In the coming hours. He was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. Private king entered north korea by running across the Demilitarised Zone from south korea injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us, to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. North korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private kings release. Jean mackenzie reports. This is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the Demilitarised Zone. The us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. The north koreans have kept his whereabouts a total secret. But behind the scenes, an extraordinary operation has been unfolding. Sweden played chief negotiator, acting on behalf of th
Back on track with targets like ending extreme poverty and tacking climate change. And president s and Prime Ministers will take the opportunity to seize the global spotlight including us President Joe Biden who arrived On Sunday Evening in new york. To talk about all of this and what we can expect from the week ahead, im joined now from new york by michael bociurkiw, Global Affairs analyst and Non Resident Seniorfellow at the atlantic council. Lets talk about who is not going to be there, rishi sunak, emmanuel macron, and modi, xi jinping. Quite a list. What do you make of those absences . Quite a list indeed. Un Secretary General laid it down and says this isnt a chauffeur vanity fair. Show for vanity fair. Id more leaders are using that excuse, that they are very busy, so they are sure show up in certain summits. In the case of rishi sunak, if reporting is to be believed, he is not only very busy but afraid to be called out at the un Climate Summit for not performing well enough on
Hello im Adrian Finnegan with the news hour from aljazeera live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Four palestinians are killed while protests continue against President Trumps move to declare jerusalem the capital of israel. Georgias former president Mikheil Saakashvili says that hes on Hunger Strike after police in ukraine arrest him again. This is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power you questions about the trump president ial campaigns relationship and spying by a foreign power this time its not russia but israel. The huge crowds fill the streets of central paris to say farewell to french rock star johnny hallyday. The arab league is holding an emergency meeting on saturday to discuss Donald Trumps formal recognition of jerusalem as israels capital the us president s action has been condemned by a host of governments and has prompted protests across the globe. Funerals are being held for to hamas fighters to protesters who were killed by israeli airstrikes
America. We cannot allow our nation to become a section where for extremists. Amy trump also repeated his call for a wall on the southern border and to create a government registry of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Pres. Trump i have ordered the department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve american victims. The office is called voice victims of immigration crime engagement. Amy we will get response from around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In his first president ial address to a joint session of congress, President Donald Trump vowed to expand the United States military budget, end the Affordable Care act and sharply , restrict immigration into the United States. The Washington Post reports the 60minute speech included multiple factual inaccuracies, which include trump taking credit for jobs that were actually created under the Previous Administration and m
America. We cannot allow our nation to become a section where for extremists. Amy trump also repeated his call for a wall on the southern border and to create a government registry of crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Pres. Trump i have ordered the department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve american victims. The office is called voice victims of immigration crime engagement. Amy we will get response from around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In his first president ial address to a joint session of congress, President Donald Trump vowed to expand the United States military budget, end the Affordable Care act and sharply , restrict immigration into the United States. The Washington Post reports the 60minute speech included multiple factual inaccuracies, which include trump taking credit for jobs that were actually created under the Previous Administration and m