washington says pyongyang must give up its nuclear weapons. protestors clash with police in barcelona — as spain's king visits catalonia for the first time since the vote for independence. and tributes for the bollywood superstar sridevi kapoor, who's died of a heart attack aged 5a. hello and welcome to bbc news. health officials in the rebel syrian enclave of eastern ghouta say several people have suffered symptoms consistent with chlorine gas exposure during attacks by pro—government forces. although, the syrian government has always denied using chemical weapons. earlier, france and germany appealed to president putin to pressure the syrian regime to honour the un brokered ceasefire. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports — you may find some of it distressing. this was inside eastern ghouta. in almost seven years of war in syria, real ceasefires have been rare, ineffective and short. the un couldn't agree on a start time for the ceasefire. the best they could do was to say, without delay. that's elastic enough to wreck this cea

to pyongyang to cheer on the united team and they just kept falling on the team throughout the whole game it just never stopped and it was a lovely thing to see that's very delightful and now we see that germany is on the medal table already who lost the first gold for the german team the very first goal of this year's olympics was from laura maya she's a biathlete she was at the last olympics as well she did not win a medal that time but today she wasn't just good she was absolutely powerful you can see here have the target she hit ten of them didn't miss a single thing and that was despite the windy conditions and she finished the race of the twenty four seconds ahead of the chasing pack so that was really really good especially the said busted into a medal for her and really redemption for the german team after showing in sochi games where years ago and there's a second gold medal that followed pretty soon after for germany tell us what happened in ski jumping ski jumping that's very special sport for people who are afraid of heights on the gas vending and he's the man who wants e

wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently. and irreversibly abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. the world may be coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. and joining me tonight is a familiar face to our viewers aging foster carter he has written about both koreas for the past four decades joins us tonight from leeds university in england it's good to see you again you know those pictures we just saw there of that military parade in pyongyang i mean that is a move that that i was expecting considering the tit for tat that we've seen between the north korean leader in the u.s. president. can it be though that north korea is that easy to predict him to read. with that it was it is in some in the summer god i was actually a li

to pyongyang to cheer on the united team and they just kept firing on the team throughout the whole game it just never stopped and it was a lovely thing to see that's very delightful and now we see that germany is on the medal table already who lost the first gold for the german team the very first goal of this year's olympics was from laura maya she's a biathlete she was at the last olympics as well she did not win a medal that time but today she wasn't just good she was absolutely perfect you can see it here if you think of the target she had over ten of them didn't miss a single thing and that was despite the windy conditions and she finished the race of the twenty four seconds ahead of the chasing pack so that was really really good especially as i said first in the medal for her and really redemption for the german team off their poor showing in sochi games where years ago and there's a second gold medal that followed pretty soon after for germany tell us what happened in ski jumping ski jumping that's very special sport for people who are afraid of heights on the grass vending

he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and interest in says he'd be willing to go to pyongyang we'll get the latest from our correspondent. and shall come will have to crank up the gears if there are to upset minute byron munich in the book his latest standout clash later today. for the program i'm mary and i haven't seen it israeli fighter jet has been shot down by syrian forces and israeli army spokesman said the plane had been carrying out raids on targets in syria after an iranian drone entered is really air air space its pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to the hospital with one of them said to be in serious condition it's the most significant incident between israel and syria in here is israel's military says the country is not just seeking escalation with syria. for more we're joined now by our middle east correspondent tanya kramer who joins us from jerusalem so tiny syria is denying that its ally iran's drone did enter israeli airspace was the latest we know about this incident well yes they're saying that it didn't enter the israeli f. space and that it was o

a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korean president to pyongyang it would be the first meeting of korean majors in more than a decade says the earliest days sr has responded to the invites with a call for both sides to build the conditions needed for the business. oh more on this now when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site of the olympics thing going on in south korea hey jason how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the pyongyang like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and. so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not

up trying to live in pyongyang china the olympic host city thank you. so it was saying that ultimately you've got a few hundred people there who are protesting there creating the demonstrations on the mall for north korea's participation in these olympics and the other side are against now the conflict over the korean peninsula has been costing a shadow on the imminent winter games in pyongyang chang for some time and it's not only activists clashing over the crisis but politicians as well. since. today's military parade will show off the powerful status of the democratic people's republic of korea as long as hostile policies from the u.s. continue the mission of the korean people's army can never change. the united states of america wolf cindy to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when the finally and permanently reverse of what abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile and. the. sea. and i just remind you of the opening ceremony of the winter olympics getting out the way an

he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and when jay in says he'd be willing to go to pyongyang we'll get the latest from our correspondent. and the world's biggest street party gets underway in brazil. party goers in rio are not letting those weak economy spoil carnival celebrations we'll tell you why this woman is said to have made samba history this year. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen israel's military says the country is not seeking escalation with syria this comes after a pro assad forces shot down an israeli fighter jet that had been taking part in raids on targets within syria israel's military says the attacks came in response to an iranian drone entering israeli air space a pilot is said to be in serious condition after the f. sixteen went down over northern israel it's the. most significant incident between israel and syria in years. for more we're joined now by our middle east correspondent tanya kramer who joins us from jerusalem so tiny syria is denying that its ally iran's drone did enter israeli airspace what's the latest we know about this inc

president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and region in says he'll be willing to go to pyongyang and get the latest from our correspondent. and the world's biggest street party gets under way in brazil a. party goers in rio aren't letting the weak economy spoil carnival celebrations we'll tell you why this woman is said to make samba history this year. welcome to the program i'm mary and i haven't seen an israeli fighter jet has been shot down by syrian forces and israeli army spokesman said the plane had been carrying out raids on targets in syria after an iranian drone entered israeli airspace which the pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to hospital with one of them said to be in serious condition it's the most significant incident between israel and syria in the years israel's military says the country is not seeking any . elation with syria. for more we're joined now by our middle east correspondent tanya kramer who joins us from jerusalem so tiny syria is denying that its ally iran's drone did enter israeli airspace was the latest we know about this incident well yes

vice president mike pence if stealing the show was pyongyang's intention the media played right into its hands offering extensive coverage of the delegation from the north wherever they light the flame there are going to be geopolitics in the mix but these games given where they are and the guy. it's involved of take an olympic politics to another level or a starting point this week is pyong chang so. not every picture tells the story not every image is worth a thousand words but the right one in the right place time and context can pack a bigger punch than one hundred soundbites or a million tweets and images like this with athletes from two countries entering the olympic stage under one flag. it's a great photo op it makes for some good pictures it does bring a sense of potential and the sense of optimism at least briefly for that sports event but it doesn't necessarily mean unification is around the corner of course there's an element of spectacle to it but it was also meaningful. and i think it demonstrated that the two koreas are trying to work something out at this moment one i

wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions and allow me to do assure you. and the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally sent permanently. reverse of abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions to. the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. while a pass is meeting with moon and urged during that meeting to. for him to take a tougher line while earlier he spoke to journalist jason strother in seoul and we asked him if this puts moon in a difficult position. this was one of the hallmarks of moon's presidency ever since he took office just less than a year ago you know after a very. rhetoric filled year in two thousand and seventeen where we saw all most daily diatribes going back and forth between washington and pee on young president moon has succeeded in bringing north korea to the punch on the lympics and

he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and moon and says he would be willing to go to pyongyang. and the world's biggest street party gets underway in brazil. party goers in rio are not letting the weak economy spoil carnival celebration we'll tell you why this woman is set to make sound but history this year. after an israeli fighter jet was shot down by syrian forces the two pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to the hospital was one of them in serious condition the incident was sparked by an iranian drone entering israeli airspace from syria it's the most serious confrontation between israel and syria in yours. and israeli jet in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the dron

kim jong un's sister says leaders are welcome in pyongyang. now the u.s. could find itself at the table as well. >>> are they listening and acting fast enough? >> is this congress acting? >> congress. >> it's not acting. >> even if congress does nothing, me too is here to stay. a chat with justice ruth bader ginsburg. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it is monday, february 12th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. the white house is trying to move beyond the rob porter scandal. porter was urged not to quit after the domestic violence allegations. axios telling reporters that some senior white house officials strongly encouraged him to quote stay and fight to keep his job as staff secretary. a key gate keeper for president trump. porter said he never misrepresented anything to chief of staff john kelly. >> this doesn't square with kelly's version of events. he says porter misled him. that story backed up by an unnamed member of congress who told achxios reporter. after the special legislation--f speculation of kelly's fut

visit is due to the news a long way from greenland an invitation from pyongyang him on sr it's outside glorious presidents he's invited to a solace in the north korean capital in response he'd be willing to go we'll go live to south korea for the lasix. close only and on employees germany social democrat leader martin shows abandons johnson take on a top ministerial post just days after a new goes easy his party's return to governments to the party's base signals they could refuse to fight his coalition deal. on a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has advice that south korean president and to pyongyang that this would be the first meeting of korean leaders in more than a decade south korea says' kim jong un's sister can deliver the invitation at the presidential palace in seoul she's visiting the south as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president moon spokesman said the south korean leader had responded to the advice calling from both sides to builds the conditions needed for the business. a home or in this town when it crossed over to our correspondent jason s

and jon and kate's power relations have soured particularly due to pyongyang's refusal to attend you can arise asian talks hosted by being jang beijing has taken a tough stance against conjunctions regime and cooperated with previous un sanctions including a blockade on the oil and fuel which would have had a huge impact on north korea and fact the latest data from china's customs show that trade has dropped fifty two percent from a year earlier educating that china has largely be complied with the u.n. sanctions what is interesting though is as china climbs down on exchanges to pyongyang hong kong has become a major source of funds for north korea the u.s. has called on the territory to tighten regulations and next week a new set of rules will come into place to close loopholes and shipping and other transfers while the u.s. has sent warnings to north korea and shown it means business analysts say that in order to enforce any of these latest measures effectively china will have to be on board. the united states has confirmed that it will open its new embassy in jerusalem this may th

wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. the people of south korea and the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until the time comes when they finally sent permanently. an irreversible abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions to. the world maybe coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. our joining me now is eight and foster carter korea expert at leeds university in the u.k. a very good day eight and up john yang holding a military parade as it rattles south korea's nurse just before tomorrow's winter olympics opening ceremonies. i think i think it's annoyed them though in this of the new rather delicate time in the sphere of bonhomie they have set sail and it's totally gratuitous for that go into lots of detail we haven't got time for february eighth used to be the army day in north korea but it hasn't been for years they changed it to april unsafe sud

would not rest until pyongyang and its nuclear ambitions are over. mikeence: allow me to assure you and the south korean people that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea. until that time comes, when they finally and permanently and irreversibly abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. reporter: the world may be coming together for the winter olympics, but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. brent: joining me tonight is a familiar face. he has written about both koreas for the past four decades and joins us from the university in england. it is good to see you. those pictures we just saw, that military parade in pyongyang, that is a move that i was expecting, considering the tit-for-tat me of seeing between the north korean leader and the u.s. president. can it be that north korea is that easy to project and to read? guest: would that it were so. i was actually a little surprised by that. they basically sort of i

sanctions what is interesting though is as china climbs down on exchanges to pyongyang hong kong has become a major source of funds for north korea the u.s. has called on the territory to tighten regulations and next week a new set of rules will come into place to close loopholes and shipping and other transfers while the u.s. has sent warnings to north korea and shown it means business analysts say that in order to enforce any of these latest measures effectively china will have to be on board the united states has confirmed it will open its new embassy in jerusalem this may that's much earlier than expected palestinians have condemned the announcement saying it's a provocation president jordan has more. the news the u.s. embassy would move from television to jerusalem on may fourteenth ok not in a communique but in a tweet from israel's intelligence minister i would like to congratulate donald trump on his decision to transfer the u.s. embassy on israel's seventieth independence day no greater gift than that. a short time later the u.s. president donald trump confirmed the news in

>> translator: we have pyongyang. it's been built with our own power, our own technology, our own independent economy. how can seoul compete with that? >> i can't help but wonder what would his life be like if his family ended up just a few miles south after the korean war. driving back to pyongyang, i have no idea we're about to experience one of the strangest days i've ever had in north korea. it begins like every other morning in pyongyang. ♪ this music is the city's alarm clock, played every day beginning at 5:00 a.m. to commemorate the sacrifices of north korea's leaders. we head to the pyongyang international airport for the arrival of a vip. dennis rodman has been invited back for another round of so-called basketball diplomacy. are you bringing a message from president trump to north korea's supreme leader, kim jong-un? >> i'm just here to come see some friends and have a good time. >> distracted by the rodman circus, we have no idea a secret handover is happening at the pyongyang airport. american college s

. >> investigative journalist sooki kim on pyongyang's real quest for gold. >> announcer: "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of rosalynn p. walter. ♪ ♪ >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. during the turbulent first year of the trump presidency his predecessor barack obama has kept traditional distance. speaking up only on matters of vital importance. calling out racism. supporting freedom of the press. but today the former president was back in the spotlight in washington. looking relaxed and happy unveiling his official portrait. the painting was done by an artist known for depicting ordinary people, usually, african-americans, and placing them in positions of power, using bold colors, and historical scenes. >> i want to say that it was a, although, those, michelle always used to joke. i am not somebody who is a great subject. i don't like posing. i get impatient. i look at my watch. i think this must be done. one of those pictures must have worked. why is it taking so long? s

pyongyang has tested a series of nuclear warheads and last year it successfully tested ballistic missiles that could in theory reach the u.s. mainland and it's made these strides despite strict international bans on selling technology to north korea. now german officials say north korea has used its embassy in berlin to float sanctions. in the past we've determined that it was a base for exposition activities that in or of you serve the missile program and also in part the nuclear program. that north korea runs such operations is nothing new in december australian authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to purchase components used in missile technology for pyongyang. and in two thousand and eleven ukraine's intelligence service cut north korean agents seeking missile technology but the hurdlers gotten through despite enforcement efforts when south korea recovered to spend north korean missile from the sea they found components from countries around the world evidence that pyongyang has learned how to sidestep u.n. sanctions. oh the claim destine commers at the north korea did as he

pyongyang has tested a series of nuclear warheads and lest here it successfully tested ballistic missiles that could in theory reach the u.s. mainland and it's made these strides despite strict international bans on selling technology to north korea now german officials say north korea has used its embassy in berlin to flout sanctions and was going to focus on this in the past we've determined that it was a base for exposition activities that in our view serve the missile program and also in part the nuclear program. that north korea runs such operations is nothing new in december australian authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to purchase components used in missile technology for pyongyang and in two thousand and eleven ukraine's intelligence service cut north korean agents seeking missile technology but the hardware has gotten through despite enforcement efforts when south korea recovered to spend north korean missile from the sea they found components from countries around the world evidence that pyongyang has learned how to sidestep u.n. sanctions. all the clandestine commer

pyongyang has tested a series of nuclear warheads and last year it successfully tested ballistic missiles that could in theory reach the u.s. mainland and it's made these strides despite strict international bans on selling technology to north korea. now german officials say north korea has used its embassy in berlin to float sanctions. in the past we've determined that it was a base for exposition activities that in or of you serve the missile program and also in part the nuclear program. that north korea runs such operations is nothing new in december australian authorities arrested a man suspected of trying to purchase components used in missile technology for pyongyang. and in two thousand and eleven ukraine's intelligence service cut north korean agents seeking missile technology but the hurdlers gotten through despite enforcement efforts when south korea recovered to spend north korean missile from the sea they found components from countries around the world evidence that pyongyang has learned how to sidestep u.n. sanctions. oh the claim destine commers at the north korea but he wa

wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. in the people of south korea that the united states of america will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently. and the reverse of lee abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. the world may be coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. and joining me tonight is a familiar face to our viewers aiden foster carter he has written about both koreas for the past four decades he joins us tonight from leeds university in england it's good to see you again you know those pictures we just saw there of that military parade in pyongyang i mean that is a move that that i was expecting considering the tit for tat that we've seen between the north korean leader in the u.s. president. can it be though that north korea is that easy to predict him to read. with that it was sent it is in some in some regards i wa

try to further isolate pyongyang economically but north and south korea do appear to be seeking some form of common ground we saw this the winter olympics is going to complicate how washington then deals with kenya it does certainly set the tone now as we come to the end of the winter olympics in south korea which the government here had been hoping would lead to some kind of broader diplomatic breakthrough over the nuclear program obviously the hard part now is making that transition from sports to actual politics and this latest move by the united states makes it clear how difficult that transition will be josh smith joining us from seoul thank you thank you judges at the berlin film festival is still deliberating but it's a gala ceremony later today they will have decided who gets the golden and the silver bell was for this he is best films nineteen pictures are in the running of the stakes are high last year's winner has been nominated for a best foreign language film osca here's a look at some of the movies that have made a splash the see you. i. the stars on the red carpet have

major criticisms one of course being that despite the increasing pressure there is no signals from pyongyang that it intends to give up its nuclear program which is the point of all these sanctions in the first place you have proponents however of the same chanst say that while they welcome these latest moves they are not enough and they are calling for sanctions that specifically target many of these international banking and financial systems that they say are still helping the government there prices correspondents josh smith and phil thank you. and the international olympic committee has been missing in china to decide whether the international athletes of russia will be allowed to march under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies on sunday the i.o.c. has allowed some russian operates to compete under an olympic flag their case is all the more difficult now that two russians have been caught doping in china the first a courier who has had his metal strips on the second bobsledder who admitted taking a bond. they can now involves broke travel two minds on friday night with their

this is due to the news life from berlin and an invitation from pyongyang can join sister south korea's president he's invited to eat so much in the military capital region and says he'd be willing to go we have more from our correspondents he intends korea. and syria says it shot down an israeli fighter jet this as israel carries as air strikes in syria in the future a reason for the exits to. pose an old and own employees germany's social democrat these are marching shows abandons plans to take on a top ministerial post just days after a new goldstein's as his party has returned to government after the party's base acknowledged they could refuse to ratify it his coalition deal. i'm on a. north korean leader kim jong un has advice his south korean president in to pyongyang it would be first time of korean leaders meeting in more than a decade south korea saves kim jong un's sister kim old joe to live at the invitation of the presidential palace and sold she's visiting the site as part of a delegation attending the winter olympics president spokesman said the south korean leader had res

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divided koreas north korean leader kim jong un has and vice have south korea's president to meet in pyongyang kim jong un's sister it's in their first invitation in seoul against the backdrop of the winter olympics but the diplomatic relations between the two koreas doesn't please everyone right wing protesters again rallied in seoul against the north korean regime so far their protests have remained small however said the as powerful ally the united states shares protesters skepticism. u.s. vice president mike pence has again insisted that seoul and washington both agree that the pressure must be kept on pyongyang that's despite a very public show of unity between the two koreas as a joint women's ice hockey team to beautify at the winter olympics in. excited fans wait to greet the combined korean women's hockey team a first in and think history and a coming together on the ice symbolizing hopes of woman relations between the south and its belligerent know the neighbor ah he dances to win or lose the result doesn't matter i hope they play their best and try their hardest in a show of unity i

president he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and one day in said he'd be willing to go to pyongyang if conditions are right. it's good to have you with us israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will not allow iran to establish a military presence in syria this after an israeli jet was shot down by syrian forces on its way home from a bombing mission it was one of a group of planes targeting iran backed positions inside syria israel says it was provoked a charge denied by syria and iran. and it's really just in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the drone in israeli airspace next they say it followed the drone across the syrian border and shot it down and then launch

to shortly unveiled new aggressive sanctions against the north and said washington could not allow pyongyang to quote hide behind the olympic butler as threatens the region. for more of the story let's bring in jason strother he's a freelance journalist in seoul jason i'm trying to picture this washington's most second most powerful the official sharing a stage with high ranking north koreans at the olympics can we expect to show. i don't think we can expect a showdown nor do i think we can expect a handshake of course leading the north korean precession is the sister of ruler kim jong moon kim go junk but i. sure as much as south korean president moon j.n. would have liked to have had an environment where perhaps the u.s. and north korean officials could have informal talks there is no indication from either side that either is really eager to speak to each other or pence came out swinging before even landed there for even gets theirs to south korea is promising but u.s. vice president new sanctions on the north what could that entail. well he was quite vague on that and i haven't seen anyt

he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and jake and says he would be willing to go to pyongyang if the conditions are right. thanks for joining us i'm mary and evan sting israel has struck what it said were iranian targets inside syria after an israeli fighter jet was shot down by syrian forces the two pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to the hospital with one of them in serious condition the incident was sparked by a rainy and drone entering israeli airspace from syria is the most serious confrontation between israel and syria in yours. and israeli jet in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mission but israel disagrees it has released this unverified video which it says shows the drone in israeli airspace next they say it followed the drone across the syrian

in to visit pyongyang it raises the prospect of the first meeting between both korean leaders for more than ten years. that prospect may not be welcomed by the united states u.s. vice president mike pence urged moon and the japanese prime minister shinzo abbay to keep up the pressure on north korea to abandon its nuclear program heading home pence insisted there's no daylight between the three allies. the german president saw the face to face contact between the two koreas as a good omen. but how is time and do the olympic games mean it's a sports competition but it's also about olympic peace and there's been a glimmer of that here so we hope that the dialogue that will begin will continue after the limbic. business be there by to take the big question can the olympic flame help to fuel a long term thaw in relations and as we saw in that report the joint korean ice hockey team played for the first time today but there was to be no debut victory in switzerland where a class above racing into the lead thanks to three goals in the first period korea were unable to recover and ultimately f

i'm honored on a welcome north korean leader kim jong un has invited south korean president to pyongyang it would be the first meeting of korean majors in more than a decade says the earliest days sr has responded to the invites with a call for both sides to build the conditions needed for the business. oh more on this now when it crossed over to our correspondent jason strawberry who is near the site of the olympics thing going on in south korea hey jason how significant is this invitation by the north korean leader kim jong un are we going to have peace by the end of the olympic games. that would be very optimistic but it certainly would be significant if president moon makes that trip up the pyongyang like you said it's been more than a decade the first center korean summit was in two thousand the second in late two thousand and seven and for almost a decade there was virtually no dialogue between seoul and. so this this invitation that was carried by kim jong il in sr is certainly really significant if not surprising so it's very big step in any case and one of. the plans behind this

on the right, a k-pop star, on the left, a pyongyang pinup. glance to thegic pa, which proves to emotional for the north korean head of state. imthis president moon sits even closer to kim jong-un's sister.s hinew friends are not welcomed by all. these hard-line conservatives burning the unification flag protest regularly. but this time, they see -dmsay the moonistration is turning its back on the u.s. while befriending north korea. this, however, does no like to world leaders at odds. this informal chat during an olympic speedskating event appears to have proved pivotal, and now mike pence says the u.s. will talk to north korea while still imposing sanctions. >> i think moon jae-in is not getting enough credit. people are cling this a north korean charm offensive. it is actually a south korean charm offensive. it is critical that the united states is clear on this, because there's only so much south korea can do on nuclear weapons. you have to remember, nor korea does not feel threatened by south korea's nuclear weapons, because south korea h

hello i'm a fiend elisha with al-jazeera live from doha also coming up a high level delegation from pyongyang touches down in south korea ahead of the winter olympics bringing the sister of north korean leader kim jong un plus our forces have the inherent right to self defense washington deny is accusing us of war crimes in syria after a u.s. airstrike kills almost one hundred pro assad fights and. what the miramar government didn't want the world to see evidence of a massacre and the journalists who revealed it are in jail. but first the u.s. is heading for its second government shutdown within a month that's after the senate adjourned without holding a vote to pass a budget deal the midnight deadline has just. asked the agreement struck by republican and democratic leaders in the senate has faced stiff resistance from both camps that what was being proposed was a two year deal which would have increased spending on both defense and domestic programs to the tune of three hundred billion dollars more than half of that would be for the military alone on the domestic front health care and educa

he's invited to a summit in the north korean capital and when jay in the says he be willing to go to pyongyang or get the latest from our correspondent. and the world's biggest street party gets under way in brazil the. party goers embryo are not letting the weak economies spoil carnival celebrations we'll tell you why this woman is set to make samba history this year. thanks for joining us i'm married to evanston. an israeli fighter jet has been shot down by syrian forces the two pilots parachuted to safety and were taken to the hospital with one of them said to be in serious condition it's the most significant incident between israel and syria in years israel's military says the country is not seeking escalation with syria. and israeli jet in flames an angry reaction from the army and two very different versions of what happened early saturday morning. the key question didn't iranian surveillance drones stray into israeli territory from a base in syria triggering a deadly response from israeli fighter jets syria says its allies drone was near the israeli border on a standard intelligence mis

where a north korean orchestra was performing demonstrators say the games are a propaganda tool for pyongyang but they were a relatively small group of the orchestra performed a performance attracted a large crowd of self koreans. the residents of serve korea's capital seoul have been doing a double take us to see donald trump and kim taking a friendly stroll down the street ahead of the olympics of course it's not a dramatic thawing of tensions between washington and pyongyang but a pair of professional lookalikes the two presidents have never met in real life. they want you know just their home cell robert these are all top stories syria is accusing the u.s. of committing a war crime by bombing its fighters loyal to president bashar al assad it do resume a province the u.s. says the airstrikes were in response to what it called a provoked to tackle the headquarters of his ally the s.t.'s. the white house says it's preparing for a government shutdown with congress struggling to approve a budget deal before a big night deadline the deal reached by said it leaders is facing stiff resistance in

as north korea prepares for military parade in pyongyang, its leadership says they will not be any meeting with the us during the winter olympics. offence are already under way in curling. —— the events. the leaders of the republican and democratic parties in the us senate have reached an agreement on a budget deal. if passed by the house, it would increase government spending by billions of dollars. and remember this video on bbc.com? robert kelly was in the middle of a live interview when his children burst into the room. well, professor kelly is in london for the broadcast tv awards, and guess what? he's just won the best tv moment of the year. that's it from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: two victims of the serial sex attacker, john worboys, say they're pleased to have won the right to challenge the decision to free him from prison. lawyers will be allowed to scrutinise the parole board's reasoning. and now on bbc, all the latest business news live from singapore. a rare critique of india's argent from the governor of the country's central bank. i

the winter games on saturday and kim joe young extended over the tension to president move to visit pyongyang attaching a name has more from salt. even as athletes competed on the snow and ice diplomatic developments continue to steal at least some of the spotlight during what's being called the peace olympics the last three days have been historic and a high point in her career in relations north korean leader kim jong sister kim jong became the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war she came with an invitation kim jong un is asking the south korean president in to visit pyongyang at a convenient time soon if this meeting transpires it would be the first time that kim jong un has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says he'll begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that any rebuilding of interest and relations must involve dialogue between the united states and north korea u.s. vice president mike pence sat very close to the north korean delegation during the opening c

wouldn't rest until pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions. and allow me to do assure you. and the people of south korea that the united states of america will to need to stand shoulder to shoulder in our effort to bring maximum pressure to bear on north korea until that time comes when they finally and permanently. and irreversibly abandon their nuclear and ballistic missile ambitions. and the world may be coming together for the winter olympics but the gulf between washington and north korea is as wide as ever. and joining me tonight is a familiar face to our viewers a good foster carter he has written about both koreas for the past four decades and joins us tonight from leeds university in england it's good to see you again you know those pictures we just saw there of that military parade in pyongyang i mean that is a move that that i was expecting considering the tit for tat that we've seen between the north korean leader in the us president it can't be though that north korea is that easy to predict him to read. with that it was sent oh it is in some in some regards i

of growth korean refugee parents so clearly this is an issue dear to him and he's hoping to use the pyongyang winter olympics as a launching pad for reconciliation all eyes are on kim jong un sister kim jong there is a document at the table she is sitting at in front of her and it's only going to feed speculation that inside that document with a letter from the north korean leader and that perhaps the north korean leader is going to extend an invite to president moon and you can hear right there if they'll stay for a performance by north korean troops but peter the interest it's one of two performances by this north korean are true and the interest in south korea will be great that more than one hundred fifty six thousand people entered a lottery to get tickets ok it will leave it there thank you well the north korea analyst says the stakes are high for policies involved in this new round of diplomacy. well in the spirit of the olympics it's quite exciting to see both countries represented together in the opening ceremonies i must say however that i think it's also significant that the leader

serious questions of a foreign relations between the koreas the military goes on parade in pyongyang a day before the winter olympics. and welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha with the end of the parana also ahead. former prime minister and opposition leader. on corruption charges. the escalation of syria's war the death toll rises and so-called deescalation songs while u.s. backed forces killed more than one hundred pro regime fighters. and rescue workers continue to search for survivors among the rubble of taiwan quake. north korea has held a military parade in pyongyang it is a show of strength on the display of unity at the winter olympics in south korea the display was announced shortly after an agreement was reached on the north's participation in the in the pics on friday north korean athletes and jews march in the opening ceremony alongside athletes from the self going to aim has more fun in south korea. this year's north korean military parade may have been a more toned down affair but the bombast patriotism and pride were on full display this is the seven

of the winter games on saturday kim joe young extended a rare in the tension to president to visit pyongyang to touch a good name as more from seoul. even as athletes competed on the snow and ice diplomatic developments continue to steal at least some of the spotlight during what's being called the peace olympics the last three days have been historic and a high point in interest in relations north korean leader kim jong sister kim jong became the first member of the ruling family to cross into the south since the korean war she came with an invitation kim jong un is asking the south korean president in to visit pyongyang at a convenient time soon if this meeting transpires it would be the first time that kim jong un has met with the south korean president since taking office in twenty eleven president moon says he'll begin arranging the conditions to make that visit happen but he stresses that any rebuilding of interest in relations must involve dialogue between the united states and north korea u.s. vice president mike pence sat very close to the north korean delegation during the opening

and people streaming the opening ceremony of pyongyang twenty eighteen years one hour away early of the cold war but ration for school to rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes who were bidding to be allowed to compete. also as we go to a u.s. politicians there are still debating into the early hours as they struggle to end a second shutdown and three weeks. hospitals was on alert for casualties as egypt launches a major operation against armed groups in the sinai peninsula. and a memo months ago to journalists a jailed after uncovering what the government didn't bomb the world to see. so a show of togetherness between north and south korea is happening with just an hours ago before the ceremony opening ceremony of the winter olympics the sister of north korea's leader has become the first member of her family to step foot in south korea since the two countries went to war in nineteen fifty. is part of the north korean delegations arrived for the pyongyang games south korea's leaders hope the event is a chance to revive meaningful communication after a long per

it's 9am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london, and 9.30am in pyongyang, where north korea says it has no intention of using the winter olympics in south korea as an opportunity to hold talks with officials from the united states — something that the us vice president mike pence hadn't ruled out. on the eve of the winter olympics opening ceremony, north korea is preparing to display its military might in a military parade. these satellite images show the preparations being made at a military base in the north korean capital. the parade will mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of its army, and according to one source, as many as 13,000 troops are practicing. it comes as the opening ceremony of the winter olympics — dubbed by south korea's president as the "peace olympics" — is set to take place. for more, let's cross now to the bbc‘s china correspondent. stephen mcdonell, who is in pyeongchang in south korea. united states and north korea are sending high—level delegations to the winter olympics, you have vice president mike pence arriving later today and you have