says it has seen signs of a power shift in its reclusive communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong il is thought to have transferred some of these powers to senior officials most significantly to his sister kim jong il the move has filled speculation that she's being groomed as his successor. london central criminal court was handed down a life sentence for the brother a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester in 2017 ashame of bay he was convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. but it's been a busy day for the german chancellor before heading to france to meet president macro i'm going to mexico i was deployed activist gretta totenberg and luis annoyed bauer here in berlin they discussed concrete steps to mitigate the effects of climate change as well as how to refocus attention on the climate fight amid the coronavirus pandemic. it's been 2 years since swedish climate activists claytor to bag went on strike from school for the 1st time to call for more action against climate change

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communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is thought to have transferred a some of his powers to senior officials most significantly his sister kim jong il the move has fueled speculation she is being groomed as kim's successor. to london's essential criminal court has handed down a life sentence to the brother of a suicide bomber who killed 22 people at a pop concert in manchester in 2017 a baby was convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring to cause explosions he will spend a minimum of 55 years in prison. when a reminder of the top story we're following for you. joe biden has become the democratic presidential candidate he officially accepted his nomination in his home state of delaware it during of a partisan national convention by him set out his vision for the presidency by rallying to end what he calls this season of darkness and america the outline for crises of the nation a krone virus pandemic economic downturn racial division and climate change but he promised that quote compassion is on the ballot and pledged to create jobs that pay a living wage. fight and a lot of the work record of his vice presidential running ma

with foreign leaders especially authoritarian and foreign leaders let's take 3 north korean leader kim jong il and you were present at 2 out of 3 meetings between trump and kim you said there were times when we were very close to making concessions that i think even prior administrations. like the clinton and obama administrations wouldn't of made was trump willing to give away the shop what kinds of concessions do you mean. well i don't think he understood what he was doing i think he. longed for a deal with north korea on the nuclear weapons program. i don't think he studied the issue closely enough to know what the ramifications and different terms that were offered were i think ultimately in the case of the noise some at the 2nd meeting where he did walk away from a proposal by north korea that i thought entirely inadequate he did so because he knew that if you were to accept that it would have produced a volcanic political reaction in america from the republican party and he fundamentally couldn't do that and that really was the sort of reaction the trouble made the most that he didn't ap

with foreign leaders especially authoritarian foreign leaders let's take a north korean leader kim jong il and you were present at 2 out of 3 meetings between trump and kim you said there were times when we were very close to making concessions that i think even prior administration. like the clinton and obama administrations wouldn't of made some willing to give away the shop what kinds of concessions do you mean well i don't think he understood what he was doing i think he. longed for a deal with north korea on the nuclear weapons program. i don't think he studied the issue closely enough to know what the ramifications of different charms that were offered were i think ultimately in the case of the noise some at the 2nd meeting where he did walk away from a proposal by north korea that i thought entirely inadequate he did so because he knew that if you were to accept that it would have produced a volcanic political reaction in america from the republican party and he fundamentally couldn't do that and that really was the sort of reaction that troubled me the most that he didn't approach

with foreign leaders especially authoritarian foreign leaders let's take 3 north korean leader kim jong il and you were present at 2 out of 3 meetings between trump and kim you said there were times when we were very close to making concessions that i think even prior administration. like the clinton and obama administrations wouldn't have made was german willing to give away the shop what kinds of concessions do you mean. well i don't think he understood what he was doing i think he he longed for a deal with north korea on the nuclear weapons program. i don't think he studied the issue closely enough to know what the ramifications of different charms that were offered were i think ultimately in the case of the whole noise some of the 2nd meeting where he did walk away from a proposal by north korea that i thought entirely inadequate he did so because he knew that if he were to accept that it would have produced a volcanic political reaction in america from the republican party and he fundamentally couldn't do that and that really was the sort of reaction the trouble made the most that he

with foreign leaders especially authoritarian and foreign leaders let's take 3 north korean leader kim jong il and you were present at 2 out of 3 meetings between trump and kim you said there were times when we were very close to making concessions that i think even prior administration. like the clinton and obama administrations wouldn't of made some willing to give away the shop what kinds of concessions do you mean. well i don't think he understood what he was doing i think he he longed for a deal with north korea on the nuclear weapons program. i don't think he studied the issue closely enough to know what the ramifications of different terms that were offered were i think ultimately in the case of the noise some at the 2nd meeting where he did walk away from a proposal by north korea that i thought entirely inadequate he did so because he knew that if he were to accept that it would have produced a volcanic political reaction in america from the republican party and he fundamentally couldn't do that and that really was the sort of reaction the trouble made the most that he didn't approach

welcome to news asia glad you could join us south korea says north korean dictator kim jong il. is now effectively the 2nd most powerful person in the country south korean defense minister junk to set an all amount that keamy your giong had been appointed to an important post in the communist party and was knowledge charge of north korea's the missions with the us. and south korea the move if true wouldn't be entirely unexpected given the increasingly visible role she has been playing over the last few hours here's more on the woman who might determine her country's future relations with the world. how much power does kindler john really have. the mostly in the background the sister of north korea's leader kim jong un appears on the present always by his side she seems to be his most trusted aide and envoy she was the 1st member of the kim family to visit south korea attended meetings with a south korean president mungy in met china's leader xi jinping and u.s. president donald trump yet like so much in north korea she says shrouded in mystery . south korea's intelligence servic

security agencies spies agencies and as i already said shown when ukraine was poisoned kim jong il murdered his brother according to reports with the poison also in an airport and even famously 30 years ago the cia had a plan to poison castro by poisoning one of us and this goes on. so if someone's used poison against the valley it's not the 1st time and these cases that were mentioned in the report were real cases but it. was also poisoned. famously so and so it happens enough that seems to be some sort of pattern infrequently enough that it always sucks when it does happen and as to what actually happened with me there's still no clarity the german doctors now are conducting extensive tests and they're going to try and get to the bottom of this and come out with a diagnosis definitive diagnosis of what actually happened ben thanks for your telling today good to talk to journalists benares live on the program from berlin. you're watching our to international we keep there and. rolling in 90 seconds. ily. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the w

communist neighbor north korea dictator kim jong un is thought to have transferred to some of his powers or to senior officials most significantly his sister kim jong il the move has fueled speculation that she is being groomed as kim's successor. to london's essential criminal court has handed down a life sentence to the brother of a suicide bomber who killed the 22 people had a pop concert in manchester in 27. it was convicted of murder attempted murder and conspiring it to cause explosions he will spend a maximum of 55 years in prison. when germany has confirmed its highest in 24 hour total of new corona virus infections in months more than $1700.00 new cases public health officials say they're confident they can keep the virus in check but the rising numbers are causing concern as children across germany return to school. germans are coming home from their vacations abroad and are returning to school and work but just as the country goes back to its daily routines a new spike in corona virus cases is causing alarm. over 1700 new infections were confirmed on thursday the highest rate since the end of april the number of new cases had been falling o

recent floods have seriously affected the economy and the meeting of the party's central committee kim jong il and said goals for improving the economy have not been met and people's living standards have not been improved enough mr kim should go to congress for january to. a new 5 year economic plan. argentina's battling a surge in the virus with at least 312000 infections now confirmed more than 6000 the government says intensive care admissions and hospital occupancy rates have now become unsustainable to risible reports from buenos aires. black balloons to remember health care workers who died of covert 1000 here at the hospital dude and then when our society's doctors nurses and aides say they're deeply concerned for themselves and their colleagues as the virus continues to spread center. there have been 60 deaths of health care workers throughout argentina and $16888.00 infected healthcare workers we will have beds here in the city of one aside is in the province there will be beds but for sure they won't be workers to attend those beds they'll be virtual beds. argentina was one of the 1

with foreign leaders especially authoritarian foreign leaders let's take a north korean leader kim jong il and you were present at 2 out of 3 meetings between trump and kim you said there were times when we were very close to making concessions that i think even prior administrations like the clinton and obama administrations wouldn't have made was trying willing to give away the shop what kinds of concessions do you mean. well i don't think he understood. what he was doing i think he he longed for a deal with north korea on the nuclear weapons program. i don't think he studied the issue closely enough to know what the ramifications of different terms that were offered were i think ultimately in the case of the whole noise saddam at the 2nd meeting where he did walk away from a proposal by north korea that i thought entirely inadequate he did so because he knew that if he were to accept that it would have produced a volcanic political reaction in america from the republican party and he fundamentally couldn't do that and that really was the sort of reaction the troubled me the most that he

kim jong-il in north korea, 99% of the vote. saddam hussein, 100% of the vote. you know, these guys working it hard enough, they could probably get 110% of the vote. in the right precincts. but, you know, after going through those kind of motions, you know, voila, the dictator says to the world and to his own country, look, i've been overwhelmingly democratically re-elected to my post. the people love me. i'm not pushing myself on anybody. they've asked for me to stay. they love me. this weekend in belarus, the guy who has been the dictator there for more than 25 years, the first and only president that country has ever had since the collapse of the soviet union, he stood for re-election, and there's no reason to think in a real election that he would be re-elected. he has badly botched, for example, his country's coronavirus response, which has led to widespread anger and criticism. the economy in belarus is circling the drain. here's a specific dynamic that applies to belarus. it's in a very skpesk way, but it's understandable. his relationship with putin and