Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Donald trump, the self proclaimed dealmaker extraordinaire is finding the Korean Peninsula tough going. For all of his claims of friendship with the north korean dictator, kimjong un, pyongyang seems no closer to giving up its nuclear arsenal, and americas Strategic Partnership with south korea is looking increasingly strained too. My guest is south Korean Foreign minister Kang Kyung Wha. Her country is currently out of step with both the us and japan. So how vulnerable does that make south korea . Theme music plays. Foreign minister Kang Kyung Wha in beijing, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Foreign minister, i think we have to start because you are in beijing and you have had meetings with both the chinese and Japanese Foreign ministers we have to start your very troubled relationship with japan. We have to start with your very troubled relationship with japan. Im going to quote to you the wo
Risk than if you dont. A report comes in of a fight a few streets away. Sierra papa 112 to the rest of the team, we are attending this. But for operation sceptre, the big challenge is tackling knife crime fuelled by so called county lines drugs gangs from other parts of the country. Because of the tensions between the different rival gangs, we have had a number of stabbings and stuff. Now what we are finding is a lot of users carrying as well because they are scared of being robbed. They know young teenagers in the city are being drawn into that world. They have even found weapons in playgrounds. We have done knife sweeps in the area where we have actually recovered knives which have been hidden. These are your typical potential drug runners that the county lines are using. And we met a 15 year old who says he has just done that. He has worked for county lines gangs and local dealers selling drugs and hiding knives around the city. He has agreed to speak to us anonymously. You know, if
Celsius and some of the warmth extends into eastern scotland as well. Into wednesday, there is a question over whether we see some thundery showers break up but there isa thundery showers break up but there is a possibility, but for the most pa rt most is a possibility, but for the most part most of the uk is in that warm hour, and if anything it will be the hottest day of the week with temperatures up to 3a celsius, that would make it also one of the hottest days of the year. Beyond that, beyond wednesday, there are questions over how long this hot weather will stay around. A sharp drop in the jetstream the most likely scenario, easing to allow these Atlantic Winds to move in, so ultimately the weather probably turns cooler and fresher, however there is a chance that such updraught could turn sharper, so sharp that jetstream updraught could turn sharper, so sharp thatjetstream splits apart and we start to get an upper low somewhere towards iberia, and in that kind of scenario we see t
But thats short of an overall majority. The british finance minister Philip Hammond says hell resign if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister. He said he cant accept mrjohnsons promise to take britain out of the eu at the end of october deal or no deal. At ten oclock, ben brown will have the news, but first, it is our world. Safa and marwa are identical twins joined at the head. Their family, from pakistan, want doctors to separate them. Great ormond street in london is one of the few hospitals in the world with the expertise to do it. This is safas brain, thats marwas brain. What we need to achieve is effectively untwist the brains, and that is difficult, pretty difficult to do just in your head. But it is perilous. The bbc was given unique access to chart the complex medical and ethical choices made. This is the day, the moment of truth, and everything hasjust got to be perfect. In the hope of giving the girls independent lives. Safa and marwa are 21 months old, and were born in pakis
Unconventional, may be. Unpredictable, definitely. Buta meeting arranged for your president ial twitter has just ensured these two men a place in history. Donald trump didntjust ta ke history. Donald trump didntjust take one step into hostile territory, he took 20. Before returning south over the official military line which separates the two koreas. He may be a show man by nature, but alas that the last minute nature of this event meant that there was a scramble for closes. Donald trump crossed over the line which made him the first us president to visit our country. The line which made him the first us president to visit our countrylj didnt president to visit our country. didnt expect it as part of the 620. Icame overand didnt expect it as part of the 620. I came over and said, didnt expect it as part of the 620. I came overand said, im didnt expect it as part of the 620. I came over and said, im over here, i want to meet chairman kim. Stepping across that line was a great honour. A