what it was, it was a war that there was no understanding of it in the first place. if it had been known and then forgotten, it's a forgotten war. to me, peoplejust didn't know about it. and when you think my regiment was over a0 guys there, in a period of three years, the british army lost more soldiers than iraq, afghanistan and the falklands put together. sent into battle in 1953, he learnt the hard realities of fighting the north koreans and chinese. most of the korean war was fought at night, because during the day we just had sentries out to watch the chinese when attacking. so at night everything happened. if the chinese were going to attack, they came at night. and a lot of our work was patrols. both sides wanted to control no man's land. so infantry soldiers were every

night going out on patrols in to no man's land and try and dominate. the chinese, when they invaded, there was a long tunnel on the hook with gun placements and the chinese were throwing themselves with explosives, threw themselves into the tunnel, blew themselves up. like a suicide type attack? suicide. after months in the line, mike learned that the war was about to end. the ceasefire has been signed — we cease firing at 10:00 tonight. well, more or less along the whole front, we stopped firing. we stopped shelling them, they stopped shelling us and mortar sounds went off. but they were mortar sounds, not of mortars coming at us, kind of flares going up. so we had the sky lit up by chinese and now coloured flares. celebrating it? it was a fireworks night, literally.

and the next morning we got out and obviously we had a sense of elation and we got out of our trenches and actually sunbathed, because it was a lovely time of the year. and one of the chinese trenches waved to us and one of our guys waved back. but i went into a pub with my father on the old kent road, and a chap came in and he said, "oh, i haven't seen you for a while," he said, "where have you been?" i said, "i've been to korea," and he said, "did you have a nice time?" you know, it was peripheral to them, i think, largely because they were fed up with the war, all these battles that they had, and it became everyday really. of the 60,000 british troops who served in korea, more than 1,100 were killed. and there's a massive cemetery in pusan. and we went down to the fusiliers area to put some crosses in, people in here on their graves and there were two little

korean girls, about ten, in the national costume. and i said, "well, have you come to listen to the band?" and this little girl said, "no, she said, "these are my ten graves, i look after them," she looks after them. and the schoolkids looking after the graves. i said, "why d you do that?" she said, "because they died for my country". remarkable man. that's all from us. do join us again tomorrow. till then, goodnight. breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world, 2a hours a day, this is bbc news.

pretty standard it's not unusual for defence attorneys and prosecutors to speak to one another. 0bviously mr trump's version was it is just another opportunity to say that he has done nothing wrong and that the country would be damaged by him. i would suspect if we asked the special counsellor chuck smith whether that was an accurate account, he may have another version of that. but in reality is a closed—door meeting so we don't know what was fully discussed but nothing to write home at this point.- to write home at this point. already indicted twice _ to write home at this point. already indicted twice and _ to write home at this point. already indicted twice and after— to write home at this point. already indicted twice and after those - to write home at this point. already indicted twice and after those two l indicted twice and after those two previous indictments donations to his campaign actually searched with all of these twists and turns, do you think you could actually gain more support ahead of this election? yes, it is highly likely. the narrative to this is that the republicans who support donald trump have said that the authorities here, the department ofjustice have become but the nicest. he campaigns off of the back saying that it is a

witch hunt and you can see a spike in popularity each time he tells people that they will stop at nothing to stop his candidacy. so absolutely it's very likely this will be something that he points to and positively suggests it is a good thing, but in reality it is one of the many cases mounting up for him at the moment. the many cases mounting up for him at the moment-— at the moment. regardless of what ha--ens at the moment. regardless of what happens with _ at the moment. regardless of what happens with this _ at the moment. regardless of what happens with this particular - at the moment. regardless of what happens with this particular case, l happens with this particular case, he does have many other legal cases, does he not?— does he not? yes, it is a most difficult to _ does he not? yes, it is a most difficult to keep _ does he not? yes, it is a most difficult to keep up _ does he not? yes, it is a most difficult to keep up with - does he not? yes, it is a most difficult to keep up with the i difficult to keep up with the calendar of legal woes for the former president at the moment. we know about this case where an indictment, he says is expected shortly from his book about that and has had a target letter from prosecutor saying that they are investigating looking at various offences in relation to january the 6th. but we also note that the florida case continues. the one where he is accused of storing classified documents at his mar—a—lago home in florida. another

defendant has been named, carlos de 0liveira has been named in that case as well, the charges are not actual us in there but the court filing that showed up. the timelines look like this. next march due to go on to trial. former president trump in new york over claims about the way that he is accounted to payments to the former adult actress stormy daniels and then in may he is due to go on trial in this florida case with reference to the classified documents that he has said to has kept at his mar—a—lago home. 0bviously then we know that there is cogs within washington, dc where in january the 6th and severally in georgia looking into claims of the interaction of peaceful intervention of power and whether president trump attempted to either through —— over there the democratic process or

averted. ., ~ , ., there the democratic process or averted. ., ~ i. there the democratic process or averted. ., ~ . ., there the democratic process or averted. ., . ., averted. thank you so much for those u dates. the united nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in niger, a day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. supporters of the coup have attacked the headquarters of the ousted president's party, setting it on fire and stoning and burning cars outside. trouble began early on wednesday when troops from the presidential guard took the president mohamed bazoum captive. soldiers say they have dissolved the country's constitution, suspended all institutions and have temporarily closed the nation's borders. 0ur reporter chris e walker is monitoring the situation from neighbouring nigeria. the un stance is coming after we've

seen a situation where the country has been sharply divided as a result of the coup. well, many people say they support the coup. i mean, the coup players, but there are other people who say they support the president who has been ousted. today, we saw hundreds of people who came out to demonstrate some waving both russia and flags and the nigerian flag and declaring support for the military over the action. we have also seen, well, a situation where because of what's happening, a lot of condemnation has gone out from the international community. right now, the situation still remains uncertain because we don't know for sure who is the head of the newjunta. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

a man who shot and killed a custody sergeant while handcuffed in a police cell is beginning a whole life sentence for his murder. luis de zoysa, was convicted of murdering sergeant matt ratana in 2020, and is unlikely to ever be considered for release. thejudge at the judge at northampton crown court said that he acted in cold blood. tram operators have been fined a total of £14 million over the croydon derailment which claimed the lives of seven passengers. many more people were injured when a tram carrying 69 people derailed on 9th november in 2016. transport for london and tram 0perations limited have accepted failing in their health and safety duties. the chief executive of coutts, has announced he'll step down from the role after the private british bank closed nigel farage's account. mr farage has provided documents suggesting that coutts, which is owned by natwest, closed his account because of his political views.

you're live with bbc news. taiwan is holding its biggest military exercises in a quarter of a century. they reached their climax with a mock invasion of beaches close to the capital taipei, which was repelled by defending forces. the exercises are a response to the growing military threat from china and to russia's invasion of ukraine, which experts say has been a huge wake up call to taiwan. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is in taiwan and watched the mock invasion as it took place. a beach in northern taiwan is under attack. invading forces from china have landed and are attempting to secure a beachhead. but taiwan's own troops are fighting back hard with infantry, armour and even attack helicopters. the invaders are being driven back.

this, of course, is not a real battle. one day it could be and taiwan wants to show china and the rest of the world that it is ready. they have long been questions about whether taiwan takes the military threat from china as seriously as it should and whether it has the will and indeed the ability to fight if china ever sent its troops to land on these beaches behind me here. and since russia's invasion of ukraine last year. those questions have just become a lot more urgent. the invasion of ukraine has prompted the largest military and civilian exercises here in taiwan in at least a quarter of a century. there is a palpable sense from people here that the threat from china is real. and time to prepare is getting short. relations with china are really tense. actually, they are really frightening. so we need this sort of practice.

the sense of urgency is being driven by china's president xi jinping. he has described unification of taiwan with china as inevitable and has even set a deadline — 20119. but experts say xi jinping's plan is to build a military so powerful that taiwan will realise it has no hope and will capitulate. i don't think the objective is war. the objective is to have taiwan coming back home. right? taiwan is one of the remaining children that has not got back home. and this needs to happen by 2049. we know that xi jinping operates on deadline. within that context, however, the use of force is not the first option. in fact, if the options that one needs to put in place, if everything else fails. if that is xi jinping's objective, then so far it's having the opposite effect. more than 70% of people here now say they're willing to fight to defend their island home.

they do not believe that resistance is futile. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan. north and south korea are marking 70 years since the signing of the armistice, which ended fighting in the korean war. earlier, north korea's leader kim jong—un welcomed russia's defence minister sergei shoigu, to pyongyang and showed off north korea's latest weapons. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. in london the high court has ruled that prince harry can take the sun newspaper to court over claims it used illegal methods to gather information about him. the duke of sussex claims he was targeted byjournalists and private investigators working for the paper's publisher, news group newspapers.

he has launched a claim for damages. the company denies the allegations. the judge also decided that prince harry who now lives in california can't bring a claim relating to phone hacking, saying the claim was brought too late. on day 8 of the women's world cup, reigning champions usa versus the netherlands finished 1—1, while portugal beat vietnam 2—0. hosts australia have a mountain to climb if they're going to qualify for the last 16 after their shock 3—1 defeat to nigeria. day 9 is about to get under way and kicks off with south africa playing argentina in dunedin. it's a must—win for either team who sitjoint bottom of their group with zero points. later on england's lionesses will be taking on denmark with the winner taking a big step towards the knockout rounds, with fellow group members china and haiti playing later.

memorial events are taking place in dublin and london to remember sinead o'connor. tributes have been continuing for the irish singer. the singer and activist died age 56 at her home in london. police said she was found "unresponsive" and "pronounced dead at the scene". police are not treating her death suspicious. corner saying the results of an auto so he could take several weeks. results of an auto so he could take severalweeks. —— results of an auto so he could take several weeks. —— autopsy she was best known for her 1990 hit, autopsy nothing compares 2 u. hello there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited this july, hasn't it? and actually we had once again some contrasting weather conditions across the country. in fact, in scarborough in north yorkshire, we had just over

a0 millimetres of rain, most of that falling in the afternoon. but by contrast, once the sunshine broke through across parts of the midlands in warwickshire, we had a high of 26 celsius. we haven't seen temperatures like that since the beginning of the month. now a quiet story on friday continues, but this low pressure is set to move in from the atlantic for the start of the weekend. it'll be the third weekend we've seen an area of low sitting to the north—west. so make the most of friday's weather — dry with some sunny spells, showers should be fairly isolated. it'll feel quite pleasant with the sunshine coming through. a quiet story for many with temperatures generally at around 17 to 23 or 2a degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit. it means there's a potential for another dry day for the cricket at the oval, but there's a further chance of showers. and saturday and sunday, some of those are likely to interrupt play. out to the north—west, the strongest of the winds to the southern flank of that low,

the heaviest and sharpest of the showers on saturday. the further north and west you are. there will be a few drifting their way steadily through and with blustery winds from a westerly direction, at least they should clear relatively quickly. dodge those showers and keep some sunshine. it'll still be pleasantly warm, 22 or 23. not out of the question. now, moving out of saturday into sunday, our area of low pressure gradually drifts its way steadily eastwards, with another one waiting in the wings. it's going to close out to the month on quite an unsettled note. so we'll see a spell of showers drifting their way through north—west england over to east anglia, clouding over with further outbreaks of rain by the end of the day, pushing into northern ireland and west wales. blustery winds for this time of year. once again, they will push the showers through quite quickly. top temperatures on sunday ranging from 15 to 21 degrees. so into the weekend, no significant change to the trend ofjuly so far. sunshine and showers breezy at times

and disappointing temperatures.

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. holding governments to account for their abuses of human rights is hard. it requires focused, forensic investigation, impartiality, and no little courage. for six decades, amnesty international has been advocating for prisoners of conscience in the face of state repression. but in recent times, it's both broadened its focus, and faced unprecedented criticism. my guest is agnes callamard, secretary general of amnesty international. is amnesty facing a credibility crisis?