Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and also 9am in north korea where we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. The bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. Thi
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and we start our programme with a rare insight into one of the most secretive countries on earth. Every year, over 1,000 people flee north korea. We spoke to an unusual pair of defectors one of them was a prison guard who escaped with one of his detainees. Bbc koreans Hyung Eun Kim has their story. Rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. Footage kim jong uns government doesnt want you to see. Troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population. More soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. Its here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. Now two people who made it out want to tell their story. Were on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. Everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. This man was a prison guard at a D
After the extended Lunar New Year break. But with severe restrictions still in place, how long before a return to normality . Prayers for the 29 People Killed in thailands mass shooting as thousands attend a vigil. Good morning. Its 9am here in singapore, 1am in london and 5pm in los angeles, where the oscars are underway. Live now to hollywood and our correspondent, peter bowes. Dressed very dapper lead for us, i believe. Can you sum up some of the excitement over there . Tremendous excitement, as you say. The oscars are getting under way, the 92nd Academy Awards, and the excitement is because there are probably two oi because there are probably two or three pictures that could win the top prize at the end of the night. It could be the film that a lot of people up until a few weeks ago hadnt really considered, parasite from south korea, or one of the other big hitters like nineteen seventeen oi hitters like nineteen seventeen or once upon hitters like nineteen seventeen oronce upona h
Millions are supposed to go back to work in china after the extended Lunar New Year break. But with severe restrictions still in place, how long before a return to normality . Chanting prayers for the 29 People Killed in thailands mass shooting 00 01 12,947 4294966103 13 29,430 as thousands attend a vigil. Margot robbie and Charlize Theron are fox news employees who bring down their seedy ceo, a man who makes Sexual Harassment part of hisjob description. Both are nominated for an oscar at tonights Academy Awards, two years after the launch of the metoo movement, which saw a new Commission Set up to look into bullying and abuse in hollywood. Can you give me a sense of how you see the scale of the problem . The scale of the problem and the range of the problem, i think, is really enormous. I could pluck you out and move you to the front of the line, but i need to know that youre loyal. I need you to find a way to prove it. We have this history in an industry where people look the other w
Rashford west spec 2. 53 a goes to provide three years ago was not known in the public elsewhere. But you are right, this gives almost more power to those who say it isnt embarrassing for a government to make a u turn on this . A u turn on whether schools, primary schools we re whether schools, primary schools were all going to be back by the start of june . And were all going to be back by the start ofjune . And even on this free school meals, it is an extraordinary potent issue. 1. 3 million children receive free school meals, and the idea that they were going to be taken idea that they were going to be ta ken away idea that they were going to be taken away in current circumstances. Now the government said there would be other help available but again, the government seem to be not in control of offence at all. We will look at that in a bit more detail later on. Can we go to the other story . The dismay for dle and the foreign office, the department for International Development. Thi