and south carolina. i don't think it is overstating to say there is concerns as to how things will go. if president trump talked about massive pressure and expert conditions on that and if moon is wanting to be fairly early or quickly with north korea although he said if conditions permit there is the potential for divergeance and if you have divergeance you can have pension. they will say how can it be so bad because we got things accomplished. he sent troops to iraq. but there was a lot of things there where you said maybe you have a national vote on this. on the surface, it could be seen as sending troops over and it was grudging and as quid pro quo for changing u.s. policy on north korea. >> it will be changing the political environment and they need to have an appropriate time frame for effective intervention i think. so, this relative position and in order to prevent and eliminate the dangers of north korea's nuclear threat it is necessary to put in the effort to meticilously assess and work how to

the latest tns poll in south africa shows seven out of ten south africans believe zuma should now go.n since this disastrous cabinet reshuffle has taken a new downward turn. we have had south africa's debt turned into junk bold status by snp. we've got economic forecasters say this is going to be a disaster for the south african economy. you have already got an unofficial unemployment rate of 50%. you are now supervising economic as well as political chaos. there is no political chaos. it is the wishes of others that seek to project a political chaos. and it is important that for everybody to come to the party, and to understand that it is important in the interest of all south africans and our national interest to come around what is important around our country. the state of the economy in relation to growth and employment creation has been a matter that has been receiving our attention since 1994. even the recession that we have come to witness has exacerbated the situation. in this particular instance, we are going to have to work, all of us together, to ensure that we get out of

a aegis system that we can deploy off of the coast of south korea. >> given the fact that south koreathe easiest and the most direct target why would moon jai-in, and the most e cent president choose to remove a system like that? >> well, it is a great question, baecause the chinese are very upset at the thadd system for a number of reasons, because they believe that we can turn the knobs on the system to use it to defend against the chinese missiles, and china obviously does not like that, and also, china doesn't like the obvious show of disoobedience on the part of the south koreans. and so china has been employing sanctions against south korean businesses, and those sanctions have hurt the south korean economy, and also moon jai-in believes generally speaking that a more positive approach towards both china and north korea are go ing the work. i don't agree with that, but that is the way that he and the supporters are looking at it, because they believe that the korean nationalism is the most important force in the world, and not the defense of the south korean homeland in a conven

south africa's anc was once seen as sackur. south africa's anc was once seen as an sackur.frica's anc was once seen as an inspirational model for africa. now it is becoming a watchword for infighting, cronyism, corruption and the dangers of 1—party rule. president jacob corruption and the dangers of 1—party rule. presidentjacob zuma stands accused of abusing his power not just by his stands accused of abusing his power notjust by his enemies but by many erstwhile anc colleagues. my guest today, fikile mbalula, was made police minister in a recent controversial cabinet sha keup. as the scandals pile—up are we witnessing the slow death of the anc? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. let's begin with a simple question, there is no doubt the anc government is in crisis, who do you believe has the responsibility for that crisis? well, i wouldn't say it is a crisis. i would say we are undergoing some challenges in relation to what is happening now. and i think it is a test of time, which has happened not only now, over a period of time anc has been tested. it has emerged victori

and south korea. there is probably a way of sequencing a lot of the elements of the strategy the trump administration has laid out together with the approach that sizingesidency is in the -- emphasizing in ways we can move forward. think we should automatically presume we are on a collision course. the fact of the matter is that this is in the concept of alliance. this is a family matter. within families you have to work through these issues in order to be able to move forward. as long as both leaders respect the fact that we are bound by the alliance, i am optimistic we will be able to move forward in a positive way. expect, mr.you song, from mr. moon in terms of north korea policy? i think -- >> do you want me to ask the question again? >> what do you expect from president moon in terms of north korean policy? what do you think he will do? strengthening through u.s.-korea alliance one of mr. moon's major priorities. about north korea. he supports the maximum pressure and engagement. the new administ

i can't remember if it's south or north. the south province. who will now be put up for national assembly hearings and there will be a vote. but also, you know, the main support from the people's party, the smaller progressive party, is really from that province. so i think that moon is already essentially making a kind of bid for support that is also designed to build a -- some kind of working consensus that will allow him to move forward if nothing else, he'll have -- in fact he exhibited stronger support from that province during the election campaign. he's now provided a kind of reward to the province, and a potential lever to be able to at least insure that he has a working coalition and the possibility of gaining majority support. it doesn't yet mean i think, that he can quite reach that 60% threshold. they're very close. i'm not sure the exact numbers. but i think they would need to win a few bye elecs in order to be able to overcome that level. >> i'll give you the last. >> there's a gentleman behind you. >> sorry. thanks. nicholas, is

afrikaners like me were frightened that when black south africans would take control of south africa,be removed, and we are so happy to see that everything is still here. minorities are entitled to be concerned about the type of changes that have taken place in our country. the task of the government and the anc leadership would be to assure the whites that change would not mean a reversal of the position where blacks will now oppress the white minority and the other minorities, and i think that we have succeeded, we are succeeding, in addressing their fears. i mean, what is beautiful about that is that mandela appears to be taking you so seriously as evita. very seriously. when we sat down, i was ready with everything, which is frightening when a film crew waits. it is like waiting for the death warrant, the death sentence, to happen, and we could hear his voice down the passage. affects accent he walked in, he came round, he saw evita, and he said, "oh, evita, you look so beautiful!" he sat down, and ijust said to him, "president mandela, thank you so much for allowing us this 30 mi

efforts in south korea -- could use nuclear to recoil u.s. efforts in south korea. mark: six minutes. chop administration recently says there is a four point strategy. one not recognizing the lou correa -- north korea as a nuclear state -- the sounds are good, and i do think we have to be somewhat realistic. we have to be prepared for this scenario that none of these measures are going to work and what is our long-term policy? i don't know if we have that. we see regime change is off the but if this is credible than it is not going to change. this is something we have to make about. just two points since i'm out of time. .he sanctions it is not only to pressure north korea. i think it helps to undermining -- you are hoping to create instability or change. is taking money away. i think if this information that we talk about. it is very important but i want to make the point that it should not only be targeted towards the public. i think we should try to target the elites because we're trying to get to messages across. this is not going to guarantee your survival and

we have heard from south africa, afghanistan, washington and south korea.on and south korea. in a few minutes, turning to minnesota. i have been speaking to one journalist about why certain parts of this one us state is experiencing the worst outbreak of measles in more than 25 years. an 11—year—old girl on a school trip has died after falling from an adventure ride at a theme park in staffordshire. the splash canyon ride was close. it is not known whether the park will open tomorrow. the girldied whether the park will open tomorrow. the girl died after being airlifted to birmingham's children hospital. the manager of the theme park expressed his condolences. so it is with great sadness we have to report a young girl has passed away at birmingham children's hospital after falling onto one of our rights this afternoon. staff reported an 11—year—old girl fell into the water. park staff were immediately on the scene, tending to the patient, west midlands air ambulance arrived to edit her to hospital. we are truly shocked and devastated, i'm sorry, our thoughts

rain, not that much perhaps in the south of england, 18 possible in the south of england, 18 possiblethe south—east but into the early pa rt the south—east but into the early part of next week, into tuesday, the mid—20s is on the cards for the south—east of england, fresher in the north—east and in between, the chance of some more rain. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government's cobra committee is meeting now to assess the impact of the global cyber attack which has affected nhs computer systems. the prime minister said the government is working with all organisations concerned to resolve the issue. the european police agency, europol, has described the scale of the attack as unprecedented. thousands of computers in up to 100 countries have been affected. this afternoon, car maker nissan's sunderland plant said it too had been affected. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned of a "margaret thatcher—style landslide" for the conservatives unless his party improves its poll ratings ahead of the general election. butjeremy corbyn says both he and mr watson are "working flat

that's all we're interested in, in south vietnam that people make their own determination. president johnson has said publicly that he is willing to abide by the elections, and even if the communists take over the country, that the united states will withdraw. now if the north vietnamese were to make a public statement now, "we'll abide by the elections, and we'll have elections there in 60 days, and we'll have the i.c.c. come in and supervise the elections," then i think that--and then we back down--then i think there's more point to your statement. we held out the challenge, that we're willing to abide by the election if that's where you put your emphasis. i think it's much more complicated. >> if it doesn't come about in 60 days can we take it that i'm , right? senator kennedy: excuse me? jordan: you said, sir, that if this doesn't happen in 60 days there's a point to my question. senator kennedy: no but will the north vietnamese agree to elections? can you deliver the north vietnamese? steven marks: senator kennedy, can i ask you something about those elections because

up the south—west and another pushing up overnight in the south—east. really happy. it's going to be quite a few night. a little bit cool and fresh. bank holiday monday looking quite messy. lots of cloud around, that overnight rain will be moving northwards. could be some thundery bursts mixed in. some sunshine in the south that will boost temperatures. could see the odd shower or thunderstorm developing. 23 degrees again in the south—east. cool and fresh in the northwest. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: british airways passengers face further disruption as the company warns of delays and cancellations following a global computer failure. ba says customers should not come to the airport unless they have a confirmed booking. we've been in the line for about five hours now. we have no idea how much longer we'll be here and we are getting no communication from the staff. the conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. theresa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and s

some of that getting into the south wales. northern ireland and of scotland, but some extra cloud across caithness and sutherland, fringing in the part of aberdeenshire, certainly into the northern isles were there will be the odd spot of rain. much of northern england things some fine weather with some sunshine the start of the day. now, as we go through the day there will be a lot of dry weather once again. some spells of sunshine, but we will see this very patchy, showery rain moving its way northwards, and then into the afternoon the chance that we could spark off some really quite vicious downpours and thunderstorms. not everywhere, but if you catch one, you will know about it. a lot of rain ina you will know about it. a lot of rain in a short space of time. temperatures in the south up as high as 22, maybe 23 degrees. a little bit cooler still further north. but as we go through thursday night into the early hours of friday, humid air continues to trundle northwards. some hit and miss showery rain and it will be a much l

procommunist pro viet minh in the south can go north. a new government is set up in south vietnam. that's technically the old french union government, but the new prime minister. the question in the fall of 1954 is what are the americans going to do? these are the south vietnam was cambodian southeast asia. one of the things we set up in support of his strategy aceto, , the equivalent of nato in southeast asia. looking to create containment against the mao in china. a decision was made to support the south vietnamese government. this was affirmed by a letter from president eisenhower in october, 1954. my father wrote the letter, ok? there is a paragraph in here you -- that i want to submit to you and all americans, fundamental in explaining the morality and efficacy of our effort in south vietnam, which paragraph has been overlooked as far as i can tell by every scholar and almost every commentator. i read. the purpose of this offer is to assist the government of vietnam in developing and maintaining a strong, viable state capable of resisting attempted subversion or aggression thr

one million people fled across the border to south vietnam. the 17th parallel dividing is a from south vietnam military demarcation line that should not anyway be interpreted as a military established boundary. arms in any nation are prohibited. senator kennedy: when i said this, i am not talking about geneva saidt that this up, but once the demarcation line was set up, was it not mr. ho chi minh and the the enemy that closed that border after one million people fled. did they not make a country themselves and did they not create or start the aggression with regard to south vietnam in violation of that treaty. let's hear senator kennedy on this. first, i think: i have some differences with governor reagan regarding communism at the moment. >> [indiscernible] senator kennedy: i will come around to it. i do not think that communism is monolithic, i monolithic political system at the moment. i think there are very major differences between the soviet union and communist china. i think that is recognized in the united states as it is in europe and

-south korea fta a "horrible deal."ented in 2012, there's been a significant change in both economies. what makes sense to take another look at the deal? guest: from the u.s. perspective, they would definitely want to read look at the deal. the truth is the korean products are more competitive, and americans want korean products. that's why it is strong, not certainly -- not necessarily because of the deal itself. i don't think there is going to be a lot of chain in u.s.-korea trade relations. reporter: head of korea research at csla, thanks so much for joining us. trade issues, one of those core themes that has been playing out, but not so much recently in this election given that it has taken a backseat to north korea and the income inequality gap here in the korean economy. thank you. you are watching "daybreak asia." yvonne: this is "daybreak asia." betty: once china's richest man, the head of the largest soft drink maker, says the rise of the internet is ruining the economy. he is now merely the eighth wealthiest m

on a mission to the south, disguises himself. he makes it to mobile, new orleans, and arrives in charleston. he is immediately slipped out. he gets his (inaudible) and yeah, charleston is on the watch. he was anti-slavery man who did coded messages. his brother was working on a bank in springfield. even the paranoid have enemies. he writes to a friend in massachusetts, ouring countrymen in south carolina, are distempered to a degree that makes them to a calm and partial observer objects of pity and they believe anything that flatters their delusion or their vanity. he worked with these people for two years. some of them he grew to like better than others. it all starts after midnight wednesday november the 7th. the news is coming in from the ap from new york. people have been there for hours. no surprise, lincoln has been elected president. but charleston shouts at the top of its lungs, hurray for lincoln. bring it on. they can't wait to confront andrew gordon. federal district court judge right there in the heart of the slave tr

in south korea. hiring workers for jobs educated south koreans don't want to do -- they are not producing the kind of jobs these well-educated young south koreans want to do. these are the two major issues facing the new president on the local front. >> according to the latest exit polls, victory is seen for the liberal candidate. official results still a few hours away. tensions have been escalating with north korea in recent weeks. i was the next president going to handle relations with foreign relations with the north and japan in particular? >> south korea is facing a triple threat of the genetic issues now with the united states -- can the new president get on board with the trump administration's north korea policy which is fairly opaque? he's got one thing in his favor -- he said he will like to talk to north korean leader kim jong-il a un. korea's of china, south largest trading partner, there's a diplomatic problem -- the chinese are unhappy with the south koreans and americans deploying an

we want the people of south vietnam. the fact is that we do adpree that we will abide gooby the results of elections in south vietnam. the people make their own determination. president johnson has said publically that he is willing to abide by the elections and if communists take over the country that the united states will withdraw. if the north vietnam will abide by the elections and will have elections in 60 days and have supervisory of the elections and we back down then there is more point to your statement. we held out the challenge that we are willing to abide by the election. if that is where you put your emphasis. i think it is much more complicated. >> can we take -- >> excuse me. >> if this doesn't happen in 60 days there is a point to my question. >>. >> can you deliver to north vietnam. >> senator kennedy, can i ask you something about the elections? what i understand from meeting the american press is that elections recently held in south vietnam the government considered in its own opinion was either comm

let's move on to events in south korea. moon jae—in, does. let's move on to events in south korea.t is not just tensions between north and south, but tensions between the south, but tensions between the south and america, if he gets his way with north korea policy. yes, which is interesting, because that was one of the other things that keeps coming up in the us, why has donald trump suddenly focused on north korea? what i found very interesting about all of this is that the korea times is focusing on, welcome moonjae—in that the korea times is focusing on, welcome moon jae—in is that the korea times is focusing on, welcome moonjae—in is very much about dialogue, even when he was serving earlier as the chief of staff, he talked about having more dialogue instead of military action. they are saying that this would be at odds with trump's policy. the sunshine policy brings a lot of hope to north korean. some of the north koreans that i met in pyongyang, a do believe that the north and south will unify one day. for them, that is still the absolute aim. of course, many of them do not h

especially in the south. pressure edging in. it will affect north—western parts of the uk as head on in towards monday. breezy outbreaks of rain towards western scotland in particular. but the bulk of england and wales closer to the area of high pressure, a warm day, with temperatures potentially low—to—mid 20s celsius. feeding in plenty of showers on the wind from the west. a cool day. pleasant in the south—east with some sunshine. i'm kasia madera, with bbc world news. our top story: president trump has declared that he's the victim of the "greatest political witch—hunt in us history". he was responding to news that a special counsel will oversee the inquiry into alleged russian influence on his election. speaking at a news conference in washington, he said the issue was dividing the country. a car has ploughed into a crowd of people in new york's times square, killing one and injuring more than 20. the authorities are testing the driverfor drink and drugs. this video is trending on bbc .com. the first—ever

a cloudy start in south—eastern areas and into the south—eastern areas and into the south—east of englandf england. that will melt away and we will have blue skies. northern ireland, chilly, but another belter of a day in terms of sunshine. through the day we hang on the north—easterly breeze. it will be windy at times. gusty in the pennines. their that in mind if you are travelling. it will take the edge off the temperatures. look out the cloud belts towards the midlands and parts of wales as well. we will have sunshine by the afternoon. top temperatures will be across north—west scotland again. 20 celsius, 6—8 fahrenheit. 0vernight we still have this keen breeze. a couple of showers, not many. under the clear skies further north it will be cold enough for a cut of frost. these temperatures indicate what we can expect in towns and cities. but in the countryside —2, perhaps freezing around the central lowlands. tomorrow morning we start off on lowlands. tomorrow morning we start offona lowlands. tomorrow morning we start off on a cold motorbike and will be a lot of sunshine again. still t

south vietnamese stood up and fought. a general takes back -- i mean, they had some brilliant officers. never covered by the american press. so that's why i say cords won. the people got mobilized because the people could mobilize, the south vietnamese government could take all their attention to the main force units in the mountains and by the borders where the american forces were and then the american forces could go home. so by '73, all the american combat forces have gone home and the south vietnamese are holding their own. however, after the peace agreement, hanoi gets to leave its divisions in the south. what happens in '75? after watergate. this is widely documented. the north vietnamese, they do a test offensive. they attack the provential capital to see if the americans will send the b-52s back. apparently while the attack is going on in this mountainous, sparsely populated province of south vietnam, the bureau is meeting 24/7 with a direct line down to the commanders in the front. when it becomes clear that pre

especially in the south.fect north—western part of the uk as we go on in towards monday. breezy outbreaks of rain towards western scotla nd outbreaks of rain towards western scotland in particular. the bulk of england and wales closer to the area of high pressure, a warm day. potentially low — mid 20s. plenty of showers. a cool day. pleasant in the south—east with them sunshine. —— with some. this is bbc world news. our top story — president trump has declared that he's the victim of the greatest political witch—hunt in us history. he was responding to news that a special counsel will oversee the inquiry into alleged russian influence on his election. speaking at a news conference in washington he said the issue was dividing the country. a car has ploughed into a crowd of people in new york's times square killing one and injuring more than twenty. the authorities are testing the driverfor drink and drugs. and this video is trending on bbc.com — the first—ever passenger ferry between north korea and russia, ha

but it will be coming up from the south and if you're in delaware and south jersey, you might want top your eye on radar this afternoon in case it makes a run at you. tam. >> thank you david. >>> you can get that seven-day forecast and a live look at storm storm tracker6 double scan radar any time you need it the on our web site. just go to 6abc.com/weather. >> happening today, members of the trump administration will present congress the president's budget request while he continues his international trip. it calls for $1.7 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. most of that digs into antipoverty programs like food starches medicaid. the president wants more money for the military and for a paid family leave program advocated by his daughter if vang today. the cuts to domestic programs are likely to face resistance from both sides on capitol hilly. >> 5:52. up next a father's grief and incredible show of gratitude. the emotional letter that he went and left addressing the death of his own daughter in that times square attack. >> two major cell phone carriers are considering a merge

monday, early hours, the rain gets into the south part of england, wales, south—western scotland, andhour. the rain could be heavy across western and central parts of scotland, particularly the south—west. heavy rain. rain. rain hadley also throughout the lake district, the hills of wales, and down into parts of england. —— rain heavy. a few spits and spots over here getting into london. levens, toils, and 13th. a mild cursing. —— 11s, 12s, 13s. north—eastern parts of scotland could be sunnier. —— mild first thing. rain will come and go throughout the course of the afternoon. howl are we going to compare it to the rest of europe? spain and portugal will get warm over the next two days in paris will be warming up by tuesday being about 26 celsius. it will be warming up the uk as well in the south—east. tuesday, the low pressure close by. it is weather fronts in our direction. i mention the war, warming up in france, and that is drifting from the south, northwards, and if the cloudbreak across the south—east, temperatures could get to 24 south—east, temperatures could get to 2a degrees.

south america is divided., colombia, chile, that do not share your vision of where south america should go. you have talked about the grand union for south america. you have spoken about having a common currency, maybe even a common government. do you believe it can happen? it is not happening with colombia. not so long ago, your troops were gathering on the border as though war was a possibility. a final point. many people have likened you to fidel castro. you have now become the carrier of the torch for the socialist revolution in latin america. fidel castro built his revolution over a0 years. how long will it take you to build yours? so you will definitely run again in 2012? you can now, you have removed the term limits. you are determined to keep running for president. president hugo chavez, thank you for coming on hardtalk. hello. this is the shape of things to come rather than what we saw for many, at least, during the course of sunday, which was a decent enough day for many. 0ur weather watchers were ou

exactly, a sunny day and south korea.illion people have a ready finished early voting on thursday and friday, so there is a lot of attention on what happens here after that distort ouster of president park. koreanot all about south when it comes to the political scene. over the weekend, we had the french elections, macron leading , commanding gains in france, and the market seemed a little muted in terms of reaction, david. david: absolutely. last week, we were talking about these risk reversals. -yen, theil and euro lowest levels in years, so it was priced in. just in case we did get a pop in the euro, it would be a surprise given how markets were position. look at a share. function. we are looking at past these hurdles. this takes us to brexit and canher or not mr. macron form a coalition to have a majority in parliament. have a look at markets on the fly, japan reopening after three days of holidays. the rest of the region on the way up with the exception of china. forex, the dollar up, the south korean won up, and

further south, murkyfairand the murray first.modric bursts across the western side of scotland and to northern ireland. you'll be there to head across parts of the north of england and into wales. somewhat dry conditions further south. very close feeling here. if you get some brightness, those temperatures really will rocket away during the afternoon. it may spawn some showers across east anglia and the south east. in the west, west midlands and down into the south—west of england that we may well see some really violent thunderstorms. with a bit of sunshine can you could probably add, four, 5 degrees through cardiff and towards the london area. through the youthin towards the london area. through the youth in will find the migration of the thunderstorms, if they break out, ever further towards the use. all the while there is the danger of something coming out of france pushing north on the breeze and the cloud and rain are said to be had all the while across the north of scotland, even as we start tuesday. for a time we are twix

a noticeable breeze down towards the south—west and into south wales, but head further north ans west not out of the question. northern ireland and western of scotland, a better day in comparison to yesterday and there'll be more sunshine and more warmth as well. 25 for glasgow. we do it all again on friday. that south—easterly breeze driving that heat further north. by the end of the day though, signs of a few showers gathering into the western part of northern ireland but it looks as though in sheltered areas of scotland, in the north—west, we could see temperatures into the high 20s. somewhere like inverness could see 29, maybe 30 degrees. widely a very warm if not hot day across england and wales as well. that's worth bearing in mind as well if you have any time outside, the uv level are going to be pretty high across the country, very high in the south—east, and certainly worth bearing in mind. as we move out of friday, into saturday, we still keep the heat but there is a potential for these showers that i pointed out in northern ireland to become fairly widespread into the far n

this is not the way power normally changes in south korea.ause the previous leader ended up injail and so previous leader ended up injail and so he is the president from today. moonjae—in will go along to the national assembly, then to the national assembly, then to the national cemetery and then there will be a small inauguration ceremony and then he will basically start running the country. people are wondering what will be the ramifications of south korea and us relations. he has been critical of the missile system saying the ca reta ker the missile system saying the caretaker government should never have put that in and they should have put that in and they should have waited for the elections stop how will an relations with china go? they have been punishing south korean companies. it is all to happen. it will probably start to be seen what sort of leader he will be almost immediately. an impressive exercise in democracy. and absolutely historic turnout. and we'll be speaking to another expert a little later in the programme about what m

today we're focussed on south korea.er will be. we have been looking at what influence business has on politics in the country. let's look at markets quickly to bring you up—to—date. in europe, they were up by a quarter of a percent when we last looked. we'll bring you the numbers later. the numbers are on the screen. that's what europe is doing. so details there. as you can see, another rise in the cac and the dax. imagine losing your child at a theme park — something most people would rather forget. but witnessing another parent's panic resulted in our next guest giving up her career in investment banking to become a tech entrepreneur. last year, colleen wong launched a smartphone watch, the gator, it allows parents to keep track of their kids, without having to give them a mobile phone. but colleen says being a start—up boss is not glamorous. as well as running a company, she is a busy mum caring for two kids. to keep costs down she employs two flexible staff who look after it and social media marketing, and three adv

yes, people here in the south korean capital are waking up toa south korean capital are waking up to. moon jae—in, the to a drastically different political landscape. moonjae—in, the former human rights lawyer, has been chosen as the new president and it's a stark rejection of the conservative side of politics following the arrest of the former president, park, who is now sitting injail, waiting for trial on corruption charges. everyone is waiting to see what kind of relationship the new president will have the us and japan, who basically favourite a more tough talker with north korea and the anti—missile defence system. yes, well, it could be quite a tense relationship. we are waiting to see what happens for example with the thaad anti—missile system. he was critical of it, saying it shouldn't have been put in place. it remains to be seen as to whether he will move to dismantle this. today we will start to see what kind of leader he will be because, for example, he will be heading to the national assembly and will head to the national assembly and then have some sort of small inaugu

>> thaad enables us and our south korean allies to defend south korea or a big portion of south korea against the threat from north korea. it is aimed at north korea, the systems, and it posed no threat to china. >> isn't it incredibly difficult to counter the 4,000 artillery pieces that the north koreans have on the dmz which could attack a city of 26 million people? >> it is, sir. and thaad is not designed to counter those kinds of basic weapons. >> what is designed to do that, anything? >> we do not have those kinds of weapons that can counter those rockets once they're launched. >> and they can launch -- they have the capability of a launch of those rockets? >> at this very moment, they have that capability, sir. >> what do you make of china's reaction to our placement of thaad, a purely defensive system? does that give you an idea of china's real intentions about north korea? >> i've said before, chairman, i believe it's preposterous that china would criticize south korea or the united states for placing a purely defensive missile system against the north korean threat when the n

south—east. bobby on the beat first. the metropolitan police hopes to fill some 600 vacancies and attract people with different skills and backgrounds. detective chief superintendent stephen clayman is from the force. good morning. how exactly will this work? for the first time we are going to allow people to apply directly tojoin as going to allow people to apply directly to join as a trainee detective constable. there is a tough assessment and selection process but if successful, they will be on course to do focused training on being an investigator, a two—year programme of training and at the end of the two years to become a substantive detective constable. one criticism is that it is policing on the cheap. not at all. it is offering a dedicated career pathway to those attracted by an investigative career. we did work last year looking at what londoners would be interested injoining the police service in this way and we found people who would not have considered policing would now considered p

has been installing in south korea. the swearing-in happening earlier today in south korea. on our schedule this afternoon we will have the white house briefing coming up at 1:30 p.m. eastern. senate democrats are holding the policy committee holding a discussion on health care and the impact of the recently passed american health care act. the congressional budget office tweeting they will score the official cost of the bill sometime in the week of may 22. the house is out this week on a district work period. the senate is in session and you can follow the coverage on the future of health care in the future of health care legislation in the senate with on c-span2. [indistinct crowd noise]

the cloud is on its way up from the south—west already.his band of cloud brought a band of rain earlier on. that has cleared away and we have seen showers and sunshine. the showers will fade away this evening and will be clear for good parts of the night across eastern areas, but out towards the west thickening cloud with that area of low pressure approaching and some wind and rain on the way. ahead of that temperatures are eight or nine degrees. heading into monday morning and we have got the rain beginning to spill its way in across much of scotland for the rush hour. quite wet across the south—west, argyll and bute, brighter towards the north of scotland. still largely dry towards the east of the pennines, but heavy rain for cumbria and lancashire. a wet start for northern ireland as well. outbreaks of rain coming into wales, always wetter in the west of wales, and we have got this rain across southern england just beginning to arrive in the london area. much of eastern england starting dry, perhaps some hazy sunshine, but it will be th

further south, more sunshine across the south—east of england towards south wales as well the pleaseze coming in from the north—east. low pressure towards the near continent. another dry day. a decent day on sunday. you will notice those wind arrows coming from the north—east. quite chilly. 9— 11 degrees on the east coast. away from the east coast, better weather. with high pressure sticking around, you won't be too surprised to hear that the largely dry and settled team continues into next week as well. back to charlie and sally. thank you. we are talking about diesels. there are two elements to this, air pollution and what do you do if you have a diesel car. a scrappage scheme for diesel cars could be on the way as the governments strategy to tackle air pollution is due to be published later. they were trying to delay it but the courts said they need to get it out by may ninth. apparently they are not as good as first thought. there we re not as good as first thought. there were 3 million back in 2000. back then there was a lot of chat from then there was a lot of chat from the gov

finally, let's take you live to the south korean capital where a new president hasjust been south koreanwhere a new president hasjust been sworn in. he has just won 40% of the vote, almost double his nearest competitor. it was the highest election turnout in many years, the start of a new political era. after almost a decade of almost conservative rule, moon jae—in faces multiple challenges from the aftermath of the corruption scandal that toppled his predecessor and the tensions with north korea. it is expected he will take a much less confrontational approach with the north. he is a human rights lawyer. president moonjae—in, just taken office as the new south korean president. much more any time on all the news on the bbc website and you can reach me and most of the team on twitter. and for watching. hi there. we had some glorious sunshine yesterday across western parts of the country once again. these were the clear skies in abersock, north—west wales. we have had a lot of sunshine over the last few days across western parts of the country. but if i run through the last few days in th

further south a lot of cloud around.happens to pitchers will rise because there is pretty humid and you will start to see some showers and thunderstorms developing towards the running on. that could be thundery downpours and it will feel quite humid in the sunshine. there is the band of rain pushing into cumbria and southern scotland, for much of scotland and northern ireland, a lot of sunshine around like in the west. gray and shelley in the east particularly along the aberdeenshire coast. cloudy overnight with rain and western parts of scotland and northern ireland which could be substantial and further south lengthy dry spells and further south lengthy dry spells and full still remain quite chilly and full still remain quite chilly and murky across eastern scotland. must this is quite mild. into saturday some showers across the south—east and northern and western areas being quite heavy and thundery across west of scotland and the afternoon. further south could see a good deal sunshine around and fewer showers here an

sunshine with humid air across the south and south—east. it could spark offa south and south—east.hower or thunderstorm. distantly cooler across the north and west under the cloud of rain. the low pressure pushes off into the north sea, then we look to the west, the next system, which will bring a speu the next system, which will bring a spell of rain, fairly strong wind during tuesday. initially, central, southern and eastern parts start dry, but quite breezy. then the rain pushes in from the west. it eventually reaches the south—east later. that system moves away off into the north sea. quite a squeeze in the isobars, so it could be quite windy for a while. then we look to the south, the high—pressure building infor the south, the high—pressure building in for wednesday. from wednesday onwards, quite an u nsettled wednesday onwards, quite an unsettled picture. light wind, good sunshine, and quite warm in places. high—pressure withers into thursday, this low pressure and the weather front will try to make inroads. for thursday, a lot of places will stay fine and dry with sunshine.

south—western scotland, and pushing through northern ireland.ts of the uk. let's have a look at the rush—hour. and the rain could be heavy across western and central parts of scotland, particularly the south—west, here. heavy rain. rain also heavy throughout the lake district, the hills of wales, and down into parts of england. but from lincolnshire into east anglia, and the south—east, at this stage, stilljust about dry. maybe a few spits and spots getting into london. you can see 11s, 12s 13s. 11s, 12s13s, so mild first thing. but the wind will be quite strong, particularly around these coastal areas. and then all that cloud is just going to engulf the uk. there will be some sunshine around. north—eastern parts of scotland, could be a sunnier spot, here. and maybe one or two areas. but the most of us, a cloudy, warmish sort of day, with rain coming and going throughout the course of the afternoon. how are we going compared to the rest of europe? nice weather across iberia. spain and portugal getting even warmer over the next few days. paris al

but first, today, the people of south korea are voting for a new president.after the former head of state — park geun—hye — was removed from office as part of an ongoing investigation into corruption. the south korean economy bounced back strongly following the 2008 financial crisis, but in recent years, quarterly growth has struggled to break above 1%. the current frontrunner, moonjae—in, has vowed to boost government spending and create over 800,000 newjobs in the public sector. his main rival — ahn cheol—soo — feels the government should be more cautious with its spending plans, but both candidates are united over one key issue: corruption. south korea is still reeling from a "money—for—influence" scandal which has seen several of the country's top executives grilled by politicians. this includes the bosses of massive corporations such as samsung, hyundai and lotte group. in the past, large conglomerates were credited with south korea's rise to economic prominence, but now many experts are questioning whether the country has become too over—reliant on the