activists say that these pictures are from hospital ended the muskens are from hospital ended the muskens korea has opened the door to talks with the us. but washington says pyongyang must agree to give up its nuclear weapons first. there have been clashes in barcelona as the spanish king visited catalonia for the first time since last year's vote for independence. police held back a crowd of hundreds of people chanting antimonarchist slogans. senior catalan officials, including the mayor of barcelona, refused to attend a formal reception. now it's time for hardtalk.

activists say that these pictures are from hospital ended the muskens are from hospital ended the muskens a bold under intense attack from government forces. as the winter olympics closes, north korea has opened the door to talks with the us. but washington says pyongyang must agree to give up its nuclear weapons first. there have been clashes in barcelona as the spanish king visited catalonia for the first time since last year's vote for independence. police held back a crowd of hundreds of people chanting antimonarchist slogans. senior catalan officials, including the mayor of barcelona, refused to attend a formal reception. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. south sudan's first six and a half years as an independent country have been an unmitigated disaster. a brutal civil conflict, a broken economy, famine and epic levels of corruption. on any and every measure, the world's newest country is failing. and this despite some of the largest oil reserves in sub—saharan africa. my guest today is south sudan's minister of petroleum, ezekiel lol gatkuoth. who