It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 10 00am in seoul, where south korean government negotiators are meeting for talks with their north Korean Counterparts for the first time in more than two years. The two sides are expected to discuss the possibility of pyongyang sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics being held in south korea next month. It is hoped it could reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula, which have reached their highest point in decades. Lets go live now to the bbcs sophie long, in seoul. Sophie, everyone is watching and waiting. What could be the result of this dialogue between north and south korea, and the discussions, apart from the olympics . Yes, thats right. The huge amount of focus here on these talks. The first time government level talks had ta ken place between the two countries in more than two years. Now, we know that the south korean delegation arrived in the village which straddles the border between the countries just after 9am this mornin
Un south korea and japan and the u. S. Pool their resources the search area for the missing airasia flight has been widened as more countries join the International Effort to locate the wreckage. Flight qz8501 disappeared 42 minutes after take off from the indonesian city surabaya en route to singapore. Search teams are scouring the java sea, looking for the plane around the Belitung Island and banka and singkep. The head of the search operation says its likely the plane is at the bottom of the sea. Scott heidler is with us from surabaya, where the plane departed. Just get us up to date on to the latest on the search and rescue mission. For the very latest in the search and rescue mission is its a true multinational operation. You have assets in the sky and on the sea from malaysia singapore, and also australia. P3 orion, a sophisticated aircraft has been deployed and searching the 200km stretch in the java sea. We heard earlier from officials from search and rescue. We are at terminal
Bad for business tough times for a border town in china well search area for the missing airasia flight has been widened as hor countries join the more countries join the International Effort to find the weapon flight qz8501 disappeared after flying to singapore. Search teams are scouring the java sea looking for signs of the plane over the islands belitung island, banka and singkep. The head of the indonesian search operation says its likely the plane is at the bottom of the sea. Scott heidler is in the indonesian city of surabaya from where the plane departed. Scott, we know indonesia accepted offers of help from the neighbours. What can you tell us about that . Theres a lot of accepted assistance. Its a multinational effort. Theres malaysia singapore, australia involved. Singapore recently in the last couple of hours have come out that theyll supply underwater assistance. It comes to both technical machinery, and for personnel who are expertise in this. That has been offered and acc
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European union. A rescue operation is underway in south sudan after the killing of at least two u. N. Peace keeping soldiers in the state. Violence spread across the country after an alleged coup on sunday. The rescue operation was launched after the lost contact with its base in the small remote town of ocovo county and its 4 kilometers long and close to ethopian order and homes on the market and the primary school. The local hospital is nearby. And we are in the capitol juba where many are trying to escape fighting despite the government assurances that the situation is under control. Reporter officials checking passpo passports and those who want to leave must be on the evacuation list and foreigners and locals are flown out of the country and told its for security reasons. They give us also they are driving the people to go back. Reporter u. S. Soldiers are also in the capitol juba making sure its safe for planes to take off and land and they have been monitoring the situation toge