it s 9:00am in singapore, 1:00am in london and 8:00pm in the evening in new york, where the united nations security council has unanimously condemned north korea s latest ballistic missile test. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is time to hold north korea accountable with actions, not words. a few hours before, president trump told a joint news conference with the canadian prime minister, that the us faces many dangers. when i was campaigning, i said it is not a good situation. now that i see it, including with our intelligence briefings, we have problems that a lot of people have no idea how bad they are, how serious they are. not only internationally, but when you come right here. 0bviously north korea is a big, big problem, and we will deal with that very strongly. 0ur correspondent neda tawfik is at the un in new york. she told me there was a clear message from the security council. well, the security council issued a very strong statement, as you said, u
on trade and immigration, after their first summit meeting at the white house. but there was little talk about the story that has been gripping the headlines: national security adviser michael flynn has apologised for his discussions with russian diplomats before the inauguration. our north america editor jon sopel reports. announcer: the president of the united states and the prime minister of canada. this is the neighbour just dropping by. but were there ever two elected leaders so different in style and substance than donald trump and justin trudeau? both men were on their best behaviour, because on one particular issue they are thousands of miles apart and that is whether to allow those fleeing persecution into the country. on the day after president trump signed his controversial executive order banning refugees and travellers from seven mainly muslim countries, justin trudeau tweeted this: to those fleeing persecution, terror and war, canadians will welcome you, rega
but theirjoint press conference was remarkably free of any question at all about the issue hogging the headlines, the future of mr trump s national security adviser, michael flynn, who s had to apologise for his discussions with russian diplomats before the inauguration. this from our north america editorjon sopel. announcer: the president of the united states and the prime minister of canada. this is the neighbour just dropping by. but were there ever two elected leaders so different in style and substance than donald trump and justin trudeau? both men were on their best behaviour, because on one particular issue they are thousands of miles apart, and that is whether to allow those fleeing persecution into the country. on the day after president trump signed his controversial executive order banning refugees and travellers from seven mainly muslim countries, justin trudeau tweeted this. to those fleeing persecution, terror and war, canadians will welcome you, regardless of y
far is the footsie. also in the programme. tired of cramped legs and aching backs after long distance air travel? we ll meet the company aiming to put the luxury back into flying, using smart design. at the other end of the scale, dubai has just tested its first pilotless people carrying drone. today we want to know, how comfortable would you feel being whizzed about in the air without a pilot on board? in the last few hours, former banker steven mnuchin has been confirmed as the new treasury secretary. asjobs go, it s a very important one. besides serving as the nation s banker, paying its bills, collecting taxes and managing its debt, the secretary is also one of the leading regulators of banks and wall street. so how well do we think he ll perform in this new role? here s what we know about him. he s been criticised as a wall street insider, having spent 17 years working for goldman sachs, and also setting up and running several hedge funds. this has enabled him to finance
killed apparently assassinated in malaysia. kimjung nam was at kuala lumpur airport, about to catch a flight to macao. on his way to hospital, as he was dying, he told police he was grabbed from behind and had liquid splashed in his face. some south korean media outlets are saying he was poisoned, and the authorities in seoul say he was murdered. rupert wingfield hayes has the story. this is kim jong nam, whose body is thought to be the one now lying in a malaysian morgue. 0fficials 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 korea s young dictator has been tightening his grip on power, ruthlessly purging potential opponents. what s 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