And what the u. S. Could do to have a greater influence on the north Korean People. This hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. Is one of the highest ranking officials to ever to defect. As a former deputy pastor to the United Kingdom, he wanted his family to be free. It is where we have the opportunity to hear from someone with such unique insight into the most repressive regime into the world and one now threatening us with Nuclear Weapons. Thank you for speaking before this committee today. I wanted to acknowledge that it takes courage for you to do this. I met with you in august and soul along with mr. And mr. Snyder and barra. Your observations and recommendations to the committee will not only help them form u. S. Policy, but its my hope that your message including how we can peacefully denuclearize the Korean Peninsula will reach the ears of every north korean still suffering. As i know you agree its crucial we get information to North Koreans so they can better understand the sel
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To the bbc news at one. Its got to be some kind of record, with donald trump facing his first scandal and a top level resignation just 2a days after his inauguration. His National Security adviser, michael flynn, has resigned over his contacts with russia. Hes alleged to have discussed us sanctions with the Russian Ambassador before mr trump took office, then misled officials including the Vice President about the conversation. The kremlin has refused to comment on the resignation, saying it was an internal matter for the United States. Our correspondent andy moore reports. Just over three weeks into his presidency, and donald trump has already lost one of his closest advisers. This was mike flynn at the white house just before his resignation. A lonely figure on the front row of a press conference. Then a Cool Handshake from Vice President mike pence the man hes been accused of misleading. It was flynns close links with the kremlin that got him in trouble. Here he is in 2015, at a din
So who really does speak for the president . And the israeli Prime Minister arriving in washington to start a new relationship with the white house. Iran, hezbollah, syria and settlements. There is plenty to discuss. This story begins at the end of december. President obama had just imposed new sanctions on russia in retaliation for moscow hacking the election. Donald trumps senior Foreign Policy advisor, general mike flynn, hopped on the phone with russias ambassador to discuss the penalty. Now us law bars any private citizen from conducting Foreign Policy. But the greater mistake was to mislead the Vice President. The National Security advisor told mike pence that sanctions never came up in his calls with the Russian Ambassador. Not true. The conversation had been bugged by us intelligence, disproving the generals account. In his resignation letter, flynn sai, unfortu nately, because of the fast pace of events, i inadvertently briefed the Vice President elect and others with incomple
Died while being taken to hospital. National intelligence officials in seoul told lawmakers they believe he was assassinated. South korean media reports say theres some information he was killed because he recently sought political asylum in the south. One expert thinks an assassination may have been ordered over another reason. Translator i had information that some north korean defectors were considering an exile government under the leadership of kim jongnam. Malaysian police are still trying to determine the cause of death. There are several accounts about how he was apparently poisoned with a needle, a spray or by a cloth put over his face. The police have arrested a woman with a vietnamese passport in connection with the case. They say they took her into custody wednesday morning at Kuala Lumpur International airport. Police say the suspect told them four men convinced her and another woman to play a trick on kim jongnam. She told them she didnt know she was involved in a murder