Its 9 00am in singapore 1 00am in london and 9 30 in the morning in pyongyang, where the north Korean Leader kimjong un has praised south korea as very impressive. According to state media kim jong un also expressed satisfaction and gratitude after his sister and other top regime officials returned from a landmark visit to the south for the winter olympic games. Lets get the very latest from our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell in seoul. This seems to be a very optimistic sign. For those who would want greater dialogue between if; 7 7 it isgeeteve da ~~ it isgeeteve da ou f it isgeeteve da ou et it is; eve da ou et kim sign. It is not everyday you get kim jong un praising the south. Normally he is talking about the puppets of us imperialists and a sort of thing. Instead we are hearing him say south korea is very impressive. This came in the form of report from north koreas state run media which said the north korean delegation returned from the south green Winter Olympics and reported ba
To the talk. Yesterday is living his dream, he is an internationally acclaimed concert pianist and successful recording artist but read his account of his life and it resembles a nightmare, when he is away from the piano, james rhodes is still haunted by the violent sexual abuse he suffered three years on the age of six. He has written about how it drove him to drink, take drugs, self harm, and spend time in a psychiatric hospital. And how he was saved by music, only rediscovering in his 30s that he could really play the piano. But in this latest book, he recounts what his successful life really feels like, and it is almost unbearable and distressing to hear. How could he lived with the pain of the past . How can he. James rhodes, welcomed the hardtalk. It is nice to be here, thank you. Quite a dramatic introduction, i have to say. Quite a dramatic look. Yeah, possibly. And you intended it to be. No, i never intended to be. The whole drama thing, ive had quite enough of. Sometimes it c
Almost impossible to land. The defending champion Jamie Anderson played it as safe as she could and won with a score that would have only been good enough for bronze in sochi. I tried to kind of weight and take a moment before i dropped in and it seemed like the flags werent moving too much but as soon as i dropped in i was like, oh, no, too much but as soon as i dropped in iwas like, oh, no, there too much but as soon as i dropped in i was like, oh, no, there is some wind. When we all signed up for snowboarding, it wasnt always bluebird perfect sunny days like we get in california so my attitude with contests and even with training oi with contests and even with training or shredding on any given day is like, learning to adapt with the weather and just doing your best in any given conditions. The womens giant slalom was postponed and will now take place on thursday. None of the snowboarders suffered major injury, but the International Olympic committee and International Ski federation
In the spirit of marking his own homework, President Trump has already declared his Foreign Policy an outstanding success. So called Islamic State vanquished, iran put on notice, the middle east reminded that america sticks by its friends and stands up to enemies. My guest today is andrew peek, Deputy Assistant secretary of state with responsibility for iran and iraq. Is the Trump Presidency really changing the rules of the game in the middle east . Andrew peek in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks so much, its great to be here. If i may, im going to begin with some words of yours, written right after Donald Trumps extraordinary election win back in november 2016. You said, americas role in the world will be fundamentally altered by this election and in the middle east, most of all. Well, now that you are inside the state department, do you stand by that . And in what way do you think this fundamental alteration has happened . Oh, i think there is a lot of Common Threads that
Will face a vote of confidence in parliament that he is expected to lose. Jon ironmonger reports. Cyril ramaphosa left a 13 hour meeting of the partys executive committee under the weight of a momentous decision to remove jacob zuma is the head of state. Earlier on monday night, the anc leader visited the president in person, telling him to step down within the next two days. But under that at an unconfirmed report suggests that president jacob an unconfirmed report suggests that president jacob zuma asked an unconfirmed report suggests that president jacob zuma asked for another three months. Since Cyril Ramaphosa was elected party leader in december, jacob zuma has resisted intense pressure to resign. His second term has been something scandal, and the rift within the party has threatened the stability of south africas oldest liberation movement. On sunday, Cyril Ramaphosa told supporters in cape town he was seeking a new beginning, and pledged to tackle the corruption that had marre