i am sure you will guide us through it, steve evans, live from seoul.certainty not just for which has of course created uncertainty notjust for business but eu citizens living in the uk, reduce citizens in the eu, and others going for citizenship. —— british. i spoke to a resident and citizenship advisory consultant. i asked him what this meant for the freedom of movement. the biggest impact will be for british citizens. currently as a british and european citizen they are able to go through the eu. after brexit this will certainly be an uncertain status in the next two years and therefore as a british citizen they stand to lose the ability to travel freely through the ability to travel freely through the 27 states. as a citizen of the eu, they may lose the access to one state in britain. this makes the whole process complicated. visa free travel between the uk and european union countries, that is separate to what we are talking about in terms of separate treaties. the uk continues to negotiate its these are short—term policy. the attraction of uk citi

steve evans has the report from seoul. steve: the two women were taken to court. the fear was they were vulnerable to attack. they know who ordered the it -- who ordered the assassination. kim jong-nam, the exiled half -un wasf kim jong murdered on february 13. the accused are alleged to be the woman who jumped him at kuala lumpur airport and smeared his face with a deadly oil. assassins, one from vietnam one from indonesia, claimed that they thought they were taking part in a reality show prank. in court to charge was read to them. one said she was innocent. >> she was calm. of course, she is in distress because she is here. steve: malaysian authorities are skeptical. gel wasthought the harmless, why do they keep it off of their own skin? north korea denies being involved, but it sent diplomats to malaysia to try to get the body sent to north korea. accused today face the death penalty if found guilty. the ultimate price for being pawns in a bigger political game. steve evans, bbc news, south korea. laura: u.s. stocks soared today with the dow breaching the 21,00

we can now speak to our correspondent steve evans in seoul. n as to why the prosecutor wants her behind bars pending the trial or during the trial? the argument will be... it won't be a risk of flight, the former president of the country is not going to go to the airport and get on a plane without anybody noticing but there is an argument she could destroy evidence, hard drives, that kind of thing, but the counterargument there will be she's had plenty of time to do that. the argument that may well have weight with the court is that this is a very serious allegation. the amount is alleged to have been transferred in this bribery charge amount to tens of millions of dollars. 0ther people within the alleged conspiracy are already behind bars pending their trial. so the argument will be, ifa their trial. so the argument will be, if a and c are behind their trial. so the argument will be, ifa and care behind bars, shouldn't the person in the centre be behind bars? that will be the argument put. i think the expectation is pretty well that the court

steve evans joins us from seoul. steve, how did it get to this?rling around for about two years now, and it is a raft of allegations, but the main allegation is that the president brokered a corrupt deal to her best friend and the big conglomerates at what happened at three o'clock in the morning was that she learnt that she will not be allowed her freedom pending a trial. so, she came into the court at 10am the previous morning, listened to the hearings with the prosecutor arguing, well, if she is allowed to go three she might destroy evidence, very serious allegations. and she then sat that out while the justices debated her argument and the prosecutor's argument, and then at 3am a rude awakening, she was told, you can't go free. she was put in a black limo with law enforcement officials and taken to a detention centre, where she will remain for at least three weeks. at the expectation is that the prosecution will come back before that and say, we need an extension and furthermore charges are being brought. so, she could now face an extended per

steve evans there.: the thai dj taking techno to the world — we meet a rising star of the underground scene. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours then the soviet union lost an elderly sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic figure 20 years his junior. we heard these gunshots in the gym. then he came out through a fire exit and started firing at our huts. god, we were all petrified. james earl ray, aged 41, sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he's 90, travelled from memphis jail to nashville state prison in an eight—car convoy. paul, what's it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. what are you going to do now? is it going to change your life much do you think? i don't know really. i've never been married before. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: iraqi forces have made more gains in west mosul, but fierce fighting is threatening the city's civilian population. there

steve evans in seoul.s today: the un's special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has called for an urgent investigation into abuses against rohingya muslims. yanghee lee addressed the un human rights council in geneva today. earlier this month she released a report based on a 12—day trip to myanmar that detailed horrific claims of murder, rape and abuse. myanmar has rejected the allegations. a russian blogger is facing up to 7.5 years in prison for playing pokemon go in a church. the 22—year—old was arrested last year after posting a video of himself playing the famous game in a russian orthodox church. he's standing trial in the city of ekaterinburg and has pleaded not guilty to mockery of religious beliefs and inciting religious hatred. malaysia's national football team says it's disappointed an asian cup qualifier against north korea was delayed due to diplomatic tensions between the two nations. the decision to postpone the march 28 game in pyongyang came after the assassination of kimjong—nam, the

steve evans has what is next.ell, she enjoys, if that is the right word, that prison cell, and she probably faces trial on very serious allegations, so the prospect is that prison cell for the foreseeable future. maybe if she's found guilty eventually some months on for some years. you're absolutely right, rico, it is a very rude awakening. three weeks ago she was in the presidential palace. she has had a rough night. the decision of the court was at 3am in the morning and she had to wait in a room adjoining the court before learning at 3am, presumably not with much sleep, that she would be taken not to her own home but to a detention centre. this is the same detention centre to which her best friend was taken and the acting head of samsung was taken. so we now have a position where these three central characters in a swirling scandal have all been put behind bars. and i should say, importantly, that all three deny committing crime. there have been lots of apologies, the word sorry has been used repeatedly, but th

steve evans in seoul. we will keep an eye on how things fair for the firm.of asia. news that toshiba's nuclear unit filing for bankruptcy protection. we talked a lot about the woes for the firm. it is the nuclear unit of toe sheba. it is the nuclear unit of toe sheba. it has been facing multi—billion losses as a result of accounting fraud. they should be able to get their financial affairs fraud. they should be able to get theirfinancial affairs in fraud. they should be able to get their financial affairs in order. and then you would hope emerge out of the other side, but it will protect them while they can do that. so news just in toe sheba's loss—hit nuclear business has filed for ba n kru ptcy nuclear business has filed for bankruptcy protection. more from our teams in asia on bbc business live. the focus will be on sterling. let me show you what's happening in europe. a big day, triggering article 50 later today. playing out on the markets across the day. opening up higher, but we will get the real impact when we find out what is happening over the next

steve evans joins us from seoul.he stock is this the beginning of the last for the much the stock is this the beginning of the last - for the former of the last chapter for the former president? it depends if the prosecutor finds to president? it depends if the prosecutor finds - to convict prosecutor finds evidence to convict her. the prosecutor is interviewing her. the dr’osétutfir isinterviewine her. the orosetutor isinterviewino her - suspect, not as a witness. her as a suspect, not as a witness. 30 people around - have already 30 people around her have already §§§fi n 7 h 30 people around her have already §§§fi formallyi 30 people around her have already eeefi formally inducted, 30 people around her have already eeef! formally inducted, get accused been formally inductedgnetaccused charges. she is the one in the of charges. she is the one in the centre and even a she said sorry, it wasn't quite clear what she was sorry for. i think it was regret rather than an apology. if she is innocent of wrong doing, aisea she

allen, how old hard by evans and they call a flagrant one on evans. >> steve: yeah, that's a flagrant on the ball. >> andrew: excessive contact or pushing or holding a player from behind to prevent a score. the definition of a flagrant one. evans has already been called for a technical foul. >> steve: that's a flagrant one. he wrapped his arms around his head right there. >> andrew: flagrant one. >> steve: the definition of a flagrant one. >> andrew: you can see coming down the floor even the previous trip evans was so frustrated he missed that dunk, he took out some frustration there on allen. >> steve: no question. not trying to hurt him but whatever, "i'm going to wrap him up and he's not scoring" but it's a flagrant one. >> andrew: they have waved off the flagrant. calling it a common foul. >> steve: that looked to me as much as grabbing somebody where they couldn't score as anything >> andrew: they're saying evans was going for the ball. >> steve: draped around his neck? i'm not buying that one. i'm sorry. >> andrew: still free throws for arizona as the wildcats look for their 27

allen, how old hard by evans and they call a flagrant on ne o evans. >> steve: yeah, that's a flagrant on the ball. >> andrew: excessive contact or pushing or holding a player from behind to prevent a score. the definition of a flagrant one. evans has already been called for a technical foul. >> steve: that's a flagrant one. he wrapped his arms around his head right there. >> andrew: flagrant one. >> steve: the definition of a flagrant one. >> andrew: you can see coming down the floor even the previous trip evans was so frustrated he missed that dunk, he took out some frustration there on allen. >> steve: no question. not trying to hurt him but whatever, "i'm going to wrap him up and he's not scoring" but it's a flagrant one. >> andrew: they have waved off the flagrant. calling it a common foul. >> steve: that looked to me as much as grabbing somebody where they couldn't score as ainnythg >> andrew: they're saying evans was going for the ball. >> steve: draped around his neck? i'm not buying that one. i'm sorry. >> andrew: still free throws for arizona as the wildcats look for their 27

steve evans joins us live now from seoul.ratically elected president to actually be ousted while in office but every single democratically elected president has been caught up in corruption allegations. 0ne committed suicide as the prosecutors are circled. she is in that building to the prosecutors and there talking to the prosecutors and there are basically 13 allegations. they range from the very serious about she brokered a multimillion dollar deal to give money to her best friend in return for government is: she friend in return for government 25212222211, she desires that and so influence. she desires that and so do the companies. the allegations go right down the she let do the companies. the allegations go right down the - she let her best friend, for example, - too best friend, for example, have too much influence, that she was behind much influence,'that she was hehindi black list of artists who were a black list of artists who were the government. a whole antie the government. a whole range h allegations. there are

. >>> i'm back with steve hall, and evan macmullan, a former cia operative. >>> i'm back with steve hall, and evan macmillan. a former cia operative. what do we know at this point? >> it's difficult to tell what we know. i don't think we'll know more until we get more into this investigation, 25ez going to take a long time and it's going to be hard. the surprising thing i heard from director comey earlier today, it's a counterintelligence investigation. a counterintelligence investigation, because they deal with sensitive information. and it also overlaps into the legal part, it takes a long time and it's really hard. we're going to have to see where it all ends. but also from a counterintelligence perspective, though. there are so many data points that have gone down over the past really since the investigation began last year, i would be really surprised if there were absolutely no fire for the amount of smoke we've seen. >> what do you think of that, evan. do you think you wouldn't be surprised if there's absolutely no fire? >> i would be shocked if there season the a lot to discover

steve evans reports from seoul. stephen: mr.illerson came here with a particular message in the foreign ministry, and that is that the ironclad alliance, as he calls it, between the u.s. and south korea will remain whoever wins elections here in two months time. he was firm, though quietly spoken. he said the old policies had ended. we wait to see exactly what the new policy will be. secretary tillerson: let me be very clear -- the politics of strategic patience has ended. we are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, and economic measures. all options are on the table. north korea must understand that the only path to a secure, economically prosperous future is to abandon its development of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other weapons of mass destruction. we call on other reasonable -- regional powers in demanding the north korean government choose a better path and a different future for its people. stephen: beyond the actual words, the tone of the press conference was that the moment north korea has the abil

our correspondent steve evans reports from seoul.tephen: hidden in the motorcade, park geun-hye, no longer president. the post which protected her from prosecution. as an ordinary citizen, the prosecutor calls are in and she complies. said, to thehe korean people. but it is not clear what she is sorry for. was inks ago when she the presidential palace she was defiant. her innocence, she said, would emerge. others are facing the heat, like the patriarchs who control the biggest businesses in south korea. the head of samsung is on trial. best frienddent's has been charged, accused of getting money from business. park geun-hye is said to have favored donors in return. today, the prosecutor her supporters, angry at what they say is political persecution. the split in opinion over ex-president park symbolizes the division of the country. there will be an election in two months time, and then there may be a movement of left of the government. even after that, the division will remain. fansgeun-hye still has her . the prosecutor probably is

steve evans is in seoulfor us. thisjust in, given steve, this just in, given that those missiles went towards japan, the us secretary of defence saying he has spoken with japan's minister of defence, and they have of course as you might expect reaffirmed that the us east ed fast in its commitment to japan, something of course that donald trump had previously cast some doubt on —— us is stead fast. before the election he was casting doubt on whether japan, for example, should go it alone pretty well and get its own nuclear weapons, implying that south korea should pay more for the presence of us troops here so the whole tone of mr trump before the election was, the alliance, well, we are not too sure about it at today mrtrump are not too sure about it at today mr trump himself has called the acting leader of south korea and said they need to work very closely in cooperation against north korea. mr matthis, as you said, has called the defence minister in tokyo, so a lot of whole strength of the alliance, at least verb

steve evans their speaking earlier to us. you are watching newsday on the bbc.nder way. but it is a campaign that is worrying the region's was a minority. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. the number of dead and wounded defied belief. the worst atrocity on european soil in modern times. in less tha n european soil in modern times. in less than 2a hours the soviet union lost a n less than 2a hours the soviet union lost an elderly sikh leader and replaced in with a dynamic figure 20 yea rs replaced in with a dynamic figure 20 years hisjunior. we heard these gunshots. then they started firing at hearts and we were all petrified. james earl ray sentenced to 99 years and due for parole when he is 90. he travelled to nashville prison in an eight car convoy. what did feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. will it change your life much? i don't know, i've never been married before. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. our top stories: the us ambassador to the un nikki haley says north korea's leader is not

our correspondent in seoul is steve evans. he has been across this story all weekend.was the ex— president's demeanour when she left the official residence? president's demeanour when she left the official residence ?|i president's demeanour when she left the official residence? i think she was defiant. no sense of contrition oi’ was defiant. no sense of contrition or ofa was defiant. no sense of contrition or of a broken woman. she had abroad, broad smile, waving to support us from the back of her limousine when she arrived at the residence. that statement delivered not by her but a statement that the truth will out, indicating she does not except anything wrong. she did say surrey but that she did not com plete say surrey but that she did not complete her full—time in say surrey but that she did not complete herfull—time in office. there is a sense she will defy the court and prosecutors. will she be prosecuted? we court and prosecutors. will she be prosecuted ? we do court and prosecutors. will she be prosecuted? we do not know but there has to be that presumption.

steve evans reports, from seoul.rotesters clashed with police. officers struggled in a tug of war to stop a bus being turned over. two protesters died. moments earlier, inside court, president park was sacked. the chiefjustice said the president had broken the law and the trust of the people. tonight, anti—park protesters have been holding a victory rally. i certainly felt shivers going down my spine and i'm sure i'm not the only one in south korea today to feel this way. it's such an extraordinary thing in the history of our country, to see a president removed through a democratic constitutional mechanism. in 2014 and 2015, park met the head of samsung. the court decided a deal was done. samsung would give £30 million to park's best friend. in return, park got the national pension fund to back a samsung merger. and samsung bought a horse for park's best friend. price? $1 million. the country is now deeply divided. there will be an election within two months, and that may well end up with a more left—wing government,

steve evans sent this report from seoul. allegations she should be kept, barred penny had trouble is and other people in the alleged scandal are already in prison, pending the trials. so the argument runs should they not treated the same way? her argument is that there is the risk of flight. and there is no risk of destroying evidence, because she has been free, now, and able to have access to evidence for some months. all the same, thejudges evidence for some months. all the same, the judges will decide. evidence for some months. all the same, thejudges will decide. the betting must be that they agree with previousjudges, with betting must be that they agree with previous judges, with other defendants, that she should stay behind bars, pending her trial. they decide, but that is where the betting is. the politicalfocus in washington remains on the investigations into russian involvement in the us election, and whether the trump campaign was involved. the chairman of a senate intelligence committee looking into the matter sa

steve evans is in seoulfor us.al has been swirling around for a few years but what happened at three was that she learned she would not be allowed her freedom, pending a trial. so she came into the court at 10am the previous morning, listen to the hearings with the prosecutor arguing, well, if she is allowed to go free she might destroy evidence. very serious allegations, and she then sat it out while the justices debated her argument in the prosecutor ‘s group was argument, and then at 3am, a rude awakening, she was told you can't go free. she was put in a black limo with law enforcement officials and taken to a detention centre, where she will remain for at least three weeks, but the expectation is that the prosecution will come back before that and say we need an extension, and furthermore, charges are being brought. so she could now face an extended period injail if she is found guilty, and this, remember, is a lady who three weeks ago was in the presidential palace. the average jail cell in korea, the standard

earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul steve evans and he described former president park's firstc appearance since leaving the presidential palace. there was certainly no sense of contrition or of a broken woman or anything like that. she had a broad, broad smile, she was waving to her supporters from the back of the black limo when she arrived at her private residence. that statement, which was delivered not by her but as a statement that the truth will out, indicates that she does not except that she did anything wrong. she did say sorry but it was sorry that she had not completed herfull—time in office. there is a sense of contrition, there was a sense that she will defy the court and she will defy the prosecutors. will she be prosecuted 7 we do not know but there has to be that presumption because all the other people, 30 people all told, have now been charged with alleged corruption so she is the woman at the centre of the alleged scandal and there must be a presumption that the prosecutor will come after her as well. do we know what happens next? we now there will be a pres

our correspondent in seoul is steve evans. what do you think that implies, the truth will out?he is innocent. her difficulty is that 30 people around her big now formally accused of various aspects of an alleged corruption scandals that it is hard to see the person at the heart of the allegations is not going to get charged and her assertion is she has done nothing wrong and she will prove it. the difficulty i think is that before, while she was on the president, the special investigator wa nted president, the special investigator wanted to talk to her to get her side of the story but it was never forthcoming. she simply said she has apologised several times but never for doing anything wrong. one of the apologies implied that the real fault was to trust people, particularly her best friend, too much. but that statement is a bold statement, i did not do it, and it will become clear. she was smiling broadly getting out of her limousine. almost confident? defiance would be pretty fair word. there has been a lot of surmising about what was going on in her mindful how would she eme

our correspondent in seoul is steve evans. he told me what he made of the manner of her departure.at she is innocent. her difficulty is that 30 people around her have now been formally accused of various aspects of an alleged corruption scandal so it is quite hard to see that the person at the heart of those allegations is not going to get charged and her assertion is she has done nothing wrong and she will prove it. the difficulty i think is that before, while she was still president, the special investigator wanted to talk to her to get her side of the story but it was never forthcoming. she simply said she has apologised several times but never for doing anything wrong. one of her apologies implied that her real fault was that she trusted people around her, particularly her best friend, too much. but that statement is a bold statement, i did not do it, and that will become clear. stay with us on bbc news, still to come — the thai dj taking techno to the world — we meet a rising star of the underground scene. the numbers of dead and wounded defied belief. this the worst terrorist

steve evans is in seoulfor us.e missile defence system 7 tell us more about the missile defence system? it is called thaad and it is basically a system of ray does and incoming resale detectors and then the missiles to destroy them — that is the theory. it was going to be like, very contentiously in south korea, but they have brought it forward. they have started shifting part into a golf course south of seoul. china says it up course south of seoul. china says it up balances the power in this part of the world and it really does not like it. china has implemented some minor economic sanctions on the south korea. it has cut down on chinese tourists coming here, for example. there are investigations of regulation is currently of south korean companies in china associated with the deployment of thaad. it is very contentious. mr trump was on the phone to the leader of this country this morning saying we are going to bolster our alliance in the wa ke going to bolster our alliance in the wake of those missile launchers

thank you for joining us, steve evans.im with the announcement tomorrow on president park. and sally is here with all the business news. yes thanks adnan. samsung has had a torrid year. don't forget the torrid drummer with the galaxy note 7. it has been a torrid time for them. we are also covering what is being described as the trial of the century in south korea. the company may be a household name worldwide, but the boss is not. so what do we know about him? well, jay y lee is vice—chairman of the company, but he is known in south korean media as the "crown prince of samsung". and that is because he is the only son of the chairman lee kun—hee who was convicted of rabri and tax evasion himself. but he was pardoned. jay y lee has been in charge since his father had a heart attack in 2014. so he has been the de facto bosses then. now, the lee family are phenomenally wealthy. forbes magazine rank them as the richest family in asia for the second year in a row. you can see how much they are valued at. almost $30 billion. and

i asked our correspondent in seoul steve evans what he makes of north korea's statement.missile tests, and about kimjong—nam, the half brother of kim jong—un, who was murdered last week in malaysia. the line from the dprk, as it calls itself, north korea, is that the murder of the half brother was basically done by the us, and, quote, it's vassal, south korea. that is because it wants to stoke up what it calls international repugnance for north korea. now, north korea says that the agent, that highly toxic poison which was smeared on the dead man's face, the us manufactures that. now, it has to be said that the malaysian authorities certainly don't believe that, and there is evidence pointing towards north korea. so if you are looking from the outside, north korea is probably playing the two audiences, and that is a kind of divided international audience. many people on the left in europe who have some sympathy with north korea, but more importantly, information seeps into north korea, and there must be a question in the regime's mind about what ordinary north koreans mak

steve evans in seoul.ding to the leak of the d raft it was responding to the leak of the draft report into its handling of allegations of discrimination againstjess varnish by steve sutton. david 0rnstein is that the national cycling centre, tell us about what is in the document? for almost one year this has been hanging over british cycling, britain‘s most successful and well funded 0lympic britain‘s most successful and well funded olympic sport, like a dark cloud. it started when sprint cyclist jess cloud. it started when sprint cyclistjess varnish made allegations of sexism and discrimination against the former performance director shane sutton. that is before other riders and stav supported her, talking about a culture of fear and bullying. —— other riders and staff. a report into the culture of british cycling was commissioned, a leaked draft published in the daily mail backed up published in the daily mail backed up many of the complaints, perhaps most damningly describing certain‘s predecessor, sir

it's at this point, i'm going to enlist the help of steve evans in seoul.the accusations. we had legal hearings today, a bit of a wrangle between the two sides about whether they could use powerpoint and that kind of thing. this trial will go on until may. va nstone argued kind of thing. this trial will go on until may. vanstone argued that firstly it was not corruption. we give money to good causes all the time. there was no deal done. they are not disputing there was a meeting, but what they are saying is that was no quid pro quo for the money. that would be crucial. very difficult to prove corruption when there is no evidence in terms of documents or anything like that, and only two people involved. it is a complex case, but there is a bigger trial if you like, and that is the trial if you like, and that is the trial of the way in which the biggest companies in this country and government relate to each other. a lot of people literally on the streets say it is far too cosy, far too close, and it needs to change. you have looked at this from a political a

the bbc‘s steve evans has more from seoul.biggest companies, a household name throughout the planet and the top man, the defect to head of the thing, is up for trial on embezzlement and bribery and will go to prison if found guilty —— the de fa cto. to prison if found guilty —— the de facto. eight is known that he denies the court, charge, samsung is indicating there will be a denial. bernabeu of this charge, all the big allegation, is that jay why lee met the president of this company, just the president of this company, just the two of them, face to face, and they then made a deal and that deal was that samsung paid two foundations, run by the best friend of the president, a lot of money, just short of $a0 million, in return the country's pension fund would put its weight behind a change... that the samsung family wanted to make to strengthen its control. now, there are strengthen its control. now, there a re lots of strengthen its control. now, there are lots of allegations with lots of these... what they say is we talk to

our correspondent steve evans has more from seoul. it looks from the outside... days, but it looks from the outside as though they are intermediate—range. in other words, not missiles which are capable of hitting the continental united states, for example. there is a bit of a ritual going on here. every year, at this time, south korea and the us have a big military exercise. north korea says it is practice for invasion. it takes it very badly, and every year, about this time, it looses off missiles. and so there is clearly a signal being sent to south korea — we are very displeased by these military exercises. on top of that, north korea has an avowed aim to develop missiles capable of striking japan, south korea and the united states, but it doesn't quite have the technology. it loosed off several missiles last year, and they were duds. they went hardly any distance. so it is trying to get things right, for two reasons. one, to send a signal to south korea and the us — it doesn't like the exercises. but also to test the things. there may be a third reason, and t

steve evans reports from seoul on the political turmoil engulfing the country.lice. 0fficers struggled in a tug of war to stop a bus being turned over. two protesters died. moments earlier, inside court, president park was sacked. the chiefjustice said the president had broken the law and the trust of the people. tonight, anti—park protesters have been holding a victory rally. i certainly felt shivers going down my spine and i'm sure i'm not the only one in south korea today to feel this way. it's such an extraordinary thing in the history of our country, to see a president removed through a democratic constitutional mechanism. in 2014 and 2015, park met the head of samsung. the court decided a deal was done. samsung would give £30 million to park's best friend. in return, park got the national pension fund to back a samsung merger. and samsung bought a horse for park's best friend. price? $1 million. the country is now deeply divided. there will be an election within two months, and that may well end up with a more left—wing government, which will be more accom

it is our correspondent in its own, steve evans.condemnation from the government here in its own and from tokyo, from the prime minister, and from washington. there is a background to this, us and south korean troops have just started joint exercises which north korea says are practice for invasion. it prompted the chinese foreign ministry to call for both sides to show restraint. the regime in pyongyang has been rallying the citizens. missile launchers helped keep unity, like asserting north military strength and pointing at the threat beyond the borders. north korea often flau nts the borders. north korea often fla u nts its the borders. north korea often flaunts its missiles on parade. nobody quite knows what they can do. its ambition is to have intercontinental missiles which can strike the united states. if these missiles are a technological development, that increases the pressure on president trump to do something. he says he has ruled out no options. the implication being that it includes the military option. that is a lot e

steve evans is outside it arab chorus london, and he will bring us that use when it comes to. -- it,e honour for a football player, the portuguese striker cristiano ronaldo has had the airport on his home island of madeira named after him. however, it was his rather odd—looking statue that attracted most of the attention at the unveiling ceremony — as our reporter sarah corker explains. cristiano ronaldo is a local hero in madeira. the islands most famous son, a rags to riches success. so what better way to outline his achievement than naming the airport after him and unveiling a new statue? but this probably was not quite the likeness he was expecting. unfazed by the bulging eyes of the bust behind him, he thanked the regional government for this tribute. but social media has not been quite so kind. the statue has already got its own spoof twitter page. football fans say it looks like former republic of ireland catch on niall quinn than ronaldo. and this is another quote. 0ne fan said this. singing. and another statue, again in ronaldo's hometown, has also been the subject of ridicu

thank you very much for taking us through all of that, steve evans live in seoul outside the districtstill some hours a way, perhaps even tomorrow we might know the result of that hearing. let's round—up some of the other main stories: 12 people have died in south—western texas after a head—on collision between a pickup truck and a van. three others have also been injured. police say the van was carrying fourteen senior members of a local church returning from a three—day retreat. two former aides to chris christie, the republican governor of newjersey, have been sent to prison for their role in a political revenge plot dubbed "bridge—gate." bill baroni and bridget kelly were given terms of two years and 18 months respectively for their role in closing traffic lanes on a busy new york bridge. the scandal derailed mr christie's presidential ambitions. severe weather is continuing to reek havoc in the australian state of queensland, with further evacuations ordered. the storm which cut off several towns two days ago has moved south and flood warnings have been issued down the coast. hun

the women claim they thought they were taking part in a prank. 0ur south korea correspondent steve evanssent them and what the process will be, or when they will enter a plea? we do not. we certainly do not know who will represent them. this hearing today was a very formal hearing. the presentation of charges at a lower court. the matter will be referred up court. the matter will be referred up to court. the matter will be referred uptoa court. the matter will be referred up to a more senior court for trial. today, it was a matter of identification of the two accused women and also the charge being read to them, that they killed the north korean man in the departure error of kuala lumpur or airport on debris to i3. kuala lumpur or airport on debris to 13. -- kuala lumpur or airport on debris to i3. —— on february 13. the ladies said in english that they understood the charge but that they did not do it. the theory that they were duped in some way to take part in a rank. in other words, they thought that there could be a prank for reality television, and they simply did not know what they

steve evans reports from seoul. hidden in the motive cade, park guen—haye. w clear what she is sorry for. two weeks ago, when she was $5555! from = weeks ago wggn,cgg gigottietodfrgéj presidential palace, she was the presidential palace, she was defiant. her innocence, she said, would emerge. 0thers defiant. her innocence, she said, would emerge. others are also facing the heat, like the patriarchs who control the biggest businesses in south korea, the head of some sun is on trial. - ex—president‘s south korea, the head of some sun is on triv has l ex—president‘s south korea, the head of some sun is on triv has beers-president's — south korea, the head of some sun is on triv has been charged it's — south korea, the head of some sun is on triv has been charged accused — getting moneyiutu; business. park getting money from business. park guen—haye is said to have favoured guen—haye is said to haveiayouted in return. 0utside, her donors in return. 0utside, her supporters, angry at what they call political persecution. this symbolises the whole division of the c

landing in waters which are part ofjapan‘s exclusive economic zone. 0ur south korea correspondent steve evans he north korea has got several reasons for launching missiles in this way. there is a ritual that plays out that this kind of year. south korea and the us are currently engaged in big military exercises. north korea finds that very displeasing. it says it is a rehearsal for displeasing. it says it is a rehearsalfor invasion. north korea also makes much on parades of its big missiles, but it is not clear how advanced they are. last year it loosed off several missiles, which were duds, they didn't go any distance, so it is trying to improve that technology. thirdly, perhaps kim jong—un wants to divert the attention of his own citizenry from the allegation of murder against him and his regime, the allegation that he had his own half—brother killed in malaysia. there is a new man in the white house. president trump has signalled that north korea will not get missiles capable of reaching the united states. the tone is very different, but mr trump's problems with north korea remain exactly

our correspondent steve evans has more from seoul. there is a bit of a ritual going on here. year, at this time, south korea and the us have a big military exercise. north korea says it is practice for invasion. north korea also makes much of parades of their big missiles. but it is unclear how howard as they are. “— it is unclear how howard as they are. —— how a dance. last year, it said several missiles, but they were duds. so it is trying to improve that technology. certainly, perhaps kimjong—nam that technology. certainly, perhaps kim jong—nam was to divert the attention of his own citizenry from the allegation of murder against him and his regime. the allegation that he had his own half brother killed in malaysia. there is a new man in the white house. president trump has signalled that north korea will not get missiles capable of reaching the united states. the tone is very different, but mr trump's problems with north korea remain exactly the same as they were under president obama. north korea is developing a nuclear arsenal and nothing seems to be able to stop it. an

let's get the latest from our korea correspondent steve evans in seoul. ct security around their appearance. huge security. they were leading separately by a phalanx of heavily armed police with helmets, paul masks, separately into the court. the charge was read to them that they murdered a north korean citizens in the departure terminal of kuala lumpur airport. citizens in the departure terminal of kuala lumpurairport. one citizens in the departure terminal of kuala lumpur airport. one of them simply nodded that she understood the charge. the other said, in english, i understand the charge but ididn't do english, i understand the charge but i didn't do it. the assumption had been that they thought they had been duped into some kind of prank. in other words, that they were doing something for reality tv. just the fa ct something for reality tv. just the fact that the charge has been bought indicates that the malaysia authorities are not buying that theory. the rationale must be that if they thought it was a prank, they might have touched this substance the

steve evans reports from seoul.e, the two women were taken to court. the fear was that they were vulnerable to attack because they know who ordered the assassination. kimjong—nam, the know who ordered the assassination. kim jong—nam, the exiled know who ordered the assassination. kimjong—nam, the exiled half brother of north korean leader kim jong—un, was murdered on february 13. the accused are alleged to have been the women who jumped him at kuala lumpur airport and smeared his face with a deadly oil. the alleged assassins, one from vietnam and one from indonesia, claim they were duped into thinking they were taking pa rt duped into thinking they were taking part ina duped into thinking they were taking part in a reality show prank. in court today, the charge was read to them. one said she was innocent. she was perfectly all right, she was calm. of course, she will definitely be stressed because it is the death penalty here. but the malaysian authorities are sceptical. if the attackers thought that the gel they we

live now to the capital, seoul, and our correspondent steve evans. this is a very big deal. it is.t is devastating, really. this is the first time in the 30 years there has been democracy here where the sitting president has been kicked out of office and this president parkis out of office and this president park is the daughter of the founding president. you could say it is a test for democracy. there have been big protests every saturday night and many other nights a against her. there have been pretty big protests in her favour. the there have been pretty big protests in herfavour. the country there have been pretty big protests in her favour. the country is split. at the end of it all the highest court in the land has said there was a corrupt relationship. and at the centre of that relationship is her best friend, money going from corporations to foundations run by the best friend and the implication that influences going back via the president. as you say it has been very controversial up until now. what happens next, how controversial, how much dispute is likely to be about t

we can speak to our correspondent, steve evans, whojoins us from south korea's capital, seoul.going on? north korea is very annoyed at the moment that south korea and the united states are holding joint military exercises. north korea says it is practice for an invasion. so what it does in ms connor circumstance, with hide manga, is it looses off missiles. for them, this time, normally fewer than that. but experts will now be looking at whether these missiles are new, weather, for example, they could hit the continental united states. kim jong—un has said could hit the continental united states. kimjong—un has said his could hit the continental united states. kim jong—un has said his aim is to develop a nuclear arsenal and the missiles to put warheads on to hit cities like los angeles and washington. so people will look at this launch to work out if he is making progress towards that. thank you forjoining us. talks are beginning in belfast today aimed at forming a new power—sharing government. the two largest parties, the democratic unionists and sinn fein, are still divided ov

steve evans joins us live from the capital. steve, what's the latest?ny, many protesters. what is happening now? this is a pro- park protest. -- pro—park. a group like this that make inaudible. just beyond... inaudible. steve, ithink we make inaudible. just beyond... inaudible. steve, i think we will have to stop you why we sort out your microphone. obviously a couple of technical problems with the sound there in south korea. we will get that sorted and returned to steve shortly. a federaljudge in the united states has refused to issue an emergency order to halt president trump's revised travel ban. it follows an an attempt by washington state to have the new restrictions put on hold. the president dismissed judgejames robart as a "so—called judge" when he ruled against his first attempt to restrict travel to the us from seven predomina ntely muslim countries. he has not yet ruled on the new restrictions. online touts who bulk buy tickets and sell them for inflated prices will face unlimited fines under government plans. an amendment to the digital econ

steve evans reports from seoul.two women were taken to court. the fear was that they were vulnerable to attack because they know who ordered the assassination. kim jong—nam, the exiled half—brother of north korea's leader kimjong—un, was murdered on 13th february. the accused are alleged to be the women who jumped kim jong—nam at kuala lumpur airport and smeared his face with a deadly oil. the alleged assassins, one from vietnam, one from indonesia, claim they were duped into thinking they were taking part in a reality show prank. in court today the charge was read to them. one said she was innocent. she was perfectly all right and she was calm. of course, she was definitely will be stressed because she is facing the death penalty here. but the malaysian authorities are sceptical. if the attackers thought the gel they were smearing on the victim was harmless, why did they keep it off their own skin? north korea denies being involved, but it has sent diplomats to malaysia to try to get the body sent to north korea. m