scott snyder, thank you very i do anything to stop. scott - snyder, thank you very much.ya, the walrus who became a tourist sensation in norway has been put down. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 10 days, 500 have died. crowd chant: czechoslovakia must be free! man: czechoslovakia must be free! crowd chant: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so, you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news, the main story this hour: a year on

scott snyder, who's a senior fellow for korea studies at the council on foreign relations, said presidentan labour in areas of ukraine that russian forces have seized. i think it represents a possible convergence of interests between russia and north korea. last week, the russian ambassador to north korea suggested that north korean overseas labour could be useful in doing reconstruction work in the breakaway provinces in the ukraine, and north korea had earlier made a point of recognising these breakaway provinces. and so, what it looks like is the possibility that there could be some kind of some kind of support by north korea in the form of labour in these areas, probably in return for substantial cash contributions to the flailing north korean economy. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: putting the cat out, or not — the german town where cats have been on curfew. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. i