To the us, and made his way to the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has knowledge detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a Press Briefing the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We when considering its validity. Would caution everyo consider we would caution everyone to consider the source here. That is incredibly important as we are killing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king obviously. We remain focused on his safe return for the past several weeks and we are working
There are also interesting developments at sea where since the collapse of a major agreement last month that allowed ukraine to export grain through an agreed route through the black see it then announces humanitarian corridor without any kind of acknowledgement from russia which has continued to target commercial vessels. Yet we have a cargo ship leave the port of edessa this morning. It had been trapped there since before the invasion, and it continues to make its way south towards turkiye. There are some in the insurance and Shipping Industry that are rightfully nervous about this because russia enjoys quite a lot of dominance on the southern ukrainian coast. It uses its vessels to blockade ukrainian ports. And yet this vessel seems to have made its way through. More could follow but there is a big if here on whether russia decides to leave the vessels alone and it is a big if because it continues to strike ukrainian ports with drone strikes. As the war in ukraine continues, a bbc i
Drops from the sky. The us military delivering 38,000 meals for gazans in dire need. The un says famine will be inevitable, the mission and ongoing effort to get more aid into gaza through land, sea and air. But it drops like these are not enough. Access through the land routes, say us officials, is crucial. 0n officials, is crucial. On friday, President Biden said america is insisting the israelis allow more Aid Trucks Into Gaza. Israelis allow more Aid Trucks Into Gaza into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and childrens into gaza. Innocent lives on the line and childrens lives| the line and childrens lives on the line. We will not stand by until we get more aid in there. We should be getting hundreds of trucks in, notjust several. Hundreds of trucks in, not ust several. ,. , several. Signs of hope as well for dozens several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of several. Signs of hope as well for dozens of hostages several. Signs of hope as wel
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the eu is considering similar control measures but the uk has so far said it will not introduce new restrictions in sport erling haaland has became the quickest player to reach 20 premier league goals in a season, with two against leeds as manchester city won 3 1 to move to second in the table. ukraine has been struck by a fresh barrage of russian missiles targeting several major cities. dozens of missiles had been launched from land and sea at the population and civilian infrastructure. several cities from kyiv in the north, odesa in the south, kharkiv in the east and lviv in the west have seen explosions hit their cities. the mayor of kyiv, said 16 missiles had all been shot down by the capitals air defences but at least three people were taken to hospital. in lviv, officials say the city has lost about 90% of its electricity. earlier, ukraine s military intelligence chief told the bbc the conflict was now at a stalemate. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from