hello and welcome. ukraine s application to join the european union looks set to take a step forward today. senior eu officials will give their recommendation on whether to grant the country what s known as candidate status . but it s a long and complicated process to actually become a member. in his nightly address, president zelensky said ukraine has never been closer to the european union than it is now. here s azadeh moshiri. ukraine s president called it a truly historic day, describing a visit to kyiv by some of europe s most powerful leaders. from france, germany and italy, three of the eurozone s largest economies as well as romania, and while president zelensky has grown accustomed to receiving politicians who wish to see the war first hand, this time he had clear demands, more weapons and shoring up support for ukraine s candidacy to the european union. translation: ukraine has felt the support of four powerful european states at once and in particular support for
Its newsday. Welcome to newsday. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in seoul where the ousted south Korean Leader Park Geun Hye has vowed that the truth will out after leaving office Days Afterjudges upheld a Parliament Decision to impeach her. Massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president s official residence, the blue house. Her departure means she no longer has president ial immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul steve evans and he described former president parks first public appearance since leaving the president ial palace. There was certainly no sense of contrition or of a broken woman or anything like that. She had a broad, broad smile, she was waving to her supporters from the back of the black limo when she arrived at her private residence. That statement, which was delivered not by her but as a statement that the truth will out, indicates that she does not except that she di
Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds news room, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme inside North Waziristan. Owen Bennett Jones finds the Pakistan Army back in control of the tribal area on the afghan border, after a huge Military Operation to clear out alqaeda and the taliban. Around one Million People from North Waziristan fled when the conflict was at its height, and the question now is will they come back . Saved from slavery and worse. Naomi grimley meets the Young Yazidis who escaped the so called Islamic State to find refuge in germany. A genocide in the making. Alastair leithead reports from south sudan on claims of new atrocities by Government Forces and local militia. Making chinas skies blue again. Carrie gracie investigates beijings new measures against old polluting vehicles. The chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. And in the one party state there is little the public can do, to force the poli
Its newsday. Welcome to newsday. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 10am in seoul where the ousted south Korean Leader Park Geun Hye has vowed that the truth will out after leaving office Days Afterjudges upheld a Parliament Decision to impeach her. Massive crowds gathered to see ms park finally leave the president s official residence, the blue house. Her departure means she no longer has president ial immunity from prosecution and criminal charges may well follow. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent in seoul steve evans and he described former president parks first public appearance since leaving the president ial palace. There was certainly no sense of contrition or of a broken woman or anything like that. She had a broad, broad smile, she was waving to her supporters from the back of the black limo when she arrived at her private residence. That statement, which was delivered not by her but as a statement that the truth will out, indicates that she does not except that she di
/PRNewswire/ The Bezos Earth Fund today announced it has awarded $50 million in grants to support conservation and sustainable development in the Amazon..