I feel like i have ifeel like i have said i feel like i have said this to you a few times, but. Im not sure we have ever seen a Statement Like this from a president of america. Steve bannon was Donald Trumps chief strategist. They campaigned together. They were in the white house together. Now this. A lengthy statement on bannon by trump in which the president says, when he was fired, steve not only lost his job, he lost his mind. He goes on. Steve had very little to do with our historic victory, and says steve doesnt represent my base hes only in it for himself. Thats just the first two paragraphs. This isnt a democrat, or an old guard republican, or the media this is the guy who helped him get the presidency, the guy who oversaw the policy priorities at the start of the presidency. If at this point youre thinking, whats trump doing 7 well, in the short term, its almost certainly to do with this excerpt of a new book on trump by Michael Wolff thats been published by new York Magazine
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For the first talks between their countries in more than two years. They are expected to discuss whether the north will send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in south korea next month. A series of north Korean Nuclear and missile tests, and the insults traded between pyongyang and washington, have raised tensions on the peninsula to the highest in decades. Live now to the south korean capital, and the bbcs sophie long. Sophie, things have been so worrying, i guess any talks about anything our reason for some hope. Yes, exactly, and there is another hope here, certainly in south korea. Those two delegations are now meeting. The meeting got under way just over one hour ago. Just before they sat down to begin those talks, they sat down to begin those talks, the first time there has been government level talks between the north korean and south korean governments in more than two years, there was a lot of National Press there, a huge amount of interest in this, of course here, and both
For the first talks between their countries in more than two years. They are expected to discuss whether the north will send a delegation to the Winter Olympics in south korea next month. A series of north Korean Nuclear and missile tests, and the insults traded between pyongyang and washington, have raised tensions on the peninsula to the highest in decades. Earlier i spoke to the bbcs sophie long who is in the south korean capital seoul just before they sat down to begin those talks, the first time there has been government level talks between the north korean and south korean governments in more than two years, there was a lot of National Press there. A huge amount of interest in this, of course, here, and both parties spoke to media present. Ri son gwon, the north Korean Leader of the delegation, said that he was here with the hope that we could give a new years gift to our people, and he said he hopes for precious results from these talks. He actually suggested that they could all
Salvadoran immigrants in the u. S. Are given a deadline to leave all face deportation. At least one person is dead following protests across a band of a rising bread prices plus. In the birthplace of tonga a small city dances to a different you. Know from south korea have begun their first high level talks in twenty fifteen the red meetings expected to focus on north participation in next months Winter Olympics in pyongyang chung so always been projecting enthusiasm about the talks but some are questioning whether that lead to any Real Progress with joining us from seoul is our correspondent kathy no thats a kathy who exactly is in these delegations on whats been happening so far. Well there are five members on either side led by the south Korean Unification minister on the Southern Side and his north korean counterpart on the other side so in effect the two men in charge of into korean relations theyve also brought along their deputies as well as representatives in charge of sports an