hello, i m kasia madera. here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on lithjuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country if labour win the general election. the labour leader said he would introduce new laws to train british workers to plug skills gaps in the job market and strengthen anti exploitation laws. meanwhile, the conservatives have promised to build 100 new gp surgeries in england and boost the number of available appointments if they win the election. and in the coming hours, john swinney, leader of the scottish national party, will formally launch the party s campaign, where he ll argue independence offers the country a better future . 0ur political correspondent ione wells has more on the latest developments. there s a couple of different major announcements today, from labour, there is this pledge from the labour leader, sir keir starmer, to cut net migration. he says that
London. This is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 8pm in washington, where the us has given a cool response to a reported offer of talks from north korea. The Us State Department says any talks would have to lead to the end of the regimes Nuclear Programme. South korea claimed pyongyang had signalled its willingness to hold talks with the us, after a meeting between a north korean general and south koreas president before the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Laura bicker now reports from pyeongyang on a games in which politics played as much of a role as the sporting action this is the confident side of south korea. It does seem to yong yang is ready to talk to the us, a vidic rory for the president. Unlike the Opening Ceremony, the countrys their own colours, highlighting the division, despite the diplomacy. Critics think the north have been given too much a platform at these games. The minister responsible for talks between the
It is newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 8am in singapore midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us has given a cool response to a reported offer of talks from north korea. The Us State Department says any talks would have to lead to the end of the regimes Nuclear Programme. South korea claimed pyongyang had signalled its willingness to hold talks with the us, after a meeting between a north korean general and south koreas president before the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Laura bicker now reports from pyeongyang on a games in which politics played as much of a role as the sporting action. This is the confidence side of south korea. But much of the drama was political. Entering this arena is the us president s daughter ivanka trump. But no warm reception for the north korean generals sitting behind her. There was no contact between the two, but it does seem that pyongyang is now ready to talk to the us. A victory for the south korean leader, president moon. Bu
Health officials in the rebel syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta say several people have suffered symptoms consistent with chlorine gas exposure during attacks by pro government forces. Although, the Syrian Government has always denied using chemical weapons. Earlier, france and germany appealed to president putin to pressure the Syrian Regime to honour the un brokered ceasefire. Our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports you may find some of it distressing. This was inside Eastern Ghouta. In almost seven years of war in syria, real ceasefires have been rare, ineffective and short. The un couldnt agree on a start time for the ceasefire. The best they could do was to say, without delay. Thats elastic enough to wreck this ceasefires chances. Today is the first day of the ceasefire resolution. Still theres warplanes in the atmosphere, there is still shelling. The level is less than before. Civilians are still being killed. Civil defence workers dug a badly injured baby out of this bombsi
21 people are confirmed dead, more than 500 are missing, thousands have been left homeless. The flames are now burning an area larger than chicago. And there are worries strengthening winds and falling humidity will fan new outbreaks. This report from peter bowes. Entire communities completely wiped out. In some areas, the Deadly Wildfires have out. In some areas, the deadly wildfi res have left out. In some areas, the Deadly Wildfires have left nothing but charred rubble and bricked chimneys. It said through Northern Californias wine country and is still burning out of control. This is what the firefighters are facing, one of more than 20 fires burning across several counties. Devastation on the scale has never been seen before in this region. More than 3000 homes and businesses have been destroyed. Fire Officials Say there is more to come, with high winds and tinder dry vegetation expected to hamper efforts to put out the flames. There are fears new fires we re flames. There are fear