pleasure. well, it s great to have you here. what do you think are the qualities you possess that made you a good spy? no one s asked me that before. um. i m tenacious, i m a. ..a bit adventurous. that s how i got into it to begin with. and i think the biggest piece of it was hoping that i had done something worth doing, and that it had made a difference. so the values behind the work were important to you, but on a day to day basis, you were having to deceive and to lie. are you good at that? and protect. she chuckles and i got rather good at it indeed. yes, ican. ican. i can prevaricate with the best of them. let me take you back to the beginning. you ve described entering the cia through a side entrance, by which i think you mean that you weren t sort of formally recruited. that s right. you sort of fell into it because you married a guy who, it turned out, just before your wedding, you learned was in the cia. wasn t there a movie or a book? something titled marrying the m
Mr hord will next appear at Leeds Crown Court on 28th december. More than 100 people are thought to have died after a Tropical Storm struck the southern philippines. The countrys second largest island, mindanao, bore the brunt of the storm, which caused flash floods and landslides. Dozens of people are still missing after one village was completely buried. Us president , donald trump, has praised the Un Security Council for imposing tough new sanctions against north korea, in response to its recent missile tests. The Security Council voted unanimously to limit north koreas imports of petrol and oil by as much as 90 . Mr trump said the vote proved the world wants peace, not death. London zoo has been closed until further notice after a fire in the early hours of the morning. A number of staff were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and shock as it was brought under control by 70 firefighters. The zoo is one of londons busiest attractions and was expecting tens of thousands of vis
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Out which routes need cash to bring them up to scratch. And in half a hour here on bbc news a special tv version of the bbcs popular brexitcast podcast. Our correspondents reflect on the behind the scenes twists and turns of the negotiations between the eu and the uk. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. In the philippines, its now being reported that at least 100 people have been killed by Tropical Storm tembin. Two days of heavy rain have led to flash flooding and mudslides. The rescue effort is being hampered by roads which are blocked or have simply been washed away. A state of emergency has been declared in several areas on the worst hit island of mindanao. Howard johnson reports from the philippines capital, manila. High winds and heavy rain have been battering mindanao as Tropical Storm vinta makes its way across the country. Local reports say a farming village on the north of the island has been entirely buried by a mudslide. Flood waters also hit the war torn city still rec
Welcome to bbc news. Nearly 200 people have died after a Tropical Storm struck the southern philippines. The countrys second largest island mindanao bore the brunt of the storm, which caused flash floods and landslides. One entire village has been completely buried. Andy moore reports. Clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. There was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. In a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. The authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. Many of the casualties were on the main southern island, mindanao. This man said houses were getting flooded but people couldnt escape, so they got caught in the strong currents and swept away. Many places were hit by landslides. Flimsy houses were buried beneath tonnes of debris. The red cross is helping coordinate the relief effort. We have