With me isjeremy cook whos chief economist of the Payments Company world first. Welcome back. Thank you for being with us. We begin with the independent and this announcement by north korea that they will hold talks with south korea. It is nice to see good news from that area of the world for once when we are not talking about rocket test for anything. We do have the Winter Olympics in south korea in the next few weeks. This is north and south are getting together to hopefully begina are getting together to hopefully begin a dialogue about a demilitarisation of the elements of the relationship between the two countries you need to ask why now, whether this is purely to get a few figure skaters from north korea into the competition or whether this is more about a lasting peace and whether or not donald trump has had an influence on the conversation. Donald trump certainly things he does have an influence, no surprise. Do you think that is the case . Analysts a re do you think that is th
Thanks for joining us. Has been engulfed in violent protests with. Rising prices unemployment. And Police Used Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters who. With at least one reported killed. Erupted around the same time as the demonstrations in iran but when. Well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the two new Zealand Government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the tennessean street was one of anger and what weve seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with us one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is familiar to protests happening in another country namely iran what youre saying we have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the Economic Situation. The root of it is just a canard its the problem of youth unemploy
From all of us here. Thanks for joining. Us with. Rising prices unemployment. Police used to Disperse Protesters who. Were the least one protester reportedly killed and the rest erupted around the same time as the demonstrations in iran. Well these protests intern is here started after the new year and they came in reaction to the tennessean government introducing a new budget plan for two thousand and eight that included amongst other things a rise in fuel prices and tax hikes the response from the trinity and street was one of anger and what weve seen is protests taking place in several dozen cities around the country with a result that one person has been killed and several people have been injured now it is familiar to protests happening in another country mainly what youre saying we have here are two countries with protests taking place on the street by people who are unhappy with the Economic Situation. The root of it is just a canard its the problem of youth unemployment i perso
Change but since then there have been no less than my own government in place intern is the all of whom have been unable to get a handle on the Economic Situation the question of course is whether or not well see these cause for vision change and condemnation and criticism against tunisia like weve seen for example against him when sociology professor. Says that the different approaches to the similar protests in tunisia and their run could be simply explained by the fact that one of these countries is viewed as an enemy tunisia is on the military its a small country not many people know about that in american society. Who many in america have been the. Major obstacle for american policy in the middle east since its the whoosh of money in seventy nine in their case all to you are very happy to look at any small detail that happens in a small part this. To inflate it to look as if this is the end of the vision. In covering tunisia and. The german army is recruiting an increasing number
And going out walking. And billy the whizz. The teenage racing driver is back behind the wheel nine months after losing both legs in an horriffic crash. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. Three days after arsenal were dumped out of the fa cup they face chelsea in the league cup later. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. At least 13 people have been killed in Southern California after mudslides and flash floods. The death toll is expected to rise. Witnesses say boulders the size of small cars rolled down the hillside after the first rain for several months in the Santa Barbara county. More than 30 miles of the main coastal road have been closed and rescuers are trying to reach a group of 300 people thought to be trapped in one neighbourhood, east of Santa Barbara, james cook reports from los angeles. The rains came suddenly, just before dawn. Torrential and terrifying. They coursed over the slick scorched earth, gathering speed until mud was roaring down to the sea l