Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur where its reported that the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un, was killed. Police say kim jong nam was found dead at Kuala Lumpur Airport. American intelligence sources say they strongly believe that he was murdered by north korean agents. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes sent this report from tokyo. This is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. Officials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at Kuala Lumpur Airport this morning. South korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own Younger Brother, kim jong un. North koreas young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. Whats so sensitive . Last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. I was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. Much more telling is wh
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in kuala lumpur where its reported that the half brother of the north korean leader, kim jong un, was killed. Police say kim jong nam was found dead at Kuala Lumpur Airport. American intelligence sources say they strongly believe that he was murdered by north korean agents. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes sent this report from tokyo. This is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. Officials there say he died after being sprayed in the face with something at Kuala Lumpur Airport this morning. South korean media immediately claimed north korean agents had assassinated kim on the orders of his own Younger Brother, kim jong un. North koreas young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. Whats so sensitive . Last year i saw for myself how strange north korea can be. I was detained and expelled for insulting the kim leadership. Much more telling is wh
they then in turn provide revenue that these start ups can then go back to the private capital markets and use that to get more private funding. it was, of course, nasa that first put man on the moon. that s one small step for man. ..one giant leap for mankind. ..although not without technology that was developed by private companies at the height of the space race with the soviet union. and over the years, that space race has yielded all sorts of innovations that have become part of our everyday lives. camera phones, sneakers, baby formula and prosthetic limbs all owe at least some of their development to space exploration. and it s likely there ll be plenty more of that innovation in the years ahead. some of the biggest rivals for those private companies include the deep pocketed chinese government, which is the only country to have its own space station, as well as russia and india, who both have sizeable space programmes. that said, it s cheaper than ever to get to space.
..although not without technology that was developed by private companies at the height of the space race with the soviet union. and over the years, that space race has yielded all sorts of innovations that have become part of our everyday lives. camera phones, sneakers, baby formula and prosthetic limbs all owe at least some of their development to space exploration. and it s likely there ll be plenty more of that innovation in the years ahead. some of the biggest rivals for those private companies include the deep pocketed chinese government, which is the only country to have its own space station, as well as russia and india, who both have sizeable space programmes. that said, it s cheaper than ever to get to space. so how are companies hoping to make money out of orbiting in thin air? well, i ve been speaking to the man who s literally written the book on the space economy, but is also the founder of the investment fund space capital, which has poured more than $100 million into th