south korean people that if washington were to make any military maneuvers against north korea that seoul would have to be consulted first however there have been concern here that the u.s. will go in alone and south koreans will be caught in the middle chasing these joint exercises are the largest ever should we read anything into that. right well certainly the air power that the u.s. has flown on the korean peninsula this week is. perhaps its largest display of force the south korean government says that these are regular regularly this scheduled exercises they are defensive in nature although local media is reporting that both u.s. and south korean forces are running drills on simulated air strikes against north korean nuclear and missile targets i spoke with the u.s. is seventh air force here in south korea they couldn't confirm what kind of exercises are being undertaken this week but certainly the u.s. is is boasting about its air power that it has sent here this week on china suggested halting these exercises in exchange for a suspension of north korea's nuclear program how is that

was at the valdai discussion club in seoul this week but russia presented its own road map out of the crisis. what has been donald trump's approach to sorting out the north korea crisis in a nutshell is a sick puppy we are totally prepared for the second option that's called the military option the distance from here to the border with north korea is only about forty kilometers and once you end up in seoul which is well in the firing range of kim's artillery you can't help looking at that rhetoric from a different perspective especially if there is what you'd call a totally different approach. is absolutely no alternative to dialogue them but in order to start a dialogue just everyone has to start that will take a deep breath and a step back from the red line which will my stuff why can we hope that the only option according to moscow will prevail so russia's been saying hey we've got a plan step one north korea should completely halt its missile and nuclear tests for the u.s. that means and ends to almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step to might be v

well that launch took place near the border with the north referring to those drills by seoul russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov said the u.s. and its allies may have a hidden agenda. when you. put it that we are not accepting north korea's claims that they possess nuclear weapons so we are supporting all the u.n. security council resolutions and abiding by all sanctions against pyongyang however the u.s. military drills near north korea into a deliberate provocation of kim jung un so on the one hand we are condemning pyongyang's nuclear gamble but on the other we condemning the provocative behavior of our american colleagues r.t. correspondent was up the vols died discussion club in seoul this week he's been looking at the various ways countries have been trying to solve the crisis on the peninsula. what has been donald trump's approach to sorting out the north korea crisis in a nutshell all options remain on the table second option not a preferred option they will be met with fire and fury do not underestimate us and do not try this the distance from here to the border with nort

the provocative behavior of our american colleagues to try goes out the valdai discussion club in seoul this week he's been looking at the various ways countries have been trying to solve the crisis on the peninsula. what has been donald trump's approach to sorting out the north korea crisis in a nutshell all options remain on the table second option not a preferred option they will be met with fire and fury do not underestimate us and do not try this the distance from here to the border with north korea is only about forty kilometers and once you end up in seoul which is well in the firing range of kim's artillery you can't help looking at that rhetoric from a different perspective especially if there is what you'd call a totally different approach. there's absolutely no alternative to dialogue but in order to start a dialogue everyone has to stop take a deep breath and a step back from the red line which will my style so russia's been saying hey we've got a plan step one north korea should completely halt its missile and nuclear tests for the u.s. that means and ends to almost nonstop

andrei lankov is a long—time seoul resident, and professor of north korean studies. artillery, which is located that direction, roughly, say, 20, 30 kilometres from here. and if we have a conflict, the city will be attacked by the conventional weapons, which will lead to thousands of casualties in the first few minutes, many more in the first few hours. if it happens, most likely the south koreans will strike back and there is a second korean war. a second korean war would be bad enough. but this time it could go nuclear. that thought brings horror to the people of this place — hiroshima. when that happens for you here... this woman still remembers vividly the sunny morning of the 6th of august, 19115. she was eight years old. yes, every time i come here, you know, by the river, i remember it quite well. so many people died in the river. those like keiko, who survived the world's first atomic attack, are worried the world has forgotten the true horror of nuclear war. we have to avoid, stop. america will use their power to attack north korea, because not only korean p

korea says this is an all out provocation that could lead to a nuclear war we'll get reaction from seoul also coming up fighting intensifies between rival factions in yemen's capital sanaa residents warn a three year rebel alliance is collapsing into a bloody street for. a last a generation this eleven year old girl is one of an unknown number of syrian child refugees who must work instead of going to school we have a special report from istanbul. plus a roundup of sunday's going to sleep action we'll show you how the wolves take a bite out of much of the blog box titled campaign. i'm sumi so misconduct good to have you with us the tensions on the korean peninsula are in focus today. as the united states and south korea kick off five days of joint air exercises said to be their largest ever the drills of volved more than two hundred thirty planes including two dozen stealth fighters they have predictably drawn an angry response from north korea on state television pyongyang called it an all out provocation that could lead to nuclear war. so this all comes to less than a week after north

supplies beyond young needs for its nuclear program we'll speak to a reporter in the south korean capital seoul. and the palestinian christian minority gears up to celebrate christmas in bethlehem but the mood is far from festive. welcome to the program we start in the philippines where a tropical storm has killed more than one hundred people in the south of the country rescue operations are underway to try and find dozens more who are still missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it swept over the salt an island of mindanao leaving devastation in its weak. this man and child are lucky to be alive. the effects of mudslides and flooding has been devastating. entire villages under meters of water others swept away. volunteers have been digging through mud to try to recover bodies. rescue efforts have been hampered by power cuts and the loss of communication lines storm tamba known as vinton the philippines struck the southern island of mindanao on friday it's an area not often hit by tropical storms. winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour along with heavy rain ba

that means and ends to almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step too might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved what do you think about the russian road map i think that the proposal is very realistic flexible i hope you and your cage in the olympic all the parties concerned between you could you could be too nelson so. come up with the most at risk behavior do you think it's enough in this case of course not enough in the day should be some new initiative to. be sent along with donald trump keeps saying that all options are on the table north korean knew that the military option the job. always under the table. by putting the military option and on the table. it's not like we change you know screen behavior as the advisor to the south korean president what do you tell them about the drills personally in the favor engagement dialogue and negotiation with north korea and some peop

kennedy airport kathy novak has more from seoul. back in december twenty fourth teen the then vice president of korean air and the daughter of the company's chairman show here ana was in the first class cabin of a flight from new york's j.f.k. airport bound for seoul and she was so outraged that she was served back a damia nuts in a bag instead of on a place that she ordered the plane returned to the gate so that she could have the chief flight attendant thrown off now the question before the courts has been didn't show break aviation security law by changing the flight path when she ordered the plane back to the gate originally a district court back in twenty fifteen found her guilty of that charge and sentenced her to one year in prison but later three months later the high court on appeal overturned that ruling finding her instead guilty only on lesser charges and handing down a suspended ten month sentence while now the supreme court the highest court here in south korea has agreed with the high court saying that there is no def

in seoul, it is noon in jerusalem.washington, d.c., a major victory for the republicans, delivering on tax cuts, killing the obamacare individual mandate, and opening up anwar for drilling, all in one move. the gop tax bill just awaits the president's signature. in touting the bill as a huge tax cut, the president reveals to us the hidden agenda all along. >> individual mandate is being repealed. so in this bill, not only do we have massive tax cuts and tax reform, we have essentially repealed obamacare. we didn't want to bring it up. i told people specifically, be quiet with the fake news media because i don't want them talking too much about it, because i didn't know how people would -- but now that it's approved, i can say the individual mandate has been repealed. >> important to note obamacare has not been repe.

live to seoul, and our correspondent sophie long.emely sad moment for many supporters and fans of kim jong—hyun. moment for many supporters and fans of kim jong-hyun. yes, only about eight minutes ago his body left the hospital here in seoul, in a stretch black limousine. and there were hundreds of his young fans who are gathered. they came here since very early this morning and stood respectfully in silence, to pay their last respects to their idol. now, he is a member, he was the lead singer, of shinee, one of korea's biggest boy bands. 0ther singer, of shinee, one of korea's biggest boy bands. other members of the bans were inside the hospital. there was sadness. they stood aside until the moment when the car carrying his body drove past and then there was a huge outpouring of emotion. now, his body has been lying at rest here at the hospital in seoulfor the lying at rest here at the hospital in seoul for the last few days and it is estimated that some 10,000 people have come here to pay their respects, numbers so huge, in fact, t

sophie long, bbc news, seoul.einstein has told the bbc how she was warned about his behaviour and how she went on to warn other women that he could behave in an inappropriate manner. but zelda perkins says matters escalated after he sexually assaulted a colleague and she accused him of attempted rape. mr weinstein denies all allegations of non—consensual sex. the bbc‘s colin paterson has more. this is 1998, harvey weinstein is at the peak of his powers, he's about the release shakespeare in love, which would go on to win him an oscar the following year. now, in september, 1998, his personal assistant in the uk, zelda perkins, who was then 2k, quit. speaking to newsnight she has explained why. she said she'd endured a number of years of sexual harassment but then came the final straw. and it came to a head for you when he sexually assaulted, attempted rape, on your colleague? yes, we were at venice film festival and he tried to rape her. and what did you do? she was extremely distressed. she was shaking, very distr

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sophie long, bbc news, seoul.housands of people have been left homeless after a tropical storm in the philippines in which more than 200 people have died and dozens are missing. our world affairs correspondent richard galpin reports. at last, some aid now getting to those most in need after this latest storm to hit the philippines begins to subside. troops helping deliver supplies here in the southern region of mindanao, which lay right in the path of the storm. reaching these impoverished areas has not been easy. they were hit by a landslide, mudslides, caused by an inordinate amount of rainfall that caused the ground to move and killed people innocently. as well as surging currents from swollen rivers that overcame their banks, it swept people out of their homes and killed many others as well. the speed with which the rivers were turned into lethal torrents over the weekend caught people here by surprise. many drowning in their own homes, others buried under mudslides, including children. the call for people to

sophie long, bbc news, seoul.tein has told the bbc, how she was warned about his behaviour, and how she went on to warn other women that he could behave in an inappropriate manner. but zelda perkins says, matters escalated after he sexually assaulted a colleague and she accused him of attempted rape. mr weinstein denies all allegations of non—consensual sex. the bbc‘s colin paterson has more. this is 19 98th, harvey weinstein is that the peak of his powers, about the release shakespeare in love which will win him an oscar the following year. in september, his personal assistance in the uk, zelda perkins who was 2a, quit. the night she has explained why. she enjoyed a number of years of sexual harassment and then came the final straw. number of years of sexual harassment and then came the final strawm came toa and then came the final strawm came to a head to you when he sexually assaulted, attempted rape oi'i sexually assaulted, attempted rape on your colleague? yes, we were at the venice film festival and he tried

so if north korea wants to do something it wouldn't be too difficult we know already that seoul house how many hundreds of rockets and missiles pointed out it so yeah this is one of those situations that you're looking at probably the worst place in the world right now to have the olympics in the sense of a whole geo political will to the structure of the movement what's happening between east and west and really that is i mean that's pretty much right on the ball this is a struggle between east and west and really north korea if you're going to think who's issue is this who can really solve this problem it's not going to be the u.s. it could be china right so this is just one of those situations where again the u.s. is these are exercises that it has with south korea we always forget about that that is really it is the true true nature of what sea saber rattling really is and for a country like north korea who is much smaller when you really think about it in any sense of the world word they have one thing one thing on their side and that's this development of nuclear weapons so conj

let me show you the scene here at the hospital in seoul.e body of jonghyun is the stairs. this room is where the body ofjonghyun is resting. you might be able to make out the photograph of him at the end. this isa photograph of him at the end. this is a very difficult time for many people who have come to pay their respects and they do not want us to film inside. we are told that a private funeral will take place on thursday. don't forget, you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website. the uk government has had its first full cabinet meeting on what it wants the uk's final relationship with the eu to look like. the referendum was back injune 2016. given that the referendum was almost 18 months ago, some have suggested this might have happened sooner. scottish first minister nicola sturgeon tweeted that the delay is negligent. we know a bit more about the nature of this meeting. you can do the maths, none of them would have been able to talk for that long. the meeting took place at 10 downing street. with the christmas tree

see one who is a political analyst from seoul a publisher of korea exposé he says north koreans havebeen defecting through the land border with china under kim jong un's regime many people tribute to decrease to the fed ever since the current leader of north korea kim jong il into power there has been increasing valence along the main channel of defections from north korea to the outside world which is the border between when china and as a result of the numbers have certainly been has gone down and we have seen a slight increase in this extraordinary defections from d.m.z. and by sea from last year which was around five cases to this year and fifteen but the fact that we are paying so much attention to these cases of defection really don't supposed to show that we are struggling to find out what is going on in those and there are simply not enough sources tell us information about that would seem so people watch these cases very closely but it's unclear what is except the joy in these people the former a korean air vice president who's not rage tantrum delayed a flight of twenty fou

which is in the capital of the winter olympics when eating which is chang but in seoul people are too and to supporting this and some of them or of course going to see it live on t.v. some of them are going to go to. and the people. were telling me that yes they are expecting the rules to be enforced they don't want to doping but they will indeed miss teen russia and they realize that in some winter sports like for instance always hockey or figure skating you just can't imagine the competitions especially if it is the winter olympic games without russia so let's have a look at how i spoke to these people in the streets of seoul south korea first to become the home of winter olympics almost sixteen years ago in two thousand and eight young chang lost to russia's saw cheap but south korea hung in there and eventually did manage to make their dream come true. but at the had over ceremony and saw it she who would have thought that russia a winter sports powerhouse could end up missing out on the games in four years. in korea and two months with the locals. have you heard about the russian

correspondent stephen borowitz in the south korean capital seoul time now for other stories making news around the world officials in the philippines have confirmed that more than one hundred people have been killed by a tropical storm in the south and part of the country dozens more missing storm. which with winds of up to eighty kilometers per hour has now passed across the south an island of mindanao and moved further west. thousands of well wishers have gathered at the period palace in tokyo to mark the eighty fourth birthday of japan's emperor akihito the emperor has pledged to carry on with his duties until he abdicates in april twenty one thousand his eldest son crown prince naruhito will then take over the chrysanthemum throne. u.s. officials say they've approved a plan to provide ukraine with military weapons including antitank missiles the move aims to help in the fight against russian backed separatists moscow has condemned the measuring insisting on in ukraine will inflame tensions further a former u.s. soldier has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in

north korea truly make a difference i ask correspondent stephen borowitz was in south korean capital seoul well north korea has already absorbed other rounds of sanctions and they've proven to be pretty resilient when it comes to enduring economic hardship and to finding alternative forms of income other ways to fund their nuclear missile programs one thing that's interesting about these sanctions is that they specifically target north korea's imports of petroleum products which are very important for these weapons programs north korea has none of its own oil and needs to import a lot of its energy also a lot of the better off people in north korean cities rely on petroleum imports to run the generators that they use for their own private security supply so the screws are tightening as you said and we perhaps can expect a major change right away but this is an important step towards further cutting north korea off from its source of income steven burrill lake in seoul thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world officials in the philippines have confirmed more t

it is the last trading session in seoul. sophie is watching the market.ching how to say happy new year in korean. i do not know why i said that, you are malaysian. sophie: we are all asian. but i have to check with shery ahn on your pronunciation. we are seeing gains extending this thursday. the kospi up 0.2%. the kosdaq following the gain on wednesday, beating the rally, pushing to its strongest level in the year as retail buyers are piling into the kosdaq index. korean investors on the lookout for that be ok monetary policy direction later this morning. we have a number of data points to chew on this morning. -- it is them is the not denting the sentiment in seoul. japan factory output beating estimates. the nikkei opening fairly flat. the topix marking lower. the yen gaining ground following the data. seeing the strongest level in a week. we do have energy shares sliding in tokyo and seoul, reversing what we saw yesterday. pulling up the board to see what is happening when it comes to the cost asset check, treasuries both flattening while u.s. stocks w

correspondent stephen borrowing in the south korean capital seoul time now to look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. officials say they've approved a plan to provide ukraine with military weapons including antitank missiles the move aims to help kiev in its fight against russian backed separatists moscow has condemned the measure insisting on in ukraine will inflame tensions further. thousands of well wishers have gathered at the imperial palace in tokyo to mock the eighty fourth birthday of japan's emperor akihito the emperor has pledged to carry on with his duties until he abdicates in a full twenty one thousand his eldest son crown prince i would be told will then take over the chrysanthemum throne. the number of cholera cases in yemen has reached one million that's according to the world health organization thousands of people have already died from the disease and according to the international red cross most of the population lacks food fuel clean water and access to medical care the united nations says the country is suffering from the world's west hu

mainland for more let's go to our correspondent jason strother in seoul jason it's good to see you what should we make of this latest statement from north korea but you have to remember the north korea makes these kind of statements all the time whether or not it's been sanctioned at the united nations however what it is clear is that the pyongyang regime is not happy that its closest allies moscow and beijing went along with this unanimous diseases to strengthen the sanctions against it. ok so they want the unanimous decision as you mentioned but young young says that these sanctions are toothless what sort of impact could these new measures have on north korea especially considering that its ally china went along with it certainly will does put does tighten the noose a little bit around kim jones regime but you have to remember that china even though beijing has gone along with sanctions against north korea many times there is a limit to how much pressure beijing is going to put on young china does not want to see a crumbling north korean regime it certainly does not want to see a sou

cut ties with north korea we'll get to our panel in just a moment but first kathy novak reports from seoul. following the latest in a series of ballistic missile launches north korea says its rocket weaponry system development is complete and it's finally a nuclear state the day after firing what the north says is its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile yet state t.v. showed leader kim jong un overseeing the night time test the u.s. president again called kim little rocket men and added a new unflattering description. little rocket man rocket fuel for the american that god. is a sick puppy for the ninth time this year the united nations security council discussed yet another crisis centered on north korea this test is another confirmation that the north korean threat has changed dramatically in a few months both in scope and scale the threat us shifted from being regional to global. and from the u.s. ambassador a direct plea to china to exert greater economic pressure on its ally and neighbor we need china to do more president called chinese president xi this morning and told

his body left the hospital here in seoul, in a stretch black limousine.red. they came here since very early this morning, and stood very respectfully, in silence, to pay their last respects to their idol. now, he is a member, he was the lead singer of shinee, one of korea's biggest boy bands. four other members of the band were inside the hospital. but there was no hysteria here, it was a moment of great sadness. and they stood aside until the moment that the car carrying his body drove past, and then there was a huge outpouring of emotion. now, his body has been lying in rest here at the hospital in seoul for the past three days and it's estimated that some 10,000 people have come here to pay their respects. the number is so huge, in fact, that the hospital was forced to send some teenage girls, many of whom had queued for hours in sub—zero temperatures to pay their respects, home. and they came back the next day, many of them standing here today questioning what caused this successful young pop star — he was just 27 years of age — to take his own life.

his body left the hospital here in seoul, in a stretch black limousine.ns who are gathered. they came here since very early this morning, and stood respectfully, in silence, to pay their last respects to their idol. now, he is a member, he was the lead singer, of shinee, one of korea's biggest boy bands. four other members of the band were inside the hospital. there was no hysteria here, it was a moment of great sadness. they stood in silence until the moment when the car carrying his body drove past, and then there was a huge outpouring of emotion. now, his body has been lying at rest here at the hospital in seoul for the last few days and it's estimated some 10,000 people have come here to pay their respects. the numbers so huge, in fact, that the hospital was forced to send some teenage girls, many of whom had queued for hours in sub—zero temperatures to pay their respects, home. and they came back the next day, many of them standing here today questioning what caused this successful young pop star, he was just 27 years of age, to take his own life. an

she joins us from seoul. are we really that close to a war?” are we really that close to a war?t is a very alarming situation. no question. what has happened is that it is not new for north korea to behave in a provocative manner. but this time it's capabilities have increased to potentially pose a threat to the national security of the us directly. it is alarming. but if you have the us and south korea perform the largest ever air drills, is that not a provocation in its own right? it is, in fact, going to be taken as a gesture that, you know, the us alliance is threatening the national security of north korea. having said that, though, military exercises are nothing new. it is part of regular us alliance relationships. the context of this military exercise is what is key. the context is that the beast, the latest north korean missile described as a beast, is capable of hitting the us. of course, there are concerns on both sides. but when you have lindsey graham saying that dependents of military personnel should not be stationed in south korea, where i'll be on it? it shows us

you actually trade washington for seoul. on that basis they're doing to be looking after their own interests. the one thing we might see out of this is if south korea goes nuclear, japan will follow within 15 minutes and we're going to get a whole new environment there but i think that's the situation, the north koreans realize that the results that -- they have to talk to the united states. nobody else really matters in the end. so that's the solution. there's a bit of peripheral work with the south with the people paying the bills because donald trump was not going to ask congress to pay any bills for north korea and even if he did he wouldn't get it so it's going to be the south koreans doing the heavy lifting with maybe some assistance from china, european union, possibly depends how long it takes japan. >> just one or two minutes left before we go to our final break and then on to questions from our distinguished audience here. we talked a lot about sticks and sanctions and a lot about ratcheting down. let's give a mome

seoul this hour conservative m.p.'s hands theresa may a defeat one that promises to make the break to negotiations even more complicated and tough fight on home turf why indian prime minister narendra modi's been forced to play the lead role in a regional election campaign. thank you for joining as the organization of islamic cooperation has declared east jerusalem as the capital of palestine and is asking all countries to follow suit their leaders and represent system fifty seven muslim countries condemned president donald trump's official recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital after a meeting in turkey but while the summit was full of strong statements it fell short of any actions against the united states for its unilateral decision saudi arabia's king didn't attend the meeting but he addressed the issue in riyadh calling for a political solution and backing the rights of palestinians over easter will see them activists get the protests going on the streets in the occupied palestinian territories at least one

did you get over there well of course the country is gearing up for the winter games and i was in seoul that's not the capital of the winter olympics twenty eight saying but of course many people will be going through soul people from seoul the fans are expecting to see the games there and in general i can tell you that people told me that it's a surprise for them most of them never even heard about the russian doping scandal and most people told me that they will meet miss sorry team russia if it ends up being banned from twenty meeting let's have a look at to how let's have a look at how i talk to these people on the streets of seoul. south korea first bid to become the whole of winter olympics almost sixteen years ago in two thousand and eight young chang lost to russia's saw cheap but south koreans hung in there and eventually did manage to make their dream come true. but at the had over ceremony and saw it she who would have thought that russia a winter sports powerhouse could end up missing out on the games in four years no washing flags in korea in two months what the locals miss

display in a south korean photojournalist was beaten by chinese gone's was covering the state visit seoul is demanding an apology for the incident well it's the thirty days first meeting since the u.s. secretary of state open the door to unconditional talks with north korea but sending mixed messages the white house was then quick to caution that north korea must first improve its behavior woman relations between china and south korea could play a crucial role in organizing talks with the north this meeting is also a chance to defuse chinese tensions surrounding the deployment of a u.s. missile defense system in south korea on let's bring in our panel now and from beijing we have fixed account chairman of the china and security institute's from seoul say one crew a political commentator and publisher of career exposed and from extra in the u.k. aden fausta casa henri sera research fellow in sociology i'm not in korea at leeds university a very warm welcome to all of you victor let's start with that scuffle rather unfortunate event during a visit that was supposed to be about mending ties.

panel now and from beijing we have fics account chairman of the china and security institute from seoul say one crew a political commentator and publisher of career exposed and from extra in the u.k. aiden foster honoree sera research fellow in sociology and modern korea at leeds university a very warm welcome to all of you victor let's start with that scuffle rather unfortunate event during a visit that was supposed to be about mending ties. well before we talk about the scuffle let's focus on the big picture that is president of south korea is in beijing is warmly welcomed by the chinese president xi jinping the chinese government and the our cake of them and talking directly not only about bilateral relations including trade economic relations but also very importantly the situation on the korean peninsula all this and the historical importance of president moon's state visit to china should not be eclipsed by what happened to the journalist which is very unfortunate now as far as a let me just jump in let me just jump in there because i think the reality on the ground in south korea

pauladams, bbc news, seoul. it is 26 minutes past ten. south of scotland recording light snowfall. the last time we had an official white christmas was three years ago, when parts of the northern isles in scotland saw some snow. more wintry showers are expected — we'll get the latest from phil in the weather centre in ten minutes. the queen has come top of the christmas day tv ratings. her majesty's broadcast had combined figures of 7 million, followed by mrs browns boys with 6.8 million and strict come dancing with 6.5 million, then call the midwife. and it is time for the weather now. hello once again. it has started on a fresh note through the central belt of scotland, and the top end of the pennines, as this feature dragged quite a bit of snow fall down through those parts, now showing signs of wanting to get off into the north sea, leaving behind a day with a good deal more sunshine on offer than we have seen of late, a peppering of showers across the northern half of britain, but already we have seen a transition from a decent start

another north korean soldier has defected to the south the fourth the syria the government in seoul sayshe crossed the demilitarized zone which was covered in thick fog. peru's president has rejected calls to resign ahead of a congressional vote that could remove him from office over corruption allegations in a televised address pablo could be admitted making mistakes but denied any wrongdoing his company is accused of taking money from the brazilian construction firm although breast some of the payments were made when he was a government minister of the breast has been at the center for bribery and corruption scandal that's caused a political upheaval right across latin america on a sanchez as more from lima. will be pulled in peru are you were you is because of what they say the president up last night keeper will be on the furious because they said the president. could be night all along for a month that he had not done any deals with all of it the construction company and then at. just a few days ago the president acknowledged that in fact he's companies have done some advisory servi

and friends what's the reaction there in seoul. well south korea says it supports and welcomes these latest round of sanctions on north korea calling it an indication the world will not tolerate north korea's nuclear and missile development program but it also stresses on dialogue now intense relations between the two koreas have been at their lowest point in decades previous administrations previous south korean administrations rather have taken a more hardline approach when it came to dealing with north korea but president moon j.n. who came into office in may he means more towards the liberal side now his government is also keen not to heighten tensions on the korean peninsula because south korea is due to hold to host the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics in february ticket sales for the events have been slow possibly because of security concerns so south korea while it's keen to support international pressure on north korea in the form of economic sanctions is urging dialogue as the way forward take a listen to what th