Welcome to bbc news. A british woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in egypt after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october when 300 tablets of the painkiller tramadol were found in her suitcase. Daniela relph reports. Laura plummers family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal. But today the 33 year old shop workerfrom hull is beginning a three year sentence injail in egypt. Her mother, roberta, and her egyptian partner, omar caboo, have been at court to support her during the hearings this week. Laura plummer had been travelling to the red sea resort of hurghada to visit omar in october when she was stopped by the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets, a painkiller which is legal on prescription in britain, but banned in egypt. She said the tablets were for her partner, who suffers from severe back pain, but she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal cell
Pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. Kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. New United Nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north koreas latest Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test in november. Earlier, i spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown universitys centre for security studies. She explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. Well, we have to remember that there are Un Security Council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied by the United States government are targeting individuals. These are really symbolic more than anything else. They are a very important part of president trumps maximum pressure on north korea, but they will have little practical effect because it is only about us jurisdiction and it is unlikely either of these two men have any assets, certainly in their n
In a statement, the us treasury named the men, on the left, ri pyong chol, and on the right, kimjong sik. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin added, treasury is targeting leaders of north koreas Ballistic Missile programmes, as part of our maximum Pressure Campaign to isolate north korea and achieve a fully denuclearised korean peninsula. Pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. Kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. New United Nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north koreas latest intercontinental Ballistic Missile test in november. Earlier, i spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown universitys centre for security studies. She explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. Well, we have to remember that there are Un Security Council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied by the United States
Added, treasury is targeting leaders of north koreas Ballistic Missile programmes, as part of our maximum Pressure Campaign to isolate north korea and achieve a fully denuclearised korean peninsula. Pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. Kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. New United Nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north koreas latest intercontinental Ballistic Missile test in november. Ijust spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown universitys centre for security studies. She explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. Well, we have to remember that there are Un Security Council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied by the United States government are targeting individuals. These are really symbolic more than anything else. They are a very important part of president toms maxim
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