A full exclusive report in about 15 minutes. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later well pay tribute to 21 year old journalist dean eastmond, who died of cancer at the weekend. His poignant writing about living with cancer at such a young age moved many. His boyfriend and brother willjoin us after ten. Also his best friend. Tweet us, use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. South koreas navy has staged a major exercise off the countrys east coast as a show of strength to north korea following its latest nuclear test. It said pyongyangs forces would be buried at sea in the event of further provocation. The United States has warned the Un Security Council that kim jong un is begging for war. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. We
Responsible for the deaths of nearly 30 sperm whales on european beaches last year. Good morning. Its september 5th. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news, serious case review into the death of Ayeeshia Jane smith who was murdered by her mother in 2014 is fine professionals were not focused enough on the childs welfare. 0ur correspondent Chi Chi Izundu is here. The details of a serious case review arejust the details of a serious case review are just out but first of all tell us more are just out but first of all tell us more about ayeeshia and what happened. She was known to social services and professionals before her birth because her mum was found living in a garage venture was pregnant. She was also taken into foster ca re pregnant. She was also taken into foster care during her 21 month old life and then turned back to her pa rents life and then turned back to her parents or her mother, i should say, after a short while and soon afterwards she passed away
Its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. Its a great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government and overseas as well and maybe its not listed in his bio but maybe someone can ask him a question to tell you about his 2014 visit to north korea to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s when i was a baby bureaucrat in the pentagon and he was head of Defense Intelligence agency. I was, i confess, a little bit scared of him when i first encountered him but my boss, ash carter, and the rest of the pentagon civilian leadership held him in such high regard and respect that we were all grateful to have him part of the team. Most recently, i logged many hours with mr. Clapper in the white house situation room disc
Begins with an intelligence update so it was almost like a ritual prayer. Mr. Clapper would intel be intoned the latest update on whatever heart problems were at the table that day. Its been my pleasure over my entire career to work with a talented members and in particular and the white house who worked with mr. Clapper directly. For legions of intelligence professionals noting the integrity and humanity with which he has led the Intelligence Community from and he truly personifies the leader. And so its a special honor to introduce you tonight. The other thing that shows the humility of that is i did a little bit of surveying some of his former teammates and they said a favorite saying of his is that their job was to be in the engine room show boring shoveling the cold so i am sure we will have more than coal from the conversation he offers us today, so it is my distinct honor to invite mr. James clapper to the podium. Thank you very much. [applause] thanks very much. Its great to be
Evening. My name is ambassador holgate, dissociated at institute for International Science and Technology Policy here at the Elliott School, emphasis on the visit parker on that here very often but its a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community. Youve all seen his biography and the title for this evenings talk of a discussion on an intelligence career and its hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper. And its a great treat to having here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on display inside come inside and outside government, and overseas as well. Maybe its not listed in his bio but maybe someone and ask him a question today but is 2014 visit to north korea, to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s whe