London. This is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 8pm in washington, where the us has given a cool response to a reported offer of talks from north korea. The Us State Department says any talks would have to lead to the end of the regimes Nuclear Programme. South korea claimed pyongyang had signalled its willingness to hold talks with the us, after a meeting between a north korean general and south koreas president before the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Laura bicker now reports from pyeongyang on a games in which politics played as much of a role as the sporting action this is the confident side of south korea. It does seem to yong yang is ready to talk to the us, a vidic rory for the president. Unlike the Opening Ceremony, the countrys their own colours, highlighting the division, despite the diplomacy. Critics think the north have been given too much a platform at these games. The minister responsible for talks between the
War very often appeals victory in court. For president two Supreme Court justices are arrested hours after the government declares a state of emergency. Israeli forces kill a palestinian man wanted for the shooting death of a settler. A european markets of open to heavy losses with london paris and frankfurt all dropping by more than three percent in early trading elsewhere asian markets crumbled as investors took their lead from a huge selloff on wall street the dow jones tumbled more than a thousand points on monday more than four and a half percent that was the biggest fall in percentage terms since august twenty seventh in response to pans benchmark nikkei closed down three point seven three percent earlier on tuesday while hong kongs benchmark hang seng index closed down five point one two percent china correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. Well the markets here in asia really took the lead from wall street the markets in chan zen and shanghai were both down around abo
Street losses spreads around the world. Again embolization is chaunged off the mark swearing in of Opposition Leader why they were doing. And we look at the Free Ambulance Service thats on the front line of saving lives in somalias capital. Three hong kong prodemocracy activists are walking free also their convictions were overturned on appeal joshua wall made the middle and alex tell have been sentenced to six months jails for Unlawful Assembly speaking outside the court one who says the fight for the right to protest is far from a. Judge just allow us to lift a call we still face the same. Range of prison sentences in the future which means that the court of appeal have fully sat and got the principle of the judgment from the court of appeal in the future if and a well organized action related to civil disobedience just like really gain support square action will still face the sentence will be a lot of information for field was even more than a year thats why i will say that is a lo
A state of emergency is declared and top judges arrested as the political crisis in the moodys deepens. Asian Financial Markets a down after stocks in the u. S. Suffer big losses and new doubts about the future of south africas president as he n c holds a special meeting to discuss his fate. The u. S. Is accusing russia of blocking a u. N. Security council statements which would have condemned the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Government at a meeting of the fifteen member body the u. S. Ambassador nikki haley said there was quote all vs evidence of recent chlorine attacks by the assad regime about russias accuse the us of waging a Propaganda Campaign meanwhile on the ground in syria itself activists say at least sixty people have been killed by government and russian air strikes in both italy province and decent cusa the going fighting has led to a warning from aid agencies to governments in europe the u. S. And the wider region not to force refugees to go home before the situa
Government declares a state of emergency. Israeli forces kill a palestinian man wanted for the shooting death of a. Tree. A council that can agree to take action. An escalating war of words between the u. S. And russia over suspected Chemical Attacks in syria. And our stock markets around the world have been plunging this tuesday asian markets have crumbled as investors took their lead from a huge selloff on wall street the dow jones dropped more than a thousand points on monday or more than four and a half percent that was the biggest fall in percentage terms since august twenty seventh in response japans benchmark nikkei closed down four point seven three percent fall into its lowest number since october last year while hong kongs benchmark hang seng index lost almost five percent in its morning session putting it on track for the biggest drop since twenty fifteen or china correspondent adrian brown has more now from beijing. Well the markets here in asia really took the lead from wa