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heading to south korea. his first trip to asia as president while pyongyang watches closely. and the taliban continues to roll back the rights of women in afghanistan. now forcing a choice between covering their faces or losing their on-air jobs. live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vause. >> a bill authorizing $40 billion in u.s. aid to ukraine is on its way to seoul, south korea, for president joe biden's signature. the aid package easily passed the u.s. senate on thursday but does not take effect until it is signed. another $100 million worth of artillery, ra...

>> reporter: well, john, what we've heard so far is from both the u.s. and the south korean side, saying they do believe that an intercontinental ballistic missile launch and test may bh be imminent from north korea. now, this is the kind of missile that if fired at a normal trajectory, which it is not when tested, could reach mainland united states, so, certainly there is a concern. we've heard from -- from the u.s. intelligence agencies, through a u.s. official familiar with the matter, that they believe that they may even be close at this point to fueling, putting fuel into an icbm. they ha...

Region, even as his time and attention have been really consumed by the war in ukraine. and what officials say is that the president is able to focus on both of these things at the same time. it's not one or the other. and the war in ukraine really sort of emphasizes this ability of the united states to convene its allies in response to aggression. and that's something that players in this region are certainly watching very closely, because even as this war has preceded in ukraine, these other hot spots are boiling up. in particular, north korea, as paula mentioned, preparing possibly for a nu...

Adviser, he said that they are preparing for all contingencico. obviously the concern being that some kind of a launch could happen while u.s. president joe biden is in the country. it would be remarkable if that happened. it hasn't in my memory ever happened that there's been some kind of a north korean launch or test while a u.s. president is in country. certainly it has happened just before or just after before in the past, but never while he has been in country. now, also, we've heard from both south korean and u.s. officials that they believe a seventh nuclear test is imminent, but we've ...

See, as to whether or not north korea would carry this out. of course, they've only a week ago admitted they have a fairly serious covid outbreak within the country, but the same day they announced that, they also fired three short-range missiles, so, clearly showing that even though they are dealing with this outbreak, that's not going to slow their weapons testing and their missile testing down. so, we really are waiting to see whether or not there is going to be some kind of a test from north korea. this year, so far, has been quite remarkable. 15 missile launches so far. john? >> paula, st...