Execution Binge News Today

kick off in liverpool. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in sudan where fighting around the capital, khartoum, continues, as representatives of the rival military factions, hold talks in saudi arabia. both the sudanese army, and the rapid support forces, are claiming successes. the talks which began injeddah on saturday, are aimed at reaching a humanitarian ceasefire. the fighting has prompted a mass exodus. the united nations says around 100,000 refug...

The international community whats actually happening on the ground. and so these executions. so during this year and the last year is also a way of scaring people, of installing fear in the baluch community. but every friday they still go out and demonstrate. of course the backdrop to all of this is the ongoing unrest in iran, following the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini last september. im joined now in the studio by karim sadjadpour, senior fellow at carnegie endowment. thank you forjoini...

Breaking news, the state department just published a notice that will restrict travelers to north korea due to increasing arrest and long-term detention. the new policy takes effect september 1st. also tonight, we have some chilling close-up details of life and death inside kim jong-uns inner circle. cnns brian todd spoke with a one-time insider who managed to defect. brian, what did he tell you? >> reporter: wolf, he told us what it was like to live through a series of high-level executions o...

Jong nam as the reeleven pitcher. the chinese could ease kim jong-nam into power. >> reporter: the north koreans developmentally deny any involvement in the death and accuse south korean media of publishing false reports. tonight a south korean lawmaker briefed by the intelligence agency says kim jong-un has gone on another execution binge ordering five security officials killed because they gave what he calls force reports. >> reporter: the reported executions of kim jong-nam could be a signal ...

People of iran have the courage to be able to express their yearning for greater freedoms and a more representative government. >> reporter: an increasingly dangerous proposition. scores of people were killed and imprisoned in the 2009 uprising. just last month, the e jeem executed at least 66 people. most reportedly for drug offenses but the united nations says some were political prisoners. is that a lot of executions in iran for one month and speak to some kind of maybe nervousness on the par...