a large crowd came to protest the inclusion of a controversial general, kim yong—chol.was head of pyongyang's military department and is widely blamed for an attack eight years ago on a south korean warship that killed 46 sailors. our correspondent stephen mcdonell joins me live from seoul. stephen thank you forjoining us. it looks like olympic diplomacy has worked to a certain extent? well, you know, there is a lot of controversy going on here right now, right to the very end, these olympic games are mired, really, in geostrategic manoeuvre is. on the one hand, you have the north korean general who has arrived, co ntroversially general who has arrived, controversially arrived, a lot of people here do not think you should have even been allowed into the country because he is accused of being involved in two attacks on the south, including the alleged torpedoing of the cheonan in which 46 south korean sailors died, so we saw their protest is trying to prevent him from coming across the border and of course they took him gci’oss border and of course they took him across t

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kim yong—chol will also have a meeting with south korea's president moon.nd this video is trending on bbc.com. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, is on a visit to india, and his locally inspired outfits have got people taking. here he is at the sikh golden temple in amritsar. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: theresa may will make a speech next week on britain's partnership with the european union after brexit. she's been chairing an eight—hour meeting with senior ministers to thrash out a plan. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. trade and the trans—pacific partnership are at the top of the agenda for the prime minister of australia, malcolm turnbull, and his first visit to washington. how valuable is one celebrity's worth? snapchat is finding out the hard way as its stock falls more than 7%. good morning, asia, hello, world, it isa good morning, asia, hello, world, it is a friday. thank you forjoining asia business report. we start with malcolm turnbull, the prime min

reporter: south korean president moon jae-in says the head of north korea's delegation, general kim yong chol, told him north korea has "enough willingness to talk to the united states." that would be a sudden about-face. the u.s. says the north koreans pulled out of a meeting with vice president mike pence at the last minute during his visit to south korea two weeks ago. but tensions could get in the way of talks if planned military exercises are carried out after the games. the trump administration also just imposed tough new sanctions on north korea and has provided only vague support for a summit between north and south, an offer made by kim jong un. >> does president trump support the leaders of south korea and north korea getting together at a summit? >> i think he believes that the dialogue could be -- could be helpful as dialogue always can be. as long as the message remains the same and the goals remain the same. >> reporter: of course the goal is to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons, but previous attempts at sports diplomacy have never led to that and there are no signs

kim yong—chol will also have a meeting with south korea's president.nd this video is trending on bbc.com. the canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau, is on a visit to india and his locally inspired outfits have got people taking. here he is at the golden temple in amritsar. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news stephen sackur is here with hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. this is munich, a city emblematic of germany's prosperity and small c conservatism. right now, german politics looks anything but steady, sta ble politics looks anything but steady, stable and predictable. angela merkel‘s new grand coalition with the social democrats is very fragile. the biggest opposition party is the far right alternative for deutschland. my guest today is the influential afd mp, peter baranka. how will his party try to exploit the weakness of angela merkel? welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. let us start with a big picture of german politics today. in some ways, nothing much has changed. here we are again facin

a large crowd came to protest the inclusion of a controversial general, kim yong chol.y department and is widely blamed for an attack eight years ago on a south korean warship that killed 46 sailors. nigerian parents who fear their daughters have been abducted by boko haram jihadists have released a list of 105 names. up to now, it had not been clear how many girls were missing following monday's attack on a boarding school. president muhammadu buhari has described it as a national disaster and he has also promised additional troops and aircraft to help find the girls. with more from nigeria, stephanie hegarty reports. it's been a week of conflicting lines and confusing information from nigerian authorities on just how many students were taken from the girls' boarding school in dapchi town. but parents of the missing girls, who formed an advoacy group, have released a list of those still missing. there are 105 names on the list. earlier, the state government had claimed that only 51 girls were unaccounted for. later, they said 8a. translation: now we have the total numb

this photo of the us president's daughter ivanka trump standing near to north korean general, kim yong chol. the paper says that they did not appear to interact. the indian actress sridevi, who starred in nearly 300 bollywood films, has died of a heart attack at the age of 5a. she started acting in childhood and went on to be one of the first female stars to command box office success whether or not she had a prominent male co—star. rajini vaidya nathan looks back at her life. for decades, she was bollywood's leading lady. sridevi captivated audiences with her charisma and comic timing. in a male—dominated film industry, she was one of the first woman to become a megastar in her own right. you know, the audience just wants a good film. that's what matters. whether it is a heroine—oriented or hero—oriented film. sridevi was attending a family wedding with her husband and daughter in dubai when she suffered a heart attack late on saturday night. as news of her death broke, crowds gathered outside her house in mumbai. across india, fans paid tribute. it is a loss to our country, to the film in

the claim came after general kim yong—chol met the south korean president moonjae—in before the closing. the president of the international olympic committee, has praised the bridges built between north and south korea at the games. our correspondent laura bicker is in pyeongchang, and assesses how successful they have been. this is the confident side of south korea. modern, dynamic, and edgy. in the stands, just one row behind the daughter of the us president, is a north korean general, more used to overseeing military parades and high—energy k—pop. it seems his country is ready to hold discussions with the us at some point. the victory for the south korean leader, president moon. unlike the opening ceremony, athletes from the two countries flew their own colours, highlighting the division despite the despondency. critics fear the north has been given too much of a platform at these games, but the minister responsible for talks between the two careers says pyongyang is being pushed on its weapons. translation: we did convey the message to the north koreans multiple times. it is necessa

she's seated fairly close to the general kim yong chol there, brooks just one seat away from kim.thought do you think went into this and the positioning of all of that? >> it's a terrible idea. when i was active working for the fbi, working against the russians, one of the things i sought to do in discussions with the russians was i was applying to become an intelligence officer in the united states navy. much of my time was spent convincing the russians that once i entered that office, i would have extreme value to them. i am very concerned that someone like jared kushner, someone like ivanka trump who don't take a salary but who instead use the office in a way that perhaps benefits them, that is something that a foreign intelligence service can manipulate. so when i see ivanka trump going to south korea and essentially inserting herself into this for no good reason -- she has no diplomatic experience, she has no government experience, she's not an ambassador, she should not be doing this. it's an affront to the south koreans. they're taking advantage of that office to enrich the

now, interestingly, one of the officials moon met with was kim yong-chol. being the master mind behind the attacks on a naval ship back in 2010 that killed dozens of sailers and several civilians. north korea has expectedly condemned the latest round of u.s. sanctions, adding that the new plan reportedly by the u.s. and its allies to widen the crackdown on ships suspected of violating sanctions would be considered, quote, an act of war. now, curiously it was the president's daughter and adviser ivanka who briefed president moon on the sanctions despite prevailing questions on her own security clearance status and her background in korean diplomacy. >> first let me say, ivanka trump has been briefed on this. she's been part of the team. she had dinner with president moon. they had a private discussion in advance about this occurring. this has been an interagency process. >> secretary, you said that by going to a little more detail about ivanka briefing the south korean president. does she have the proper security clearance to been able to know what these thi

one person, kim yong chol is believed to have masterminded a couple of deadly attacks in south korean past years. so certainly there are some that are not happy that he has been allowed to break sanctions and to come here to south korea. rosemary? >> and paula, just back to the possibility of those talks. we have been here before, haven't we? talks with north korea haven't achieved much in the past. so why would this be any different? >> well, it's true. we've had these unified teams at the olympics many times before. we've had talks between the u.s. and north korea many times before. they have even signed agreements many times before, which have then been ignored and canceled out by actions, really, on both sides. so it's difficult to see what would be different this time, whether or not the north koreans feel more secure because north korean leader kim jong-un has said that his state is a nuclear state, that he has finish order completed what he wanted to complete. so maybe he comes to the table with a bit more confidence. but of course, the fact is the u.s. wants north korea to gi

could potentially run into the north korean delegation led by north korea's former spy master, kim yong cholcontroversial choice, he's believed to be the mastermind of a 2010 attack on a south korean naval ship that killed 46 sailors, south korean sailors, who died. he's believed to be the mastermind. he might be sitting in the same vip box with the south korean president and ivanka trump. could we have a repeat of the awkward moments that we saw during the opening ceremonies when vice president pence and kim jong-un's sister were obviously trying to ignore each other. will there be some sort of interaction between the two? we don't know. all eyes will be on pyeongchang this weekend for the sports, but also for the potential politics. >> can bet on that. will ripley, thank you so much. >>> and moments from now, president trump addresses one of the biggest conservative political conferences of the year. we'll bring it to you live and we'll be right back. sucthey read more.have one thing in common. how do they find the time? ... with audible. audible has the world's largest selection of audiob

the north korean leader is a man named kim yong chol who has the position of being the vice chairmanttee. previously he was essentially north korea's spy chief accused of being involved in deadly attacks against south korea. they had this meeting, and the south korean government then put out a statement saying the north koreans would be willing to pursue better engagement with south korea and possibly develop some kind of engagement with the rest as well. so we're hearing this from the south koreans, and we do know that at the beginning of the winter games when the u.s. vice president mike pence was leading the u.s. delegation, he had indicated that the u.s. was essentially open for some kind of meeting, and the north koreans called it off at the last minute because they didn't like pence's criticism of north korea's human rights record. so we don't know yet, is it possible that the u.s. and north korean delegations could have, in fact, met already or may be meeting in the hours ahead here alongside this closing ceremony? fredricka. >> then, ivan, this happening just as the president

named a provocative leader for delegation to the winter olympics' closing ceremonies, in south kim yong chol allegedly planned an attack on a sth korean warship that killed 46 sailors in 2010. meanwhile, vice president pence defended n standing for the north korean anthem at the olympics, two weeks ago. he also declined to acknowledge the noh korean leader's sister, seated behind him. he appeared at a conservative gathering outside washington, and said he has no apologies. >> the sister of kim jong un is a central pillar of the most radical and oppressive regime on the planet. so for all those in the media who think i should hood and cheered with the north koreans, i say the united states of america doesn't stand with murderous dictatorships, we stand up to murdous dictatorships. >> woodruf pence's office said this week he'd agreed to meet with north korean officials during the games, but the north canceled. pyongyang has denied it. missouri's republican governor eric graten was indicted for invasion of privacy, from an extra marital affair in 2015 he admitted having. he admitted using a com

and very strange, not only was ivanka trump sitting very close to the north korean official, kim yong chole the spy master in north korea, but also the uniformed american military commander of all u.s. forces here in korea, pretty striking to see those two individuals sitting so close together at that closing ceremony. ryan? >> elise, is there some concern that the goals of south korea, when it comes to negotiations with north korea, may be different than the goals of the united states? >> well, you have to remember, ryan, that, you know, south korea has larger goals than the united states in terms of, you know, making peace with the north koreans and, you know, a unified korean peninsula, on one hand. but on the secondhand, i mean, the other hand, the goals are the psal-- same. i think the tactics are different. south korea thinks it's going to get north korea to denuclearize by improving the relationship, by giving them more aid, by cozier relations between the koreans. the united states wants to maintain what they call the maximum pressure campaign. and south korea is kind of in the mid