A look at fresh air. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the feud over north Koreas Nuclear program moved to center stage on the eve of the Olympic Games in south korea u. S. Vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul on this promising new more aggressive sanctions against the north he met with south korean president jay is following on this warning not to allow him to quote hide behind feeling it fam and today kim jong un presided over a military parade or show of force after sending athletes and performers over the border that move seen as either a bid to thaw in relations with the south or a ploy to provoke the u. S. North korea and the United States are still sending mixed messages a day before the twenty teen winter games. Despite signaling it was willing to talk north korea hasnt traded the savior for the olive branch quite yet pyongyang staged a massive military parade marking the founding of its armed forces. Addressing his troops north Korean Leader kim jong
His autocratic rule at home the postcoup crackdown orchestrated by turkeys president under scrutiny today as the European Parliament examines that countrys human rights. To me so much going to thank you for joining us the feud over north Koreas Nuclear Program Moves to center stage on the eve of the Olympic Games in south korea u. S. Vice president mike pence has arrived in seoul and thats promising new more aggressive sanctions against pyongyang that message comes as north and south korea are preparing to open the Olympic Games with an unusual show unity a joint team as has met with president in the war in the south against allowing john young to quote hide behind the olympics. Lets bring in journalist Jason Strother who is standing by in seoul hi jason mike pence is promising new aggressive sanctions as we heard against the north what could they entail a ride well theres no word from washington what on what new sanctions could be but we could expect that the u. S. Would go after more
Political director at the foreign office. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The heads of four of the Worlds Largest test tell macro tech firms are due to Congress Tell macro testify before the us Congress Related to their size and power. Butjeff basis of amazon, Mark Zuckerberg of facebook, tim cook of apple are all preparing to appear via video conference. Together, their companies represent 5 trillion of the us economy. Lets show you the pictures in washington right now because that congressional room is beginning to fill up, sol because that congressional room is beginning to fill up, so i dont think we are quite far away from the start of that session will stop it was due to start an hour ago but had been delayed. And it will be a fascinating session to have these four. It is an astonishing in one session. Of course lawmakers of had the chance in the past to talk to the chance in the past to talk to the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, but it will fascinating for someone like jeff bezos who
And the next head of the secret intelligence service, otherwise known as mi6, has been named as Richard Moore currently political director at the Foreign Office. So, theres some curry for your boys. Laughter. And the prince and the podcast Prince William discusses football and Mental Health with peter crouch. Welcome to bbc news. Four tech giants and their executives are being put under the spotlight in the united states, defending themselves against accusations they are too powerful and that their Business Practices are anti competitive. Jeff bezos from amazon, tim cook from apple, Mark Zuckerberg from facebook, and Sundar Pichai from google are all due to being grilled in Congress Following a 13 month investigation by us lawmakers. Well bring that to you live. Thats the scene they are in washington, and theyll actually be doing this hearing by teleconference, of course, because of social distancing guidelines. In some people obviously in the room too wearing masks. They wont be appea