to say in terms of why. north korea is— get? it's hard to say in terms of why. north korea is one - get? it's hard to say in terms of why. north korea is one of - get? it's hard to say in terms of why. north korea is one of two | why. north korea is one of two countries in the world who has not had a covid—19 vaccine programme, the other being eritrea. it's an enormous risk, it could get quite bad. we're talking about a population that is naive to this virus, meaning it hasn't spread widely as far as we know prior to this, so they are unlikely to be their first case, as you said. and they are unvaccinated. so you could see enormous damage. in a way, talking about this in connection to the us — we are talking about a tragedy that's happening in one country, a much larger tragedy might be coming in north korea and china, as well. ., . , be coming in north korea and china, as well. ., ., , ., ~ be coming in north korea and china, as well. ., .,, ., ~ i. be coming in north korea and china, as well. ., .,, ., ~ ,, be coming in no

what influence does china have over north korea's actions? and even if they have influence, will they use it? >> well, by their treaty china and north korea are still allies. they have a mutual defense clause in their treaty. and in terms of damage relations and trade, china is pretty much the sole provider of trade and economic assistance of north korea. so by that you could didact china has more influence than any other country in the whole world, but whether china will use that influence is a completely different matter. first off the chinese find les incentive or zero or no incentive to help the united states with the countries on the issue of north korea. instead china is willing to hold north korea as leverage for future negotiation and bargain with the united states. secondly, we know north korea has maintained a moratorium on their nuclear tests and ballistic missile tests. and the chinese argument has been north korea should be rewarded for their refrained -- refrained from provocation from conducting nuclear tests. and so far such r

and principally, the threats from north korea. they have intensified their provocations in the last several months. and even as the president is on his way here from washington, there is a threat looming over his visit here. u.s. officials say that north korea could be preparing for its seventh underground nuclear test, or they could potentially launch a long-range ballistic missile. u.s. officials say that they are prepared with contingencies should that take place. they've discussed it with allies. and if that happens, the american president joe biden and his south korean counterpart president un would confer and perhaps show some resolve together if that occurs. the other is china. china has been increasingly flexing its military and economic muscles in the region. the president has made it sort of a defining facet of his foreign policy to counter china in that area. and so-so when the president touches down here in seoul in just a matter of an hour or so, his first stop will be at a samsung plant that manufacturers this critic

north korea closed its borders at the start of the pandemic, restricting trade. also with his main trading partner, china, within the country, young young has been keen to promote anti virus meshes with images like these provided by news agency, casey and 8 last year. what is good at our restaurant on where prioritizing sanitizing efforts in order to keep up with the disinfection rules. additionally, we conduct systematic hygiene and contact tracing investigation and entrances where many people are coming in and out over the weekend. but there's one disease control method come young has refused to deploy so far. vaccination, some analysts say it's because the you and backed kovacs distribution program has international monitoring requirements and would expose the country to international scrutiny. with most of his 26000000 people believe to be unvaccinated, an outbreak could put a heavy strain on north korea's poor health care system. that might explain why it is now admitting cove it has arrived. according to some experts, they say, p on young may be seeking out

north korea and it's nuclear weapons program, was high on the agenda. while in south korea, joe biden signed off on another $40000000000.00 worth of aid for ukraine. the bill was flown to so for the president approval, the financial packages on top of about 13 and a half $1000000000.00 already pledged. australia's prime minister, elect antony elburn easy is among deleted bites and will meet to teacher. they'll be sworn in on monday after winning such days. election is promising to do more to curb emissions after ending less a decade of conservative government. all right. yep. state headlines got more news coming up here in al jazeera right off to we go to inside store. ah, no, not a view to what we said or to what the hell that the put up with a shooting, avita philistine. how and why did susan become so obsessed? with this law? we were giving them a tool to hold corrupt individuals and human rights abusers accountable. they're going to rip this deal apart if they take the white house of 2025. what is the world hearing? what we're talking about by ameri

, think listen is difficult to know what's going on inside north korea. they have admitted to having something like 1700000 cases. those that are symptomatic, showing a fever, but many of the cases would be an symptomatic. and that information doesn't line up with what they're saying in terms of casualties. so far. just 62 deaths. there have been concerns about north korea's response in terms of locked downs. they have said that they're going to lock down isolate portions of the population, those that have appeared symptomatic. and these locks downs, especially if they spread across people that are not symptomatic in an attempt to avoid the spread of the virus in north korea, will have a serious effect in terms of economic repercussions on a family unit basis in health care professionals and human rights advocates worry that north korea won't balance the economic hardships that people may experience through lock downs. with the pandemic in the effects of the pandemic itself. if we remember, north korea was the 1st country really to seal it's border back i

really well as sean just mentioned, north korea is a bad thing. it's 1st official wave of coven 19, and it's confirmed 186000 cases of people with fever symptoms. 67 people have died so far that according to the official and numbers previously leader kim jong and told a meeting of the ruling party that progress is being made to slow. those infections . grown young is still refusing offers of outside help, and the population is unvaccinated. there's been a radical shift in australian politics for the 1st time. in nearly a decade. the centre left labor party will be in power after unceasing the conservative coalition, in saturday's vote. outgoing prime minister scott morrison has announced his stepping down as his party's leader and 3 albany z as projected to have secured a narrow majority in parliament. tonight, the astrology and people have voted for chinese ah, i am humbled by this victory. and i am honored to be given the opportunity to serve as the 31st prime minister of sir clark reports. now from sidney, they say $77.00 seats, which means tha

south korea has wanted to offer assistance to north korea, north korea doesn't believe the government that south korea can follow through because of a residence in 2019 when south korea offered tamiflu to north korea, the united nations wouldn't let south korea deliver humanitarian assistance of tamiflu because they had to be delivered in vehicles and it is banned vehicles to go into north korea, north korea doesn't believe the south koreans will be able to deliver any humanitarian assistance that it offers, so it is assistance that it offers, so it is a very serious situation. kim jong—un, this is not a stating collapse yet, the organisation capacity is still very strong but it remains to be seen what will happen in terms of the organisational capacity if doctors and nurses and professionals and teachers, all of home are without proper equipment to look after themselves, never mind anybody else, start dying. as we saw in britain and other countries at the beginning of the pandemic, before we had access to the vaccinations that we have. and as your introduction i did out, they have

korea. it is possible to get case numbers under control, so it's not clear what exactly has been happening in north korea. it is possible the lockdown has had an effect and reduce infections but there is no what they are all the way back down to zero and that means when the lockdown is lifted and of the infections will start to rise again and they have to make the same kind of decisions again unfortunately.— same kind of decisions again unfortunately. professor, with our unfortunately. professor, with your experience _ unfortunately. professor, with your experience in _ unfortunately. professor, with your experience in tracking - unfortunately. professor, with| your experience in tracking the trajectory of how the pandemic and the virus spreads through the population and what we know about north korea in terms of the lack of vaccinations there in the population, how do you see this playing out? it’s in the population, how do you see this playing out?— see this playing out? it's very di

just hours after that announcement, south korea said north korea had fired three short range ballistic missiles toward the sea of japan. that makes it the 15th banned missile test by north korea. the japan times as its purpose was a show of strength after the covid admission. the more than two years now, north korea has insisted it has not had a single case of covid. experts have been rather skeptical about that. so why is north korea admitting it now? here's our correspondent inseoul. >> they have not told us how many cases have been confirmed. i think what we can take away from it is this is pretty serious because, first of all, they ordered by onal lockdown which we have not seen before. secondly, they told us what is going on and told people what is going on. it is possible that we have had potential cases before, even though thedenied it, and so this is clearly on a different scale, something they feel they cannot manage and cannot control without letting people know. they have tried so hard to prevent covi from entering the country but now that it has the challenges do control it

and north korea faces a wave of cobra. 19 infections. what will it mean for lives and livelihoods already on the brink, walking to the show. i'm sitting here in berlin. it's good to have you with us, with a war and ukraine is also war on infrastructure, including gas and oil pipelines, serving the country. ukraine has already been forced to cut gas service from hundreds of thousands of households. russia has, however, spared its own transit pipelines. that is the system for delivering it's gas to europe. but could those pipelines be coming into play? what 2 major transit pipelines cross ukraine to europe. so use, and brotherhood. a gas volumes through them are through both of them are now becoming a bit harder to pin down due to the war. and the so use pipeline runs through the loo hans region in eastern ukraine, which is now occupied by russian forces. ukraine announced last week that it would suspend gas transit at one of the pipelines hubs to stop service to that occupied area. on that stoppage effects at most one 3rd of the gas suppl

biden is in south korea today. but a threat from the north hangs in the background. >>> standing down in mariupol. they are ordering to stop defending the city against russian sources. the u.s. sending $40 billion in aid. >>> and oklahoma's abortion ban. the governor set to sign the most restrictive law in the nation as the country waits a historic decision from the supreme court. >>> thank you for joining us, everyone. president biden has just kicked off his first trip to asia since taking office. and he's trying to demonstrate america's commitment to allies in the region of course after months of focus on ukraine and russia's invasion there. the president's first stop is south korea, where he underscored the importance of this region and this moment. listen. >> so much, so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the endopacific over the next several decades. we're standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we make today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leav

there are heightened intention with north korea as u.s. intelligence indicates that north korea could potentially test fire an intercontinental ballistic missile and or a nuclear weapon while president biden is here in south korea or while he is in the region as he goes to japan next. that has, of course, heightened the stakes of president biden's visit, but he's not just focusing on national security. he's also looking at economic cooperation between the u.s. and its key allies in the region, and in talking about that, he actually crew on what we're seeing with the war in ukraine disrupting supply chains around the world to drive home this point further. listen. >> putin's brutal and unprovoked war in ukraine has further spotlighted the need to secure our critical supply chains so that our economy, our economic and our national security are not dependent on countries that don't share our values. >> reporter: and while president biden is talking about russia there, he's very clearly referring to china as well, when he talks about autocraci

china's dominance in the region or north korea well the both very important, but north korea is also an urgent issue, especially after kim jong, who lifted a self imposed moratorium and he tested a oh, he launched an intercontinental ballistic missile back in march. now there are also reports that he could be getting ready to conduct a 7th nuclear test. so that adds a certain sense of urgency to the north korean issue. not only that, there is also another issue that north korean on faces, which is a severe outbreak of coven 19. and this is made was by the fact that it's population is unvaccinated. it doesn't have a, an adequate health care system. it lacks basic supplies medicine equipment. it doesn't even have enough test kits. so this and they've refused aid from the u. s. from south korea and also from the u. n. so what this potentially could mean is possibly a diplomatic opening to restart talks to restart. diplomacy with north korea, but it also presents challenges because it could mean a humanitarian crisis on the doorstep of south korea. and it could also be potentially a poss

an unprecedented turn of events in north korea . the country declared a severe emergency for but an outbreak of only kron if the 1st time killing young has admitted to having any coven infections. why has it made the mission now? and what is the risk for the population? and a promise of greater cooperation between the you and japan in the wake of russia invasion of ukraine, we looked at what's on the cob. ah, i british energy. welcome to the dublin news asia judge could join us. north korea has ordered a national lockdown to hold the spread of the only con variant. it is the 1st time leader kim jong ern has admitted to having any coven 19 cases. since the start of the pandemic in 2020. it is unclear. wipe, young young has decided to publicize the outbreak, but observe us fear the consequences could be devastating if infection spiral out of control, especially as no one in north korea appears to have been vaccinated. this is a 1st for north korean leader kim jung own. never before has the acknowledged that cove it is spreading in his