Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur where its reported that the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un, was killed. Police say kim jong nam was found dead at Kuala Lumpur Airport. American intelligence sources say they strongly believe that he was murdered by north korean agents. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes sent this report from tokyo. This is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. Officials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at Kuala Lumpur Airport this morning. South korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own Younger Brother, kim jong un. North koreas young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. Whats so sensitive . Last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. I was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. Much more telling is wh
Welcome to bbc news. President trumps public dispute with his own Intelligence Agencies has intensified. Hes accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information, and he blamed them for the resignation of his National Security adviser michael flynn. Mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. The president is now under even greater scrutiny in relation to alleged russian links, as our North America editor jon sopel reports. These are not the best of times. Not yet four weeks in, his travel bans been blocked, his National Security advisers been fired and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. And when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter and, boy, did he let rip this morning. And, on the reporting of this the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel. At his News Conference with the israeli Prime Minister, no mention of concerns about links with russia and youd never have
Hollywood is awash with speculation, spin and yes, self importance but this year, with donald trump in the white house and america deeply divided, real life has thrown up a melodrama which makes the movies look tame. My guest today isjohn madden, and oscar winning director whose latest film is set in the murky world of washington politics. But is hollywood doing justice to the times were living in . John madden, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Lets start by discussing the process of making your most recent movie. Its called miss sloane. But perhaps the most striking thing about it is that you were working in washington, making a film about the underbelly of washington politics at the very time america was experiencing a political earthquake. How disconcerting was that . Well, you know, it was really like, i suppose if i use a movie metaphor, its two trains kind of colliding. But we had no idea this other train was on the track. Im sure im explaining the obvious here but obviously when
Welcome to bbc news. President trumps public dispute with his own Intelligence Agencies has intensified. Hes accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information, and he blamed them for the resignation of his National Security adviser michael flynn. Mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. The president is now under even greater scrutiny in relation to alleged russian links, as our North America editor jon sopel reports. These are not the best of times. Not yet four weeks in, his travel bans been blocked, his National Security advisers been fired and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. And when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter and, boy, did he let rip this morning. And, on the reporting of this the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel. At his News Conference with the israeli Prime Minister, no mention of concerns about links with russia and youd never have
Welcome to bbc news. President trumps public dispute with his own Intelligence Agencies has intensified. Hes accused them of breaking the law by leaking classified information, and he blamed them for the resignation of his National Security adviser michael flynn. Mr flynn had admitted misleading colleagues about his contacts with russian diplomats. The president is now under even greater scrutiny in relation to alleged russian links, as our North America editor jon sopel reports. These are not the best of times. Not yet four weeks in, his travel bans been blocked, his National Security advisers been fired and the questions about his links with russia are piling up. And when the president is angry, the place he vents is on twitter and, boy, did he let rip this morning. And, on the reporting of this the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel. At his News Conference with the israeli Prime Minister, no mention of concerns about links with russia and youd never have