In the coming hours. He was handed over to us officials in china, although the circumstances of his return have not been fully revealed. Private king entered north korea by running across the Demilitarised Zone from south korea injuly. He had been due to be flown to the us, to face military disciplinary proceedings, when he escaped his escort. North korea earlier said it would expel the soldier for illegally entering its territory. Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has thanked both china and sweden for their assistance in gaining private kings release. Jean mackenzie reports. This is travis king moments before he ran into north korea during a tour of the Demilitarised Zone. The us soldier had been in trouble with the south korean authorities and was being sent home to be disciplined by the army. The north koreans have kept his whereabouts a total secret. But behind the scenes, an extraordinary operation has been unfolding. Sweden played chief negotiator, acting on behalf of th
In the past decade, ten us states have given parents an option on school choice. If they choose to they can opt to send their children to Private Schools and in return they will get some tax relief to help offset those fees. That gives countless families says jo, particularly those who live in inner cities with underperforming schools the chance to attend a Private School. Makes it more affordable. But this side of the pond, the opposition wants to go the other way. Labour say they will add vat to Private School fees and wont strip schools of their charitable status, which would deny them the 80 relief they got on business rates. That Change Say Labour would generate up to £1. 5 billion in additional revenue. The daily mail says today that will unfairly punish the smaller independent schools. Good one for this for one panel. Joe supports it. And since leaving parliamentjustine has campaigned for social mobility, equality of opportunity. So lets see how they view this. Why is offering
Not having them around, but i think this week of all weeks, its going to hit home with them that theyre not here, and i think they are going to miss being here more than we are missing them. I think this week is a realisation that the decision that they made has led to not being part of this week, and thats tough and the landscape in golf is ever changing and more dynamic, and we will see whats happening and whether they will be a part of it in the future. I always thought leading up to this week is when its going to hit home that they are not going to be here. Theres also been an all Star Celebrity Match Taking Place over seven holes on the ryder cup course. Novak djokovic traded in his Tennis Racket to take his opening tee shot, not a bad effort from the 2a time grand slam winner while gareth bale, wales all time record goalscorer, and a five Time Champions League winner was also taking part and they were both on the winning side playing for colin montgomerie, the american corey pavi
Of protecting its Market Dominance in Online Retail at the expense of consumers and third party sellers. Our north American Business correspondent erin delmore has more from new york. Its a case that has been in the works for years, under the watchful eye of ftc chair lina khan, who made her name in the Antitrust World With A Blockbuster 2017 legal paper detailing amazons monopoly footing. On thursday, khans ftc struck its widest blow against amazon yet a sweeping lawsuit alleging the company stifled competition in its online marketplace. 17 statesjoined in. The lawsuit challenges a bunch of amazons business practices, including prioritising its own products in search results, ahead of ones by third party sellers, and anti discounting measures that ensured sellers list their lowest prices on amazon, and requiring sellers to use amazons network of Delivery Services as a condition of being included in its popular prime subscription service. Rivals, according to the ftc, just couldnt comp
Samira hussain reports. Protests, rubber bullets, tear gas. This latest flare up is the largest since Ethnic Violence began back in may. These protesters were marching in the capital when they were met by Security Forces. Several dozens have been injured an internet ban imposed, a controversial Anti Insurgency law in effect, giving Security Forces full control of the state. This comes after photos emerged of the two teenagers who had been missing sincejuly. The bbc spoke with the girls father just last month he was hopeful to the end. Translation i the end. Translation ,. , translation i expected that she would come translation i expected that she would come back, translation i expected that she would come back, with translation i expected that she would come back, with this translation i expected that she would come back, with this hope, l translation | expected that she j would come back, with this hope, i keep living even though there is so much sorrow. For the kind of person she is