to foster carter he is an honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern career at leeds university in the u.k. and he joins me now from exeter and britain a very good day mr foster how they're used to seeing happy scenes and promises from a p.r. pyongyang the mood music has been set but was anything of substance achieved yes i think it was but it depends what you're talking about it's crucial to grasp that there is more than one thing going on here more than one process and the world tends to focus particularly on the nuclear issue understandably it's stream the important that's the global threat if you like the little story of this but the local issues in north korea south korea of this fear divided nation dismay would resonate with germany i think the seventy is still divided i like germany. many issues separated families possible economic cooperation recommitted railways they have an enormous agenda on but some progress was achieved on the nuclear issue unfortunately not so much. not president trump of call of the enter korean deal exciting the north has agreed to potentially di

out of items off the counter has a korea analyst and an on everything your research fellow at leeds university he told us the pace of cooperation between a country that's positive and the twenty year history of interpreting relations or you can take it back much further when they have to question it took the bet a lot of ups and downs and we had a pretty lean decade for a while under conservative governments in the south and of course because the north under kim jong un i had this massive program in twenty sixteen and seventeen of nuclear missile tests but now south korea has got a pro sort of center left government which they were they were was wanted dialogue and engagement like the sunshine decade some people might remember in one thousand and eight twenty two thousand and seven that a lot of what they've been doing may have a texas back to the russians and medics it's good to see it like sports cooperation joint teams family reunions but some of it is new and yes the slash'em of this we've not had anything like that before and the pace of summits you know that we're just to have a seventee

good foster carter he's an honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern career at leeds university in the u.k. he joins us from accident welcome so happy scenes and promises from pyongyang but was anything of substance achieved yes i think so it's crucial to grasp i think people probably do get this by now that there is more than one thing going all we mustn't fixate on the nuclear issue alone important that it is for them to look at to the into korean peace process that's a huge agenda this is one country historically but this should resonate for the germans perhaps divided after world war two lots of issues separating families from mention the possibilities of economic cooperation all manner of stuff it's the sides the nuclear suits so what we have got from this cold yanks i just read it in the earlier one between moving to relate protests is progress on the into korean side it's it was on the nuclear issue not so much to come to the nuclear issue area and just where would the on the warming of relations between the two koreas how does washington view that is not necessarily a go

we told koreans we took pride in false to cause a korea analyst and senior research fellow at leeds university joins us and skype from exeter nice to see you and what i really want to focus on is how much north and south korea are achieving on their own let's take donald trump let's take the united states out of it three face to face meetings and now a joint liaison officer is this moving faster than you expected. yes possibly sometimes ten to pessimism having been disappointed often before i mean the twenty year history of interpreting relations or you can take it back much further when they have to cater to the lot of ups and downs and we had a pretty lean decade for a while under conservative governments in the south and of course because the north under kim jong un had this massive program in two hundred sixteen and seventeen of nuclear missile tests but now south korea's got a pro sort of center left government which they were they've always wanted dialogue and engagement like the sunshine decade some people might remember at lunch in ninety eight to two thousand and seven that a lot of w

the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leeds, i must admit. i can't wait, i itch, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play it and i keep wanting to learn new pieces and my big frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any notes you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. the competitors, including yuanfan yang, have been going into leeds schools to give demonstrations. i'll try to turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that good at composing music? no. we have to get out of the concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later they will come into the concert hall, they will have had this experience — you just plant a seed. and it has appeared to be working. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us film the outcome. is it first time you've ever played the pian

the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leedsanting to learn new pieces and my big frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any notes you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. the competitors, including yuanfan yang, have been going into leeds schools to give demonstrations. i'll try and turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that good at composing music? no. we have to get out of the concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later, they will come into the concert hall, they will have had this experience — you just plant a seed. and it appeared to be working. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us film the outcome. is it first time you've ever played the piano? yes. wow! although this lot could probably do with a bit more practise. colin paterson, bbc news, leeds. t

let's talk to alistair hay, a professor of environmental toxicology at the university of leeds.ficant new information that we have today, what took your interest? clearly it was the gadget that was used to dispense the gadget that was used to dispense the poison. that is what i found particularly interesting. i found the police statement incredible. it was a brilliant investigation that has been conducted by the police officers. very forensic, superb piece of work putting it all together. of course, it is hugely revealing to have the information now in the public domain. let's talk about the means of contamination and given what we now know today, does it change your understanding of how things happen? no, what we have now isa things happen? no, what we have now is a clearer picture of how it was probably applied. this little bottle that looked like a perfume bottle, with an adapter that could be used to spray something onto a door handle all of the surface, is clear now. that gives you an indication of how it might have been used and obviously what kind of protection people mig

the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgowan returning to his alma mater, the university of leedse, i must admit, i can't wait, i itch, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play it and i keep wanting to learn new pieces and my big frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any notes you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. the competitors, including yuanfan yang, have been going into leeds schools to give demonstrations. i'll try to turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that good at composing music? no. we have to get out of the concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later they will come into the concert hall, they will have had this experience — you just plant a seed. and it has appeared to be working. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us film the outcome. is it first time you've ever played the pia

political commentator and author of the book the edge of war in leeds we have seen shah he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the university of bradford and in beirut we have niamh solemn he is a professor of international affairs at notre dame university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to the best dressed in. and on television adel darwish in london i love your bow ties. i don't explain something to me and july of last year we had the american delegated to oversee dealing with the situation in syria direct and boy said the greatest concentration of all of terrorists in the world isn't it good and he identified them is al qaeda and associated groups now we have remarkable turn around in the last days and weeks is that no that the syrian government is warned not to liberate its own territory and not to apparently seemingly not to lay a finger on any wanted live how do you account for this major reversal i think it's a four letter word and it's called the iran but go ahead joe. well of course iran is a measure a player in factor here.

the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgovern returning to his alma mater, the university of leedsther younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any notes you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. competitors, including this man, have been going into schools to give demonstrations. i will try to turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that good at composing music? no. we have to get out of a concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later they will come into the concert hall, they will have had the experience, you just plant the seed. and it has appeared to work. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us film the outcome. is it first time you have ever played the piano? yes. wow! although this lot could probably do with a little bit more practice. ina in a moment it is time for the one o'clock news with jane hill. but let's ta ke o'clock news with jane hill. but let's take a look at the weather forecast. good afternoon. split fortu nes forecast. g

political commentator and author of the book the edge of war in leeds we have seen shah he is a senior lecturer in middle east politics at the universityof bradford and in beirut we have niamh solemn he is a professor of international affairs at notre dame university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate let me go to the best dressed man on television adel darwish in london i love your bow ties. i don't explain something to be allowed to july of last year we had the american delegated to oversee dealing with the situation in syria direct and boy said the greatest concentration of terrorists in the world isn't it good and he again if i them is al qaeda and associated groups now we have remarkable turn around in the last days and weeks is that no that the syrian government is warned not to liberate its own territory and not to apparently seemingly not to lay a finger on any wanted live how do you account for this major reversal i think it's a four letter word and it's called iran but go ahead. well of course iran is a measure player and factor here. are you never

the final has included the impressionist alistair mcgovern returning to his alma mater, the university of leedsvate, if over my life, i must admit, i can't wait, i salivate, if i see a piano ina room wait, i salivate, if i see a piano in a room i want to play and i keep wanting to learn pieces and my frustration at starting late in life is thinking of the pieces i will never play. the event is trying to make sure that rather younger people are encouraged to take up the instrument. press any note you want, one at a time if you want. brilliant. competitors, including this man, have been going into schools to give demonstrations.” will try to turn that into a piece of music. did you know you were that good at composing music? no. we have to get out of a concert hall, take it into schools, and the idea is that years later they will come into the concert hall, they will have had the concert hall, they will have had the experience, you just plan to seed. and it has appeared to work. we were not short of volunteers at blenheim primary school willing to make their debut on the instrument and let us fil