and south korea. we recently spoke with a historian about the background of the relationship between the two countries and the involvement in the night states -- the involvement of the united states. this is just under 20 minutes. david is a historian at university of wisconsin madison who specializes in a timely field, u.s.-korea relations. what is the most important thing that anyone who is watching the news right now worrying about the state of things should know about korea and north korea? >> the most important thing to understand is that the division of korea was originally a u.s. idea. this was never supposed to be permanent. korea would eventually unify. that did not happen. the division became permanent. much,ason this matters so the koreans see themselves as one people, one nation, one race, and would like to be reunified. especially south koreans who have family in the north. koreans hold the united states responsible for that decision. there is a latent strain of running through korean soc

of white south africans? not only. community planning. architectural apartheid. in fact, i normallyjoke, if we are going to legitimise everything, maybe we should also, instead of outlawing apartheid, we should legitimise it, because it is still here. there are many, trevor manuel, former government minister in 2013, he says you cannot undo those decades of apartheid in a short space of time. it is not possible. he says you are a magician, the legacy of apartheid runs too deep to reverse in the short period. i am not a minister. do you agree that it will take more than 20 years to reverse apartheid? i don't think the onus will come from the administration. i think the political industry will have to come from those people who monopolise the economy of south africa. if the goodwill doesn't come from them, it has been a one—sided reconciliation. what do you make of the record of the anc with 20 years in power. it was the most... inequality has expanded under the anc. most liberation movements are fantastic du

any north korean defectors who live in the south find south korean existence empty because their lives are about nothing from their perspective besides the pursuit of profits, which they are taught to disparage. life in north korea's about something, it is about maintaining the north korean , about maintaining the north korean revolution and every north korean has a purpose in that struggle. a lot of them, especially the defectors, say terrible things about kim jong-un. there are less likely to say those things about kim jong-il and you'll never hear them say anything about kim il-sung. even defectors see kim il-sung as a visionary leader and a >> what should the everyday american know about the current south korean government attitudes toward the united states and the west? >> it's important to understand south koreans have a sense of grievance against the united states. not because of the division, we divide them and establish a separate state. then we left korea in 1949. against the wishes of the south korean government, who begged us to stay. they said if we leave, the north americ

what about for south korea, michael? how should president moon and his administration prepare and approach these talks? president moon has a lot of experience dealing with dprk, having served as a chief aide to the previous south korean president. president moon is proceeding very cautiously, and we have to look at this as a baby—steps process. and, should the participation of the dprk in the winter olympics be realised, it's likely that they will then proceed cautiously to further interactions, further down the line. and i'm sure everyone will be very curious, michael, who the north korean side will be sending over for this dialogue. do you think it could be anyone close to kim jong—un? there is a possibility, and anything is possible, of course, but there's a good possibility that he might send his younger sister, that's one of the pieces of gossip that is sort of floating around the peninsular right now. we might also see him send north korea's unofficial number two official, who also attended the rio dejaneiro ol

of england and south—west wales. that weather front slowly moves its way eastwards and reaches northern ireland and then the rest of scotland and in towards other parts of england. quite fragmented as it reaches northern and eastern areas by the end of the night. behind it, the skies clear, turning quite cold. we could see some frost and maybe some ice after the overnight rain. and a few showers piling into the south—west of england and also for the channel islands. for wednesday then, we start off on a cloudy, wet note, central and eastern areas. i think it's a good improvement, though, through the day. that rain should eventually clear away, may leave a little bit of cloud around across the far east of england there. wet, though, all day for the shetland isles. but plenty of sunshine in its place, and not feeling too bad. ten in the warmest spots. the area of low pressure clears away, takes its showers with it. then we are in a region of slack high pressure, so what that means, by the end of the week we could see

in the short term, both south and north korea have a real co nve rg e nt south and north korea have a real convergent of entrance. south korea really wa nts convergent of entrance. south korea really wants the olympics to go off well and without incident and north korea wants to have its athletes participate and also showcased some other cultural and sporting prowess in front of the world. on the flipside, has the north being drawn into this dialogue because sanctions are starting to bite? there is a little evidence over the last couple of that sanctions are starting to bite. we are seeing the exchange rate fluctuate a little bit. the price of gas shut up but then stabilised a if you months ago. i think overall, the economy is now robust enough in north korea that kim jong—un is more robust enough in north korea that kimjong—un is more keen to explore what is possible now with south korea and where the diversions is with washington. also to seek what mainly the moon administration may be able to sell in dc in terms of a compromise position. what does this mean now in terms of impr

tens of thousands of south koreans it's reported a. have signed an online petition urging president moon to scratch the plans for the north to participate in the woods really big summit how do people in the south feel about it. well it's not surprising that there are people who are against this korea is a very ideologically divided country at the woman you can effectively say it's fifty percent conservative the person the barrel and many people here do believe that north korea is a threat and it is a country that does not have the best interest of south korea at its heart we have seen the kind of provocation and the threats over the years and it's become quite clear to south koreans that although there are many common interests the two koreas need to pursue at the same time there needs to be a great deal of caution in dealing with north korea and the goal by the kind of probably reactions that we have seen since the announcement that north korea is indeed participating in the olympics there's actually been a lot of public anger here ov

sophie long reports from the south korean capital, seoul. communication between the north and south korean governments has now been re—established. a north korean delegation will be present at the winter olympics being hosted by the south. and a direct military hotline connecting to the two koreas has been reactivated. but there was barely a mention, and certainly no movement on the fundamental issue of north korea's nuclear and missile programme. today, the south korean president said resolving that was the only pathway to peace. translation: the de-nuclearisation of the korean peninsula is the fundamental pathway we need to follow. this cannot be compromised. this is the only way for us to achieve full peace in the korean peninsula. not everyone was in favour of the talks. some believe that the north korean leader's sudden willingness to engage with its neighbour is motivated by the desire to drive a wedge between those allied against him, as the latest round of un sanctions imposed on his regime really start to bite. but moonjae—in wa

. >>> next south zkthe governor of south dakota delivers his state of the state address. he spoke about health care workforce, education, and training tribal relations and agriculture. his term is set to end next january. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> members of the house and members of the senate friends and family in the gallery and the people of south dakota listening and viewing this please welcome the honorable governor dennis duguard. [ applause ] [ applause continues ] >> thank you very much. thank you, lieutenant governor. you're outstanding. thank you all for being here today. to begin, i would like to recognize two new legislators, first, doug bartell. appointed him to replace don hager. doug spent his career in law enforcement, including 12 years as due paul's chief of police. he was here last month and sworn in. let's welcome him again. doug where are you? there he is. welcome. [ applause ] second is mike dedrick. i appointed mike last month following the loss of our friend, craig teasen. mike has served three terms in the '80s and '90s. i appreciate his

, this week, of a south african great. the legislate dare musician hugh masakala. his trumpet sounded an anthem for the anti-apartheid movement. he's mourned as the father of south african jazz. ♪ >>> the great hugh masakala, dead at the age of 78. >>> we turn now to facebook, the most popular website in the world, with 2 billion users. but silicon valley giants are now facing a tech lash as we battle fake news, online extremism and social disruption. my next guest was one of facebook's most successful executives. he was the vice president in charge of driving up the users. but he recently gave an astonishing talk at stanford university warning about the dangero dangers of social media and the impact on our society today. take a listen. >> i think in the back, deep, deep recesses of our minds, we kind of knew something bad could happen. but i think the way we defined it was not like this. it literally is a point now where i think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. >> and

tens of thousands of south koreans it's reported a. have signed an online petition urging president moon to scratch the plans for the north to participate in the woods through the big summit how do people in the south feel about it. well it's not surprising that there are people who are against this korea is a very ideologically divided country at the woman you can effectively say it's fifty percent conservative fifty percent liberal and many people here do believe that north korea is a threat and it is a country that does not have the best interest of south korea at its heart we have seen the kind of publications the threats over the years and it's become quite clear to south koreans that although there are many common interests that the two koreas need to pursue at the same time there needs to be a great deal of caution in dealing with north korea and the goal by the kind of probably reactions that we have seen since the announcements that north korea is indeed participating in the olympics there's actually been a lot of public anger

south korea accepts talks with the north but says pyongyang needs to address the nuclear issue to really improve relations. and sam is a down this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the government protests continue in iran despite present ronnie's calls for unity israel's parliament passes a law making it harder to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians and pakistan stops charities banned by the un security council from collecting funds. south korea has accepted the north's rare all full of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday the unification ministry said the talks with mainly focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics in the south that follows kim jong un's new year address which struck a more friendly tone from seoul and joins us now live from seoul so any plans at this point by officials to talk about anything other than him pick issues . well for more we've heard from south korean officials is that the talks are going to focus on apart from the olympics on improving into career relations and we have really haven't had any more

ahead of the winter olympics of thaw in the ice north and south korea well they're talking again it's mostly about sports for now tonight kim jong un is planning to send his athletes and his cheerleaders to the games in the south will they arrive in peace or in a trojan horse. this is the day. the talks were held in a serious friendly atmosphere throughout the year the north will send a high level delegation athletes a cheering squad artists spectators and reporters to the winter olympics that i'm on when we'll consider lifting sanctions against north korea if it is necessary to facilitate the visits of the north korean delegation. from cancun to north korea's participation is needed to promote peace olympics in mind. our strategic weapons including atomic bombs and intercontinental ballistic missiles ironically i'm to think you will not. also coming up tonight children first cell in communist china the story of a mother desperate to find her child taken away and no one seems to care. now what i have been trying to find him for three years this is my child he was sold to someone in yo

south korea well they're talking again it's mostly about sports for now tonight kim jong un is planning to send his athletes and his cheerleaders to the games in the south will they arrive in peace or in a trojan horse. this is the day. the talks were held in a serious friendly atmosphere throughout today go. to north will send a high level delegation athletes a cheering squad spectators and reporters to the winter olympics. i'm still on when we'll consider lifting sanctions against north korea if it is necessary to facilitate the visits of the north korean delegation. from time to north korea's participation is needed to promote peace olympics. our strategic weapons including atomic bombs and intercontinental ballistic missiles ironically i'm getting you wits not. also coming up tonight and children first cell in communist china the story of a mother desperate to find her child taken away and no one seems to care. now i thought i'd been trying to find him for three years this is my child he was sold to someone in your village i want my child back where did this family get the money to

decent relationship with south korea that is to say that the north korea misses the days when south korea used to give assistance and aid and subsidies and stuff like that it was known as the sunshine policy which was continue which was begun under previous liberal presidents and the stop hope of north korea the current liberal president of south korea bring that back so i think the north koreans are entirely content to have the relationship they have with the united states right now the nuclear tensions and all that obviously with donald trump that's not going to change and they'd like to find a way than to go along with some of the other players the north has done this for a long time sort of playing one off the other off the other right and so if you if the americans are giving you a hard time then you go to the south i don't really see any change what we've seen in two thousand and seventeen i am i'm genuinely concerned right i mean the more the north koreans build the more missiles the more nuclear weapons they have the more tests they do and stuff like that the more sites they

absolutely now and this peace offering is only being made to south korea and south koreans president moon j.n. who took office in may is more of a liberal when it comes to dealing with north korea especially compared to his predecessors now and so this conciliatory tone is perhaps in part a recognition of that north korea is even offering to send its athletes to compete in the upcoming winter olympics and paralympics is being hosted in pyongyang in south korea just eighty kilometers south of the border with north korea now but analysts asking what is kim jong un hoping to achieve by offering this all of branch to south korea well some analysts say it could be a tactic to drive a wedge between south korea and the u.s. traditional allies particularly at a time when south korea is being led by a liberal president who takes less of a hard line approach on north korea it could also be a ploy to buy north korea more time while it advances its nuclear weapons technology and as a tactic to gain a supporter in the outside while because this olive branch is only being offered to south korea an

are you looking at doing any work out of georgetown, south carolina or charleston, south carolina? of course, it has a lot of history and my family has been involved in the history. dr. masur: that's a great question. south carolina -- so many amazing things happen during reconstruction and that is so terrific that you have a founder ancestor and you know about him. it is so admirable and so amazing. so, the panel we were just on in beaufort, south carolina, and of course, one reason it is in south carolina is south carolina had some of the most interesting politics. many more african-americans served in the state legislature the most other states, and therefore had a really dig say in the policies they passed. -- big say in the policies they passed or is there are terrific books about the state during reconstruction because it is so famous. it is almost like the most avagard, -- avagard, forward thinking state. confederate monuments -- confederate monuments, i think it has been widely described -- there are two different monuments where white communities were feeling very empowere

because william gumede, chair of the democracy works foundation in south africa, a highly respected south african, says, the corrupt side control the party, and are going to protect zuma at all costs. cyril ramaphosa's challenge will be managing this while getting started on reforms which will be slower, not big bang. i put it to you again, your hands are tied. you are not in control of your party? well, you know, as president of the african national congress, myjob is to unite the party, to unite the party, to execute the resolutions that are taken by the party, and one of those is to fight corruption, and already we have shown our hand. we have already started acting against people who are corrupt, we have had a commission appointed, we have moved into one of our state—owned enterprises which had been captured, and we are rooting out people who are corrupt, and we are going to be ensuring that the criminal justice system officials do arrest people who are corrupt. our intent on that should never be doubted. we are going to take action against those who have acted wrongly against the p

the south korean team. he says, we don't want that, we want reification. the north koreans on our team will just drag it down. that was one man's opinion. discussions,these are we likely going to see any breakthrough? what are the expectations, here? is it low, in terms of what will come out of this? the olympics give an opening for kim jong-un. i am not going to say this is the sunshine period between the north and south, but this is an opening to at least have the two sides discuss. the bigger question is how lasting this will be. beyond when the olympic games will wrap up and all the goodwill of the games has evaporated untold he gets back into the cold war, -- u ntil we get back into the cold war. and how far does north korea try to drive a wedge between the u .s.? how will china keep this dialogue going? will we have party talks with russia and japan getting involved? we will take baby steps right now, to get these two sides, the north and south, at least discussing common interests and touring partici

they say international artists should continue to boycott south at —— south africa until majority rule is established. teams try to lump up 01’ is established. teams try to lump up or you'll as france faces an international crisis. three weeks ago the authorities assured these areas that the oil would have at least he. it didn't. the worlds tallest skyscraper emerged today, has easily taken over its nearest rival. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the author of a damning book on donald trump says he stands by everything he wrote in his depiction of a chaotic white house. brutally cold weather in the united states has killed at least 18 people. record—breaking low temperatures are expected this weekend. north korea has agreed to hold direct talks with the south next tuesday for the first time in two years. they're likely to focus mainly on next month's winter olympics, which are happening in south korea. just a day earlier, the us announced that it had agreed to seoul's request to delayjoint military exercises. those drills usually increase tensions with pyongyang. from

in south korea. this morning. do we know anything yet any agreements yet to come out of these talks that are in effect happening. at this moment it's all very sensitive and secretive given that you know this is the first meeting face to face meeting between the two sides in two years and it's been a heck of a year with all the saber rattling with all the missile launches the war games and you know what gives it away is where this is taking place along the most heavily militarized border in the world the most heavily mined border in the world we're getting bits and pieces coming out of a south korean news agency and various south korean news agencies but this was these talks were never supposed to be about anything other then the winter olympics that are going to be taking place in south korea that's the official reason because obviously the south koreans want to get the north koreans to come if the north koreans and the delegation will be much more unlikely to launch ballistic missiles or you know stage war games

south direction, itjumped in front so south direction, itjumped in front soi south direction, itjumped in front so i had to turn back and come back to the house, terabyte, surrounding me isa to the house, terabyte, surrounding me is a smoke. —— terrified. it is thick with smoke and it has just gone a bit dark so obviously now the smoke is it so thick in the sky it is blocking out the sun. a number of properties were destroyed in the states of victoria and south australia and residents have been warned to prepare for more. the winter of 2017 was one of the driest on record. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the stunning shot that picked up a top international photographic prize. also on the programme... sculpting in ice — the international competition in the chinese city of harbin the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest o

most or many north korean defectors who live in the south find south korean existence very empty because their lives are about nothing from their perspective besides the pursuit of profits, which they are taught to disparage. where life in north korea's about something, it is about maintaining the north korean race. about maintaining the north korean revolution and every north korean has a purpose in that struggle. a lot of them, especially the north korean defectors, say terrible things about kim jong-un. what a terrible leader he is. there are less likely to say those things about kim jong-il and you'll never hear them say , anything about kim il-sung. i think even north korean defectors see kim il-sung as a visionary leader and a great nationalist for the korean people. >> what should the everyday american know about the current south korean government? the attitude towards the united states and the west? >> i think it is important to understand that south koreans have a sense of grievance against the united states, not just because of the division, it is well-known that we divided ko

one area of rain perilously close to parts of south—west england, along the south coast as well. but that rain will be clearing off very quickly, and then essentially across england and wales, through the day, we're looking at large areas of cloud and some sunny spells. just one or two showers across parts of north—west england, and still the potentialfor some icy stretches across parts of north—east england, just through the first part of the morning. showers packing in across scotland but look at the temperatures, five, six degrees in edinburgh and glasgow. we didn't get anywhere near that even through the middle of the afternoon on sunday. northern ireland, starting off mainly dry — pretty cloudy but some sunny breaks, and we'll see some sunny breaks developing across wales, and into the west midlands as well. rain in the south will disappear into the near continent very quickly through the morning. we'll keep some showers going across northern scotland. it will be windy here. but generally speaking, not a bad day. the cloud breaking up to give some sunshine, and those t

double—figure values across the south. tuesday, the winds move to a south—westerly across the country. always a pretty warm direction. it will feed a lot of moisture and cloud across southern and western areas, particularly over hills and coasts. but in any dry areas it'll feel very mild. tuesday is looking like the mildest of the week. temperatures in double figures for most. into the middle of the week, signs of something more unsettled moving in around this area of low pressure. it is this feature here which could bring a spell of wet and windy weather to our shores during the course of wednesday. another pretty mild day. it looks like that feature will pick up, the winds reaching gale force in some places, heavy rainfor gale force in some places, heavy rain for england and wales before moving towards scotland and northern ireland. as that pulls away the most northerly winds into the northern half of the country. turning cooler on thursday. still fairly mild in the south but blustery with sunshine and showers. friday,

and south korea alliance. we've heard from many people here in the region, that alliance is simply too strong to be able to be split apart by any kind of mind games. the south koreans are very welcoming of the fact that this is happening. we heard from an official saying kim jong-un himself welcomes what president moon jae in is talking about the olympics. the fact that north and south korea are talking for the first time in a number of years is significant. >> they are talking and the president is tweeting about north korea. thank you so much for that. president trump weighing in on the government protests in iran. the people of iran are acting against the brutal regime. all that money that president obama gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets. the people have little food and no human rights. the u.s. is watching. nikki haley echoing her boss's sentiments. >> we must not be silent. the people of iran are crying out for freedom. all freedom loving people must stand with their cause. >> the white

we didn't relationship with south korea that is to say that the north korea misses the days when south korea used to give it assistance and aid and subsidies and stuff like that this was known as the sunshine policy which was continued which was begun under previous liberal presidents and the sop open north korea the current liberal president of south korea bring that back so i think the north koreans are entirely content to have the relationship they have with the united states right now the nukes and the tension and all that obviously with donald trump that's not going to change and they'd like to find a way than to go along with some of the other players the north has done this for a long time sort of playing one off the other off the other right and so if you look at the americans are giving you a hard time when you go to the south i don't really see any change what we see in two thousand and seventeen i am i'm genuinely concerned right i mean the more the north koreans build the more missiles the more nuclear weapons they have the more tests they do and stuff like that the more si

that is al jazeera live from doha also coming up north korea's kim jong un says to open up talks with south korea but warns he'll use the nuclear option if threatened by the u.s. . ice and takes action to guarantee equal pay between men and women with the first no of its kind in the world plus. two thousand and eighteen is election year here in brazil and a country that struggling with its corrupt politicians and economic strife will be hoping that something is going to change. the death toll of the five days of anti-government protests across iran has reportedly risen to fifteen among the dead is a policeman iranian state media say most of the deaths occurred on sunday night it's reporting that security forces repelled armed protesters who tried to take over police stations and military bases the reports haven't been independently verified pizza shop has the latest. the fifth day of protest on the social media blackout imposed by the government has done little to stop the demonstrators out on the street. posting these videos from cities across iran this was beer john the monday night gunsh

in south korea. december two thousand and eleven south korea's channel eight launches the new program. it was a hybrid part talks and it was. kind of an accident at the. time and so one of the. parts beauty contests. the only three requested contestants had to be defectors from north korea. who tell you that. there's never been a program about north korea the food north korea was only ever seen through the news which kept talking about nuclear issues the north korean army how poor north korea that was it for the first time now my way to meet you showed the real story of how north korean people live the culture they want to occur know whatever. it has helped break down prejudices i think the program prepares us for unification though maybe one day but. it was the beginning of a trend south korean channels eager to find a different lens through which to present north korea could finally break away from the usual portrayal so funny and human rights abuses. and adds an element of entertainment. the quest

our focus on south korea and north korea is around geopolitics. more details of that in the samsung story. let's talk about what is going on in fx markets. later our attention will return to fed speakers. today let's focus in on the yen and euro because interesting moves in both of them. the yen, and overnight story. we see the yen gaining this morning as the boj trimmed some of its bond purchasing. a small tweet to the long ticket buying. governor kuroda told us there is nothing to see in terms of expecting to see any big changes in policy. plenty discuss that with of expert analysis. we have the euro that on the move. the euro was down a half of a percent yesterday. that disappointed the markets and had a stalemate and german political talks. data and theg confidence data coming through in the eurozone. the currency markets got a great line of guests to do that. in terms of the stock market, are we overvalued? we've got more views on that. thes: if you think about dividend yield in the bond yield . the dividend yield is below the bond yield, tha

koreans like family or unions that's a very emotional issue in south korea the south koreans are really concerned about nuclear security right where the north koreans going to do with their nuclear weapons how many they have the kind of maintenance and safety protocols that they have there's concern about your noble style incident on the peninsula so the south koreans have a full agenda my guess is the north koreans going to play that and say you know if you want to talk about all these things you want some kind of concessions we want aid we want cash and so on i would imagine the north koreans will treat this as a way to get some kind of concession in the south korean president is a liberal who was a part of the what they call the sunshine policy under the previous labor governments about a decade ago the sunshine policy was a gauge and policy would reach out to north korea and bring them into the international community and things like that and moon jane was an important architect of that he really really wants talks and he really does he really believes that talking to north korea an

the south korean has never looked back. tens of thousands of people in the philippines have been forced to flee their homes, as the country's most active volcano continues to shoot huge plumes of ash and lava into the air. the army has been drafted in to help clear an 8km—wide danger zone around the mayon volcano, with experts warning that a hazardous eruption could happen at any time. andrew plant has the latest. timelapse footage of indonesia's most active volcano. its latest eruption shooting molten rock climb into the air. its ash cloud billowing across the landscape, just a taste, scientists believe, of what is to come. an eruption is now rather imminent in the next few hours or days and it also means the danger zone around of 0k work —— the volcano has been increased from six kilometres up to eight kilometres. 0ver kilometres up to eight kilometres. over the past few days, more than 50,000 people have evacuated, with soldiers drafted in and trucks ferrying villagers to 46 camps outside the danger zone. but some

does that meld with the south korean position? >> well, again, as ash carter has pointed out, i believe the defense and deterrents are the marria major pillar in playing the game vis-a-vis north korea right now. but the other game plan is engagement and dialogue which we will be pursuing from now on. >> so we asked also, what game is north korea playing? let's go back to the extraordinary moment on new year day when the north korean leader kim jong-un gave this speech and offered that new -- sorry, that olive branch to south korea, while also saying that he had a nuclear button on his table and then of course he had president trump's response about having a bigger nuclear button. take us back to there. what was going on in the foreign ministry when you heard kim jong-un's speech? >> well, i think kim jong-un's speech can be read from many different perspectives. but number one, he was putting a lot of emphasis upon the importance of economic prosperity. and number two, after so many years of silence in the inter-korean relationshi

south korea. this is how north korea welcome to the new year with a fireworks display much like the rest of the world but it is leader kim jong un's new year's day address that is drawing all the attention if two thousand and seventeen was marked by fiery rhetoric and rising tensions because of north korea's nuclear ambitions two thousand and eighteen may bring more of the same. corners from that the u.s. mainland is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is put on the desk in my office at all times they should clearly on their stand that this is never a trash but a reality kim has called for the mass production and deployment of more nuclear warheads and missiles but weapons experts agree that north korea may not yet have the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and mounted on a missile that could be entering the atmosphere while kim speech made no mention of a nuclear atmospheric test he reiterated the claims that north korea is now a nuclear power in stark contrast

how worried are you about corruption in south africa? that is taken by corrupters against the nation. rid our country of corruption, because it has become all pervasive. and we are now taking action against it. investor confidence in south africa shot up. it would shoot up even more if you were president, wouldn't it? action to be taken on. an urgent matter? yes. an urgent matter. therefore, i put it to you, why doesn'tjacob zuma go? you want him to go as soon as possible? since i was elected, we are in a transitional period. been elected as leader of the party. will he serve that 18 months? various options, and the people of south africa are talking. many say he should go, others say, no, he should not go now. what do you think? should be in the interests of south africans. it should advance... mr deputy president. as soon as possible. yes, i agree with you, zeinab? no, no. of the top six, is to manage this transitional period. to navigate around this matter. it is a delicate matter. process in parliament. yes. zuma? what does he want?

to make south korean people, and to make south korean people, and to make south korea to be this country. myself and my government's aim is to pursue better life for all the fellow people. my fellow people, i will make sure you can feel the better life. the first thing i did asa better life. the first thing i did as a president was to put my plan in the room so i can share my day to day life with you, my fellow people. human beings should be the centre of the korean government. and in doing so the korean government. and in doing soi the korean government. and in doing so i have pursued to create more jobs, to provide better opportunities for all the fellow koreans. this year, i have also increased the minimum wage, up to 16.4 increased the minimum wage, up to 16.1; points. there are more companies who are helping, contributing, to improve minimum wage. south korean government will continue to expand such an effort for the new year. for the minimum wage labour, we will help them out to have more stable income so they can help out and look after their families better. we will also introduc

united states sees in south korea and especially in the south korean military a colonial outpost an extension of american military power in this strategic area of the world is not just about korea it's also about china it's about russia it's about the entire region. the korean people don't want war they aren't enough they don't want to beach pawns and somebody else is geostrategic chess board and so they're making their own moves towards peace what can or is korea do north korea's been consistent they say they want they want to guarantee of their security and peace and that would be the premise the basis for new negotiations to bring the tension level down in the korean peninsula that can happen that's achievable donald trump is criticize china and russia for not in his opinion putting enough pressure on north korea is there any evidence though to suggest that those kind of tactics have actually been effective in the past. well you know what donald trump is doing he's borrowing a page from the clinton administration and george w. bush when they apply really what i would amount to call genocid

jong un offered a rare all of branch to the south and new threats to the u.s. . plus saudi arabia embarking on a pivotal year as it introduces reforms among them lifting the ban on women driving more hear from saudi women about the chip and the call for deeper reforms. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us protests in iran have continued for a fifth consecutive day in tehran and across the country with anti-government violence reported to now be spreading state media saying more than twenty people have been killed so far demonstrations initially broke out against economic conditions but they've also been drawing in opponents of the country's religious establishment. this footage has been provided by demonstrators people have been on the streets in various parts of iran's since thursday protesting conditions in the country and this is footage provided by iranian state t.v. which claims that protesters are violent and that some have damaged a.t.m.'s buildings and other property and also claim that some protesters tried to take over police stations and military

across parts of east anglia and south—east england. even towards the south—east england. even towards the south coast winds will be gusty for a time and showers working into southern parts of wales, across south—west england. as i say, one of those mornings whether it's due to the snow locally or very strong winds, either way, we could see one or two problems out and about. the rest of the day the weather becomes more straightforward as those fears winds work across the netherlands, which could bring disruption at schiphol airport. if you are flying there, check before travelling. it stays quite windy. wintry showers across the north and west with temperatures struggling across northern areas, feeling cold here but even colder when you factor in the strength of the wind. as we go through thursday evening and overnight, snow showers could get heavier again across parts of scotla nd heavier again across parts of scotland and northern ireland with further significant accumulations of snow building up. elsewhere as temperatures take a dive, again, eyes could be a problem as

the top nuclear envoys from south korea and japan say they want to capitalize on what south korea's foreign ministry is calling the peace momentum brought about by such developments as the upcoming intercourse and talks on the border between north and south korea after the meeting in seoul the south korean foreign ministry said that the two sides agreed to intensify diplomatic efforts in order to help that momentum translate into a peaceful resolution of the situation on the korean peninsula now the principal focus of the talks will be the potential for north korea to send its athletes to participate in next month's pyong chung the winter olympics taking place here in south korea south korea's president wants the olympics to be known as the peace olympics and his foreign minister says that this country will be looking beyond the olympics to bring about an improvement of interfering in relations and ultimately ways to promote denuclearization on the korean peninsula but north korea so far has shown no signs of being willing to give up its nuclear program that would be the ultimate goal of so

cooler further south. that is three or five degrees celsius. coolerfurther south. that is how the weather is shaping up. a reminder of our main story. barry bennell — a former football coach — goes on trial accused of 48 historical sex offences. the court was told that he had almost "unfettered access" to young boys dreaming of success in the professional game. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. bye bye. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie — our latest headlines... a court has been told the former football coach, barry bennell, was a "predatory and determined" paedophile who engaged in the systematic abuse of young boys. he denies 48 counts of child sexual abuse. theresa may's ministerial reshuffle continues. downing street says the new cabinet is the right team to tackle the challenges ahead. labour has called it lacklustre. north korea has agreed to military talks with the south and to send a delegation to the 2018 winter olympic games there next month. the two countries

tens of thousands of south koreans it's reported a. have signed an online petition urging president moon to scratch the plans for the north to participate in the woods really big summit how do people in the south feel about it. well it's not surprising that there are people who are against this korea is a very ideologically divided country at the woman you can effectively say it's fifty percent conservative fifty percent liberal and many people here do believe that north korea is a threat and it is a country that does not have the best interest of south korea at its heart we have seen the kind of provocation and the threats over the years and it's become quite clear to south koreans that although there are many common interest that the two koreas need to pursue at the same time there needs to be a great deal of caution in dealing with north korea and the goal by the kind of probably reactions that we have seen since the announcements that north korea is indeed participating in the olympics there's actually been a lot of public anger he

olympics in south korea. there'll also be a joint women's ice hockey team. despite the apparently thawing relations, south korea has stressed the importance of sanctions to deal with the nuclear threat. a multiple suicide bomb attack in north—east nigeria has killed at least 1a people. dozens were wounded in the blasts on the outskirts of the city of maiduguri. four bombers detonated their devices in a bus park and market. it's the third attack in three days in the region, which is at the centre of the boko haram islamist insurgency. there's been more powerful testimony from women who were sexually abused by larry nassar, former team doctor for usa gymnastics. he's admitted abuse and almost 100 women are giving victim impact statements at his sentencing hearing. he's already serving 60 years in jail for child pornography offences. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

leaders agreed not to conduct south korea yes joint drills. and to do their best to you sure the security of the olympics. next week's discussions will center on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics as well as generally improving into korea relations but officials here in south korea are also hoping the negotiations will eventually lead to north korea returning to international talks on its nuclear program even so president cautiously optimistic saying we should refrain from making premature judgement or expectation. the japanese defense minister also sounded a note of caution when. north korea goes through phases of apparent dialogue and provocations but either way north korea is continuing its nuclear and missile development we have no intention of weakening our warning and surveillance. it is new year's day speech said north korea would meditate its nuclear weapons program and even called for the mass production and deployment of nuclear warheads and this house. from the conservative perspective in north korea trying

and south korea to pressure the north. on the hotline, well the two sides will talk to each other at 9:00 and 4:00 every day. the senior north korean official saying we will connect with a sincere and diligent attitude and also saying, we sincerely hope the olympics in south korea that start next month will be a success. that is a very different tone. from what we usually hear from pyongyang that the south is a puppet regime of the u.s. and so on. so there are many, many hopes, especially in south korea that this open hotline would really lead to some new and optimistic dialogue, back to you. >> we will be right back. big buzz among bay area burger aficionados. especially ones who love in-n- out: >>> a story that's creating some big buzz among bay area burger o fish in a does. you recognize the palm trees? those are the in and out trees, the chain is adding that new item. hot cocoa. now you can get your chocolate fix anywhere at your local in and out. just in time for lunch. >> and cool weather, we see the breezy condition

we didn't relationship with south korea that is to say that the north korea misses the days of south korea used to give it assistance and aid and subsidies and stuff like that this was known as the sunshine policy which was continue which was begun under previous liberal presidents and this up hope in north korea the current liberal president of south girl bring that back so i think the north koreans are entirely content to have the relationship they have with the united states right now the nukes and the tension and all that obviously with donald trump that's not going to change and they'd like to find a way than to go along with some of the other players the north has done this for a long time sort of playing one off the other off the other right and so if you with the americans are giving you a hard time and you go to the south i don't really see any change what we've seen in two thousand and seventeen i am i'm genuinely concerned right i mean the more the north koreans build the more missiles the more nuclear weapons they have the more tests they do and stuff like that the more s

tens of thousands of south koreans it's reported a. have signed an online petition urging president moon to scratch the plans for the north to participate in the woods really big summit how do people in the south feel about it. well it's not surprising that there are people who are against this korea is a very ideologically divided country at the woman you can effectively say it's fifty percent conservative the person the barrel and many people here do believe that north korea is a threat and it is a country that does not have the best interest of south korea at its heart we have seen the kind of provocations the threats over the years and it's become quite clear to south koreans that although there are many common interests that the two koreas need to pursue at the same time there needs to be a great deal of caution in dealing with north korea and the goal by the kind of probably reactions that we have seen since the announcements that north korea is indeed participating in the olympics there's actually been a lot of public anger here

beijing is boldly extending claims to the south china sea. it's doing so through an enormous land reclamation project, dredging the sea floor to build islands. - it's very difficult for any foreign policy analyst to get to the core of what drives current chinese behavior. i think number one is this, the chinese have long held a view that this is part of their sovereign territory in territorial seas, goes back not just decades but centuries. - let me make this clear. the south china sea islands have been china's territory since ancient times. it is the bounds of duty of the chinese government to uphold china's territorial sovereignty and legitimate maritime rights and interests. - this is the rejuvenation of the chinese nation, and getting back what has been stolen from china, i believe, is part of realizing that dream. - they've been methodically re-acquiring china, tibet, macau, hong kong, taiwan waiting, and this can be seen as part of what they regard as a legitimate acquisition of territory and seas that were taken from them illegally and

and south korea. well it's part of a larger effort to make sure that south korea and the united states are not coordinated we have to remember that for kim jong un the biggest threat is the united states being right on his borders and he wants to get rid of the united states and the only way to do that is to make sure that south korea and the united states have different priorities and different negotiation outcomes that they seek different negotiation outcomes it would be difficult for south korea to ignore something like this and they have been ignored in the past when north korea has approached them about family reunions or joint industrial projects those are things that have been going on in the past and they've negotiated that on a bilateral level so south korea will be very difficult i know they've they passed the deadline it will be very difficult for south korea to turn away north korea when it when it is a a friendly just at least on paper it's clear that north korea is has a strategy here be

black voting in the south, though it was reduced after the troops came out of the south, did not end with the fall of reconstruction in 1877. a majority of african americans were still voting in the south in 1880. many blacks continued to sit in state legislatures and local offices. it really wasn't until 1890 that the precipitous decline began. formal disfranchisement took many forms. i won't run through all of them. residency requirements would penalize itinerants. secret ballot laws functioned as quasi-literacy tests because you had to be able to read and mark your ballot without assistance. disfranchisement for crime was gerrymandered to reflect white perceptions of black criminal propensities. most of southern states use literacy tests which would disproportionately disqualify illiterate blacks, even if they were fairly implied. of course, they weren't. local registrars had tremendous discretion in how they administered literacy tests, which meant they were going to administer them to exclude lacks even if they were -- exclude blacks even if they were literate. there were poll t