Korean peninsula and the broader region it is very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today it seems like there is all kinds of reason to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges and we are in the midst of renting president ial impeachment process and the broader country seems to have deep cleavages societally and we have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country and when we look abroad internationally the headlines we are reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran and last week we read about the element of Hypersonic Weapons in russia and coupled with the demise of arms control and the return of Great Power Competition it looks like the world is getting ever more dangerous. Even American Relations with some of our longstanding allies seem to be strained to the breaking point. I need hardly tell you all experts on korea that the ne
I want to welcome you and thank you all for coming to this Conference Today on north korea. As we think about what might be coming down the road on the Korean Peninsula and the broader region it is very easy, i think, to succumb to the temptation to be pessimistic. In fact, as we sit here in washington today it seems like there is all kinds of reason to be pessimistic. We seem to be facing on the home front a variety of challenges and we are in the midst of renting president ial impeachment process and the broader country seems to have deep cleavages societally and we have a big problem with mutual distrust in the country and when we look abroad internationally the headlines we are reading this morning suggest we might be on the brink of a very dangerous war with iran and last week we read about the element of Hypersonic Weapons in russia and coupled with the demise of arms control and the return of Great Power Competition it looks like the world is getting ever more dangerous. Even Am
Strikes have killed more than 50 civilians. Several people to be trapped under the rubble after a busy market came under attack Syrian Government backed by russia launched their offensive to catch in april. With this report from beirut. A trail of death and destruction this is the immediate aftermath of airstrikes carried out by either syrian warplanes the target was the marketplace. The opposition controlled town is kilometers from the frontlines but crowded and residential areas have been repeatedly targeted and the russian backed Syrian Government military campaign that began at the end of april. I was playing to talk to. Many casualties in the war planes hit the area early this morning look at the syrians look at the bodies of syrian children traitors. Syrians here feel the International Community has abandoned them there have been words of condemnation and Un Security Council meetings but Russian Support for the Syrian Government apparently means little can be done to stop the blo
Superrich with more. A proposal for a safe zone by turkey is not the 1st some turkey 1st raised its concern its will for a safe zone in Northern Syria back in 2013 it has repeated this idea since late 2018 and early 2900. 00 turkish an american sides have come together to discuss the details of that according to the turkish will 32 kilometers from its southern border to inside syria there should be a safe zone that is cleared from any fighter groups like the white p. G. Eisel or any other organizations target has a concern here turkey believes that the white p. G. And the p y d is the syria branch of the outbuild Kurdistan Workers Party that is recognized as a terrorist organization by turkey e. U. Countries and the us however the us rhetorical in syria is based on that a y p g of the kurdish fighter a group by p. G. It is the boots on the ground of the American Army because they are fighting they have been fighting against iceland turkey totally rejects the idea and cooking doesnt wan
Hello there slight breaking weather conditions across eastern sections of china but the rain still very much in evidence these that the my you buy you from these palm rays that we talk about and in fact as we go through the next couple of days becoming more extensive out towards the southwest and eventually pushing towards the coast as well hong kong and on about day 32. 00 degrees and it should be mostly dry you can see what i mean there by wednesday really a blanket of rain across the entire region and well see a high of 36 up in shanghai and again that will likely come with some rain for you and then we had across towards india plenty of rain in the forecast here it has been a dry couple of weeks the most part into southern sections that has changed in the last couple of days the warnings in place from the India Met Department because hes rains will be heavy they will undoubtedly lead to some localized flooding and you can see also on cheese of that raise back in the forecast across