So what can President Trump do as kim jong un threatens the world . North korea is a situation that should have been handled 25 years ago, 20 years ago, 15 years ago, 10 years ago and five years ago, but ill fix the mess. This is a live fire exercise. Mr kim is ready for war. His ultimate target may be america, but its south korea which will find itself on the frontline first. Millions of people in the capital, seoul, just 35 miles away. This south korean village is only a couple of miles from the border. Now villagers worry they could come under attack from their neighbour. 80 year old lee ho yong is in charge of the villages emergency bunker. These doors are so heavy. Oh, its huge. So what, the whole village comes in here, thats the idea . First the air burns in, in close support, scorning the place with napalm. Koreas been split for the last 70 years. During the korean war of the 1950s, the us bombed the communist north relentlessly after they attacked the south. General chun was, u
Factor should face greater scrutiny. And the nobel prize in literature this year going to british writer Kazuo Ishiguro, judges praising the emotionality and depth of his work, including the wellknown novel, remains of the day. Christopher hello, welcome. Im christopher springate. Good to have you with us. The bid for independence for catalonia has hit a roadblock. The court banning parliamentary session that had been scheduled for monday. Regional leaders have signaled they were going to use the session to declare independence from spain. It is unclear what effect the court ruling is going to have. Catalan lawmakers have already defied a previous ruling by holding the authorized that unauthorized independent referendum last sunday. Correspondent the latest twist in a crisis dividing not only. Spain, but also catalonia. A crisis that has seen both sides digging in and refusing to budge. This is the Catalan Parliament, where the regions leaders were expected to declare independence from
The powerful american lobbying group the National Rifle association has backed calls to regulate rapid fire devices for guns. Stephen paddock, who killed 58 people in las vegas on sunday, used whats known as a bump stock to modify some of his weapons, turning them, in effect, into fully automatic machine guns. The white house and Senior Republicans are also saying theyll support a review. The bbcs james cook reports from las vegas. The golden glass was shattered by a man intent on mayhem. Why, police still dont know, but they say theres evidence Stephen Paddock had planned to survive the attack, and that he may have had help. We know Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life, much of which will never be fully understood. So far, theres been a lot of attention paid to the actions of the man who was in that building and what he did, firing down on this concert below. But what many people who were at that gig have told us is that they t
Than initially planned. He may declare independence from spain. Ca rles declare independence from spain. Carles puigdemont was expected to address the parliament on monday. That was before Spains Constitutional Court suspended those proceedings. Meanwhile catalonias Regional Government released what it saysis Regional Government released what it says is the final result of the referendum, more than 90 of reported to have supported independence but it is worth bearing in mind turnout was less than 50 . Weve also had the first public apologies from within the Spanish Government. Those catala ns apologies from within the Spanish Government. Those catalans who were injured during the Police Efforts to stop last sundays referendum. This isa stop last sundays referendum. This is a little of what was said. Translation i said this very clearly before. They were following an order, they werent ordered to avoid an illegal vote, they were ordered to seize ballot boxes. If there were any incidents
Declaring outright independence in a speech before the kaplan parliament he called for the escalation of tension and said he was ready for dialogue with the Spanish Government he said millions of his citizens believe catalonia should have its own stay in that he had a clear mandate to declare independence but wants to negotiate fast. As president its my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a republic we asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the declaration of independence so that we can have dialogue and so that we can find the necessary solution we need to lower tensions and show our will and commitment to meet the demands of the catalan people alive now to join hollers outside the Catalan Parliament in barcelona jonah was this the announcement many people were expecting. Well i think a lot of people would have gone away deeply disappointed staunch secessionists to the hope perhaps that this was going to be their night bu