Last few hours. North korea has accepted south koreas offer to hold talks next week. It will be the First Time Since 2015 that officials from the two sides have met. No coincidence perhaps that the news breaks just hours after south korea and the United States agreed to postpone theirjoint military exercises, which north korea sees as rehearsals for invasion. Theyll be suspended for the duration of the Winter Olympics. From seoul, sophie long reports. North korea accepted the offer of government level talks through a direct fax line between the two countries reactivated two days ago. It was addressed to south koreas reunification minister. Translation north korea accepted our offerfor talks on january nine. North korea accepted our offerfor talks onjanuary nine. Regarding the agenda, we will discuss thejohn chang win the olympics and how to improve ties between south and north korea. Pyeonchang. Improve ties between south and north korea. Pyeonchang. They are expected to discuss key is
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. A group of mps here in the uk wants a 25 pence charge added to every disposable coffee cup sold, with the money raised used to improve recycling facilities. Billions of cups are thrown away each year, mostly ending up in landfill sites. Goodidea . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. North korea has accepted south koreas offer to hold talks next week. It will be the First Time Since 2015 that officials from the two sides have met. No coincidence perhaps that the news breaks just hours after south korea and the United States agreed to postpone theirjoint military exercises, which north korea sees as rehearsals for invasion. Theyll be suspended for the duration of the Winter Olympics. Sophie long reports from seoul. North korea accepted the offer of government level talks through a direct fax line between the two countries reactivated two days ago. It
A report from syria, where the people of Eastern Ghouta have suffered more bombardment, as the un meets again to discuss what to do. Henry bolton refuses to step down as ukip leader, despite the resignations of 12 senior members of the party. And Alexis Sanchez has completed his move to Manchester United from arsenal. Hes likely to be the highest paid player in the premier league. And coming up in sportsday, on bbc news could liverpool come from behind at swansea to keep up their tilt on a place in the premier leagues top four . Good evening. And we start with stark new evidence of the intense strain on hospitals across the uk, as the nhs struggles to deal with the pressure of the winter months. Medical staff at the University Hospital of north tees, in the north east of england, say they dont have the capacity to give proper care to all incoming patients, and the trust says pressures are immense. A bbc news team spent several days at the hospital, witnessing the problems at first hand
But not for long. Congress has approved a temporary spending measure to fund the federal government, ending an acrimonious debate and a 3 day shutdown. Its now been signed by President Trump to allow government to function for another 2. 5 weeks. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. The motion is agreed to. This was the moment the impasse was broken and the way cleared for the government to reopen. The scene in the senate was the result of behind closed doors negotiations between centrist republicans and democrats. In return for voting to fund the government for the next few weeks, democrats got this. Assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address daca, Border Security and related issues. Democrats had said they wanted a deal to protect the young people brought here illegally as children whose temporary permits start to expire in march. What they got is agreement to vote on this and other immigration matters in febr
But not for long. Congress has approved a temporary spending measure to fund the federal government, ending an acrimonious debate and a three day shutdown. It will be signed by President Trump later to allow government to function for another two and a half weeks. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. The motion is agreed to. This was the moment the impasse was broken and the way cleared for the government to re open. The scene in the senate was the result of behind closed doors negotiations between centrist republicans and democrats. In return for voting to fund the government for the next few weeks, democrats got this. Assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address daca, Border Security and related issues. Democrats had said they wanted a deal to protect the young people brought here illegally as children whose temporary permits start to expire in march. What they got is agreement to vote on this and other immigrat