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The biggest stories that weve covered here over the past seven days first off the Winter Olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand Opening Ceremony in the city. And any three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event however in the run up to the celebrations demonstrations and scuffles erupted outside the Olympic Arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another Group Protesting north koreas participation in the games clashed with police. Despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to find a solution to the long running conflict the south korean president says hes ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions are met now this potentially sets up the first meeting between the countries in more than a decade the invitation was delivered by kim jong uns sister whos attending the Winter Olympics shes the first member of north koreas ruling family
I welcome his weekly with me kevin zero in here on r t r round up and big stories of the last seven days thanks for your time and taking that watches first in the Winter Olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand Opening Ceremony in the host city pyong chang nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in the event however in the run up to the celebrations there were demonstrations and scuffles outside the Olympic Arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another Group Protesting north koreas participation in the games physically clashed with police. Despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to try to find a solution to the conflict the south korean president says hes ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions are met this potentially them sets up the first meeting between the countries and more than a decade the invitation was delivered by k
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Repeatedly targeted. And 100 years after some women won the right to vote, we look back at their Extraordinary Campaign and its legacy. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Chelsea will not be sacking manager antonio conte, despite mounting pressure following back to back league defeats. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa nys collapse. But they denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. Today the companys former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what theyd known about its financial position. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Summoned to westminster carillions top brass. Philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. I would say i am deeply sorry for the impact that the colla pse deeply sorry for the impac