kim jong—un took part in kimjong—un took part in a kim jong—un took part in a rally to mark what wouldather's 75th birthday. but away from the pomp and the pagentry, a tale of murder and mystery. this man, kimjong—nam, is the north korean leader's exiled older half—brother, he's believed to have been murdered at an airport in malaysia on monday. between the hours of 9am to 10am in the morning on monday, the man believed to be kim jong—nam was attacked in this crowded, busy airport. police say that he was accosted by at least one woman who covered his face with a cloth, filled with some sort of burning chemical. malaysian police say these pictures may hold the key to what happened. these cctv images have been broadcast on some malaysian media networks. police have arrested one woman carrying a vietnamese passport who they say is connected to this case. kim jong—nam, seen here as a child with his father, kim jong—il, was the favourite son and next in line to take over until he fell out of favour and spent several years overseas in exile. it's not clear why or even if kim jong—nam was mur

kim jong—il. his place at his father's side was taken instead by his younger brother kim jong—un. nto exile in macau. in interviews, he repeatedly said he had no interest in power. so why kill him? kimjong—nam, although he had been quiet and lying low for a while, not low enough it seems, had gone off—message badly before. he'd said some stuff about not believing in hereditary succession. and maybe, in this kind of a system, like medieval europe, any other possible claimant to the kingship could potentially be a threat. in the 21st century, fratricide is normally confined to history books. yet again, north korea is showing it is not a normal country. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. a short time ago i spoke to kevin kim in the south korean capital seoul and i asked him if he knew anymore about what happened to kimjong—nam in malaysia. well, the government in seoul is being very cautious, and officials have yet to reveal or confirm any information. how the attack actually unfolded is still unclear. initially, the south korean media sourced an unnamed airport official, and pa

kim jong nam for the past five years. he added that in 2012, kim sent a letter to his younger half brother, north korea's current leader, kim jong-un. he asked him to spare the lives of him and his family members. >> do you have any update on the two women suspected of murdering kim? >> multiple media in malaysia are reporting about the surveillance camera footage of the scene. they say this is one of the suspects inside kuala lumpur's airport. the kim was poisoned either with a needle, a spray, or wrapping his face with a cloth. but none of those have been confirmed. >> tell us more about a possible motive for this. >> south korea's government is trying to analyze that. of course kim jong nam is a special figure in the north and experts around the country told nhk that only the top leader can order his murder. and if kim jong-un didn't order it, he at least gave his approval. >> translator: kim jong nam is a thorn in the side of the country's leader, kim jong-un. there's no other north korean citizen who's been openly criticizing the regime. >> the expert also added he expects a strong response from the international community to

asked malaysia to hand over the body of a man who's thought to be the half—brother of its leader kim jong—un out an autopsy to establish the exact cause of death, but pyongyang has reportedly objected. residents of the indonesian capital, jakarta, have voted for a new governor in an election overshadowed by the incumbent‘s blasphemy trial. private polling suggests ahok holds a narrow lead. and this story is trending on bbc.com: excessive weddings in india may soon be curbed if a new bill is approved after the wedding of a businessman‘s daughter costed around $7a million sparking outrage. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. and the top story here in the uk: the ruling body of the church of england, the synod, has narrowly voted to reject

>> thae yong-ho: kim jong-un's capability to wreak harm, not only to america but also to south korea the world, should not be underestimated. >> whitaker: during his five years in power, kim jong-un has expanded north korea's nuclear arsenal, despite international sanctions that have brought his country's economy to its knees. electricity is scarce. from space, north korea is a black hole. that's it, wedged between the shining lights of south korea, and china to the north. thae said he was living a comfortable life here at the north korean embassy in london before he fled with his wife and two grown sons. his job in london was to spread north korean propaganda, and report back on his colleagues. you all live together under one roof? >> thae yong-ho: yes. >> whitaker: so you could keep an eye on each other? >> thae yong-ho: keep an eye on each other, control each other, and even spy on each other. >> whitaker: but thae said he lost all faith in the regime when kim jong-un killed his own uncle in 2013, and executed dozens of perceived enemies, including diplomats. i have seen tape of yo

kim jong-un had his own uncle put on trial and executed. kim jong-un's late's parent target, his father's son. kim jong-nam had been their father's favorite but in 2001 he was caught sneaking into japan with a false passport wanting to visit tokyo's disneyland. estranged from the family he questioned his brother's rule. a dangerous move. >> there still is resistance, there still is criticism. i think that's why we're seeing high level purging and murders like this. >> reporter: the alleged killing days after kim jong-un personally oversaw a new missile test clearly aimed at provoking president trump. north korea's dictator demanding attention, and eliminating opponents, even family. keir is immobs, nbc news, seoul, south korea. >>> switching gears now to say the least. congratulations are in order after a major milestone by one of the greatest sports dynasties of all time. the uconn women's basketball team won their 100th game in a row, a streak stretching over several years. it's the longest winning streak in division 1 college basketball h

, and was known to be critical of kim jong—un. sonical of kimjong—un. he son, kimjong—un, and was known to be critical of kim jong—un. he was a poor candidate. i'm not sure if you can still hear me. i gather there have been reports that he was known for gambling and doing deals. there are suggestions in some quarters of criminal elements. no, ithink are suggestions in some quarters of criminal elements. no, i think we've lost together the moment. peter hayes, we will try to get you back but we have definitely lost that connection. the white house has rejected suggestions that donald trump's presidency is in turmoil, after the resignation of his national security adviser general michael flynn less than a month into the new administration. general flynn had admitted misleading colleagues over his contact with russian diplomats which took place before mr trump took office. our north america editor jon sopel reports. they were oh—so—close, politically inseparable. but, afterjust three weeks as national security adviser, michael flynn has

just thought this was the opportunity they had. >> reporter: tonight a key question remains -- did kim jong-unurder of his half brother? a south korean intelligence official told lawmakers that the north korean regime did kill kim jong-nam. but he didn't explain how he knew it. >> it could be, you know, part of a pattern of paranoia and executions that have characterized kim jong-un's leadership. >> reporter: north korea's ambassador says malaysian officials told him kim jong-nam died of a heart attack. in another strange twist tonight, malaysia says it won't release the body to north korea or release the autopsy report without dna from the kim family. no word if north korean officials will supply that dna but they've demanded the immediate release of the body. north korea will reject the results of what it calls the forced autopsy which it says was not witnessed by north korean officials. who knows if the north korean will ever get that body back or what that autopsy will say about the cause of death. >> brian, thank you. i'm brianna keilar. "erin burnett out front" starts right now. >>> "out

i mean, it's pretty clear, first of all, kim jong un was the choice to be the third in succession. replacing kim jong-il. he screwed up back in 2001 with his crazy trip to disneyland and tokyo on a dominican passport. he washed his hands of him, but his uncle, very close to the chinese, made sure that he was taken care of and in particular going down to mccal. but he continued to say anti-kim jong-un things, he would spreek out and clear that kim jong-un was going to come after him and he did so in a country that doesn't like foreigners to do that kind of thing. so i think this will all come out. i think the malaysians will be pretty clear about it. as for the reason for it, it's just one of these -- when you have a cult dictatorship with no clear lines of succession, this is thousand works. >> how -- how estranged family members are around the world and how at-risk are their lives. >> well, i would say they are at risk. kim jong un has a son whose spoken out. he studied in places like france and switzerland. i think there are a couple of sisters as well. and, for example, when the

analysts say there have been rumors the chinese were kind of keeping kim jong-nam in reserve in case something might happen to kim jong-ung-nam had been in exile for more than a decade since he was caught in 2001 trying to sneak into japan on a fake dominican passport, trying to go and visit tokyo's disneyland. >> i just want to point out to our viewers we've been trying to get in touch, reconnect with will rippley, our correspondent who's now in pyongyang. we've got some technical issues going on. as soon as we reconnect with him, we'll go there. the whole disappearance, the whole death now of this half brother raising all sorts of questions as you accurately point out and it comes at a very sensitive moment in the international relationship with north korea based on its recent ballistic missile test which has the clearly alarmed south korea, clearly alarmed japan and the trump administration as well. >> absolutely, wolf. this is a very, very dangerous time in the korean peninsula. a couple days ago the north korean test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. it went about 500 kilometers into the sea of japan. con

kim jong-nam knew about the secrets kim jong-un of, so kim jong-nam kim jong-un had to kill him. tell us firstly about the state of kim jong-un's mind? 's is now very afraid and not stable because china did not support him. so far, china could not invite him to beijing. leaders willtional not recognize him, so he is very afraid of the future of his country or his position. well, tell me something here as well, the second point is, does this now more are less cement his role at the top of the north korean leadership? is he now more powerful than his father was even? that kimks like actually, strong, but he is now very weak. there is no support from china. chinese support is most important to the north korean relationshipse are bad. rishaad: indeed, you say he is weakened by this because of that, but how much leverage has china had over him in the last couple of years? he has seemingly gone on unimpeded with these tests of missiles, this recent ballistic missile test as well? afraid ofrth korea is attacking from the south korea, from the united states because north korean army has

. >> thae yong-ho: in order to prevent more possible defections from north korea i think kim jong-un will do anything. >> whitaker: even kill you? >> thae yong-ho: of course. why not? >> whitaker: the man who could order an assassination is kim jong-un. the dictator is the third member of the kim family to rule north korea. they have controlled the impoverished country with an iron-clad fist for 70 years. this was last week's missile test. kim devotes a quarter of his like this, and his million man army, despite widespread food shortages.

>> kim jong-un's capability to wreak harm, not only to america but also south korea and the world, shouldstimated. ♪ >> reporter: during his five years in power, kim jong-un has expanded north korea's nuclear arsenal, despite international sanctions that have brought his country's economy to its knees. electricity is scarce. from space, north korea is a black hole. that's it, wedged between the shining lights of south korea and china tai said he was living a comfortable life, here at the north korean embassy in london before he fled with his wife and two grown sons. >> the safety is guarantied by the government. >> reporter: his job in london was to spread north korean propaganda, and report back on his colleagues. >> you all lived together under one roof? >> yes. >> so you could keep an eye on each other? >> keep an eye on each other, control on reaeach other and ev spy on each other. >> reporter: but he says he lost all faith in the regime when kim jong-un killed his uncle in 2013 and executed dozens of perceived enemies, including diplomats. >> i've seen a tape of you giving speeches i

came to power, leader kim jong—un came to power, most observers believed that the eldest kim jong—nam being considered as the heir to the leadership, but circumstances changed when he was captured in japan in 2001, travelling on a fake passport, apparently tried to visit disneyland. some wondered if the kim jong—nam had ever been close to his half—brother. in an interview with the japanese media in recent years, he was critical of kim jong—un and questioned his legitimacy. the current leader of the north, kim jong—un has a record for ruthlessness and he is believed to have ordered the execution of his uncle who died in 2012 and ever since the execution of his uncle, intelligence officials have been trying to analyse the psychology of the north korean leader. this is because he may soon have a working nuclear arsenal in a few years‘ time. one senior north korean diplomat who recently defected to south korea said he genuinely believed it was in the character of kim jong—un that he would try to use a nuclear weapon against the united states if he believed he was being threatened. intelli

tonight, the mystery of kim jong-un's brother's death is deepening, after being attacked at the kualanam didn't die of a heart attack according to malaysia's top health official. as for the possibility of external wounds -- >> nothing obvious for us to suggest any puncture marks or wounds. >> reporter: no puncture marks, what does it mean? >> this is a direct absorption into the body and that can be fairly rapid. that can happen within the mouth. within the nose. or even in the eyes or underneath the eyelids. >> reporter: dr. victor weeden is a forensic pathologist who's investigated hundreds of murders. south korean officials have called kim jong-nam's death a murder, they say he was poisoned and say kim jong-un's regime ordered the hit. dr. weeden says the attackers could have used an agent that's hard to trace. >> maybe a new kind of nerve agent. there's these things called novachalk agents designed by russians to really keep labs from identifying the poison and it could be one of those or some new agent that north korea developed on their own. >> reporter: surveillance video captu

officials say fingerprint checks prove that a man killed in malaysia on monday was the half-brother of kim jong-un. the officials told nhk that the malaysian government asked them to compare fingerprints taken from the body with those of kim jong-nam which they have on file. the officials confirmed that the prints match. kim jong-nam fell ill at kuala lumpur international airport and died while being taken to hospital. national intelligence officials in seoul told lawmakers they believe he was assassinated. south korean media reports say there's some information he was killed because he recently sought political asylum in the south. one expert thinks an assassination may have been ordered over another reason. >> translator: i had information that some north korean defectors were considering an exile government under the leadership of kim jong-nam. >> malaysian police are still trying to determine the cause of death. there are several accounts about how he was apparently poisoned with a needle, a spray or by a cloth put over his face. the police have arrested a woman with a vietnamese passport in c

kim jong—il. his place at his father's side was taken instead by his younger brother kim jong—un. in macau. in interviews, he repeatedly said he had no interest in power. so why kill him? kimjong—nam, although he had been quiet and lying low for a while, not low enough it seems, had gone off—message badly before. he'd said some stuff about not believing in hereditary succession. and maybe, in this kind of a system, like medieval europe, any other possible claimant to the kingship could potentially be a threat. in the 21st century, fratricide is normally confined to history books. yet again, north korea is showing it is not a normal country. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, tokyo. the bbc‘s karishma vaswani has been to the morgue where the body was taken. she filed this a short time ago from kuala lumpur. iam standing i am standing outside the morgue where the body of the man we believe to be kimjong—nam was brought by malaysian police overnight. since then we have seen several police ca i’s then we have seen several police cars and a police van carrying away what we believe to be

kim jong nam had spoken out against his half brother kim jong-un. id interviews, coauthored a book. when he said he didn't believe kim jong-un would succeed, he thought he would fail. he didn't think this third generation succession was a good idea. on the other hand he said he had no interest in being the leader of north korea. he was an international play boy. some others say he poised no threat to kim jong-un. >> bizarre. thank you so much, paula hancock, appreciate it. be sure to follow me on facebook and twitter. that is it for the lead. i turn you over to my friend right next door in "the situation room." thanks for joining us. >>> happening now, breaking news, russian contacts, cnn has learned high-level advisors to donald trump were in constant contact with russian officials during the presidential race even as evidence emerged of russian cyber meddling in the campaign. russian aggression increasingly bold harassment by moscow's military forces including war planes buzzing u.s. ships and now a russian spy ship lurking off the u.s. coast. is v

this is one of the suspects in the death of the brother—in—law of kim jong—un ill. ng—un ill. apparently he has been a target of the north korean assassination plots for several years. he believed he was going to be attacked. you normally has chinese bodyguards with him. they seem to have injected him with poison in the airport and attempted to get the body back before there was an autopsy. this is a mysterious state were terrible things happen, and these things erupt into our consciousness. i don't know what to tell you about it. i don't know anything about the man or what he did. but i guess we have this mysterious picture that has caught our imagination because of the t—shirt. it is cold war. basically, if you are related to kim jong—un, where ever you are in the world, watch out, basically. absolutely. in the daily telegraph as well. the church of england a step closer to gay marriages in church. a three years study from bishops from the church of england said that the church should still not approve of gay marriage. they put together a report of a status quo tha

north korea is based on this bloodline, so everything is an assumption of kim jong-un's grandfather. nth commandment is the revolution that is written should be filled by generation by the narration. only his descendants can be and that role. kim jong-nam was the eldest, when he went to beijing and said they needed to be more bite beijing, he was an environmentalist and against nuclear weapons, he was passed over. the second son was regarded as too much of a sissy. if a kim jong-un is threatened and thinks he's about to be taken out, kim jong-nam is the only possible real backup. this is his insurance policy, because now if someone takes him out, the regime that's currently in power is not going to have any person to substitute him with, and if you look at all of other regimes, when the people in power go down, they have a very vested interest not to liberalize, because if they change governments they are going to be held accountable. >> tom: unbelievable. >> that was a very well-thought-out, i've got to read that book now. look, this is a destabilized country that has a crazy leader.

he had criticized kim jong-un publicly calling him too weak to maintain control and china could have >> every time china wanted to turn the screw on kim jong-un for misbehaving, they could drop a veiled threat that there is an alternative and even just the threat, even if it's an empty threat might have made a paranoid leadership very paranoid. >> reporter: analysts say another reason kim jong-un may havored this hit to send a signal to potential defectors and they can go anywhere to kill them. one high-level defector, who was north korea's number two official at the embassiy in london until he recently escaped he believes they may be coming after him. >> there is a messy conflict over the body. >> the police say they will not release the body unless it's identified by a family member or dna. the north koreans say they will not accept the autopsy results claiming the malaysians are hiding something. who knows what will happen to the body. >> the mystery continues. breaking news next, the president names a new national security adviser amid fall-out from the president's questionable se

the number-one menace to the united states as two women are charged with killing the dictator, kim jong-un's half brother with a nerve agent. did kim, himself, order the murder? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. new details are emerging this hour of the speech president trump will be delivering before a joint session of congress in just a few hours. a source briefed on it tells cnn the president will talk about the economy, health care, education, law and order in a speech described as optimistic. he may also address immigration, a subject he spoke about with a group of journalists today including me. the president made a major statement and let me quote the president of the united states. "the time is right for an immigration bill as long as there is compromise on both sides." president also expected to tout his rollback of what he sees as overburdensome regulations which he believes will stimulate the economy even more than tax cuts. tod

ordered them to do this. >> reporter: tonight two mysterious women are suspected in the murder of kim jong-un'sf brother at kuala lumpur's airport. that's according to south korea's intelligence officials who tell cnn they believe kim jong-nam was poisoned. one woman carrying a korean passport was arrested. even though the two brothers had never even met each other, kim i just don't know nam had previously been targeted by his brother's regime. >> there was a standing assassination order on kim jong-nam. he was pleading for his life, pleading for assassination order to be rescinded. >> reporter: in kuala lumpur north korea officials were sported and at the mortuary where everyone is anxiously awaiting the results much the autopsy -- of the autopsy. >> they've always had a very lethal and well-trained covert operations arm. >> reporter: in 2011 a north korea spy was trying to meet up with a defector in south korea. he was carrying this needle pen. to activate it, you twist it three to four times, then push the top part. he also had a pen that could shoot a poison bullet. the timing are under scr

speculation raising that kim jong-un ordered the attack of kim jong-nam. he was distracted by a woman while another female poisoned him at the check in counter. police confirming this woman is a suspect wearing a shirt printed with lol for laugh out loud. two women now under arrest and a boyfriend, police say. some reports claim they thought it was a prank, an act of terrorism one senior south korean lawmaker calls it accusing kim jong-un of killing over a family feud. >> several years ago he killed his own uncle. >> now you believe he's killed his half brother? >> yes, i'm sure. >> reporter: kim jong-nam feared that orders to kill him would be sent from across the river in north korea. he's even said to have pleaded for his brother to spare his life. north korea north korean officials tried to persuade malaysian police not to carry out an autopsy. his body may be sent back to the very country accused of ordering his execution. keir simmons, nbc news, seoul, south korea. >>> a major safety recall has been announced on a popular brand of strollers. britax i

the half brother of leader kim jong-un suddenly fell ill while at kuala lumpur airport on monday. him there, that's kim jong-nam. he was critical of his family's dynasty and he was living in exile. matt rivers is covering this story. a rather complicated story and joins us from seoul, in south korea and he's here to make sense of it for us. matt, this is quite a revelation. do we know how he was poisoned and by whom? what are you learning this hour? >> reporter: as of yet, those are two questions that we don't know the answer to, but we are learning more as the day goes on. so it was early this morning that here in south korea, the national security council met and it was after that meeting in a briefing with the chairman of the intelligence committee, in the national assembly here, from south korea, that he gave a very short briefing and he told reporters that he could confirm that kim jong-nam, the half brother of kim jong-un was murdered by poison at the airport in malaysia. he was poisoned at the airport and died in route to the hospital. reporters asked for proof, he couldn't

that means that kim jong-un's risk threshold is very low. assume that kim jong-un's not going to do things like launch a missile, because that would invite an overwhelming response. but we don't know how much risk kim jong-un is willing to take. if he thinks he's going to die anyway, he may do what his father told his grandfather, and that is, if i lose, destroy the world. and kim jong-un has three missiles that can hit the lower 48 states. he can't get a nuke to them yet, but that's something they'll able to do in three or four years. this is getting extraordinarily dangerous. >> all right. "forbes" columnist, gordon chang, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> and that's it for me this hour. i'm keir simmons in munich. thanks for joining me. jacob soboroff will be you on the other side of the break. he'll have much more on president trump's rally set for this evening in florida. and the anti-trump rallies taking place across the country all day. your path to retirement may not always be clear. but at t. rowe price, we can help guide y

kim jong un had his uncle executed in public in 2013.can see their analysis, saying that these purges clearly isw that north korea unstable as a regime and wonders if there could be some serious unrest in north korea. genie: let's come back to french politics. the conservative presidential candidate franÇois fillon seems to have defied all odds and is managing to quell this growing revolt against him. florence: he had a tough meeting yesterday with some mps from his own party. lots of empty's facing -- mps facing tough questions from their constituents wondering why fillon is still running for president. mpserday, he met with these , it was an arm wrestling match of a successful one for fillon, managing to defend his legitimacy and telling them, there is no plan b. he has really taken a tumble tumble since opinion polls -- in opinion polls since these allegations were revealed that he hired his wife penelope for a fictitious job. genie: the could be more trouble ahead. more revelations this week about fillon's campaign spokesperson. flor

someone trying to steal or tamper with the body of kim jong-nam. >> reporter: stepped up security at the morgue in kuala lumpur where the body of kim jong-un'sf brother is being kept. a top malaysian police official says someone tried to break into the mortuary. he wouldn't say if this was north korean. >> it looks like north korean. >> what would they want to do with the body. >> that's a good question. maybe ship it somewhere else and cremate and destroy it and argue the evidence isn't true. >> reporter: it's another bizarre twist in a case boiling over with intrigue. the female suspect saying she thought she was participating in a reality stunt is not true. >> these two ladies were trained to swab this -- to before that the four suspects will give them the liquid, would put the liquid on their hands. they're supposed to rub it over the deceased face, and after that they went -- they were instructing to clean their hands, and they know it was toxic. >> reporter: south korean officials say kim jong-un's regime ordered the hit. the north korea government denied it calling it defamation. but experts say they used this tactic before. >> the me

a south korean lawmaker says this killing was an act of systematic terror ordered by kim jong-un. >> arded similar jong nam as the reeleven pitcher. the chinese could ease kim jong-nam into power. >> reporter: the north koreans developmentally deny any involvement in the death and accuse south korean media of publishing false reports. tonight a south korean lawmaker briefed by the intelligence agency says kim jong-un has gone on another execution binge ordering five security officials killed because they gave what he calls force reports. >> reporter: the reported executions of kim jong-nam could be a signal to the elites in south korean to stay in line and not defect since kim jong-un will stop at nothing to kill his enemies, even a brazen public attack in an airport overseas. >> is there any information about the north korean handlers? >> four members of that assassination -- of the two assassination teams got out of malaysia and fled. they could be out of reach for international law enforcement. they say it's unusual for the north korean to carry out sags nations abroad and that the

astounding that the attackers used this in a crowded airport terminal. >> reporter: kim jong-nam, half brother of kim jong-una chemical weapon, vx nerve agent. experts say vx is one of the most potent chemical weapons. >> vx shuts down the enzyme that regulates your nervous system so it goes crazy. which is why you see things like con shvolume shuns. >> reporter: police said when they touched his face the two women who allegedly attacked kim had a toxic substance on their bare hands. >> exposure to a trace, a drop of vx is lethal. there is a couple of possibilities. somehow the vx was encapsulated and placed onto the skin or these women were inoculated with the antidote to the vx. >> both women are still alive but malaysian police say one of them shows weakness and signs of sickness. and they could be collateral casualties. >> could other people have been harmed. >> yes. absolutely. when you think about how toxic this is, you think how it could have gone. >> reporter: malaysian police are still hunting for four north korean suspects who say trained the women and gave them the chemicals. south korea says the

he said that kim jong—un was a bad dude, as campaigning for office. it and also said he was potentially who he could sit down with them negotiate over a hamburger. so it remains to be seen precisely whether the united states follows the course of the obama administration, which of course was rather torturous and didn't really lead anywhere, or whether it opts for a policy of direct confrontation with north korea. previous efforts by presidents, going back to george bush senior, of sanctions and talks and so on, have really got nowhere as far as north korea is concerned, so it may come down to china, its leverage to bear on north korea as the main supplier of food and energy to that country, as the tactic that the trump administration goes for now. but previous efforts, even with china, have proved pretty fruitless. the chinese influence over north korea somewhat limited. david willetts, thank you. let's come back to domestic issues. it is bafta made. the 70th anniversary. all the attention being paid on who is winning and who gets what. we have just pa

a woman in connection with the suspected poisoning of the half—brother of north korea's leader, kim jong—unsnight, president trump taxes own security apparatus and the us media on twitter. where will the russia row go next? —— attacks his own. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump's public dispute with his own intelligence agencies has intensified. he's accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information, and he blamed them for the resignation of his national security adviser michael flynn. mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. the president is now under even greater scrutiny in relation to alleged russian links, as our north america editor jon sopel reports. these are not the best of times. not yet four weeks in, his travel ban‘s been blocked, his national security adviser‘s been fired and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. and when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter and, boy, did he let rip this morning. and, on the reporting of this: the president of the united stat

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are they changing their course towards kim jong—un? changing their course towards kim jong-un?line for chain has probably not change, which stability. —— for china. i think there is more behind this and frustration, probably with a nigh on us and to look at the us, now, to make its move and show what it will do or north korea.|j now, to make its move and show what it will do or north korea. i think in the past we have had some strong rhetoric from the united states, sanctions, the kitchen sink has also been thrown at north korea by the united nations, but they have not budged, and are not doing anything. yes. i think it will take more than just economic pressure to move north korea. it will also take some move from the us side. but what china has said it will do is probably a greater degree of pressure than anything like un sanctions has put on north korea before. briefly, what you think will really make kim jong 01’ you think will really make kim jong or in band and break? —— band and break. i think what we are hoping for is ultimately a return to negotiation. those of failed

did kim jong-un order the mother of his half brother? orth korean regime did kill kim jong nam but not how he knew it. >> it could part of a pattern of paranoia and executions that have characterized kim jong-un's leadership. >> reporter: north korea's ambassador said leaders said kim jong nam died of a heart attack and another strange twist, malaysia will not release the body to north korea or release the autopsy report without dna from the kim family. there's no word if if north korean officials will supply that dna but north korea's appear bass d ambassador demanded the immediate release of the body and will reject the results of what they called the forced autopsy which they say was not witnessed by north korean officials. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> thanks so much for being with me today. i'm fredericka whitfield. all access at the nba all-star weekend. bleacher special report happening right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ lease a 2017 lincoln mkx for $369 a month. only at your lincoln dealer. sir? you give me that salad and i will pay for your mov

other countries, along with china which apparently had extended some form of protection to the late kim jong—unimjong—un —— kimjong—nam. so there will be consequences. there are there will be consequences. there a re really there will be consequences. there are really two hypotheses right now about the decision to use this nerve agent. firstly, that it was meant as agent. firstly, that it was meant as a demonstration of north korea's capabilities and its willingness to use them against its enemies. a warning that it could enhance its deterrence of south korea or the united states. another hypothesis is that the agent is so exotic, so unusual, as a tool of assassination, that it would not be detected in time by the malaysian authorities who would hand over the body to the north korean authorities and nobody would ever be the wiser. that may have been what the russians intended with polonium in london seven years ago. sorry to interrupt, joshua pollack, we are out of time, but we do appreciate your time and expertise. iraqi forces are launching attacks on a neighbourhood in the west of mosul a da

. >> fresh talks on north korea after banning imports from kim jong un bund's regime? betty: and we will break january cost data for you later. heidi: we are just one hour away from asia first major market. betty: happy sunday to you. may need this one day holiday here in the u.s. we have a lot of data and news events to cover. we have housing numbers and the fomc minutes and trump is going to be announcing several things, including who his new nsa director is going to be. fashion -- fast your seatbelts, it's going to be a wild week. >> policy announcements to come and we will be watching that. week in termseter of what's on the calendars but we are going ahead to the trade numbers in the next hour or so and they are expected to show a new movement. new zealand trading, just a flash at the moment. picture if you look at futures for broader asia. dollar seeing gains after two days of declined. shaping up to be flat at the moment. gold inclining .2%. with holding steady international petroleum week in london and iron ore gaining after pairings those gains over the past w

overnight-- new details about the apparent assassination of the brother of north korean leader kim jong un. kim jong nam was reported attacked with a chemical spray inside kuala lumpur's international airport on monday. he died on the way to the hospital. multiple south korean media outlets say the attackers were two women, who then fled the airport in a taxi. those same reports claim the women were north korean agents-- but that has not been independently verified. in prince william county-- a rally over illegal immigration gets heated last night in woodbridge. it began last week when board of supervisors chairman corey stewart called on find and deport the 75-hundred undocumented immigrants the county has handed over to ice in the last 10 years. protesters called the comments unfair-- and said that many of those people were likely never convicted of a crime. advocates on both sides of the issue made their voices heard. stewart says about a thousand of those undocumented immigrants have been rearrested. he is also running for governor of virginia. the issue of illegal immigration will als

kim jong—un recently promised to test a much more powerful intercontinental missile.rump has vowed that will not happen, but it is not clear how he intends to stop it. north korea already has short—range missiles capable of hitting south korea, and medium—range missiles capable of hitting japan. the musudan is an intermediate—range missile, which may be able to hit us bases in guam. the ultimate goal is a so—called icbm, able to hit parts of the united states and australia. for more than 20 years, the outside world has been trying to stop north korea, with tighter and tighter sanctions. but it has been a complete failure. the border with china remains open, and trade is flourishing. the us and its allies will now move to tighten sanctions further, and accelerate the deployment of new anti—missile systems in south korea and japan. but no—one seems to have any idea how to stop north korea from becoming a fully—fledged nuclear—missile—armed state. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. our correspondent david willis is in washington. president trump says america wil

and it killed kim jong-nam, half-brother of north korean leader kim jong-un in minutes. just after he saunters into the airport, a woman lunges at him from behind, rubs his face for an instant, and moves quickly away. another woman was also involved. kim immediately reports to airport authorities, gestures to his face, and soon collapses. experts say the assassins were risking their own lives by handling the vx so openly. >> that they held a rag over his face and rubbed it in, that individual is putting themselves massively in harm's way. >> reporter: both women survived, though one was vomiting after the attack. the airport now being decontaminated. vx can last for days. the brazen assassination, the latest in kim jong-un's bloody reign, taking out his estranged half-brother, a possible rival. and his regime, estimated to have up to 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. >> now that investigators know what killed him, will they be able to trace the source? >> reporter: there's a very good chance of that. teams of chemical weapon investigators will look at the swabs from his eye

kim jong—nam had ever been close to his half—brother. in an interview with the japanese media in recent years, he was critical of kim jong—un and questionedcle who died in 2012 and ever since the execution of his uncle, intelligence officials have been trying to analyse the psychology of the north korean leader. this is because he may soon have a working nuclear arsenal in a few years' time. one senior