in north korea. >> guest: yes. north korea, we know it is the darkest place on earth. we don't have electricity, automobiles for anything to work in the farm. individuals cannot own things socially and we don't own house or anything. it's all owned by the state. so cows belong to state, and there was a man who had tv, he ate the cow on the farming is executed. some of the cows you need permission, sometimes i cow dies from the disease or it's too old and dies, sometimes it's distributed to people. i never knew, like i never had a stake. never knew what that was. >> host: what do you remember about making the decision to defect from north korea? >> guest: that i did was for him when i was more early 2000, that when things were very bad in my family. we were not able to find food and it was a string. >> host: when you talk about not finding food, would you go days or a day without eating? >> guest: it's like sometimes you have food every day, sometimes, i remember one day we had many days without food.

and a lot of -- even actually north north koreans, even after they escape in my case, i escaped to china, i was being raped and suffering so much at the age of 13, when people saying that because of your kim is so bad you guys-doing, and being -- i he great leader them people working for him is bald. he's a great, great guy. that's what i did because is was so brainwashed, but my mom now knows about truth and now i know about the truth, and i think the only thing that it want to make sure when i talk to people is that lie doesn't have power. we should not scared of life. the media in the west, that's one thing i so sad about is that we demonize -- we dehumanize north korean population. we kind of portrait them as a robber who is brain washed, hopeless, cannot idea understand the used of freedom and democracy. threat not true. look at south korea. it is same country it's in same country for thousands of years. the system is a problem, not the people. and when we try to say the people are the problem, they're -- when people say, why didn't you night why didn't you punt with this thing? i s

i would say to the north it's a campaign of material moving around to sustain north vietnam. it's trying to send a message to them. >> they use it. f-111 will come in later in the rolling thunder campaign. >> where do the missions come from from? >> they come from higher up. these are restrictions that are self-imposed by the administration on to the air power. we read about it in thompson's two chapters. again, most of the stuff is be low the 19th parallel. they will move it to about the 20th parallel line. who is supporting the north vietn vietnamese. we're not going to bomb along a 25 or 30 mile along the border with china. the major cities we'll have a restricted zone of attacking. every target is going to be chosen by the president. these are the three major restrictions. for example, in the text, there are fighter pilot comes over target. after target sees the cargo plane with the star on it. that's beyond the rules of e gau -- engageme engagement. that's to not try to escalate.- engagement. that's to not try to escalate. engagement. that's to not try to escalate. engag

and then there's the bombing of the north. so spring of '65 the war effectively becomes americanized through the deployment of this first contingent of u.s. troops in the form of marines. and the beginning of the sustained bombing runs against northern vietnam. >> i got this from the vietnamese archives. the americans bomb and the north vietnamese population will rally, mobilize to defend the homeland what do you guys notice about the picture? who's featured prominently in this picture? kids. and that's, when you try to understand why they win and the u.s. loses, for the vietnamese, for the north vietnamese is a total war situation, right? so americans vietnam is there only if you have to fight vietnam. pretty much everyone else, it's life as it was before. because of the state of war and the bombing, every man, woman and child effectively starts contributing to the war effort in one way or another. for the vietnamese. a lot of guys being drafted and sent south to fight. the women are being employed to fill in bomb craters or

he would not let the b-52s go north. in rolling thunder, the b-52s will not see action in the northern part. it will take another campaign to see that happened. these are involved in missions in the south trying to stop the air interdiction platform. they are doing the air interdiction effort. the primary platform will be the 100 series fighters. f1 05, f 100, what with a designed to do? it was designed to participate in the big war with the soviet union. the dropping of the tactical nukes. the big engines moving fast. not air to air fighters. get as deep as you can and drop your nuke and get back as far as you can. one aspect is how effective they are at bombing. did thompson give us a discussion of this? about the ability? >> high-speed tactical -- >> the conventional dispersion is very difficult. this is the idea above air war. initially they have not been trained that effectively when dropping conventional -- a circular air of probability. the radius of 750 feet and 50 % of the bombs dropped are in that area. only 50

and, the rest of north vietnam in 1972. and sure enough, eventually, a cease-fire, allowing the u.s. to get out pick the war will continue in vietnam, but the u.s. will manage to extricate it's forces. for nixon, that was good enough. but the vietnamese figure it out themselves. right? so, all of this was well and good, but as i mentioned earlier, some of these policies are very, very unpopular. in 1970, american troops move into cambodia, and that sparks massive, massive protests across the u.s.. including on university campuses. university students at the time kind of led the movement against the war. various organizations were established to oppose the war. the most prominent of which was the students for a democratic society. and so, in the aftermath of the invasion of cambodia, the student-there is a big student protest at kent state university in ohio., the national guard is brought in,, and the national guard just like in any outfit with guns, you have people who are -- and then, a national guardsmen opened fire and

is it the north industry or not? but this is the idea, and not only a strategic to go after transportation, systems, industrial base, but also to prevent that stuff are moving around. so, that transportation line, that reason for it is, even it is coming from the outside to help prevent that in keeping north vietnam sustained. let them feel the pain of war. likewise, let's do an interdiction, and operational interdiction campaign that prevents that material from going to the north, down to the south. primarily through laos. so, you have got to stop that movement. >> the development that is happening in 1964, if we do a strategic air campaign, then there is another incident. there are a lot of small attacks. things are still happening. the insurgency is happening in the south. and then we get a situation in the gulf of tonkin, right at the salt -- shoulders of north vietnam, where patrol boats attack intelligence gathering ships there. i am not concerned about who is provoking what, i don't want to get into that discu

and north—west and the further north west you go the thicker it gets. day. bright spells around and for most areas it will stay com pletely for most areas it will stay completely dry. there will however bea completely dry. there will however be a few showers across the far north—west. in south of england and east anglia that is where the best of the sunshine will be. temperatures in the mid—temperature —— temperatures in the mid—20s to low 30s. as we push across northern england into scotland and northern ireland it stays quite cloudy here through the rest of the day, indeed the cloud will thicken further later today to bring some rain across the western isles and into the islands as well. for some there will be rain around but not many. 0vernight tonight the rain will continue for a time across the north west of scotland. for the rest of asbo dry night, although it will be a warm night, although it will be a warm night temperatures only slowly —— for the rest of us a dry night. a little bit more comfortable for sleeping. sunday getting off to a reasona

at the same time, north korea also feels that the us are putting too much pressure on north korea.talking warmly about kim jong—un. he was doing so on twitter only this week and he made a point at this new summit of south—eastern asian countries of giving a letter to kim jong—un which indicates they do have relationship was of that has been seized on by the north koreans themselves. the foreign minister making very clear that what is alarming is the assistant —— persistent moves by the us to go back to the old far from its leader's intentions. that is an indication that they believe president trump believes one thing and some within his administration believe another. the headlines on bbc news: detectives searching for the missing midwife samantha eastwood say they have found a body. three people have been arrested. labour's deputy leader tom watson warns the party is in danger of making itself unfit for government — unless it halts the damaging arguments over anti—semitism two thirds of all plastic food packaging sent for recycling is buried or burned — because it can't actually b

it's often looking quite breezy, frequent showers in the north and north—west and the driest and warmest 14—day forecast on our website. bye—bye for now. this is bbc news, i'm chris rogers. the headlines at ten: police in manchester say a shotgun was probably used in a shooting in the city's moss side area last night, 12 people, including two childern, sustained pellet—type injuries. two, one, zero — lift—off! nasa's space probe begins its ambitious seven yearjourney to the sun after it finally takes off from cape canaveral. dina asher—smith wins her third gold of the european athletics championships in the four by 100 metre relay. and at 10:30 and again at 11:30 we ll be taking a look at the papers with our reviewers anne ashworth and john rentoul — stay with us for that.

most of these in the north—west.ly cooler across—the—board. and then we see another area of low pressure move in on friday, particularly across the north—west of the country. once again, it will be windy. in fact, we could see gales in exposure across the far north—west. outbreaks of persistent, maybe heavy, rain here. the further south and east that you come, the drier and brighter it will tend to be, closer to high pressure in the near continent. again, we will see the split in temperatures — high—teens in the north—west, low 20s in the south—east. so, the week is starting on a warm note in england and wales. as low pressure moves through, it will send some cooler and fresher air right across the board. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louis minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: a warning on pension scams. millions of pounds were stolen last year, with victims losing £91,000 on average. the issue is thought to be much bigger than just the cases reported, so a campaign has been launched to warn those p

some changes for the north and west of scotla nd some changes for the north and west of scotland anding. mainly dry through sunday evening and plenty of sunshine. we can see this front moving in. increasing the cloud, outbreaks of rain and strengthening the breeze. the new working week starting cloudy and dumping northern ireland and scotland, some of that rain moving south into the far north of england. —— cloudy and damp in northern ireland and scotland. temperatures even higher again across central, southern and south—east england where temperatures will exceed 30 in places. heading into tuesday, we've got this front to the north and west of it something cooler and fresher, to the south and east still very warm. this cooler air trying to sink its way south and eventually we'll see that toppling south and those orange and red is being replaced by something cooler. on tuesday again it looks like the cloudy zone with outbreaks of rain across parts of scotland, down into north—west england as well. more cloud across wales again. the best of the sunshine and temperatures again exceedin

the north koreans haven't named anybody.n, you'd think they would have had the opportunity to think about it. these apparently were points that were drumd up way before the summit. does that say anything to you? why would they have named somebody to meet with secretary of state pompeo? >> understandable. up until now it was an ad hoc situation for north korea. that's why dim jong-un was handling this issue. once they get into the specifics of nuclear negotiation, then people like foreign minister leon ho or vice chairman comes to the front line. therefore, north korea may need time to discuss who should be dealing with secretary pompeo. that's why he didn't give a name. eventually pyongyang will come up with very specific names. but it is be most likely foreign ministry related guys. the department of united front korean workers' party. >> and let me just ask you, you know, you heard president trump several times refer to leader kim and he said he was a great personality, very smart, good combination, a very worthy, smart ne

to defect from north korea? in the early 2000. that we could not buy food. >> when you talk about not finding food would you go days without eating? >> sometimes you have food every day or many days without food so we had one or two potatoes that day. so that is that i was having. and then running out of those frozen potatoes. but the regime would choose to start and then we would be shelling selling sugar or coffee and then you could find other things and like then we would catch the grasshoppers that would be a source of protein for me. everybody is looking for food. b9. [inaudible] >> okay. tell me about the decision-making process to get out of the country connect that decision-making process i do not have internet or know what is happening. so the advantage that i have on the border town of north korea so i could see the electricity coming out of china. and then i had no idea. and that so i don't die from starvation. >> what you remember about seeing the light? what do you remember seeing the light and fire

where are we now with the denuclearisation of north korea?hat was clear in the press c0 nfe re nce was well, i think what was clear in the press conference was that the us secretary of state mike pompeo held today with reporters on the sidelines of the asean summit here in singapore is that he said it was very clear that the north korean leader had committed to the nuclear is. he made that statement that agreement with president trump, back in singapore, injune. two months on and we still have very little detail oi’ and we still have very little detail or specifics as to how that is going to happen. now, secretary pompeo, mr pompeo, has also said he urged his asean counterparts to maintain the economic and diplomatic pressure on pyongyang, and what that means is to enforce sanctions on the country, economic sanctions, until we see some movement towards denuclearisation. but in an interesting statements to the state broadcaster here in singapore, to a singaporean broadcaster, i should add, he did also say that the north would decide its own ti

serve members lost in north korea.that president trump is grateful that chair man kim kept his word. we see today as tangible progress in your efforts to achieve peace on the korean peninsula. today is just the beginning. our work will not be complete until our fallen heroes are accounted for and home. we will see to it in the days ahead that these heroes will be the heroes who led the way to many more homecomings in the future. etched upon the wall of the korean war memorial is a tribute to the brave americans who fought there. it reads, our nations honors your sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never new and a people they never met. at the time they answered that call, america was weary from war. less than 5 years before we had emerged victorious from the flames of world war ii. at the end of that struggle marks the beginning of a new one. a war between the forces of freedom and the forces of communism. 68 years ago in the korean peninsula the battle was joined. on june 25, 1950, at daw

sunshine and showers in the north west. the jet stream has a bit of a king in the north west.he jet stream has a bit of a king in it initially but that should clear away, another kink will sit out towards the north—west and so we are looking at next weekend now and that means cooler and fresher conditions for the north and fresher conditions for the north and west of the uk but slightly milder in the south—east. late next week and be on next weekend at the slight high pressure will start to edge infamy atlantic so that should settle down in the south —— edge in from the. more unsettled was the north—west of the country but the computer models are hinting that we could see the high pressure bringing calmer and more settled weather.

and north korea. martin, christi? >> ivan watson there, dealing with a bit of fireworks display. >>> north korea released a statement emphasizing the company has done good well for dismantling test grounds but said the u.s. instead of responding to the measures is raising its voice louder for maintaining sanctions against the dprk. joining me, cnn national security analyst, former senior adviser to obama's national security adviser, excuse me. let me ask you this. it seems a formula we have watched over the years that north korea occasionally puts forward what appears to be a kinder, gentler face and then back tracks dramatically. i am wondering are we seeing that two step playing out now? >> i think we're seeing more than a two step. in this case, as you mentioned, north korea has entered into protracted negotiations before, six party talks that china and russia were part of, dragged on for seven years. there were even talks recently about revitalizing them, and at this point north korea's best game is to keep presid

that's what they want north korea today.hey talk about the denuclearisation of the peninsular, this wider term. at the same time north korea is very clear in that it wants to hit back, it wa nts to in that it wants to hit back, it wants to push back and say america is being impatient. 0ften wants to push back and say america is being impatient. often they do ta ke is being impatient. often they do take time but the big question is what happens between denuclearisation happening and the talk about it. thank you. tens of thousands of women have been demonstrating in the south korean capital seoul, calling for action to be taken against spycam pornography. it's been called an epidemic, and many south korean women say it has them living in constant anxiety and distress. catherine karelli reports. chanting. south korea is in the middle of a record—breaking heatwave. but that hasn't discouraged women from taking to the streets of seoul in a mass protest. the target of their anger, so—called spy cam videos. translation: i've always

low pressure to the north—west of us already starting to feed some rain in towards the north—west ofo for this week's weather, there's a chance of rain. not everybody‘s going to see it and it may not amount to too much. there will also be quite a bit of dry and occasionally sunny weather particularly later this week, as we'll see. now, these are your starting numbers for tuesday morning. temperatures into double figures for many. maybe one or two mist and fog patches around. weather particularly later this week, as we'll see. now, these are your starting numbers for tuesday morning. temperatures into double figures for many. maybe one or two mist and fog patches around. fair amount of cloud, don't expect too much in the way of morning sunshine. a breeze and outbreaks of rain into the western isles of scotland and this system is only very slowly pushing further south—east during the day. whereas ahead of that, we keep a good deal of cloud, a few breaks and a sunny spells to come through. outbreaks of rain will feed into the northern isles through the day and this weather system starti

the otherfollowing in the north is more intense on the showers at.f cooler and fresh air from the north—west. sunshine around on thursday, a few showers for scotland, to bridges across the board will be a little bit lower. will keep that north—westerly airflow through friday but we see rain coming down into more northern parts of the uk. dry across southern parts of the uk. dry across southern parts of the uk. dry across southern parts of the uk but by the end of the week it is not to be as warm. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story: rescue teams are urgently trying to reach people cut off by floods in kerala state in southern indian. thousands of people have been trapped on roofs or in their homes for days. more heavy rainfall is still expected in many districts. more than 350 people have died so far, 300,00 people are homeless. korean familes separated by the war are set to be reunited for three days in the north. and this video is trending on bbc.com. ice cream that has been moulded into the shape of puppies is being sold at a restaurant

there are thousands of north koreans that operate on north korean sites. and the importance of that is that the u.n. says that this is one of the main ways that north korea funds its missile program and its nuclear weapons program. but russia denies undermining international sanctions saying it stands against pyongyang's military ambitions and supports u.n. security council resolutions calling for north korean nuclear restraint. the money these workers earn end zone russian officials is a form of direct aid, keeping north koreans alive. >> the money is used to assist people who live in north korea to survive because they do experience economic and social problems. i cannot imagine a situation where you may color this money and say this money go for the nuclear program and that money i do not know in japan go somewhere else. >> reporter: russia it seems supports efforts to isolate north korean tregime, but also helps to keep it afloat. matthew chance, cnn, st. petersburg. >>> president trump hit the campaign trail again on saturday. he will be in ohio where

it will be breezy across the north—west of scotla nd breezy across the north—west of scotland 40—40 mphth the dry weather, the warmth will start to return. we have to see what is going on right now in the atlantic. this book of cloud is subtropical storm banesto, not a threatening storm but a lot of and moisture, whenever these do to our shores our computer models struggle little bit, it throws things of course, so little bit, it throws things of course, so that brings uncertainty in how we can forecast. it looks like low pressure will mainly be close to the north of the uk once again, so we will see some wet weather and some breezy weather at times. always likely to be driest and warmest towards the south—east. saturday not a bad day, some dry weather and spells of sunshine, a few showers but they will fade away into the afternoon. with our storm moving up from the south—west we will import pretty warm air into the south, based on bridges up into the mid— 20s celsius and by sunday, here isa lump mid— 20s celsius and by sunday, here is a lump of what weather likely to move is a lump of

or north korea for that matter. and in public, shinzo abe's japan has been supportive of the maximum pressure strategy on the sanctions. you do not see open discord like you see with the nato meetings or angela merkel. that is a stylistic difference but it is an important one. japan will be the behind-the-scenes advisory ally, not the taking it on. i have one exception and that is if we move forward with 232 tariff on autos. there japan's interests are too deeply and i do not know if i panelists agree, japan will retaliate. japan will have to retaliate. its own economic interest will be at stake and so you were not be able to pattern behavior. on the larger question, where did they go? ano not see japan/china is alternative. we have to be a different world. we may be in that world 10 years from now but not in the foreseeable future. the strategic competition between japan and china is real. the long-term concern about china's military power is very real and tokyo. i think that is where the u.s. and japan may have di

nuclear deterrence against north korea we may have. meant we could be out the nuclear deterrent to change. the roles and the balance right. so there could be. you know new. thinking of our security. system i just have plus two questions sensitive issue you know ninety's perception . of japan in general so the american president has visited here ashima but do you see a situation where a japanese prime minister for instance visits non-germane because the chinese are saying you know. so empty nuclear company in japan of which you are part of of course is sort of a way to whitewash japan's role in world war two and not there because you can't discuss the bombing without the reasons behind the bombing do you do you see a situation where your prime minister would actually visit nineteen like american president hiroshima yeah maybe possible. you know. and of course depends environment and context if dot is. in the core of the context. think you'd be difficult for a prime minister to go but the party's out of context you know it may be he may

we've seen 38 north tracking satellite images from north korea suggesting that an engine test site has started to dismantle, one kim jong-un promised the president. this reported from a credible source as the united nations investigation panel is going to raise many questions. paula hancocks, cnn, seoul. >>> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is at the afterivion mee. cnn ivan watson is there too, reporting for us. tell us about the reaction once it was learned about this new report? >> reporter: well, you know, mike pompeo the secretary of state, he spoke to journalists in the morning here in singapore before cnn learned about this confidential u.n. report. so he did not directly address that with reporters. he may do that in the hours to come. but in his comments, he did allude to some of the issues and, in fact, some pretty details in the report that he seemed to be alluding to. for example, the ship-to-ship transfer of petroleum, that's something that he's singled out. he said he raised with that southeast asian nations here, saying they've got to he ep with trying to make sure th

at the same time, north korea also feels the us are putting too much pressure on north korea.im jong—un just this week on twitter. he has sent along a letter to be given to kim jong—un which indicates they have a relationship. that has been seized upon by the north koreans themselves, their foreign minister ri yong—ho making clear that what is alarming is the insistent moves ma nifested alarming is the insistent moves manifested within the us to go back to the old far from its leader's intentions. that is a clear indication they think president trump believes one thing and some within his administration believe another. what about the regional reaction to this report? will see the usual split. china and russia will fall behind north korea and on the other hand you have japan and south korea concerned along with the us. clearly from what you saw in the speech today from mike pompeo was an attempt to reach out to those other countries, to say that denuclearisation of the korean peninsular should be an aim across the region. it is something that goes beyond america and goes to ot

you will not see north korea giving up its nuclear programme on day one.rea on day one. but the problem is, that long and hard diplomatic process doesn't make for glorious headlines, especially the type that donald trump wants, which is, ijust made a wonderful deal and there is no longer a north korean nuclear threat. we get the public smoke, but the reality behind the smoke is what we have to watch carefully for over a long—term process. tens of thousands of women have been demonstrating in the south korean capital seoul, calling for action to be taken against spy cam pornography. it's been called an epidemic — and many south korean women say it has them living in constant anxiety and distress. catherine karelli reports. chanting. south korea is in the middle of a record—breaking heatwave. but that hasn't discouraged women from taking to the streets of seoul in a mass protest. the target of their anger, so—called spy cam videos. translation: i've always been under the fear that there could be secret spy cameras at the toilets, in the company building, or

the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, said pressure must be maintained on north korea.nce the historic trump—kim summit which took place in singapore, the americans are back. the us secretary of state mike pompeo is here to meet with his counterparts at the association of southeast asian nations. and while he acknowledged the process to denuclearise north korea will take time, he also stressed how vital it is to keep up the pressure on pyongyang. i've also emphasised the importance of maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on north korea to achieve the final, fully—verified denuclearisation of the dprk, as agreed to by chairman kim. it is worth remembering, this isn't just an american security goal. it is clear our partners and allies within asean know how important the neutralisation of north korea is for their own security. mr pompeo's comments come as a report commissioned by the un security council says north korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, violating un sanctions. mr pompeo didn't directly address that but did say that russia has repo

that was meet the leader of north korea.n the press conference as you remember or at least in the document that they released, the united states postponed -- and david french correct me if i am wrong, they postponed events with north korea and those are things that really upset north korea. you had a situation where the president leaving singapore where everything is great and we are doing to denuclearize north korea and this is the third thing, craig, denuclearization of the korean peninsula means something completely different to the north koreans. and he used to send shivers down the spine of south korea because that means north and south korea would have to disavowal weapons. for president trump to make this announcement and think that he'll distract from the serious legal and political problems that he has been in for the last 48 hours, i don't know why he thought that. >> david french. i will pose you that same question, is the president trying to once again distract us? >> i don't know if there is that much method to

as well and they should north korea should play the game and we should not underestimate north korea you know the president has come into office really frankly like any unlike any previous president but he's taking a negotiation chapter out of president ronald reagan's book there were three important facts and steps that president reagan would take. number one you have to respect the other side and you have to show that respect we saw that with president trump's unprecedented trip to north korea number two we have to make sure that we negotiate in good faith and thirdly you have to give the other party something to bring back to their constituents so i think that we're working those details out secretary pompei oh we'll reschedule that trip it's important to note the president trump did say that he looks forward to seeing chairman kim very soon a precursor to that will be a secretary pompei a visit perhaps with with the newly appointed special envoy and frankly we'll see you know i think the world is hoping for a resolution a peaceful resolution with north korea and that is truly wor

how about in north america?nd the monsoon here producing still some very heavy rains this time of the year. we have heard of flooding and the rain is likely to continue on wednesday, but particularly across the north—east of india is where we will see the big downpours, hundreds of millimetres of rain to come through this week so nasty downpours still to come and the monsoon is still to come and the monsoon is still very much a story across the asian subcontinent. let‘s go to south—east asia and asia—pacific, these are pictures from the philippines recently where we have seen a lot of rainfall. manila was ha rd seen a lot of rainfall. manila was hard hit and it is an annual occurrence the rain storms we seek across this part of the world but it has been particularly nasty in the philippines. these clouds you can see, this is the south—westerly monsoon. that is a tropical cyclone, onejust went monsoon. that is a tropical cyclone, one just went south west of shanghai and another is heading towards southern parts o

most of these in the north—west.oard. and then we see another area of low pressure move in on friday, particularly across the north—west of the country. once again, it will be windy. in fact, we could see gales in exposure across the far north—west. outbreaks of persistent, maybe heavy, rain here. the further south and east that you come, the drier and brighter it will tend to be, closer to high pressure in the near continent. again, we will see the split in temperatures — high—teens in the north—west, low 20s in the south—east. so, the week is starting on a warm note in england and wales. as low pressure moves through, it will send some cooler and fresher air right across the board. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name's mike embley. our top stories: a scathing war of words between donald trump and his former diversity advisor. he's accused of using racist language. he calls her a lowlife and a loser. the battle for ghazni — as the violence continues, the afghan

at the same time, north korea also feels that the us are putting too much pressure on north korea, theynald trump seems to be talking warmly about kim jong—un. he was doing so on twitter only this week and he made a point at this summit of southeast asian countries of sending a long letter to be given to kimjong—un which does indicate that they have a relationship. and of course that has been seized on by the north koreans themselves, theirforeign minister making it clear that what is alarming is the insistent moves within the us to go back to the old, farfrom its leader's intentions, an indication that they believe president trump believes one thing and some in his administration believe another. the children's commissioner for england has written to the secretaries of state local government and education seeking reassurance that the government will protect services in northamptonshire. it comes after the local authority drew—up plans for major reductions in the services it provides — because of funding shortfalls. speaking to the today programme on radio four, anne longfield said the

their relationship with north korea has improved the chinese are glad to see north south relations improve i don't think they really want to see u.s. north korean relations improve very rapidly so there may be some truth to this although there are probably other factors at play as well as well you know isn't the real problem the crux of it at least that donald trump signed the deal that didn't have any specifics in it therefore how could denuclearization be happening when there was no plan really. well that's exactly right there is no roadmap the agreement that was reached in singapore in june doesn't have any specifics there's no timeline at when president trump came back from singapore he declared victory he said there was no longer a nuclear threat to the united states by kim jong un has just not delivered anything there was a report recently that when my pompei o was planning to go to pyongyang that the north koreans were going to give a declaration of their nuclear and missile programs and that would indeed be a very good first step of course would it be complete that's another questi

to the north—west of it, clear spells and blustery showers.er. heading on into thursday, that weather front continues to sink its way south eastwards, it also opens the floodgates into cooler, fresher air which will flood in across the country during thursday and last into friday. it will be noticeable particularly in the south—east. that weather front will take its time to clear the south—east. a grey, wet, blustery day across the south. further north and west it will be quite windy, with sunshine and showers, some of them merging through longer spells of rain across the west of scotland and those temperatures range from 17—20 degrees, feeling much fresher right across the board, particularly in the south east. on friday we do it all again. another area of low pressure hurtles in off the atlantic to effect the northern half of the country, keeping things more settled across the south and the south—east. it's going to be a windy day across northern ireland, scotland and perhaps north wales. more cloud, outbreaks of rain, persistent across the

in the north of the country something of a north—westerly.. further south more of a south—westerly wind, it is likely to warm up again with lots of dry weather and some spells of sunshine. so some big changes in the feel of the weather over the next ten days.

the real weather front is to the north of us, the north—west, but we are in the murky area. so into the second half of the day on tuesday, that's when we are going to get the best of the weather. very warm, hot in the south—east, 26, 2a expected in merseyside and into the 20s as far north as scotland. there is a change on the way. those weather fronts will reach us and we are expecting rain to fall in northern ireland and scotland by the time we get to wednesday. so here is wednesday's weather forecast, it is raining in belfast, glasgow, edinburgh, approaching the lake district, just about merseyside, north wales too, but to the south of that we are still in the very warm air, very humid as well, so temperatures could shoot up to the high 20s. it will be very warm in east anglia and the south—east, temperatures 26 or 27 degrees, and for scotland and northern ireland we have the fresh air coming from the atlantic, around 17 celsius, so 10 degrees difference. and the reason is because cold fronts will sweep across the uk, multiple cold fronts, which means spells of rain on the

both koreas have been trying to move forward on a number of issues north korea's likely to tout what it says have been goodwill gestures on its behalf stopping its weapons testing program and providing or returning the remains of u.s. troops who were killed during the korean war in return for some kind of easing of sanctions south korea meanwhile is likely to push north korea to make more concessions on its weapons program bringing back something that it can bring to those allies in washington who are very skeptical of north korea these days just to mention this going to the third meeting between the two sides since april how significant are these talks now how deep is this stalled that we're seeing both koreas do seem very committed to peace maintaining this level of interaction which we haven't seen before this will be the first time a south korean president has met three times. at any point alone in one year with a north korean leader and so this meeting in pyongyang is definitely expected to have a lot of pageantry a lot of symbolism a lot of. you know a symbolism of korea in the

the main rain—bearing clouds, that's remaining for the time being, towards the north and north—west ofuge how much sunshine there will be today, because the air is moistening up, there's more low cloud coming in, a lot of dry weather around stil, a lot of dry weather around still, and there may be some sunshine at times. you can see the extent of the cloud. the best of the breaks probably across more central and eastern parts of england. a bit of drizzle around some of these western hills and coasts. more substantial breaks though across central and northern parts of scotland, where the air is a little bit cooler and fresher. still a decent day here and, even with the cloud further south, after a warm night, it is going to be a warm day again, temperatures maybe up to 25 degrees. a little bit of sunshine to end the day here and there and any breaks of cloud tending to fill in more, i think, as the night goes on again, except across northern most parts of scotland, where those temperatures perhap 9 or 10 degrees, but otherwise maybe 17 is a minimum temperature across southern parts of e

is pushing for further sanctions on north korea that's asked the un security council to a north korean bank executive and a company to blacklist for them forces travel bans and freeze assets united states also wants a russian bank and a chinese company hit with sanctions for allegedly dealing with north korea and u.s. sectors say might pompei or has called on all nations to keep up the diplomatic and economic pressure it's worth remembering this isn't just an american security goal it is clear. allies within us know how important the denuclearization most agree is for their own security i called on them to strictly enforce our sanctions including the complete shutdown of the leadership issue transfers of petroleum destined for north korea we have seen reports that russia is allowing for joint ventures with north korean firms granting new work permits to north korean guest workers if these reports prove accurate and we have every reason to believe that they are that would be in variation of u.n. security council resolution twenty three seventy five the us government and advocacy groups

and north korea in decades. i want to read you a statement conveying the essence of the letter said. the u.s. is still not ready to meet north korean expectations in taking a step forward to signing a peace treaty. that is the sticking point. the north koreans want a peace treaty up front and denuclearization later as part of the step by step process of lifting of sanctions. many believe the economic aid and peace treaty should not come until the end of the denuclearization process. after dukkim jong-un agrees to e up the nuclear weapons. that is the gridlock we have seen play out since secretary pompeo's disappointing trip to pyongyang in july. now this letter essentially indicating if pompeo had gone back to pyongyang, the meeting would have done more harm than good between the u.s. and north korea. >> i know you will watch this closely. will, thank you. >> keep your eye on military drills in the region. >>> a trade deal with the u.s. and mexico could mean big changes for the things you buy. what is it? and wh

low pressure to the north—west starting to feed some rain in towards the north—west of scotland.in, not everybody is going to see it and it may not amount to too much. there will also be dry and occasionally sunny weather particularly later this week, as we will see. these are your starting numbers for tuesday morning. bridges into double figures. maybe one or two missed and fog patches around. that amount of cloud, don't expect too much in the way of morning sunshine. brees and outbreaks of rain into the western isles of scotland and this system is only very slowly pushing south—east during the day. head of that we have a good deal of cloud, a few breaks and a sunny spells to come through. outbreaks of rain will feed into the northern isles and this weather system see one or two showers breaking. the rain will start to feed into the western star of northern ireland, leaving the best of the sunshine in the east. across england and wales, some misty and murky weather to begin with, some brighter or sunny spells may keep low cloud into the south—west of england, one or two spots of

korea columnist new york times author of nuclear showdown north korea takes on the world he joins mefrom new york our what's your read gordon on the reports that north korea is building new ballistic missiles if young yang. that washington post report from the beginning of this week is certainly correct north korea is building these wasan fifteen's that was the missile that was tested november twenty ninth and it has a range to strike the east coast of the united states the big story here actually there are two stories one of them is that all of these revelations undercut the notion that the trumpet ministration has been propagating that north korea has made a strategic decision to give up its weapons if it's made that decision then it wouldn't be building these missiles and it wouldn't be producing fissile material the other story larry is that you have an intelligence community in the united states which is angry upset and is actually playing a paul revere role where you have senior administration officials trying to downplay all these developments and then the i.c. comes up with a

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