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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 WORLD IN BRIEF over the weekend, expressing hope for speedy congressional action on Harvey aid. But some House conservatives are opposed to directly pairing disaster aid with an increase in the debt limit, saying it sends the wrong message on overall government spend- ing. Democrats have also been cool to the approach. Linking the two issues could make it politically difficult for lawmakers to oppose the debt-limit bill. Trump plans to meet with congressional leaders from both par- ties this week as lawmakers return to Washington after their sum- mer recess. Associated Press South Korea simulates attack on North’s nuke site after test SEOUL, South Korea — Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea on Mon- day fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion. South Korea’s Defense Ministry also said Monday that North Korea appeared to be planning a future missile launch, possibly of an ICBM, to show off its claimed ability to target the United States with nuclear weapons, though it was unclear when this might happen. The heated words from the United States and the military maneuvers in South Korea are becoming familiar responses to North Korea’s rapid, as-yet unchecked pursuit of a viable arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles that can strike the United States. The most recent, and perhaps most dramatic, advancement came Sun- day in an underground test of what leader Kim Jong Un’s govern- ment claimed was a hydrogen bomb, the North’s sixth nuclear test since 2006. Chang Kyung-soo, an official with South Korea’s Defense Ministry, told lawmakers that Seoul was seeing preparations in the North for an ICBM test but didn’t provide details about how offi- cials had reached that assessment. Chang also said the yield from the latest nuclear detonation appeared to be about 50 kilotons, which would mark a “significant increase” from North Korea’s past nuclear tests. In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump threatened to halt all trade with countries doing business with the North, a veiled warning to China, and faulted South Korea for what he called “talk of appeasement.” S. Koreans worry North Korean nukes will damage US alliance SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter following North Korea’s strongest-ever nuclear test explosion to criticize both Koreas and China. But his tweets will get as much attention in Asia for what’s missing as for their tough words. Following the clearest sign yet that North Korea is fast approaching a viable arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles capable of hitting the U.S. mainland, Trump again skipped what for decades has been the bedrock of U.S. policy on the Korean Peninsula: A firm assurance that the United States would defend South Korea against any attack. This feeds a growing worry that has many in South Korea and Japan asking a startling question. Could Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un want the same thing, namely a separation, or “decoupling,” of the decades-old security alliance between the United States and its top Asian allies, South Korea and Japan? The White House has occasionally issued statements in which Trump has repeated what past presidents regularly declared about the U.S. commitment to defend its Asian allies. But his public comments on the alliance have more often reflected deep skepti- cism — and skipped any security reassurance. Trump, for instance, previously questioned the expensive sta- tioning of U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan, and suggested that Seoul and Tokyo pursue nukes themselves, instead of relying on the so-called U.S. nuclear umbrella. Trump also appears to be taking a shot at another pillar of the U.S.-South Korean alliance, a hard-fought free trade deal, by considering triggering a with- drawal from the agreement, a U.S. business lobbying group said over the weekend. Trump expected to end program for young immigrants WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will end protections for young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, but with a six- month delay, people familiar with the plans said. The delay in the formal dismantling of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, would be intended to give Congress time to decide whether it wants to address the status of the so-called Dreamers legislation, according to two people famil- iar with the president’s thinking. But it was not immediately clear how the six-month delay would work in practice and what would happen to people who currently have work permits under the pro- gram, or whose permits expire during the six-month stretch. It also was unclear exactly what would happen if Congress failed to pass a measure by the considered deadline, they said. The two spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter ahead of a planned Tuesday announcement. The president, who has been grappling with the issue for months, has been known to change his mind in the past and could Wounded and ‘afraid,’ Rohingya seek Bangladesh hospital aid AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews United Nations U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley addresses a U.N. Security Council meeting on North Korea Monday at U.N. headquarters. still shift course. The plan was first reported by Politico Sunday evening. Trump has been wrestling for months with what to do with the Obama-era DACA program, which has given nearly 800,000 young immigrants a reprieve from deportation and the ability to work legally in the form of two-year, renewable work permits. Mayor says Houston ‘open for business’ despite huge hurdles HOUSTON — Houston’s mayor insists that America’s fourth-largest city is “open for business,” but with areas under water, people not yet in their homes, and billions in damage to repair, major disasters that Harvey created are by no means resolved. Mayor Sylvester Turner said much of the city was hoping to get back on track after Labor Day. “Anyone who was planning on a conference or a convention or a sporting event or a concert coming to this city, you can still come,” he told CBS. “We can do multiple things at the same time.” One worry, of further explosions at a damaged chemical plant, lessened after officials carried out a controlled burn Sunday eve- ning of highly unstable compounds at the Arkema plant in Crosby. Three trailers had previously caught fire after Harvey’s floodwa- ters knocked out generators. Authorities said they would keep monitoring the air, and peo- ple living within a mile and a half of the site outside Houston are still evacuated. But floodwaters also have inundated at least five toxic waste Superfund sites near Houston and some may be dam- aged, though Environmental Protection Agency officials have yet to assess the full extent of what occurred. Harvey’s floodwaters mix a foul brew of sewage, chemicals Harvey’s filthy floodwaters pose significant dangers to human safety and the environment even after water levels drop far enough that southeast Texas residents no longer fear for their lives, according to experts. Houston already was notorious for sewer overflows following rainstorms. Now the system, with 40 wastewater treatment plants across the far-flung metropolis, faces an unprecedented challenge. State officials said several dozen sewer overflows had been reported in areas affected by the hurricane, including Corpus Christi. Private septic systems in rural areas could fail as well. Also stirred into the noxious brew are spilled fuel, runoff from waste sites, lawn pesticides and pollutants from the region’s many petroleum refineries and chemical plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported Sunday that of the 2,300 water systems contacted by federal and state regulators, 1,514 were fully operational. More than 160 systems issued notices advising people to boil water before drinking it, and 50 were shut down. Mnuchin: Congress needs to tie Harvey aid to debt limit bill WASHINGTON — Congress needs to combine a $7.9 billion disaster relief package for Harvey with a contentious increase in the nation’s borrowing limit, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says, arguing it is needed to ensure storm victims in Texas get the help they need. “The president and I believe that it should be tied to the Har- vey funding,” Mnuchin said Sunday. “If Congress appropriates the money, but I don’t have the ability to borrow more money and pay for it, we’re not going to be able to get that money to the state. So, we need to put politics aside.” President Donald Trump visited storm-ravaged areas in Texas COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh — With Rohingya refugees still streaming across the swampy border into Bangladesh, one hospi- tal was struggling Monday to treat dozens of men who had arrived with broken bones, bullet wounds and horrific stories of death. Already, some 73,000 Rohingya Muslims have entered Ban- gladesh in fleeing violence in western Myanmar, which erupted Aug. 25. The refugees have filled three existing refugee camps set up in the 1990s, aid workers say. Thousands more were sheltering wherever they could find space. “We have heard reports of people cordoned off in the area” near the border, said UNHCR spokeswoman Vivian Tan. “We have also heard reports that at some border points, controls have been relaxed.” UNHCR field agents had yet to gain access to border areas to fully assess the situation, but aid workers said many refugees needed medical attention for respiratory diseases, infections and malnutrition. On Monday, a clutch of refugees carrying nothing but bed sheets and personal documents in plastic bags were squatting in the open behind the Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, about two hours from the nearest border point. Millions who buy health insurance brace for sharp increases WASHINGTON — Millions of people who buy individ- ual health insurance policies and get no financial help from the Affordable Care Act are bracing for another year of double-digit premium increases, and their frustration is boiling over. Some are expecting premiums for 2018 to rival a mortgage payment. What they pay is tied to the price of coverage on the health insurance markets created by the Obama-era law, but these con- sumers get no protection from the law’s tax credits, which cush- ion against rising premiums. Instead they pay full freight and bear the brunt of market problems such as high costs and diminished competition. On Capitol Hill, there’s a chance that upcoming bipartisan hearings by Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Mur- ray, D-Wash., can produce legislation offering some relief. But it depends on Republicans and Democrats working together despite a seven-year health care battle that has left raw feelings on both sides. The most exposed consumers tend to be middle-class people who don’t qualify for the law’s income-based subsidies. They include early retirees, skilled tradespeople, musicians, self-em- ployed professionals, business owners, and people such as Sha- ron Thornton, whose small employer doesn’t provide health insurance. Growing dilemma: Automated jobs meet social consciousness SAN FRANCISCO — Security guard Eric Leon watches the Knightscope K5 security robot as it glides through the mall, charming shoppers with its blinking blue and white lights. The brawny automaton records video and sounds alerts. According to its maker, it deters mischief just by making the rounds. Leon, the all-too-human guard, feels pretty sure that the robot will someday take his job. “He doesn’t complain,” Leon says. “He’s quiet. No lunch break. He’s starting exactly at 10.” Even in the technology hotbed stretching from Silicon Valley to San Francisco, a security robot can captivate passers-by. But the K5 is only one of a growing menagerie of automated novelties in a region where you can eat a delivered pizza made via automation and drink beers at a bar served by an airborne robot. This summer, the San Francisco Chronicle published a tech tourism guide listing a dozen or so places where tourists can observe robots and auto- mation in action. Yet San Francisco is also where workers were the first to embrace mandatory sick leave and fully paid parental leave. Vot- ers approved a $15 hourly minimum wage in 2014, a requirement that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law for the entire state in 2016. And now one official is pushing a statewide “tax” on robots that automate jobs and put people out of work. 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