that had deposits with silicon valley bank uk can access their deposits, can access normal banking services as of this morning. it s a very important outcome, no taxpayers money has been used. i think it shows the uk has great resilience in its financial system, that we are able to step in with one of our biggest uk banks in a situation like this and protect a very important sector. , , south korea and the united states have begun their biggestjoint military exercises in five years. named freedom shield, they re due to continue for ten days. washington and seoul have intensified their military cooperation in response to what they say is a growing threat from pyongyang. on sunday, the north korean military fired what it called two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine off its eastern coast. it was the latest in a series of banned weapons tests. earlier this month, the south koreans revealed their special forces had already staged an exercise with the us simulating precision strikes
over several years successfully. i think the key new thing here is the fact that the north koreans were making clear they could launch this icbm on saturday with a 9 hour window and they responded very quickly today to the us and south korean our drills last night with these tactical tests and i think the message basically is that for all the forthcoming us south korean exercises, there is going to be a very significant north korean military demonstration in response. 50 military demonstration in resnonse- military demonstration in resonse. ., . response. so you anticipate that this sort response. so you anticipate that this sort of response. so you anticipate that this sort of action - response. so you anticipate that this sort of action from j that this sort of action from john young will continue then and that this isn tjust john young will continue then and that this isn t just simply sabre rattling? as you point out, we ve seen that before. yeah, the key difference in 2023
On Wednesday night, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, often referred to simply as North Korea, marked the 75th anniversary of Korean People’s Army founding.