Hello and welcome to the programme. The us soldier travis king, who was being held in north korea, is due home 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 mckenzie reports. 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
Workers are determined these new green jobs wont be worse jobs, as the bbc s north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury found out when she visited lordstown, ohio. Stretching across 64 acres. Altium sells a Battery Factory in lordstown, ohio, is far from the picket line. But this site, a partnership between car maker General Motors and korean battery supplier lg, is at the forefront of the United Auto Workers fight to protect workers through the move to electric cars. Connie ziegler is a Maintenance Technician here at the only american Battery Plant to be represented by a union. Seeing those machines move and make a cell. I was like a kid in a candy store. I was so excited. She loves herjob, but says shes had to fight for pay and benefits. Battery plant workers earn a fraction of what traditional auto workers make. We want that job security. We want that, the fair, fair wages. 16 an hour is not fair. 18 an hour was not fair. You know, and we want the safety. Safety was not th